New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-24


in the most favorable conditions, could see any
thing that took place In the extreme lower part
of the city there was proluslon oil uecoiatloh
All the foreign steamship ofices Pui ouu .lsi ,,
tokens of respect and nearly oil the consulate
Offices Joined them. The British. the Russian ana
tie Italian Offices however, showed no o0oIS'
The various exchanges hung thelr nays at mn ~
nnst After the formal reception oil tle rrhHlIhs
NJ the pier the ma ority of the organizations form
ing the parade were dismissed: .
The crowds at the Battery fingered ionSef '.a a
those in any other part of the CITY, ana 10 the
IMMIGRANT who Glanced to be landed Yesterday
the sight was a novel one. The imposing iront OF
the Washington Building with us small WINDOWS W
SO close together, presented wall vi I''ts' vi
tho fewer of the Produce Exchange people were
gathered. and all about Battery Park was hurry
ing crushing crowd, cagcey STRIVING 10 geb !9oV
hold upun benches. chains or paNllloh seats 'Il'u
tlcv MIGHT see fne harbur, who's" tosslns Was
cnrled coidy under the sky that lowered eioomllN
over the ceremonies. The platforms OF the ele-
waited stations that run 10 SCUM IcIiA WY
tbronccd with people that willingly pad their
cent fee to cot above the crowd winlc from
the roofs of the Barge Office and old Castle Garden
which were decorated with American ana o"'usn
colcrS favored persons secured a view VI s
naval display. After the parade was DISMISS"
various organizations marched ana co"htI
ma rchcd and wherever they went tncN ,"eIr
fnIIoycJ bv curious crowds. The bands played
patriotic airs altcrnatel with HYMNS. iIc III"
and drum corps We'd with one another 10 Keep up
their enthusiasm, ana nnallA Wv '"'''
had set It's fac seward melted away
TIE NAVAL DEMONSTRATION
Cordons of police kept back the dense masses
If pcoplc which thronecd Battery Park ana Battery
Place and they kept an open way lot 'Hc i"''c'"'
procession il approached fier a Inc "'"''
Of the Ipper Bay were covered with tugs anu
steamers crowded with people The anchored
feet Of Naval vessels which were TO salute the
yas
,,,oir line bv the Baltimore lay extended In a
long line which reached from Bedows Island al
mnst ia Robbins Reef The flags VI thfce Al
otrnls AlmiInls of the blue, white aud P'i, n'E
@,,, roe different nagships anchored III the line
First came the white Dolphin, living The Dlue
llor Of Admiral Ghcrardi. He fettel ana Near
sarge were next in line. men c1'e 'nr ~ d.
socola. with the red flag of Admiral Mc' am hS,
ING and after the Enterprise. Inc A'Ahia anu
Yorktown were next and then the thrig"' WIN
tine flag Of Admiral Walker, Adnhi" oi INV
Jmsi above Bcd.ow's Island was anchored ire
Baltimore above her the Despatch ana SIM iuI-
Their upstream WAS the monitor >aht 9cke' ,,,,
and there graceful steam yachts were nlohln-
about and OIL Pier lay h",llla OF nor" '' ,I
thirty milling boats aud steam launches from me
men-of war Everywhere, on lana ann S'h, Oh
%n,,sos forts and fleet hagS were NJ half-inast
0gicers In glittering uniforms ana sin-prnwn,u
sailors in their picturesque girb s'2"u anon, VIZ,
ujcr or waited strong-armed ana pare I" H.,
J., ,ho long oars i'm the boats. \ cold wira blew
chilling from the northeast ana me SKY ",s W.,
IL clouds But through the clouds the sun iooN''l
down and touched the scene WIN tIht pccul's
snnIcLt Of late August, which has in II preSig"
IF the coming Of autumn.
COMING DowN TO THE PIER.
II was shortly after 30 o'clock Wien y cap
tain Of police approached Captain Miller Of The
Navy. who was in charge Of Affairs az
tho pier. and reported that the head oil
the funeral column had reached Bowling
Green. Ia minute or there appeared the whit"
helmets Of the marines moving 10 The sound Of
funeral march played 10y NE ana HInm' inr
| hand which marched et the head oi the column
,vos silent and the vast throng which waited ana
| watched saw the steady column 1l te llc'u'-
| parablc marines ana hc"fi "nN. '''' n'"N'
| dear 10 a soldiers car-inc music oI ufnm anu
Following the marines was the hcarsc, heavy
| ,nonI v.ith waving plumcS OF black ostrich
rP,Inre hearing the oakcn coffin in which va,
! ;ncioscd the body Of the great man In honor oil
whom were all this reverence ana solemn dlSpi'N
| The band had been drawn mp nv 'lic eh'rah'r VI
| tho pier and the marines, with drlIel coI",S'
| lad formed line extending from near the eye
vated railroad station to the ros'tiM "c'np'n ny
the band. the hears" ana th' caiLlhpeS "",
| tanning the mourncrs and INC h"t'ph En'Se
drove ND 10 the pier The coffin was i3"rA rom
the hcarsc by sailors and carried on po'ru ih'
m mv% on that memorable day in Hampton Roads
| when naval warfare Was norm anew
! REARADMIRAL woRDFN
The first man 10 cross the gangplank after the
| coffin was Rear Admiral Werden, tine captain OF
bo Monitor in his great fight. Ills face still
| bears the marks of the injury when he received
| AT the time Of the conflict, ana the years have
| toi.u vpor from the limbs Of the intrepid com
mandcr. a strong young sailormah Ic'cA"d o"u
,o assist hir over the Sangplank. The picture o!
| the captain Of the Monitor following the 'oinh "i
| the great inventor whose brain conceived Hlil
,yhosr genius brought forth the vessel, into the
l.i.l tn "a
tLe great ship which was 10 convey IT. out !" me
| nreon and 10 a far-on shore, was one which his
tory will not soon duplicate me pah"' - tn'
| meanwhile, played tie swedish National ah'hrHi'
| and lis strains still fingered on the
| err as the Nina steamed away from
lhc pier toward the great white hull OF the walt
With minute guns sounding from the monitor
Nantucket, with two long lines OF pulling boats
| and steam launches either side, and with n
! Great fleet OF steamboats,, tlqs ana yachts crowd
| Ing around the body Of Captain Ericsson was
borne 10 the side Of the Baltimore The colin lay
| on q bacl, dnped cstaialQne az the stern 81 me
| Nina and ON the coffin were wrcaths OF laurel aud
| floral tributes.
THE PROCESSION TO THE BALTIMORE.
Close following the Nina the tug Catalpa
from the Navy Yard On the Ca;alpa and the Nina
were the officers civil and military, ana the
representatives of Naval Grand Army posts and
civic societies which had come to do horror Ia the
memory Of the dead. As the procession moved
toward the Baltimore, a British steamer came
| ploughng up the bay and broke through the line
| Suddenly her captain sccme1 10 realize what the
| pageant was. and AZ once the nag, OF the steamer
! liz was the Alarcngol came tO hali-inast. rs the
Nina came alongside tho Baltimore. the Umbria
came by and her flags were hali-maScd and her
speed was slowed down until she had passed wei
up the river On board the Baltimore all hands
| had been pped 10 muster and the marine guard
| paraded.
As the coffin was lowered over the side the
| scarct-coatcd buglers blew funeral note and
| three muiilrd rolls were >~-n on the drums. All
uncovered except the ma.ihcS for soldier on duty
| never uncovcrS.
| C. n. Robinson, one Of the executives Of Cnp-
tain Ericssnn's estate. said In the hush that fell
| "Cautain SchleY, | commit To YOU the body Of
John Ericsson. that You may bear H. 10 his native