Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-06
CeIebr.,ion of ,he Four,h.

Columbus In good old fashioned style, re-
mfnding US of the days of our boyhood.-
The day was ushered in little after mid
night by s&utes fired at different points of
the city by the Capital City Guards and
the Grant Guards. Young America was
busy with fire works, Chinese crackers and
torpedoes. - skA f5f
sunrise the Sherman Guards woke
the echoes and the sleepers with salutes Of
musketry, and national salute was fred
at the arsenal, according to regulation, and
In the State House square, under the direc-
ton of a committee of the Common Coun-
Gil. Towler's band, from the summit o.I
the State House dome, made the air vocal
with harmony. Their playing excited
universal approbation. ga
At s O'Clock procession was formed, as
per programme, headed by Towler's Band
and consisting of the Capital City Guards,
Turnverein, Mennerchor and Leiderkranz
the Sherman Guards and Fire Department,
forming a magnificent military and civic
procession. After passing through the
principal streets of the city, the process
sion, with the exception of the Fire De-
partment, moved to. City Park. where
the Sherman Guards held their annual
picnic, and where, In addition to the usual
exercises of Fourth of July occasions, the
day was passed in song and dance, in hap
piness and jolllty. srs kss..ts .sxsrs5,
After leaving the procession, the Fire
Department moved to their respective
houses, forming small but brilliant pro-
cession of their own. The neat and gem
tlemanly appearance of the men, in their
new, uniforms. consisting of blouse and
pants of navy blue flannel, straw hats
lined with black, and red silk neck ties,
was the subject of universal comment
The engines, hook and ladder truck and
hose carriages looked very monuments OF
floral beauty. The boys had laid them
selves out to exceed all their former efforts
at decoration, and bravely they succeeded
One charming feature of the procession
was dozen or so OF little girls, arrayed IL
white, wreathed with flowers and grace
fully disposed among the arches and deco
rations OF the engines and hook and ladder
truck. Another notable feature was the
old fire horse "Rock," who, gaily blanketet
and labeled "Veteran," bore himself as i
the success of the whole matter depended
upon him alone. Chief Engineer Marrow
and his gallant boys have reason to con.
gratulate themselves on the success o.
their efforts to make magnificent display
AT GooDALE PARK. -
The picnic for the benefit of st. Joseph
Cathedral, was a most delightful affair
and large numbers of our citizens were il
attendance during the day. The managers
together with the Emmet Guards and Tenn.
perance Society, exerted themselves tt
make this one of the pleasantest gathering
of the season, and they succeeded admira
bly,. Everybody seemed to enjoy them
selves hugely, and went away perfectly
satisfied with the manner in which the.
had been entertained.
AT THE PENITENTIARY
The Fourth of July was made memor.
able by exercises and q dinner, diff
frent from anything that ever occur
red there before. About IL o'clocl
the prisoners were marched to Il I
chapel, and the exercises commenced b.
singing number of patriotic son gs, select
ed for the day by the Chaplain, Rev. A. G
Byers, after which the Rev. Roberts read ,
portion of the Scriptures and prayed.
Speeches were made by Judge Bates
I Hon. c. n. Olds, Judge Mitchell and Rev
Crook. The speeches were all well-timed
and produced a very marked effect upon tn
prisoners,
One very important part of the exercis
was the presentation of pardons from Gov
Hayes to three prisoners. Reuben John
son, one of the number, was life man
and had served about eighteen years.
After chapel exercise, the prisoners wer
marched to the dining room, where tn
Warden, Gen. Walcutt, had spread them
dinner equal to the occasion. The follow
ing was the bill of fare: Wheat bread
ginger bread, ham and eggs, butter, pick
els and lemonade. g-s.,se- o. %
At noon salutes were fired at the arsenal
and at sundown there and in the Stat
House square, while all the livelong day
the exercises were pleasantly punctuatec
by the roar of musketry and pistols, and
he swapping of fire crackers, till one coulC
fairly wish that a full stop had been put tc
all such proceedings.
Ithad been given out that there would bt
display of fire works in the State HOUSE
yard, and large concourse OF people at.
tendt d, but owing to some hitch in the ar.
rangement sufficient money was not raised
and rockets, Roman candles and the like
failed to go of, and the fire work display
depended entirely on private enterprise.
We heard of no fights or disturbances
although Che city was crowded with peo.
pie from all the adjacent territory; and nc
use of fire arms. The day was nationally
and happily spent, and all present will
have occasion to remember July 4, 1868.
SWORD PREsENTATIoN.-Capta Helm.
Y,;ller of tha Sharn,an nnsrde ,nat NTH