The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-30
sFvEx MILES LoNG
MEETING THE PRESIDENT.
Rowed Ashore by a Crew of shipmasters
From the Marine society.

from the Marine society
NEW YORK, April 2g.-On the arrival
of the Despatch i'm the East river over
the foot of Wall street. barge manned
hy a crew of shipmasters from the
Marine Society of the port of New \ 0rk,
with Captain Ambrose Snow, president
of the society, as cOxswain, put ONT to
meet her, ald rOwed the President
ashore.
Captain SHOWS crew consisted of
lanes Harding. William b. Hilton, ".
If. Alien, g.. ID. S Trash, John K. Dew
ary, W. A. Ellis. George A. Dearborn,
Samuel g. farchild, James Parker, Al
bert Spencer. stephen Whitman, George
J.. Norton. benjamin 7. Marsh, Richard
Luce and W w Urquhardt
While The President was being taken
from the Despatch into the barges, the
Erastus Wimsn and Sirius landed their
passengers at the foot of Wall street
Then came ihe Presidential barge.
The President WAS received as he
stepped ashore by Governor Hill, Mayor
Grant, Hamilton Fish, president of the
Centennial Committee, and William g..
Hamilton, chairman of the Committee
on States, and with the other guests, in
carriages, was escorted 10 the Equitable
building, where's reception and collation.
was rendered them by the Committee on
States
The President arrived at The Equitable
at l.50 =. VI The President then tes-
c0fted by the Committee on Statesl en-
tered the grand court between the lines
of troops A. he entered the troops
ON either side presented arms and
full choir OF Trinity Church, conducted
bv Dr. Mcssiter, the organist and choir
master of Trinity, descended the stair
cases opposite the entrance and grouped
themselves at the foot They then sang
the hymn, Before the Lord we bow
The solemn hymn. rendered by this
grand chorus, resounded through the
marble hall and stirred the hearts OF all
who heard it, with its grandeur Fol-
lowing This, the choir sang the doxology,
accompanied by fuil chorus OF COrnets.
When the music had ceased, the Presi
dent was conducted 90 the lawyers club
rooms in the Equitable building, where a
reception took place. Mr.. William G..
Hamilton introduced President Harrison
TO the president, secretary and board OF
governors of the club.
After these intrOductiOns the Presi-
dent was escorted TO the reception-room
by Mr William 4. Butler. president OF
the club. The secretary OF the club,
Mr Samuei Brown, accompanied the
Nice-P President Following them were
Governor Hill, Mayor Grant, and Nj
Hamilton Fish
The President and Nice-Presideni,
Governor of New York, Mayor of New
York city and Mr. Fish took the posi-
tions assigned them on the dais, and the
floor committee conducted the Cover
nOrs of the States and Territories in the
order OF precedence to positions on the
right and left OF the Presidents party.
The floor committee were then pre-
sented 20 The President, and Immediately
after the doors We're open and reception
began Some one thousand two hundred
guests were presented They represen
ted every profession and trade In the
city Shortly after, 3.3O T. NJ. the Presl-
dent and party started for the City Hail. /
escorted by veterans of the Seventh and
TWenty-secOnd regiments.
The President, the Governor of the
'Adti VI -NfW YIN hNA tnN Ul 81 liiN
city Of New York, proceeded in the fol-
lowing manner First carrage--ihe
committee on plan aud scope second
carriage-the Governor OF the State of
New York. with the President OF the
United States on his right hand
and the chairman of the executive com
mittee, with the mayor OF New York ON
his left; third carriage-ihe chairman
and secretary OF the committee on States
and two members OF the committee on
States, fourth carriage-members OF
committee on States.
At the steps OF the City Hall two hun
dred girls from the Grammar School and
thirteen from the Normal school wei
coined the President The two hundred
Grammsr-School pupils met him at the
foot of the steps and strewed flowers in
his path. The thirteen from the
Normal School awaited him at
the entrance 10 the City Hall
and there, one OF them, Miss Annie
Abraham, sead Az address OF welcome,
to which the President replied During
the reception, President Harrison stood
on dais carpeted with red velvet,
placed al one end of the room. Governor
Hill stood at his right, and Mayor Grant
at lis left.
A brass railing separated the dsis from