National Republican., 1877-07-04
FOURTH O. JULY.
NOW THE HOLIDAY WILL ne CELE-
BRaTED Nv WIsHIHGTON.

No Fire-Crackers Aiiowcd-Thc Oldest In
habltants VIII Have an Oration-But the
Majority Of the Inhabitants win Go Away
on Excursions.
This Is the Fourth Of July. Every young.
stcr in the land who has inherited the least
bit of patriotism has been counting the days
for tho past month. They have dreamed Of
rockets and candles, and noisy crackers, and
saucy torpcdoes, and whizzing wheels, and
lively "dcvil-chascrs'' every night The men
who make ordinances for the city do not ap-
preciate q boys feelings. They do not know
what fun is. That is tho verdict which the
boys have reached. To-day, II any rash young
American, carried away by excessive patriot
ism, shoots cracker in the street, sends up
rocket or tics fireworks to a dog, he will be
nabbcd by Mr.. Gatchel's valiant police.
The old folks ought to go out of town on
Fourth of July and let the boys have the city
all to themselves. Then there would be
roar, and smoke and smell of burnt powder all
day. Horses would run away, hoascs would
burn up and there would be regular old.
fashioned Fourth, such as used to be enjoyed
when old people had as much patriotism as
boys. There will be no general celebration
to-day. At sunrise, at noon and at night Maj.
Hanncman's artillery will fire q salute Of one
hundred guns from Judiciary square. At6
o'clock this morning Prof. Widow will ring,
the chimes.
The Oldest Inhabitants will have their usual
celebration, In which they will he Joined by
the veterans Of 1879, and the Mexican Fctcr-
ans at noon at tho City Hall. The Dcclara-
tion of Independence will be read. and Horatio
n. Easily. crl.. will deliver an oration. The
celebration of the day began at midnight, and
for half an hour or more there was great
racket all over the city. Within the past few
years excursions OH the Fourth Of July have
become very fashionable. People have shown
their patriotism by going out in the woods OF
sitting on benches and drinking beer, or taking
sails down the river.
This custom was probably originated by
persons who wanted to get away from the
noise and danger in the city Now something
must be found to save them from the bore Of
the excursions. Enough excursion trains and
boats will leave the city to-day to empty the
whole District of Columbia II they are all
well p,tronizcd.
The steamer Charlotte Vanderbilt left last
evening for Pincy Point taking large cxcur-
sion party under the auspices of the Y. NJ.
c. A. The steamer will arrive there, 1t is cx-
pcctcd. at o'clock this morning. The party
will spend the day in whiting the salt air,
taking surf baths, Grabbing, eating dinner and
hunting for places to sit down. They will
leave for home this evening. and get back to
Washington at o o'clock tomorrow morning.
At $50 this morning an excursion train will
leave by the Baltimore and Ohio road for Har
pers Ferry This is a very delightful trip.
The Baltimore and Ohio road will also run
three special excursion trains to Baltimore,
leaving at s, $50 and 10 a. m. Arrangements
have been made for carrying the cxcursiOnists
by steamer to Holly Grove.
The steamer Arrow will make two trips to
Mount Vernon, leaving the Sevcnth-strcct
wharf at 10 a. M. and p. m, and returning at
4 p m. and p. m. This will give one an op-
portunity to spend a whole day ut Mount Vcr-
non, and there is no more delightful place for
spending quiet Fourth.
! The ladies Of the Wesley chapel givo their
annual excursion to the Great Falls to-day
The boat will leave the Aqueduct bridge at
A.. M.
The Mary Washington will make three trip,
down the river to Mount Vernon Springs and
Marshall Hall. Passengers will be conveyed
in carriages from the Springs to Mount Vernon
mansion.
| An excursion train will leave the Baltimore
and Potomac depot for Richmond at o O'Clock
this morning. The excursion Is given by tn,
Waugh NJ. L. church. The excursion viii
leave Richmond for home at 6 o'clock thi.
| evening