The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-03
VOL. XLlIL-N0. 294.
ONTHE EVE OF THE FOURTH
ruE LAST or THE SUNDAYS OF THE
NtTfON'S FIRST CENTURY.

u
brilliant Display ThrouRhout the City-The
r,s, s,de torpcous with Flags How the
Hottest Day this Year was spent IN and
out of Town 81 Degrees In the shade.
The city was brilliant yesterday with
s,s.I .vs Of fiags. Espccally magnificent In such
.aorrment were the Bowery and the streets
,ns, Of that thorouehfire. Nearly every house
had its American coors, and the fronts OF some
bon.es were almost entirely hidden. Division
,,reet Grand Hester, Broomc. Delaney, and |
s,snton were rainbow-hued. Here and there
broad sheets OF red. white, and blue were fes-
tooned, or draped, or arranged In the iorm OF
Gigantic stars that almost covered the buildings.
I'm other places hundreds OF yrds OF rrinted
SAGE deuended from upper windows, and por- |
traits of Washington and Lincoln. pictured
groupings Of representatives OF all nations nock-
ng TO the protection Of the star spansled ban
aer, and allcgorical paintings OF the uodd 'ss OF
Liberty and the q MUS Of America adorned
The lower fronts Of stores. saloons and In some
lnst,nces OF private re sldcnce'. Even tie over
crowded houses Of the poor were gay with hags,
big and little, 1utter1g from every window
rlving from every cornic', or swinging In the
,ultry ir across the narrow Streets ON the
sidewalks hundreds Of men and boys drove a
thriving trade in fats.
On the west side the show OF Gags was less
abundant. hut sill very crediiable Union
SQUARE gave nne promise Of the elores 1t is to
wear to-m row. the alternating red, white and
blue lamrs, on the parade, being all in place;
tags displayed from nearly all the edinces front
ins on the quare. and the decorated canopy
over the statue OF Washington being almost
complete. No hing, however, had been done
for the oInamentation Of the Lincoln statue.
The elaborate decoration by Captain Byrnes Of
the headquarters OF the Broadway Police, in
East Twenty-ninth street, was applluded by
scores Of residents OF that neehborhood who
attended his reception yesterday. The front
Of the house Is hung with flags OF oil nations,
with the harp and stars aud stripes entwined.
The interior IL rich with beautiful festoons can
epies, shields, notices, busts and pictures. The
rooms re to be open TO the public throughout
ihe week,
terday. the city. far and wide, and the harbor
and the surrounding cities seemed vast fore
OF waving flags, aud tbrOuRho. 4 the interior OF
the huge edi1ce, hene tn the spectators feet.
was a maze Of bunting. Thirty flags. from
twenty to thirty feet In length, were stretched
st Intervals around the ratings in the nam
story OF the Post Ofise. Facing the entrance
wasa liie.size painting OF w,shing.on ia mii,
OF the United states In his right hand. twenty
ak cases OF waslinaton tl,e prints were used . IN
festooning the departments Of the Post once.
Though the overworked employees have been
reduced In number, and their salaries cut down
tive disp y. And they were encouraged 20 do
this by the enthusiasm with which the different
superintendents entered into the work. Con-
sTicuous among them we're Mr.. J. w. Brady,
Superintendent OF the Distributing Department
Mr.. Bovine, Superintendent OF Letter Carriers
and Mr. O'Brien. Assistant Superintendent OF
Box Department. The richly frescoed VAL
panels between the windows are draped with
heavy folds OF buntins arranged in the shape OF
arches: and the panel in front OF postmast,ssi s,s
framed imss With i, the % nasion.l colors.
The Police Central once was enlivened yester-
dAv by the workmen who. under the superin-
Of Detectives Adams and TnOmps D,
were com pletnz the preparations for iluminat-
Ing the sdince to,mSrrow night Sso Aater ate tn'
cd from the windows md the BIS panes o. giasi
in the Mulberry street front. behind each o.
cd with sheets Of red, white, and blue tissue
paper.
TIE FREE SWIMMING BATHS.
Over eight thousand men and boys were ad
day. The baths were opened at O'Clock. anS
the crowd In waiting was so unruly that th
Of the mum Der had already commenced the cele
brstion Of the tth by taxing too much liquor
the water At tho Fifth street bath thre- hun
drsd were admitted In the ntst batch, com
e ch Closet The tank wDs so crowded tna
1t was impossible for the oathers to enjoy them
selves. twenty minutes were allowed, and I'M
eoell warned the oathers that time was uT
bome refused To go out and the Keepers ha'
considerable trouble in ejectine them. shol
time was given them 20 put on their clothes
aud then the keepers we4t the round Of ID
closets aud hurried up the dilatory ones.
10, was permitted to enter lh y came In wit
such rush th.t they carried the polceme
forced to put " the braces TO prevent the door
from being broken down Ly the pressure Of th
aud il there Is sny room left the boys are take
In. The latter try all sorts OF plans to gain ad
maIy. II is dinicuIt to prevent them from r,
pe4ting. After bath they will sun themselvt
Tor awhile, blacken their faces and hands wit
nlQal "A
seven hours yesterd ~ at both baths there was
constant rush, and the time Of each batch wa
shortened "A few minutes IN order to accommt
date all Of them. Some waited for hours in lin
60 take their turn.
foot OF FIFTH street. the number diminished,
the boys discovered sunken scow on the sid
Of the bulkh ad from which they could pluns
the Central Park was crowded with visito
Oh foot and IN every conceivable kind VI yehicl
SUNDAY BOAT RACING.
An ln eresting race for single sculls was rowe
IN South Brooklyn Yesterday morning. The
were four contestants, J, Campi n, Geor
Wade, arTen Smith, and ihOm : Forrest. tn
course was from the Long dock at the foot
HICKS sire I To Hunts dock ana return loI
three miles. Messfs. Wm win, John smit
snd Joshua Myers were the judges. Mr.. lrw
give a silver cup for hrst prize, aud there was
gold boat Charm and sllk Il y Tor second !
third LriZes. The st.rt was made al e:lo A
Campiou caught the water first ana drew aw
before dozen strokes Into slight lead whi'
he Increased considerably before he round'
The mile and halt 81 axe boat Going up W u'
took the Bay Ridge shore, keeping secoi
place. smith astflrd. on the Chcmic | doc
Forrest, VINO had been pulling finely, got
III wash Of q steamer, whch nlled his sh'
with water and lott him good ch nee for wi
nj 9 second ur third prize. Campon tu n d Il
mile a d "a hal axe b Dat fret, Wade selou
Smith thrd. half 4 mile tom ,he turn Wa'
drew w N Camplon aud went 10 the from
Within few yards OF the 1nish however, Car
pion made uegperate spurt ana came IN WI
Der, beating Wade by short leBth, smith W!
third, several -nLIns uehind Wale. A four
prize Of leather med+i W maize up for Fu
rest. There WIS u h.ve been double set
race but as CampiOn hal hur one Of his nan
II was postponed until the Fourth.
CENrESHIAL RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
A Centennial service wa held yesterday at &
EOlrteenth street Presbyterian Church. u
pastor, the Rev. Mr.. MdrliuR, y cached from 4
tex =, righteousness exdl'elh nation, put
4 reproach TO any peOple," and "Chhdrei
ohildren are the crown Of old men, and
glory OF children are their fathers lie r. view
the past history Oi the Government ana
church. aud. syOwiDR himself "a loyal Euglls
man" said tn1t no one joined more ne.rtlly
rejoicing yer the success Of the American T
ton than Engla ld's present sove .egn que
Victoria. lnls being the twenty NTH annlv,
s4Iy OF he Fourteen street Church. the p 81
reviewed. COuglze ely L. history. he church,