Bennet, Secretary, David L. Young, Treasurer. In the

294 CELEBRATION OF THE centre of the line was a small banner, carried by three boys ; on it was the representation of a decanter of brandy, upside down, with the brandy running out, with the inscription over the top, " Right Side Up ;" in the rear, was a white banner, with the inscription of Manhattan Temperance Benevolent Society of New York. The Staff Marshal was Silas Pearsall.

The Festivities in the Park on the return of the Procession,

At two o'clock, a part of the advanced guard of the procession, consisting of a detachment of the Washington Grays, gallopped up to the front of the City Hall, and announced to the officers in attendance there, that the cavalcade had reached the Chatham Square on its return. Measures were immediately taken to clear the space in front of the City Hall, as also the scaffolding which had been erected for the accommodation of the Sacred Music Society and the orators of the day. At this time the rear of the left wing of the vast procession was still filing past the west side of the Park, so that at the most moderate computation it could not be less than seven miles in length.

At 20 minutes past two, his Honor the Mayor and the members of the Common Council, foreign Consuls, and invited guests, took their stations on the front of the Hall, which then presented a most animated spectacle, every nook and niche being crowded with spectators. The troops then passed in review order before the assembly, and were followed by the other portions of the procession, with the exception of some few detachments which filed off, and entered the Park by the southeastern gate.