The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-03
PATRIOTISM ON A HOT DAY.
THE EPISODES OFA CELEBRATION
IN CHILDs, A. MS CITY.

THE EPISODES OF 4 CELEBRATION
IN CHILDS, A. MS CITY.
One Of tho Obituary Poets Editors Inter-
rupted-A New Collection Of Biographies
Unread. as Yet. Except By the Writers.
PHILADELPHIA, July 2.-Yesterday there
was very remarkable and unique celebration
OF some sort in Independence square and Hall,
In this city. II was announced as the celebra-
tion OF the Centennial anniversary Of the adop-
tion Of the Declaration OF independence by the
colonies In 1776. A vast concourse Of the bone
and sinew of the countIy-eood, credulous coun-
try folks, mostly-were assembled In the square
by11 A. NJ. Those who had tickets we're admitted
to seats on a monster platform. erected at the
back OF Independence Hail. ana capable OF ac-
commodatlng fully 5000 persons. Seats with
desks, for several hundred reporters. were
reserved on each side OF the speak
er's stand. Seats, four benches deep In
front of the stand, and about one hundred
chairs i'm medately around 1t were provided Tor
the specially invited guests OF this OCCASION the
mem ers OF the Congress OF Authors, many OF
whom are descendants Of the sgners OF the
Declaration OF Independence, and each one OF
whom had prepared ID sketch OF some one OF the
signers OF that document, which were banded
to a committee Of gentlemen who met them In
the hall about IL Y. NJ. At 1870 I. NJ. the great
platform outside. and the green square In front
| OF II, were densely packed with spectators.
| About nfty gentlemen and ladies OF the press
were scattered about on the seats provided Tor
| them, with pencils and note books ready
| for use when the moment for action
should arrive. Three hundred or more mu-
| sIcians, orchestra and singers included. were
nanged OF on the very steeply-inolined plane Of
a separate platform on the extreme lett, ana
| under the sparse shade OF a few trees lhey
| had no awnings over their heads, the thousands
we'll In that m amer. Most Of tho singers held
| an umbrella In one hand and a g. n In the other.
| few, aud only few, had books, The
members OF the orch .stra sweltefei IN the
broiline rays Of the sun. They played twS
Authors ard the orators OF the day marched out
| Of an upper window OF lndependence Han ahu
down the central as.e OF tue piatiormh
and looked as II they had no leader, aud did
not know where TO 60. nor what TO 90 ,
| between two fiaes, one bearing the biri OF free
dom on a field OF deep blue, the other The stars
President OF the Pennsyivani, Historical socie:
ty, to the audience. Col. wallace bowed anu
or seemed TO hear H., conversation went
straight on after he had spoken two minutes,
aud the people hah tested tne mornoyss tne
Congress OF Authors were arriving al tne tlhe;
1t would have taken man wtn tne voice ar, anu !,
himself heard in that immense, overheated, ex.
hausted crowd. Col. Wallace was pIudenty
Mr. McKean, eii or OF Mr. George w. Childss
Ledger. Mr.. Mexican had written an Grafton,
SSs began, other dstacbmonts OF the Con.
gress OF Authors began 70 make thelr
sss a.ls mr. the Mckssa did no, hsed
their approach nor their arrival. but reaa on
BY and by tall gentleman WIN os,o ,sss neao
with lady on each arm. The ladies were VINE
lie Vert and Miss Linda Gilber the & feniIsI,s .,a az
; was the courtiy representative OF tne lthhaI
Commission to the Centennial Exhibition Count
Tnat's Dom Pedro and the empress" said
! The word new from lip to lip, and cheers rama
took OF lis eyeglasses, and eazed In bew,der
J ment over his audience. Down the aisle came
which to them was an ineIoIicaole mystery
There was not even an atempt at aueh.ion ~. !.
poor Mir. Mexican after this: Ths erewa peca,n' Ann
> Mr.. Mexican turned Over a leaf Of his manuscript
, they r-pped and cheered. an, ana iauSneo SYm an'
"Cut II short Condense, condense, Mchean
; He Gould not be heard by the orator .,.
t On the outskirts Of the audience they crie'
! "Dfy upi We've had enough of that Music
! muscW ,,,.,A al
. one man got up on a bench and addressed hi
d He'd better hush. He'd ius. as well talk :.
;. him, and we don't know what all this Is about
. anyhow, and were not goin. 10 hnd out .o.uaS
> Tomorrow mornings pagers VIII teii US VIVA
all this means. lie had better dry up.
At last Mr. Mckean's Grafton was nnished
: and then came music and more speeches, ou
y although some Of the speecbes were more auu
II Bile and eloquent than Mr.. Mcheans orator
there was only a small amount OF listening.
why that great cOncourse of people lingere
., was explained when the occupants OF the seat
y around the speakers rostrum began to move
i They thought there were two royal parsonage
Q there, and they stayed TO get q good view c
them. As the Count and Nine. Le Vert descende
u the steps OF the platform they were greete
u with cheers that made the welkin ring Hat
Q few up ana handkerchief waved. The Cour
T. Was advised to 90 Ia one direction. Nine. Lever
. In another. They separated. MT. Wallace TOO
70 charge Of the lady, who, TO escape her admirer
a sought refuge n a store on Chestnut street. ~
i police vanly assured the excited throngs ina
u the Empress WAS not there. They forced the
" way to the windows, pressing their faces again'
~ ~ the panes. and kept guard over the suppose
% Empress for nearly sn hour. At last she mad
10 her exit by another door, and by tai
:, Ing nrst one and then another g
u reached her homo without much mol
,. throngng What became Of Count Dtssi an
~ Miss Gilbert | have not yet heard; but nav
ID given you the actual facts OF the celebration
the hundredth anniversary OF the edoptlon
! the Declaration Of Independence In Puilade
y, phia on Saturday as | witnessed tnem.