The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-07
THE BRAZILIAN line.
Launch Of the City of Para at
Chester. Yesterday.
A BRILLIANT AS-EAIBLAGE
The President. the Cabinet and Thirty
thousand People Present.
CHESTER Pa. Aprii6 1878

CHESTER Pa, April g. 1878.
The launch Of tho steamer Cny OF Para, Tho second
OF John Roach's limo OF steamers Brazil wit
messed by about 10000 people. Among them
tho President OF tho United Statcs the Calumet.
The members OF Congress and q large company OF
other invited guests among whom were the most is
tingushed OF the country. They had come 10 Wit
ness not merely tho launch OF new merchant ship but
the organization OF line o: American steamers,
intended 10 open 10 our manufacturing Industries
the markets OF a continent. The launch was an.
nounced TO take place a. huli-past Two I. 81. but
long before that hour those invited to witness tho
event had begun arriving at the ship yards where
flags we're nying labor suspended. tho workmsn as
scmbled dressed in their best. ana every indication
displayed OF a general holiday. Special excursoa,
trains the Philadelphia, Wilmington aud
Baltimore aud tho Philadelphia aud Reading railroads.
and crowds OF slghtseers were brought from man0
miles around. BY O'Clock the large ship yard wiz
,riy filed visitors Among tho rs OF the a.
tingushod visitors to tho spscse5
train from New York. A
VISITORS PRESENT
The following were the arrivals from New York -
Mayor Ely Collector Chester A. Arthur, A. b. Cor.
nell J. Nelson TappeS. ex-Mayor William II. Wick.
ham, A. A. Low, s. ID. Babcock, William Garrison,
d. o9aso
Comptroller Kelly. General +: smith
Joel Erhardt, siuney Nichols, hiteiaw Rcid, Hon
H. +. Dimock, Paul 5. Forbes Dion Boucicauit, Hugk
,. hastings. George H. Andrews, ex-snerin Conner
Postmaster James, in"mas J; Rowland, @
II. Mallory, J. n. Motley, Dr. J. q. RodrigueA
w. & ). O'Bricn, Lieutenant Governor Dorshcimdr,
Judge John r. Bssdy. Judge Charles X. Dononuc,
Judge Ii. A. Giidorsleeve, Or. Coz eus X. Agnsw,
Eliot G. Cowdin, Henry L. Capp, SoIen Humphreys,
+. ". Humphreys. NJ y; Dononue Francis skiddy.
| b. Ford, John q. Lcdecker and others.
Al Two O'clock the special Washington train, With
/ the Presidential and Congressional party arrived
AID ha fn = inn nf-tl n nn had
President Hayes, the secretaries Of the Navy, War
Interior and treasury, the Attorney General, Genera
| war and Postmaster General, tho superintendent OF
foreign mail service, Admirai ID. 4. Porter, United
Eustls, Conkilng, Jones, Lamar, Rollins, sargent,
Gordon. Matthews, Ferry, Harris, Mitchell, Morrill,
lie; Minister Dardon, Guatemala Minister Plenipo-
tiar . Man,iia, spain; sxoshid Kiyouar, japanese
Minister; His Exccloncy Nicholas Snshkin Kussian
| Minister; Don Manuel Frcyre, Peruvian Mnistar;
A. p DO Carval,o Borses, Brazilian Minlsteri
George q. Gorham, Secretary United states sesasei
William Dennison and A. Phelps. District Commits.
| sioners; D. IL. Armstrong. William Aidrick, 7. w.
Bailou. ). Bundy, 6. H. Brogasn. q II. Browne, A Il.
Boone, II. q. Burcharo, ) q Carlisle, $. b. Chtten.
don, Na,nan Cole, II 3 Cummings, ". Clark, y.
| w. CALDWELL NJ. J. Durham, u. g. Dibre, }. l. Evans
j. b. klan, E. John Ellis. G. l.. For. B. 5. fasr. Z.
Hszieton T. l. Henderson. }. .. Henderson,
joseph h 1orssnsen, Charles Il joyce. J. T.
Jouos, +. ". knighticy. J. A.. Keiier. John l.
Kcnna, Benjamin IAppincoit. N T. Lyme, T. I. Ligon,
| lockwood, George Morse. Leopard Morse A. g. Nc
Cook. J. T. Morgan, }. a. Mckenzie, J. H. McGowan,
! ". II. Morrison, L. 5. Mescaii, charles 0'Nch, L.
Powers ). W. Pugh, W. a. Phillips l. Phelps, II. ".
Pollard, \: 7: Page Daniel Kea J.. II keasan. G. M,
Stone ". ;. Shaiisnberger. :. W stone. John NJ.
Tnompson. Thomas iSsnsr, Amos Townsend, n. n.
| Van vordis, Andrew Williams, William Ward Charles
a. Williams, N. -. White, A. S. Williams. A. s. Villa
4 Williamson, United States Minister to Csn.rsi
| America: Governor Packard, Ex-Governor Hahn zen.
/ crnl b. IL S.m m g .ncraI Tuppcr. Louisiana.
| mors:-Enoch Pratt, ). H. brewer, y. p Stevens, a.
S. AbolI, william NJ. Boone. ". J. Wright, cx-Mayor
| r. q. La,robe, W. W. Fulton John A. Robo. Hon.
Wash. Booth Hon. Sullcy der souza. Brazilian Con.
! The Philadelphia visitors were the following: -
| Mayor w. ). Stokicy George A. smith, james l..
| Cayen John Mason, Vice Consul, Brazil; Henri
PrsauL Russian Consul; Count G. CALI, Italian Con.
sui; Ravin d'Elpeau vicc Consul France; Charles II.
Meyer, German Consul; 70. X. korr.rish. Consul
George II. Boxer, Andrew g. Curtin Adolph 4. Boria,
| Messrs Drcxei a Co, Thomas Scott. Franklin u.
Gowen, Isaac Iincklcy, Commodore Pierce Crosby,
phia Navy Yard; IL. NJ. Brooke, A. Louden Snowdcn,
| Collector A. r. Tuition. from Harrisburg came Gov.
| ornor Hartranft anu staff and W. j. Quay.
i LAUNCH.
After the Presidential party had boon received by
Mr. Roach at the yard they escorted aboard tho
Ct,y OF Rio dc Jnnciro which was lying nj the wharf,
where they renamed to witness tho launch Al
O'Clock precisely, In the presence Of 10000 people.
who were BY time assembled, the strIngpiecc
| cut and the new ship tho Cay OF Para, gied
gracefully smoothly mo tho wator. Tho descrp
ton OF The Rio do JaIclro viii apply TO her fellow,
| the CITY Of Para.
about thousand OF the principal guests repaired
to tho mould lott drink success 70 The lev enter
| prise and partake OF a collation.