The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-04
0FFICE-lI0LDERS In LINE.
THE BOYS IN BLUE REYIBWED BY
CENTENNI1L DIX, 6 90.
A Procession IN which the Custom House md
TWENTY Thousand supporters Of Grant
were the Elements Fighting the Var Over.

A Procession IN which the Custom House and
TWENTY Thousand supporters Of Grant
were the Elements Fighting the War Over.
Washington square presented an anima-
ted appearance early last evening. Standing In
line on either side OF the streets surrounding
the square were companies OF men dressed In
blue capes, and bearing lighted torches, anu
bands OF men In black silk bats carrying IL
Illuminated transparencies and Hayes
and Wheeler flags. In tho square
we're thousands OF mounted men In uniform
and in civilians dress. The music OF the bands.
the cIatter Of horses boofs on the pavemeuts as
the msrshals and their aids rode to and fro,
the hutterina OF tags and banners, and
tho booming or the cannon. that was
fred occasionally by q company OF ool-
ored Boys In Blue made spectacle
similar to those seen when an army Is preparing
to 20 forth to battle. In nearly every one or the
streets between the square aud fnurteenth
street, stood com mpanios OF BOYS In Blue, their
right OF their lines resting on Fifth avenue.
Those rts OF the square not reserved for the
participants In the parade, and the streets sur
rounding and leading into IL were densely
avenue, from wsveriy place to tho Fifth Avenue
Hotel. was lined ON either eide by interested
AT twenty minutes past nine o'clock the sig
nal wac given. and the head OF the column
moved out OF Fourteenth street and began the
cession rode Gen. Joshua +. Owen and Lis aids.
Then followed several companies Of Bows In Blue.
foot wearing ing black silk hats and bearing
banners and transparencies Then came the
second division; Gen; A. ?; ketchan rode
In Blue and moro men wearing black silk
hats. Following these marched the third
Division, IL was commanded by Gen: Lloyd
Aspinwall and consisted Of Boys IN Blue aud
citizens In black silk hats. The last division was
led by Gen. Charles X. Grahan, md was CON
o.
army oyercoats, mon In black silk hats, the Dry
Goods Merchants Republican Club. and wagons
on which we're mounted Illuminated trans
paIences-
There was but littlo enthusiasm along the line
OF march, there being but few features IN tho
| procession that would elicit any especial In
terest. Indeed, with the exception OF yacht
mounted on wheels, and drawn oy the Twelfth
| Assembly District CLUB, there was little
to be seen but rows Of men IN blue
| capes, and rows Of men In black silk hats. The
| procession. which numoefed O5O0 men, about
| oDe-half OF whom were uniformed. was reviewed
| as II passed the Fifth Avenue Hotel by Gems.
| DIX, Sickles. and Robinson; ex-Gov. Morgan,
Collector Arthur. ex Collector Murphy and
| members OF the Republican National and State
| Committees. IL occupied one hour and twenty
The advance guard OF the procession after
| leaving the fiftb Avenue Hotel marched 40
| fifth avenue with Its stately bro m stone man
sions dull and gloomy. Not light was seen in
| Mr.. stewards palace, nor were the houses Of
| rated. and were conspicuous only by the fact
| that no persons were permtted on their front
stoops. When the head Of the procession
| reached ex-Goy. L. u. Morgan's mansion at
| Thirty eight street each division gave hearty
| cheer for the exGovernor, who stood IN his
| DOORWAY 11nked on either eide by Collector
| Arthur and the Hon. Thomas 4. Acton. On the
| piazzas were several ladies, and: Postmaster
| James. William l.. DOdee. Gen. Hillhouse, Dc.
| u. ID. Morgan, jr., Gen. George II. sharp. WIN.
+. Rowland. and Charles stuart Wells. poiit-
| ic / association had been posted In front OF he
brick Presbyterian Church. opposite the Gov
ernor's house, and as each club pissed and
| cheered, the association helped to swell and
| the crowd being pushed back TO the curb, per-
mitiing the lines to Tie by In good or
der. As the light elimmeied over the advanc-
| ing colums IL could easily be seen that II was
made up OF old voters In the ranks OF the Re
4 publican party, and but few faoes OF maiden
| vOters were seen.
| when tue procession wheeled from Fifty
| second street Into sixth avenue that thorough
| fare was almost deserted, as the crowds had
| pressed toward fftn avenue. At the junction
| OF Thirty-second street and Broadway the pro-
| cession was again met by dense inass OF peo-
| pie. 1wenty-third street was reached at lilo
| and the column halted. as tho end OF the pro-
cession had not vet passed in review.
| Secretary Chandler. with a leer on his habby
| face, stood beside Police Con missioner
| Wheeler, on the Twenty-third street portico OF
| the fifth Avenue Hotel. when the procession,
| which he had manly paid for with money levied
| from ofhcehCluers tramped past. The Secreta-
| ~ regretted that Jim Blaine was not at h side
| Pointing to Capt. il.iIms, who was J0stling the
| Rood-uaturcd people aside, SO that Secret AIRY
| Chandler and the OH eholders might Get
n fair Wow or the procession. Com missioner
| Wheeler said; " lnat Dig IN IN rs Capt. Will ams
| the buliiest Republican In town. As though
| 10 please 'uis Republican protector. Capt VIII
| stationed them with the national colOrs in front
| Of secretary Chandler and the OH eeh hOlders.