The daily gazette., 1881-10-13
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
The Grand Pageant Viewed by the
French Visitors.

| French Visitors.
From the BALTIC. Sun, yesterday.
The first part Of the pageant reach.
ed the grand stand, Baltimore ant
Howard strasts, where the French
guests and other distinguished visi-
tors were & ated, about o O'CLOCK
Every preparation had been made By
the Merchants and N nuiacturers
Associay. n. under whose supervision
the graz stand had been erected, te
make this lie main poin5 along the
route. The grand stand had seating
capacity asG 1000 persons, and fully
that numter, if not more, were pres.
ent. On the opposite side the street
was another stand, with an equal seat
ing ca. ity. Bo b stands were taste.
fully decorated with French and
American colors. Among the promi.
nent persons on the grand stand be-
sides the French visitors were United
States Senators Thomas Francis Bay
ard, of Delaware Charles w. Jones,
Of Florida ; Henry @. Davis, of West
| Virginia Benjamin f. Jonas, of
Loulsiana James L. Pugh, OF Ala
bama M. G. Butler, of South Caro-
lima, and James Black Groome and
Arthur P. German, OF Maryland; !; As
| slstant Secretary of State HIT, and
also Walker Blaine, son of Secretary
Blaine, and Chief Clerk Brown, of the
State Department Hon. Ho. Shen
Chee, secretary of the Chinese em-
6assy at Washington /; Ex-Gov. John
Lee Carroll, of Maryland ; Mayor La
trobe I; Gen A. p. Howe, of Fort Nc.
Heni.,, and others. Also Hon. j.
Fred. G. Talbot, of Maryland VIM.
IL. Travers, of New York J. F. Dent
and Major Morgan, of Washington !;
Colonel Ii. S. McComb, of Whining
ION, Del. C.iet Judge Magruder, of
the seventh Judicial circuit, Md. The
members OF the city council and we'll
known citlzens of Baltimore and their
wives and daughters occupied the re.
main r of the seats.
frobably the best view of the pageant
was OBJ aimed from the grand stand and
the one opposite. Though there was a
lack of light even here at times this
want was partially supplied by the en-
prise OF Messrs. Darby q Co., whose
place OF business aCloins the grand
ST. q, and who had colored lights fred
on he approach of each tableau. As
the different bands passed the stand they
played The Marsellles hymn, which in
variably created epthusiasm among the
sdrglng, good natured masses of people
IN the streets, and as enthusiastically ac-
knowledeed by the Frenchmen, who
raised Their hats almost unceasingly,and
al times clapped their bands with real
pleasure. The French tableau, the first
10 line, was gree d with loud applause,
as were also the Scotch, Italian, German,
tue tea juuk and nearly all II tue mystic
portion, especially The representation OF
Lafayette standing on pedestal sur
rounded by ROcbambeau grasping flag,
Steuoen leaning upon his sword. Ad-
mlral de erase resting a-ainst rudder,
aud DE kaib grasping the flag of his
adoption. The man of Yorktown,
Washington on horseback, was also
yoeiterously chesred. But the heartiest
reception given 10 any tabeau was the
shout ofsurprlse aud admiration which
burst from the multitude as the grand
triple local official labltau of America
supreme and sovereign Of the ascendent
came in sight. The grandeur of the
psctiele seemed 10 be recognized by
everybody, and the applause was dea-
ienlng. The object of the triple tableau
was to show, be,ides the commercial
probabilities of this country, that while
Earope and Asia are kn sling at the
foot of imperial th, zones, and are vast
thelr ambition upon titles aud rank, the
practical and progressive thought OF
democratic America is crystalnzipg into
rlt b ts and power, and is rapidly advanc-
Ing The country to position of anniver.
sal supremacy. The people caught the
Lh ought in second, ard, as stated,
showed their appreciation accordingly.
The Balti 3oie and Ohio locomotive,
which .hs up the rear of the page
ADJ. also caught the popular favor, and
was welcomed right royalty. All the
french gue9ts and also the United
states Sep9 is and others expressed
themselves in unstInted terms as having
been highly entertained by the novelty
u the pageant and greatly astonished at
he periectness OF the tsbleaux.
Ine head OF the line reached Broad
way Institute shololy after 10 o'clock,
md by 1870 the entire column was
nassed on Broadway, between Bal,i-
more street aud the market. Father
Time went no farther, concluding prol
IDLY that time was up. The figurantes
deserted the floats and sought refuge
rom the cool night ar In Broadway
Hall, where Mosel and Pharaoh, Ro.
nulus and Cyrus, Solon, Plato and Ly-
'urgus were soon ia friendly converge
With Btutus, Cassius and the other
nourners and exultants over the dead
'edy OF Cesar. Cleopatra smiled With
qual favor upon Cons antine and Peter
'e Hermit, while Columbus and John
iancock warmly greeted DR.. Kane and
he Polar Bear. Washington and La.
ayette appeared quite Intimate with the
Auediye of Egypt, aud Mahomet joined ,
ham la modern 'smIle," just as II
here was nothing in the Koran prohib-
ting the same. Queen Victoria de-
lined gracefully 10 be escorted home s
" Diogones, who, to cover his chagrin,
aughingly nded his lantern to the
ugineer of the Baltimore and Ohio To-
omotive, with the caustic remark that
lis honest man was non est man. The
guarantees OF the local tableaux appeared
! be extremely we'll acquainted with
'allta point and tba dna