The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-04

80, ,.tr rEKtTIoN AT PHILADELPHIA
,.,.r,>n rsGrANTIY OF LAST NIGHT
80, ACCOMMODATIONS OF ViR-
,,.r,,ors TO CENTENNIAL LITE
.,r,.py-LlRERT GUNS FIXED IN
.,,,iyoxp LAST NIGHT-IioW TIE fTH
tn RI OBSERVED HERE.
.,..,rrc.,opdcut OF the New York Her
,..,,;,,,, from philadelphia, said in Sum
''.i r,',. ,i..nt Of the Sd will witness ccrc-
me ike OF which has never been seen
t..'r. in this city. Il will be grand torch
.l, ,grgdr oi the workingmcn from the
".sl,,nlr;c,. roling-mills, print-works,
5;n.-,bnl>. and similar establishments,
.". ,.r.,rn ti,is city possesses larger num-
t.r than anv other in the Union.
Tar President Of the United States has
r.,,, invited. and General Coils says he VIII
.....rt An invitation has also been given
..i'. Brazi!iAn Emperor (Dom pedro) ana
f5. .ui1 OF the Governors invited three
i.,. olrcady promised to be hcrc-GoVcrnor
U,,,rani,, Governor Rice OF Massachusetts,
'ni Governor Peck OF Vermont. Governor
%.,a,,,.r. OF Virginia. has sent his regrets.
Tt. original suggestion OF haring the pa
,I.. ,,rnu the Fourth was changed at the
:,.,gnrr oi General c. Ii. L. COILS. the
r.,,u, city solicitor. not alone TO avold the
...f,rrucc with other society movements
IN, we're previously organized, but TO save
,u.. discomfort which would be the natural
rau,rqllrnrc OF IN exposure TO the noohuaS
,ry # such vast multltudeS.
!. ,I,r stroke II midnight there will be
,,. I,udrrl runs fired in Washington
square. followed Immediately U! tle pear
iug Of thirteen strokes upon lhe peil .n
honor II he thirteen original states. l. 10
and l>1G will then be rllnS. closing WIN
tllrty-ri.lt l.ralS IN honor OF the NUMBER OF
STATE, in this present centennial year. 81
multau"ou>Iy with this first peat II Is sug-
.,>tcd that the >criptural chant "'lorE 10
God In the highest and on eartll peace, soou
will 10 men, be flashed over the wires 10
all the nations.
TIE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
r,o ,.trio,ir iuhilcc will eliminate on
,,,, ,,,or;,us an when there will hc n series
.; t.,I,I,r,inr, frnm d,y)ioi,, uutil mid
ri.b,-s,.y,ral simultaneously. The day
,,iIjI., rnmmrmnr1tjcd hy paradcs OF mill
,,r. unli,irlI. and civic organizations. an
uual meetings. irdIcationS. conventions OF
societies. and the grand Centennlal
celebration III independence square.
The day VIII he ushcrcd IN WIN
unu>uHi ceremonies. Inc great pen III
iIri""rr 81 INDEPENDENCE liail VIII greer
the morn with a national salute. All the
rullnr> in the city will be played, old Christ
church belts among the number. All tho
"ar yr>-"I> oi our own and foreign nations
in the port will fire national Sa'uteS, and az
II. tr,tIE 4.
will greet ia" sunrise with echoes. AS tf
III" bands of music that will play 1t WoulC
nr simply mpossihp 10 detail them, every
"'ri, political, or social club having Its own
NTH !H'di"r.
N'N' III "Fdtr ol time VIII he tue Srea'
''h''h'liAI iMr'de, preparations lor "hicL
."N' '"'h on l"ol lor Il year past, "llcn TIC
formation OF '!c tch'chnlal Legion !oi one
company from each OF lilc original tIilrlccn
I'i''''>l WAS begun. Inc procession VIII
form at " quartcr-pa>t : y. NJ, the right
resting AZ Broad and Chestnut streets, III the
centre of thr city. Governor Hartranft, OF
Pennsylvania. Will be the commandcr-ln-
chief. and hr estimates that about 10000
men WIZ 4" me.
1HE LITERARY SERVICES.
immediately upon the conclusion of the
Iaih'W inc Ntnltunlal COtlllutillUTillNS
services. under the auspices of the Presi-
dent Of the United States and the Centcn.
uia commission. Will take place in Inde-
I~ndcncc square. 4 platform is now being
erected III lie rear OF the hall with accom-
mod1tions for 1000 people, where President
''iIil' VIII SIT II he comes, which Is not at
al certain, surrounded by his Cabinet,
inriil'rr> OF Congress, the Emperor Dom
Pedro, Prince Oscar OF Sweden, other
ioFr&n dignitries, visiting Governors OF
"' ''Ii""s states, the Centennial Commits
sion. Nc.
TIE PROGRAMME.
The ceremonies to be observed under the
direction Of the United states Centennial
Commission in commrmorotion of the one
hundrcdth anniversary OF the Declaration OF
Independence OF the United states of
America will take place in Independence
SQUARE, Philadelphia, July 4, beginning ut
~ \. NJ, or soon thereafter, upon conclu-
sion 0, The military review. The following
order will be observed:
lie" fnmmS.J T',i w., Wv t,ls ihe uie.t hePuo-
nnhit, and arranged for the occasion by
tle composer, George f. Bristow, of New
York; Orchestra, 7. S. Gilmore, director.
;. The President of the Commission will
TaII Ca. The assembly to order and announce the
a:n>rnce, the Nice-Presidcnt, as the presid-
ny officer OF the day.
). PRAYER hy the Right Rev. William r.
4. Uymn w np ntshop VI renmsylVan@. =,
word, by Oliver Wendell, " Hoimss M attyns Of W.sS,'
,u">c'ts music, keller's uymn.'' Orches-
"a "iIu Chorus.
.. Reading OF the Declaration OF Inde-