The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-04

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one sleeve ms summer overcoat trying TO nsn nar
his black csrRstossn s snd their
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and then ma made by the locust apphcauon =
tne dense crow4 N policemen 20 rr s,1 awsite
street STR entrance, wlei:s r-.-
nh. A BOSTON CROWD IN wAiffSf. -
ihe CROWD closed In upon the committee and tn
one anotho.., destroying corns and temper at q
frightful average and tearing clothes and wrestling
satchels from the hindmost members of the party al
Apollo Of the coterie, with Ills broad shoulders and
ns1y s @2as way for the smaller and humber
pho, e Of this modern Athens) was also the occasion
Of few hurrahs after the great lion Of the day had
m. COMMITTEE OF BosroNrANs 7.e--.
who received Ia party at the depot consisted OF
Alderman jerks, chalrman Alderman Cutter,
| COuncilmen Flanders and Pease, and Mr.. James ~
Paul, who appeared o., behalf of the Jubilee men,
Mr.: Greeley was placed "a the first carriage,
with Aldermen jerks and Cptter, and Mr. Fonda
panied by Messrs. Flanders and pease and the cor
respondents and other gentlemen OF the party
were driven rapidly through Kingston, Sum
mer Washington, Winter fremont and Court
20 e keyere house e Dusy @
the well known hat and head, turned and gazed
alter the swiftly moving carriages "Well, I'll be
darned," one representative Yankee was heard to
say In the accepted stage idiOm OF New England,
'ef amt seen that teller afOre," and he thought
spangled breeches, he leaped two feet In the air
ana shouted
He was evidently In town for the Fourth, and felt
he mad already got his moneys worth. At the Re-
we're House Mr.. Greeley ana party were received.in
the private parlor, where the Bird Club usually
holds its meetings. by Mayor CASTOR and Council
men Pickering, Robinson Bratt and Shepherd. nv,
| Greeley was shown to a room, ''had good shave
and wash, as he termed il, dressed himself in
| his immaculate brOadcloth claw-hammer coat,
with white vest, and returned to the parlor, where
| Among these were DR.. George b. LOring who is, it
| Is stated eventually to become Governor of Massa
| chu9ettS, and who is an answering Grant man.
and Mr.. r. w. Bird, famous radical even in this
stronghold Of famous radicals, the godfather of the
with his high collar ana stock and hgh.necked
coat, looks like the pictures Of Old Hickory on the
currency stamps, and number Of other distln-
THE BALTIMORE DELEGATES INTRODUCED.
The whole democratic delegation of the State to
Baltimore came In and swOre by HIM Breakfast
was announced at nine O'Clock. II was served in
the parlor adjoining the Bird Club room. Mr.. Gree
ley sat at the head of the table Mr. Sinclair and Mr.
Fonda his right and left. Mr.. Bird sat at the
foot, with Theodore Tlton his left and the other
members distributed to suit themselves. Mr.. Bird
turned the conversation upon
THE HERALD AFRICAN EXPEDITION,
and said that it was evident DR.. Livingstone was
alive, but he regretted that he would not return for
STANLEY has unearthed him beyond doubt"
said Mr.. Greeley.
''rhere can be do doubt" satd Tnton, "that the
HERALD expedition there was the grandest piece OF
newspaper enterprise ever set on loot"
sit seems from the map,' said Mr.. Greeley, ''that
Livingstone has at least seven hundred miles yet to
go before he finds the sources of the Nile-away up
under the Equator, think, is the place.
'If iremenber, Mr.. Greeley said Mr.. Bird, '.t
was Munge Park who used to explore Africa when
we studied geography
eyes, yes,' said the philosopher, with hearty
laugh. "How things have changed
STORY OF sold ABE.r
The conversation turned upon gcneralship in the.
army and Mr.. Greeley related story OF 'Od Abe"
1t seems General Tom Thumb called upon our late
lamented jocular President, who said to him,
Weu, General, you're pretty small; but I've some
Generals who ore smaller than you are" The ques-
and Mr. Bird remarked that General Grant and his
party ought to have nothing to say against Mr..
Greeleys part In eaiilng Len Davis because said
son. and all the rebel armies for that's what parO
| ing them amounts to-
'aWell, can assure you," said Mr.. Greeley, chat
| didn't bail JEFF Davis until necessity came up
! where judged 1t would do good When that ne
cessity came agreed to go as one of his ball. and
''The government said Bird, represented as 1t
was down there by Judge y. Underwood, who would
victed him. arst declared his offence bailable ana
think the government officials should have received
| the first blame ii there was any blame due.n
! THE BREAKFAST PASSED
| in desultory conversation of this sort, and at its
some lithograpGs Of himself He viii visit the
Jubilee at three O'Clock. The weather is charming,
Is on the Streets convcrging towards the Coliseum
and If Mr.. Greeley Is at all popular at the Hub he
will doubtless hear It from the thousands Of threats
that will great him In the great panjandrum.
| The party took lunch at two O'Clock, and at half
past two, half an hour before the Jubilee COM
menced they were driven in open carriages to the
great building.
All THE PRESS HEADQUARTERS.
They entered by way Of the press headquarters
press, both men and women OF all the country, were
engaged. They looked up in establishment at the
| entrance OF the later franklin into their midst.
They recovered their senses, however, in moment,
and made great hurrah over the distinguished
them, and they seized hold Of the Philosopher. One
| lady pressed bouquet into his hand, which he
continued to carry all through the day, sporting
with 1t as gracefully as premiere ddnseuSe In
reply to the demands of the press men he mounted
rostrum near the end OF the room and spoke as
| iolows:-
MR.. GREELEY's SPEECH.
at has fallen to my lot recently, you are doubt
less aware TO be placed before the public in some-
work for the press and live by the press work and
| live In the public sight, and under public criticism
Sa greater degree than most people and yet
! to cavil and disparagement than that of most OF
you. 1t has been said OF me, and take 1t great
testimonial aud compliment that while in the bust
ness that have pursued throughout life l have
shown myself very fairly competent, very fairly
digent and successful, yet If /. were or should
be invited into another line of life, into diff
ferent and, II you please, higher responsibilities,
should be found unequal to them. Wen, ladies
and gentlemen, cannot well expect to have any
thing better said OF me by my friends, much less
by my adversares than to say that have done
well that which ! have had to do. (Applause.)
It would seem tolerably safe deduction that one
who has been doing well all his life that which he
has tried to do may possibly, may reasonably be
expected to do well something ese If he were to
undertake 1t. Some OF my critics observe that,
though for myself personally am tolerably honest
and respectable person, yet my associates are not
very desirable-an unworthy set. daughter and
applause) am sorry for that because my asso-
GATES through life have been mainly the gentlemen
and ladies see about me- (appause) whose ac-
quaintance made while engaged In the matter of
preparing Information for the public press; and if
any associations were disagreeable, / can hardly