The New York herald., 1870-11-25

The Grand Parade Yesserdsy-A Fine Oss-
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The Grand Parade Yesserdsy-A Fine Oss-
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Irving Hall.
The parade Of the shandlcy Legion vas by an
odds the event OF the day In the CITY. the exisn.
sve notice OF It's dolngs during the past few weeks
which It received IN the newspapers naturally nsd
the erect OF making everybody Selieye mat when ~
MADE Its appearance In public. eli uniformed snd
equipped, II woud show itself quite equal 10 what
had been said about IL beforehand. the result yes-
terday did net disappont general expectation, ior
the parade was certainly . very nne one.
TO be sure. the dld not at oil times march with
that steadiness and precision which characterize
members Of the Seventh regiment nsr did they
handle their pieces strictly In conformity win the
rules laid down In Uptsn's Tactics; but hey not
witnstanding marcnea and kept their distances far
better than could be expected OF men who hadn't
received days instruction, showing quite plainly
that the oflcers had not been idle early yesterday
morning In giving the .'boys' an idea OF how 10
through the days ordeal. Indeed, ~ they ala aos
turn out to show how skilled they were In the
manual at arms or how they could observe, without
fault, every military manGuvre In the school OF
battalion, nobody anticipated anything like the
REGULARITY IN THE MOVEMENTS
made during the parade. Yet everybody must have
been astonshed at the solid appearance and as q
general thing, unDroken front which each company
presented at the reviewing stand. The line OF
march was from Essex Market through Grand street
70 East Broadway down East broadway 10 Clinton
street, past the Oriental Cub House, down Clinton
street TO Henry through Henry to Rutgers, up Rut-
gers to New Canal, through Canal TO Broadway. 10
Fourteenth street, to Fifth avenue, to Thiry.fourtn
street, 10 Third avenue, to Eighteenth street. to
Irving place, to Irving Hall. All along the
route the sidewalks were crowded with
people and every window Of every house had It's quota
OF eager sght-seers, many Of whom waved flags and
kcrchels m token OF greeting TO the Legion as IL
marched by. Fourteenth street was lamned with
an immense crowd long before the head Of the pro-
cesslon made Its appearance IN Union square, and
lmpassable Tor an hour previous TO the review.
William Al. Tweed and large number OF other
balcony Of the Club House as the procession
passed. where they remained until the last
Sompany had gone Dy. The men marched
regiment commanded BY Colonel Kipp taking the
palm. Indeed, every company OF this particular
and was the only one whicn did not mako the mis-
take in passing before the reviewing stand OF
stead Of at a "carry:" captain Eugene Darnin,
looking for all the world like man WHO had been
used to ..tentng out" ana "sojering'' it for years.
commanded the company on the right OF the regi.
ment, and the steadiness OF MS men In the ranks
had much to do with keeping the companies which
THE DINNER AT IRVING HALL.
A little after two o'clock The head Of the column
musket had been stacked In the street and the men,
BY companies. marches into the dining room. Four
tables, which extended from one end OF the hall to
the other, were reserved for the men, and two
lables running along the full length of the stage, at
Nearly all the local politicians Of note were present
Judge Shandley presided, fanked on the left BY
General William NJ Tweed, Jr. sheriff O'Bren also
scene at the dinner itself was an anil
mated one. As fast as the me men IN, marched e
which the tables groancd began TO disappear In the
most extraordinary way long before the companies
mat came In last had got their heads inside the
doors. 1t In vain that the colored walters
made the most frantic efforts TO supply the places
Of emptied dishes with others that were ul fast
evidently been whetted to q most v0racious degree
BY the long march they had been compelled to un-
aerg0 during the forenoon. The 'genmen" ran In
lnd out OF the room as though their lives depended
hpon their 1eetness Of foot IN coming and going.
In their haste those with empty dishes often coded
with others who were
EMERGING FROM THE DARK KITCHEN
below stairs with heavily laden plates and IN al
trcus one, and more than one fat turkey intended
for particular company table rolled under some
rhe "boys" stood the thing as long as they could;
but least side' patience at dinner was never
i upon himself to test the comparative lnde-
Srucrbility Of his knife and plate, In hope
mat the ain caused By the @ sn bring
Dnect was good one but 1t did not last long; SO
some Of the legioners took matters in their own
,aSsn nSsteSer S'soes sss ausy saa
them TO whatever table they desired.
Everybody enjoyed himself hugely by this ruse, and
managed to get bite to eat before the drums beat
the roll to fall In. one attempt, however, by GER
tain table to capture luscious turkey intended
for another table came to- direst grief. One
Df the walters endeavored to. take 1t from
Dne end OF the room to the other, where
4 table had ordered It, but, OF course In the most &C
cidental sort Of way, he stumbled against legion
ers boot ana he and tine turkey fell to the oor In
heap. In the twinkng Of an eye the turkey was
heisted TO table near by but another table took
strange fancy to at the same Time, and went for 1t
70 gallant STYLE Tne struggle for the possession OF
the fowl was laughable In the extreme, and before
It ended three or four OF the ''sojers'' had
TuMBLED UNDER THE TABLE.
When the appetizing contest closed it was dis
covered that the fates had decided fairly between
It's desperation to conquer, had torn il into
about as near two halves as stuffed
turkey can be divided without the aid Of a knife.
The darky was nowhere to be found. This little
byplay did not, fortunately create much OF q hub
bub, so busy was everybody In getting his particular
Rnd hungry self into good condition for the home
ward march, and the festivities went on gayly to
The merry END. 1t was four O'Clock, however be-
Tore this merry end was reached, and then, after
short speeches by Judge Snandley, William M
tweed ana Colonel Fellows, the boys fell into line
anu marcned to Fourteenth street, Fourth avenue,
bowery, East Broadway and Grand street, to the
Armory. The parade through the Bowery after dark
was a very fine one and attracted Thousands OF
spectators along the line OF march.
Az tne junction or Eighteenth street and Third
avenue splendid network banner was hung on
which was the inscription
e>~-~>~~~ -~>~>~~<~>r~->.> -~--
! EDWARD ]. SHANDLEY
/ SANS PEUR EFT SANS REPRoCHE.
Legion oI MS friends honor him to-day.
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