The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-13
NO. Is.
YoRKTOwN's tENTENNIAf:..
ProRrnii,tsie, OF the Exercises
Next 0ctober--n.ist Of Speak,
DPS N N N vf~ltor.s.

The Yorktown Centennial. Associ-
alton has issued complete pro-
gramme of the approaching Centen-
NAL at Yorktown, Va, from which it
appears that the exercises will be
opened formally on October 9th By
an address Of welcome by Governor
Holiday, Of Virginia,and response by
Senator Hawlcy, Of Connecticut, who,
was President of the United States
Centennial Commission of 1876.
From this time to October 18th, the
grounds will be open to the public.
October Z, the anniversary of the en-
trance into the first parallel by the
Light Infantry, will DC devoted to
the reception of delegates of railroad;
steamship and other transportation
companies. General w. II. Wick
ham, Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, will preside. October s
will he occupied by institutions of
learning. President Elliot, of Harv-
!, ard University, will be invited to do;
liver an address. The following day
being Sunday; religious services viii
be conducted in tt6 grand paSilli6H
by the Right Rev. Bishop Keane, OF
Virginia. On October 10, the ami.
versary Of the opening Of the fire
from the American batteries, when
Washington himself fired the first
gun, tho municipalities of the cities
and towns of the Colonial States and
tho 4 Ia tar s<r orle
of Trade, Produce Exchanges and
other commercial bodies will be re-
ceivcd Samuel ID. Babcock, Prcsi-
dent of the New York Chamber of
Commerce, will be invited to preside
In the eveiilng the anniversary Of tho
CONFEDERATION in the harbor of York,
when the British vessels, set on fire
by the French batteries, we're con
sumed, there will be grand pyrotoc-
mic display ~,
Tuesday, the It'll, being the amt,
versary of the opening of the second
parallel by Baron dc Stcuben, the
Germans of the United States are cx-
pectcd to be present by delegations
from their societies. The industries
and mechanical arts will be repre-
sentcd. The Hon. Alexander ii.
Rice, of Massachusetts, will deliyef,
an address. On Wednesday the
farmers and planters Of the United
States will be addressed by Secretary
Window. Thursday, as token Of
respect to Robert Morris, fnancier of
the Continental Congress, will be d.;
tBsed to the financial institutions Of
the country. Mr.. Joseph Patterson,
of Pennsylvania, President Of the
Western Natiohal Bank and Phila-
delphia Clearing House, will preside.
Friday, the 14th, will be the annivcr-
sary Of the storming of the British
redoubts by the allied troops. 1R
this attack Major Nicholas Fish was
noted for galantry. This day will
be commemorated with appropriate
exercises by the society of the Gin
cinnati The President of the Gen
cral Society, the Hon. Hamilton
Fish, will preside, assisted. By Alex
ander Hamilton, Esq, of New York.
NJ de La Fayctte, M. de Rocham-
beau, and the representatives Of the
French Society, of Cincinnati, will be
received. In the evening there will
be grand ball in the Pavilion. The
following day will be given up to tile
descendants of the officers and sbl-
dicrs of the Revolution. An address
will be delivered by John Austin
Stevens, of New York, grandson of
Lieutenant Colonel Ebenczcr Stevens,
of the Second Regiment New York
Artillery, one Of the officers who COM
handed the batteries during the
siege. Mrs. Ella Hardin Walworth,
granddaughter of Lieutenant Hardin,
of Morgan's corps Of riacmen, and
daughter of Colonel John Hardin, OF
Illinois; who fell lit Biteha Vista; will
receive the ladies: On Sunday, Oc-
taber Is, religious services win B6
held under the direction of THE REV.
DR.. Richard S. Storrs; 0f Brookl5H,
New York. Monday will be the AFT
niversarS Of the sending out Of flag
of trtice By Lord CORVALLIS, asking
cessation Of hostilities, and also Of
tile siirfcnder of BurgOype at Sarato-
Ga. Tie Mas0ns, Odd Fellows, and
other orders, the MALTA and tile ffiii-
nicipal fire departments will be re-
ceived Under the direction of Colonel
j. f. Payton, the General Superin
tcndent Of the Yorktown Centennial.
The National ceremonies will then
begin. On Tuesday, October 28th
the exercises will be opened by
prayer and music by chorus of 100
voices, after which Senator Johnst6n,
of Virginia, will formally declare the
open, and Governor Hol-
liday will deliver an address Of wei
COME. The cornerstone of the mon,
ument to the Victory and Alliance
will be laid by Mr.. Peyton Cole,
Grand Masonic Master of the order
for the State Of Virginia, assisted by.
the Masters Of the order of each of
the other Colonial States. Next day
an address will be delivered by the
President Of the United States; an
grafton by the Hon. Robert C. VIM
throp, of Massachusetts; a poem by
Colonel James Barron Hope, of Virs
ginia, and an Ole by Mr. Paul
TIavne. of South Carolina. On