New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-04
OFF FOB THE NAUGURATIOE.
DEPARTURES FROM THIs CITY

| DEPARTURES FROM THIS CITY, Il
SCENES AT THE RAILWAY sTATIoSs-GENEBAL IAN
COCK IN A SPECIAL CAR-vIsrToRs FROM THs
NEw-ENGLAND STATES OK THE wAY--sTARTISa
THE REGIMENTS.
The exodus from this city of people anxious to at
tend the ceremonies at Washington to-day began a.
early as 4:3O a. M yesterday. The regular train on
the Pennsylvania Central, which starts at that t,me
was crowded that another section another engine
with attached had to be sent out Attached TO
this Pullman car, In which travelled Cover.
nor H. B. BigelOw and his staff, Of Connecticut The
party consisted of the Governor, Lieutenant Cover.
nor Buckley, Generals Harmon, Gregory, HARRISON.
Camp and Ford, Colonies Barrows Fox, Budd and
RUSSELL Postmaster Sperry Of New-Haven. Score.
rary of State Searles, Mayor Curtis, Of Meriden.
Mayor Buckley, of Hartford, and Mayor Reid, Of
Bridgeport
At $40 another train started, and for an hour be.
fore the station crowded This train also had TO
be made up in two sections, the second of which
ried the Burnside Guards tcolored), of Providence
ffty-ivs in number. The rush at 10 O'clock when
the limited express was sent out, was great az it
had been at the departure of the two preceding
trains. Two sections of seven cars each started.
and were crowded to their utmost capacity. A
special car was attached for the of General Han.
cock, General Fry General Perry and Colonel
Mitchell The steamer Henry Smith brought the
General and his companions from Governors
Island. They were dressed in citizsnS
clothes, so that they succeeded in making their way
to their car without much notice.. story that
fourteen pickpOckets on this train was started
by one of the employees, and detectives were de-
tailed to watch for them. One OF the officers OF the
road said later however, that he thought the story
originated in the brain of some imaginative baggage
man.
At $3.50 p. m. the Brooklyn Annex ferry-boat
came floating into one of the Slips with forty men
of IIno members
Young Mems Central Republican Club. Of Kings
County on board. The drum corps, followed by the
cannon, marched up the wharf and into the station.
beating loud tattoo few minutes later the
in number, under Colonel Hart, arrived. They had
a brass band with them, which made the place
resound with its music.
The crowd was so great that the 3:45 tram had to
be made up in four sections. Attached to one OF
eey y. Depsw. Daniel 9: Rollins George st John
D Rs's, Pa sas William A. Patton. " Cooper
Ellhg Root Horace Porter joseph p, Bell Ws%
Winchester, Ogden Mills W. L. Pomeroy. 4. N.
Townsend William Post, George NJ; Van Mort, :.
Walter Fl. Lewis and John w. Cochrane. 10 the
same section was the private car or PRESIDENT
Robert Garrett of the Baltimore and ONO Railroad.
The train which left the station at 10 p N. was
also made up OF four sections In one OF these were
fifty Boys in Blue from Jersey City. There were
eleven seeplng-cars 10 this train.
The travel over the Bound Brook route was also
large. On the 8 O'clock train in the morning, which
divided into two sections were the Utica Ctr
z,ns Corps, consisting OF eighty men, ana the ma
pendent Fusllcers. of Boston, who numbered loO
Both of these organizations had brass band attach
ments The Remington Rife Corps, Of No
hawk ssvsntysght in nu 1RS fame was tram, On
The p. n, train on this route was very long one
and were two companies of militia FROM Bridge
The 9th Regiment of this city bad special train
engaged to carry It, and the tune fixed for depar-
lure was pm. The regiment left Its armory %
West Twenty -slxth-st., a few minutes after ana
marched East to Flfth-ave, then down TO
Fonrteenthst.. then to Broadway, and down tbs tbs
men in the ranks. and among the officers who will
attend the inauguration were Colonel 5. Oscar
RYDER Major ". B. Wetmore Adjutant Hopseman,
master Britten. Reevess American Band,
%Tenys1 whole Crowded
On the Communipaw, which finally headed for Jer-
sey City at $50, When the boat reached her dest-
nation the special tram was not ready III ten or
fifteen minutes time for the boat to return to
New-YorE but the commander dld not wish 10
carry the whole regiment with him, 50 ne
urged the mllltlamen to hurry up p, mere o was
men. with handsome uniforms and swords, could
be expected 10 move precipitately. so 1t was ten
minutes before the boat was cleared. HE soldiers
however, we're finally safely on the tram, when
lett the station ut 1890 1t had eleven common pas
senger coaches tue last OF which served We ,w ss
ears for provisions and other things. The regiment
will have its quarters in Washington at the Od
Navy Bul.dng. Colonel Ely Goddard, OF Vermont
accompanied the regiment.
Tho 1880 tram carried with it about GOo people,
and it has several extra seepeTs attached Among
the passengers were thirty OK forty OF the JacODuS
Battery also about forty of the Old Guard ot BROOK
lyn seventy five OF the Irish Republican Association
of TINS Guy, OF which j. Z. Lyons is president.
Sheridan Shook and about twenty Others. most OF
whom were members of the Shook-DttenhosIer
faction of the Republican Central Campalrn Ciup.
had two sleeping-cars this train: Among those
on the tram were Senator George Ii. Forster: H. Z.
Robinson. Jacob Knoblocb. j. NJ. Morton. A V; Can
W. Belts William G. Irving and Henry c. Banks
lac officials of both railroads that the travel
has been much heavier than 1t was four years ago.
The tickets to Washington and return are SOLD Tor
$40 which IS One-third less than the usual rate.
RetiIrn tickets were sold to organizations for IS.