New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-27
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, ssTEN PAGES

still in angry mood and sworn not to parade unles
placed further front in the line.
| In West Thirty stood O glitterint
array of fre-engines the horses inpatient and thu
men in expectant mood. Assstant-Chief OShaJ
had here, also, detachment of the insurance pa
troll. In East Thirty-seventh-st. were the Hoboken
fremen; in West Thirty-sixth-st. Chief Charles
German had collected his fiery host Of the represen
tatives of the old Volunteer Fire Department in red
shirts and graspng the old-time rope attached to
their engines. On the East Side ex-Chief Decker
had in command the Volunteer Firemen's Associa-
ton, Of Philadelphia, whose fine appearance =, at
tracted attention. The bell-rngers OF the old Fire
department were also gathered here, with PrQtec-
tive Engine Co. No. 1, of Mt: Vernon. In East
Jackson Hose companies of Long Island City, and
the Astoria, Staten Island, Newton and Yonkers
Hook and Ladder companies.
AT 10 O. IN. the head of the procession passed
West Thirtyeighth-st, Just after the first drops of
rain. 1t was 1:30 p IN. before the Fourth Division
had passed, when the rain was falling in shower
General Aspinwall and Superintendent Walllng
mad mad Kept up smiling conntenances, however, ana
the mounted police had killed time by riding their
horses back and forth through West Thirty-eighth-
st. At 1870 superintendent Walling took OIL MS
overcoat and placed himself at the head Of the
battalion of police, while the rain poured upon him,
and General Aspi1wall drew his sword, waited a
yexatious delay because Of halt in the line, the
division began its march into Fifth-ave., but 1t did
not pass lnlrty-nfth-St. until D. III.
THE SIXTH DIVISION.
Before 7:30 o'clock the cross streets which had
been set apart for the bodies comprising the Sixth
Division of the procession were crowded with
trucks and wagons with seats of every imaginable
description and as as the crowd began to APP
pear the propretors Of the trucks touted vigorously
for custom. The street began to fill up with spec
tators before o'clock. A number Of the house
owners in Ffth-ave. attempted to keep their stoops
clear by means of ropes stretched across them AT
$50 Major John W. Coburn, of the general staff,
who had been detailed to the command of the Sixth
Division, in place of General Francis j. Heron,
who was unable to be present, arrived and took up
his position in East Thirty -fourth-st With the
assistance of his aides and squad of Captain Will
iamss police he succeeded in clearing the trucks
out of the streets set aside for his division
The first organization to arrive was the grand
council of the +. NJ L. A. b. Society, headed by
President j. r. Feeny and aids resplendent in gold
and green regalia. They were accompanied by tho
Brown City Band (cOlored) The green flag of Ire
land at Thirty-third-st. and Fifth-aye denoted the
gathering place Of the Ancient Order of Hibern-
ans and st. Patrick's Alliance. About o'clock the
fOrty-nine divisions of the Hibernans headed by
brass band arrived and took up their position As
soon as the rank and file discovered that they had
wait of at least two hours they broke ranks and
sought the seclusion granted by the various houses
of refreshment in the neighbOrhOod.
At $50 the great banner of the Tammany Society
borne by eight braves in full war paint and feath-
appeared in East Thirty fourth-st. and Madison
ave. Carriages with the saChems came next
These in turn were followed by
900 braves in full regalia, marshalled
by Thomas S. Brennan. The line formed i'm |
mediately in the rear of Major Columns staff Fol-
lowing the Tammany men were fifty members OF !
tho Knckerbocker Club, adorned with long white |
hair and boards and supporting themsel Ives with |
long slaves. In West Thirty -fourth-st. five cOun-
ellis of the Order of United American Mechanics in
uniform rested. The officers of the Approved Order |
of Red Men were in buckskin, paint and feathers,
and mounted on horseback. They were followed |
by q wagon on which was a tableau representing an
Indian encampment. In West Thirty second-st.
/ 800 members of the Jouneymen StOne-cutters |
Union, with aprons and mallets were assembled.
At 1890 the head of the procession appeared in
sight, and a squad of police after the expenditure |
of an immense amount of breath and vigorous APP
plication of club succeeded clearing the streets.
The order was given 10 fall in. The aids succeeded
in getting the many Hbernians into line, and the
last of the Fifth Division passed. Ihrty-fourth-st.,
Major Coburn took his place in t2e line.