The sun., 1889-04-30
nut over afcnder or touched her ancient sids,
against guard rail Of any other vessel,

rut over afcnder or touched her ancient side,
against guard rail OF any other vessel
orr FOR THE PARADE.
By this time the head OF the line OF stramor.
that bad started up East River on the tn,r.
chant-shir raraio had disappeared around m.
foot OF Grand street. The Mary Powell led ,bn
way, tho Taurus was next. and she was FOL.
lowed by the City Of lichmond aud tho civ q,
Springfield. To give II list OF tho rest OF tbs
nect would take a column. Half an hour la,o,
although steamers were constantly follow
ing the leaders up tho East River IN.
crowd on Wall street about the Despatch
seemed scarcely diminished. The crowd
was being constantly added to by vessels thai
had remained below In the buy knowing I'm,
they could get nowhere near the Despatch
while the President was dcbarkng.
THE SUNS tug. which had occured not onlv
tho most advantageous r'ace Of any OF ths
feet for seeing the President leave the sbin
and go ashore. but place which was entitelv
out Of the way of the Presidents barge name.
ly. the end OF Pier II. remained there for over
an hour after tho landing was over. BY fla,
time 124 OF the ships parading East Rive, had
passed down on their way around to the North
River, although the throng comingun and re-
m naming at tho foot OF Wall street was arnan-
emily as great as ever
After the Despatch with the President on
board had sheered of and left the Chicago 10
go on her way to Wall street, the war ships.
with two exceptions got their anchors and
steamed UP the North River to tho ANCHORAGE
Off Fifty-nnth street. Following them came
tho revenue cutters and the yachts 1t was a
finer though no more glorious spectacle to see
them as they moved away than that OF tho
merchant fleet. 1t was u pity, but 10000 poo-
pie sfloat missed seeing 1t. There were mora
than 100000 who saw II, however.
THE VIEW OF THE SHORES.
The view OF the shores "a seen from the ships
was only less interesting than the spectacle Of
the marine pageant. Not pier not house.
top. not II patch OF ground from which view
OF the harbor could be had but was occupied,
and hundreds OF thousands Of men and women
and children cheered the feet that sailed first
up the North River 1t was matter of pride
among New Workers. that no yacht aloat was
more graceful or attractive than tho Electra.
the flagship Of the New York Yacht Club al
though her owner. Commodore Gerry, was not
on board.
Tho line Of the yacht division, led by ths
Electra in excellent style. was considerably
marrcd by the divagations OF tho Un1uowa. tho
next but ono to the Electra She seemed to 70.
gard the whole proceeding as sort of go-as-
you please, and paid no attention to the line
generally we'll Kept by the rest OF the squadron.
Tho scene In tho harbor as the procession OF
merchant steamers began TO round the war
ships of West Fifty-ninth street was az as
founding as any that had gone before. Incred-
ible as it may seem. that procession extended
down along the piers Of the North River. around
the Battery up the westerly side OF East River
above Twenty-thlrd street. over to the eastcrly
side OF the river. and down TO Wall street
again From Wall street to Governors Island
there was host Of vessels. probably number
ing more than 100. This procession started up
the East River at about LIS. At they were
stil In line, although many did not cover the
entire route.
Doubtless a greater feet and one more won.
derful may celebrate this anniversary 100 years
hence. but never has such fleet AZ this been
gathered before, nor can one manned by more
patriotic or enthusiastic seamen and specta-
tors than these ever be gathered together.