The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-06

How Gotham Celebrated the "Fourth,, md
rinhN of July The Military and PyrOtech-
nical Displnys-EOciaI Game Of Bail Retween
the Athletics and AfIantics.
Special Despdteh to The BUenf'lg Telegraph
NEW YORK. July G.
The Fourth of July opened here, as usual, with
the firing OF salute from the Battery at sunrise
The prominent feature OF the day was the military
parade which took place in the morning. the head OF
the line moving &C half-past O'Clock. The streets
were lined with people, who applauded the men as
they marched along the various thoroughfares
There werc at the least calculation, 10000 men in
line, and had the regiments turned out i'm their
strength, double that number would have been the
result. As IL was, the display was in every way
creditabe TO the city, At the Worth Monument at
Twenty-fourth street and Fifth avenue, an immense
stand had been erected for the accommodation OF
the Association OF the Officers of the Army OF the
Potomac who were to have their annual
meeting In the morning About five hundred
OF these heroes were the PLATFORM and they were
rendered 10y command OF Ger eral Shaler marching
salute ON the stand were Major-Generals Sheridan,
Meade, Burnside Butterheld, Ingles, Baxter and
other celebrities As the troops recognized the faces
Of their old commanders the air was filed with their
huzzas, particularly this the case with General
Meade, who had endeared himself while in command
OF the Army OF the Potomac, to the men of that
division. So prompt were the orders executed that
by 10 O'Clock the parade was over and the men dis
missed to their homes.
AT noon the officers OF the Army OF the Potomac
assembled at Stelnway Hall, and, after q spirited
contest, General p. ii. Sheridan was elected the
presiding officer for the ensuing year. Generals
Meade and Mcclellan were candidates for the posi-
tion. The latter received, the second ballot 1O9
votes out of nearly 400. The initiation fee was fixed
at SO. In the evening about one hundred and fifty
OF the association partook OF a banquet at Del
monicos.
The day, taking 1t altogether was rather quiet I'm
consequence of the order Of superintendent Kennedy
OpOhibitiu0 no NJ Yniot rbg
faithfully executed and at night but few arrests for
this ofense had been reported at headquarters
There were the usual excursions during the day to
the Fishing Banks and mp the Hudson
The pyrotechnical display in the evening was per-
fecty grand The exhibitions took place at the fol-
lowing City Hall, Battery, Madison Square.
Tompkins Square, East Broadway Square, Hamersly
Square, Liberty Square, Mount Morris Square and
Jackson Square.
The following s list OF the larger pieces of fire.
works exhibited in front Of the CITY Han Yankee
windmill, pot pourr, jewelled cross cross OF honor
polka quadrille, a velocipede race, revolving sun,
varegated pyramid, tree of liberty and gallopade OF
serpents. There were in all twenty-five pieces, OF
which the above were the most brilliant. There were
also rockets, bombs, and small pieces almost without
number, the whole winding up with allegorlcal
design In lance work. In the CENTRE supported by
pedestal, was statuette representing our country.
In the centre OF the piece there were the words,
"Our County, and on either side an Indian,
a civilian, and a miner, This piece was forty feet
high.
Some twenty thousand people, the largest crowd
ever seen on any ball field, congregated in the after
noon on the Capoline grounds to witness the first
of the series of social games between the Atlantic
of Brooklyn, and the Athletic, of Philadelphia 1t
was considered sure thing that the Atant 6 would
win, and, surprising to everybody, there were no
bets made on the result. The game throughout
hn bg magSend 0aag Qualities m t on 6oth sites
ing. Munlng was the order, and it seemed that each
player was endeavoring to rival the other in that
peculiar forte The victory OF the AtanCic was not
by any means a creditabe one, they should have
easily conquered the dsOrganized and almost de-
mOraliZCd Athletics by score OF not less than two
to one The score was as follows:--