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

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head was barred to the peltns rain at such frequent
Intervals and 50 long at time that his Connneu. a
hat was of little service. Occasionally al, an
s s4%T wG SaHa reach ef His p Racency
hearty shake 1t was noticeable that some
of the companies gave him decidedly coid ndt
and he would at once assume an erect ana nun nun
ferent position, to be relaxed only wnen tne heAe
cheer was heard. Trembling, wet and cold, ne was
followed when he left the stand by motley throns
1t was $3.50 when the last of the PROCESSION passn
the stand Although It had been r SrnM9 showed
na ss'o Of SGG he SfSousR M %rdcr
nav have been somewhat chilled by the
storm. There was not much cheering OF tne paU-
cession until the veterans made their appeal
ance hut they were never overlooked, and towards
the close the persistency and endurance OF tne pa
tient plodders awakened increased enthusiasm IN
the crowds ON the sidewalk, which was nahi4esUeu
by more frequent cheers
GLIMPSES FROM THE TRIBUNE ROOF.
north-easter with unsteady spurts of rain ana
ftful gusts hangs the vast reach OF landscape
so that the horizon is dim and half hidden. Inc
northern outline is lost above Fifty-ninth-st Inc
North River retreats with the Palisades INTO 'ne
mist and gloom. dim stretch of troubled waters,
fecked with spray and white caps here and there,
threaded with gaily -decked ferryboats girdeG the
lower part of Manhattan Island New-Jersey is
hardly discernible beyond the rocky heights that
wall Jersey City on the West. The Passionist Mon
astery lies in silhouette on the HOboken heights
Beyond Bedloes and Governors islands the mist
and storm have it all their own way. The East
River is lively with its incessant ferry-feet, all
Haunting with flags and streamers. The great
bridge focuses the scene-a living MENUS OF perpet-
nal masses of footmen and vehicles, if all Long
Island were pouring into the city, Brooklyn Is dis"
tinctly In gala-dav dress. and the National colors
float from every eminence. The perspective suddenly
darkens as the eye sweeps past the crook OF the
river near Grand-st and Blackwells Island and
the Hell Gate region only now and then half
seen as a shift of the wind lifts the send and mist
for minute. Flags float from stats and spires ev-
erywhere, and the chief buildings may be quickly
picked out by the practiced eye. But the storm has
dampened the holiday outlook and there is spare
look of festivity Ten thousand Jets of steam burst
and break from the roofs everywhere, tossed and
baled by the Winds and the vast city seems liter
ally to live move and have its being by STEAM as
one looks down and over these miles of roof.
There is no hint here of process
sion or bands of music at 1890 a. M
The sidewalks below commanding Broadway are
literally black with crowded umbrellas, the multi
tudes standing in the peltng rain waiting for the
coming procession. Miles of docks and water
fronts are festooned with shipping cOOrs, and the
great steamships at their bcrths seemed dressed ont
in their best. Spare groups with umbrellas are
facing the storm from the Post Office cupola, the
roof of the Western Union Building and few
other points of vantage.
AT twenty minutes before II Struggling line of
steamboats,. feryboats and tugs. all tricked out
with streamers and bunting, moves up the North
River lily lnarshalcd, and a spectacle, remote.
unimpressve and feeble, dwindling away
az if all the small craft Of steam
service on the Atlantic scaboard were holding
a rough and tumble regatta. Perhaps the storm
forbids unity of arTay-just now 1t seems Ike a
chance-wSc scramble for the SXty-ninth-st. goal.
After all il can at best amount tn little more than
an enormous demonstration of the industrial limit
and activity of the mctropO is, an apoheoSls OF the
peaceful and valuable Industries OF the people.
! There is no enormous formidable h1tilla of war
vcsSels-a war this side Of the water seems 70
be slipping out of fashion Most melancholy 81 all
is the absence of great Occan-gOng steamship
ours built of American skill and riches; manned,
Differed and managed from this side of the oc, an
Certainly the effect might have been improved by
fleet of great river and sound palace steamboats,,
| and of the larger and better appointed steam
| yachts
| At ii o'clock the procession from uptown has
| reached no farther than Eighteenthst., and those
who keep an eye military and civic parade must
do without this misty amending turnout Oh the
The country people at this time are leaving the
| city by thousands, driven away by the storm The
dreuching rain viii thus most likely thin out the
| multitude in all parts of the city commanding the
procession.
At n marter before ~ the storm and rain increase
M violence. The long low wreath OF steam marks
the trailing line of boats still moving up the river
but Inore ndstinct than before. Broadway
glimpses are free from vehicles, ana me
| wonderful how much drenchng a patriotic
demonstration like this will stand without coilaps-
| ing Northward the city has grown smaller, and
there is scarcely trace OF ITS lags and spires above
| Madison Square. Most of the roof galers have
succumbed, although the thr9ng on the northwest
The great bridge il left nearly bare and there ~ no
! intimation of the coming troops who are scuifing
and slipping along and adown broadway some-
The lotilla will be at its best very clearly ito
! East River adventure. $3.50
The procession is just reaching the City Han II
| high noon An ndescribablc medley of steam cNnl-
talon rises up III bcwidcrng chorus on every alde
! shrieking, screaming and howhng like the Wild
beasts Of an Old-tlmc Oriental pageant. The uin-
bTeIas Oin and grow family yOciicrOuS. The band,
of music are heard family footing and piping Tar
below understanding platoonS OF troops, III lirin,
| uuswervIng ranks, pass slowly by, with squadrons
of cavalry and artillery; then lntcnniuablc lines
| of carriages and coaches, with digDitaIics and
civilians; then more troops and bands, with random
! dashes OF harmony, scarcely audible, all dabblci
and dripping in the ram. between parallel masses
] of umbrellas that seem rooted in the sidewalks {;
and then, over and over again repeating itself the
\ procession CTccpS on and down toward the Battery.
The boats are yet trailing up the river and the re
! turn fleet is just visible coming in sight. Az IL
| rounds the Battery the enthusiasm of the day
seems kndled now for the first time; and the river
| banks are wild with the continuous blarlng Of
whistles and steam Hhe inc navy ara -
busy with a long, brisk v0llcy OF guns: The Meet
is for once positively impreSsivc-at least in the
| line of suggestion limited at beforehand the
scrambliug vessels of all fashions and services can
he distinctly picked out. The bridge however, It.
mains comparatively deserted at the precise mo-
ment when il is the supreme point Of interest and
| ONLY hundreds 10 be seen where tens of thou
| sands were looked for The procession holds its
mon0tonOus routine down Broadway, its brilliancy
and eclat sadly maned by this most unpatriOtc
and untimely northeastern; and 50 the day wears
away. and the glimpscs FROM TnE TRIBUNE Build
ing arc losing their holiday look and dropping back
| into the prosncss of every day life.
THE DINNER AT THE BRUNSWICK.
A large oval table in the ballroom of the Hotel
Rrunswick was surrounded last evening by about
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