The New York herald., 1879-03-15

O11EGI.
John T. Raymond. Henry r. Abbey. Daniel T. sickles.
William ii. Wickham. James r. Keene and others
the crowd filed into the barrooni. In the
old Moody and Sankey time the space on the Twen-
ty-six street side under the gallery. used for
prayer and conversation At IL IL converted
into mammoth barroom, about four hundred feet
long, where some thirty barkeepers kept busy
from early in the evening until the retired for the
night. Such sight one does often Imagine
counter 400 feet longvirtuay twenty thirty fuli
sized bars each with barts nderat which, in ranks
from Ave to ten deep excited crowds OF pushing.
swearing smoking men hustled aud hustled and
shouted for their favoritc leverage. In all stages
of intoxication. from the mildly incbriated
creatures stood and drank. They drank beer by the
hundred kegs. whiskey by the barrel and gin by the
Everybody drank beer pretty much all
the time, and hundreds emphasized their
beering by an occasional dramght OF whis
key--so called Fifteen cents insured
glass of very fair Monopgahca whiskcy AMI five cents
procured glass of froth. with suggestion Of beer
that necessitated another trial. With all night before
them it was difficult for entirely sober man to
comprehend the rush. ths push. the drive. with
which these thirsty people strove for their inner
refrcshment II humiliating to sec the animal
like eaPcrness with which they threw the liquor
down their throats. and suggestive of jolly good
must have been enormous There WAS much
confusion necessarily, hut no quarrelling
foro twelve. when the fierce hurrahing Of
the inside warned the drinkers that something
had occurred. With n sudden, an all-emDractDg i'm
pulse. at lcast two Thousand men dropped their
glasses, spilled their beer. forgot 10 pay and rushed
for the places of exit Tables were overturned
chairs were smashed. walters pnshed here and
tumbed there and moro were ja,nmed against
the jambs of the entrances than over were before
Ennis had taken the track and from the centrc
of the Garden the vast assembicge resem-
bled suddenly enraged and consequently ex
cited bees The approach of midnight made
difference to tho thing The crowd was as densely
mas<ed as ut any time during the evening. The peo
plc had evidently come to stay. 1t was the 5andest
jam witnessed, felt or experienced In the his.
tory of the Garden.
THE SCENE AT MIDNIGHT
1t had been supposed that with the coming OF the
midnight hour there would he ~ very general clear
ing out of all but the owl brigade, but There
never was greater mistake. More people entered
than left the Garden between eleven and twelve
O'clock fact unprecedented m the history of the
MATCH The scene at midnight was most ex-
occupied the boxes throngei the malls and
made the great spaces vocal with their shouts. As
illustration of the universal interest felt in the
contest list of well known persons intent on the
proceedings at this strange hour will he read with
attention Sheridan Shook was the animated centre of
left of tho main entrance. Among the
at this time were James OBrien. Police Comrnis-
sioncr Nichols. AL Smith. Judge Gcdney. Judge
Abram j. Dittenhoefer, ex-Asseinblynan Erhardt.
ex-senator Everard, Commissioner Wheeler. Com
missioner Smith, General Sickles, Andrew Sheehan
and Charley Backus Tony Pastor sat in box be-
hind long nine. and refreshed his friends with
iced champagne Pierrepont Edwards. the British
VICE Consul. promenaded with friend James
scorers stand Frank Mordaunt. Manager Abbey.
Of the Park Theatre; Alden S. swan. Of
Edward Harrigan crowded over the reporters
rail. John r. Raymond, will Sands. the Black Crook
Rudolph; Chando Fulton and Edgar, OF the
and Dan Gillette on the south mall. Colonel
Joe Cocheron. Colonel James Mooney; Charles
Kimpand, Broadway Shaffer. Walton. the livery
stable sport Pat Rooney and Benjamin Wood formed
q conspicuous group DR.. Eisberg. Ed Kearney.
r Asey wo anaonsp the
score. Colonel Buck. Of the Spirit Of ne Times; Mr..
Prentice. of Montreal Harry Beckett. and ex-senator
Creamer made mysterious entries III little
blue books. Abe Hummcll. Alderman Carroll, Al
derman Foster. Alderman Herman. Alderman Shiels.
Alderman Keenan,. ex-Assemblyman Fallon and Ned
Gilmore endeavored to ind resting place for the
ladies' of their escort. Coroner Schirmer. Coroner
Woltman and the member for Sligo were among the
among the promenaders. Amateur atheticism
was represented by William Gladwin. William But
John L. Borne. Samuel Pope. Frederick Massey.
Jasper Goodwin, Edward smith. f. Latin.
psssT ssSe WITT E. uss ana wam Among
other persons known in political and sporting cir
eles were NOTICED W. C. Lo1lnar,y sdnno William
Frank Lorwen. john N. Abbott. James Buksey..
r. b; scoheld, Tom Riggs. Dun Walton. senator II.
Of % California; mi &C c. ". shafcr James Rude6ock.
4. Strahan. Frank Storing, James X Wood.
M SrPaP s ar Gom
missioner samuel Conover. Walter Briggs.
Daniel Sweeney, pr. Taylor, Christopher shafcr.
Frank Herman. William Lovei, John Mathews,
James Purd and Chris. Darling. Old time rcminis
cences revived by the presence OF the veteran
George Law of steamship and savings hank fame.
and the yachting squadron represented by Major
Ulrich William q. Langley and Alex Hcnriquez.
Thesc and thousands of Others formed part and
parcel Of tho tumutnous throng that ch ,ered and
hurrahed and made the raftcrs ring with noises
loud enough To awake the dead. At halfpast
twelve the theatrical profession furnished
delegation in the persons of Managers
Poole n Donnely. John IA. Starin. Harry sandcrson.
Tony Hart, J. IL. Polk Walden Ramsay. Mat Ling
ham and +. H. Sheridan. Ennis then walking
like deer. and enthusiasm reigned in all the Gar
den, while the barkccpers made money with their
tinkling glass aud gurgling beer.
PIFru DAYS SCORE.
Tho following table will show the number of miles
walked by each man from ono A. NJ. yesterday until
one A. NJ. to-day