The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-04
OTRCREATEST FOURTH
4 Nations TTi1mphd Entrance upon
Her Second Century.
10Y IN ALL THE LAND OF THE FREE.
A Milestone in the March Of
Civilization.
"Tbe union Of hearts, the union OF hands,
The union Of States none can sever.

'IUb uUtOuOl nttti lSt hh' hhi'h VI hHsh.'f
The union Of States none can sever.
The union Of lakes. the uptcn of lands
The daa Of our Union foreverr'
! With Its Characteristic dash, libcrality,
and patri otism, New York city celebrates the
compietion Of the one hundredth year OF the
Dreat Republic. The emigrant who enters the
bsrbor Of New Yok this morning may behold
much q spectacle as the world never saw. He
will look upon the monarch OF American cities
10 her most elaborate holiday attire from boun-
6ary to boundary. Those Amencans who were
born on the soil, he will discover, are not alone
ln tbis the greatest Of all the celebrations OF
the anniversaries OF the nations birth. The
Germans, the French, the Irish. the Scotch, the
Bwedes. aud the NorweTians, the Italians, the
Russla ans, the Chinese and the japanese, all
heartily Join In making the day DAY of festivity,
md all are glad that the Union is one and
t'Slsbie.
The preparations for the Fourth have been In
p<osress for many days Everybody, rich ana
poor. and all who have suffered through the ter
nble nnsnciai pressure OF the past swo years,
through common impulse, have opened their
purses and bent their energies toward making
this a day to be remembered until the
Americans OF century hence shall celebrate
anoiher like IL. The city government has been
UDefh w its outlay, hnu tue puonc ounces nave
been decorated as they were never before deco
rated, both inside and outside, with hdss and
banners, and many other tasteful devices. We
must credit our adopted fellow-citizens with
greater enthusiasm and higher artistic decora.
tive skill than our owu. and In these respects
the Germans take thu lead. The east side,
daughters OF the Fatherln md were earliest
In the field and tuer children with tnem
what is sometimss cal led Little Germany"
streets frightened with bunting aud tinsel,
the city Is the scene more exhileratinR to-day
than in the streets east Of he Bowery and rbird
avenue. he flags Of all 'tions are displayed.
10 trout OF the f1th ST. Get police station, which
vas elegantly adorned. under the direction Of
Capt MCCULLOUGH. American and Irish ,gs are
Is decorated, and the famlies IN the most
crowded teBements have spared enough money
ton. or OF Frauklin. or OF the Emleror william,
or of Bismarck. or OF Won MolIke, or OF
other heroes ~ the Prussi N Govern
ment, and these are surrounded by the
nags OF GemsUy and nestled IN the folds OF
the Ueaut,ful d az of the United states. 10 many
places the work Of the Germans is surprisingly
beautiful
The lower wards. so densey inhabited bv
whole-souled 1rshmeD, are not backward In
their display, ana their homes and places OF
business will outw rdly show o-dsv their love
for their adopled nd. hose OF the wealthy
lrish residents who yet cling TO the places down
town where hrst they stepped on the road to
oosiIr tanners. Tne Door apple woman. and
ihs yender of peanuts Oranges, ana b,nan- 8
hy1 stuck penny q rs In their baskets ana
stands, thus adding th,ir uiits toward the deco
ration Of the cItv. Tue Irsn societies were
quick to announce their readiness to particl-
pate IN the great procession Of last evening. and
the irish miitianen entered into the spirt Of
the event ~itn oil the enthusiasm for which
their race IA no ed. Even In the slufns OF the
Fourtu and sixth Wards. where sicklv, wretch
ed beings cOn9fegats Ia mise, abb novels, or Ia
vast t-nements. some scraprd up sufficient pen
Dies and bOugnt cbeao decorations.
Ia he whole city YESTERDAY there was scarcely
sstore or sdSe ling that cid not have al least
one uag. broadsa viewed from TRINITY
Church, showed forth 1a1s thet seemed to shoot
Out Ike branches iru m mighty trees. Tue deco
tons were not SO elaooi ate nor 80 expensive
~ those In the B,w-ry anu elsewhere on the
east side. and thi- Il true aisn of the upper and
more wealthy party Of The city. In Fifth and
h-disOn avs nues. ana IN the spiendiJ intersect-
lux str ets, many costly hags and anners swung
10 the breeze, but there was not so grea an ef-
fon at artistic effects as tnat exhioited by the
poorer classes. Aouve Filtleth street, nd all
the way to the II rem nv :, the people were
working rapidly aud ingeniously to Contriye
some decoration that mignt be superior IN gene
gel beauty 10 all that tneir fellow ci,izens closer
70 me Battery might present To public view.
The police station Ia tifty-niDth street. Captain
Mount In COMMAND. seemed nke hover Of
banners, igs. aud streamcTS. In fart, every
police station was autil-u nv tie police ON
cers. who worked with will In their endeayors
eacn TO outdo the woik of The officers OF otner
sta iona
Tue demand for decor tions and neworks
was 50 great that iong before nRn,fall many VI
the larger stores had exhausted their stock, and
10 the smaller stores the prices were doubled
and treDed. Every street car. truck. coach, rx-
p-ss wagon, or vend' RS crrt seemed OF neces-
sty TO possess one or more d IS, aud every sm II
bOy hied bimself u his nome with Ore crackers.
torped oes, and rockets. Nearly every stoIeex
cepting those In wuich hrewUrks We e sold was
closed Yesterday and empoyen and employees
enjoyed holiday.
In the Post Ohi;e the last day of the Amer
lean century was celebrated Uy ali the eni-
Poyes' The DAY and n'eht men Assem- oed In "a
bodY on the M In uour IN the afternoon at the
relieving nOuf, O'r.ock, ana united In singing
American end other II ton songs. Inc Union
Glee club also sang Mr.. Harvey Major, an old
band ie-der played several triouc tunes on
the cnrnet. ana Engineer Robinson accom-
steam whistle Of the Post Once large
number OF ladies watche the uenonstration ms
from tno nezz nine g.llery. Postmaster James
WAS called for. ana hs told the employees tn at
would alw"ys Ue his rule while la once never
to remove any OF them except for o use. he
was lustuy chevred. Subsequently several OF
the o,erks seized SUPERINTENDENT Cha rles For
tester who has b en- IN the = rvice OF the Post
Once halt u century, aud carried MIN 10 TRUMP o
on their shoulders. Mr. Bauinann, Mr. Adams
and others made fur her decorations To The
FstnihsteTs rOOm, wniod was picture Of pa
Atao'olock the Officers and brokers In the Gus
tom house gathered ~ tue rOtunds and forming
III lhe marched through the various divisions,
beaded by a man PLAYING a hfe. They first visited
Assistant Collector Cnnch. the brother ln-law
OF the late A. 4. stewart, who acting as
Collector He briefly al ddrssssd The ofice old.
tr, On tho return OF the procession TO the
aotunda, which was thlckly festooned win
nags ana bunting, address we're male by Col.
Y Is. Ihorpr, DIR. Farley, and Others, and the
AnlersOn Glee SINGERS Sang tue " Star Spangled
bantet.' toe X d. y hlte, md Biue," and the
Sword Of Bunker HIll."
Tue City III III deoorit with hags and
ehelds bearing tue 60 a OF arms Of the States,
hnd over the portico were Ave folded q sgs that
were used at Tue INAUGURATION OF Washington,
snd phiniinR of ststesmen. soldiers, civilians,
xndlsiis and negroes blessing Washington and
Ms oompdtrlots. In the eveOing the CITY Hail
was Illuminated wherever there was lane Of
Rlass gas Jet spatked, and red, white And
Diue amps we're brlll mt on tue roof hnI around
Rue clock tower. The Inside Of tue Post Gf1co
wss a forest Of q gs, Tnrre = no iilumina-
t'nh 10 consequence Of the ali supply Of gas.
Jhe custom House ana other United states
no'erhiDent GuiluInRs were decois ed on the
INSIDE Tho SuD. treasury was not scOrated IN
sbf manner To-day hlRs are TO De displayed
rom tne stan, on the rOJiH. Among he IN ny
EIgtefully decorated eolnces were the Barge
omoe, the W '.shlug, on HU I'll, the Equitable In
.u1aDce Onoo the Western Union Telegraph
Omoe, the A, tor House, FTenchs Hotel Swee-
Hets Hotel, tine CITY Prison, K rle's Hotel the
ptanure'h house, thr Metropolitan, tho st.
Eiohoias, me t'aiendpn, the AlUemarle, the
ruin Avenue, tno Hunman. the ST. James, and
sho NlhdsOr b0les, the bTevouTt, the Cne-
mah, anu the StuTtryaut houses, the Union
league Club, the Young heu's Democratic
ShOn Gun, the Unlon CLUB, tho Tr,yeIler'a
.,lub' tho Manhattan Club, tue Hotel Dtun,wick
ne N-w YORK Life Insurance building, Lord q
1Tlors, CLiokennR h all, tho Dry DJcE savings
,nahT, stenway Hall. the Police Central Offce'
suo Department Of parka ma Gat