New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-16
VERMONT ia Y.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUsg.I
THE PRESIDENT EN- ROUTE.
A PLEASANT Journey sPICED WITH LIVELY INCL.
DENTS

| A PLEASANT JOURNEY, sPICED WITH LIVELY Incl
| DENTS.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsg.1
BENNINGTON, VT, Aug 15-The Presidential
party passed through New-York very quietly this
morning. No information as to the route they
would take to go TO Vermont appeared in the news
papers, and it was generally supposed that arriv
ing from Washington early in the morning, they
would go forthwith They nearly three
hours in the city, however taking a comfortable
| breakfast at the L fth Avenue Hotel and arriving
at the Grand Central Station in time TO take the
| O'clock Saratoga express. There crowd
/ in waiting, except the usual number Of pass
engers, and very few Of them knew that they
had such distinguished feow-travelers dispatch
had been sent ahead to have seats reserved in a
paror car. President Vanderbilt replied by the
offer of his private car, which was accepted. He
carried his hospitality still farther, and accompanied
the party far Troy, proving himself an excel
lent guide by pointing out the many places of inter-
! est along the route. Before the train started
Gov Morgan came to pay his respects 10 Mr. Hayes.
The party when 1t left NewYork consisted of the
President and Mrs. Hayes; Miss Foot of Cincinnati,
! guest at the White House; the Secretary Of War,
! Mr. McCrary; Attorney General Deyens, Postmaster
| General Key, Webb c. Hayes and Burchard Hayes,
sons of the President; y. G. Ordway. Chairman Of
! the New-Hampshire Reception Committee Mr..
| Woodbridge of Vermont, and two or three news
paper correspondents.
Along the road appeared to have any
knowledge that the President on the train, aud
the villagers only glanced with slight curiosity at
the peculiar car attached TO the rear Of the train,
with its broad sheltered platform occupied by few
plainly dressed people. On this platform the
President and his wife rode most Of the way,
admiring the lovely panorama of the Hudson,
,rhi - i'm
picture Of varied beauty the train sped
| along at the rate of forty miles hour. After
| passing Poughkcepse a capital lunch cooked in
| a kitchen i'm the car, was served TO the party by
! the time the train reached East Albany the news
that the President on board had gone ahead just
fast enough TO reach the men in the railroad shops
and they turned out in a solid body and gave a
cheer member of the Cabinet, looking at tho
crowd Of coatess men with sleeves rolled mp, fresh
from the lathe and the forge, suggested to the
President that it good opportunity for
| speech on the labor question
At Troy everybody seemed to have heard that tho
President was coming, a great crowd filled the sta
ton and bockaded the streets around ii. The cheer
ing was spontaneous and hearty. When the train
stopped the President came ont on the platform and
| leaning over the railing shook hands with as many
as could reach him. Five or six would seize his hand
at once and the suTgng throng making frantic Efforts
! to get hold of the Presidents fingers a comcal
sight for the other occupants of the car. give Us
a shake, Mr.. President" "a pleasant journey to
YOU God bless you, sir, " " Shake here Mr. PresI-
dent, - Thank YOU These and hundred other
ordinations came from the throng All were good
| natured aud many enthusiastic. W hen the switch
ing engine backed in to pull the out and attach
It to the Bennington train it was with great diff
Guilty that the station police cleared lane in the
throng. A dozen men and boys stuck on to tho
| platform until the town was almost left behind TO
see Mr. Hayes and secure the coveted honor OF
shake"
AT Troy n number of Vermont gentlemen joined
the train among them Col. Merrill and Col. Harring-
ton. Soon after crossing the State line Gov. FAIR
childs. Senator Edmunds, Senator Morrill, and
number of brilliant staff officers came on board.
1t was o'clock when the train arrived at Benning-
ton and the ceremonies of celebrating Veunonts day
were already over. Escorted by the Vermont and
New-Hampshire troops, the party drove slow
| ly through the two pretty yilages-through
long streets of white houses shaded by
| NAPLES and decorated with flags and strips
of bright bunting, and banners with patriot
| c inscriptions and quotations from Gen. Stark.
The village On the hill We'd with the larger village
| in the valley in evidences of rejoicing and awake
ened patriotism. A mile beyond the former,
and in the green country, and on the side
OF a bald mountain, the party halted and
found rest at a spacious stone mansion belonging
| to Mrs Tibbetts Only one evidence Of anything
| besides the utmost good will towards President
Hayes was observed along the whole line Of march.
In the outskirts of the upper village httlc dirt
colored house, with broken windows, was placarded
with a printed poster bearing the inscription,
Fraud triumphant to T." Evidently quantity
Of the bills had been sent to town. but only ono
man was found mean enough to insult the guest Ok
| the State by putting them up.
Bennington oyertows with people. The soldiers
! live in camps aud the civilians are quarted upon tie
/ townsfolk who are stretching their hospitality as
far a they can. Beside all the uniformed militia Of
! Vermont, and four hundred troops from New-iamp-
shire there are two three thousand veterans OF
| the Rebellion in camp.
THE CELEBRATION
! THE PROCESSION AHEAD OF Anything EVER SEEN
! IN VERMONT-THE SPEECHES AND EXERCISES.