The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-05
Fourth OF JsIy-How it was Observed
fn Richmond.

Business was pretty generally suspended
on Gary street yesterday, though on Main
nearly all the stores were thrown omen. in
yiting customers to buy, but they were few.
The closing Of the post-office except during
Sunday hours, dep0ts for the reception Of
freight, as we'll as banks, made it almost i'm.
possible to carry on any business at alt
Early in the day good many stores on Main
aud Broad streets were open, but as the
hours passed away the holiday and closing
up spirit seemed to prevail, and card
here and there explained the cause.
The flags and colors of the vessels lying at
Rockets and in the dock were all displayed.
The national colors here and there floated in
the breeze. Upon the capitol the Virginia
and United States flags, as is usually the Gus
tom, were put up.
At about O'Clock A. NJ. an excursion
train bearing large number Of colored peo-
pie left the city by the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, and spent n part Of the day at
Charlottesville returning, arrived here just
before the departure of the Cincinnati ex.
press train at night. -.
The colored people seemed to enjoy the
day greatly, and from morning until night
the streets were fairly swarming with them.
The police broke up the former custom with
the negroes of offering for sale cake, lemon
ade, ice-cream, and indeed eatables of every
kind, around the Capitol Square; but in the
afternoon some few ventured to set out their
tables, and served few hungry and thirsty
customers. The familiar cry of " Ice-water
just,aS much az you can drink for cent =
was heard all over the city, and q number ol
energetic boys found ready sale for both
the clear and the muddy.
The ''Loving Sons of Daniel" one of the
colored secret societies of Richmond, went
to Charlottesville on an excursion, and the
Odd-Felows to Petersburg.
There Was pleasant picnic at Euker':
Spring Park.
The pleasure boats on the canal piled dill
Park, and carried up not few who toOE
advantage Of the holiday.
Friendship Lodge, Knights of Pythias, o.
Manchester, had an excursion to Midlothian
Oregon Hill Methodist Surday-school Ell
ioyed visit to Dunlop's, on the Richmond
and Petersburg railroad. The scholars ant
teachers Of Pine-Street Baptist church spent
the day pleasantly at CottrelPs farm. Tht
excursion to West Point was well patron
lied, about six hundred and fifty persons
taking advantage Of the trip.
One of the most successful pic-nlcs eVel
given in Richmond, in point of numbers
| enjoyment, proper conduct, and certainly II
| financial results, was that of the st. Bonl
! facius Society, at Hattorf's Garden, yester
| day. At an curly hour the above-DameC
society, together with the Ancient Order
| Hibernians, in their rich and attractive regil
liza, and delegation of the Catholic Beneficial
Society, headed by McCann's band, paradet
the streets, and then proceeded to the pic
| mic grounds, where quite crowd had al
ready assembled for the purpose of spending
| the day. The festivities were then com
menced, and were kept up through th'
day without intermisson or any Interrupt
ton of an unpleasant character, everybody
seeming bent upon enjoying themselves, ant
right merrily and heartily did they do it
| The crowd during the afternoon was very
large, amounting almost to jam, but no
| thing occurred to mar the pleasures OF tn
| day, only that the sudden heavy rain las
evening was the cause Of the premature
breaking-up of the festivities.
| The stone-cutters paladed in the mornln:
and presented q fine appearance. -....
| Tue State and city offices were closed, ant
there was no session Of the Police Court.
Altogether, the day passed off quietly, ant
the police reports at night showed that bu
few arrests had been made tor drunkenness