The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-07-08

seated on the elevated platform @! a one horse
dray. arrayed in full pl~niatiOn style and exag-
geFated inlly up to The lark, who gave excellent
vocal and instrumental music from time to time
as the procession moEd through the principal
streets, followed by a cosiantly increasing crowd
Of highly amused specltors. until at 8 O'Clock
the masqueraders rctured to their starting point
and broke mp.
In th, Church.
The signers of the Lclaratiou of independence
reyerently a. appealed tohe Supreme Being to bear
witness TO the rectitudeof their intentions - and
ever since, during the lase of a hundred years, the
American people in rery village and hamlet
throughout the Union I've maintained the practice
of assembling in their plies of worship on each re-
curing 4th of July to rejce and give thanks.
At1l O'Clock, A. NJ tn Stone Church of Kawaia-
hao was filed with the foign and native population
of the city. The House vas neatly decorated with
evergreens and flags, a hadsome engraving of WASH
ington and his generals hing suspended in front of
the pulpit. Occupying II latter were His Ex. H. A..
Pierce, U. 5. Minister Rodent and President of the
Day Surgeon G. w. W'd, L. 5. S. Lackawanna
Orator of the Day Preient Pratt of Oahu Col
lege, Reader of the Dearation of Independence :;
and the Rev. H. II. Paser, pastor of the Church.
The Hawaiian Military Ind, under the leadership
of Mr.. Berger, was statioei in the gallery, and gave
effective music, while t. singing by the choir of
twenty-four voices, was dremely good. The OPEN
ing prayer by the Rev. Ir. Parker was truly elo-
quent the reading of thimmortal Declaration we
have never known excelle on any previous location
in distinctness and em,asis and the grafton,
(Which we give in full in tday's paper) was erudite,
terse, and gracefully delbred and the singing of
the " Star Spangied Banu as a solo by Mrs. ]. IL.
Patty was perfect melody TIT charmed every listener.
1t one o'clock the
American MiDter Resident
Received Il large compan of guests to lunch in a
spacious and handsomelyecorated pavilion adjoin-
ing the legation at the cner of Judd and Liliha
streets Among those prent were II. R. H. Prince
Leleiohoku and member & Inc lie King S STAFF. and the
entire Diplomatic and onsilar Corps.
After SO the Day W Celebrate - had been duly
honored, Major J. II. yOdehOuse, II B. Ms Com
missioner spoke as follWs
YOUR ExCELLENCY AID GENTLEMEN II ask for per
mission to preface by n FEY ralarks the toast with which
1 have been entrusted on thi occasion. And firstly L de
sire to offer my sincere uneatuIations upon the success
of the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. L may be
pardoned for aIuding o te cordlanty ana zeal with
which Her Majesty's GCerment lent themselves to pro
mote by every means lIIn tlei power the SUCCESS d
that great undertaking. Its a pleasure to be able 20 add
that for no nation have te ohiladelphians expressed more
kind feelings than Tor tit country whose severance from
her trans-A tlahtic colOrS it is the object of the Centei-
NAL TO commemorate. md, Sir, so should 1t be: We
have buried the enmitieDf former generations! :, We can
now see that it was fUrle benefit of both Empires that
one word more. ThCnited states are now entering
upon the second century, their national life. Sir, L wish
them God speed on theiyay. To use the metaphor of Il
celebrated American notist-' the track is not free from
briars :, the track of VT nation or individual is ? But
as 1 believe that the hrt of the American people is
honest and true, so L anconident that they will be able
10 remove the obstructie which impede their free pro-
gress, and that for AMIGA a great and noble future is
reserved. And now, gelemen, I call upon you to join
with me in drinking thHealth of the President Of the
United States of Americi
In response, the bit gave 50 Her Most Gracious
Majesty, the Queen Ofjreat Britain
NJ. Ballieu, Consul France, offered a toast in the
following words
Though a very inper;t orator in English, 1 cannot
permit the celebration oihe Centennial Of the Indepeud-
toast which. 1 trust, wilIe cordially received by all. To-
day a large concourse Cyour countrymen, residing IN
France, unite in placing ~mmemorat inscription upon
the tomb Of Lafayette. his impressive incident proves
c cacL1 rs in + the b burial rial; Of fss, they are sun more eficient
to protect, 70 cherish anco consolidate friendships, from
whence originate the bents of peace. Nr. Minister, the
toast which 1 have the hoi TO propose In the name of
my Government and otdl my eompatriots VIII be a
meet to-day, and 1 place rs cast under the patronage of
Lafayette and the memOrOf Washington, that Industrious
patriot, who has surpasse tie most glorious examples of
antiquity, and whose exaph cannot be surpassed in the
and fraternity between tie wo sister Republics of the
United states and of Franz.
To which Mr.. Peirce elied
GENTLEMEN, My esteemd -iend aud colleague. who so
worthiIy represents Francen his country, has just now by
his speech aud toast, tOuchd Don themes which stands con-
spicuou- in the RevolutiOnyyRnnal Of The United States,
and are prominent to-day in the grateful recOllections of
more than forty millions ofnyountrymen
France was the first and Glyally of America. and in our
days Of weakness, contribute :nerous assistance, and lent
to 'our cause those ilustrbuF renchmen Lafayette, RO-
chambeau De Estaing, De craze and many others, WING CO.
operated with Washington ii te struggle for American In
dependence. / feel proud # he fact, that my ancestors
marched to victory in the di-isn ms commanded by Lafayette
and Northumberland that h friendships formed between
the OFFICERS OF the allied foreSaye continued through their
descendants, and the peopleoboth countries, 10 the present
time.
To commemorate and nlutIte the sentiments of friend
ship and fraternity eXistiG between the two peoples:
France by private contributes OF her citizens, is about 10
Statue-a female figure: repeating Liberty holdings torch
to lfEht the world. ThereluS it remain through coming
generations expressive OF IL Iudabe sentiment Ola great
nation, and a beacon light Z lie mariner.
Permit me to close, by offrig a toast - the Marshall
President Of France: the CoIyvator Of liberties and pros
perity Of the French people.
The health of their Nhjties the King and Queen
of Hawaii was duly bOmri. In response to THE
Crater of the Day DR. Wods made the following
remarks:
1 am exceedingly Obliged pr the kind words which
have been addressed to me, Wich, 1 fear, are so entirely
undeserved. of course 1 rarOt be blind 10 the fact that
il was = great compliment toelect a young stranger Ike
- Er thn M rEIflT at Centennial EHFlT