New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-21
HONORING THE PILGRIMS.
DINNER OF THE BROOKLYN NEW ENGLAND
SOCIETY.
GENERAL SHERMAN TALKS ABOUT Ihf'
AND GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS ShND'
4 LTTrER-OTHER SPEECHES.

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The NewEpgland Society in Brooklyn honored
the glorious memory OF The fllGiini i'''| o.,
speech and song snd poetry lsst eFe"4Ha
eleventh annual dinner of the SOCIETY was "
in the great hall of the Art ana ASSeno'S Twins
at No. Ia MontaQue-st. The attch"anuo
large the enthusiasm unhounded' V"c I'M "
fare was excellent. the subjects OF inc sc"'
were fertile in suggestion ana We'e ieepo""'" ""
in speeches that were eioque"''
thoughtful, aud witty, AZ we'll i'll.
The programme arranged was osrfieu o"' WIN,
ONT hitch 10 mar the success ana
there was no caH~t ioI 49,
,ho rnavoiaoble absence of George William CURTIS
who was expected to speak ABOUT Inc "'i.'''
y, the Old Time and OF the New MI GURUS
t.,u.,or son, n letter. IN which lie wrote mucn
~ what he might have spoken; and TINS hsh'cHc"
the disappointment -
Willard Bartlett. president Of the society pre-
.;a.s A, his right were General w. 7. Sherman
General II. w. Slocum and General u o. lo"'lu'
-, ,.s of ,bs March to the sea, whose at
tendance together was one OF the reh~iN uo'e
,oo.,os a, the occasion. Al his left sat EenJau"n
n s;lDmar the Rev. H. Price Collier John WIS
49,, and uovor Chapin At the presidents taplc
,h.,o yere also Tlihu Root, representing the new"
rnoland Society of the City OF New-l ORR near
,dn,iroI Kroinc ex-C Congressman John = Wis., "a
viroiria Calvin T. Pratt, Congressman W llll"ih >
+, n,ecl,inridce of Kentucky William l. JAWS
coorro u Erower. representing the ~. NIohoi"'
Society and John c. Mcguire, OF the ~ '"''""
Society. - Uro,rI
Others nresent were +. Wins'ow, T.. d. hho"I-
49,, 1a,nos II Williams, Thomos \. Bntum, T. !
Uno,vI,on A. B. Atkins Joseph w. CaIIo"'
Thomas II. Troy, James W. smith, Dr' oorhell"'
OIcott HAYDEN H. Butts, DDVer IT, feSsohu'''
IT w Wheeler George Wolcott, Thomas " "l'o'
lob, Shaw William H. Hill. Algernon ;. lil9elns'
r NJ Spelman, Alfred c. Barnes, [. y. iiossi "
Isaac II Cary. Thomas Nelson )r, EDWARD w.
BENEDICT, Harrington Putnam, Robert ~ p'I,'''
y q Carman. IT.. Oliver w Buckingham, Henry
w Slocum. IT,, Elihu Splcer, DaNlu n"''''
lanes W. Rideway. Ernest Staples W. D Badger
T. n Davepport George II. Southland. Ua'es A.
Fabnrstock. j. W. Hyde, AUsustc D. Cordi'F'
William Hester. Charles d. Burwell, DahlcI
somer Henry l. Hayden, John l"ecoS'
John Alden, Miles Stnndsh, II. ii. ANGEL
F. II. Lowell. Arthur r. jarrett, H.
r Moore. A. de Ries,hal, Charles y. Manchester
A. E. Lamb. Chaunoey Marshall, A. T.. Muoee'
SCHUYLER Walden. George F. Merrill "IHa" d.
Davenport, W. l.. Nandervoort. Judge Dy NIhah'
D. S. Babcock, William d. Hurd, Jr.' joseph a.
Burr. IT,. George II. Fisher, Josiah J. MaIe'iS
W J. Gaynor Charles J. Patterson, Mllaru r
Smith, Frank Bailey, Jesse Johnson "HIld'"
rerr Murat ITslstcad, Judge Augustus {. Van
Wvck. Judge Nathaniel II. Clement, liassan IL.
Wb.cler Judge Edgar NJ Cullen. Franklin Bart
lett, George b Abbott, George 4. ~yhoI'S' I''"-
eric A Ward. James D. Bell, James l.. Morgan, j.,
William Colt. Frederic $. Parker, Charles
Sanxav. George II. Prcntiss, General George W
u =.
Catlip. DR.. Charles Ware, Theodore L. Smith H.
w Hunt. Alexander Barrie, J. Spencer Iurner.
George II. Ripley. Louis Pracger, +. Il. Gambler
John Praegcr. A. T. White. Frederick Cromwell
Daniel + Lewis. w H. Male Thomas ;. Moore
lanes s Bailey. Charles II Parsons, John J.
Henry. D. l.. Northrop. William Potts Looms u.
LanCdon, William G.. Dreamer, q. ,. lu'chihsoh'
+ II Kellogg, William T. Cross, James J.. spencer
Alfred I. Cross, Carl De Silver, John >. James,
= II Treacarton, William II Taylor. j. VI. lFaVi't.
Samuel f. Howard Cyrus T. Staples. "ilI'am -.
Wade. F. L. Bsbbott. !. 7. Pratt, + Is. frht'
Charles r. Richards. &. VI. Pratt EdwlH farKaf"'
Charles Pratt John h. WOODWARD Dr' IL =
Tucker H. A. Tucker, jr., John Il Nllharur
Howard 5. Randall, Daniel +. Nor~', Henry J..
Coe. George II. Cook. William j. Richardson 'hc
Rev A. C. Dixon, William Richardson Di Joseph
Il. Elliott. William II. Lyon. Stanley /. QhhN'
Frank Cnderhil Franklin Quinhy. tredefi'k -
Trai, William D. Barnes. Dr. T. II. Kfc,schmar,
George NJ Nichols Rufus l.. Scott, John J. Ad"ih''
William Adams, Nelson j. Gates, ). .. l. HrfaiHi-
han Ethan Allen Doty, George j. 1urhhuil'
Aupustus Storrs II. N. Eeadle, \. j. Perry, WAFER
s Logan, u G. Taplin, Robert Proodo"' D"Vo
A. Boody, Winston H. Hagen. John J. sherman
Frank Suuicr Henry ID. Hotchkiss Henry y Man
ming. Eugene l.. Maxwell. George j. Lalgh'oh'
George W Kenyon, Charles Robinson Snlui' - =
Van Waooner Thomas + Goodrich, General II W.
art l.. Woodford, Charles u. Marvin, Samuel :
I-,tcr. r. 4. Ward, F. l.. Woodruff. william W
Rossitrr. Charles A. Moore, william II. Williams
| The hall was beautifully decorated by Na'Iona
flaws draped a;out the coats-oi arms OF the States
The banner of the society hung on the wal
| behind She presidents chair, and on the tabl'
/ Lecore hin, was "A llIt- fragment of plymouth
| Rock on a pedestal inscrhcd:
A rock In tn. wilderness welcomed our hiitS
From bondage far over the dara rolling 'ea;
ON that holy altar they khdtd the hie-,
| Jehovah which glow in our boson's for Thee
| A HOUSING WELCOME FOR GENERAL SHERMAN
After dinner the president briefly welcome
| tho CHESTS and members Of the society, and caIie'
| ON them 10 drink IN the toast Of he fresldch
| Of the United States which they did right 10y
| allv. Then lie evoked STORM Of cheering D.
| proposinc A cordial greeting 20 General Shei
| man" The whole company stood M aud shou'c
for "Tecumsch." and waved handkcrchcis an
hurrabeG till the grand old warrior had 10 hol
up bis hand for silence that he might addrc'
them He congratulated himself on the hhcri
which he enjoyed in not being bound down 10 an
subject, Then he punced That lie Woul
talk on the Indian question, and said, in part
received to-day from my friend, General Jon
" Noble secretary Of u" Interior, III, annual rcPpr
| and read the newspapers Sp"h drhi up"adh'
having plenty Of time. and am sometimes astnnlslc
al the cruelty OF YOU Gentlemen toward oar poor II
dilns now General Noble proves tai at TINS yer. II
slant Of time there are only 10000 Indians "it VIII
the borders Of America, excluding Alaska always, an
| that for them the GO"cr.m"ut liz, st apart dnd pr
| tects them in the enjoyment II more than acctio
| for every man, woman and cIld. Ihcr" /, no rlch'
people on the face II the globe than tu" Iudiiu-
land. Bat they don't ,DOm 10 learn 90 Ia be pose
10 learn how - that !ln3. INT insist that u
Government of the United States ha, from the T.
ginning generous and iorbcaring 10 these poopl
Cheers
Referring 10 the Indian Commission Of Seven,
whom he appointed by act Of ConSr
= in 1867. General sherman said that the ncgoii
a tions made by them with The different branches