The Morning herald., 1876-05-10
CENTENNIAL.
THE OPENING DAY.

Official Programme
Celebrities 70 be Prssent-Othsr
Matters of Interest.
To-day the Centennial Exhibition Build
ihgs at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, will
be opened, and thousands of persons rep
resenting all nationalities will attend the
psmp and display. From various quarters
of the.country the different railways, which
with continuous lines stretch their vast net
work of rail into all sections, will pour
visitors into the Quaker City. The long
looked for day will have arrived. What
has seemed like some picture of the imagi-
nation will be realized. The monument to
the centennial of the nations birth will be
witnessed in one of the grandest displays
that has ever been made. What was in-
augurated in patriotic enthusiasm will cul-
inmate in blaze of glory and success.
The amount eff ground occupied in giving
this exhibition is enormous; it occupies two
hundred and twenty-six acres in the very
heart of the park building upon the Schuyl-
kill river, which serves greatly to enhance
the value and beauty of the scenery.
By the schedules arranged for the differ
ent roads in this State. which will convey
passengers by their different connections
with main lines to the Centennial grouuds
all Delaware will have an opportunity TO
visit it, and there will no doubt be large
influx to the grounds to-day from Whining
ton, although we must say that the Phila-
delphia and Wilmington road has made no
sacrifice to themselves in the offer they
make, which is one dollar for the round
trip. The in1ucement comes into
play in taking the passengers out to the
grounds, which would amount by street
cars to about fifteen cents Announcement
has been made in these columns Of the
schedule time upon which the trains will
run on this road, and special train arrange
Inents for to-day are announced by the Will
mington & Western Railroad. Trains will
leave Landcnberg at 6 45 and 45 a. M,
arriving at the Exposition grounds, Dia p,
W. q B. K. r., at 8 30 and II O5 a. m.
Returning, there will be two trains west
ward, Oeaving Philadelphia at and 6 49,
and reaching Landenberg at 80 and 81.
Excursion tickets will be sold at the W. Il
w. Offices good enough to the Exposition
grounds and return.
The following official bulletin gives in1or-
nation of the programme which will lie OBJ
served at the opening:
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.
The United States Centennial Commission
announces the following orders and pro-
gramme for the opening of the Interna tional
Exhibition on the 10th inst.
The Commission, with the concur ing
counsel of the Board of Finance, instructed
its officers to give formal invitations only to
persons in official positions, to those oltici-
ally connected with the Exhibition and to
members of the press, by reason of the
impossibility of discriminating among the
numerous and generous supporters of the
enterprise.
All the gates except those at the east end
of the main building will be open to the
public at nine A. NJ, at the established rate
of admission.
The main building, Memorial Hall and
Machinery Hall will be reserved Tor guests
and exhibitors until the conclusion of the
ceremonies, about one P. NJ. :, when all re
strictions will be withdrawn.
The President Of the United States will
he escorted to the Exhibition by Governor
Hart1anft, of Pennsylvania, with a division
or more Of troops from Pennsylvania and
New Jersey.
Invited guests will enter the main build
ing from the carriage concourse at the east
end or by the south middle entrance on Elm
avenue. The doors will be open to them Al
nine A. N. They will pass to the platform
in front Of Memorial Hall through the
north middle doors Of the main building n,
should occupy their places before quarter
past ten A. NJ. All the space in the vcinit,
OF the platform, save what may be needec
for passage, will be open to the public.
The orchestra of 80 pieces and the choru
of voices will be under the direction o
Theodore Thomas, assisted by Dudley Buck
PROGRAMME.
1. Quarter past ten A. M.-National Airs
by the Orchestra.
2. Halfpast ten A. M.-Arrival of til
President of the United States.
4. "Centennial Inauguration March," b.
Richard Wagner.
4. Prayer, by the Right Reverend Bisho
Simpson.
5. Hymn, by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Music, by John X. Paine, of Mass.
Organ and Orchestral accompaniment
6. Presentation of the Buildings to tn
Commission by the President of tn
Centennial Board of Finance.
Z. Cantata, by sidney Lanler, OF Georgia
Music, by Dudley Buck, of Conn.
Basso solo, by Myron W. Whitney, 0
Boston.
8. Presentation Of the Exhibition to tn
President of the United States by tn
President of the Centennial Commis
sion.
Q. Address by the President of the U s
10. unfurling Of the Flag. Hallcluja
Chorus, Salutes of Artillery an
Ringing of the Chimes.
II. Procession through the Main Buidin
and Machinery Hall.
IL. Reception by the President of tn
United States in the Judges Pavilion
No flags or ensigns, except such as al
permanently fixed in the buildings, will b
displayed on the morning of the 10th unt
the signal be given. The organs and othe