Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-31
FOURTH EDITION.
,Tne Old and the New.


COINED.
Unusual ceremonies will attend the ringing
out OF the old year and tho ringing in OF the
new, to. night. Although late in their inception,
the preparations are ample, aud the welcome OF
the Centennial year will be both hearty and joy
ous.
Religious services will be held in several OF
the churches as usual and others not so
much so. At st. Andrews Episcopal and the
Unitarian churches early worship will be hold,
which will include appropriate addresses by
Bishop Lee and Rev. Mr. Israel in these churches
respectively. Other churches may also hold re-
ligious services, but we have not been advised
that such will be the fact The Methodist
churches will all open their usual watch-meet-
ings at O'Clock, and Delaware Avenue Baptist
and Calvary Episcopal will 30 far depart from
their custom as to engage in a similar service.
These will all continue until after midnight.
The most important feature will be the CIVIC
demonstration, which is being arranged on
scale of considerable magnitude. The late hour
at which the preparations were begun Will cause
some interference with private celeDrations
which were intended to be surprise but both
will be carried out as far as possible. Lest we
ehould.destroy the effects of some of the sur
prises, we have concluded to allow those in
charge of then to develop their own pro-
gramnes without forestallment.
About 10 o'clock, or possibly earlier, masked
professions will parade the streets preceded py
bands of music. One masquerade party Will
come down from Philadelphia, another will em-
anate from its headquarters in Masonic Temple,
while one of our city Fire Companies willturn out
a third about sixty strong. Mayor Whteley has
not only licensed these parades, but he has con-
scented to furnish safe guidance through the
city with his police who will allow no Interrupt
ton. The Philadelphia party came down last
year and had fine time.
Just before II o'clock the Fire Companies will
move out of their engine houses, with steam up
and bells attuned for the merry welcome. TAX
ing up their stations in the several streets which
intersect Market, they will there await the ap-
proach of the midnight hour. So far as we can
gather the arrangement, the Weccacoe Will
stand at Front, the Fame at End, the
Washington at 3rd, the Reliance at 4th, the
Water Witch at 9th, the Delaware at 9Th, the
Phoenix at Sth, and the Friendship at 10th. AS
| soon as the hands shall CROSS the hour OF IL on
| the dial plate of the designated clock, the pro-
cession, which will by this time have been form
| ed in detachments in the several streets,
will begin to move, the Weccacoe,
| it is expected, taking the initiative, and the 9TH
ers falling in as it passes up Market street; Ihe
| line of March will be up Market to 18th ana
| down King, unless some change should be made.
The procession will be headed by band OF
music which Council resolved to procure last
| evening. The whistles of the steamers will also
| scream out their joy, while the merry jingle
| Of the bells on the hose carriages will swell
| the din of the deeper toned resonants upon the
| City Hail. the Water Witch and Fame engine
| houses and several of the churches. There will
in fact be a perfect pandemonium OF noise,
| and weaknerves might as well be strengthened
to meet the emergency.
| BY request of several of the members OF Coun'
Gil, Mayor Whiteley has slgnitied his intention
not to enforce the ordinance against the firing
OF guns and pistols in the streets, and the mid
night air will probably be freighted with burn'
powder, while the deafening explosions Will bt
heard in every street. At Och and KING SITS; ths
Delaware Fire Go. will fire salute OF one hun
dred guns, and other cannon may be brough
into service. City Council also requests that al
manufacturing firms and others possessed o
be blown and rung fora suitable time at mid
night.
The City Hall and other public buildings o
the city, the Government building, tho hotels
and private dwellings of our citizens general,
will be illuminated Council has requested th'
illumination of private residences, and we find
very general disposition to comply. Altogethe
the Centennial year will have more hearty wei
come in Wilmington than was given any OF III
predecessors.
The ROSE OF TYRoL.-"The Rose of Tyrol'
has exceeded the expectations of the most san
guine of the talented composers friends. 1t il
filled with blessing melodies, indicates thorough
and careful musical knowledge, and is fal
more significant work than "Ihe Doctor of AL
cantara." There can be no doub
that the new opera will onjoy a long-con
tinued success since it contains man.
essential elements of popularity. Crowds O.
persons are nightly compelled to exercise th'
virtue of patience when they attempt to gain ad
mission. The opera has met with most unex
pected and unequivocal success. MIR. Eichbert
is the nightly recipient of the audiences whom
his work has pleased by it's freshness
its frequent melodies its delicacy and IT.
artistic merit. The music is certainly very de
lightful and exceedingly well presented: Ii
eight cases out of ten, the choruses of the
italian opera were not nearly 60 prompt o
accurate.-Bcston Courier,
The WEEK OF PRAyER.-The pastors OF tht
several Protestant churches in the city havi
completed their arrangements for proper OBJ
servance of the Week of Prayer, beginning OF
Sunday next, and continuing through the week
Union service will held on each week day in one
of the churches as follows Monday at Grace
Tuesday at the First Presbyterian, Wednesda,
at Calvary, Thursday at the First Presbyterian
Friday at Scott, Saturday at West Presbyterian
Services will commence at 3 r. M each day
Evening services will be held by several of the
churches each day.
HELD FOR CoURT.-Joseph Caulk, a lad who
resides in Greeley street, was brought up fo
examination before Mayor Whiteley, this morn
| ing, on charge of larceny. During yesterda,
| it seems that he climbed up on gate into tht
| second story of the residence of Howard L.. Rce
| i'll Taylor street between Church and Locust, ant
abstracted $19 froma box in which Mr.. X. KEEP
| his money Caulk was held in $2O0 for Court
He says he had an accomplice, boy, but he II
| not believed.
Policies in the New Castle Mutual Insuranc,
| Co. which expire on January End must be palc
| to-day.
In the U. s. District Court this morning, al
anpeaI was taken to tho Circuit Court in the sui