New-York tribune., 1875-12-23
SONS OF THE PILGRIMS.
CELEBRATING FoREFATHERy DAY.

CELEBNA1lNG DhI'
THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER or THE NEw-ESGLASn
souETY-sPREcHEs BY GEN. SHERMAN, THH
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR, JOSEPH II. cBoATE,
GEN. PORTER, AND OTHERS-P2EsIDENr GRAM
BOWS WITHOUT SPEAKING.
The annual dinner of the New England Society of
New-York took place last evening at Delmoncos, in
Fourteenth-st., about 300 persons being present
Among the number were the following: President
Grant, Gen. William T. Sherman, the japanese En-
bassador, Cyrus w. Field, Stewart l.. Woodford
Isaac II. Bailey. Joseph H. Choate Chnuncey M. De-
pew, Elliot C. Cowdin, Smith NJ. Weed,
Andrew d. White, Judge John X. Brady,
Gen. Joseph r. Hawley, Gen. William +. Bartlett,
Gen. Horace Porter exGov. +. ID. Morgan, Collector
Arthur, ex-Collector Murphy. Commissioner Salem
ii. Wales, Col. William Borden, Col Gildersleeve,
the Rev. Drs. H. W. Bellows and James VI. Ludlow.
Dr. David Murry, Robert Gordon, A. r. McDonougb,
Dennis Mcmahon, G. w. Warren, William T. Davis,
and S. L. Pullon.
Before the guests were seated at the tables an in
formal reception took place in the parlors adjoining
the dining-room, President Grant and Gen. Sherman
being the centers of attraction. The decorations
about the tables and walls consisted of profusion
of flowers the flag of the society, and the
national cOlors, which were festooned III all parts Of
the room. After the dinner had been eaten, the
President of the society," Isaac III. Bailey delivered
the annual address, and at once ELECTED evidence OF
the good humor Of the company. His early mention
Of the President and the General Of the Army, as
guests of the society, drew forty hearty applause
When "Ihree Cheers for the President Of the
United Statesw were proposed and given,
Gen. Grant slightly bowed his head and
brushed his temple with his hand. The sew
eral toasts of the evening were accompanied
by an apt quotation from Shakespeare, and were as
follows: "The day we celebrate !" "The President
of the United States;' "The State of New
York; "The City of New-York y "Our Guests !"
"The Army and Navy "Our Schools" THE
Reconstructed Republic" )" "Our Sister Societies"
1.-THE Press" and 4" Woman"
To the first toast, Joseph II. Choate responded in
well-receiyed remarks, and drew hearty applause by
his reference to tho Presidents message and
his position on tho currency question, referring
to him as the proper and consistent champion
Of hard money! No responses were made to the
three following toasts, and in the mean time the
President read telegram he had just received from
the President of the Old Colony Club of Plymouth,
Mass. saying: Congratulations of Old Colony
Club founded in 1862" To this an appropriate reply
was sent as follows: "The New-England Society re-
turns your congratulations and celebrates, with tho
President and General of the nation in their midst,
the anniversary of our nations BIRTH"
"Our Guests being the next toast, William T.
Davis, Gen. Horace Porter, and Jushie Toshida
Kiyonari, the japanese ambassador, spoke. Gen.
Porter provoked laughter continually, and when he
mentioned William Penn as his own Indian con-
tractor" and said that ben Franklin's reason for
leaving Boston was that he could not have the POST
Office" the laughter was almost uproarious, Presi-
dent Grant joining heartily.