The New York herald., 1873-10-15
The National Ccntennial-A Plan for
tho "Glorious FOURTH" 1879.

A special correspondent at Phlladelpnla mas
furnished us with the plan which will prob
ably be adopted for the celebration, in the city
of the great Declaration, of the one hundredth
anniversary of the day of independence OF the
United States of America. The scheme en-
braces four elements--music, civil societies,
military organizations and statues. The
music will consist of a colossal orchestra and
chorus, the organization of which will soon be
placed in the hands of one of our most worthy
conductors. The military division, it is pro-
every State, forming an aggregate of at least
fifty thousand men. The civil bodies.will be
the Masons, the Odd Fellows the Cincinnati
Society, DC The statuary will embrace
statues or groups of distinguished men OF the
several States in the civil and military service
of the country and in science and art To give
an international caste to the military branch
Of the celebration it is proposed to solicit on
act from Congress authorizing the President to
extend invitations to the heads Of European,
Asiatic, and other foreign governments, to be
present, either personally or by their proper
representatives, accompanied, respectively, by
a regiment or smaller military detachment of
their selection. In addition to this, the Presi-
dent will be requested to detail to the spot
considerable body Of the regular army, and
place it under the command of his most dis
tinguished officers and also as many vessels
of the navy as practicable.
This is certainly an imposing programme
but as the grand idea of our national centen-
nial is a national and International industrial
exposition it appears to us that the national
celebration for the Fourth Of July, 1876, at
Philadelphia, could be made in harmony with
this grand idea of worlds fair if it were
made what we may call an industrial process
sion Of the States and Territories. In such q
procession, with each State and Territory
represented by delegation of its own people,
bearing in front on q large banner the State or
Territorial coat of arms, and with the
ticable, Of its leading and peculiar
branches of industry borne in the
line of march, we would have splendid
and instructive spectacle. It would be pass
ing panorama Of the States and Territories,
representing in bold relief and in actual life
the people, the industries, the products, the
climate and the peculiarities thereof in every
State and Territory Of the Union. More
wildly than any other device would such
procession represent our people, our country
and its various and bountiful resources and
boundless capabilities. 1t requires no great
CT Of c1, fbo
sion upon citizen and stranger, from pro-
cesslon of a hundred thousand men, women
and children, embracing the fishermen Of
Maine, the tar kilns of North Carolina, the
big cheeses of New York, the orange groves
Of Florida, the monstrous grape clusters Of
California, the towers Of gold and temples of
silver from Montana, Colorado, Utah and
Nevada; the buffaloes of Nebraska, the elks
of Oregon and the thousand forms of the iron
of Pennsylvania, and SO on, to the end Of the
glorious line. This procession would ap-
propriately be led by the army and navy, as
representing the forces of our national inde-
pendence, and it would properly be classed
with our civic societies as completing the
representation of reign of peace.
We throw out this suggestion as entitled to
consideration by the management Of this Gen.
tennial enterprise; for we think it embodies On
idea for the celebration Of the one-hundredth
anniversary Of our national independence
which, from its attractive novelties and instruc-
tive groupings of American life and industry,
will at our great worlds fair Of 1875 be uni
versally acceptable.
The Bank Of England Putting on the
Screws.
We learn by cable telegram that the Bank
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