New-York tribune., 1880-10-12
rr,y vorx DAILY rR1BUNE, TUESDAY OCTOBER H. 1880

,b,, Divisions ard on the main line lhe DeaWnao 49,
Lockawauna aud Western ha'r0aa aCo P"o all filed
From Hoboken there came the praylonn no,d ds asnd ~
C;uar,ls with So men; the Wideaw9ke oatie,u d IL
ErtInr Cluh rs men; the Hornbower uuaIuds
"a mon the Ramsay Guards. 75 men. On tne
Delaware Lackawanna and Western hali'V1, so Nth
r,n,e tIe Young Republican Battery OF the Autu r,
Ward, Newark with handsome i,eiu,pJbo udpmber were
well drilled and presented neat appeafaaace a I ~
their handsome ZOuave uniforms. ~ tho SoutLh" S,L"r
Railroad came the Greenville Iarheld al9 htni hn,!
Tluh 0On strong and the Lincoln Guards ot rIaIn.
field. \. j.. with seventy men. rhe General T9rpert
Boys in Blue came from Elizapeth n, ,oh, o.,
from Elizabeth the Workmens Protective A.
sociation of 900 men The steamer Clark brought
Singers Company. 500 men. from ElizaDetnport'
THE JOHN II. sTARIN BRIGADE
The pier AZ the foot of Cortlandt-st. presented
an exceedingly animated appearance between
7and o'clock. Steamboats, and barges kept con-
stantly emptylng their loads oil torcn bearers
coming from Westminster County, Staten Island,
and even from New-Jersey John II. Starin had
offered TO bring to the city all who would come TO
take part in the procession. On every part OF the
large wharves companies were forming of1cers
were shouting while the stentorian voice OF Colonel
Marcus Baird was incessanty heard above tine
rOIse. As soon as one company was Iuiy tquIppctu
II marched into the street, so that me Wii,ing co
umns finally reached far sOuth rs thc battery anu
as far north a Barcay-st. Al last all Things were
ready and the John II. Starn Brigade, with the
visiting clubs from Staten Island, New hOchrIc
and other Westchestcr towns, over 4,oOV
strong, took up the line Oh inhrc1
in Cortiandt-st. First walked the Pioneers. armed
with axes picks and Shoyes tnen ine 81 s ID,-
lowed by the men working on me plets u, o'S,g- Ky
iffh-st. and Thirty-third-st. the steanpoat cap
lains and employees. the staten Island C'ub' the
CommunIpaw ship yard men, and huallY the drivers
rom the stables at LAFAYETTE, y. j. The appear
ance and marching throughout were most credit
able. The Staten Island men looked me IN the'r
loo, nm of -,
Helmets blue clp"s and white CATERS. ihe bngauc
was divided inlO three divisions Of ten companies
each. Each division was preceded by pahd ana
an American flag and SIX banner ln,crIOeu win
che words John II. Starin Brigade Each maa
carried torch The march up Broadway and to
position AT Twenty first at. and llird-aye was en-
hyened by the occasional glare oi hreWoihs ana inc
bright CLEAN of the calcium lights.
FROM TOWNS UP THE HUDSON.
Interesting scenes were witnessed IN the Grand
Central Depot Yesterday afternoon on the arrival ot
the companies of Boys in Blue from Troy, Cold
Spring and Tuckahoe. The 900 veterans I. ON Troy,
commanded by Colonel Scott, presented line
appearance when, after alighting from the cars,
tnev formed four abreast and marched toward
Forty-srcond-,r. The members of the company
were handsomely attrei in long blue caDes. trim
med with white, and white caps trimmed with Oue'
Every man in the company was once Union solurr.
Three Tonsng cheers were repeatedly gwen lor Tue
Republican standard bearers, Garfield ana Arthur,
| and the eXullant shouts echoed ard re-echOcu
within the walls Of the vast bu ldng: -. -
! lie Artillery Corps from COid spring, slXy III
| number also preseI ted imposing appearances
| ihe portraits of Garfield and Arthur were upon
| their breasts, and the names OF me hrPuDiical
| candidates were painted upon their belts. Elther a
| hammer or a torch was held alOft by every maud.
| The ifty-fOur Boys IN Blue IRON iuckahoe were
commanded by General Jones. They were unl
| formed with blue capes and white caps. carried the
| Unon flag at tnelr head and never ceased TO cheei
| for Garfield and Arthur.