The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-14

1 Va "" lOlhs a'sS AldiiipkbH y cOulH t1lbliilo
and Henderson Of Nebraska, Eustis CT Louisiana
and Blaire of New Hampshire, Brown Of Georgif
and Evarts Of New York.
Congressman Bush of Brooklyn, and Ward
Of Chicago, rode together, and Gen, Bing,
ham Of Pennsylvania, Wheeler Of Alabama
and Lowrey of Indiana were in one coach.
One OF the carriages containing member OF
Gen. Grants military staff carried Generals
Horace Porter, Rufus Ingalls,, C. B, Com,
stock and William Henry Smith In another
rode Gen. Parker, Grants military secretary
during the war, who was present at the
meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at
A~ppomattox, and still has in his possession
the original draft of the terms of the
surrender in Grants handwriting. 1t was
given him as a keepsake by his chief. With
Vice President Hendricks rode his secretary,
Mr.. East, his friend, Mr.. Depew of Indiana,
and Senator Blair of New Hampshire.
A PICTURESQUE GLIMPSE OF THE LINE.
NEW YORK, Special Telegram, Aug SIT
seemed that the last height attainable by
human hands in imposing and majestic dis
play was reached when the grandest military
and civic pageant of modern times, perhaps
of all time, swept slowly and solemnly across
the broad spaces of Madison square, the
heart and center of the city. At that moment
Madison square was the center and nucleOus
of the greatest aggregation of people ever
known in America. The throng was simply
tncalulable, vast beyond comprehension by
number of units. You might as well speak
of a prairie wheat field by the number Of
heads of wheat as to speak of the throng of
to-day by individuals In and about Madi-
son square every place that a person
could stand upon, crouch upon, climb upon,
or cling to was occupied, and one could feel
the weight of the presence Of the other
hundreds of thousands that one could not
see. For min miles the narrow channel of
the procession ran through two vast, crush
ing, crowding and clinging masses of human
beings From the street edge maintained
by the police the compact crowd took all the
space. They packed the pavements, COW
cred all steps, stoops and balconies, and
filed all windows, They hung upon lamp
posts, and telegraph poles were black with
them. Swarms of people covered the roofs,
some of them looking down from a height
or from ten to twelve stories Windows
along the line Of march were eagerly rented
at enormous prices. Balconies and temper
airy stands sold at
PRICES THAT WERE sTMPLY AMAZING,
and q chance to stand upon a fight of steps
was worth from 81 TO So. some single
windows brought S75, and one balcony Ca
pable of holding twelve or fifteen people,
near the Hotel Brunswick, brought $500.
Peddlers in the crowd sold hundreds offoot-
stools. about eight inches high, and they were
eagerly snatched up at 80 cents each Peo-
pie who were fortunate enough TO secure
ono IF fhara and ~ aIauo+a ThopoCaIuaa
above the level of the crowd were much en-
We'd by those who could only see the horse
men and the tops Of the folded flags Those
lucky ones were kept busy calling put the
names of the organizations as they passed
along. A person Of ordinary height a few
feet from TIM line Of march, could see very
little Now and then be caught the fash
OF a plume, and all the time be heard
the solemn music and the tread Of marching
feet It is probable that many thousands
who stood for long hours hardly saw the
procession at all Added to the difficulty
was the fact that all The people occupying
front places kept up their umbrellas and
parasols all the time, regardless of the re-
quests and entreaties and aften impreca-
lions Of those in the rear. The promptness
with which the procession appeared before
the Fifth Avenue hotel wa astonishing. At
1890 o'clock to the minute Gen. Hancock
and staff cane in sight, when nobody ex-
pected him for an hour. This showed the
good of having the procession headed by
and under the managemento I the regulars
ALMOST EVERY NATION Oh -ARTH,
even China, with her violet and white, the
mourning colors Of the Orient. horse. foot
and artillery. civic. public and private;
music Of mufied drums, Of brass bands, of
bagpipes, of flies n cymbals; and so
through the long hours the mighty pageant
passed by. All the conditions and circum-
stances were colossal Men grew to greater
stature by hours that interviewed To be
part and parcel Of such a stapendous DEM
onstration was to have higher ideas of man.
kin and it's capacity to exuIt in the pride OF
common humanity capable Of such
scenes as these. A great deal the
most impressive feature of the event
was the vast silence. 1t was comparatively
absolute. No matter how softly the
mufied drums were rolled you could
hear them squares away. The only heavy
sound was the rumbling of the cannon
wheels Whom the band Of the Third New
Jersey regiment passed by5f playing Nearer
NY God to Thee, the sweet, solemn strains
were distinctly audible far up Fifth avenue,
many squares beyond where they would
have been lost in the noise Of an ordinary
day. The wailing sound OF the ffes OF the
Fourth Connecticut drum corps, playing the
sad, sweet notes Of 9Pleyers Hymn could
| be heard almost from the time they swung
| into Fifth avenue from Fourteenth street.
| The drum corps of the Sixth New Jersey
| band played Slice as a Bird to the Noun
TAIN and the band Of the Continental Foo
| Guards Of Massachusetts, played @Swee
Spirit, Hear Ny Prayer AS a general thing
THE sEescz or MUSIC
by the bands was not good and was OF toe
high an order to appeal to the emotion Of
general gathering. From the hundreds 0
musical organizations that passed but few