The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-12-06
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS FOR
THE GRANT RECEPTION.

PnLADELrHIA, Dee. End, 1879.
The preparations for the reception and
entertainment of General Grant, who, in
a fortnight, will be among US. are on a
scale of elaboration almost without prece-
dent. and the enthusiasm Of the people
in the work recalls the busy, bustling
days prior to the opening of the Centen-
NAL Exhibition in the Spring of 1876.
The various committees, led by that of the
City Council, are working tremendously.
and, what is very unusual i'll matters OF
this kind, there is no discord, no personal
ambitions to crafty, and no exceptions
to any feature of the long
PROGRAMME OF WELCOME
and festivity that has been arranged.
The reception will begin on Tuesday.
December 18th, with grand civic and
military parade, in which the Seventh of
New York and the Fifth Maryland of
Baltimore have been asked to partici-
pate and will be rendered free railroad
transportation. In tho evening of that
day there will be a reception at the elc-
CANT residence Of Mr.. George w. ChildS,
on Walnut street, to which will be i'll
vited the President and Cabinet. the Dip
lomatic Corps, the Governors Of the diff
ierent States, and the chief officers of
the army and navy. On Wednesday Gen.
Grant will hold levee at Independence
Hall, dine at tine Continental with the
Board OF Trade, and in the evening at
tend a reception at the residence OF Mayor
St"kley. The following day will be de-
voted to a
RECEPTION AND PARADE
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic, and
the evening to reception at the AGA
denny of Music, under the auspices of the
G. A. r. Friday there will be formal
receptions at the Maritime and Com
mercial exchanges, at the Board of Trade,
and in the evening the General will be
entertained ut the residence of Mr.. A. J.
Drexel. Saturday will be devoted to the
school children, and the evening to
banquet at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Sunday will be a day of rest-which, in
view of all he has got to undergo. the
General will probably fully appreciate.
but on Monday the festivities will he re-
Sumed by n reception at Girard College.
and dinner at the residence of Gen.
Robert Patterson, the bon rirant of the
Quaker City, without whom no social
reunion here is regarded as complete
Tuesday and Wednesdays programme is
not yet made out, but it will include Il
reception at the Union League. dinner at
the Continental and parade of the police
and fire departments. A ball by the
Citizens Committee at the Academy OF
Music is talked of, but there will scarcely
be time for it. Grant will.
1EIyE uEDE rnp NEu y,py
on the 24th, and, according to his present
plan, sails for Havana on the eth, al
though he may decide TO start day or
two later.
The decoration of the city will be very
handsome. The main streets will be
canopied with flags and buntings. arches
are to be erected, and banners suspended
every where. At night the city is to be
illuminated, and colored fires. electric
lights and fire works used on Broad, Wal
nut, and Chestnut streets. Carpenters
and decorators are already at work. and
special orders for the decoration of pri-
vate houses are coming in with a rapid
ity that denotes the interest and enthusi-
asm of the people in the reception which.
it is safe to predict, will be greater than
mortal man ever had given him in this
ofdliiarilS quiel anu peacelul CITY. Inc
committees are made up of the leading
bankers. merchants. and professional men
of Philadelphia. and there will he an en-
tire cessation OF business on the 10th. the
day for the grand procession. Sherman.
Sheridan. Hancock, Garfield. Scofield.
| Fitzpatrick and other generals will be
here; also Admiral Porter. Commodore
Nicholson, and, in all probability. the
| marines from the Washington and Brook
lyn navy yards. 1t will be n
GREAT WEEK FOR PHILADELPHIA.
and one thas VII i've long IN the mem
DRY of its inhabitants. Tic influx of
strangers is expected to be very great
and the hotels expect their capacity will
be taxed as has not been the case since
the Centennial.