, 1877-05-17

He Accompanies q Marvellous Feat In
Hand. Shaking at New
York, !;
Five Thousand Persons Cordially Greet.
ed in an Hour and Quarter.
4 Remarkable Memory Of Faces E7incea
By the Chief Executive. :.

Gpetfdf Dttp1fcA to INT 7F{8nak
NEW Yonx. May l0.-The reception Of President
enthusiastic to-day than upon either Of the swo
preceding days Of bis visit. Flags weeo
hoaslng from the Clty.11all nag.staffs. and
hung In profusIon over the main entrance
to tho building from t1e rail'nss Of
the stalr~srs aud tho interior Of tho ha1lwaJ. Tho
Post. Otdce and 4 numbcf Of prominent buildtn21
also disp1ayed the nattonal co1ors At 10 O'Clock
crowd assembled In. CIty-IIall Park. and the eu-
frances to wero bcr!eEea. but perfect Of
der waa maintained By large force Of otteert. At
II two carriages Drove into tho park from Droad.
way. President Hayes was
AT oHcE RECOGNIZED
and greeted With loud and prolonged cheering and
waving Of hats. The theong by this umo was
swetcd 10 over ., o00 people, and hundreds camo
runaing from netghbortng streets and bu11dEngs.
S{AJor Ely escorted the President 10 The Gov
ernof'd halt. Meanwhile tho hoat without
pushed against the barred doors Of tho
CITY Hall e1amostng for admittance. Tho Prosi-
dent spent some minutes examining Washfn8ton's
desk and other relcs, aud then took pos1tion be-
had decorated the building when Washington took
his oath Of otace ranged behind him. LII. Hayes
stood on
/ TAs ZANE SPOT LINCOLN AND JOHNSON oo-
CUPfED
when holding Similar reccptous By the Pree!-
dents s!do stood Mayor ElJ and Just by him secre-
| taries Erarts and 8ehutx, Thus}ow Weed, Gen,
Cochsane, Gen. Auson @. MeCook, Elliott F.
Shepard, and others. A. soon u tho DOOR we1o
opened tho people began to nlo into tho
building, advancing In order up tho ce1-
tral stairway, through tbs Governors room,
where Tho President received them.
TO evsry gr.sp o. tis hand hearty shake ~ r,
I you do, sirF' No ore was allowed 70 stop longer
Than ! moment. and 20 rapidly d!l the procession
pass that AF. Hayes shook on An average
! TonTr HANDS 4 N1Hu1E.
Il Hs as a'
reached fst down Park row. each person being
compelled TO tako, hls. turn. Tho*e who hlea
eIi eeia:!,ely ~ ot ths Susne.s and snd rotEiHs ele:;es
Of she communitY: 4apy same In thsis shs!s- MT.
a IT, dr.. tss
wcrs ~ gfeetcd By the Presldent with 5miiio aad
Not few Of tho callers were nsgees. a no.
eeablo feature Of tho procession vas tho presence
Of large e,emsns Of ths Democratic party. Few
xst' xss ost sbooR q '' hsaas S''s viii n a'
oat @ Q. aers % cu1s.ltY.. - thcif siseting of tho
irvsident was - hearty " TINT Of thn Nepubeaaa-
sss s. = I'd sqx L s e.:
VIC xso = wsra soldiers aadsr il Command dutins tas
WERE ngcoonIzxp AND wARMLr GREETED.
Of not less than g 500 people. The multitude still
prcsseo In, and. though his arm was wsnry. be
continued to receive them. The AAypr md
uthers Eomunstsated agalast hid orer.exertloa, but
the rrratdcat smlliugty answered, "1can slanst
=; an only.too happy to meet Tho peopie." AZ
uaYea hid sh7ken hands tnccsaantly an hour and
quarter, having In that time received
| ABOUT 1000 rKRsoN5,
according to thu Tribune. At o'clock the prest-
dent stsIted for bis carriage by private way, hop.
Ink 10 cluds the crowd. The peoplc caught slghs
n nsned' ' appIaase. 1 tho party dro1s aw.y
cheers upun ehecn were given fot
the President and hl. policy: It
IL estimated that from 0o0 to 10 COO people via-
lied tho CITY Hall 2ad park during the time Of she
reception, while hnnafeas mora came between !
| and o'clock,