The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-04
THE PRESIDENCY.
Tammany Hall as It Appeared
Yesterday.
THE RUSH AND CRUSH FOR TICKETS.
Chase, PendletOn, Seymour
and Hancock.
WHAT THE DELEGATES SAY.
Secret Caucuses and Open
Meetings.
PARADES AND RECEPTIONS.

Tammany Hall was all sgog' and ag0w through
out the warm hours Of yesterday when the Their
mometer was up among the nineties and nobody
cared to feel Joy In his existence, and everybody
strove to keep cool and serene and failed lamen-
tably In the attempt But, oh wasn't 1T hots and
didn't 1.-The fierce democraser who came to feast
their eyes upon the eugent beauties OF the sacred
and supreme temple Of Tammany sweat and swelter
in the July beams, On the ample pavements of Four.
teenth street. these solar rays struck re.
morselessly, reboNnding and heating what
the poets call the "ambent air. and
coorng the faces Of the assembled democratic hu-
mainly delightful brick red, playing sad havoc
with shirt collars where shirt collars were fashiona
be and stirring up the native instincts OF our bibu
lous brethren and raising the deuce generally.
From Third to Fourth avenue, along the south side
OF Fourteenth street. was the place where the casual
crowds sauntered and seated themselves on door.
steps or ratings, or leaned against the cool proec
ton Of brown stone stoop, otherwise disposed
ofthemselves in the shadow which four stories hung
half way across the street. and invited the playful
breeze and the jaded, perspiring pedestrian.
All along that brown stone block groups were
gathered talking about one thing and another, awk.
wardly tanning themselves with straw hats, DID,
battered wideswakes. blood red pocket handker.
chiefs or the manifold section OF used up news.
paper That great big arc de trtOmphs In front Of
Tsmmany, with its huge tntegument Of evergreens,
rveted many an eye. Though not artistic 1t looked
cool, and who cares for art with the thermometer
going higher than . kite and his shirt collar
whiting like the tender petal of an uprooted
nowen In. that crowd, 1t is supernuous
to remark, were many democratic faces-not
that the democratic physiognomy has such
there ID that about 1t 20 full OF rude and manly life
that heartiness OF laugh and brightness OF eye that
tsis Its presence at once The great eaudy bunting.
Tammany Hall, was calculated more than anything
else to arrest the attention OF passers BY It was
million proud and palpitathg hearts gave up their
lives TO save, and here IL was hung In sweet
Looking like Shield with the stars stars in in
the centre and the stripes gently nutterlng
on either side it looked an Ingenious and charm.
and pausing multitude. The number Of spectators
was never very large. They were all the time
the nonce the street looked more than usually ami
mated. stranger could have easily guessed that
:S%snns was on in the and that
to come on, an event In which the nation was more
or less Interested Inside Of Tammany Hall there
q great number Of men had come together for some
earnest object There must have been at least two
tonal Executive Committee 1t one time, pushing TO
and fro, asking for this man and that and never
OF hsdSes to the eeeaes was the source OF tSs
element. The committee announced their intention
OF issuing the tickets for the press at noon, and
appeared In the room just mentioned, but were to-
tally unable to ind the accommodation anticipated
in this city had control Of the press
tickets, and appeared to dispose Of them according
70 the Of the applicants TNwd
from dozen States and representing themselves as
connected with the leading papers In their respec-
OF the small fry, who made more noise than the
others, rushing IN for press badges and then rushing
and s Of
papers tol the best and most eligible tables
In the place. Here were Cicero Grinder. Of the
american Screaner, nailed down for two Of the
best seats In the place. These miserable fellows Sc
TO say the Of the proud press Of New
York felt somewhat indignant. However, IL formed
subject Of much %tn and nobody can blame the
bic realization. the HERALD described yesterday
it ID needless TO say anything more about
Il; but the living features the incoming
rney we're endless and De~ildeSins They cSms 10
and rummaged around the whole building with de-
9s u the, o.
the loose chairs around felt the panels looked up at
the ceiling ana seemed 70 appear a. II they would
ives real or Elusive. In short, they conceived the
property to be therown, and having suddenly fallen
into possession Of II were more or LEES tickled in i'd
miring It's character.
A score at time seated themselves In the gallery
looked over o. the gut Letters .ro dtra" on the
thing, and then gave themselves up TO contempla-
ton on the prospects Of the democratic party.
came overcast, the wind blew gaily and raised the
dust and the rain came down and refreshed the
evergreen arch and sent the lingering crowds scud-
Among she crowd to which alluslon has been
made Of course there were many IA, Of our Celtic
avenue and Fourteenth street two OF the Hibernian
supporters Of the democracy came together and
ton for the Presidency and says Patrick to Michael
That's Q purity nag-rale purity and nice, tn.
70 ne S
arch, and the Individual to whom il was
ratings In front OF the Chanler House, with his
hands in hts pockets and at the rear Of his coat and
this gentleman remarked:-
"Yis indeed its very purity; thin flags look I'LL
giant, illigant indeed"
'Yis indeed responded the other native from
the Emerald Isle. with one Of those great, wide,
honest faces we see In the sewers and other such
places every day-such faces as beray nothing but
good natured and implicit faith In Tammany.
JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE.
1t is almost needless to say who this IT, Tho
country knows him and the country has sufficiently
suffered from the policy ofjust such men, yet 1t Is
confidently stated that Breckenridge Is the border
waiting for an anticipated proclamation Of amnesty
by President Johnson, and waiting for the chance OF
rushing down here to New York and playing the
part Of Kentucky delegate to the National Conven-
ton.
Here comes
WADE HAMPTON
A gentleman from South Carolina with all the South
ern chyalry we were taught to admire some years
ago but which somehow we have got to desplse OF
late years. Hampton, however, Is very different
man from the crowd of those infatuated Southerners
who think slavery In abolished but for the nonce, and
that under democratic administration its revival 10
within the range Of possibilities.
JERRY BLACK,
that delectabe youth Of sixty or Whereabouts, whose
Ruano procvites were 30 fully ventilated IN wash
inRton few months ago, and which obtained for
Jerry such smart reputation that In private circles
even he il regarded as not only smart but the most
humorous character since the days OF sheridan He
n far superior to sheridan however In his readiness
The author OF the "Rivals" and the school Tor
Scandalr was rather slow In his conversational sal.
LEA but Jerry Black never II. lie II clumsy IN his