Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-23

greatly marred by confusion and disorder.
The affair was arranged under the sup,r-
vision of one hundred leading business
men of New York city, and among the
invited guests were many distinguished
military men, and the leading editors,
lawyers, politicians and clergymen of the
metropolis. We extract from the New
York dailies, of Tuesday, some descriptive
PARA graphs, giving a lively picture of the
scene:
From the Times.
THE GATHERING.
Soon the ample corridors became crowd
ed with people. Generals with two stars
were numerous, Generals with one star
were m~ultitudinous, while Colonels and
Majors were almost like the sands of the
sea in quantity. The atmosphere was
simply fearful, the jam was almost unen-
durable, the confusion of Babel couldn't
have approached with any expectation of
paralleling that which reigned intheh halls.
In a little room, containing not ten feet
square, were several excited committee
men, whose pleasant duty consisted in
giving rosettes and ribbons to distinguish
ed guests, and flowers to beautiful ladies.
This they did till every other man was
Lgaily decorated, and every lady had in her
hand a choice collection of fragrant flow
ers. General Grant had not vet arrived
eight o'clock came and he still tarried.
Meanwhile carriage after carriage depOs-
groaned with their burden, and the -esm-
mittee groaned in spirit, because their
orders and directions were totally disre-
garded. Au exceedingly prominent indi-
vidual was General Prosper NJ Wetmore.
Now he stood on a chair and with vigor-
Vus olUvuUfUn Caued out "OrdoT, o4doG
again he would rush fiercely against the
crowd, crying aloud, "make room here
why will you crowd so ?" and then sub
siding for a brief moment he would dis
tribute partially broken bouquets to his
friends near him.
THE NoTABLEs.
During the hour of waiting, the kalei-
descope of humanity presented many no.
table formations. Among the persons
present were Archbishop McCloskey,
with Father McNiernay, who talked lose
ly with Judge Davies, while Bishop Pot
ter and the Bishop of Honolulu exchanged
greetings with General Dix and his beau
tiful daughter. General Hooker, straight
as an arrow and handsome as Apollo. led
in his Western bride, and with Generals
Heintzleman, Shields and Bartlett, and
John Van B"ren, formed a striking
tableau. General Philip st. George Cook,
of dashing cavalry fame, stood with the
elegant lady of Ethan Allen, while Chan
cGllor Ferris and S. L. NJ. Barlow can
vassed the state of affairs with Marshal
o. Roberts and Colonel Jardine. General
Sanford, with his affable aid, Colonel
Hamilton, was the centre of a group of
fair ladies, and DIR. Z. II. Chaplin hattened
his nose against the window pane in hope
less eHHui. Mr.. Dinsmore, who shared
the e~rrand-boy fortunes of the earlier ex-
press days, glistened with the diamond
evidences of present prosperity, and
Captain Worden, whose face is blackencd
by the Merrimac's powder, chatted pleas
antly with General Walbridge and quaint
old Peter Cooper. These, and Others too
numerous TO mention, stood and grew
weary, while in the corridors the greatly
compressed and somewhat depressed
crowd stifed and smothered, and outdoors
in the rain gathered a perfect crowd of
popular witnesses, who doubtless thought |
it must be great fun for those inside.
THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
If one had gotten safely away from the
hat and badge rooms, and had endured for
an hour and a half the presence of the dis
comforts of the crowd, he found himself
at the door of the reception room, on the
very threshold of his desire. Instantly he
IS cauhgt by a committeeman, passed. on to
another, seized by a third and squeezed bv
a nrrrfh r-hA aal-n1 HI $780, ANITs - - |
said he. "Mr. Nichols" repeated the COM
mittee man the guest bows to the Gener-
al, but before his backbone entirely re-
sumes the perpendicular he fnds himself
pushed before Mrs. Grant, who smiles
partly at his awkardnass-and pe-e4-thut
she may reassure him. Before he knows
fairly whe he is, where he is, or what he is
about, he is passed on by a deputation of
excited member of the committee. who
salute him thus "Come, now, nv dear
fellow Tor my dear Sir, hurry up, pass on;
this is no time for little speeches." On he
goes, red in the face, perplexed in his
mind, discounted in body, and every way
miserable. This was the experience Of
hundreds last night.
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAID.
These are samples of the remarks con-
addressed to the General by his
impressible interlocutors
"Tm so glad to see you, General. God
bless and preserve you many years.
General this is my eldest son, WIN.
MAsCN-WILLTE, tell Gen. Grant the
prayer you say for him every night"
Willie attempts to do so, but is moved
on suddenly by the active Committee
men, l
81 always knewy you would be victorious. !
General. 1 told DIR. Vinton that God I
would surely crown so good and great a '
man with success" i
MAY 1 not kiss you, Gcncral?" THE t
declined.)
You remember we met last Fall Mt {
West Point?" CThe General smiled va
as if he did not like to tell a 9
"Quite a crowd here tonight. All de- {
erved, Sir; all deserved t
"God bless, God protect you, dear, dear
|
Il want to talk with you, old fellow, v
bout Chattanooga" d
~ had a brother in the 10th Connecti-
ut, l wonder if you knew him2'
One Gentleman said, "Long life to YOU
Another said, referring to the II
and-shaking ordeal I
81 am sorry for you, General r. AIadv b
assed, smiled at the General as she was
Introduced, and Withdrawing her hand B
i'd: OF
at will be a kindness to you, General. is
Isave you from one shake Of the hand in
But the General was too much for her. v
nd her hand was in his before her SEN al
nee was through. is
Rev. DIR. Thompson as he passed, taking W
IA GAnAralsL hand mada "a short anil-
Oquent reniark: tn
"One more thank added to the Millions it
id he. pa
Mrs. Grant stood a short distance to the W,
ght of her husband and bowed. in
From the World by
H CROWD AND CONFUSION. W
At this point the policemen at the door ~
nOunced that the reception room was ~
full, and those in the hall must 'n
ut awhile until it was sufficiently cleared 81
allow Others to enter. What could be ~,
ne at such a moment? Onlythe genius o",
Wetmore was equal to the CIV
on a box or a door, or some :
Ter elevated position in the rear end of
hallway, he shouted, in clarion tones. =
ADVANCE "You must 90 forward \