Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-02
PRESIDENT HAYES IN RICHMOND.

THE ARRIVAL ON TUEsDAY-MMENsE
CRowD-GRAND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AL APPEARANCE OF THE VISITORS-AT
TIE FAIR GROUND-GOVERNOR RE
CEPTIoN,
&C., &C., W..
(Reported by Mail and Telegraph for the Staunton
VIND1CAToRo
RICHMOND, Oct. 3Oth.
The splendid procession has just passed
the "Dispatch" Office where am writing
and Richmond has given President Hayes
one of the grandeot receptions, erllApS The
most hearty and demonstrative he ever re-
ceiv-d. AT the head of Franklin where
the excursion train stopped two hours ago
the crowd W IS simply wonderful. Around
the stage which occupied an open space III
the park men, wOMen ANA children, black
and white, police force, fire organizations
infantry, artillery, cavalry, carriages, hor-
SEES and il fact everybody, had stood for
an hour in the drilling rain, patient but
steadily augmenting until The boom OF
cannon announced the approach of the
Presidential party. This was the signal
for ii general rush, the crowd swaying he
tween the stand and the train, with loud
uZzls, the President was escorted to the
land with his hat off while Judge Mere
dth on the part OF the city welcomed HIM
10 Richmond The crowd and confusion
was so great that but little of Judge Mere
dith's speech could be heard hundreds of
umbrellas were raised preventing a view
of the President, but their owners were
,ooted at and threatened until all but few
were lowered, those holding them were so
rudely jostled that they had to submit to
the will of the many and all stood and
took the rain together for more than an
hour while numbers of the distinguished
party addressed them. The Presidents
portraits do not carry a correct idea OF his
appearance except as to his. height and
figure. One would think who had only
seen them, that his hair and beard were
dark, while on the contrary his beard
which is long, would be red were it not for
the liberal sprinkling OF white, and his HAIR
is light and quite grey. He has pleasant
expression of countenance, with d ford
complexion, and his eyelids not opening
wide give to his face a laughing expression;
in fact he is fond of saying pleasant and
funny things all thro' his speeches and es-
pecially when abiding to members OF his
cabinet as he introduces them all himself.
In appearance, Mr.. Hays reminds Rich
mopd people of Gen. Harry Heth and if he
we're little less grey, stauntOn folks
would call him like Capt. Dick Catlett. He
spoke with clear and distinct voice and
was attentively heard and frequently APP
plauded.
Secretary Evarts who stood near him
and under a big brown hat much too large
for him and out of proportion with his
thin face and lean figure, was first 1ntroz
duced and his voice being hoarse was not
heard any great distance from the stage,
but his appeal to Virginia to take the lead
in supporting the just policy of the admin
istration was loudly applauded. Mr.. Ev-
arts style of speaking, gesture and lntona-
ton, with his general appearance is strlk-
ingly like the late Henry A. Wise, which
was remarked upon by many here.
Mr.. Sherman has not so prepQssesslng
face as Mr.. Evarts, there is something
sinister about it's expression, tho it is in
tellectual and not bad looking, close clipped
beard aud moustache, both OF which with
his hair are grey, keen eye and COM
pressed lips go to make up the face OF this
notable man. who has not hitherto shared
the kindest feelings of this people. tho no
one could object to his utterances on this
occasion.
During the speech of MI. Sherman the
crowd became so boisterouS and threaten
ing around lady and gentleman with an
umbreila up, who Gefed them, that chill
dren were trampled Hpon, women shrieked,
men collared each other, and row seemed
imminent. The police pressed in with
their clubs, and the writer, with difficulty
keeping his feet, was borne right I'D in
front of the stand to first-rate position,
and the umbrella came down. The man
swore, the lady CRIED, and order was re-
stored, Sherman never Stopping big speech.
Secretary Thompson was next intro
duced. He boasted Of his Virginia birth,
and the glorious Old Dominion, carrying
the crowd with him, and be looked Viz
ginian with his benign countenance beam
ing from under his snow white hair,
though he has q broad western pronuncia-
ton and rolls his RS, speaking with great
precision of sEticulation, and very deliber-
ately.
Attorney General Devin, prono4ltssa py
Mr.. Hayes DeU-at1a, spoke after Sec. Thomp-
son. A lady near me said when he came
forward, "What splendid-looking man.. y
He did look well, with his exact figure,
short gray Wbislkers Oh his chin and cheeks
s origh t eyes, and #ec4t f nJye zRd be IS
good speaker, too. It is noticeable that
the President seems TO be the youngest
man in the party. The ladies were some
of them quite pretty, and Mrs. Hayes
quite as pretty and pleasant-looking as has
been represented. though scarcely SO young
as 1 had expected to find her. Her general
resemblance to lady ct ;Staunton- which
has been referred to-, struck tis WrIter
also, though Mrs. Hayes is brunette:
The procession through the streets from
Monroe Park to the Exchange, one and
half mills. was 2 gay and beautiful one,
dense crowd the whole way, There we're
not many decorations, though some build
ings were deliberately decorated with bunt-
ing, The principal ones were the IBIS
patch'' building, Levy Bres., and A. Saks
Il Co. Levy Ercs, eXcelled them all
bright festoons, extending from the large
gilded eagle on the top. of their s story
building to the ground floor, with the flags
of all nations and all the States. Across
the front in large letters were the words
"Welcome,' andJust heloW, San honest
man s the noblest work Of GOD, " I thought
tie President smiled with more compla-
cency and bowed more profoundly to the
occupants at the windows OF the building
than anywhere on his route. Saks Il Co.
had an elegant ba, ner stretched across the
street, and profusiQn of gaudy bunt-
ing. The croWd here to-day is pro-
nounced larger than that IN Richmond at
the unwilling of the StoneWall statue, and
it will be much larger tomorrow, as the
trains continue to come in crowded. 1t
will be larger than was anticipated.
WEDNESDAY.
Everybody went out early this morning
for FORE t5e ey t did, sh wG b1e sff Gs about
10 O'Clock and then received a number of
prominent citizens who called, and then
though the weather was bad, drove around
the CITY stnnninlp at some OF The factories