The Brookhaven leader., 1889-05-09

The Presidents journey from Govern
or Green's mansion to Elizabethport was
one continual ovation.
When the President had boarded the
Dispatch and had been formally received,
it was nearly eleven O'Clock. The
Sirius, which had been assigned
| to the presidential party, had taken
on its Dad at the Elizabethport
| wharf Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Morton
| were installed in the ladies' cabin, and the
big steamer swung on from
the wharf with every one OF
her decks crowded to the utmost
capacity. She steamed up the Kill slowly
to the spot where the Dispatch lay at
anchor, her head turned toward Eliza
bethport. Then she slowly drifted on be-
yond in the direction of Staten Island.
New York, April 3o.-The Dispatch
moved rapidly up the Kill, past the
Sirius, which waited for her coming.
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Morton, with
their party. were standing on the
bow Of the Sirius. AS the Dispatch moved
past, the President. who was standing on
her quarterback, raised his hat to the
cheering crowd. Then, sweeping the deck
with a pair Of glasses, he singled out
Mrs. Harrison and raised his hat
again to her. By this time the Sirius
had gained headway and was keeping well
along with the Dispatch.
The Dispatch steamed on up the Kill,
herself silent save when her whistle gave
warning to the craft about her, but
greeted in her progress by such Shrek
ing Of steam whistles and exploding OF
gunpowder as made conversation in
subdued or moderate tone of voice I'm
he hon nGo Of hn
| were lined with men, women and chill
dren. A cloud of waving handkerchiefs
| foated about their heads and echoing
cheers from thousands of throats rang
out over the water. Steam engines raced
along the banks, their whistles shrieking
in unison, if not in harmony with the
whistles of the tug boats.
The quiet that reigned for few min.
utes was succeeded by shrieking OF
| whistles from the first line of tug boats
beyond, and for a moment the din was
deafening. 1t died away, to be succeeded
| by the booming Of cannon from the steam
boats.
AS the Dispatch passed up the line the
boats fell in behind her until the feet in
| her wake grew to mammoth proportions,
| and she moved swiftly along to the echo
| ing din of hundreds of whistles and the
| deafening reports from cannon, great
and small.
The Dispatch steamed past the wharves,
black with people, to the foot of Wall
| street, and came to anchorage at 1888 p.
m. 1t was nearly half an hour before q
passage could be cleared. Then came
| the presidential barge, manned by its
sturdy crew of grizzly y-haired men,
many of whom had not pulled an oar in
years, but whose strong, steady stroke
nttested that the proficiency they had
attained q generation ago had not
been lost by the intervening years
of ''resting on their oars" Pier
I6, where the President landed, was
one of the most brilliantly decorated
spots in the city.
The President was received as he
stepped ashore by Governor Hill, Mayor
Grant, Hamilton Fish, president Of the
Centennial committee, and VIM. c. Ham
/ ilton, chairman of the committee on
States, and with the other guests in car
riages, was escorted to the Equitable
building. where a reception and collation.
| was rendered them by the committee on
States.
The President and his party arrived at
| the Equitable building at 1:55 p. m. The
| President then. escorted by the committee
| on States, entered the grand court between
| the lines Of troops. As he entered the
troops on either side presented arms" "
| and the full choir of Trinity Church, con-
Quoted by DIR. Messiter, the organist and
choir master of Trinity, descended the
staircase opposite the entrance and
| grouped themselves at the foot.
| They sang the hymn, "Before the
Lord We Bow" The solemn hymn. rem
dered by this grand chorus, resounded
through the marble hall and stirred the
hearts of all who heard ii. AS the lunch.
con began, Chairman w. G. Hamilton ol