Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-28
GOV. Tilden In New York.

NGF. EIiOen in new EOrk.
The democratic torchlight procession last
eveuiog was one OF the graudest demonstra.
tious of It's kind ever witnessed 10 this city.
AL housh 10 the matter of banners aud traus
pareucies here vas not the lavish display that
cbaracteriz the famous turnout of the fol.
lowers of TammaDy Hall 10 November, 1868,
the numbers 10 the procession were fully as
great aud the enthusiasm far more intense aud
siuccr. The procession was managed with
great skill, aud nat an event occurred from the
time it started Ill the last club had passed the
grand stand at Uoion square to mar the bar
mony and good order Of the occasion. Prob
ab.y there has ueVer been political demon
s,ra,iou since that Of 1868 which drew together
80 vast crcwd. The sidewalks of the streets
through which it was knoWn that the process
sco would pass were literally packed with peo-
plc iuly an hour before the hour fixed fer the
beginning OF the march bad arrived, while
eylry stoop was black With the crowds that
had seized upon them as coigns of vantage
whence good view of the pageant could be
ob,alued. Several houses 90 the route were
brilliantly illuminate ed in honor of the occasion,
the Maohattan Club being especially dstio-
gui>hed for the magt ifcence Of its display,
eyc,y window Of the huge mauslon belOg lit up
with row of gas jets, while over the main en-
trace The letters IN. c." intertwioed in jets
made the st eet in the immediate vicinity as
bright as day.
The enthusiasm of the people along the
route while he proc, sson was 10 motion was
intense, aud from the time the immense army
began IT. march the cheering was lnccsSant;
frru ock 20 block the cheers rolled along like
the waves oi the OCEAN.
[, was al Unicn square hat the crowds were
the greatest The grand stand was directly 10
front of the Everett Hous., facing the park,
aud was made brilliant by several beacon llghs,
which lit up The catire plaza trom end to eDd.
1t would be iailog Tar ,ort Of the mark to call
.te ass of peup!c that were cOngregated IN
the ,Quare crowi | was multitude. Such
gathering has never been seen 10 the square
iu many years. AS Tar as the eye could reach
and he square was III up ~ al sides by the
fireworks and the beacon !'ghtS-'herc stretch
ed ou on ali sides 4 compact mass OF human
beings so tightly wadscd together that even
the large force OF p lice that were on haDd to
preserve order and make way for the process
sion we're unable for loug time to make the
slightest impression W. N 1t in the way OF cut
ting on pathway Eueo the grand stand at
times was in danger OF being carried away,
ike ship 10 the breakers OF the sea whenever
sudden surge of the crowds 10 the rear
pitched the people 10 trout against 1t. The
poce several times were swept Oft their feet,
ard disappeared bodily under the stand with
several others, whose mist rune It was to be
so near that resistance to pressure from behind
was mtre chiid's play. As the head OF the
procession was seen debouching from -Four
lee:uh street into the square the crush 10 the
paza became siilvcly dangerous, aud at one
time II seemed as though there Wou d be loss
of life from the crush Happily the multitude
wcrt, though Yit"n suffering uutold agony from
their situation, III good huuor, and each one
tried bis best to make his ueighbor's tortures
as cndurable as possible by making as much
elbow room as could be. The desire to give
Governor illden hearty greeting appeared to
make every one oblivious to selt. Wheo he
inolly made his appearance on the street the
scene that eusu,d was absolutely indescrb babe.
The moment he was deserted. attended by
the marshals, comag out of the Everett House,
Il grand rush toward him was made by the
crowd 10 the rear OF the stand, which taxed
the energy OF the police to its utmost to repel,
while the cheers that greeted him were hearty,
rlusiug cheers that showed that the crowds
We're 10 downright earnest In their welcome.
The multitude 10 the plaza, on hearing the
cheers OF the crowd near the hotel knew what
they meant, aud, as they could not see the
Governor, their expectation was made all the
greater. So, when he 6nally reached the stand
aud came forward Qp the platform the enthnsl.
assn knew 40 bounds. Such cheering was never
heard 10 New York before 1t was not one,
Two or three cheers by which lie was greeted as
he stood hat iu hand, bowiug his ack' owledg-
ments, but one long series OF CHI ers that
appeared to run together, one lnto the other,
each mere voclterous that the other. 1t any
one present ever before doubted the enthusiasm
that has been excited over tilden among the
democratic masses, bis doubts must hav" been
swept TO the winds as Witnessed the exciting
scenes about him and heard the cheering that
rolled up aud down the square, and that even
before ccaslng tor an instant was caught up by
the crowds atar off on Broadway and Fourth
avenue, ouy to 6nd additional volume as it
rolled back whcuce it had started.
The procession took over two hours and
halt passing a given point, and its march step
Was, as a rule a rapid one. The telling mot
toe> on the tanners of the various clubs, the
Goddess OF Liberty aud Brother Jonathao in
their car called out repeated cheers as they
passe the stand. The negro at the ballot box
with United States soldiers with fixed bayonets
lct'm'datiug him from voting the democratic
Ticket was heartily cheered amid cries OF "South
Var0IIna. The procession was grand sue
cess N every particular.-Neto York Herald
Friday.