The national Republican., 1867-04-18

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men on Tuesday, IL appears there existed q con.
siderable Misunderstanding. The fall Of a con.
siderable Quantity Of rain In the forenoon II will
be remembered, induced the managers to an.
nounce postponement 70 the first fair day Of
the intended denomination. Later in the day,
however, the rain ceased TO descend, and the
clouds cleared away, when some Of the marshas
| changed their minds concerning postponement,
| and several Of the wards were notified that the
| denomination would be made This action was
induced principally, wo believe, BY the existing
fact that delegations appeared In the city from
and to avoid dopriving them Of participation
In the proposed exercises, they feeling compelled
10 return to their respective cities on tho same
| evening. In consequence Of this bAlk neither
tho Third, Fourth, Finh, or Sixth wards Of this
| city nor Georgetown and Freedmens Village
were represented in the line of procession.
Those Of Georgetown and Freedmen's Village
/ who had arrayed for tho celebration, Il appears
determined TO be not "left out In the coldr In
this manner and accordingly they, bright and
early yesterday morning, assembled in George
town for the purpose Of forming procession and
celebrating the event in proper and imposing
manner. At about 10 O'Clock the line was
| formed as follows, the utmost care being OBJ
served In its arrangement:
| FROM 0KoRdErows. ..,
The Philharmonic band, plain black uniform,
with red sashes around the waist.
Citizens numbering about 800, led by the fol.
| lowing officers: Chief marshal, Clement Beckett;
aids to chief marshal Frank Lee, Joseph Small.
wood, John johnson, William Barker, and John
Ferguson, all on horseback, with appropriate
sashes and their horses Guely cAparisoned Foot
| marshal, Eli Beckett. -
Banners In tho procession bore the following
notices: "a. Lincoln, the father of freedom;h
"Good will to all, malice TO none;" 10, sing unto
the Lord, for he has done marvellous things"
'RighteousneSs exalteth the nation" Thou art
my king, o God! command doliverance for
| Jacob;n "The glory Of the Lord has risen upon
us;" when the righteous ruleth the people ro.
jolcei" Rise and shine, for the light has come"
Rejoice for the Lord Is king" Peace and good
will to all mankindin ut Is good thing to give
thanks unto the Lord"
The limo was interspersed with tho national
| colors and was closely followed by carriage
and two gray horses, kindly rendered by jay
Cooke, Esq, Of the banking firm Of J. Cooke 4
Co. The carriage was beautifully decorated
with hdgs and wreaths of flowers and syergreens,
and contained several speakers.
Following this was the last and greatest feat
| ure Of the Georgetown delegation-a wagon
drawn by six beautiful bay horses, which were
profered, and cheerfuly accepted, by II. ]. Da-
ker, -four and feed dealer in Georgetown. This
vehicle was trimmed In q stylish manner with
aags, wreaths, evergreens, 40 and was divided
by evergreen arches into four apartments in
each Of which were tive or three girls and as
many young men. Each division represented one
| Of the four wards Of Georgetown.
| FREEDNEE's VILLAGE.
| Next and lastly came the citizens Of Freed.
mems village, with Mr.. Herman Ellis as marshal.
| Banners carried by some OF those In line ex-
| hibitcd the following notices: "In the worlds
broad field Of battle, In the bivouac Of life, be
not like dumb, driven cattle; be hero in the
strife" "Lincoln Would to God that some
small portion Of the mantle Of our Elijah had
fallen on his Elisha"
T.. - Al.
national flags, and 4 portrait Of Mr.. Lincoln.
This delegation numbered about one hundred
men.
The procession was formed at the intersection
| Of Green and West streets, and when all was in
readiness the procession marched up Green street
to Stoddard, down Stoddard to Washington,
| along Washington to Gay, down Gay to Mont ,
gomery, down Montgomery to bridge, and over
the Bridge street bridge to Pennsylyania avenue,
thence along Pennsylvania avenue to / street,
along to Sixteen-and a-half street, and thence
along Pennsylvania avenue 10 Fifteenth street, |
| down Fifteenth street to Pennsylvania avenue,
| and along Pennsylvania avenue to the Capitol,
along the south side Of the Capitol to the street
| railway, thence through the Capitol grounds
(north side) to G street north thence to New
Jersey avenue, thence to ] street north, along
| to Fourteenth street west, and out Fourteenth
| to Plants lot, opposite the State Department
As the procession moved along the streets they
| were frequently greeted with tho waving Of
handkerchief, in the hands Of ladies, when they
would recognize the same with enthusiastic
| cheers, They halted In front of Gen. Grants
| residence and complimented him with tune by
the band. On the north side of X, near Four.
| teonth street, they halted in front of fne resi-.
dence and responded to salutatiOn through the
| bond.
The colOred citizens of the Fifth and Sixth
| wards assembled in those wards in the morning,
| and formed q procession, headed by martial
10 nhar nf trvn Lad
and passed over on the Island and to the cen.
| tral portion Of the city.
The Georgetown delegation arrived on the
| grounds about l o'clock, when they found the
stand had been partially demolished, but the re.
mains were taken possession Of and hastily deco.
rated with the notices and banners which had
been borne in the procession, and committees
were sent for speakers.
| At o'clock the exercises were opened by the
| band playing Hail Columbia, and the meeting
was called to order by Mr.. c. Beckett, of George.
| town.
Mr.. J. T. johnson, of this city, thea addressed
the assemblage.
Tho Sixth ward delegation arrived on the
ground while the speaking was going on.
ANALosTAH ISLAND. - Notwithstanding
| the disastrous FIRE which totally destroyed the
dwellings connected with this favorito retreat
Of our citizens for the summer months, the spir-
tied and enterprisng proprietor, Mr. A. Rodier,
has already commenced rebuilding, and 10 conf.
dent, with the large force now at work, that be-
| tween the LIST and the 10th Of May next every
thing will be in complete order, SO that there will
be no possible chance for disappointment to those
who ohave already made their arrangements for pic.
MICS for the month of May, or who may contem.
plate doing so. The pavilion will bo rebuilt on
a larger and more magnificent style and will be
| one Of the handsomest structures In the vicinity
of the District. Many very necessary improve.
ments will be made in connection with tho
grounds, and every oomfert and convenience for
the benefit of parties and pic.nics will be care.
fally provided for. The season promises to be
a very gay one. and we trust Mr.. Rodier may
be, as he deserves, amply rewarded for the loss
sustained, and the great expense attendant
upon so large an outlay -COnSttmioMai URiOm.
| FIRE.-At about 4.30 p. m. yesterday
| FIRE broke out in the frame stable Of Henry
Polkinhorn, Esq, who resides on the north side
| of +, between Sixth and Seventh streets. The
| stable, together with carriage and harness, was
entirely destroyed. Tho 6remen were prompt, as
they always are and Capt. D. NJ Reed and the
| police were on hand as If by magic, but the
stable was destroyed in a few minutes. This Is
believed to be tho work Of an incendiary.
FoR MT. NERNoN.-The steamer Of the
Potomac Ferry Company leaves the wharf foot