Mr. Luther G. Tillotson

Banquet and Presentation to Mr. L. G. Tillotson.

WE last week referred briefly to the complimentary banquet tendered to Mr. LUTHER G. TILLOTSON by his personal and business friends, upon the occasion of his impending departure for Europe. This banquet took place on Thursday evening of last week at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and was a very pleasant and successful affair.

The guest of the evening, by his social characteristic, and by years of honorable and liberal business life, has endeared himself to a large circle of friends and acquaintances, and it was deemed appropriate that the occasion of his leaving his native shores, for several months of travel and observation in Europe, should be improved to manifest to him the esteem and affection entertained for him. A large number of his friends accordingly assembled at the St. Nicholas on Thursday evening, and about nine o'clock were invited to the dining room, where a profuse and elegant banquet had been prepared in the superior style for which that hotel is celebrated.

After the guests had assembled around the tables Mr. TILLOTSON was escorted into the dining room, and was greeted with prolonged and enthusiastic cheers, and took his seat beside the chairman, Mr. H. P. SWEETSER, at the head of the table. After due attention had been paid to the substantials, the more important business of the evening commenced.

In response to a complimentary toast Mr. TILLOTSON briefly responded, returning thanks for the honor which had been done him on this occasion, and referred to the pleasure which the recollection of the events of this evening would give him during his sojourn in foreign lands, and as long as life should last.

Subsequently brief and appropriate speeches were made by Messrs. SWEETSER, PETERS, of the Brooklyn Times; ASHLEY, of THE TELEGRAPHER; WYMAN, CORNELL, GLEN, of the New York Herald; FORNEY, of The Railroad Gazette; GREELEY and others, to which our limited space will only admit of this brief reference.

Mr. TILLOTSON was very much affected at the display of the affection and esteem in which he is held by his friends and acquaintances, and was at times almost overcome at the compliments paid to him by the several speakers.

The speeches were all brief and appropriate - none of the speakers subjecting the company to an infliction, too common in after dinner speeches, of prolonging their remarks to an unreasonable length.

At about one o'clock the, affair terminated and the company dispersed, after cordially taking the guest of the evening by the hand and wishing him a pleasant and prosperous journey, and safe, return to home and friends.

Messrs. H. F. SWEETSER, N. O. PARKS and E. S. GREELEY were the Committee of Arrangements, and were assiduous throughout the evening in their efforts to promote the comfort and enjoyment of the company. So well did they discharge their manifold and arduous duties that it was the sentiment generally expressed of those present that on future occasions of the kind their services in a similar capacity were eminently desirable.

On Saturday morning there was quite an assemblage of friends on board the steamship Spain, to bid Mr. TILLOTSON and his wife, who accompanies him on the trip, good bye. While engaged in completing his arrangements for the trip, and taking leave of his friends, a delegation from the manufactory of L. G. TILLOTSON & Co., headed by Messrs. E. M. PIERSON, superintendent, and W. H. MARKLAND, foreman, made their appearance, and requested an audience with him in the saloon of the steamship. Upon proceeding thither Mr. TILLOTSON was surrounded by his employes and friends, and the Editor of THE TELEGRAPHER was requested to present him with a token of the esteem and regard in which he was held by his employes at the "shop." This he did, briefly expressing the good feeling and good wishes of the employes, and their appreciation of the kind feeling and interest which he had always taken in them, and the consideration and liberal treatment which they had experienced from him. He then, on their behalf, asked his acceptance of a very handsome and valuable gold headed cane.

The cane bore the inscription, elegantly engraved upon it:

Presented to

LUTHER G. TILLOTSON

By employes at Factory,

Feby. 17, 1872.

Mr. TILLOTSON was very much affected at this evidence of the good feeling and regard entertained for him by his employes, who, as is too seldom the case in similar relations, were also his friends. It was some little time before he could sufficiently command his feelings to respond. He returned his thanks for their beautiful gift, which he should treasure as among his choicest possessions, and which, while in foreign lands, would be an ever present reminder of the good friends he left behind in his employes, all of whom he hoped to find enjoying health, happiness and prosperity on his return.

Subsequently Mr. PIERSON, on behalf of the employes, requested Mrs. TILLOTSON'S acceptance of a very beautiful gold ring, as a token of their esteem and regard for her. Although very much surprised at this unexpected token, she gracefully accepted it with her sincere thanks for the honor, and said she would wear it with pride and pleasure.

The time having arrived for the sailing of the steam 'ship, the visitors reluctantly left the decks, and in a few moments the vessel started on her long journey.