Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-07-12
FOURTH OF July IN WASHINGTON.

independence
celebrated in this city last Friday week with all the GUS
tomary demonstrations of respect but attended the Close
sorry say, with distressing accident parca
larly noticed below. @Ap
At sunrise national salues fred and all the church
and engine bells rung merry peal in honor Of the day. The
military companies, Mcclellan met early at their respective
armoies and paraded through the city
In the of the morning the several Temperance So
cees united in general procession from the lodge Of the
Sons Of Temperance in street. the grove the Pre
dents grounds of the Executive Mansion where
ceent dinner prepared by Messrs Columbus More Of
which and highly respectable company paook,
and with which they much graifed.
The Temperance Societies and numerous company who
assembled in the grove addressed in very appropriate
and happy by James Hoban, ESQ., the Of the
day The Rev. J. c. Smith opened the intellectual part Of
the ceremonies with impressive prayer. Mr.. James l..
Henshaw read the Declaration Of Independence The plea
Of the ceremonies in the grove much augmented by
occasional appropriate songs sung in excellent style by the
temperance choir and others To Mr. Hobans address were
added other excellent speeches in favor Of temperance and the
moral independence which it induces, by Messrs Whipple
Cammack and other Jealous friends of the Amongst
the company which present at the delivery of the Grafton
observed the Secretary Of State, the Secretary War; the
Secretary Of the Navy and the Mayor of the city The pro-
eedngs of the Temperance Societies in the grove and through
the day altogether Of most interesting character
In the course of the forenoon procession march,
ed along Pennsylvania avenue from the Union printing office
to the of Messrs Blair & Rvess building which they call
Jackson Hail. Pennsylvania avenue where the procession
halted for the purpose of laying the stone Of the in
tended edce The procession which consisted of the
raj Democratic Associations of this city and other democratic
citizens headed by the ancient and respectable brother
hood of Free and Accepted Masons The latter with their
sigma of office, made imposing display Dr. Magruder
learns laid the cornerstone Of jackson Hail. using the
same implement with which General Washington oficiated
the foundation Of the Capitol An Grafton deliver
ed by the Honorable Mr. Shields, Commissioner Of the
General Land Office which said have been eloquent and
appropriate the occasion. The German Band played
delightful during the continuance Of the ceremonies and
At proper intervals.
Several Sunday School parties celebrated the National An
nversary the beautiful groves adacent this city, which
there number well adapted to the purpose.
number Of our citizens celebrated the Fourth Of July
Piney Point being conveyed hier and home again in the
steamer Oceola The entertainments board the boat pro-
vded by Capt Mitchell, and at the Pavilion by Messrs Ty
Ter Birch, highly spoken Of by the company who par
took Of them The party at the Pavilion both
and respectabeno less than two hundred down the
sumptuous dinner There numerous patriotic and
ed by Mr. CAusIS delivered owing the unavoid
able and regretted absence Of that talented gentleman
At nine o'clock p M. immense body Of citizens, ladies'
gentlemen and children assembled the lawn the street.
and the lower plain on the south Of the Presidents House.
witness display Of rewoks that had been prepared ie
Washing n Arsenal under the direction of Capt MoRDEcAr
the Ordnance Corps. The exhibition had commenced and
rockets and wheels of unsurpassed beauty and bancc
had been let Off when catastrophe occurred Of which is
most painful state the melancholy particulars that
have collected sources and which suddenly closed
exhibition and turned the reocngs Of the day into gem
eral gloom and sorrow
The Union of Saturday furnishes the subjoined statement
Of the painful catastrophe
In the evening the open space between the Presidents
Mansion and the canal occupied by six eight thousand
persons congregated TO witness magnificent display Of
fireworks Indeed understand that nothing of the kind
half brilliant before in this city. The fire.
works exhibited different splendid coors and indeed SUI
pcrb But deeply panied add that nost dis
essing and fatal accidents occurred Near the close Of the
display, the pyrotechnt about firing staId IL twelve
rockets, FELL to direct the MISSILES not upwards but
ranging few feet above the heads of the crowd the ai
though precisely the right direction strike among those
and around the south wall surrounding the grounds The
Presidents House. Mr.. James Knowles worthy and
dusous citizen Of Washington, transxed through the
heart by one, and instantly killed His poor wife huae
on his the time. Some twelve others were
struck, and less injured though, at present.
unable to give the names Of the unfortunate sufferers There
were probably eight hundred people conggated
the hundred yards square which these missiles of death
scattered.
Never before has it been lot to witness striking
exempcaon Of the truth Of the Scripture phrase In the
midst of life we are death For, but insan BEFORE
the multitude fun Of wonder and delight when
Immediately after the OF the sad accident all
turned to mounfu distress thrill Of horror appeared in
sany pervade the hrong, which quickly separated pro-
found silence and dsnay The wife Of the unfortunate ass
borne past the OF two gentlemen, and hey
heartrending shrieks yet ringing in
'tWe learn that colored also killed and that
Mr. William Magee had his dreadfuly aceraied, with
two children in his arms, which were also injured"
The coored woman (eogianna Fersuson) referred BY
the Union, killed by the discharge Of the rockets
She living yesterday at o'clock, when Dr. j. F. May,
the surgeon attendance, reported her not likely
vive" Dr. May Saturday extracted from the unfortunate
large pntes that had penetrated of her lungs
Christian Manuyette, member Of the Morgan Riemen.
whose arm was shattered by the premature discharge Of
Georgetown had his amputated above the elbow
by Dr. Leberman We the unfortunate sufferer Sat
urday evening and found him very distressing condition.
One Of his eyes nearly blown out, and he badly
burnt about the shoulder and face. His situation is critical
The St Louis Reveille Of the goth ultimo saws
Judge B.rRp late Receiver Of Public Moneys nj PALMYRA
the last downward trip Of the D Vernon had tho
bottom Of his trunk out and five thousand dollars in gold
stolen therefom. He his way down for the purpose
Il making deposte Of the money which he had with him.
amounting altogether thousand dollars in gold half OF
which placed in the Till Of his trunk, which e
ouched and the other half placed Immediately the bottom
The trunk cnveopcd in buffalo robe, and the thief
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