The daily gazette., 1881-10-25
SECOND EDITION
From the New York World.
IN AND AROUND NEW YORK.

Unhappy Experience of the on
GERS OF French Vessels at York.
town.
The French frigate Magicienne and
the ram Dumont d'Urville which ac-
companied the French visitors to York
town, reached Sandy Hook on their
return to New York on Sunday night,
and yesterday anchored in the North
River, off Twenty-third street. The
officers of the VESSELS are no better
pleased with their experience at York
town than other people who were there.
One of them said last evening: "Dur-
Ing the time We were there we received
but one invitation. That was from
General Hancock, to his reception on
the st. John, and he showed us every
attention and did everything that could
be expected. But as for the others, we
simply did not hear from them at all.
Not one of them exchanged word
with me. We were not even given pro-
grammes of what was to occur. So we
fired all the guns we could, several hun.
cred III all, but don't know what it
was for. we saw generals without
number and other officers in uniform
going hlther and thither, and as the
ether vessels fired salutes, we fired too.
We suppose that no disCourtesy YVES in
tended and that they had invited 80
many guests that they could not attend
to them all but it seemed to us that
unleGs they were prepared to do to us
what politeness demanded they should
not have invited us. We did not care
particularly to 60 to Yorktown, and
should have been satisfied to remain
here or in some other port. Then, that
was an unheard of mistake i suppose it
was mistake-about the flags. On the
men-of-war-the Government vessels
the German flag was displayed at the
mizzen and the French at the foremast.
When the Admiral saw this he gave
directions that nobody should go ashore.
The German flag on the City Of Catskill
would not have been a serious matter,
for she is not Government vessel. The
next day the course was taken of dis
playing no flags at all. Admiral Porter
told us that he was very sorry that the
mistake had occurred and that he had
not issued the order. Alr the other naval
Officers We met expressed similar re-
gret."
bulihS tueiI Stdy ueTt buo cTeuCu
officers and the French visitors will at
tend ball to be given by French resi-
dents of New York, the date of which
has not yet been fixed. 1t is expected
that the French vessels will start TO re-
JOIN the West Indian squadron about
November ID.
The side wheel steamer st. John ar
rived at Governors Island ye terday
from Yorktown, having on board Gener-
al and Mrs. Hancock, the Generals staff
and 100 regulars. The General was
! visited by World reporter at the island
, soon after the arrival of the steamer. He
Was, OF course, very busy, but found
| time to say that he had had very
pleasant time at Yorktown and that
everything had past I'D off we'll. "Ths
review" ne SAID, "was very fine one
one of the finest reviews that | ever saw.
We had about 1000 regulars and about
10000 State troops, and both State
troops and regulars acquitted themselves
very creditably, thought, and am apt
to be critical about such matters. lu fact
think that The whole affair was liber-
ally conceived and creditably carried
out and everything went off quite as we'll
as could have been expected"