, 1869-08-03
EMANCIPATION DAY,
celebrations by the Colored Citizens
ut Haas Tark and Washing
ton Heights.
Exercises in the Evening.

The atil1strsarf uf the 6laye emancipation in
ihr EtRt fhfl'ca waH celebrated yesterday hJ the
thlDteh population uf Chicago, WIN hetd jubilee
IN tlhnur n ihe eceRsDn. X Il the only uniserB
ho1Idsy 10 the yesr fur the coured rorulalpn. and
They cntet Into II ~Ith nj enthusiasm peculiar 10
thetr race. II was Ike SECOND Rt I'arick'n ,lay
IN the HMnlne, unlr there WAS an A''aenrc Of that
I"tsttInnF hlthtlty stwa5s Iahls 10 truth oyer
The trim AMI eht In &I1lG, which
nahhtlT characterized the observance IT the
iamnua i1th vi MRr.tI. The toute'i 1senple wefu
uF t'etnes III titr mnfnnH IN crsrr quarter IT ,hn
tltJ, aud preparing their 1hetes fhf the rIuntt!.
IN HE totcn"Vn thu Eutcly of tfnltnt, rellHwa NJ
trls1,lrl Al Tie tstiut *hn,rh nH Pputlf, Arrp,,n
where .lry formed lhlv ttVvvtaiyn st,d s,,,r,}
lht'n,n1t To ltn rtpat rttrp,s IN thu MILWAUKEE
i'r1nf, Tho f'tarsa''' wR* HHl, hdnset, a'Ul.
ln.hd u ,%'a "s tnusi". dt"w Win ii /. is'go
't"MiL E,r1y hnp ereihad lu l,r happy ~ lhr
I'Ens3et4 u a I,l5 tIn.
A.snri'nk i ,taan u ntHnIeo.l rara, ~ctI Mind,
md AfHhsi HiiHk ts.slh1 ifsh III siiililar pre-
iAH tIhhs taFr.st ht!t sbn'tnh load. TtIrfu wtrn
ltnl'aty n.t1 htkx' Ie.'!ln y. III, l'ran'A band
Was IL attendance nih ihE tIeal III Ennl HHIhns
,'Iuvated IN tltn nat'y. Ah!unH ltln .14lt,ta WIN
)a'.rd las racus."n .tEa ~. \. y. II, l'Iac'hAck
itlHAt,n who aIn hero Ut hEIef wilt, hEIi WoBn
ITc.tncn un tib orchn!pn hrcnitd to give III addI-
ltoAAl --1'nl'ortAhce 10 the tr1rbfatlpn, They
lH,nttltr IN lhn Chicago POSI- urlce, Mf. Nncres,
the lTrhldtAt uf The hElety Of GIlted Fellows,
Ind thn cuninittre appointed to take charge oi
lHe Arrangements, succeeded III earring uuI ths
l.tbRruminc ol lhc IN, tn the Rat4iacuUn of all
Concerned, ant e II! appc.ranee the.u could bot
nTe ttetn happier parry than that which Assem-
Lied lu tllc park.
There being no regnlar order OF exercises, 1t
would be supernnous TO describe the character oi
,y thuse wAo know tho hcartlncss vita
which onf co'nrrd citizens iall lnso such
tro1ts- The dancing moor Waa nberallJ patron.
iif-d Atl6- D0tNifhNtapdlhH th% hr8f Khtrh NJ
untlsean9 v'9or. There werc very lev whlte
hIpasently net regretted since II LETT them the
uniroken enjoyment Of their p!eas-res without
sxs; nssnE 70 ssa 70 tas ne s9s
2Ai o'clock IN thu afternoon MI. Reeves, the
1Tcz1dcnt Of The United Fe1lork called this aisem-
L f4ncnlack, who raz received with loud nccln-
1uatona. ne 1aid Oh such ~ occaaIon as tbs
l.tcsent he Hould not run ne t!.k nt bo,sng them
4njoylu8 themselves otheETise He would defer
touching on any auetuons IN which they were
1sottunitF, and IN the meantime would thnnk
them heartily for The reception he and
" 1na sd ns r IN e1s ;he
which theE hah come out to celebrate, and con.
tfAsfcd the postiIon which The colored, people had
formerly held win That which 1t VAS nov their
privilege 10 aasumc In America rs e1c,npllncd iu
ne Dunber OF men Of their race WHO had recently
teeu elected tn of..cisi Positions IN the country.
ANTOINE. ho Eade brief speech, In which he
commented on the different sJstetns Of education
l'ursaed IN The North and south. specially re:
marking the lbe1alltJ shown by the STATE Of
lltnol. IN tho establishment OF her public schools.
lie vent on 10 aude to the bravery OF the North
people vhich had So pooly Horksa out III he abesa
destiny Which tneY. were now called
e eanessiy III satnred q Il ''' peopIa IH0'; 1
improve themselves BY ererJ means which wsre
opened to them IN order 10 make Themselves
On to cu. Their actions would be scanned more
narrowly now than cves, and !, was more tnpor-
1ant for them Than even for while people 10 be on
On their own e1e1t1onA
AE. s. u. White then addressed the assemb1age,
colored people, ~ made eornpnmeutary anustons
to Mett7r. Antoine and Plochhack, which Weyc
Tle remainder Of tne Day vas occupied with the
usual en1oynenss pecnhar 70 pen!c- II was
potable feasure Of the OCCASION. anu highly credit
conducted win perfect regularity and good order
There we're no rowA and few, AM, drunken peo.
Pie OF The grounds, and when thu train carried
incident u sacb largr gathering. waa not aRGra-
saied By nn5 unsetmtJ exhibitions Of temper An
their paths were p!cssahtness and all their Ways
At WASHINGTON Hr1Gurs.
A large detachment Of colored ct1Ien1 Visited
WsthlnRson ueisnA yesterday. Where They had :
from Iii. JobeG aud othef1.
In TIE ETESN1 ........
they s6Eemhled at the WAba1h Avenue Rink AID
Ut Library BAIL where the celebration WIS Rppro-
prately concluded. The rink wns crowded t1l
the evening. md IN entertainment EaA gwen bJ Z
Company Of AmaicuTh, who sAnR and teIlTered
rrcitatIouF TO the great delight oi their Ana1tos1
III, 3~H we're frrvad around the hall, provided with
various dctic&cics, and the oc2u2 pEanenAaeo
music from tho la1conv. Ac:srA Antoine and
lInchlAck ~trc prrsen: during tho cIcninl, AID
each delivered lew relatks Appropriate 10 INC
nccakon. The festivities were Irpt up til !Ate
hhnf