New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-27
BEGINNING THE MARCH.


General Cochrane, the Grand Marshal of the day,
and his numerous aids reached Fftyseventh-st. and
Fifth-aye. at o'clock. The regulars had been
there for half an hour. These were the marines
with their gayly attired band, the artillery, fault
less in soldicrly bearing, and the engineers with
their spade bayonets that puzzled the folks i'm
mcnscly.
Say, pa, said an inQuisitye son, do they put
them things into peoples bodies :"
They do, my son." was the emphatic answer.
al should think they wouldn't go into little men,
cause there wouldn't be any room, they're so broad
was the comment Of the Juvenile critic.
Hardly had General COchrane and his glittering
staff halted before n andaulet contain
ing John Austin Stevens drove up and
took position at the head of the street.
Then came throng of carriages, at their head
a handsome landau, drawn by four horses, con-
tanning Mayor Edison. Alderman Waite and
President Reilly were with the Mayor. The car
riage of the Governor of New-York and his staff
then filed into position. The next carriage con-
tanned the venerable form of Governor Butler.
Some rrovercnt wag on the sidewalk shouted !:
" Look out, boys here's old Tewksburyer It's
bound to rain " and by an extraordinary coinci-
denco it began to drizzlo Immediately.
All acquaintance stepped up to the carriage and
shook hands with him, saying; Governor, you
have brought bad weather with you from Lowell"
So it seems he answered.; "but seems are not
facts, and the fact is that Lowell is serene. found
the bad weather here in New-York.'
The police had been informed that the carriages
of the Governors would DO drawn by bay horses,
aud that of the President by four black horses,
that when the black horses came up at a trot the
President was Immediately recognized. The blacks
wheeled into Fifth-aye., headed by the mounted
police and followed by the Philadelphia Light
Horse The band of the marines played 50 Hail to
the Chief" and then the procession started.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN FIFTH AVENUE.
Fifth-ave. has often seen larger crowds than that
which lined it, and yet there were a great many
people on the sidewalks, standing as they did sew
eral rows deep back from tho curblng,
and making it difficult for people to pass All
of the door-steps, fences balustrades, and even
the window-ledges were taken possession of. But
the peculiar feature was the large number of per-
sons whose faces were to be seen behind glass Ap-
parently every householder on the avenue had in
vited all his friends to view the parade. In the
parOr windows could be seen groups of elderly peo-
pie. From the second stories there looked down
young men and women. In the third story windows
arrays Of rosy children's faces dozen pair of
eyes at each window. Then on the upper floors or
attics there was a great gathering of white-capped
nurses, trim maids and bare armed Kitchens girls
Several of the churches were opened and gave
shelter to those fortunate enough to be on good
terms with the sections. Among them were the
Brick and the Fourth Universaist Churches
The rain made the delay in starting the parade so
disheartening that many people went home. A
good many Of the organizations that waited In the
side streets found their ranks thinning instead of
growing as the time passed on. The tiremen wait
ing above lhirty-iifth-st got their flannel shirts
well soaked before joining the parade and General
Aspmwal who commanded this division, looked as
if he wished he was the clerk of the weather as he
bestrode his dripping horse At Forty -second-st a
group of Grand Army men and few CaledOnans In
Scotch palds and bare legs, shivered In the cold
and made frequent sallies into the basement of the
Hotel Bristol.
After the procession had started the crowd
cheered frequently. The old Washington coach
the President and Cabinet, the 9TH, ODD, 23d and
18th Regiments the handsomely uniformed visiting
companies the trcmon and the veteran soldiers
all warmly greeted There were large gatherings
in the windows of the Windsor Hotel, the Union
League and University Club and they cheered at
times with WILL One of the bands Of music with
gentle irony, played Wait till the clouds roll by
Jennie" Some of the soldiers drew their capes
over their heads, giving them the appearance of
washerwomen with shawls on. Ol-cloth coverings
were drawn over some of the handsOmer flags to
protect them from the weather
The decorations on tho houses between F1fty-sey-
enth-st aud Madison square consisted mainly of