The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-04

Gun had hardly begun to roll over the city be-
for, the afr W nlled with the music Changing
and chiming of hundreds OF bells the people
shou cd until the noise seemed to be echoed
buck fr 'm tho sky: the roar OF the canuons
b. at Mcrnineside, where Kpowiton W
killed, and the whole sky blsz.d with
bursting rockets aud halis and streams Of
hre. ihe four wooden sheds at the corners Of
Union square seemed to have become fountains
OF nre. scouting streams and bubbles Of colored
windows and sidewalks In the neigbbornood
shot forth Roman candles aud small rock It's,
exceeding 10 beauty the most brill ant display OF
meteors. AID loud enough to be he ird over all
the Oio the 300 brass pieces on the grand stand,
under the direction OF Allen Dodwnrth, played,
a.. a .@'' 0'a never played before Hail. Column
The cheering grew more tumultuous every
moment. There were men, women and chit
dren OF all nationalities In that enormous audit
ence. Cosmopolitan New York, with her popu-
lstion gathered from all quarters OF the Riooc,
seemed to have emptied I self into this blazing
square, With the one thought and purpnss OF
celebrating the brotherhood that binds all races
into one. The Irishman stood beside the Yam
kee and the knckerbocker, and the German
was shoulder to shoulder with the Frencbman,
end tho negro's risht TO he clad was not denied,
and so oil cheered and threw up their hats to-
"God bless America," sid white-haired and
withered msn, dressed In an old Continental
uniform snd IL ming trembling against a tree,
while tho tears trickled down his furrowed
cheeks, as The music and the cheering rolled
this. sos looked do forw"rd WI TO Il Ou so hopeiSiIy % %
but Just month ago she died, and her last
worIs we're How ! wanted 10 zee the snding
This jubilee OF noise. music, and Ore lasted
for many minutes. and wnen II ceased and the
cheering OF the multitude became hushed, the
600 singers, who had been training for weeks for
this supreme moment began TO sing Beetho
Glory Of God" The words oi the hymn rolled
solemnly among the trees, and the people who
were near enough TO near them kept silence
until the singing was over. Then at u signal
simultaneously at the northwest and southwest
corners OF the square blazed out two nllegoric !
representations. Ono was the Centennial
Tribute. representing In colors a q gantic Amer
lean coat OF arms with fiery picture Of Wash
ineton over 1t. and revolving wings throw
"1716, July 4. 1870" was the glowing legend on
the shield. The other lieces represented naures
OF l. berty and Justice, with Washington again
In the midst. and the words Liberty and jus
tice universal" The STATUE OF Lincoln stood
close by this piece Of fireworks. and when light
cd by the blsze, its total lack OF decoration
seemed strikingly insppropriate.
After those allssorical REPRESENTATIONS had
burned themsrlyes out, the 81 ger. sang r.
Lichners Hall the Atlantis" Meanwhile
the crowds seemed to increase. The snace IN
the rear Of the torch bearers was iled with peo-
pie. and the cheering and buzzing multitude.
unable to nnd room for Itself IN the square,
flowed BACK Ia compact columns into the broad
After tue singing two other al! eoricsl pieces
we're hred, the one representine the Rock OF
Liberty" aud bearing IN fiery letters under a
bust OF Washington the words "Libert, for
ever, and the. tper picturlns the Landing OF
pll,s we're patriotically cheered, and then the
great choir sang " he Star Sp,ngieu Banner"
TINS touched the chord Of PATRIOTISM 10 thou
sands OF breasts. aud the multitude began TO
Join ~ the singing, swelling the sound louder
aud higher, until the sublime words OF the song
rolled grandly ABOVE the noise Of ex ylodine nre-
works and the murmur Of the thousands VINO
were beyond ear shot Of the choir. The enthu-
siasm grew and spread from rank to rank as the
singing proceeded, and when the last verse:
Oh thus be II ever. when freemen shall stand,
Bet~ cen our loved home anu The wars des nation
Blessed site victory and peace. may the heavenesued
Prsl-e the Power that hath made and preserved us
nAtionl
Then conquer must. for our cause II 10 inst.
And this De our motto, "Is Con 1 TRusr -
And the starspsngled banner triumph snail wave
OR The and Of the Tree and the home OF the brave
died away from manv thousand lips, a cheer
arose that fairly rent the heavens with Its ecno.
Then the united bands played medley Of pa-
trio ic airs. while from the wooden sheds again
burst forth streams NJ brilliant FIRE. rockets aud
lis OF ligb', ana all over the broad expanse II
the CITY tho SKY was nlled with shooting and
bursting Fireworks. This oisplay concluded the
opening celebration OF the Centennial We ". as
10 had been arranged by the Executive COM
mittee, but the people seened To- feel that upon
them Individually oeyolyed the dutv Il keeping
up the jubilee. and at intervals untl daylIsnt
the nrlng of guns ana fireworks continued.