The daily gazette., 1877-09-12
DAY CELEBRATED.
RATTLE OF BRANDY
VE-THE SERVICES IN
OF
THE EVENT. .o 1917 sia

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TABg CARRIES OFF THE PALM
ATTENDANCE-A LARGE 49,
CROWD PREsENT-THE q"
SPEAKERS, ETC. %
s.v has passed and gons, ana no
will remain fresh In the memory
| reds & Of persons. 9N'e day alluded
pssterdav. the one nundreth amt
oftbe Battle of Braudywine, bt :
|be forces of the English comman-
'bief, Sir william Howe, and The
| ot his Country, General George
|rton. Early in the mornipg the
kom of the canuon wa heard in
|tern part of the city, AMI those
hd perforee forgotten the day,
minded of it by those Instruments
larry death into the ranks Of an
|ay was ushered in by cloudiness,
sneral regret was expressed by. a
Hmbe of persons as they, gazed
ke low hangine clouds, fearing fe &
IA rain, and thereby somewh'it
the arrangements that had bsen
II a proper observance, of the day.
sho had the affair in charge, how
4 not falter but carried out the
hme to the letter. rf -
|ngh the battle took place Upon
lvania soil, the people of tnat
b not take any steps toward cele>
|the event, and as was said upon
bnd Yesterday, it would have been
i failure if few public spirited
his city, head by Eth Crozier, had
\ the affair in hand. 1t YVES a
Die fact that of the large Gro wa
three-fourths were from this CITY
surroundi Ig country.
tOclock a. m, a special train of
euger cas- all filed left on the w
b. r. for Chadd's Ford, arriving
hortIy after 10 o'clock. Previous
fain time the American Rifles, 45
beaded by the City Cornet Band,
fir arnory at Sixth and Market
1ndgave a Shortstreet parade. They
down King to Second, then to
cigar store, where a short halt
ede for the purpose of allo wing
fsty Senate, about 25 ia nu mi ber
Them As the train passed along
it was greeted with the, waving
ikerchiefs, and at a number of
|puNes the stars and stripes were
TO the breeze. Upon the arrival
pain atits destination IL was greet
the dis"harging of a cannon.
ose on b ard had disemb; riedl
laSiOrmeu and the crowd marche,1
haIf mile to a hotel, where a
It was made, when a march was
hen the march was again taken
pmerS v oods, situated in a high
put half a mile from the hotel
he exercises were held. Upon
lyal of the Wilmington delega-
Re were very few persons present
round, but there was a goodly
at The hotel. After arriving on
pnnd' the military was brought
pIeSs front, the band played
td, white and blue" "Columbia
Of the Ocean" and "Yankee
The military then stacked
pd broke ranks. In the mean.
eparatlons were going on for the
Ol a stand for the speakers, and
iced the Rifles, and msmre.a ]
ne people. During the arrange :
the afternoon ceremonies, the
VI those on the ground disper-
lamoled over the histolic grounds
sv.r their inclinations led them,
my IN which the battle took is a
rugged one, abounding in hills
aOuuta' n high, and iIterspersed
Ivy raVlnes and narrow defiIes,
o'clock Hon. T. r. Bayard,
+, Wales. His Honor Mayor
y ana son of Mr.. Bayard al.
Nh oIe motel, Tm, and after dining with
IN "orrllow, repaired to tbe
a. sr / o'clock The fssemblape
!" ~, 10 order, and the following
H were elected officers of tbs
ts,id y, L.l!' It, Of Brandywine Hun
.rr;Nen'i ;iHen'i ice Presidents, Frank.
na, lnU|, OF Pennsyl lvaiia, Phi
,rara vu"auier, and Thomas NJ. Ogle,
Hu, ,eecreta. .es, r. q. Fraim,
an a, ,I ,IIa'dner Littell then asked a
Ou ,Ie meeting,
e,:S tsG'u was first introduced and
Atta, WIN long and continued ar
nrec',.;na r thanking those present for
pr,allon nroton shown HIM, and refer
6.i, 6,,lill' nary manner to the day
n"t % celebrated, he said, that
not @ the oc~ SION of a sneces.,, @
4 ,vas waS On the American SIDE, the
Bnt tS@ Ss greater than on the British
u,s s n1 ~ thought, and hal no doiIbt
5IjSb e. nosasllngton's idea to engage
4 phiI iiplGes I'3 at that place in order
Won ons'.ad1ae,lphia, a1 and how well he
Il, il wa a,i Know. because It was
||pme m, e,o' was no reason why we should
'ibne;inorate iba;n the event. We shonid
b. , tardl names from oblivion, and
N SSenndefly for them because thew
Aelin% We must imagine
kdoms of as they stood fighting foI
Iaat ou vi ,,il Their countl y and suffer
i faiInrra' r 'niS ground. He thought
b stone VI one good man was the
|cod 'C'te nf u, 70 some other good man
hion Of th Ine martgfs became the
that tba ahe T. Christian Church, and
|freedono o Os ,oss OF Braudywine give
fread or o. Tl The country. Hehad
but mee, mo .Inought of any thing ne W
u Inn t',, so man7 tina the knew
bd and ie ra l a certain sense OF bro.
|Thser,e. hs,. no no doubt they felt the same aSi
tfe4l deal ont occasions when mar
b ali of,h,y ofhpiy and differently; for II
knd dI,n9llc. mn a BIT to day we "fp fsaI
gronnaSS aS9uo I,,. there was not, ons
\ 10 i'aS Sen ont feels that he would
|there, Ia" o"p'e.hlng like those wI,o
things yea's n, a9c. There is a time
}rSles il 'e ~ no right 10 snsta d poli.
u the on, was not for ,he general
z politics W." ~ Doweverywe NAV
is for ,l'a lMeshould abandon them
banking I thgeeCd coed Of cur country
'eh;ion' . ba nose present for thei,
|ed that me, ne closed by saving tba,
1dresS" = good would Come To 81 ma n,,
4. "'' frequently, 'lns interraetsS 4S1ensd :, :,
Mm, G. R1i.A ~ :. W. J