The New York herald., 1845-07-06
WASHINGTON, July 4, 1915.
10 O'Clock, PM.
Celebration, Accidents, &c

Without any preconcerted general arrangement,
we have had remarkably happy day in and about
Washington, with sad and melancholy conclusion
The Temperance people celebrated the day in the
Presidents grounds after the :most approved cold
water fashion; and between two and three O'Clock
Mr.. Buchanan might have been seen among them
reuvinating upon iced water and lemonade, verify
believing that
There is nothing so good,
For old bachelors blood,
As glass of delicious water.r
Several companies, societies, or parties of our
citizens went off to the woods, while lots of the
country folks came to see the fun In town. After
the laying of the corner stone Of Jackson Hall, we
repaired, with party of friends, TO the Rock Creek
Episcopal Church, several miles north of the city, to
see how the Ladies Fair was progressing, in the
grove, adjoining that rural place OF worship. In the
rear of a modest temple, built in 1868, of imported
bricks, In the then colony of Maryland in the rear
of this church, and in the midst Of an outrageous
forest, the ladies' had their tables set with all the
fancy notions usual on such OCCASION including hot
coffee and Souchong tea.
And there we found Judge, Woodwork, member
elect to Congress from Duchesss county New York;
and Major Leggett,, of the same county who protests
that the Herald is the greatest paper in all creation
and Col. Medill, one of Cave Johnson's able assis-
tants; and Captain Sylvester, OF the Patent office,
among the gentlemen present, participating in this
modest, yet Impressive observance of the day
All sorts of crops in the neighborhood were fine,
showing that we only want few more of your Nor
them farmers to show us how to till the soil. by
showing the value of labor rightly appropriated and
Of time rightly economical.
In the evening the usual exhibition Of fireworks
was announced to take place in front of the Pres-
dents house, on the broad common between the
southern wall OF the Executive Gardens and the
Potomac River. AT least five thousand persons
congregated in the neighborhood to see the sight
The exhibition went on to universal satisfaction for
half an hour-wheels, rockets and splultering ex-
plosions BY the falling of the rack, however, to
which cluster of rockets was attached of five or
six pounds each, just they were being fred they
horizontal line towards the Presidents House
At some 300 yards distance, one Of these rockets
in its course, struck man named Knowles who
was sitting on the wall of the Presidents gardens
by the side of his wife, and instantly killed him.
The missile penetrated his side to his heart, and he
died almost immediately IN the arms of his distress
sed and frantic wife. He was carried 10 the White
House, but ii was all over with him. Several other
persona were seriously, though not dangerously in
Iured. On the announcement OF this accident, the
exhibition was dt once suspended, and the multi
tude dispersed to their homes
A man 1--WE are credibly nformed) was also kill
led in Georgetown to-day while passing before
loaded cannon at the moment of its discharge; and
one or two other men were seriously injured from
the same cause.
In addition TO this, there was rumor in town late
this afternoon, that the steamer Osceola which went
down TO Pney Point last night on a pleasure excur-
SION, was burnt; but as there was no subsequent
confirmation OF the report, we suppose it an idle
hoax We shall have sufficiently long chapter of
accidents and calamites, attendant upon the Fourth
OF July, without resorting to fabrications like this