Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-16
GRAND DEGENERATION
TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION.
JOINT CELEBRATION.
Down With The Ring!"

"uOWm Win me ksAoS
rhe Fifteenth Amendment and the
Change 0f Government 1Of tme IBIS.
Remarks oT President Grant.
Speeches by Judge Fisher ana
others.
The grand demonstration last evening Of
the Boys i'm Blue and other citizens Of the Dis
trlct, in honor OF tho ratification OF the
fifteenth amendment to the Constitution, and
in approval Of the movement for a change
OF government for the District of Columbia,
was a great success, both as 10 the number o.
citizens participating, and the excellent man
ner in which the programme of the procession,
&c, was carried out. The details were managed
by joint committee from the organization o.
the Boys in Blue and the Campaign Commit
tee OF citizens appointed by the General Com
as well As to A. Grant, commanding the BOYS
in Blue, much credit 10 due for the complete
ness OF the arrangements. There we're from
five to six thousand men in the line, large
wards were exceedingly well represented. Ii
was noticed too that the county men seem to be
in earnest in desiring the right or franchise,
the delegation from outside the city limits be-
ing very strong in numbers and character.
AT THE CITY HALL.
Ii had been requested that the various organ
izatioRs desiring to join in the demonstration
should assemble in front OF the City Hall, where
II was proposed 10 form aprocession to call upon
the President, and Afterwards form Q mass
meeting to be addressed by distinguished gen
tlemen. An immense concourse OF persons Of
all colors, ages and sexes gathered about the
City Hall to witness the formation of the pro-
eession, crowdng the payements and Porticoes.
tween and ID, was used as headquarters, and
from an early hour in the afternoon up to the
moving OF the procession-about9 O'Clock p. H.
the marshals and officers were reporting and
salute Of twenty-nine guns was fired from the
Monument Lot, under the direction Of Cant A
u. Rockafellow. The clubs and other organi
zsiions commenced to arrive about TX O'Clock,
and as they reported were assigned to positions
w. A. Flefchsr, Adjutant General of the Bows
in Blue, forming the line.
THE PROCESSION.
Nearly all the reserve Of the police force was
about the City Hall, under the command OF
Captain A. ID. Brock, and the mounted men, un-
der the command of Lieutenant johnson. pre-
cedcd the procession. 'ls IL - 80
On the. TIE order being given, the line Of march
Seperai ". 5. FLETCHER, Adjutant General;
Captain j. b. Cramer, Captain A. ID. Kocka3
fellow, Colonel s. H. SHETLAND, aides. Chap
lain, j. W. Green-mounted.
Marine Band, led by Scala.
Carriages, containing members of the Com
mittee Of 40, Hon. s. P. Fisher, chairman; Mr.
R. NJ Hall, chairman Of the Campaign Commits
y,
OF the Boys in Blue; Alderman Emery; repre-
sentatives OF the press. The carriages were
decorated with Chinese lanterns, and in one was
Transparency be airing the portraits Of Lincoln,
Grant and Collar, with the words "The men
We honor"
The mounted detachment, under the COM
mand OF Colonel l.. Z. Cutler, and marshaled by
Cornelius Clark, John King; William A. Nc
Kinney, James Holmes, Samuel Williams Chas
of this city.
members Of Potomac Council, No. 4J, followed
having transparency bearing the name of the
organization, with the legend, "Republicans
nom Bladensburg, Nd, 1.-THE whole being hand
somely decorated with chinese lanterns. fAs the
procession was passing up It'll street, this trans
parency took hire, causing some little excitement
in the ranks.l
First Division = Boys in Blue, uniformed with
blue eapes and cape, carrying torches headed
by band. That well drilled organizat ON. tue
Butler Zonaves, were in this division. Gen.
aBs sna G.ptan an M Gspssu s vii
meht, Colonel Allen NJ. Bland, Lieutenant
Colonel w. w. Ward and NJ jor Beverly Tucke-.
Second regiment Major George Morton, com
johnson. First Ward delegation with large
number Of lanterns and transparencies: Chief
marshal, Alfred Day; assistants, VIM. Eaton,
Jacob Reynolds and Richard Robinson. Second
Ward delegation, chief marshal, ID. NJ. Kelsey:
ASSISTANTS, Michael Green, st. Clair Burley
WIN; Rutherford, John NJ. Brown, John ID.
Second DivisiOn-Boys in Blue headed by
band, comprising OF the Third regiment Major
[. ID: Gordon, and Fourth regiment, Colonel j.
NJ Miller.
The Howard University Cadets, ninety-fye in
number. Captain NJ. G.. Wilkinson, came next.
These cadets are a tine looking body of young
them detachment of the Marine Band and
heir maneuvers were well executed, frequent
ly eliciting the applause of the spectators.
The County North Division turned out quite
QNIn 40
Hill, BrightwoOd, Mt. Pleasant, and Swartz-
vile in the line. The following were the mar
shals: Chief, l.. 8. Emery; Assistants, Col. j.
w. Green Edward King, James Herbert, Payne
Smith, q. w. SOthoron, and Joseph Gideon.
The Third Ward Workingmens Club, with a
wagon drawn by four large mulee, came next.
L his was designed 10 represent a carpenter shop,
with bench and tools, and the workmen at work,
all timely decorated with banners and Chinese
lanterns. Messrs. John w. Hunter, e. l.. Bart
Alfred Hill, Martin Maloney, Edward Allen,
and W. II. Stewart were the marshals.
The Fourth Ward delegation, under John II.
j. e. Wall, w. ii. Scott, Palmer. Briscoe Pat
rick Foley, and ID. Dixon, followed in large
numbers. They were preceded by the Fourth
Ward Workingmens Association, with Chinese
lanterns. The ST. Aloysius Band headed this
Third Division-BOys in Blue, Col. c. II. Hot
den commanding, Capt. Edward Gray, James
Snallw0od, aids; 5th regiment, Col William
Wayne commanding, Major Wesley Middleton:
9th regiment, Col. James Young commanding.
The delegation from the County South came
next, having over 30 IN line from Stant0ntown,
Caledonia, CniontOwn, &c. Mr.. Joseph Worth
ingt0n was the chief marshal, with George Bar
Der, George II. Martin, w. +. Parrish, w. G..
Jones, Thomas Hall, Thomas Solomon, j. w.
Payne, and John W. Van Hook as assistants.
fhe sixth and seventh regiments OF the Boys
IN Blue next appeared; and the Fifth Ward del
egation, with the following marshals;--C hief,
William A. Hughes; assistants. George T.. Gray,
samuel Brown, John O'Meara, VIM. Barnes,
.Ir., and VIM. Newton-appeared to good adj
vantage. .,-.gss q, 10 IL ss..I ....t-. o. I'D.
The Sixth Ward delegation had the following
narshals, and presented a line appearance
Chief, q. Nj. Barton; assistants, Thomas Vermil-
lion, Frank ID. Gaines, and Charles McGowan.
The Seventh Ward delegation was last but
not Least, and had with them Large bunting
nag, besides numerous transparencics. This
delegation We'd with the county south delega-
ton as to numbers. The marshals were:4Chief
j. u. CroniD; assistants, u. II. Newman, George
Holmes, George Washington. Isaac johnson.
The regiments OF Boys in Blne were generally
furnished with torches, while the delegations
from wards, &c, had Chinese lanterns, rar >
parenees. sc. Among other notices were the
iollOwing:-"we desire the benefit of the fif-
teenth amendments in the county north Of Me-
ridian Hill" .No party clique in the eopAty
north I'VE rejoice for Others" Sic nos
non nobis." .'Justice to ALL" 1.-THE Republi-
can party and equal rights to all men," I'm
partial suffrage and education to ALL" "Poto-
mac City Club" 1.-The fifteenth amendme mt
does not reach the county q District M 10