Evening star., 1866-07-05

oii poIIiels. ano We nave coal and iron anC
wood and cotton a. hand. and with such ne.
| sources az our doors, what can prevent thii
Dlsfrlct from becoming noted as place oi
manufacturel What shall prevent il except
ne n possible ans remosal Of ,ne sea; Of Govern
ment' cannot be removed. We have health
and wealth. Steam takes the place of sail
and from the mouth Of the Potomac we car.
ried on intercourse with the world. Steam
takes the place Of the stage coach aud the
Consstoga wagon, and the turnpike is avoided
for the railway.
Prosperity awaits Us if we are true 10 our-
selves. The time is rapidly approachinr. is
near at hand, when the hills around us shall
be dotted with beautiful villas. the valleys
planted with thriving villages, the hum OF
busy industry shall be heard, and an aetive
md stirring people shall MI the now desoIate
places. A t'me when the spirit of religion.
f-eedo~ and civil liberty regulated by law
shall arise from every household altar ihanks.
giving snd praise 10 Him who has given us so
goodly a heritass
Upon the con..~ yloa ot the address, Gen.
Weiehtman suggested that IL would be a good
ume TO open subscription 70 the monument
fund
Mr.. Bradley moved 20 make the Oldest in
habItants" Association an auxiliary society IN
aid OF the Washington Monument Society.
with view 10 aid in procuring subscriptions
throughout the city in behalf OF The monument
The resolution was adopted.
Major Donoho moved that an APPROXIMATION
OF 500 from the funds of the Oldest Inhabi
tants be- made for the monument fund.
DIR. Davis said that there was one drawback
the association.
DIR. Blake thought they had better not re.
solve themselves into Il national monument
association, that being foreign % the objects
Tor which they Were organized, and moved
hat the matter be laid over until the newt
meeting. After some deba.e. ,he resolution
offered by Mr.. Bradley was reconsidered and
laid ever nntil next meeting. The election OF
officers was also deferred. The thanks of the
association was voted - Nr. Brent and 10 Mr..
Bradley, and the latter was requested 10 fur
nlsh copy OF his address for publication.
The following gentlemen were proposed and
elected as members of the association. Ioui ;
Baker. John l.. Webb. Ihos L Wells David
A. Hall. VIM. IL. Parker, Moses :. Parker.
Mlehael Larner, Col Naylor, VIM. Gerrish.
lewis CarGsI, and Wm. French. The meeting
then adjourned.
The CoIored Sunday School nion Gel ebra.
tion.
Yesterday. the twenty-siNth anniversary OF
the Washington Colored Sunday School JVnion
was celebrated IN the last Capitol park, after
procession of the various schools had
marched through the streets. The Programme
was for the schools located east and south of
l. and lth streets TO assemble a. Rev. A Boil
oers ehurch at : O'Clock a. m. and the other
schools to assemble around Lafayette Square
at O'Clock. but for some reas on the schools
OF The eastern and southern sections Of the city
did not arrive at the square until past tell
TWO
hours. About half. past ten. however. the pro-
cession was formed, under the marshalship OF
Mr.. Thompson. Of the Asbury, IN the follow
ing order, and proceeded by way Of PennsyI-
yanla avenue TO the Capitol grounds, the two
divisions separating at the west gate of the
Capitol, and marching up either side OF tbs
grounds, entered the east park by the north
and south gates, where the anniversary ever
cises took place
Band Of the forth u. s. coL,red troops. ac-
companied by detail OF colored soldiers.
FIRST Coiored Baptist 18th street) School,
Numbering about 100 scholars: VIM. wormIey
superintendent: w. NJ. Williams marsh hsI as :
sisted by Henry Johnson and Lee Palmer At
the head of this school a large nauonaI ma ?
ones.
UnIon Bethel NJ street, Sehooi-Aaron PIN
die superintendent and Joseph A Simms mar
shal, with about lJg scholars in IIne most of
them wearing eadges OF blue ribbon, con tain :
ing the name of the school.
18th street Qst colored) Presbyterian School,
numbering so scholars. under the superinten-
dence of Gen. Brown, of the treedmen's Bu-
reau, and marshalled by Henry Piper, with
several assistants. This school made a r..
markably fine appearance, headed, as IL was
by banner bearing fine portrait of Presi-
dent Lincoln, under which was the motto
malice to none, Charity TO all and many of
the scholars carried fancy flags bearing as
mottoes lin God we Trust ''Our good Presi-
dent" &c.
John Wesley School. (Connectieut ayenus
and l. streeD j. II. Painter superintendent ami
John M. johnson marshal, with about 75
scholars IN Ine carrying several fiags with
appropriate nottoes.
Shiloh Baptist IL street, near 10th, } number.
ing about 125; W. J. Walker. pastor; Mason
Wilson, superintendent and Penrose Wilson,
Mozart Band-Asbury School uIth and X
streeis) numbering over 2U scholars mar
shailed by Jeremiah Hutchinson, bearing at
the head large national flag.
Zion Wesley, I'd, near ID street, IslandD G.
w. Walker superintendent and Geo. Bayley
marshal with BPS pupils, bearing at their head
% beapaI1i @ banner bearing the name of the
Ebenezer ID street, Capitol Hin) with blue
banner bearing the name and date Of organiza-
uon (lS4O) OF the school, w. III. Brown super
intendent and Humphrey Ward marshal with
about so scholars. y s1'7-r
Galbraith Chapel, IL. between 4th and 5th \
with fine wreath, enclosing the name of the
school. at the head Of the line, which mum.
bered about $50 scholars: Basil Chase super
intendent, aud VIM. Lancaster, N. Bell, E
Howard. and A. Wayne marshals.
Second Baptist, (3d street,) G. Davis SUPER
mdenaent, il and A. Green marshal, with about
lO0 scholars in line.
: Third Baptist school, bearing at the mead a
handsome wreath and a large American fla -
surrounded by profusion of miniature fiags
j.. Pierre superintendent, with about IS
These were the schools in the procession,
but al the grounds several other schools
Reformed Presbyterian Mission School, which
numbers 3lo scholars, under the superintend.
ence of Rev j. N. Armour. This school is
located on LIST street east, near, N street SOUTH
and is very fine school. A very fine banner,
bearing the name Of the school, was in the
line.
The number in the procession and in the
park is estimated to have been about five
thousand.
In the east park q stand had been erected,
which was trimmed with the National colors,
the ends being ornamented with shields, and
around this the scholars were gathered when
Walker, Of Zion Wesley, Pres
ic ent of the Union, took the chair, and the ex-
e. cises were commenced by Rev. MI. Robin
SON, pastor Of Ebenezer, who gave out the
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20 Lord, onr fathers of have told
In our attentive ears, y
Thy wonders in their days perform'd,
And in more ancient years" E-4-
which was sung, after which prayer was Of
fered by Rev. Sampson White. In this prayer
thanks were offered that their friends can now
speak TO hmm At the head OF the nation, and let
him understand that IL was the right Of the
colored race to have the elective franchise.
They did not ask to change their color, but
wanted the same privileges granted other
colors. fss1fl @ - e.. 4asrII .r-e ...rlf I
Rev. II. H. Garnet read the iisth Psalm.
SMr. r. b. Ross, the secretary Of the Union,
read the report, in whichft was stated that this
was the ffrst year the colored people could en- 4
10y the full blessing, but II was not quite a.
fun a. IL would be when they took another
step, which would come in due time. rse n