Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-01
CENTENNIAL NEW YEAR !
lis Us!legin. In-Citizens Meeting 1"
The Sepu.e Chamber Patriotic
Speeches and Jubilee Sentiments
-'cils E:ii.s- Il Cannon Ett:a tt1!.
.. Rorsff - s--RI~ "'"" Of Eeiis ana
E,pIo-i on Of Rockets.

4 citizens meeting WAS called 70 meet
in the Senate Chamber last night at lo:3U
o'clock, but il was four minutes past II !
before it was called to order by Judge
Patterson, who called for the nomlna-
tion Of n chairrpan General hittreil
was nominated. hut declined ana placed
in nomination Senator Clapp, who was
unanimously chosen. Judge Patterson
and John McTarnahan were chosen Vice
Presidents, and c. A. '. Putnam Secre-
tary.
On motion 81 Judge Patterson the
meeting opened with prayer by Rev. Nj.
Tevis, Lwb trieliv recounted the nations
progress III greatness L | invoked the
Divine blessing on the nations coming
thousand wears.
Judge Patterson admonished the clti-
zens that the speeches must necessarily
be short, as when the hOar OF II o'clock
vas struck the firing OF cannon, the rinG-
ing Of bells and the blowing of whistles
would preyent any one being heard.
Colonel Dow was the first speaker
called. He was introduced from the
Presidents desk and spoke very briefly,
but wogGd l.p with q grand peroration
IN favor Il the perpctUstion Of the Amer
lean Union. which he declared should
/ not oulv be &c one and indivisble, but
the Z'Iiding star Of nations and tbs
/ brotherhood Of man.
/ General hiitrell was next called. ii,
was clad. be said. to meet his fellow
citizens on the welcoming in Of the Cen
tennial Year amid the firing Of cannon
and the clangor Of bells. During his
speech he alluded to the late lnternecins
war. but thanked God that our nation
alitv is vet intact and our country still
fres lie declared that the last hundred
years had made the most wonderful CEN
tulry known to history. Within that
time our country had risen to first rank
among the Powers q TIE earth: Napo-
leon had been raised from the rank Of
a subaltern 10 be the most powerful
monarch on earth and had finally been
conuuered bauished and chafed his life
awav upon d lone island; Wellington had
come and gone and scarcely anything
but the memory Of him at Waterloo re-
NAMED. Bat greater than the achieve
ments of military heroes had been those
Of science in the century IN which tie
United States had grown, and among the
greatest Of these were the application OF
steam to the prorelliug OF boats and cars
and the invention of the electric tele-
graph. He dwelt upon our lncompara-
bic system of government: and eoncil ded
with this sentence: The Union IS one
and ipseparable and cannot be divided
Great applause
During the delivery Of General Nit
trell's speech Andy Wright entered IN
the uniform of Continental soldier.
George E. Tyrrell was next called for.
He responded by reciting brakes "Ad-
dress to the American Flag.
Col. Dow offered q sentiment to The !
Press, and Mr.. Mighels and Mr.. PaIk-
inson were called uron to respond to 1t.
Mr. Nighels not being present, Mr..
Parkinson responded.
Mr.. McIarnahan offered a few re-
marks. He thought the next centennial |
might show the United States occupying |
the most of the Western hemisphere.
Colonel Dow exhibited Continental
S. note issued one hundred years ago. |
The audience then rose and sung
My country, It's OF thee. when, II |
O'Clock having arrived, three cheers were |
given for the New Year, and the meeting |
adjourned amid the firing Of cannon, the |
blaze of bonfres. the ringing of bells, |
the blowing of whistles. the explosion Of |
rockets and the shouts of an enthusl- |
nstic people.
1t was long after this, however, before |
the crowd dispersed. The juvenile por-
ton of our population mace our streets |
lively by bringing out all their horns |
and musical instruments which had bsen |
presented to thsm on Christmas Eve. |
and theirs were the last sound. that We
heard as we sent the APrEAL to press.