The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-28
The Way pIOVidcnec FIXED the american
Guard and How Rocky Point
Was Normed.
Rain, Clans, Fireworks, Fun and
Pretty Girls.
The Grapdest Military Excursion
of the Season.
STEAMER CITY OF LAWRENCE.
Y Tor Avn GnxrNn Iulv 1871

70 with becoming reverence put on Its sweetest
smile and decked Itself out IN its most gorgeous
holiday dress Tuesday 10 please the BOYS OF the
seventy-first who dropped In upon the town-as
have already sent you word-just In time for dinner
tut, unfortunately for the New Workers, the Prov.
dence that rules Rhode Island IL not always the
Providence that regulates storms and tides. The
one decided that the Seventy-1rst should make q
parade AZ night time, that the houses should DO
Illuminated, ana that Roman candles from every
roof top should make ,he most brilliant star that
dared 10 twinkle during the march 10 hide ITS
diminished head nstanter. The other decided that
The Seventy first was, what 1t always has been.
RAIN REGIMENT
ofthe First division OF Gotham town. and that Its
old time reputation should not suffer for the want OF
thunder and lightning, steady rain, brimful OF
contempt for SNOWY uniforms and streets that white
pants and polished boots entirely OF place
In. 1t is needless state that the Providence OF
Rhode Island had not the power though it had the
will to change the condition of AFFAIRS laid down by
the decree o; wind and weather ana had in the end
with tears in Its eyes, to succumb to what every little
boy in the town declared TO be lrightful misior-
tune. Indeed. the folks along the route OF the In
tended march in Providence, who had days before
made the avarcious hearts OF profit-lovng tnsmths
to jump with exceeding joy by hundreds OF orders
for tin candle-nolders. whose na.nes had become
household words with every chandler: every dealer
In .'stars and stripes and likewise every bouquet
merchant for miles around Joined in
THE GENERAL VAIL.
But brief despatch yesterday told you the whole
tale ofwoe How the day was spent indoors, how
Colonies Allen ana Lippitt and White and Edey
worked themselves TO death TO make the time a
Lively one for everybody. and how the night passed
away with the rain falling down IN torrents and the
Seventy-frst snoozng in their ounks az quietly as
though Providence was as far or as the junction
was from Annapolis ten long years ago.
To the surprise OF everybody on Wednesday morn
ing the rain ceased and The sun shone down upon
The muddy streets from clear sky as ever glad
hened the Providence heart in all Its lifetime.
Wnen the Seventy first rolled out OF bed it rubbed
its eyes and looked about 1t as though it had Just
AwOke from
SOME HoRRID NIGHTMARE.
II would have been foolish 10 have let The oppor-
tunity 60 by for parade, for 1t quite probable
that the moment Old Sol got sight OF the blue
coats ne would take a back seat and give the clouds
fui swing again. SO the drums beat the assembly.
and, in the twnkling OF q bakers dozen OF eyes,
the boys were in line, looking fresh and as bloom
ing az they did the day they left your CITY, The Prov
,dentials got wind OF the thing, and the street
straghtway began TO fill up with sightseers AS
though everybody In town had slept all night round
the New Workers could not do anything smart in the
military line without getting caught at 1t. or
there was enthusiasm all round as the march be-
gan the grounds near the railroad depot and
IN immense crowd OF the beauty and fashion
OF the city was present at the dress
parade which followed. II was high time to
start for Rocky Point after the parade had come to
IN end; but the good people OF the city wanted The
boys to stay another day. Colonel Alien was ready
to take his OATH If they did, he'd get the clerk OF the
weather
DRUNK AS A LORD
while the sun still shining, and thus make
Of good walking overhead. The ladies-well 1t
would be hard 10 tell what they did not promise II
the stay prolonged They wonld receive them
with open arms at their houses and hire extra cooks
10 work up extra dishes 10 order al A6ituDl. They
would wear new SILK dress every hour. compel
John TO hitch every horse In the stable and the
necessary, 10 every carriage they could buy up,
and tote the boys all round TO the elephant all
day long, but 10 was all no use; Tor there, while the
promises were being made was Parker on the City
o. Lawrence, with his white hat already up in
OIL skin and an approaching rain storm prophecy
WIS putting on mis- heavy boots, and Captain Laid
had his watch out
TIMING THE sun
that everybody could see and the heavy clouds that
nobody saw but himself AZ was really TOO bad.
There was all Providence with ITS heart In its hand
beckoning the BOYS 10 Jollty and fun on the one
SIDE and the weather seers Oh the other, looking
Ike umbrellas that were ready 10 spread themselves
IA
30 al last 10 Rocky Point started the steamer, with
the cheers OF mighty multitude following In her
wake unll she had got so far out into the bay that
lhe swarms OF warm-hearted people on the dock
had become spe X In the distance. Then came the
trumph OF the weather seers and more trbulations
for the regiment The Point reached about
noon, the bands played their sweetest, the thou
sands on the ground cheered themselves black IN the
lace every minute or two after the regiment had de-
barked, but the clouds would persist in coming.
Soon down came the rain aud away under trees,
uDder piazZas, here there ana everywhere ned the
ladies ana the Seventyirsters and everybody else.
Patiently everybody waited Tor the agony to be over
but The more people prayed for change the harder
blew the wind darker grew tae lowering sky, more
Hereby howled the storm. IL was too much Tor
ran, the Adutant General tried 10 slie through his
teals, but the effort was
Harry Alien strobe up ana down the piazza, LOOK
Ing for all the world IKE man VINO had just
from funeral "Wbat had the Seventy-rrst done
10 merit such treatmentYn was the question every
body seemed 10 be asking himself. However, the
New Workers made up their minds that they didn't
fg for a Rhode Island rain. and, despite the
ominous headshakngs OF the genial surgeon, at last
dashed out into the storm and scattered themselves
aboug the grounds. made dead set upon the
dancing hail IN the woods hired all the moving
wooden horses on the premises at ten cents ride,
scaled the shpperest ellis they could get sight Of.
and, IN TACT, look everything so good humoredly
mat even the ladies' got carried away by The excite
ment and made themselves y dash for the dancing
hail. Just u Keep their guests in good humor. The
rain settled down into driving sieet about three
O'Clock, and then came
THE CLAN BAEE.
twas regular old style Rhode Islander OF a
clam bake. Two thousand persons sat down TO It,
ami wnen they got az 300 bushels of "roundn clans
loo gallons OF prepared clans and one ton OF as.
had disappeared. IL f. said that one OF the boys
managed with the ala az a bottle OF Rhine wine 10
swallow 25O oi the rounds, ana then had the cool
ness to clan.Or, IKE starved oliver for more ana
nnally got out OF the room without the assistance
of q wheelbarrow. Another OF the boys came very
near Deing put under arrest during the feed by an
exhibition OF ignorance That was positively out
rapeous IN New Yorker lie was actually found in
the act OF skinning every CRAB he got on his plate.
He war saved from the OF the oflcer OF the day
after he had proven by two softshelicd Baptist COM
panoDs that he had never been ~ clam bake be.
fore, although he had read something about what
one was Ike In religious paper IN New YORK.
while the FISH and the clans ana the Drown bread
were being put out OF the w3y the boys FOUND time
90 cheer the committee and General Burnside listen
a few Willy remarks from Colonel snow, or Bos.
ton, sing several songs with
HASH, HASH, HASH
A. chorus, and yell themselves mine miles 70 the
junction" and back again hundred times over.