The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-07
from Edmund Yates's account In the New VOTE
Herald.
4 DAMAGING COMPARISON.


In the first r'aee, let we venture ; 70 LII ua,
that in the matter Of street decor,!ion yo'
are somewhat bebindhand. i Ihe DISPLAY
flags and all that is known by Tue sehe.,,
name of "buDting' was To-Day s s.n On;
poor and inappropriate. Inc o. aar,o;ni ,
Stripes form very pretty banhe1-:: 80 nn;
unite as pretts as Dur old Union JACK OF an.
of the continental tricolors but nothing e'a
but Stars and Stripes 1oatifig from widows :
incumbering flasstaifs, fesiUoned across Dai
comics. stuck. in the heads Of horses, st.fsae
ol1t aid Carried horizontally by the sooty nn'
oers of our coi5!sd brethren, become o.
wearving and monotonous ss was Inc YOU
tours psrdtr to the French gou'Taetj OF Tue
Mutton hot and mutton cold,
Mutton young aId marion gid'
Mutton tender, mutton toug1l-
thank the Lord I've had enough;
to the Eaton schooi-boy. Nor, il may De
permitted Ii say So did l ever before as.
ssist at any public celebration 10 any
country in which the embleHs OF otfei
nations were so entirely anu per
sistentIy ignored rs on the present W
casion. | can safely say that never aurln p!
nv experience has there been pubic hoil.
dav in London without the display OF q vast
n,imher of American Gags. not merely pu'
forth for American residents, but forming
mart of the general display, INTERVIEWING
with French and Italian tricolofs, German
and Russian Eagles. and Ottoman CrescentS
I am not idiotic enough to inpute this onls'
SIGN to the rational vanity or seltishness.
AN 0ttNIbUs-LoAD OF VETERANS.
The presence of the veterans OF the MeXi
can war was well-timed and interesting
But surely it would have been better te
have paraded them before the eyes Of Their
fellow-citizens in some vehicle more dignl'
fed than a brokcu.down omnibus with q
linen placard bearing their printed dcs'gna'
ton.
ICE-EART CAVALRY. ~
To the eve accustomed to the spick and
span peatness-I do not slluee to the style
of the uniform, but only t. the manner
in which it was worn and kept--of Inc
English and French household troops, Oh
the Life Guards; Of the Cent Gardes, OF
the PrusSian Uhlans, or, indeed, OF the
light cavalry and hussars of any of the coun-
tries named, there was something provoking
in the sloyenness Of the dress, the want OF
polish to the Announcements, and the wretch
edly ill-groomed' condition of the horses
which was strikingly Disappointing. I0 be
sure as regards some Of the horses, large al
lowance is to be made, many Of them having
been procured in the toWn-usefui animals,
more fitted for domestic service than military
display. Indeed, canard is current that
one regiment, not to be named, was mounted
on horses belonging TO the knickerbocker
Ice Company Of this city, and that many OF
the members lost their seats in consequence
of the aninyss pulling up suddenly at the
doors Of the houses where they were accus-
toned to deliver the daily cooling allowance.
LITTLE CHEERING AND NO roLITESEss.
II struck me that our colorcd brother had a
Way of whooping, and yelling, and sboy-
ing against pCaccable citizens-possibly In
the attcmrt to- bring up bis heel somewhere
near the front part Of his foot--which was,
to say tic least of it, aggravating Notice
able, toe, was the fact that there was very
little cheering. That ide! that Britons are
the only people that can cheer has long since
been exploded. l have heard American hur-
rabs quite Us hearty as English. and your
"tiger' is an effective equivalent for our
" kentisil ire" But it is certain there was
very little cheering to-day as the President
passed Ey, aud to what there was he never
made The least response. Lord Chesterfield
laws down the axiom that it is the duty of a
gentleman to raise his hat in reply to Il SINH
Ilr situation, even though it he proflercd by
Il beggar; but President Grants stove-pipe
might have been nailed to his head, and bis
face was as cheerful and expressive as the
tigurebcad Of an old !Tigate.
From Den Piatls account In tie New York Herald.
THE BIG DAY ARRIVED.
Now comes the hour big with the fate Of
peanut stands, President, and things, and 10
the morn in scarlet petticoat flares up along
the east. (ADd blue Moses, but it is cold !!
The patriotic citizen, with cOlored nose anC
hat pulled down and coat collar turned up
hurries by, while the patriotic citiZencs,
strives in vain TO hold down her drapery
against the fierce north wind that all night
has been rocking the huge ballroom like 9
balloon. The patriotic hack-driyer|, realiz
ing $40 all hour, rush their hat-racks called
horses to and fro, while the avenue cars roll
YEARLY alon4, resembling hee-hiyes about
TO turn out swarns. This is the company
that owns Congress and deadheadS
SoIons and smallpox between George.
town, an aristocratic old cemetery,
and the nuvy-yard. While the avenue on
each side of its track is paved with wood,
the company impudently retains the old cob
bic stones tor their horses TO stumble over,
and all attempts at correction are laughed at,
for I'LL the congressman who are not stock.
holders are deadheaded. 1t is the most
edifyiug sight in the world to see dignilied
senator pull out his well-worn, greasy, free
ticket and exhibit it to the crowd and the
conductor. Sometimes the Scion has not
this ticket with him, and then he falls back
on his dignity. looks at the conductor seri-
ollS!y, and says, " Sir" Jf the conductor
is unusually stupid or drunk the Senator
sings out his name and makes complaint to
the company of an insult put OIL him.
posTMAsTERs, CREDIT-MoBILIER STOCKHOLDERS,
AND OTHER PATRIOTS IN LINE.
= The Fifth division, made up, was in
formed by reliable gentleman well &C
quainied with the programme, OF the indie
pendent order of country postmasters,
marched we'll, keeping step on right-dress
regulation by The Third Assistant Postmas-
ter-General. But they looked hungry and
weak, and created much commiseration
Following them came the Credit-Mobilier
stockholders, brass-mounted and armed with
afidavits.. But we missed their grand mar
shal, Cakes Ames, who, am informed, is so
weak from his late weeping that he could not
get out. The S. G. Bowen Pioneer Club of
the District, carrying banner with a paint
ing Of the wel-snown Bowen bill, attracted
attention. The band played :" Not for Joe"
with decided effect.
I The survivors OF Black Friday. CARRYING
a portrait Of the late james Fisk, Jr., draped
in mourning, were quite startling, as also
was the SANTANA Bay Company and true be-
levers in st. Domingo. The Eighteenth
division. that contained the Christian states
men, excited universal admiration. The
honorable and sanity Pom. acted as mar