, 1881-03-13

ENTERTAINED By THE MANHATTAN CLUB
S2<cta, Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune
NEW ToHK, March 12.-About 10 gentle
nen sat at dinner this evening III the
main parlors of the Manhattan Club, the af-
tair being compliment ofei7:d By the mcn-
ters Of the club to naj.-Gen. Winfield :.
Hancock. a large number of the gentlemen
took particular care to Inform the reporters
that the dinner was in no wise Club matter,
but solely subscription arrangement. The
.ooms were newly upholstered and furnished
for the occasion at cost Of 5000, and the
nantels, the chandeliers, and the tables
rere profusely decorated with flowers.
The menu was gotten up on three neatly
Engraved cards, tied together with bows of
: tnolored ribbons lIr. A. J. Wand .rpool,
President of the Club, presided, with tue
guest Of the evening, Gen. Hancock, in even
tng dress, seated at his right hand.
Ex-Goy. TILDEN
Ms assigned the next seat OF honor on the
: kft Of the Chairman, but he was not pres
! eat The Committee Of Arrangements had
1idently intended to typity the fates in
! Rating the guests, for, not content
nth putting Gen.. Hancock and Mr. Tilden
W CAl41Cl ud1lQ u Liz ~l4a3AtuaAAs sA%J AA@IN
Iy seated Gen. George 3. Mcclellan at the
Zinc table, directly facing theul. This ar
Engagement, had Mr.. Iilden been there. would
have enabled the defeated Democratic
Residential candidates Of 1864, 1876,
nd 1850 to exchange glances aud
! mmpare notes in a style never before at
enpted by any other political aspirants.
alo further carry out the idea, ex-Gor. John
2l. Hoffman, who was to have been the Presl~
$dentlsl candidate in 1877, if the Tan1nany
= dug had not been shattered, sat next to
NeES. MCCLELLAN AND SPEAKER SAMUEL
n j. RANDALL,
*aaDenocratic Presidential dark horse, had
Ssae not been prevented by illness from attend
IN satnz, was to have been placed next to Gen.
II At the same table were
Ssas!nstered Gen. Fitz-John Porter,
ANilllam L. Scott, Abram S. Uew-
|8ln, ex-Mayor Cooper, Clarkson n.
II Hsotter, John McKeon, William Henry Hurl-
anart Col. John W. Donipllan OF Missouri,
q William c. Whitney, Peter B. Olney, Judges
+ brady and Larrlmore, and other more or less
1 successful military and political Democrats.
So 20 Se1or Romero, the Mexican Minister.
81 WIEN Gen. uancock's health was drank, he
8said:
n GEN. uANCock'S SPEECH.
Ell ., ~: President, arc gentlemen who have as
81 Smso!ed here fortnight TO do me honor, Am no
& n1s called upon musnly in consequence Of the
ffssaon ~ held III the recent candidacy
M fan,x ne Presidency. regard my
junction With that subject as
] mrrae11iically closed. I, however, maintain the
< pmoMetples which held when I accepted the
E;aloauon Of the Cincinnati Convention. and,
= ~ ing rs DO that the enforcement
E3 ~ muse principles would promote the vel
'fhes. OF the while country I hope 10 see
NJ Ma prevail at s',ine future time lApplause.l
q nssan SUCCESS mist rest With the Jehersoninn
m sndpoetauc eetauc party (applauseJ which Is 50 fully
nsa.alS aolS represented here to-night- To SOU
I aneno H. the preservation Of that republican,
I aisn.1n " Which our fathers founded tho in
] H. h"ooas which have made us great among
nN.s!auon 10 The political eaneass Of $50 thai
:t,1snss no fnult Ia hnd with the fAfure of ou1
sts@ia stdas and nothing to regret or modify con:
] ;6snts my own acts or wort.s. 3ppause.1
/ honaA !ou- gentlemen, n1$I hcarliiy sur the
na - ana pleasure you hare conferred upo1
/ cootts ~ te's entertainment IChecrs and long.
~uuhued applause]
4, AUGUSTUS scuELL,
/ - Me course of his address, said:
hssa as taiture of the purity In the last elcctior
( Herso oeeo charged on the City Of New York
Ss the fault and here VIA: