Little Falls transcript., 1885-08-14

the Second battery wheeled into line with 4
precision Of step and q measure Of discipline
that il seldom equaled. Quickly following
came the Second brigade OF Gen. Louis Fitz-
gerald, with the Second battery in the lead,
and then the grey haired veteran guards.
Col Austin and his staff were as t d
GRAY HAIRED As THE VETERANS
who came after them on foot, and with he
roic front and marching step to the sound Of
martial music, the governors foot guard.
volunteers of the old One Hundred and
Slxty-hfth Volunteers, and the Tenth Wash
ington Continental Guard, the four patriotic
Italian organizations, with their cleaning
suits and jaunty hats, and Capt Williams
three companies Of colored veterans, made
way for the younger men who followed them
in the third division Two brigades from
Pennsylvania were in this division, and Mai
Gen Mollneaux had cause to show in his
manner that he was proud of the men
marching behind him, while Christensen and
Gen. BroWnell, the brigade command
znarshalled their men in splendid order
Pennsylvania quota soon came, and as. the
First regiment stepped forward with tie
regularity OF clockwork the crowds lining
the sidewalks could not suppress burst Of
applause Following came the Grey Invinci-
bles, the colored company. They numbered
forty-eight and showed great proici ency in
drill. Immediately following the passage of
the Pennsylvania Contigent at Fourteenth
street came scene which was repeated
from Madison square along the entire line
to the place Of interlnent, such as is not
often witnessed. Behind tho colored In
vincibles came the we'll known Georgia COM
pany, the sGate City Guards" of Atlanta
They numbered about sixty. Along the
route which the guards passed through were
many Grand Army posts, awaiting the time
when they could take their positions in the
line. They were cheered d again and apaiu
and the most positive proof Of goodfellow-
ship was given.
THE COMING PAGEANT
New YORK, Special Telegram, Aug: 8-The
great plateau extending over that portion OF
New York from the eastern boundary of Gen.
trail Park for miles up the Hudson river, to
what is known as Manhattanville, and of
which the Riverside Park is the western
boundary, suddenly found it's scanty popula-
tion quadrupled before noon, and every
cross street and every avenue crowded
Riding along the Elevated railway on the
West side, and overlooking this portion Of
the city, it seemed as though some invading
army had landed at the lowest point on
Manhattan island and was driving the
populace eiowly> but surely into the
fields or into the river. Every
street was a stream Of humanity
on elevated trains, in overcrowded street
cars and hastily improvised wagons, and
along the dirty streets'of this questionable
section of the metropolis nothing was seen
but moving masses Of women and men.
Every point of land was covered by the
moving tide. Many had fled TO the unblast-
ed rocks, apparently to avoid the coming
food of people For miles behind was the
apparently victorious army Strange
glimpses OF moving columns, broad flashes
of scarlet coats and gold lace, the tramping
of many horses, the rumble of artillery
wagons, the blaze of trumpets and roll Of
drums told of the coming pageant.
THE BLUE AND THE GREY ENrwISED.
Following this apparent joining of hands
between the North and the South came a
similar unbending between the First Massa-
chusetts regiment and four companies of
Virginia troops All differences between the
two bodies were amicably bridged when the
hero died and again the men who wore the
blue and the men who wore the gray frater-
nized az evenly as though they all had fought
for one common cause. Whenever an organ
ization from the South passed along the line
it was clapped and cheered The New Jer-
sey troops made fine showing They were
divided up into two brigades In the first
brigade were the First Fourth, Fifth and
Ninth regiments, the First and Second batal-
ions and Calling company. In the Second
brigade were the Third, Sixth and Seventh
regiments and another Gat]ing- gun COM
pany. After that came another evidence of
the fraternizing feeling between the North
and South A detail of the Fourth Massachu-
setts regiment had become separated from
the main body. One OF the bands of the
Southern troops lost the company they were
playing for in the confusion, and met the
Massachusetts boys. They quickly found
each other out, and the Northerners marched
up Broadway singing to the music of the
Southern band The band belongs to the
Staunton Grays, and is known as the "Stone--
wall band" As the procession passed the
Fifth Avenue hotel the Grant family, with
the exception Of Mrs. Grant, who is at Mount
McGregor, assembled at the windows over
looking the street and viewed the line. The
features Of Col F. D. Grant, SO we'll known to
nearly every one In the line, were especially
prominent He stood with uncovered head,
and as the veterans passed, they dotted their
hats in respect to the son Of their old COM
mander
Instead of atte en1pting to cover the whole
front Of a building with cloth, it was gath
cred into masses around cornices and pillars,
and over doorways. The favorite way OF
treating panels. which were sometimes tri-
angular, sometimes oblong and sometimes
square, was by iuting and plating the fol ds
running from the center outward A fine
example of this use OF mourning was seen
at the Fifth Avenue hotel The great front
of the building-a stretcHof grayish white
stone--displayed no black save about and
above the front entrance. There the marble
pillars were covered with rich-looking black
cloth, which also was spread over the cornice
and balcony above The general color Of
the building greatly heightened the effect OF
this concentrated mass of black. The Hof-
man house. just above. and the other hotels
on upper Broadway were all draped
with tasteful displays The use OF
drapery was most universal in the business
part of the city, Wall street was lined with
black from end to END. The sub treasury
was especially beautiful. Black cloth
covered the pillars of the portico and panels
of shirred muslin hid The abutments and the
statue of Washington in front Heavy folds
of black cloth hanging from the wide cor
nices Of the Mutual life insurance building
on Nassau street, the great Mills building, as
we'll as the Fields and the Equitable build
ings, were otabie examples Of the skiiful
of drapenes on a large scale. The porch
of Trinity church was draped with flags