Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-02
Arrival Of the Great Eastern ut New York
Immense Excitement-Pnrtieu of the

Arrival Of the Great Eastern atNew York
Immense Observation-Disclosures ofthe
| Scene.
Fridays New York Tribune gives these
particulars Of the arrival Of the Great East
ern at that port
It was not until very near to noon that the
fact of the Leviathan being Oft the Hook be-
came generally known, and whatever prepar-
ations were made for her reception, were got
up between the hours of ten And one. Yet
the bay, by two o'clock, was swarming with
all manner Of picturesque craft, dressed with
gala 6ags--from the huge sea-going steamer
to the little yacht that toppledover the bright
waves as an egg-shell.
The day iteelfwas one of the brightest days
of June, and 'naught" as the poet sings "is
| so fair as a day in june" Certainly no day
was ever lovelier than yesterday. Having
missed, by few minutes, getting on board
the steamer that Messrs. Grinnell, Minturn 4
Co. sent down to the Great Eastern as soon
as they heard she was off the bar we had the
good fortune to get on board the Satellite,
| where we found a select company, and started
from the foot of Morris-street at few min
utes past one p. M. 4
By two O'Clock we were outside Of the
Narrows and great excitement was caused
on board by some keen-sighted passenger ex-
claiming, "There she isl" And there she was
Of something like spectral masts being dimly
discernible on the line of the horizon. But
the atmosphere was so transparent and the
sun shone so brilliantly that very soon we
could plainly discover the hull Of the huge
ship, with her six masts, lying prone upon
the calm surface of the ocean.
| By the time we got near enough to read
her name upon her stern she was in motion,
being propelled at first by her screw alone.
She was already surrounded by great num-
Der of small steamers, tugs and yachts, among
| which she moved in very truth like levia-
than among the minnows. At the first sight
of the monster there was general feeling OF
disappointment that she was not bigger, but
those fallacious Impressions soon wore away,
and the ideal monster began to be assimilated
with the real ship that lay before us.
Every moment she grew larger, and the
Ilittle sputtering steamers that, were tugging
and straining themselves TO keep up with her
began to dwindle intninsigni6cance. Before
1--we had been many m1iItitvS in her l1Ivsvnee
every one felt conscious of her overpowering
immensity. AS one steamer after another
came dashing up to her, the crowds on board
burst forth in hearty cheers, which were
answered by the people on board the Gred
Eastern or at least by sections of them, for
J while there were clusters, little communities
of men and women standing serenely on one
part of the ships deck, there were great
=
waving their hats and handkerchiefs in
another part. As the ship neared the Mar
] rows, the number of boats, yachts, and
J steamers that had come out too meet her had
increased to such flotilla that they seemed
in danger of getting mixed up into an mex
,, tricable snarl But happily there was nc
collision nor accident of any kind among
them. stt -l1
As the Great Eastern crossed the bar, she
, dipped the ensigns which were flying at her
masts and fired a royal salute, while the band
, on board struck up Hail Columbia and the
Star Spangled Banner. After crossing the
bar the paddle-wheels of the steamer were
put in motion, when she began at once t.
walk away from the gay, hotilla of steamer;
/, that were accompanying her. Among th'
/. steamers that were down the bay was ths
| revenna cnttor Haerios Lone, which fired
! salute just outside the Narrows. Another
salute was fred from Fort Washington ant
answered by the Great Eastern. AS the flo
tilla came through the Narrows up to thu
J | Gently stirring and beautiful beyond descrip
tion. A great number of smaller boats, tugs
, 1 ferry-boats, and steamers of all descriptions
came swarming down W til loads of shouting
and excited passengers. The tops of thC
houses all along the shores of Staten IslanC
!, were crowded with people.
9 A few moments delay at the Quarantine
6 gave opportunity to the immense number o
boats and steamers to come up with the lie
n viathan, and surround her. But she was soor
y in motion again and the splendid scene be
: came more animated than ever as we ap
preached the Battery, which was covered, al
were all the piers and docks, and the shipping
r moored thereto, with dense masses of humai
= beings. An English ship that lay at anchor
= ran up her signal-hags, and fred salute a
the Great Eastern passed her. But, perhaps
i the finest incident that occurred during thu
). passage up from the Hook was when the
Great Eastern passed closely the y. s. frigat'
Niagara, affording an opportunity to com
: In the world. The Niagara which had loomet
!, up so proudly as we passed her in going dowr
e the bay, was now dwarfed to the dimensions
of cock-boat, as the huge steamer cast hei
shadow across her black hull. .-.. -
: The Niagara stood unon her dignity ant
fred no salute, acknowledging the presene o
the monster only. by dipping her ensign
which Is an equivalent among ships to touch
4 ing the hat among men. AS the stately shiI
}. moved up the river, she was saluted by cheer
S from the vast multitudeson shore, by ringing
of bells, and by firing guns from the steam
ships that lay along the docks. The bay and
/. | river were full of people, the house-tops ani
4 all the wharfs and piers were crowded. ant
the whole city seemed to have come out t.
gaze upon the visitor who had so often dis
d | appointed us that no one believed that shI
s would ever really come. But she has come
: at last, and made an auspicious entrance int
ourport, giving q triumphant refutation to the
prognostics of her failure to cross the Allan.
tic, and setting at rest forever the absurd
: stories that have been told of the incapacity
Of our harbor to float the largest ship thai
ever has or probably ever will be built.
The great ship came TO off her landing
, place, foot of Hammond-street, about five
/ o'clock, and before seven p. NJ, she had beer
2 Esafely moored. alongside the long pier be-