The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1876, Page 2

“ONE HUNDRED. YEARS dors comprised as many strangers as citizens. Great | arations had becn made for illumination, and the colcred lanterns, Of Course, Was immense, stores ef the sewing machine wanutacturing cot. panies iu the neighborhood of the square were ail closed, and, axa rule, the buildings were handsomely From Seventeenth to Twenty-third street BARA la | the stor: 8 were closed, and the establishment of Lord * & Taylor was especially poticeable tor the artistic Close of the First Century of | swyieor'its nonday testoons, the Res, White and. Blue A és = 4 | everywhere being predominant. From the Fifth Ave nue Hotel to Central Park the shops and dwellings merican sreeacm. were, as a rule, closed, the Albemarle, Hoffman, St we | James, Stortevant and Rossmore hotels all seeming to GRAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. | as 1 The Sister Cities Gayly Decked | and Illuminated, Torchlight Procession of Thousand Men. Twenty-five Magnificent Illumination of the Streets and Avenues. H ‘sevice | UNION SQUARE A BLAZE OF LIGHT. Midnight Clangor of Bells and Salvos | of Artillery. | When Franklin expressed a wish that he might be awakened in 100 years, to see how the country had progressed, his fondest hopes for the future of the land could not have Jed bit to the extreme which was | the scene was a busy one yesterday. yesterday attained. The tales of the Persian Magi are but commonplace realities com pared with the achieve- ments of the people during the century just closed, Where, a short span of time ago, bloomed artistic gar- | dens and great stretches of primeval torest, last night | there passed over broud, smooih avenues, between endless lines of palace houses, a throng almost equal to the army which won the colonics a place among the nations, Could Franklin have taken up nis place on the cupola of the Post Office, to view the tity yesterday what wonders would have met | bis gaze? Millions of flags proudly stream!ng from the housetops —a shroud for every man the nation ever lost at war—a boundless sea of brillant color palpitating in the sunlight; miles of imprisoned rambow impatient to be tree, rising, falling, quivering with every air that blew; motley throngs of human beings garbed In gay attire moving hither and thither through the great thoroughblares tull of wonderment at the bewildering display the town spread out; the city itself rimmed about by a jungle of tapering masts flying the colors of all the nations of the carth; an inextricable tangle of wire through which is passing, by dot and dash, messages borne by the power of the element he ma- Bipulated with his kite and key; a forest of church Mteeples where once he saw wav Ne stately syea- wore; portly, overhanging proud-capped pillars vieing the eplendors of Athenian architecture cornice | tains in the Various precinets, Instead of tne Dutch gable ends and modest porches of | Jong ago; all this and a thousand other wonders would | have diled his sight. Aud the illumination the Bight! Its splendor and vastness would have aston- | ished bis good oid eyes. | APPEARANCE OF THE CITY. Never before has New York displayed such a Wealth of bunting and fags, Dollars in untold thon- | Sands were expended in the decoration, and in many | instances, as will be seen below, permanent gas fixtures were ere celebrate the great Centennial, It 1s a notable fact that, on the east side, where is centered the majority ot * of the foreign clement ot the population, the decora_ tions were more plentiful and arranged with more artistic taste than in any other quarter of the town. In no part of the towa was there a noticeable lack of observance, and even in the poorest ‘precincts an effort at d@coration was noticeable, Every tenement had, somewhere iu its neighborhood, the stars and stripes displayed, The tever of the occasion extended even to dress, aud many little girls were abroad decked in dresses of red, white and biue. flag pinned to the tappel of his coat, and many pro- nounced enthusiasts wore hat bands of the national colors. ar sigur. The sceno at night was beyond comparison the grandest ever vouchsafed the citizens of New York. The myriad Janterns swaying in the night air from every house in sight had a most peculiar effect, and as night grew darker and the twinkling jets shone out brighter the prospect was grand indeed, light procession was a mag. ea. Viewed from a bousetop in the yiciuity of Union square its magnificence was beyoud description. The street had the appearance of belug occupied by stars on dress parade, and as the moving firmament passed up along the sirect and the shouts of the multitude below soared slowly up the effect was thrilling. The music at Union square fired the enthusiasm of the assembled thousundy, and when the peoples joined in the patriotic Aire a shout went up which rent the heaveus, respects the celebration of last night was a grand suc- ficent suc dat great expense, in order to property | | a week ago put up some cheap colton bunting on the | Every second man bad a miniature | ‘The toreh- | In all | STORE DECORATIONS. Nothing could ve more strange than sudden Awakening from apathy to enthusiasm of all classes of merchants and shopkeepers iu regard to the celebra tion ef the nation’s holiday, Commencing at the Bat- tery and making a journey even unto length of Manhattan Isiand, the Ueeato reporters cou- Stantly saw evidences of this patriotic spurl, Even on the vast sombre warehouses that line Pearl, Water Bouth and West streets, the Stars and Stripes tloated gayly, giving a holiday look to those otherwise monoto ous localities. Of course the cvap boarding bouses ym Water street, the rendezvous in Rector Btrect, were all bedizened with gaudy colors; but, not- Withstanding this, under the blue sky of yesterday the bars and stare floated full of the warm breezcs and lent a festive air tu the lower part of New York. Advancing up Broadway, the w steamship offices were gon fou the borhood of Wall street the chin ity pealed forth pairiouc airs, but the were all clused, and not being decorated a @gencral air of desolation and sadness reigued ip Wall and Broad streets, aud Exchange) tn deeded con Harlem, the sailors? beauty on with trast to the otber parts of the jobiiaattown. Th Jarge buildings iv the lower part of Broadway, such as Shose of the New York Mutual Life lusurance Co, the Equitable Insurance Co, and Western Union Telegraph Co., orated, Lut the General Post Oftice probably excelled the others named (u the taste and variety of the inter. for decorations, Festoons of bunting were artistically Graped in the oilices and aisles of the upper part of tue building, the desigas in many instances being beauli/ul im the extreme. the were all bandsomiy 4 IN THE vowrRY Taking the East side shops. no! the } traders slong Chatham street, it was geverally observed tha; the thrifty Hebrews bad not expended muck money ta patriotic effusions, and, with (ho exception of the hotels fm the neighborhood, there were but (ow flags displayed. As Third avenue wos reached, however, and tho local tes where the German clement is must pronounce there was fairly’ a gurh of pairiotism manifesicd by ivplay of fags Tiay strips of booting waved trom feof to cellar, shaded the windows, aod hung from the balconies ana steps. The beer gardens, § and seemed to be bi were pouring. These pla bandsomely decorated, but Shops were geuerally closed. The Bowery Theatre had @ patriotic picture outside of its classic portals, representing manacies siruck from the band of 4 tau which might have couveyed some dark allusion to the fetters being removed from the wrists of the Goddess of Liberty; bat, outside of this and the display of pome cheap byDti “Old Deary” did wy ein bo. an gader any burden of cent | parriotisin, Fottows ¢ up Third avenve, it was generally found that Shout half tbe stores were closed, and where they Were HOt the proprieiors seemed to be holding 4 sert h as tho Atlantic, were open, # into which the human ants of public resort were ail the m pretentious of holiday lever with their frieuds and neighbors Hi ’s Third Avenue Theatro, near Thirty-tourch Street, was handsomely decorated, and from that point to Harlem River the display was more or less fine, be the characteristics, as described, were general, UP ROADWAY. | From tor House to Union square the stores — iy closed, ihe day veing kept asa close | ‘be incipal hotels were, of course, very | Bad the fhranoe af norsane whe lned thelr oor vie with each other tn the extent and beauty of their decorations, ON THR AVENURS. ‘The stores on the business avenues, such as Sixth, upon the other streets aneutioned, seemed to be enjoying their holiday with neighbors and trerds, A¥arule the buildings were a mass of drapery, and generally arrayed in the best ot taste, Great preparations were made for the illumivation which it is safe to say one of the grandest ever seen in the City of New York, Vhe tact that this staid city should all at once awaken to such an exstacy of patriotism 18 of itself worthy of record; Germans, English, Irish and all other nationalities seeming to vie With’ each other in the eelebrat At the nue the battle played. It eren torb and bullet-ridden condition, as it breeze, recalled the many scenys through pa The displayed by Mr. R. Lloyd Roberts, at No. 204 East Sixteeuth street, near Third avenue.’ [ts design con- sists of a red dragon on a white field, with the motto, “Tra Mor, Tra Brythan,’? the “While the sea lasts, so Britain, dence of Dr. Burke, on lag of the Corcoran Ls jon was dis- floated in the which d. ouly Welsh flag to be seen in the city is that AT POLICE H DQUARTERS Men were ac- tively employed in completing the decoration of the building, while inside thore was decidedly trouble. Superintendent opening letters, the contents being in nearly every in- stance demands for policemen, Merchants wanted officers to guard their stores, hovel proprietors needed more men to assist in maintaining order in the corrt- dors, clubs wanted ‘just a few men?’ to stand at the doors. In fact, itseemed as it every citizen had de- cided that ho was entitled toa policeman, and was de- ed to have him. ” said Mr, ng, ina tone of comic per- ‘L should need 30,000 men to till ail these do- mands Here General 5! aler wants about 3,000 for Union sqnare, the Commissioners of Parks seem to think that they ought to have a thousand, Rush Hawkins, be wants at east 14,000, what to do, How many men are csgion to-night,” said the writer. I have just made a calculation and J find that Tinust keep this 850 in the station houses to be in readiness for a lire, a big row or something extraordi- and taken with Ue men who must be on post spare about 00 for Union square, and of course snotenongh, They’ just. be lost, for I guess the crowd will he over 40,000 in the square alone”? “Why don’t you suggest that the military aid in Idon’t know you going to use on the line of keeping the streets cle “Lought to; but then you know the soldiers all want to be in the procession, The police ought to be iu it, too; but nobody thinks of that. We policemen are agood deal hke you newspaper men—never off ty. The bigger the holiday the harder the wo: here’s another request tor more police, et.) Oh, pshaw! I cannot be worrted any more. It's a good thing that the people are peaceably im- clined, or [should have my hands tuil to- night.’ If this celebration was in London now, whata | jolly lot of red coats they would have out in the streets | ‘and you would see burriers after barriers to keep the turbulent crowd trom trampling each other to death, Ab, well, it's only for a'day or two and then wo shall vet back to peace and quictuess and go about our regu- lar ine of business.” Then the Superintendent took off his uniform coat, mopped his head with a bandker- chief and began writing telegraphic orders tothe in anticipation of the duty te be performed by the force during the night, AT THE CITY HALL, Every patriot whose business called him to the City Hail yesterday must have retired with disgust and chagrin at the manner in which the authorities deco” rated our chief public building. It is an old suw, but a true one, that “Too many cooks spoil the broth,’? and certainly in the preparations thers too many “bosses” botched the job. A more disgracetul decora- tion of the Hall has not been made within the recollec- tion of the oldest inhabitant. Weeks ago the Aldermen took time by the forelock, and appointed a Committee on Centennial, of which Alderman Gross was made hairman, These gentlemen introduced patriotic reso- lutions, which were passed, and the Aldermen appro- priaced $600 towards decorations. The committee held weveral meetings and received estimaies; but many om,mbers of — the committee have been absent “tending the cou®entions until within a few days “tnotning has been done ia way of decorations except by Keeper sioper, whoo chandeHers of the Various rooms. All work Joking to a creditable display Ceased until two or three days ago, when th missioner of Public Works® oflleiuls ay pled gas Jots to the windows Superintendent of Ki pairs Keech directed this work, as well as additio decorations, and the pyrotechnic dispiaf in the C Hall Pars and Mount Morris square, that about $1,500. Yesterday every person’ connected with the City Hall was astonished “to find the vilest daubs scattered over the exterior of the building. The main entr was tastefully decorated with bunting, trans- 1 parencies and tags, prominent among which were five federal tags used at Wasbington’s first manga ral. Over the portico was a large allegorical painting of Progress, waich was surrounded by tags with colors pleasantly blended. Over the principal doors were the shields of the various States, along: side of whieh. and in striking contrast, were a number of boards upon which ugly eagles, such as are used on democratic on boxes, were pasted. Distributed on the main columns, were a number of colored f tures of Washington and the Goddess ot Liberty, nied on cheap paper, and pasted apon the columns. ‘These cheap eviaences 0! official patriotista were also posted on the interior of the dome, and wherever the Jadders of the workmen could reach. The rooms of the Croton Deparsinent, Marshal Kelly aud ono of two other departments, were decorated with excellent The illumination last night presented «very | ing eflect. In all the windows on the iront, ang east and West ends, the many gas jets gave out their brillianey, do when the ~ tu 1 of gas was turned on the | effect Was very good. A‘large number of downtown residents gathered ubout the park aud the sllumina- lion Was very generally commended, while the bur- lesque upon Washington and the Goddess o other cteap trash (hat has beer used to de burl ling in our centepmal yeat were very generally unced as a disyrace to the chiet city of the Union ‘o-bight (here will be a displ fireworks int City Hall Park, costing about $700. The pieces pre vided by the Conunissioner of Pu Works are fetlows:—"Tribute to America,” “Umon P , “seroll Quadri “Pair Frolic,” “Kaleido: We, “Star of America, he ‘Triple Cross of 1wo-pound rockets, shelis, 10 large batteries, 67 detonating shells, 10 large mines aud 26 ditldminauions, This aisplay will be a credit to the city, and will no doubt attract Lo the City Hall Park a vast number of downtown residents. Tonight the halt wil be again Wuminated, and it 1 promised by those in ¢ that the unsightly work of Keeper Sioper will be oved and the decorations mace worthy of our city. THE ILLUMINATIO! Glorious old Broudway, the pride of the Empire Siate and the adimiration of every foreigner whuever trod its path, was last night respleadent im all the joy ful elements of j Tho representatives of every trade and pre doing business on the far famed highway contributed to this result with might and main, and in many a day to come the display will be talked about as we are wont to do about the nts that marked the nation’s independence. It was a loyal tribute to America on every hand, and the gen tle breeze prevailing throughout the afternoon uo- urled ov many a lofty pole the prettiest flag that ever i over housetop of inspired enthusiasiy in the of a repubnean citizen, There was plenty of wind ake the Suurs and Stripes dutte fully at every at, and @ brighter or more ¢ riul exhibition from riotism. 810 ai street to the historic old Battery has never been n, Indeed, amore earnest display of fee ould not be imagined, aud on every hund the apprect glance of the citizen etroilmg along in tis bo! Famble Was sigaiticant and jubilant in the extreme. Never was open hearteduess » lavishly displayed Foreign nations were generou pr at every step, lor warle the rea flag was where con spittous, as it vagnt to be, the variable Character of the wind brought the French and German flags togeth er, and comnmugiing in the great national display might be seen waving the green tag of Erin with its giorious embiem of music, Bat when the sun wen down the seene ch. d. A food of ight um the great thorougliiare, A more glorious t bos never been seen on Broadwa: it would as if & rivuiry existed among rehant princes to do Lonor to the occa Heart aud soul w with the exhibition at eve stage, aud Lhe surging masses, elated with the joyous SUITOUNINES, Kuve VeUL Wo thor eolings as each pate ticular demousiration shed its bright rays on the crowded street, Cheer succeeded cheer, abd the wit was (biek with patriotic seutiments As cach Bro w couse t forth ns signal of rejoicing shouts webt up that im. the welkia ring, Some establiste ments were more claborately adorned thau otuers, but the general eect produced was decidedtiy grand, ' For instance, the New York Life lusurance Company took especial paiws in brawn, and Hoveworthy pillars of th ablishineut were grace ully festooned and flags ted from every Window, Three ters of iighis, red, white and = blue, shove — beautifully | from every story, Ue effect being ex YY gratitying. The m pants down town made siimpar demonstrations, the result belog a grand biaze of |iett and harmon shade, Passing the City Hall, which Waa aglow w sparkling jets, we come to the Post Ofice and Henan establish Doth of which instiiations w handsomely silumiuated. re on the sceuc of geweral rejoicing “Iu the vicinity Of the Post Oftice, Major P. Si. Haverty's book publist- Ing house. in Barrlay etroet, wee tastefully lentet on eventh and Eighth, were generally ‘closed, and tbe | | shopkeepers, as Lexington ave. | eda great deal of comment, and its | ‘anslation of which is | Walling had two clerks constantly | And there's | (Reading | 48 to cost | Then the by streets shed | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1876. | as, indeod, were wany other prominent concerns in the sane neighborboud. —Ke@ox bud a fine display at the cor- ber of Fulton street and Broadway, while op the other side of the street the Western Union Telegraph building presented a brilliant front. And so it was all down to | the Battery, which, however, owing to the attractions | Of the procession, was comparatively deserted. But | Broadway was not alone in its patriotic refulgence. ‘The east side in the history of the royal ramparts of Grand street | and East Broadway, nas there been anything like the display of last night. From street to street the citizens | forged their way in joyous crowds, full of admiration | and contentment, every exhibition of patriotism awak- ening the heartiest and most enthusiastic recognition. | Nor was the west side bebind time, for at every point | could be seen evidences of appreciation of the great | | festival Ina werd, the spectacle from Canal street to the Battery last might was something to be remem- tered, Aud while excitement was at its height the entire proceedings were marked by the greatest de- | corum—an element with which the impartial visitor | never hesitates to credit our popular and patriotic | throngs, i THE CROWDS. All New York was in the strects last night belping to | make the procession the grandest ever before seen in the city. The people may not have been all in actual line, but they were not fur of. To the numberiess crowds im the cross streets aud along the east side and west side avenues the procession was as much a reality | as to those who were jammed together on the side- | walks along the route, Thousands of young and old | were out in the open air in these streets and avenues | allimpressed that there was something going on in | which they were participating and all enjoying the oc- casion {n their own way, News of the parade was | carried from lip to lip, and the procession, if not seen, was at ail events descanted upon with endless variety of eriticisim as to its greatness, Not even in the war time, when the city’s heart was go much excited, was there such adisplay by the people. lverybody | had somé vague idea of aduty that was incumbent on | him, of a requisition for bodily appearance in testi- | mony of centennial patriotisus. and so ten, women and children turned out by the thousand to swell the outburst of the rejoicings, There was no hesitation, no Wavering or excusing, no fear that as everybody else was there nobody cise was wanted. The whole city | may be said to have had a share in the parade, neither | with the exception of the selt-suflicient, gaudy patriot, P who generally leaves “that sort ot thing’ for other | people, nor excepting the foreign impo. tation, who, fa | such matters, is generaily a tool Along the streets | through which the procession passed there were crowds | of human beings welded together so tghUy that loco- motion was weil nigh an impossibility. At the princi- | pal places along the route solid ma-ses of people were | to be seen pati | that was to pass, and bearing with unes tude the excessive heat they were sullermg from, mpled forti | unbounded enthusiasm was manilested. “For hours ve- fore the starting the Bowery and Third avenue were filled with the crowds who had come out to enjoy the sights, Tue gay decor. ations of the fronts of the houses and the displays | made so attract attention in the store windows, with the never ceasing numbers that were passing up and | down the str Dry goods and such | patronized; but the lager beer saloons and druggists? | stores were largely availed of to cool the burning | thirst of pedestrians, Great crowds of men, women | and children might be seen tn these cooling depots | struguling to get-a chance tor relief trom the thirst The night Was so Warm and pedestrianism being a necessity in order to see the parade, the ladies bad to | appear in the very lightest of garments; but even this did not prevent an eruciation of sullering from the heat, and one saw everywhere a fanning and mopping | of (oreteads, and heard groans trom victims which | only occasioned counter groans from companions, ‘The sturdiest male or female had to succumb physically, and | to fall back for needed endurance upon p.triotic . devotion to the glorious occasion. The sight presented | along the streets was altogether a novel ove—genuiwe | manifestation of ardor as good citizens to do the cor- rect thing, peaceful submission to most unimiti annoyance [rom the weather, elbowing and crushing of thousands of neighbors, pleasant series of co’ | Hons among frieuds and among parties of lad zeutlemen, resolved upon beiug 1 the best of humor— pewretuiness, rejoicing and a consciousness of “tho | good tme coming,” re‘gning and controlling the mul- titude, ‘The crowd bebaved themselves most adimira- | bly. There | iil will on evrth, or a desire for anybody to go any- where but to heaven hereafter—il any one serious, longing, lingering thonght was traced upon their features, it might be read beyond doubt as being panting. an carnest, constant, abiding | straining alter somv cooling ‘breezes. Whenever: | a fresh, soft breeze did fan the faces of the erowd there | was a perceptible relief everywhere noticeable, and | onciltation to the situation at once established. | rele and the throngs Went on, elbowing their way aiong t sidewalks. passing the waiting time? uutil finally | warded by a sight of the magniticent procession. There was, asm ght be expected, a large amount of hard | crashing while the procession was on its way down the nue, aud especta/ly so in the neighborhood of Thir- Lu street, but the reets in the dresses of many hua- 1s of ladies aud the squeezes incidental to thesway= such large crowds were of no account when the The however, was neither frequent nor long continued, no grumbling. ‘That the eve Of a \Conten pial Fourth comes but once in a lifetime seemed to be the kev-thought to the jubilation among the crowds, and the great good nature evineed under all circumstances, Up along Fifth | avenue the scene was very fine. From the windows ot the spicodid mansions the eyes of some of New York's fairest beained down upon the passing show, not less interesting than which was the sea o! faces along both the sidewalks. Phere was here a more stylish array of sightseers than along the east side avenue, crowds irom among the tashionables who like to walk along | he famous promenade; but there were here also ihe samme good natured thousands of groups of centennial | joy-makers, all Dearing themselves with a pride of patriotism ‘commenstrate with the gational festival that was being ed in, In Madison avenue a scene similar to that on Filth avenue was to be seen, similar packing of the sidewaiks, simular thronging groups up and down the street, similar merry laughter and good natured smiling faces, and a like hearty, whole. souled ebulliton of gladness aud joyiul greeting as the processionists were passing by. Madison square Was a glorious sight as the Mayor of the city stood upon the balcony of the Futh Avenue Hotel in reviewing the pageaut, The entire space was covered with a solid Toass of nen, Women snd children, whore straining gaze sought the hotel. Surging hither aud thither as uw did the vast crowd presented a strange, almost starting appearance as viewed from one of the hotel windows A broad sea of upturned faces met the eye-— not a sea of faces with a shadow of pain or anxiety resting upon it, but one which was alla genial smile | throughout, pleasant to took upon, und suggestive of such a joyous burst of ¢heering 4s that which was giv the crowds here, though packed together in the closest lines, had the good cousiderably by the aid of the open square, aud en- joyed the breeze thut was circulated from among the trees, AL this poimt the crowds were very demoustra- | tive, and as the procession p. | sented such a scene as bo country in the world could excell as a peaceful demonstration, Union square, | always a favorite rendezvous for the multitude when anything exciting is taking place, was made the choi of by far too many for their share in the celebrati nied as if the large wumbers who had got a pas: limpse of the procession at a point along the irhed their steps inthe direction of the square the disbanding of the processionisia, There was to se hot standing room seareely on uny of the available places for observation, and the rush and crush was tre ndoas. Th women and childs in endeavoring to hold them feet and to protect then the teree | detence. © was and No Opportunity to use any of the resources which overheated people generally Seize to get relict, What with the music, the tarchiog, the cheering, the rasb- ing and the crushing, the seene bere was intensely so- rion, and hundreds of people Jeft the place in a thor- ough y exhausted coudition, Still the last of the pro- cession Was seen, aud there wag bo longer a waiting tor the magic hour when the glorious Fourth was pealed in upos the nation. A’ midu id cou tain no more people. und thou- sands were comimg and going, There seemed to bea sciation for the multitude ip the birth of the glori as Fourth, As the crowds flocked from all drrectiona | the air was musical with the chiming of the bells. The streets were dotted at every point with groups who were standing listemmng to the music from the church steeples aud towers, A quicter, calmer feeling came over the hurrying througs, and the boisterous mirth of the earlier Lours in the streets was not ts be ves from being bruised by became jecessury for sel efforts which Th heard. Inall the houses peopie were ai the windows or ou the stoops listening for the midnight peals that were to Announce the great holiday, Long alter the exercises at the sqnare were over the plaza and sur. rounding streets were peopied with loiterers discus ing the procession, the cettennial year and the glorious rth, which had come at last’ Notwithstanding ail the crushing and the terrible elbowing at one place or another there did wot appear, so far asa carctal obser. vation along the route could discover, nor at the square during the closing scenes, a single disturbance | or exhibition of bad temper among the people, THE TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION. The great popular feature of last evening's cele- bration was, beyond peradventure, the monster torch- Kight procession, 1¢ flied the popular eye for a longer time and with more widespread satisfaction than could | have been accomplished in any similar manner, No daylight parade has ever evoked louder plaudita 1a its great length, its briiliancy, its varied and picturesque coptrasts ft Las never been equalled and may never bo colied as a pacriotic display, In its ranks there were eatimated to be 25,000 people, including civic and mil/tary Organizations, their lines spreading out to the lepgth of fully Ove miles. Along the whole length flushed the lighted torches of the procession. “, brightening up the scenes along the rowte and bringing into distinct, though ever varying view, the vast concourse that guarded the route through which they marched. From a hundred streets the different divisions came pouring into their position m the column whose head was on its way marching vo the reviewing nd AS wheeled © form shoals of applause rent the air; the bands Up sOrring patrione tunes, the heavens were {with brilliant lights just escaped trom bursting bombs, white (he onward moving rows of torches torsed and swayed jike @ tolling monster gliding through the asseinbied crowds. At the head we: pliiere nt the Pinar divieon ef the Nettanel Gonrd { town covered itseit with glory. Never, | ntly waiting fr the splendid pageant | At these points the scenes were surpassingiy exciting, and | els, rendered unmistakable the especial | sion that brought out so many thousauds of citi- | stores were but littio | eomed to be among*them no thought of | xlocy ot the occasion was remembered, aud there was | fortune to be covied | ense suffering from the heat, | There were freugent lines of torchmen amoung the in- fautey, avd the cavairy and artillery commands carried torches in serried ranks, The other divisions, 4a deecribed and enumerated below, followed 10 similar fashion. The uniforms of tue different regiments were brought out in bod relief! and their guns in the | Hight. But the most notable and varied portion of the | display was its civic feature. It were vain to attempt in brief «a desemption of even the most | striking characteristics of this part of the processon. Men of all nationalit who ha chosen to assume the duties and responsi- bilities of American citizenship hastened to do equal honor to the one-hundredth anpive: of the Re public’s birth with its elder children, who, though | “native and to the manner born,” could’ pay no more effective tribute in the name of liberty, Nor was the line composed only of the white people ot difler- ent nationalities who bave made America home, The colored men had their representatives also in the procession. And well they might; for the first century of the Republic's existence witnessed the greavest sace | rifice of modern times forthe purpose of | liberty to their race, They paraded about societies, numbering in all nearly 2,000 men. Beside | these tlere were Caledonians and men of Seottish birth, Hungarians, Cubans, Germans, Swedes, French- men, Russians, Turks, real American Ipaians, Contin- ental soldters, farm Irish temperance societies and the Grand Army of the Republic, From different points along the line bright banners waved and transparencies of myriad mottwes fla-hed and twinkled lke merry signals ee the be river of light upon whose bright sUriace they seer Dorne to some far distant goal. For hours prior to the time announced for starting the streets were filled with moving bodies of nen on their way to tne place of rendezvous, Their progress arrested the attention of the crowds of sightseeing wayfarers that flocked through the streets and en- hancea the anticipated pleasure of the coming specta- cle. When the yast number of persous who partici- pated in this grand procession 1y taken into account, and the scores of societies reyresented is considered, the extent of the interest aroused in preparing from the formation of the column may be imagined, Not only were ull shades of nationality represented by so- vieies-—and, coasequently, a corresponding sympathy aroused by each gociety—but they came from ail quar- ters of Manhattan Isiabd and aroused its mbabitants at every point on their way to the point of concentra- | tion. For so large a body the procession of last night was fairly prompt in getting into Itne, PORMING THK PROCKSSION. The different organizations parading, in accordance | with prior arrangement, took thoir position in the fo!- | lowing order:— The First division, the Third and First brigades of National Guards and two battalions of cavalry on Twenty-second street, west of Third avenue, and the Second brigade, the battalion of artillery, the Battalion nde Lala) First regunent Irish Brigade on [Wenty-frst street, west of Third avenue. The Second division ou Eighth street, east of Third bird division and {ts subdivision on Twenty- second street, east of Third avenue. The Fourth division and its subdivisions on Twenty- of Third avenue, he Filth division and its subdivision om Twentieth street, east of Third avenue. The Sixth division on Twentieth street, wesbot Third avenue. The Seventh division on Nineteenth street, east of Third avenue, The Eighth division on Nineteenth street, west of Third avenue. In each case the heads of the divisions rested on Third avenue. The Ninth division on Nineteenth street, west of Fifth avenue. THE KouTE. Precautions had been taken to avoid the passage of societies Moving to the division parade ground through the streets aud avenues named forthe route, As euch society Look its place in the division columu it was | formed into sections of ten or twelve men abreast, | and when started) on the route they were sent off at a distance of about eight feet | apart. At the appointed hour of nine o'clock, the First division, at the head of the column, started down Third avenue, followed by the Third and other divisions in numerical order, “At Eighth street, after the passage of the First division, the procession halted to admit the Second division, and at Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street the Ninth division joined the columa, the platoon of potice in ihe rear halting, to make way for them. ‘The following was the route ct the procession:—Dowh Third ave | nue and the Bowery, through Broome stre | up Broadway, through ‘Thirteenth street, up Fifth | avenue and Broadway, throuzh Ubirty-fourth street, down Filth avenue, through Twenty-stxth street, down Madison avenue, through Twenty-third street, and down Fourth avenue to Union square. Thus tt may be seen the column had to march down to Broome street, acrogs to Broadway and up to Twenty-third street, where the reviewing stand was reached. The head of the column arrived at tis point about ten o'clock, which was very prompt considering its magnitude, its appea grected with ripples of applaus: that increased to one universal shout a the column advanced. Mavor Wickham, accompanied by several of the City Fathers, had waited on the re- viewing stand patiently for the snproteh of the pro- cession, The crowd gathered in this neighborhood was variously estimated at 15,000 to 20,000 persons. The column was under charge of the following named marshals and aids -— neral Alexander Shaler, Chief Marabal. ral Franz Sigel, Assistant Cuief Marshal. idersleeve. ' Colonel L. H. Rowan, Darl Jugsen. Mr. H.R. McEtligort. General G. W. Palmer. General 0. V. Dayton, Mr. A. G. Bogert. i, Howe. Hon, D. W. Judd. Mr. ©. Volney King. Lent. ¢ Maj Major ©. A. Post, | Captain BE’ Aller. Lient. Col, MeClure, General Kilburn Knox. tA. Alford. Mr. Charles D, Pratt, Mr. J. G. Garcia Gano Dunn, ary. CA. Sehermerhorn, | W. Wingate. Mr. J. Frank Russell, Stanton, General A. G, MeCook. Me Robert Jolnaen Captain J. C.J, Langoetn, v Wai Ti, Quincey. aptain Maxwe General Joseph ©, Jackson. Mr Thomas L. Thorneil. L. E. Rudde. General John A. Fe Colonel Alfred Colonel KE, L. Gant. Colonel Hi. J, Cullam, I, Medder . Burnett. Voories. General MT. McMation, Major Thomas L. Raymond. Captain Win, P. Russell, Fs ‘As each band arrived in Union square at the end of the nuarch its leader reported to the musical conductor | for the purpose of joining im the musical services | there, « SCENRS AT THE REVIEWING STAND. The scenes at the reviewing stand were of a very animated character, The stand was built in the centre { of the open space in front of the hotel and faced that bostelry, which was handsomely decorated and Wluminated with Venetian lanterns. The stand was set round about with flags, some six feet apart with a string of Chineve lanterns suspended just uuder at shorier intervals. Streamers of the national colors were tacked around the outside, Crowds pressed for admission, but such as bad not tiekets were mostly excluded. Captain Steers supervised the police arrangements. The assemblage awaited the arrival of the cess.on with remarkable placidity, But | then the heat was not inconsiderable, altuough a tair breeze stirred at times, Then, too, there were many things of a diverting nature continually occur. ring. Conveyances of all sorts crowded in the most democratic fashion, were continually passing and repassing bound on sight-seeing expeditions. The stages were crowded, within and-on top. Thousands of people were out in this way reviewing the display. Many of the convey- ances that pussed were gayly decked out, the Lorses being covered with streamers of red, whithe and bine, and = many pie in carriages carrying lags The “colored troops” passed the stand about half past nine ou the way to take their position in the line of mareb nose who passed well and marehed with regularity. The crowds passing in some of the trucks cheered and tooted fish horns and were answered back by some in th with torches, and the report spr the column pushed back, and this report, like others which speed- ily succeeded, was found to have been a false alarm. before, At tive minutes before eleven o'clock a bright red fame lit up Fifth avenue, the street was again cleared, the wildest commotion followed, the police having 1” the A mass of people surged | the reviewing stand, — deiying the police to drive them back, | very materially with the approach of the line, which was quite wide, some of the regiments marching in company frout, (rom twenty-four to twenty-eight Ales of men. tront forts) of IN UNION SQUARE. From an early hour im the evening a crowd began to | gather in Union square. “Every seat under the trees at the decorations of the surrounding buildings. By half-past ten o'clock the ma cult, At tots hour a platoon of police arrived and be- an to clear the park, geant The scene was a striking ove. the buildings enclosing 14 From the small enclosures, ‘bor, and of firearms throughout city and the noise of pistols discharged from windo' pro. | looked | the crowd. The thousands wae were massed on the | sidewalk in front «f tho hotel increased as the tin | passed. Soon they got into the street, { crowding the way intended tor the pro: | | cession, About a quarter of elecen Fifth avenue, a few blocks below the stand. glistened | was approaching. Atter no litue labor the crowd was | In ten minutes the street was just as much crowded as | more than they could do to keep the way clear. j of This crush interfered | was occupied, and hundreds promenaded the walks | bordering the grounds aud amused themselves looking of people became so dense that the passage of the streets was rendered dif. | Most of those ejected jound places on the gidewalks of the adjacent streets or crowded upon the stoops of neighboring houses, where they patiently awaited the arrival of the expected pa- The whole of | the immense square—a quarter of a mile each way— ‘was ablaze with the light of lanterns, colored fires and transparencies of all kinds which covered tne fronts of one of which was erected in each corner, as well as irom housetop and street, rockets continually ascended to trail their hissing Might across the stars, the the distant roar of artery from the | fro by the night breeze in the glare of rocker, fre and eulcium light, cast fantastic suadows on the street be- Jow au: played straage tricks with the tair faces which crowded every casement. ‘The streets surrounding the Bquare presented one dense, unbroken mass of specta- tors, wlose expectant faces shone ruddy tn the blaze which streamed upon them from every direction. From a rope spread from tree top to tree top, RNCIRCLING THR WHOLE PARK, depended some 2,000 Chinese lanterns, which, swaying to and fro in the night wind among the dark green leafage, produced a beautitul effect The barricade of the plaza ‘acing on the north side of the square was Burmounted with its usual 150 gaslights, glodes of which had been colored white and blue jor the ocession. These threw a flood of light upon the 500 singers from the German societies who Were standing upon a platform six feet bigh, erected over the street, extending the entire length of the block from Fourth avenue to Broadway, The eques- trian statue of Washington at the southeast corner of the square was in charge of Post Cameron, of the G. A. R., who embellished it on Decoration Day, It was eu- closed in a sort of open pagoda, supported by thirteen pillars to represent the original colonies, From the ‘Supports to the iron ruil by which the statue is enciosed extended streamers ef blue and orange eolored bunting AL the level of the cornice, around the tep of the gran- ite pedestal, there were placed in the spaces between the pillars ‘thirteen five-pointed stars, the centre of each bearing 4 portrait of a President of the United States These were all painted at five days’ notice by Mr. Hughes, of the Bowery Theatre, and were arranged in thts order from the front of the statue:—U. 3, Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce, Zachary Taylor, James K. Polk, Martin Van Buren, Anarew Jackson, Jonu Q. Adams, James Monroe, Janes Madigor, Thomas Jeflerson and John Adams, Tho name ofeach President was neatly painted on his portrait, so that no difficulty was experienced 1p recognizing them. The Albion Club, next door, displayed, in addition to its other illuminations, a transparency extending across the entire front of the house, aud bearing the motto :-— ‘STRONG REASONS MAKE STRONG ACTIONS.” Decker Brothers’ (piano manufacturers) building was hancsomely decorated with veautiiul streamers, shields and lanterns of pretty design. On a platform erected in front of their warercoms was assembled a large number of prominent members of the musical and dramatic professions, who Look a great interest in the celebration. The rooms throughout the building, particularly ut the windows above, were crowded with ladies and gentlemen, for wuose accommodation seats were provided. Chris, O'Connor's billiard rooms, the Upton Square Theatre and the Union Place Hotel were all protusely decorated with flags and illuminated by no end of fancy lanterns, The Domestic Sewing Machifte Companys building, ag well as that of the Wheeler & Wilson Company, was ablaze with colored fires, arranged in rows on the top of the cornices, which project over each story. The building occupied by St. John’s Guild was siml- larly iuminated and decorated with flags, Johnson Brothers & Co., corner of University place, was gracetuily festooned with national and other tags, and Schuverth’s music rooms were iramed outside with wreathed oak leaves, Arouud a lite size bust of Washington, in the centre of the first story, was twined a wreath of laurel. The building of the Mutual Gas Light Company bad its first siory surrounded by a cordon of gaslighis covered with colored globes, As the first notes of the military bands accompany- ing the procession broke on the ears of the mpaticnt | multitude iu the square, and the tirst gleam of the torches borne by the advancing host flared into view such a soul-stirring SHOUT OF JOY AND TRIUMPH went up from twice twenty thousand treemen’s throats as will long ring in the ears and echo tn the patriotic hearts of all who heard it, These welcoming buzzas Were returned with heartiness by the coming ranks and with renewed activity on the part of those engaged iu exploding powder in its various forms. The occa- sion was one to inspire the most enthusiastic patriot- ism in the breast of a stoic, and will haunt the memory of the participants while life lasts, Many of the butld- ings around which had not wll that moment shown any lighis now ignited colored fires and exposed their windows and roofs thronged with spectators, who shouted, waved their banakerchiefs and exploded Roman candles im coucert with the multitude below. The front of the building occupied by the Young Men’s Democratic Union Club was festooned hand- somely with national flags, over a groand of stars, tho portrait of Washington appearing in the centre. Tho windows were also illuminated. The Everett House was brilliantly {lluminated, several lanterns being displayed at every window. From its roof and that of the adjoining building many strings of lanterns extended acroas the street to the plaza at a height of some twenty feet above the street, Ateach of tne four corners of Union square was erocted a large, unpretentious pyrotechnic emblem. Three were of the conventional patriotic type. ‘That in the northeast corner was called the Centennial Tribute, It was composed of the coat of arms of the State of New York, with a bust of George Washington ip the centre, and surmounted by a spread eugle, all in ape propriate colora, Beneath was the mottw: Deca ree rereee rene nerese rere see ee tb OPeeng CODe teed 1i7 JULY 4. 1876, I OORELEEEREDERE TOTO DE LELELEDE DO DETE DELETED DE TEDE DE The southeast corner was made brilliant vy the dis- play of Liberty and Justice. The piece on the north- west corner was entitled, “Rock of Liberty.’’ A khield, surmounted by an eagle, formed the central point.’ On one side stood a soldier iu continental cos- tuma, holding in bis outstretched hand a national flag, with the figures 1776 inseribed upon it. Over against this was the form of a modern soldier, grasping a flag with the device ‘1876’ upon it, “The Landing of the b wes or was represented in fireworks on the south- west corner, THE CHIMES. At midnight the joyous bells in church steeples rang forth right merrily ushering in tho glorious anni- versary, and the thousands of delighted spectators who had congrogated in the streets suddenly paused as the cheery tones of old Trinity, St. Paul’s and Grace clurehes annuuneed that the great day had come. And the many who were filled with joy at the ennobling scenes which surrounded them on every hand stopped to listen to the gladdeming notes ol the bells, which it is needless to add contributed to the patriotle feeling which everywhere prevaile.. Ding dong went the chimes in the soft midnignt air, the wel- come strains falling on the car like sweet music in a dream, and appealing more forcibly to the imagination Wan tifty thousand bands. TUR SALUTES. While the bells were thus pealing a clanging and tiusical welcome to the centennial Fourth of July, the gus in the torts of the tavor tovk up the refrain apd boiched forth a sonorous retrain in the great natiodal j anthem of joy aud praise, The foris were joined by the shipping on eituer side of the city, and the Navy | Yard gans were also loud in their utterances. From Forts damilton and Wadsworth the monotone was car- ried up along the river fronts at the midnight hour, and thus was ushered in the hundredth anuiversary of our national independance. From Jard-mouthed cannons on land and water,from clanging belis in chureh steeples, from shrill whisties on steam- boats and factories, the same tinpulse governed all, song of praise and joy for the completion of the frst century our history as @ nation, The whole city was aware at the midnight hour, and the’ streets were | fut of people until the first glow of the early morning, | betokened the coming of the day we all love to bonor | and celebrate, BROOKLYN CELEBRATION. PARADE OF FORTY THOUSAND MEN —GBAND DISPLAY AND DECORATIONS, ‘The City of Churches was alive with enthusiasm yes- | terday, The banuer that “braved the battle and the | preeze”” for 100 years was displayed in great profusion | from thousands of houses, and a strong southwesterly breeze caused the flags to flutter unceasingly, lending | an additional charm to the beautiful colors, But tew | of the stores remained open, while all the courts and | the public buildings were closed, Many of the decora- tions were of a most unique and costly character, and a general disposition was shown to fittingly observe | the great patriotic holiday. On Court street, Clinton street, Fulton street, Atlantic street and Myrtle ave- nue the display of bunting was especially fine, In tho | evening the tlluminations were general and handsome. | Toe most conspicuous and central of the buildings | lighted were the City Hall, County Court House, | Academy of Music, the Svea Association Hall, Galigtin place, Continental Insurance Company Burld- img and Sangerbund Club House, Court street. The feature of the day was THE GRAND PARADB IN THE RVENING. The line of markation for the formation of the Western division of the procession was Clinton street, | and that thoroughiare was crowded irom seven until eight o'clock by the spectators and persons intending to participate in the demonstration, Agreeable to the order of the Grand Marshal, General J: Jourd: | the societies began to form as follows at Lalt-past se | PM: | Troop of cavalry, Fifth bri Tight resting on Chuton. Fourteenta regiment, same street, right resting on west side of Clinton street. Thirteenth regiment, on President, leit of the Four- teenth. Fifteenth battalion, on Union street, right resting on west side of Clintos The Gatling battery oa Uuion street, right resting on Alteenth battalion. Six posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, on Union street, right re.ting on the left of Gating bat- tery. Butchers’ Guard and other civie societies, mounted, on Degraw Street, rivht resting on Clinven street. German Centennial Uniog, on Degraw strect, right resting on leit of mounted civic societies. Other German societios, Sangerbund and Arion, on Harrison street Order of United American Mechanics, on Baltic Btreet, right resting on wi je of Cuinton street. Sons of Washington, on lett of 0. U. A.'s. Fifteen Branches of St. Patrick's Matual Allianco— Grand Marshal Joho Newman and stafl—on Warren street, resting on Clinton street, habgkice Poth fotieties of the Ancient Order of Hibern- jans, fie and Amity streets, right resting op Clmton reek. St. Augustine Temperance Society, om Pacific street, right resting on leit of Hivernians, rst Ward Centennial Ciub, om Attantic avenue, Tight resting on West side of Clinton street, inoola Tribe, No 5, Order of Red Men, Atlantic de, on Prosident street, and irom the midst of the crowd, mingled with the ox- | avew right resting on Centennial Club, josion Of Ho end Of extra large ‘bavteries,"’ all com- Society of Bakers, Atlantic avenue, right resting op bin id in sufficient to arouse the most phi atic | left ot Red Men. to enthusiarm From the windows of every house Arcadian Library ahees and hone projected flare which, moved to and | pectin om laf af Palen Unlan The Scandinavian societies, on State street, right resting on west side of Clinton. Aipha Lodge, Odd Fellows, on State street, right om left o! Scandiwavians. Tkere were also about forty carriages provided by the city, in which were seated Mayor Schroeder, the Aldermen and Supervisors, Registrar, County Judge, City Judges, Comptroller, Cry and County Auditors, Charity Commissioners, Surrogate, Fire Marshal, City and County Treasurer, Corovers, Corporation Couu- sel and other officials, This cavalcade, in conjunction with the Centennial Union, formed in two columus om Union street, East of Clihton, and preceded the mili- tary under escort of a moanted troop. The civic or- areeper pes tne members of which wore a bhaudsome ; dge of white silk, marched in column, eight men front, FORWARD, MARCH! was given along the line step was taken up. Bands played: enli) triotie airs; rockets wero discharged waved by fair hands and cheers rent the ai visions op purade were displayed to good advantage by means of calcium or lime lights which were carried on trucks in the rear, and se forward a brilliant and duzzling light, lend. ing enchantment to the view. Many houses were decorated with bunting along the route, and the illu minations were very tine. The march of the Westerm division was through Clinton street to Schermerbora, to Nevins, to State, to Hudson piace, to Waltut Teoh to Gates avenue, to Clinton, to Latayette, to Bedfor avenue, where it baited, and awaited 2 Junction with the Eastern District division. When the junction was effected, the graad procession numvering about 40,000 men, moved as subjoined: Piatoon of Mounted Police. Troop of Cavalry, Fifth Brigade. Carriages containing His Honor, tue Mayor, the Common il rat Larze, the Board of Supers the Orator of Forty-seventh Keziment, Twenty-eighth Regiment. 8. ‘Thirty-second Regi Fourteenth Regims ™ th Kegiment, Fifteenth Battalion, * Gatling Battery. Marshal and Staif of Western District Division. Mounted Civie Societies. German Centeunial Union, ‘The Societien, ou foot, of the Western District, Marshal and Staff of the rn District. Mounted Civie Societies. Vehicles of the Western Division, THE ROUTR was through Myrtle avenue to a point of Willoughby avenue, where the monster Centennial column passed in review before the Mayor and municipal vilicials, who: occupied the reviewing plattorm there, From thence they proceeded through Cumberland street to Latay- ette avenue to Fulton street to Myrtle avenue to Fort Greene, where a vast assemblage hud congregated long before the arrival of the procession and noisily awaited the advent of the column. As soon as the laiter entered Se coal mate ot the Park the banas played “Hail Cob umbia.”” THE DAY OF JUBILEE. The German Centennia! Union, 600 voices, then sang the following original hymn, composed by H. Chit tenden, the music being arranged by Professor Julius K, Meyer:— 1. A lundred yours ago to-day That starry May our sires unfurled, When rose the sun of liberty Ketulgent o'er # waitiuy wo ‘The tyraut wrembled ou bis throne, The slave torgot bis culling chains, When awore the hero Washington, Our flag is not unfurled in vain, Our fay is not unfurled in vai All hail the aay, the Day uf Jubileo, ‘AU hail Cotumbia'’s natal day; All hail, ail hail the day, The Day of Jubilee. All hail Columbia's nate) day; From sea to sea, from Pole to Pol From sea to sea, from Polo to Pol Shall miilious bless her gentle sway, Shall millions, millions bless her geutle sway. bia The men of seventy-six are dead, They bravely fought and nobly won; Nor deemed they when the Briton fled, ‘The war tur {reedom but begun; They are not dead our patriot sires, In sixty-one they rose axain, Kindied anew our ‘Gres, And slavery's fetters burst in twain, Aud sluvery’s fetters burst in twain. ‘All bail the Day of Jubilee, ae, 7 Alas! the fratricidal stri ‘And bloody pi Alas! to save t Gur Now dawns the new centennial year Of freedom, peace and honesty. ‘Trust Him to rule ity grand career, Who sends this Day of Jubilee, Who sends this Day of J ubile Ail hail the Day of Jui THE ORATION. After a few introductory remarks by Mayor Schroe- der the gallant one-legged hero of tue battle field of Gettysburg, General Isaac S. Catiin, came forward on the plattorm, and being received with loud, vociferous and continued cneering proceeded to deliver the ora- thon, He expressed the pride he felt in having been selected to address Such a magnilicent assemblage Upon so MOMentous aD occasion. A great epoch in the history of the nation having been reached, to-night U nation is in travail and to-morrow she gives birth to# new century. Fifty millions of peopie will knoei @round one common allar and one commow flag, and, forgetting all else, will pledge anew their hives, their fortunes and = the sacred honors to ‘trausmit this magnificent inheritance of freedom unimpaired to their children and theit children’s children, What a subject of thought! A century of government; a hundred years of govern- ment “of the people, by the peopl, for the people.” A marvel of history! No louger experimept, n@ longer a Utopian scheme, no longer a dream of the theorist, but # firm, fixed, accomplished, unalterable fact, Foreign Powers may predict the downfall and decay of our institutions and foreign potentater scot! at representative government as here illustrat but the Republic will stand, Sedition may disturb u public tranquillity, insurrection may raise its bloody hand, desperate men may vnfurl the bannerf re- beliion, and treason may attempt to overthrow the government, but the Republic will stand. Francis B. Fisher, chairman of the Committee of Arrangements of the Common Council, was the next oraior. He dweit upon the memory of the prison-ship martyrs, tue ashes of 2,000 of whom rest within the tomb on Fort Greene. The borrors of their captivity, while on “the floating heli” Jersey, moored in Walla- bout Bay, were depicted in blood thrilling words by the Alderman, and the fires of patriotic enthusiasm were rekiudied in the hearts of the vast assemblage within hearin: of his voice. The band played “Yankee ntenpial Union Singers again came Doodie,” and the to the front and saugz Lachner’s bymo, in The flag was then hoisted on the tagstai® tomb and the Choral Union sang the ‘ Star Spangted Banner,” tne assemblage taking part in the cborus, ‘The fireworks were then lighted and the display waa highly creditable. Among the most striking pleves of pyrotechnics deserving 0! mention was an allegorical dovice representing the Goddess of Liberty seated on acloug in the act of greeting The goddess was sur- rounded by brilbant ciouds, encircled by a galaxy of thirty-eight stars, with ruby and emerald centres, rep- resenting the pres pumber of States in th rn In spaces were mottues, “Centennial, 1776—1876,"" and ‘Let us give thanks for the liberty ‘we have enjoyed for 100 years.” On each side were piliars, emblazoned with the coat of arms of the United States, and fountains emitting streams of lire of every color. Flights of 300 rockets and twenty bombs brought 4 really fine display to a close. {t was near midnight when the grand salute of 100 guns rang out upon toe morning air irom Fort Greene und fitly ushered in the nation’s day on a sot sacred in history, where Wasn- ington’s army for three days held out againat a sdpe- rior force of Britisn foemen one hundred years A large force of police, under command of In: Waddy and Captains Leech and McLaughlin, assisted by the detectives from the Central Oilice, were on duty at ths pomt and maintalued excellent order among @ very rough element, Alt midnight the chimes were rung on the bells of St. Ann’s, on the Heights, while ovner church bells were also rung in recognition of the dawn of the gio atenuial Fourth, IN WILLIAMSBURG. In the Eastern Mustrict of Brooklyn the illumination was general in certain sections, remarkably so in the’ Sixteenth ward (Dutchtown), the poorer and middle classes uniting in paying their trivdte to the national Tejoicing, flags, strips of bunting and evergreens being ail called imto service as decorations, the artistic grouping in many instances evoking the applause of tho passers by, The Eastern District division of the procession, which assembled in the Sixteenth ward, aiforded an excellent view of the more remarkable decorations, starting, as it aid at the hour appointed, trom the corner Stagg strect and Grabam avenue, No other socicties but those named i programme alt published united, the German Centenaial Union bemg composed of upward ot thirty singing and benett societion. ‘Through Graham avenue was one gicam of Chinese lau. terns, while McKibben, Ewen, Meserole, Lormmer and Grand streets were equally Drillians. notwithstanding the prohibition by the Mayor, a large quantity of fireworks were set oif, which threw the troop of cavairy into confusion for wmiputes, but Bo casualty occurred. Un Fommh s:reet there were several fine iiumimatio: notabiy the Jackson aad Eckiord bed vee ae 3 ms henge h wasp Bank, the jatter making the finest single display of any institu. tion in Williamsburg. Bedford avenue, fi Jew ex. ceptions, was iu darknegs and but few houses displayed more (hap one flag, and the jact that this is supposed to be the wealihy portion of the district, the lack of iumination excited universal and not favorable com- ment, White the sion Was passing along Fourth Street one of the ses of the troopers made a dash on the sidewalk and but for the presence of mind of bis rider, who was thrown, would have cone some damage, as several poopie were thrown down in their efforts tq get out of the way. The Quest display san tilumination was however, at the loot of Broadway, Here the botels, cs and insurance com- panies united and nted over 1,500 lights, not only atevery window, but on lines across the sireet, the veautiful combination of colors and periodical display of pyrotechnics atiracting a jarge assembiage. The evening passed off quietly, the enthusiasm ex. cited b, rade leaving the people generally in @ happy Of mind, intent on retiring for the night, that they might the better enjoy the morrow. IN HOBOKEN, Tho @reman’s torchlight parade in Hoboken im honor of the birthday of national independence was @ brilliant affair, and the patriotic citizens of that city were justly proud of the dispiay, The Ore companies Atlantic avenue, right | Which participated in the affair numbered seven in allen nemely, Nos 1, 2 and 8 Rngines, 1 and 2 Hoes, and 2 ‘On Meserole street,