The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-12

tFrom our Regular Correspondent

which the signers made their names I'M
mortal by aflixing them to that remarka-
BILE declaration. The time-worn original
declaration itself was there, and the
mayor Of the city held it up to the gaze
of shouting multitudes, and Richard
Henry Lee. grandson and namesake of
one of the signers, read it with earnest
unaffected elocution. Bayard Taylor
read poem. which think will long sur
vive the occasion and the country AMI
Hon. Vim. NJ. Eyarts delivered an ora
ton which. but tor its great length.
would serve as perfect model for all
orators of the future. As for the music.
choral and orchestral. | presume it was
worthy OF the great occasion. Oliver
Wendell Holmes had written hymn of
welcome to all nations, and Iii, Nagcsty
Dom Pedro, Emperor OF Brazil. present
ed hymn;
"GRELTING FROM Brazil,
composed at his request by \. Carlos
Comes, court musician OF Brazil; but
music on occasions OF this character
should not be OF a high, classic, or diff.
cult order. Musical sounds. un.
like poems and orations, die
in the atmosphere with It's
vibrations. Music is not played Tor pros
perity, hence the musical selections for
large popular assemblies should be OF AN
easy. familiar character that will give the
greatest pleasure to the greatest number.
When they are not of this character, it
they will not be heard the buzz and
clamor Of ten thousand voices will neu.
traliZc or drown the finest strains. Dur
ing the performance of the Greeting
from Brazil" the Emperor came to the
front of the stand, held his head TO one
side, and with his hand 10 his ear, in VAN
effort to hear distinctly tie music.
Among the distinguished personages on
the stand were the Nice-Presideut Gen.
Banks, Generals Sherman and Sheridan,
Governor Hayes, the Republican candi-
date for president, Sir Edward Thornton,
the minister from England, as we'll as
many other distinguished foreigners.
We were celebrating our escape from
British bondage, "a the saying is, and the
British ambassador was on the stand, but
no sentiment in Bayari Taylor's noble
poem excited 80 much enthusiasm as that
in which the poet referred to our English
origin, English tongue and traits.
1t Is useless to attempt description OF
the civic torchlight procession on the
evening Of the third, or OF the
GRAND MILITARY PARADE
on the Fourth Of July. Great professions
aud parades, like great battles, can be seen
only at points and in sections, and can
scarcely be seen in this way when the
pagent is in the narrow streets Of q great
city. Far more interesting than the hal,
organized bands OF citizens. hearing
torches, banners, and devices, or, than the
perfectly organized and disciplined
military-is the dense mass OF spectators
that fill the windows, trees and sidewalks,
and surge back and forth, encroach on
the streets and obstruct the passage of
the cars. There is something fearful and
sublime in an immense crowd. in this
jaXtaposition and condensation of hu-
manty. heterogeneous in condition, age,
sex, morals, life, aspirations and degrade
al a hl. ltx-ns S,l,
it. and emerge as individuals few men
lose their pocket-books and few women
lose their virtue. | saw the military pa
rade, as it passed. from the top Of an ice
wagon. a column of ten thousand SUI
perbly uniformed and disciplined troops
almost every company headed
by band OF music. The Southern mill
tary organizations attracted much atten-
tion: and won plaudits by the perfection
OF their discipline, and by the ardor with
which they joined in every patriotic
demonstration. The weather was exces-
sively warm, and many were entirely
overcome by the heat. and some OF the
companies were followed by servants
buckets of water from which
the soldiers drank at every halt.
On the evening OF the Fourth there
was IA grand display Of iireworks from
Lemon Hill in East Fairmont park. At
. O'Clock p. Id, there was a general llu-
minatlon with COlored tires which could
be seen tor great distance; next there
was grand ascension OF lire balloons
dropping at intervals in their aerial
flight beautiful lire bouquet OF many
colored light, aud then the heavens
clouded by an approaching rain, were
made resplendcnt with signal rockets.
The next display WAS AN allegory repre-
scnting the
Birth AND GROWTH
of the United States, in which
the names of the thirteen colo,
MES were written in letters of fire. A
grand explosion, like a volcanic eruption.
OF bombs bursting high in the air and
falling in every variety Of colored stars, q
Hight OF meteor and marone rockets, 4
beautiful figure of red white and blu,
lights, representing an immense cascade
anu tusilade OF bombs dropping ruby
purple, emerald, sapphire, gold and sil
Yer stars next followed, and then cam,
the pyric piece, representing Washington
ElFFDunlll with pnari.an I,,c