Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-06


ENTATION OF PRIZES.
Following in the wake of the great Centen
NAL of the nation, the first celebration of the
plorious fourth was marked, at the capital of
the State, by an amount of interest and en-
thusiasm never equaled in the present CEN
tury of our nation history. 1t had been the
anxiety pressing upon the popular mind for
weeks
PATRIOTS,
Who desired to renew the days of '76, met
in knots upon the street corners and thronged
the Capitol grounds, in earnest converse upon
the great and all absorbing topic. The large
sum of over eight hundred dollars was raised,
we believe, by the exertiOn of few self-sac
rificing citizens, and was iudiciously, if not
economically, expended. We noticed lack
of the usual rashness in the hiring of teams
for State and federal officers, which was IN
the highest degree commendable. Also, the
absence of the usual collation., was marked
feature of the day The Patriots did well,
and notwithstanding the magnifcence of the
display and the perfect disregard of expense
in every department of the celebration, it was
one of the most economically conducted en-
terprises known in the history of the State
since President Leetes retirement from the
Reno Horse Race Company, or as it is labeled
on the sign (more or less), The Nevada
Mining, Metalurgical, Neurological, Me-
chanical, Agricultural, Equestrian and Gen
eral Ability Society"
Was ushered in with the usual ringing of bells,
with the anvil chorus accompaniment, calling
the boys to duty and driving Murphys, the |
drowsy god, to some distant resting place in
the far away hills. We know of one citizen |
who has not paid his water bill this month"; |
who leaped from his couch with the wild idea |
of a fire in the neighborhood, and put his !
head through the looking glass in mistake for |
the window
THE STREETS
Were gaily dressed in bunting, and the star
spangled banner waved and wobbled and was
wrapped around posts and dangled from the
shoulders of happy boys and stood in the hats
or was pinned to the breasts of pretty girls
in fact was everywhere. The dealers therein
and the vendors of fre-crackers and other
kinds of pop were jubiant; the boys and
girls and everybody happy, all waiting for
THE PROCESSION,
Which formed at the usual hour and in the
usual way: The right resting on the wrong
place, and the left left scattering under the
direction of few aids, who did not know what
they were trying to do, aided by the sugges-
tions of the peripatetic gentlemen who adorn
the edge Of the sidewalk While the frantic
efforts of the officers of the day were thus be-
ING made. and the substitute for the car Of
State, which carried the Little Girls Band, l
would persist in getting into the wrong place,
the Carson Guards, marching with perfect
precision and presenting a most creditahle {
military appearance, proceeded to the Capitol '
under the command of Lieutenant Morgan, !
for the purpose of escorting the [
MEXICAN VETERANS, /
Who were assembled in the Executive S
Chambers. Though not large as to num- t
bers, they are soldiers of the true stamp, P
and promptly at the post Of duty. As
we saw them march off it was with sigh '
Of regret, not only for the decrease in num- t
hers of the old guard but that they have re e
,eived so little return for their self-denving Il
abor, and that their noble efforts have failed b
% call forth from the "pOwers that be" the c.
honest tribute of at least the laurel crown of
lonor and praise. The veterans were E. B. '
labriskie of the Illinois Volunteers, in COM Il
nand, Orrin NJ Beckstead, Indiana Volun- u
GERS, color bearer, VIM, Garrard of the 10th o
Infantry and DR. Billings of the First Artil- CT
cry. And here we may be permitted to
make
OUR LITTLE SPEECH e.
On this national occasion. When we find tt
he representatives of the heroes Of '47 re- OF
luced to such numbers, the heart of every p;
American throbs with a softer pulsation. If tt
he Federal Government ever intends to re- d.
,ay the self sacrifice, devotion, courage and W
endurance Of these men who laid at the feet m
f the nation the untold wealth ard strength W
nd beauty and life of the Pacific coast, ii is II
ime it was coming to the front. If it does L
ot there will soon be none remaining to ~
tretch forth the long -held-back hand, and IT,
MY here and there a head strong enough to TT
ear the laurel wreath. Perhaps the nation lie
mean enough to take advantage of just this by
tate Of affairs and wait to regret it when all ".