New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-27
CENTENNIAL OF EVACUATION
Continued from First Page.

hvterian Church Here IN parlor "lnuo" We"
sTonn of four children blue-eyed ana naAeh-
two boys in knickerbockers ana )ackeSs anu WV
,;.t,o Girls in white pinafores. They all had Evac
st;oa medals on their breasts, and were armed
,ritb small banners, which they waved vigorously
,,honever thew saw uniform even the approach
.o n worn by the members of the Grand Army
Al, the heads of the cross streets on F1fth-ave'
along the line of the procession were occupied ny
wagons at an early hour In some instances ~
q O'clock. Those that are used for carrying safes
were in great force. Some OF these were tllteu up
at the fore end for the purpose OF establishing ro"S
of seats in an ascending scale. Others were more
primitive and had only planks ranged on barrels
All these devices for accommodating the puDnc'
that kept increasing IN the avenue momentarily'
were blown out of existence by cruel breath OF
notice captain's mouth ordering them all to be
cleared away The Obdurate policemen did not
even SPARE an old re-engine-WashlngtOn NO. l.
from Flatbush, which dates back to March, 1871
II was a venerable and rickety concern, ana inc
bououets with which it loaded made 1t seem
even more battered and decrepit by the contrast
which their bright freshness offered with the oiu
hose and dilapidated furnishing. 1t was posted at
Fifth-ave. and Thirty-ffth-st., on the east sue,
and there was continually crowd about u until
the DEGREES of the police captain were carreu ih'o
effect.
ment and were obviously composed OF country 1olks
and the toilers of the city TO whom holiday and a
great procession are as dear an apple to school
how Though there was absence of fashionable ana
extensive dOlmans made of brocade pushes ana
velvets there was gorgeous display OF WONDERFUL
hats bedecked with ostrich feathers of every con-
eeiyabe hue. Many were the medals which young
pedlers were selling vigorously. There was steady
promenadng of the avenue previous to o'clock pp
and down. but interest seemed TO centre aDOut the
Windsor Hotel where the Philadelphia Light Horse
were stationed escort to the President Inc
people whispered to each other that General Grant
would be in the same landau. All OF sudden the
promenadng ceased and the thousands and tens OF
thousands crystallized into a standing army OF
spectators with their faces toward the street
IN AND AROUND MADISON SQUARE.
Alta little after 7 A. M Madison Square began to
anticipate the scene of hustle and confusion which
was to take place there for eight consecutive hours
Although the display of bunting was not specially
striking there was enough to add q touch OF Color
and suggest an air of feStivity. The Fifth Avenue
Hotel contented itself with the usual three large
flags flying from the fagpoles on the roof. The
Albemare had two tastefully festooned enslgns
over the entrance. The Hoffman Honse was bare
save for an immense English Union Jack which
was aggressively hung from private window early
in the forenoon. The Brunswick had small dis
play. The most noticeable front was that of
store Immediately opposite, which was fes-
tooned artistioally from basement to roof
BY o'clock the street cars were
already beginning to set down nearly all their
crowded loads of passengers in front of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel while along OVERWHELMINGLY, from
both the east and west side elevated railroads,
steady stream of passengers debouched on Madison
Square. The narrow deal boards which formed the
seats of the grand stand erected just opposite the
Worth Monument already contained few early
birds bent securing the early worm OF good
position already the ubiquitous small boy was
hepnnlnp TO climb over the ratings and trying to
secure base of operations on the monument by
hdP there s n %T end Of bs 50 Ss S
escape the bitter wind which was blowing and
banking up the rain clouds in Threatening
II was o'clock, and by that time the stand was
almost full for the first two rows OF seats, and
the triangular plot of ground around the monu-
and pair dashed through the crowd at the
Twenty-third;st. side Of the Fifth h A., Avenue
Hotel, and the first of Governors left the hotel
During the next half hour the crowd increased
with extraordinary rapidity and the large large squad
OF p1eem9p nad mug Ioun be bnk of tbe
crowd of course gathered around the Worth MOnu-
1ent aud from there stretched in solid pass up
walks from ,Twenty-third ito Twenty-iiftth h SITS
were blocked to passengers by ,sight-seers,
who, afraid t2 venture in the struggling ranks OF
those next the line of march, were content to
satisfy their curiosity by gazing at the hats of the
coachmeu and plumes Of the officers from the steps
of the stores and porticOs of the hotels Needless TO
say that every window and every balcony had its
full complement while even the roofs were not I'M
tenanted by men, women and children, clutching
desperately TO chimney and cornIocs to save
themselves from being blown over. BY half past .
the crowd was at its thickest and four-horse ba-
rouche In which were stout man with gray side
whskeTs. and another with full grizzly beard,
holding cigar firmly between his teeth, had some
difficulty in threading its way up tifth-aye. As
however, struggling cheer was raised,
and hats were raised to the President and. an
ex-Presdent of the United States. A carriage
viii followed immediately afterWard "a
notwithstanding figure with SCARED face, who
repeatedly bowed aud lifted his white beaver high
other and pointed him out as Acknowledgement
Brewster. Three-quarters of an hour afterward the
blue-cOatcd squad set to work earnestly and TeSO-
lutey and by slow degrees began TO clear the line
of march, 1t was hard work, and required play:
full use OF the eyer-ready cup around the legs OF
small boys, and much pushing aud hustling OF
older delnquents, who would persist IN standing IN
the centre of the road. Little by little, however
order was evolved ont of chaos, and by balf-past
10 when the first squad of mounted pol cemen
passed the Worth Monument not even the minutest
of urchins had much as the toe of his shoe over
the cuTb-stOne.
BETWEEN MADISON AND UNION SQUARES.
Long before daylight the sidewalks and stoOps
of houses in Fifth-ave. between Twenty-third aud
Fourteenth SITS. began to fill with. people who de-
sired to get good positions for seeing the great pro
cession. When the carriages containing the dis
snguishcd guests at length made their appearance
and tho music of half dozen brass bands was
heard in the distance, every foot OF standing room
on either side of the avenue was occupied by
surging mass of spectators. The huge windows of
several business houses fronting Fifth-aye. had
been fitted up with tiers of seats all of which we're
occupied by well-dressed women and children
Swarns of boys clustered about the branches of the
Ieafess trees boys climbed the telegraph and
electric light poles and perched upon the cross-bars
and iron steps and finally each of the unused street
lamp columns was capped by a jolly, NOISY urchin.
Baggage wagons, carts and trucks fitted with rude
seats filled the head of every street crossing the
avenue. Tickets TO these seats were sold at prices
ranging from 80 cents to So. The falling rain did
not seem to dampen the enthusiasm of tine crowd in
the least.
At UNION SQUARE.