Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-13
was one Of great public interest and grati-

was one Of great public interest and graft
| fcation.
Much credit is due to Col. /. III. Marrow
the Chief, and to the engineers and other
employees Of our Fire Department, for the
fine display the Department made in the
procession. The engines, the hose carriages
and hook and ladder trucks were beauti-
fully aud tastefully ornamented with nu-
merous flags, with wreaths and circlets OF
evergreen, with roses, rosettes, and splendid
boquets. The engines were particularly
admired for their gay and neat appearance.
TAG TIE GREAT coNcouRsE. y
At about eleven o'clock the city began to
fill with visitors. The crowd continued to
increase until by the middle of the after
noon, the sidewalks, the corners of the
streets, and public places were literally
crowded. People were to be met with from
the central, and from other portions of the
State In large numbers. There was grand
representation of the mass Of the people of
Ohio. At about half past three O'Clock,
Hemmersbach's Band commenced playing
at the West front of.the State House, aud
soon an immense throng was cOngregated
there. Seldom, II ever, was Columbus so
thronged with visitors as on the occasion
of President Johnson's reception. iir ''te
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY. %.
The names of the persons comprising the
Presidents party on their visit to our city,
were, as registered at the Neil House, as
follows: .,
President johnson and servant; General
Grant, u. S. A, and servant; General j :.
A. Rawlings and servant; Admiral Farra-
gut, lady and servant; Secretary Sewerd;
Secretary Welles, lady and son; Edgar 7.
Welles; General Stoneman; Genera Nc
Cullum; Surgeon Norris, u. S. A.; Rear
Admiral Radford, U. s. N; Lieut., McKin-
ley, u. s. n; Col. w. G. Moore; Col. r.
Morrow; L. A. Gobright; w. w. Warden;
r. s. SpOfferd; General Steedman; Gen
eral Rousseau; Mr.. Potts; Mr.. Kountz;
General Custer and lady; Major Field; ID.
T. Patterson and wife; Miss Greer; Mar
shall Gooding, lady and son; Marshal
O'Beirne; J.. McGuiHness and lady; s. Cad.
wallader; Ii. A. Chadwick; II. Murphy;
Major John v. FURY; General George
Crook; b. G. Tyuman; j. +. Gibson.
THE RECEPTION AT THE DEPOT.
Long before the time for the expected
arrival of the President and party, crowds
began toassemble at the depot, and by four
o'clock in the afternoon, the throng had
swFlled to immense proportions North
HIgh street, along which the procession
was expected to pass, was lined with per.
sons on the sidewalks, in the windows and
on the roofs of buildings, eager to catch a
glimpse of the President and the dlstin-
guished men who accompanied him. r..
AT about ten minutes to five o'clock,
cheer and shout that made the welkin ring,
aud the booming of cannon caused by the
national salute fired by Major Bradford's
Battery, U. s. A., announced the arrival at
the depot of the President and suite on the
L. NJ. & G. s. X. road from Cincinnati. The
Presidential party, who had been escorted
from Cincinnati by our City Council and
Citizens committee, were received at the
depot, by members of the City Council, and
conducted to the carriages assigned them
The procession was then formed under the
OF Gen. C. c. Walcutt, Chief Mar
shall, and Gen. Theodore Jones and Col. 1.
Il. Marrow, Assistant Marshals.
When the word was given by Gen. Wal
cutt for the procession to start, the widest
enthusiasm was eVinced by the people who
had gathered in the neighborhood of the
depot. 1t was found to be work of no
little difficulty to clear path for the large
,avalcade, but the Chief Marshal and his
assistants were found fully equal to the
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While the procession was moving down
North High street, all the windows and
ioors of the buildings along the route wer
hronged with ladies and gentlemen, wav
ng their cambrics in honor Of the Presi 4
lent, who repeatedly bowed in response.
The concourse on the street, which render
d the sidewalks impassable, also Joined
n the reception, by giving loud and vo-
iferous cheers as the Presidential carriage
lassed.
General Grant and Admiral Farragut
lso received brilliant ovation from the
,eople, and both these heroes were busily
ngaged in returning the salutes.
In few minutes after the arrival of the
rain, the procession was formed in the fol-
owing order, preceded by Hemmersbach's
,and, playing national airs in their usual
brilliant style: q. rag sum,.7 !
Committee Of Escort in Carriages.
resident and suite in carriages in the following
-.ff order: ... &C..
st. President johnson, Secretary Seward, Secre-
tary We les aud President Of the City Council.
d. General Grant. Major General Rawlings, Chief Of
7 1t-ff 'III I.s'..l Staff
,ot 81. Admiral Farragut and Lady.
4th. Other members of the party in carriages.
Col. |. II. Mario y, Assistant Marshal
-rr Fire Department.
2 DE. Civic societies and orders.
Citizens on f0oe
Citizens in carriages.
Citizens mounted. ..'.
Conspicuous in the procession, was our
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