New-York tribune., 1880-10-12

reached until the eve fell upon the smoky Ilgnts OF
rhe itinerant venders along Broadway. Opposite
was terrace of upturned faces. The street. siue-
waIk aud west side Of Madison Square were
filed with human beings. Underneath tne "s"'0'
twinkng dImly in the square. IL couiu DC Seo"
that the multitudes extended far beyond the uenso
ranks in front Through the foliage to the north
east reddish glare told of the llumna'ions Oh tne
Union League Club House, and IN the southern paf'
of the square a calcium light shed q strange un
earthly radiance upon the leaves and the faces OF
the crowd TO the north the great host swarneu
around the Worth Monument and was lost in the
darkness Of Fiftb-ave that stretched away like q
dark river with shores of light. bridged IN
the distance by a line Of cleaning red lights Even
behind the stand to the west Broadway was
thronged Above the gathered thousands rose tpe
white front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. the hgh'cu
windows gay with groups of spectators whlle iio'
the balcony over the porch, belted with lights ana
hunting party of brilliantly attired women looked
down upon the scene.
Halfpast 8 came and three rockets shot up IN the
south The line of Boysin Blue that had been standing
before the stand marched down to take It's pace III
the procession. Preparations were MADE 10 cieai
Fifth-ave. Gordon of officers swept across ana
slowly and painfully fought BACK the cro"u' A'
| last a great ring was cleared.
| with many Interruptions. Cars ioadea
down slowly ploughed their way through
| the mass which parted before thein
and then closed up, while boys beat tastoo unuer
the car wndows TO the great disnay OF uuiia pas
| senpers The tops of the stages were packed WIN
! shontinp men, One driver attempted 10 Steer ms
course through the limos before the stahu, pnl %
speedily discovered his mistake. Ihe Gang ol neIs
| fold the presence of gaudily painted advertSine
| vans The paper sides of one were stripped oil by
mschievons boys and the rough woodwo ork leln 3 e1-
nosed The shouts of the policemen ana Oh pedIns,
| The cheer calls and whistles of the crowd, ana
hundred different noises, made mp an indescripaoio
| hubbub. -, ,,,, 10 oo+bor
on the stand which was under the charge 0l COlouei
| FnlIer. Among them were John J. Morris, president
OF the Board of Aldermen; Aldermen finek ana
| Uess Commissioner of Charities and CorrectlOn'
George N. Van Mort. ex-CommissIoncr OF PuoiIc H
| Acton Dwight Lawrence. John Bell, justice jacob
ii. Patterson, Colonel j. G. Reed, General 5nra
ArthuPs private seersaTy henry rbomb'o~ ~ Of
| Detroit and Others The stand began TO be Tiled
Probably hundred people presented bogus creIeh-
tails at the gate and were snmmarily Put out. Gne
man climbed up the rear and enjoyed seat Tor hye
minutes before a policeman's hand fell upon ms ms
collar But the arms OF the tai teiegrapn p'.d
preeariousy undisturbed by q, policeman eraTd
club or the swayI,ng, OF T.; the cTJ~d nIocE
nointcd to o bazs of light was visible down Fifth
! ave Below a restless notion could oe seen Ill rue
| heayng thrOng, but near the stand tne vast army
still stood rm-resolvcd 1t was evident 30 ca'tr "a
| the fr.t glimpse Of Grant. Then rockets oegln 10
shoot up along the avenue, and the forms OF noIse
men dmly visible showed that tle head Oh IN COZ COZ
umn was coming Amid blaze Oi Roman candles ana
| Rockets the pcIure of "Our next President, James
| A. Garfield looked calmly down from the stereoll-
ticon light at Broadway and lWenty-third-st'
Ior"e ears and siaaes were kept from advancing.
Their pas5cngers deserted them, ana seen rom Iie
stand they looked hopecs'y stranded. AS tno ehu
ing hOrscmen turned INTO twenty thlTu-st, pa5S'is
Rroadyay a fountain OF fire stars. balls ana OoWpS
suddenly blazed up. Looking down, the Outlines - VI
horses and riders were darkly drawn rs siinGde,,I9
leaning and piungIng among the iiames. Suddenly
balls of red fire. cleaning from the biack iahAs,
were seen coming up the avenue. linen req ignts
cast lurd brancy over the whoe scene dnI
faces OF tue spectators at G tne rho minuom oro .
looked as though bathed in blood. Inc great
throng still waited nearly m9tioniess ,d;.on aG"u
Square was grdIed with river OF filme, sblhlng Z
under the trees as the torches passed around.
bright reddish tinge sused the SKY over thc onlol;
League CluD House a. the fireworks were discharged
from the roof. Watching the sea OF llaine rohlh0
up the avenue and the eXpioding rockets spectaro,a @
ON the stand waited until the glare o1 rockets lar h
Fifih-aycnue told that the procession had Ieacheu
EiIty-siXtli-s.. ~. 49,,
Then came the flash of red nghI, "a and M
the tide of fire was seen setting SOUTHWARK
THE COMING OF GENERAL GRANT
There was stir and hustle along the pathway
that had been kept clear to the hotel. The crowd
was on tIptoe with eagerness and e&pccta
ton. Here he comes" was shouted al
last. and as General Grant walked through
the swaying throng volley OF cheers and applause
marked his way He took his seat in the reviewing
officers char on platform built out before the
stand. Next hlrn sat Marshall Jewell, the Rev. DIR
Newman and General Carr.
In going from the hotel to the reviewing stanC
General Grant and General Arthur walked hrst, arm
in arm and were followed By +. W.. StoGgn
Ton. Edwards PierreDont, Marshall jew
eli Colonel Drake DeKay, General Carr, lolone
5. V. H. Cruger, General II. E. Davies Genera; Genera
Graham. General Jnhn Cochrane, General william
: II. Morris Major CoOney. Surgeon Asch, Colone
Rafferty, Colonel Hull, Major Levy; Colonel Arnold %
Colonel Chamberlain, Collector Merritt, the Rev
DR. Newman, ex-JHdge Fitch, John Roach lhoma
C. Plat, Senators Pomeroy and Davenport, Iholnu
Murphy. Police Commissioner French and eA-HOHc'
Commissioners Wheeler and Erhardt.
| Secretary Evarts atterward made his way 10 I'M
stand and took his seat in the small reserved stan'
, near TO General Grant His presence was no
noticed until the procession started, ana tnei
as he stood up TO view IL th
| crowd caught gli!hpse OF him, an'
> showed its recognition in ringing cheers For hour
, after midnight the immense procession was SUI
= passing the reviewing-siand