The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-22
THE NATIONAL BIRTHDAY.
ONE HUNDRED GLORIOUS YEARS
The Exercises Monday at Lexington,
Concord and Worcester.
g0NCoRD's CELEBRATION.


FINE DAY-ISIMENsE cRowD-A xoNe PRO
CESsIoN-EvERYTHIsGG GOES OFF ON TIME
CoNcoI0S. April l9.-To-iay the old town re-
sounded from end to end with music and the
reverberating echo of pa,- otIc cannon, begin.
ming with z<salRte of 100 guns at SUNRISE one for
each year of American liberty. The day
opened cod and clear, and the sun shone with
an added br,nancy. Peoplcswere early abroad
ana the streets were bright with gag uniforms
and flags, that overspread then for miles. The
ISwn I,sS1ancs truiy presented gala sp-
company marched 10 the Fi;caburg decot al
half past a. H. to receive those military orssat.
lzallo1s that care by the early trains. Ps0ple
pour I'd IN by every conceivable ssyenue and tho
town was soon folL The nTooesSion started
about half-past 10 oSe ock All was about two,
procession passed down Main street Il the
square and Themes over the historic road TO the
battle Z, ouno, where French's monument Of
:. rue Minute Aa1e was unveiled amiCs the
firing of guns. The procession was mag
niheenty brilliant, and was in i've
diviS1c7S. The frs. Diained the Efth Nassa-
chusetis regiment as escort 10 all the comIait-
tees on he monume1t and on the day, the In
dependent Corps OF Cadets and Gov sIaston. of
Massachusetts and STAFF Then came the lieufen-
ant governor of Massachusetts and the mem.
bers OF the council the state officers, TIE sheriff
OF MidolseeE. The judges of the supreme judicial
court, The Judges OF the Superior, ProSate and
other courts, the New bury port tNa) Association
the PRESIDENT OF the Senate of Massachusetts,
the speaker OF the House OF Representative OF
Massachusetts,, the joint committees of the
Senate and House or Representatives OF
Massachusetts, the members of the senafe
and House of RepresentsSives OF MaSSscrEsetfS
In the second division came the United states
Marine Barn and the Concord srtiIler,S as an
escort to the president OF the United states.
Gen. Grant was accompa1 led by Vice President
vii. on, Secretary Fish aad Gen. Babcocx. Be-
sides there were secretaries Belknap ana De-
lano, ex-Secfetery hchardSon, Postmaster
General Jewell, Senators Dawes and Boutwell,
Gen: rnhan, Commodole Nichols, Reprssen-
iatlves Burleigh and o. cal, OF Maine; Hoar. of
and Others. Then came the
Onlled States judges. In
THE THIRD DIVISION
appeared Governors Dingley, OF Maine; Wes.
ton, of New Hampshire; Peek, OF Vermont In
gersol, of Conn seticut, and LisHt. Gov Vanza Sit
Of Rhode Island, accompanied by the Portland
Mechanic Blues, the AmoSi-sag Veterans of Man
chester. New Ham pshire; tie Putnam Pnalaux
Of HsrtfOrd, Connecticut; the Providence Iiaht
Infantry V. ter1n Association General Burnside
and the Ransom Guards oi 81. Adams, Vermont
society of the Cincinnati the president and N
lows of Harvard College, the-Gmmittes OF The
MASSACHUSETTS, 6rand Lodge OF Free and Ae-
cepted Masons. the cnuucf of the Massa-
5husettS Historical Society, repre-, entatives
d the New England HiSton laI and Geological
Bedford, Belevihe, Carlisle, Jhelm ord Lincoln,
stowe, Sunbury, Westtord, Arlington.
Belmont, Beverly, Boston, BrooElins,
Burlington, Cambridge, Charleston, DaaveIs
Everett, FramingIian, Lexington
Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Maynard, Medford,
Melrose. Needha1T, Newton, MOI wood, Peabod 2,
2epperiIl, Reading, kedburV, Salem. Somer-
viAe, Wskefielts,S Wsltbam, W tertoWn, Way
and, Weston, Winchester and yoburn, with The
Acton Minute Men as an 3sa05t, posts of tl8e
Grand Army of sae R-pub.e- citizens OF Soa-
cord and citizens OF other cities and towns. On
arriving st the grand tent the president ar a.
other dlsting guisAed guess entered, and an ali
dress was delivered ~ Ralph Wassio HmeTsoa.
. poem was contributed 5y James Russeil
Before lhe oTatiCn was conClIdf the chilliest as
winds began TO slow. and during the extended
remarks of Curtis 4 large portion OF his audi
ence dispersed, while the mrsic OF many bands
disputed with hsn the peePiefs attention. All
lhe settle IS gave way under the great pressure.
The president le.t before the Grafton was con-
clue ed, and was driven, at his own request, in q
private carriage 20 Lexington, Governor Castor
and stan going oy the train By The time the
people had crushed into the dinner tent a lit ie
before o'clock the day was
EXCkSs-yELY COLD wITH SNOW
falling occasionally. Judge g. r. Hoar 'sns
president of tn s-dsy and was seated at the side
Of the great tent. on his right were Rslph
Waldo Emersoa, the Roy. G-sndale Reynolds,
chaplain of the day, and Gen. Hawley, of Con-
lis, the orator of the ocoaioE, Speaker Blaine !
ard Senator Boutwell, he-governors of the
New England states occupied tables near by with
Iuage Hoar made an address and cave
as the fist Iegular toast, ''The 18th
the president Speaker Blaine, responded in a |
patriotic speech. Paul Revere's ride was toSsted,
aad a grandson of Revere .wcS called out. Sen
ator Eoutwell responded 10 a toast, and was fol-
lowed by Governors IngerSoli OF Connecticut. |
Peck of Verraont, and Dingiey OF Maize. George
William CCgtis responded for Rhode Island, |
Gen. Hawlcy for Connecticut. Judge Hoar
maze an address, and at lis close read
3 letter f5om Frederick Douglass, which |
orea he'd th@ true spirit Of the OCCASION. This |
brought the exercises to - close. During the 1
OF the speeches the day gradua ly grew |
colder and 5he people cVsy deserted the pavill- |
ion until hy the end OF the after diner cere- |
monies there were not 100 people present Dur |
ing the afternoon all the visiting military COM
panies derarted, so as TO reach home early to- |
and by S. o'clock he viii |
Iage had assamed somewhat Of a |
deserted appearance. compared with |
the thirt5 thousand wisnsn its limits at noon. |
Inc crushing and crowGing AZ the ca was sim |
ply understandable. In the evening asgrand ball |
was given in Agricultural Hall, which was
decorated FOR the occasion. The
president and some OF his party made their ap-
about half sast ten, and ygefe the cen
Ter of attraction. The scene was. very. bril-
liant one. snpper was served at midnight,
and th J great day viii its crowd End wealth of
was over.
THE LEXI>ON FESTIVAL.
MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY - ADaRFssBS AND