Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-19
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Afternoons Dispatches.
SPECIAL REPORTS.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
The Celebratiou I'm B>ltimore.

Special TO tie Erening Star.
BALTIMORE, May 10, 1s70-2X O'Clock D. H.
The celebration in honor of the ratification of
the fifteenth amendment is taking place here
to-day, and the procession is very imposing
one. During last night and this morpinS
the steamboats,, railroads, and vehicles brongbt
IN very large numbers Of people, and the vicin-
Ity OF Broadway. in which the procession
formed, was literally jammed very early this
morning, the societies and organizations with
considerable difficulty reaching the places as
signed them, 90 great was the number of spec
O'Clock q. MI when the order wasgiven to move
Ihe entire police force is out, as also large
numoer OF specials, and up to this hour there
colored men with arms have been allowed TO
parade the str eets, and the military portion of
the procession is prominent feature.
hne appearance, attract much attention, as also
the Washington firemen, headed by Chief Enas-
neer Cronin, with hose carriage. The Masonic
ana ODD Fellows' divisions have in them dele
gations from Washington. There are three
Dands from washington in the line, as also the
Pioneer Corps and the Live Oak Club.
Inc procession is one hour in passing given
-PSerf. In some portions of the line white and
coloreo men walk side by side, and in one car
rage are seated white women and colored-,
men' r.s. NJ. >
[By Associated Press.l
BALTIMORE, Nav 19.-The colored citizens OF
Baltimore are to-day celebrating the hfteenth
amendment by grand procession and
other suitable demonstrations. The process
SION formed on Broadway, and after
marching through the various streets and
passing through Baltimore westwardly reached
South street at l1:55, and was one hour passing
the western Union Telegraph Company's Office
Ihe number in the procession il yariously esti-
mated at from 900 to IL 900.
In the front carriage OF the procession were
seated the Hons. Horace MAYNARD and VIM. n.
Stokes, Of Tenn, and Gen. H. Ii. Heath, OF New
Mexico. Frederick Douglass was in the second
carriage. Most of the government officials or
the city-the collector, postmaster SURVEYOR.
naval officers and internal revenue Officers
were in the line. Among the more prominent
civilians were c. G. Fulton and the Hon. VIM.
j. Albert. ~
Military and civic organizations and beneyo-
lent institutions, MasOIs and Odd Fellows. and
the different trades and clubs were representeJ
among the military represented were the But
Ter Zouaves, and the Boys in Blue Pioneer
Corps of Washington, the knights Templsr of
washington, representatives from the Excelsior
brigade OF Philadelphia, a large delegation
representing organizations from various parts of
There were seven full bands in the procession
pesldes a number of drum corps. A number of
porraits OF distinguished men were borne by
tne dlnerent delegations, among them that of
henry Winter Davis, with the motto, "the iron
hand that held Maryland to her allegiance
that OF Wm Lloyd Garrison, with "The Hbe-
deus stevens, with Ecce Homo"
The procession is now passing throupb the
streets. So far the most orderly quiet has pre-
vailed, ~