The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-24
NOW THE FAMOUS FREHCh
STATUE OF liBE
LANDED.
Remarkable Marine Process
sion.

Remarkable Marine Process
sion
As soon as the gangplank was pulled .
in the Atlantic backed away, and SIX
bands began playing as many tunes on as
many boats The lively tugs began their
frenzied whistiing, and shrlll whistles
sounded all over the lsere. a gun from
/ the United States steamer Dispatch was
the signal for the start, and the small
/ boats went crazy 10 their efforts to get
good places, even the Atlanta, VIKING,
and other aristocIatlc craft condescendlng
TO push 10 among the work day boats Tor
first place The main line had been
formed already, and when the lsere had
got up her anchor the biggest part OF the
procession was ready to start. The DIS
patch headed the line, with as much
fancy cloth as one vessel could well carry,
and then came the Powhatan, the Alll
ance, and the Omaha, all very hue also.
The French flagship La Flore came next
and right behind her the transport lsere,
looking, with her white hull add gu1less
decks. like harmless white rabbit chas-
ing wolves. The Aldermen's boat came
close behind the lsere, and multitude
: of craft followed after, all apparently
spurred by the desire to get ahead. On
the right of the lsere was the police boat
Patrol, with three tugs sklrmishlng as
close as the police would let them. FUR
ther still to the right was the steam boat
} Grand Republic, with her enormous
crowd hacked on the side next to the
procession, and one wheel revolving al
most entirely out of water. Then there
SantInpI f
t Ianta. and on the left the steam yachts
i Viking, Utowaua, Promise, Orenta' III
Ee and Lagonda, following each other IN
: good order and lending falnt appearance
of REGULARITY to the tumble OF craft OF all
= Iinds which followed right in the line. 1t
. was impossible to calculate the number
:. Of boats in line, but it was a remarkab c
= turnout that was headed up the bay for
Redloe's Island, and one very credltable,
II considering John Roach and the shipping
y laws.
e ADVANCING TO THE MUSIC OF CANNON;
10 The Aldermen on the Atlantic ordered
-, the band to produce some tune which
L tbev could sing, and that body obedlent
lv played 'sSome Day" But the Alder
le men had not gone very far into the soDs
3 before white cloud shot out from th'
- Dispatch again, followed by boom tha
~ mt every one out OF time. Corone
ia kennedy advised all who could hear mn
IN to keep their mouths open II they dl'
le not want to be shaken up. those VIII
did so escaped the worst effects OF tn
ed hooming. The United States vessels tha
o, fol]owed the Dispatch echoed her gun
p with dozens more, until the Omaha, righ
9n ahead of the La Elore, was gong 1t a
E. hard as the rest The La Flore c)nclud
e; ed to burn a little powder herself, and sho
y; American ships what quick hrlng reali
ey was. A burst of flame flew from her sid
Ii, in A roll of smoke, and then came louC
4 er coucussion than anything so Tar. b
fore it had died way another roar eau
from the other side Of the ship. flas
ise aft flash and roar after roar foliowt
as- in ouick succession as the big guns we
~ discharged by electricity, until the salut,
Of our ships were altogether lett in I'll
IA shade. The La Flore had fired twent
Il one guns in sixty one seconds
e., Rut America was to have another l
>, ninps at the booming business, and
= came pretty quick. Nice big mounds
ht' Grass at the entrance to the Narrows su
l. denly gave forth clouds OF smoke, and
to soon as the sound had time to travel ov
oo- the water it discounted the din aboa
LIo ship. That was Fort Hamilton show
' ,o'e what it could DO Fort Tompkins, rig
lle' across the way, redoubled the roar.
in long as the Isere was around there
the two forts kept it up.
or The smoke from the guns became
~ dense that the men-of-war seemed to
"er sailing through a mist. and could
but hardly distinguished by the crowds T
ie,t lined the Staten Island and the Brook
shores. When Fort Hamilton had ce
. of ed firing, band worked Its way DO
i OF among the crowd on the lawn in front
e of the fort. and played the Marseillalse;,
a lull in the firing showed that the ID q
,bn- mems German band had been faitht'
bv playing the same tune IL the face OF
verse circumstances.
lml- When the procession had passed
y, a Narrows whole fleets of craft joined It
nee. that not cared to 90 below. Al had II
free enthus iasm and all whistled or shot
q small cannons. according to their mea
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