The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-27
RICHMOND
PRESENTS THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE
CENTENNIAL SEASON To EVERY
BODY, ANDAsK HER FRIENDS
To REJOICE WITH HER AT
THE COMPLETE SUCCESS
OF HER CELE-
BRATIoN.
PRETTY PARADE
OF the First Virginia Regiment, Blues,
Fire Department, and Numcr.
Gus Societies and Orders
I'm RcgaIia.
TRADES TURNOUT
which Exceeded All Expectation and
Walked tho Oldest Inbnbitaut
TO the Fact that Richmond
is a Real City.
MERRY MUSIC
From n Drum Corps and Four Bands
and from the Voices of Cheer
ful People Crewding
the Streets.
FINE FIREWORKS
/ On the Capitol square Last Night,
Bringing TO n Close I'm Grand
style Our City's yorktown
Celebration.
FINE FIREWORKS
On the Capitol square Last Night,
Bringing to n Close I'm Grand
style Our Cty's Yorktown
Celebration.
NOTES AND NOTIONS,
Facts and Faneies,l Concerning the
Events OF Yesterday, including
the Salute to the Flag OF
tho Mother Country.

Inc cnllu OF lO-uay-lhc uiuu vi NOih"i
that is to bc-whO in years to come can
so turn back time in its fight as to see
Richmond as she yesterday appeared VIII
want no pleasanter picture. There was a
soft, blue sky, moving but not menacing
clouds, air that urged outdoor exercise,
foliage rich with autumnal tints, streets
that recent rains had secured, houses and
arches bright with the colors Of all coun-
tries, crowds in unprecedented numbers,
music from every quarter, gayety and glad
ness, beauty and hustle everywhere. 1t
was the close of RichmOnd's Centennial
observances-a season that was opened
with n perfect pink Of a parade; that
brought to lis as hOnored guests the descend
ants and, countymen OF Lafayette, 10 no
chambcau, De Grasse, and Won Steubcn
that witnessed: q nighttime pageantry
which seemed to us OF marvellous gram
deur; that saw the celebrities and foibles
Of the day exhibited with ludicrous accu-
racy, and that ended with prodigious pa
radc and fireworks of charming design and
wonderful effect.
Richmond has done all that she promised,
and more. She has not only surprised her
visitors but herself, and in future enter
prises will have 4 store Of seli-reliance not
hitherto possessed.
GREAT DAY.
Yes, yesterday was q great day here.
With promptness cOmmendable as unu-
sual. the procession, under the direction of
Chief-NIarshal Lucicn l.. Bass, was started
down Broad street about 1880 A. NJ, and
1t took one hour and thirty-four minutes
to pass the Dispatch Office. There were
more people, probably, in Richmond than
ever before in her histOry-at least so it
seemed-and the sidewalks were not merely
crowded, but TIE people, on Broad and
Main streets particularly, stood in rows
from the line Of procession back to dhe
houses.
THE LINE AND HOW 1T WAS MADE UP.
In the line were Governor +. w. vi.
Holiday and staff, in uniform; Mayor w.
G. Darlington; Hon. John A. Meredith,
president of the Board Of Aldermen; Hon.
Maxwell r. Clarke, president OF the Com
mon Council: the Council Centennial Com
mittce, and members OF both branches OF
the Council; Chief-of-Police John Poe,
Jr., and detachment Qeading the way;
four bands Of music; drum corps; the
French, German, Irish, Italian, Catholic,
and Hebrew social and benevolent organi-
zations; the Odd-Fellows, Red Men,
Knights of Pythias, and other beneficial
and benevolent orders and societies; the
First regiment and Blues; the Fire De-
partment; the butchers mountedD; the
Cigar Makers Union, and the employees OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pany.
THE TRADES DISPLAY.
After these came the trades display. 1t
was as if the industrial departments OF half
a dozen fairs had been collected, put on
decorated wagons, and driven through the
streets. For city Of the population OF
Richmond it was a CIR AT SUCCESS. Gen.
tIemen mere who have seen similar exhibi-
tions in larger cities speak OF 1t in terms
Of greater praise than our own citizens
venture TO use. 1t not only embraced
representations Of our great industries, but
~ our minor ones. II exhibited variety
of enterprise in the mechanic arts new
even 10 our own folks. To sum up briefly
our people-not always easy to please-are
deHobted. Those who did not send exhi-
bits are sorry. Those who did are perfect
ly satisfied.
THE ROUTH-BANps.
The procession was formed on Broad
street between First and Tenth, and the
route il pursued was as follows: Down
Broad street to Twenty-fiith, Twenty-ffth
TO Main. Main TO First, First to Franklin,
Franklin TO Belyidere, Belyidere to Grace,
Grace to the Capitol Square, where they
were reviewed from the grand stand by
Governor Holiday, Mayor Darlington, and
the CITY Council. The wagons and ma
ebinery did not enter the Square (as the
military and societies did, but passed
along Capitol street. The crowd on the
CAPITOL Square at the time OF the review
was great.
There were four bands employed-yiz.,
the stoncwall Brigade band OF
V6elker's, and the Amateur band
4 Manchester.