New-York tribune., 1885-08-09

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lemonade, Of Grant medals, and Of photographs, all
The southern part Of the square was filed with
cabs, carriages and express wagons The owners
Of these vehicles made good profits by. renting
In f front Of the Morton r House in this crowd Of
carriages negro sat all through the morning on
little old horse which dozed quietly rs his rider
up as If he were going to cry at any moment He
wore o dilapidated straw hat with black and
sa tied arsS pstaTs Il ns raus
3 n'adft' gilt frame ~ drapod 'D'' with mourning
hang over his breast like the shield Of a knight.
the curious giances with which ho was regarded
until the catafalque bad passed. Then he dis-
appeared: He seemed t9 pc the I'm, most sincere
As long the troops continued to pass the crowds
from Broadway came pouring into the square.
the tire Ons
troops and the appearance Of tho cetafalque, the
crowds began rushing back TO LOOK S iSr nS e ow oS
that . break occurred After the passage Of the
began TO diminish. The people seemed to be
satiated with the pageant, and began to realize
that they had been standing tor hours without food
Then the restaurant of the Morton House became
crowded, and the Grand Army men as they halted
at the corner did not dsdan to leave the ranks and
seek refreshments at the bar. 1t was late In the
afternoon before the last OF the mourners had
passed through Union Square.
CROWDS sURGIya INTO FIPTH-AvE
It was in the best of good faith that the people
accepted the newspapers statement that the best
place to view the grand march was In Fifth-ave
from Madison Square to Fifty-seventh-st. The
breakfast hour had scarcely passed. and the sun
got fairly started on his diurnal journey, when
from every side street crowds began to throng into
the avenue. They came in streams and droves in
sections and parties and n%fn,s oIo.s
Madison Square teemed with animation. 1t was
one active, moving mass Of people, not content to
wait, but anxious to see. know, and find out all
GUnnectcat sas u and Hadson River tow towns poured
incalculable throng INTO the city who. with one
accord moved into the compact host that surged
in strong and often conflicting currents up and
down the great avenue.
Madison OF sdassS was &. fn HVenas
Hotel the members Of the Grant family, of the
Presidential party, Of the Senatorial and Congress
gnished men who were TO ride behind the cata-
falque. Their carriages at o'clock were forming
along 10th sides of Twenty-third-st. above Broad,
way. In addition to the public curiosity excited
by the presence of these distinguished men. not
little interest occasioned by the movements Of
the 22d Regiment. Its fine band sounded mourn,
mounted staff moved the regiment uD and down the
open spaee in front of:the hotels Dozens Of Grand
Posts as4 in ne from ysfa4an
review. Captain Williams lad 275 police officers
arranged In close line from Twenty-fourth to
Forty-second-st He himself stood Mt the junction
Of the streets and avenues in front OF the Filth
Avenue Hotel.
il was precisely 9:45 O'Clock when General
Fourteenth-st. At that moment the crowd in
Madison Square was dcnsest and most urgent;
An hour before Captain Williams had closed all
approaches TO horses and vehicles, and
when tho General had passed not even foot
passenger was permitted to cross Twenty thrd-st;
i1er the crowd thicker G and tighter People came under
all sorts OF unreasonable conditions Sickiy look
ing women. VITA lobster-red babies suffering
III n 'hf thew 'f'q looked sd' as 'o0u il " every in
dvidual square inch of flesh their homes had Its
peculiar ache Frequently they tainted away, and
IN the neighborhood of Madison Square alieviating
the suherings of fainting women; AS
slight young mother suddenly swayed and fell
Her lttlo baby dropped heavily from her arms to
the pavement. IL made noise enough tor twenty
babies of its size.
way and up aud down Twenty -thrd,st, trucks and
as thick as sardnes, with, people cluster
vantage ground Of Of VISION. The line detected to
the night in front Of the hotel and marched close 20
the curb of the square. After the passage of the
SsHpF nnder 4 coGns Fors FaSs 'li ' as line
t""'I to Ffty-scvcaih.si. occupied only one
of people from the sidewalks on ethor side of the
avenue back TO the houses and on the stoops.
packed nd yedsed together so soildiy that u they
was open from roof to portico. and from every
window groups of faces looked out upon
stoops aud even crowded together IN the little
porticos that adorned the parlor windows Small
boys occupied the tops OF every lamp-post. and
ciambered up the telegraph poles at reckless risks
Every tree large enough to bear human freight
was weighed down with sight-seers
mere ~s Of S, ou WHICH wSs closed From
the windows OF every other house little groups OF
people looked out upon the stately procession.
ishcd houses, the fronts of which were
removed, aud they were loaded with
people az thicky as Malaga grapes in bunch; |
Even the roofs Of the houses bore their fair share g
the great demand for room. and every fence and
iron railing was utilized. Tho long stone wall
which separates the two Astor houses
EVEN was stdHn dared ~ to invade the the rising
emnence upon which stands the marble mansion
throu rhout the parade their barred heads shielded
BY parasols from the sun Temporary balconies TO,
Z Union ''0II League . Club % was crowded with
It's members. aud from tho piazzaslroo and WIN,
numbers looked out the brilliant but solemn
cortege. balcony had been put up in front of the
Cathedral. Upon II were seated Cardinal McCioskey.
Vicar General Quinn, Bishop McNlerny, Bishop
WIgger. Bishop Loughlin and other dig1itarles oil
the church. together with Joseph j. y ODonohue
aud Eugene Kelly.
The crowds were heaviest and most unmanage-
able at Twenty-third.st, Forty-second.st and at
PROVISIONS Of Captains Williams and Gun
ner. and the efficient support lent
them by their officers, kept tho tremendous con-
course of people in comparative order. Captain
Williams said that il was the greatest and most
decorous crowd with which he hadeve had to deal.
which tho people view large bodies of men
on other kiuds of parade. The width OF Forty
so.ond-sf made the crowd especialIy difficult to