New-York tribune., 1872-12-04

SANDS, atter long waiting, were ODHBeu 10
the attempt, and go disappointed to their work. Yet
from quarter before in the morning until 10
o'clock at night, there was no interruption in the
eyer-moviug stream. Until near evening the end of
the queue was still in the neghborhoOd of Duane-s
and in the meantime a second line, exclusively
for women and men escorting them. had been found
on the east side of the Hall. reaching the
esplanade nearly to Printing-house Square. Look
ing down these long lines the preponderance of
w0rking-pe0ple, men and women was very distinct,
and il was often the subject of remarks among the
multitude-remarks generally suggestive and always
feelingly expressed. There was one haTd-handed
son of toll, whose comments on this circumstance
attracted great deal of attention for o few
moments. "Yes" said he, Eve are working
men here, and what if it does cost us a
little timei 1t is little enough to lose day
for Horace Greeley, who spent many q day
working for us. That man has done more to
help workingmen then any other American who
ever lived, and he g done itby hard labor too. He
spent forty years working to elevate the condition
of labOring men. Mr.. Lincoln was gwen a great
opportunity to raise up race of worl1ingmcn
but that was an accident or providence. Greeley
has helped all by hard, earnest labor, and if
what he did is MT so striking as what Mr. Lincoln
did for the blacks it's just real, every bit" This
was said in broken phrases and rude English; but
the speakers earnesness his common sense, and
toward the last his emphasis drew around him n
crowd of listeners When lie had finished he re-
lapsed suddenly into silence, and the gap in the line
was quickly closed up,
Toward midday the suburban railroads brought in
vast crowds of country people Farmers came, often
with their entire families, and gazed with evident
emotion upon the man whom for the space of full
generation they had been accustomed to reverence
as the wisest and most practical of guides. Well
dressed citizens now became more numerous, and
the Governors Room vas soon thronged with Off
cals and local celebrates. The venerable Thurlow
Weed stood beside the coffin of one of his famous
associates, and looked sadly upon the draped por-
trait of the other who breathed his last only few
weeks ago at Auburn With him were Samuel j..
Tilden and Gen. +. A. Merritt of ST. Lawrence, Mr..
Greeley's companion on his Southern tour year
ago. The meeting of these three representative
politicians of the three political parties,
all evidently affected by the sad incident
which had called them together was remarked
with no little interest Augustus Schell stood be-
side Cen John A. Dix; Thomas c. Acton Chief of
the Assay Office and sx-Presdent of the Board of
Police eOnversed with Jackson 5. Schultz and Gen
John Cochrane Ex-Police Superintendent Ken
nedy left his sick bed to the last of man who
for many years had been his friend The Hon. Abra-
ham r. Lawrence, Dock Commissioners Agnew and
Kane Gen. Martin r. Mcmahon, Receiver Of Taxes
Gen. William Ayerill of cavalry fame; Gen. Jacob
Sharp Gen. Franz Sgel, the Hon. Thomas +. Stew
art, Nelson Waterbury, Mayor Hall, Commissioner
Van Mort Deputy Controller Storrs, Walter Is. Dun
can, Police Commissioners Bosworth Manierre, and
Barr Justices Ledwitb. Hogan, and Koch, Charles
O'Conor, John McKeou, and Judge.Van Worst were
noticed among the visitors.
About o'clock the queue grew perceptibly
shorter; but in little while, when people were re-
leased from work, fresh rush began and the line
became as long as ever. The preponderance OF the
Tutoring class apaiss became marked. Colored
people. who had not been very numerous during
the day, now came in largo bodies The Third-ave
cars discharged crowds of Germans in front Of the
Hail. and steady stream moved down Broadway.
/ The Committee Of the Common Council voted to
keep the room open until midnight if necessary.
But thanks to the excellent arrangements of the
police and the decorous temper of the visitors the
4 lines were kept moving so rapidly that by the
advertised hour-lO o'clock-it was possible
TO close the gates and give over the remains OF the
ustrious dead to the tender hands which are finally
70 fit them for burial. Before the coffin was shut
down the whole force of police duty at the City
Hall fled slowly IN front Of it. Then the doors were
locked and as tho last of the crowd had dis
persed the body was carried once more TO the hearse
and removed to Mr.. Sinclairs Mr.. Stuart and Mr.
Carpentor followed it, and watched with it through
4 the night
\ The estimates Of the number of people who took
part in the demonstration of yesterday vary greatly,
as such estimates always do. The conjectures of un-
skilled observers are invariably extravagant Many
placed the figures high as 10000. Ii Is generally
agreed that the crowd exceeded that at the Lincoln
obseques in the same place. Close counts OF the
people who entered the Governors Room at various
hours of the day give from 4Oto 20 mnute,th speed
being considerably greater toward evening than 10
4 the earlier part of the day. fair average would
doubtless be about 80 minute, or 5000 an hour AS
the stream flowed without an instants intermission
for more than thirteen hours, we have
total of about 10000 If we remember that so far as
4 can be judged from appearances, very small pro-
portion of these thousands came through idle curl
4 osty we shall understand the true significance Oh
the tribute to Horace Greeey's memory.