The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-03
CITY INTELLIG EN CE.
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Its Ninety Third Anniversary = Ane
Observanoes by Various Assocla-
-Excxrsions--The Un-
yelling of the Wash
ington Statue

braon will take PcG IN ~ ,ts observance Fire crackers,
Roman candles and all the otne1 ed oo VII, he
20 Vie NJ great inconvenience and trouble 10
those who tread the streets during the day an1 gp %
rSn innc nronunciamento, heretofore pubnsheu Dy
Inc Iohe forbdding the Of these danger
GUS articles have not appeared 9 Is ye % more
matter OF course, the citizens WIN eApeiienoo iNoA'
annoyance than heretofore
rho Novor has ordered that, at sunrise anu sun,
=! tho tSs shall be fired in the Penn Squares Ag
c1ocE when the statue OF Washington IL unveneu'
sauoe ,Tnnts in the neighbOrhOod OF these places
are cautioned to raise their sashes 80 that tne gss
NAV not be shattered ny the con0uSsion i0sui'Ne
from discharge Of artillery
avn AZ the Sailors Home,
No 400 s. Front street. on Monday eyenng, tnere ire
in to be celebration Dy inc lnln"V0S A, A 49,
music and free" ball
The James Page Library.
rbe James Page Library Company are to celebrate
dred az sunrise and sunset and at 9SO ocock IN 1e
morning interesting Ter sxsTcs sc S Se 9 sS
nue. The Declaration of Independence w VIII u a@ 2S reaa
byy by Rnfis n Shapley Esq. band of music Will be
In attendance. The public are invited.
The Democratic Association.
THO members of the Democratic Association are
IN celebrate the event at their rooms, Nos s0l and
s0a Arch street. The exercises will commence at 10
% read n the pecaraton Of independence and s. e.
Megargee Esq, will deliver an grafton There viii
be music to enliven the occasion. The public are
invited TO attend the celebration. m
No Parade of the Military.
AS the anniversary Of the birtnaay OF tne , naoon IN
monstratons win have more subdued bearing, and
instead OF going through the streets with martial rita
tramp and clang, will quietly march to church.. The
Commander OF the First Division of the Pennsylvania
Militia has issued order in which there are three
SP I Owing to the national anniversary occurring
this year upon Sunday, there Will be no parade OF
q The difrerent commands are recommended to
observe the day by attendance upon divine service,
i'm uniform without music.
q The Commanding ofncer Of the First Brigade
will cause the customary salutes to be fred by the
battery attached to his command.
viii Attend Divine Worship.
In accordance with the orders OF the com
mander Of the First t DSon Gnordd M ar %
A Mulholland, will attend divine service tomorrow
morning One portion OF ae t w nhnSc oe
Chestnut street, above Eighteenth. The regiment
win form in Independence Square at A. M, fully
equipped, excepting muskets.
Company d, Grey Reserves Captain Clark COM
mandng, will attend divine worship tomorrow
morning at St. Clements Church, Twentieth and
sCherry streets The command will meet at the
armory at $50 o'clock, in summer uniform and side
Company A, Philadelphia Fire zouaves, accompa--
MED by the staff officers of the regiment will attend
divine worship at the church on the corner Of
Twenty-second and Mount Vernon streets
The Society of the Cincinnati.
The annual meeting OF the State Society OF the
Cincinnati Pennsylvania will be held at 10 O'Clock
on Monday, at Augustins, No. 11O5 Walnut street.
The dinner win be given at O'Clock in the evening,
at the same place.
RAILROAD Excursions. tr
The West Jersey Railroad Company advertise ex-
cursiuns to-day and Monday for Cape May by
special tran leaving Philadelphia at O'Clock In the
morning, and returning from the island at O'Clock
p M. and also by the Sunday mail train. The COM
pany will extend the time OF their regular excursion
tickets to Cape May sold today to return on Tues
nifty to celebrate the Fourth, on MONDAY, at tha'
Those who desire to avoid both the heat and the
noise can do SO by journeyng to Atlantic CITY fol
which place five trains leave to-day from Vine street
ferry, at and s.4b A. NJ and 2, S15, and 4.15 P. M
Thee and 315 p M. trains will rush through to the
be hree e and the s issued today
Sunday can be used to return to the city on any
train leaving the seaside on Monday.
The Camden and Amboy Railroad, in connection
with the Philadelphia and Trenton, will sell excur-
Sd, 4th, f and 5th inst, except the New York ant
Washington through lines, good to return on the
9TH, 9Th, and 7th Of July. Fare for the round triI
The trains for Long Branch are now running regu
iary and as they Leave the city at 81. O'Clock @ In tn,
70 be pleasant excursion trip. Excursion tickets
Steamboat Excursions.
There will be the usual steamboat excursions OF
the Delaware to Red Bank, Gloucester, Trenton
The statue of Washington.
The splendid marble statue OF Washington pre-
ton Monument me- tx Association Of the First School Dis
trct Of Pennsylvania" will be placed in its position
monies Of an impressive Character, Which viii com
mence at O'Clock 1t is built OF fine Italian marble
in the attitude occupied while delivering message
and the expression of his features peculiarities
by the artist and builder Mr.. j. A. Baily. T6s
entire work has been completed in the most elabo
congratulate themselves ON being able TO present Sc
handsome gift to the city authorities
The entire height OF the statue, including the base
win be 1s feet 6inches, and the total expense con
nected with its construction viii be about S65OO
THE PROGRAMME.
The following is the programme Of the exercises