The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-31

and on his right Mrs Leland A the LETT OF Mrs "rant
sat Moses H Grinnel and next TO him was MIS- bige-
low, wife Of the American MRister at Paris Asthe ie
Of Mrs Bigelow sat Colonel Babcock; next TO him was
Colonel Potter also of General Grants staff At his left
was Mrs. b G. wainwright, who was supported on her
left by Colonel Parker the bg Indian" OF the Generas
staff At the north end Of the table, and immediately
opposite to General Grant, was the millionaire william
b. Aston Of New York He supported on his right
bv Mr. q wainwright and on his left by Governor Buck
ingbam Of Connecticut At the left Of Governor Buck
ingham sat A. Badesu, General Grants private secre
tary Then Mr Muller and lady; next to the lat
ter was j. c. Hamilton of New York. and at his left
Mr. Leland the proprietor Of the hotel
This formed the circuit of the table Just the party
were seated the band the piazza of the dining hall
struck up "Hail to the Chief" and continued to
play patriotic airs at intervals until the distinguished
party left the hall The spacious dining filed
Nearly thousand guests seated at the several
tables; the General, however not molested during
his dinner hour but permitted to enjoy comparative
quiet being subjected only to the nquistve gaze Of the
guests From the dinner table he repaired to
the paror Of the Union HOTEL and was then presented
gay attired ladies' The General at every
step manifested great embarrassment he evidently
feels at home when facing line of bayonets than
array OF beauty and fashion, for he worked his way
of the parors possible and disappeared in
the crowd in front Wherever he went crowd followed
ana any person desired 10 know where ne was, all
was sure TO be found, trying his best to get away
HIDE AND BAIL
ayv and Irove he nn 70 The ena amd b a
took sail the small craft which plies back and
io,h On .nas aehgntu sheet OF water I'm ms arrival
whistle salute, and small cannon doomed forth in
@ ,ha "a ar .ao ne Tho h ~ st %or 20 i"ncs
at of the hotels the landing at the conclusion
Of which they returned to the Springs BY the time Of
he,r afrv .ne evenins S nner. a. "a or Upe o
inmmeaaaey '@Aen lneio W "''ne'@ '0 REPRESENTATION VI
Ooheeh Dawn
AT THE I M ..,.a -
HIS entrance at the Opera House was greeted with ap
paut1 80 S H. .;.~a. ~ ne nao,ia than ths
inc nromn,u acn,onsi,ation Those who nave Witnessed
~ W .h;a -, NIL, raveorha. .ho s.ora ,,h"-a
The nars" rercsart;ny the CHARACTER of Niles Masses
I no Bull y, % ro,,aan T-or ,ha ,Sa,.r p's
ho nersop rerressn,ira ,hs character ros cino;nc fo
The rpne ana about half wav down he sung ont ~. will
stict 10 this line II IL takes me ali sumner This re-
mark was greeted with roars Of appausc shaking the
the cnrrimsnt with cracefni how. hnt n was two or
three before the tumut subsided sucientlv for
The oner. Hoso be v.s escorted to tho hall
got up for the benefit Of the bands and He remained
here lint n few moments when he returned
to Congress Hall Mr.. Leland thus managed to mo-
nopolize Grant from three O'clock until bsfpsst ten
rnest' 'A0 'o' 1890 -'''' - '.'''
The hon at the Union Hotel was slimy attended and
was the whole, failure The ball at Congress Hail.
the centre of Attraction Those who wished 70 see and
be TO observe and be observed made their
tions to be present at this gathering It was piece Of
folly on the part Of the managers Of the hop at Union
Hall 10 atempt 10 get I'M nm oppOson under the cir
oumstancss Blu. !. only shows the extent to which the
Is carried here even TO the derment OF good taste and
propriety
The dancing ba at the Congress- Hetel ia spacious
affair and well arranged for important occasions ike
t5s ana VIII accommodate rom Twelve 70 sixteen sets
through the centre were well lighted up and three or
four small flags fastened EACH while back of the band
Of the north end Of the hail. was large flag gracefully
festooned enlivening the room These were ali the deco
ratons to be seen in the halls The impression which
must have been made on the mind of the stranger a. ia
entered the room where were gathered the Siiss Of M
country must have been highly pleasant and gratifying
In the extreme
o. AIARn OF FIRE
few minutes before eleven O'Clock inst as the dauc
inc had but before over of the guests
was that Congress Hall was on FIRE The
rush and scramble which followed beRgsrs all descrip.
ton There was a grand stampede in the bali room the
music stopped the dancing ceased and rush was made
for the door The ladies' gathered up their expansive
skirts and trails and nervously chung TO their
mariners CRYING Uwhat shall we doS' The scene
would have been a rich one for the pencil
OF tho artist AS the excitement was al its
height and the stampede bid fair to result in the
runous consequences Recorder Hoffman and CITY In.
specor Booe planted themselves at the door and sung
that it was a false alarm In few moments they
had Queled tho tumuIt, and by that time messenger
arrived Announcing that there was no Ere The smoke
which had been seen all came from burning straw and
shavings in stove in the vicinity Of the office Order
again rcened and on went the dance a. Joyous az though
nothing had happened
The Excitement was not all confined 10 the ball room
There was grand rush for the hotel as the cry that
Congress Hall was on FIRE echoed through the street
The smell of Are was plainly perceptible across the
street and the smoke could be seen on the front portco
of the building large number OF ladies' were still In
their Dressing and they could be seen half dressed
emerging from their rooms with bundles nervousy try
children Oh nv childrenip The little ones quietly
slowed awav were disturbed in their sumbers and be-
fore the could he oueed MANY of them were
Awakened and found themseyes 10 the omen
air Had il not been for the presence OF mind
of the proprietors of the hotel and MANY of the
quests who ascertained the cause of the alarm
and immediately stationed themselves at the several