Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-04
FOURTH OF JULY 1922
Breaking Ground upon the Canal

dence having been fixed upon by the President
aud Directors of The Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal Company, in concurrence wiki the several
Corporations oethe District for uniting toseih'
err to put the FIRST spade into the ground for the
excavation Of the Canal, the following Arrange
ments for the Day have been prepared by the
Committee of Arrangements, appointed for
that purpose:
The Day will be usheredi in BY salu,es OF Ar
tillery frc:m the Military and Naval stations al
the Arsenal aud Navy Yarc.
The President and Directors OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal Company, the Members
Of The several Corporations OF Washington,
Georgetown, and Alexandria, the President oil
the United States. and other invited guests,
will assemble at T,lley's Hotel, in Georgetown,
as soon after six o'clock as convenient.
AT seven O'Clock the company thus assembled
will move in procession from Tiilev's Hotel 10
the boats al High street Wharf in the follow
ing order:
/. The Marine Band of Music.
Q. The Standard Of the United States.
3. The Committee of Arrangements, con-
sis,iop of the Mayor and two Other Members
of each Of the Corporations OF the Disirict.
4. The Presid, nj aud Directors oil the Ches>
apcake and OHIO Canal Company.
The President of the United States.
G. The Heads Of D .parlmen,s, the Attorney
General of the United States, and fostmas'er
General.
2. Members of Congress now here, and the
Secretary of The Senate and Clerk o: the house
Of Representatives.
8. The Foreign Ministers aud Consuls.
g. o her invited Guests, without oistinction,
10 The Members of the three Corporations.
IL. Citizens generally
The Corporations and invited persons Will
embark ON board boats provided for their con-
veyapce, s. the Procession Of Boats will move
in the following order:
Band of Music in Barge.
9. The Committee of Arrangements, anu the
President and Direc Tors of the Canal Company,
with the President of the United States, ana
other Guests, in the Steam Boa, Surprise:
8 The Members Of the several Corporations,
in the Steam Boat independence.
4. Itis de ,irable that such other Steam 'ooa's,
Barses, or Boats, as may be taken up oy citizens
for The purp ,se, should fall III aud follow IN line,
the Steam Boats taking the lead; and the com
mi,,ee respectfully request OF their fellow cni-
gems TO conform to this arrangement.
the nresent Potomac Canal, the passengers VIII
land in boats, and, when landed, move on in the
same order Of pr OCCASION as above, TO the bank
~ he Canal. aud in the same order will em-
bark in the Canal Boats provided Tor the occa.
sion, and, after the persons especially invited
Secuted by such cisizens as spa'' nave
in the procession by water.
The Roa,s will then proceed up the Canai 70
hreak
:" ;na, ,v;,h,n the limits OF III. District, near
,I poy,ler Napazine, and above the Little
Falls Bridge. ,uhs AGAIN
torned and move on 10 the ground Will VII,
he DESIGNATED by the President oil the .ana'
Company. ,hs purs,
The ground will be broken by the FRhsi>
DENT OF THE UN TED STATES.
A, The moment Of commencing 'he Srea'
work National Salute will BIZ fired by ae-
,,rbmrnt of United States Artillery on 'hs
ground. Repeating guns, placed o" .he rl',i'
IN Georgetown, in Washington, ana AeAa"
d,ia will be signals for National salu'es oei"E
fred by the Volunteer Artillery Compa'ies y,
The District, and also from the Oni.ea o'aW :,
Stations at the Navy Yard and Greeh'ta'
Point, which will be answered by oa'a'e ''o"
the heavy Artillery al Fort WARRINGTON
After the ceremony is concluded, the com
,any assembled will reciproca'e consra'o'a
lions and converse, and, after spending some
time upon the spot
| AT the fling OF signal-sun, the Process
sion will again form, as before, and proceed u
,e-embark AID return down the lanai.
On the departure Of the first boat from = IN
land .he National Salute will be repeated iron
the pieces of artillery upon the ground.
On arriving a, the locks, and being re'em
baked in the same order, the boats WIN pro
coed down the river TO Davidson's MARI,
the City of Washington, where The fresloen
of the Uni,ed States, and such others as desii
it, will be landed.
The boats will then dispersei 10 their respect
i've DE- situations,
Al Sunset, National Salutes will be repea'e
from the several Stations.
In the course Of the Evening, brilliant oil
) play Of Sky-Rocke;s will be exhibited tro'
! Greenleafs Point.
Brigadier General Thornton, Colonel Chi'
topher Andrews, aud Colonel j. J. Slui', al