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

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moving crowd of people flash OF the blue coatS VI
soldiers or the red shirts Of remen moving up Town
with band at the head Of every column.
FROM UNION SQUARE TO THE CITY HALL.
In Broadway, from Union Square to the City
Hail. crowds of people began to assemble along the
sidewalks and in the windows Of business houses
before o'clock, and the great thoroughfaro pre-
sented gay appearance In spite of the threatening
look of the clouds overhead A double row OF
great buildings could be seen stretching south from
Grace Church for nearly two miles, with number
le, S flags floating above them and with their high
fronts covered with futtering bunting of many
colors Only few of the larger buildings were
adorned with special emblematic designs; Dut
nearly every one, large and small, bad at least
few flags hung from its windows: The decorations
consisted almost entirely of red, white and plue
bunting and American flags; there was marked
absence of foreign national emDlems. over inc ine
main portal of Grace Church q large American nag
was draped and the ST. Denis Hotel opposite
was brilliantly decorated with punches OF snlai,
flags below each of the windows. hunting ana ana
National flags were draped in prOfusion on the
Potter Building, at AstOr-place and Broadway, ana
the Theatre Comique just below was festooned
with gay streamers caught up mere ana there MIN
embemati6 designs. In the upper windows OF the
theatre o number of boys and men In hnicKer-
booker costume were sitting. The large bulldlng
of Bronner d Co.. at Houston-st., was handsomely
street from the roof, and the large shOw-wmdOws
contained an elaborate Moorish design consisting OF
an American eagle ana II Dubl VI w dSLlub o.
draped in bTocade velvet and lace. The Grand
Central and St. Nicholas Hotels were profusely
decorated. Rogers, Poet 81 Co. made ine display;
and over the main entrance OF the Lo% rn wau
Liverpool Clothing COMPANY s building there was
an cmblematic group OF wax hgnres CONTAINING
doll-faced red-cOat who was dying with a sweet
look of health and happiness on ms dalhasA Cncch,
The most striking display was made by JaPanhiese
business house, the whole front OF whose phliui.R
was hung with huge japanese globes ana bright
Nv 9 o'clock The crowds on the sid walks and in
the street had become dense. There were men,
women and children of every class ana every con-
ditiOn nike together lndlscrlmlna'ely' Every
store window had its tier of waiting sght-SeeIs,
every doorway was packed with people, ana every
stairway opening toward the street looked IKE
narrow slice of q crowded amphltheatre Eac1
side street where it crossed Broadway was blocked
with trucks delivery wagons cabs, open carriages,
and decrept carts all piled high or hlled iul WIN
spectators anxious for the great show TO Degnl' IL
did begin little after 8 O'clock, coming frst III
few detached raindrOps and soon turning INTO a
drenchng shower. In trce the street lost an us
gayety and became q great chasm filled with ram
aud mist with its high side walls hung with drip
ping cloth of many colors like strange vegetable
growth, and with a black sluggish stream OF DoD-
bling umbrellas flowing at the bottom of the narrow
gap The sidewalks were wholly inadequate to
accommodate the tens of thousands OF Gripping
umbrellas, and the people trudged up
and down i'll two great streams through the paste
like mud in the centre of the street. J. he utmost
gOod-nature prevailed in spite OF the dlscomioIls
overhead and underfoot from ram and mud, drip
filled with motley crowds of men and boys were
driven up and down through the street, exciting
jeers and laughter and returning the compliment
with interest. Not few wagon-loads OF country
people were seen also. A rickety cart drawn by "a
rawboned white horse and containing four quantity
dressedepc kaninnies, created roars of laughter
After waiting good -humoredly through the whole
disagreeable morning the crowds about Nmte-st'
sent up the shout "There they come" and far up
toward Grace Church the regular front ranks OF the
procession could be through the mist with the
black mass of umbrellas melting slowly away De-
fore them.
FROM THE CITY HALL TO THE BArrERf.
Around the City Hall Park the crowds began to
gather to await the procession as early as soclock
The throng surged to and fro vainly trying to pack
itself INTO the stand located there for municipal
authorities Checked in this effort il turned down
Broadway toward the Battery, little branch streams
pouring into every doorway and filing the build
ings to the roof The windows in the City Hall
buildings facing Broadway were all occupied, bnt
they were too distant to command a good view.
The Post Office was one Of the best sites for seeing
the parade along the whole line OF march. All the
space about it was utilized; Boys found an admir-
able outlook between the clustered granite columns
and filled in these spaces, climbing, one above
another, to positions to which they
could -, see. everything and were. sheltered
and Trinity churches afforded excellent positions
for those who could obtain admission, while less
favored young men and women chung generously
ings did not appear TO render them Objectionable.
From the eighth ninth or tenth story of structures
like that of the Western Union Telegraph Building,
the Equitable the Boreel and the Welles, clusters
of heads were visible, and one party ensconced
itself In the tower of the Western Union Building
and watched from il the cOmmOt0n and hustle be
low. The crowds oveTan the sidewalks and filled
the streets to the exclusion of vehicles 50 that 1t
soon became necessary for the police to turn the
stages and trucks from their direct routes TO
the side streets. The rain poured on this
mass of human beings with little effect
except to render it more muddy and sticky, and
even better humOred than before. Umbrellas turned
out by the hundreds and the vendors of them soon
disposed of their stocks.
" Reef your umbrella" some one would cry whose
vision was interfeTed with by the objectionable
article and if it was not "Teefed," II would sink
out of sight so suddenly that the owner could not
tell by what means. Ladies, who wore silk circu-
lars turned the furry sides out, and pushed among
the crowd like great wet rabbits. Everybody
seemed to think everybody else would become dis
gustcd with the weather but every one seemed TO
be determined TO hold out the last and make the
best of il.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNORS.
President Arthur, accompanied by Secretaries
Lincoln and Folger and Attorney Brewster,
left Washington OH Sunday evening in special car
attached to the 10 o'clock train and arrived at
jersey City at 7:20 yesterday morning The train
was delayed nearly an hour by the breaking in two,
at Metuchen, of a freight train. G. N Bliss from
the Chamber of Commerce G. S. Smith, chairman
of the Executive Committee of the Chamber of