Evening star., 1877-08-17
The Remington Centennial
BRIEF SPEECHES OF PRESIDENT HAYE
AND MEMBEks uE Tie CARLNEr.

BRIFF SPEECHES OF PRESIDENT HAYES
AND MEMBERS UF THE CABINET.
TIE celebration Of .he centennial anniver-
sary of TIE battle of Bennington, VI, was
concluded at that place yesterday. An ora
ton was delivered oy Prof. Bartlett, poem
written by VIM. Cullen Bry yant (printed in
Mrs Marie Mason (also in yesterdays STAR
was surg. Speeches were also made by Pre-
sident Hayes and members OF his Cabinet.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH
was as follows:
Ladies and Pello,c- Gnzens:-I need not say
10 you that am grateful for ihis greeting. 1
am greatly obliged 10 those who had charge
of this celebration for their courtesy in Civ
ing me an opportunity TO enjoy with them
the ceremonies OF this day. am quite sure
hone of us will forget its occurrence. The
BOtahle event of the battle of Bennington, so
great Rn event toward national inlepeni
ence, am sure all feel IL has beea fiily cele
brated to-day. Only think of the process ION
that We beheld ali hour or two ago! Citizen
soldiers, so disciplined; soldiers from Yer
mont, from Connecticut, from MaSsarhu-
sets and New Hampshire. were here. IAp-
plsuse- But more touching than all the
long procession were the veterans OF the
union army, survivors of the .2O0 battles
that saved the nation and made liberty
throughout the world forever possible. y p
plauseI And what eye was not dimmed as
We saw proudly marching with his com e
Iades that MANNED soldier on his crutch?
But, my dear friends, must not detain you.
recognize ttat among The pages OF the
full as each page was with Interesting mat
ter touching on that great event or one hun
cred years ago, that no one page OF II was
more valuable than this. And one hundred
years ago IL was meriioriOus 10 be minute
man 20 tight in the cause OF indepead adence'
Is there lot some merit in my becoming a
minute man? IApplause
sPEtCHTs BY MEMBERS OF THE CABINET.
AT the close of President Hayes speech
Secretary EvartS was called Tor aud re-
sponded as follows:
Tent fEygsgg IL -
falr that 1 should warn you that though / am
very slow TO begin speech / am much
slower TO end 1t, and know your oply v safety
is my retiring before / commence. lAp-
plause.l
Postmaster General Key was next called,
and responded as follows:
Ny DedI Friends: This call is grateful to
me. do Lot accept Ii as a personal compli-
ment TO me, but as an indication of fraternal
feeling on the part OF our northern friends
to their erring southern brethren. Zap
plausel
Attorney General Devens was then londly
called for and responded In some very well
timed remarks.
A banquet was afterwards served and fur
ther speech making INDUCED in.
THE CANAL-An Early Rcs,taptios Of Ship
rnes'ts ITobnbte.-Tuesday The president and
directors of the sapeake and Ohio Caual
held a meeting in Baltimore and made an
arrangement by which IL is expected that
coal shipme nts will shortly be resumed. The
Is 10 be come freighter, collect freight from
the shipper RS and pay IL over TO the ooatmen
or their agent. Mr.. Frederick Mertens has
agreed that If the canal company will pay
the boatmen 80 cents freight to GeorgetO va
and 95 cents TO Alexandria and the bOatmen
consent to the arran cement, he will reduce
the trippage on the very large number OF
boats on the canal purchased from him IS,
or 10 $50 per trip-thus giving the boatmen a
freight about equal Ia II ton with freights,
tolls and trippages at the present figures.
The canal company proposes to collect from
the shippers 90 cents per ton, and pay the
bOatmen an advance of cents, being equal
10 reduction OF cents per ton In tolls. rhe
tolls were 35 cents, on which a draw back of s
cents was given. The reduction noted above
will leave the company but p cents for tolls.
Mr.. Mertens yesterday laid the plan before a
number of boatmen running boats purchased
rom HIM, and procured the signatures of
hlriy to an agreement embracing the fea
u, es above stated. Mr.. Merte1s last even
ing went down the canal for the purpose of
consul ing other hOatmen upon the subject
IL is thought 8 sufficient number OF boatmen
10 start up a brisk shipping business will en-
Ter into The new arrangement.- Ctaa5tT5da ad
NI1FS l6yh