Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-19
The Newburg Centennial

DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Newburg Centennial.
| NEwBURG IN. W, October 1S.h.-Tfe
weather is delightful Cor the Centennial cele-
bration of Washington's disbanding and tax.
ing leave of his victorious army. At least
| 90, 600 strangers are in town. A large num-
Der of vessels. including yachts, steamers,
and United States war ships, are riding st
anchor in the bay. At noon scores of steam.
boats are arriving. bringing the military and
| excursion parties. Tde Seventh Regiment of
New York. with the Veteran corps, arrived
by special trains. Owing to the late arrival
OF State troops the parade is not even form-
| ing ct the time appointed for march. Trains
on the North Hudson River road are delayed
by the breaking down of the engine of way
| train with nineteen crowded coaches. The
| Putnam Phslanx is q notable body.
Governor Cleveland and staff arrived frem
Albany at 1880 The train had eighteen
coaches crowded with passengers President
Arthur sent letter of regrets. Conkling was
| also invited, but could not come. Governors
and their stats, Generals and their staffs,
marines and soldiers and favorite troops of
the State made an imposing display, while
| Joined with these we're visiting troops, vet
erans, civic societies, etc., which made the
procession four miles long. 1t marched in
| five divisions, with five bands of music in
each division. The line of march was crowded
with people, who applauded enthusiastically
Windows and steps were everywhere filed
with ladies, who clsppsd their hands or
waved handkerchiefs as the troops marched
past.
As the head of the procession reached the
grand stand, there was great enthusiasm
| among the people. The Governors of differ
ent States, Senator BaYard the chaplain,
orator, poet and others who had special parts
assigned them in the exercises, were in the
line. The march past the reviewing stand
! took place TO enlivening music, and the
parade was dismissed. The people then
hastened to the lawn in front of Washing
| tens headquarters, where the exercises took
| place. Alter an Introductory overture by
| the fine band Of the Seventh Regiment,
| Mayor Ward called the assemblsge to order,
| aud DIR. s. Irer aus Prime ioffered a prayer
The ''Te Daum," with 100 voices and a baad,
| followed, and then Senator BAyard was in
| troducsd by the President of the celebration
exercises. THE Senator delivered an eloquent
address, and wos FRI quently applauded. Then
| followed Hail Columbia" by the chorus
and band, an original posm by Wallace
Bruce, and the grand chorus of mo King
but God" Senator Bayard then presented
the orator of the day, Hon. VIM. NJ. Evar.s,
who received a most cordial welcome, snd
delivered the oration. The "Hsllelujah ,"
| chorus was given after the oratiop, and
Bishop Coke pronounced the benediction.
| The great crowd then scattered, and the peo-
| Pile enjoyed themselves in their own way
throughout the afternoon. In the evening
there was a fine pyrotechnic display and
| salutes.
The Kew York Stock Market.
New YORK, October r1S.h-Governmen's
steady. The sensation of to-day in stock cir
cles was a "fqueezs" in Jersey Central.
| The stock opened st SO regular, rose to 8S4
and reacted to S4a to S5a. The cash trans
actions were at 81 to 80. AS high as to 5
per cent. wss paid for the use of the stock
until to- morrow, with most of the transactions
at to per cent Before the close Of the de-
livery hour there was reaction to l per cent.
| The bears practically cornered themselves.
| Within the past week the stock has COM
msnded almost the rate the lenders desired.
| The larger owners called in their stock, and
the bears we're compelled to go in open mar
ket, with the result already noted The
general market opened lower, but the strength
Of Jersey Central had favorable influence on
| the list, and an advance OF / to 2
per cent. took place, the latter in
| Oregon TranscontiHentsl, which cold
up to 37f. The bears then offered
stocks freely, ard the improvement was not
| only lost but many shares sold below yester-
! days closing. Near midday the temper Of
speculation turned for the better, large
! amounts of stock being taken for both long
| and short accounts. London was also q
buyer This resulted in an advance Of from
to . per cent. the latter Oregon, which sold
up to 10Y. Northern Pacific rose % 90 262 {;
preferred. A. to 62l; Oregon Improvement.
to 20 Texas Pacific, 1s TO 2l5; New York
| Central, Il to ia Union Pacnc, 1g 10 S95
Canada Pacific 1l2J to 152. There were re-
actions at intervals of u to 1g per cent, but
the market finally left off strong at or
near the highest figures of the day.
| The success of the movement in New Jersey
Central, it is reported, has induced some of
| the largest holders Of other stocks to COM
bine for q similar purpose, and the belief o5-
tsius that some stocks will shortly be singled
| out and doomed up sharply to force the bears
to cover. Some of the bears have employed
the Vanderbilt and Gould brokers to sell
stocks with view of creating an impression
that those operators are unloading. This fact
was brought to light this afternoon, and had
its influence, stimulating the rally near the
close. Il is reported that an additional el00.-
600 in gold has been shipped from the other
side. As compared with last nights close,
Coming Imposing Ceremonies.
New YORK, October 1Ssh.-The consecra-
ton of DR.. Potter, as assistant Bishop of the
diocese of New York, in Grace Church on
| Saturday next, is expected to be the most
imposing ceremony of this church in this
country. 1t is expected that forty FIVE
Bishops will be present. The invitations
sent out include ticket to each pew.holder
of Grace Church, one ticket to each clergy
man of the diocese, and about one hundred
| tickets to ciergymen outside of the diocese
Provision has been made for about 500
clergymen. The venerable Bishop Samuel
Smith will be the consecrator, assisted by
| Bishops Clark, Neeley, Williams, Whipple,
| Littlejohn, Huntington and Dean. Bishop
| Williams will preach the sermon. The musi-
cal part of the services will be unusually fine.
General stedmnn Dead.
TOLEDO (O.), October 1Sth.-General Jas.
B. Stedman died this afternoon of pneu-
monia. after protracted illness. Deceased
was prominent officer during the war of the
| rebellion, and was made Major General for
conspicuous bravery at the battle of Chicka-
mauga.
The Civil Rights Decision.
New YORK, October 1Sth.-A Times At.
lanta, GA, special describes further the
scene in the Opera House Tuesday night on
the receipt of the news of the civil rights de-
| cision. While the men stood on their feet
and ches-ed and thu ladies gave approving
smiles, the quietude of the colored gallery
was noticeable. Not note of applause
came from those solemn rows of benches.
Their occupants were dumbfoundsd. The
feeling of the colored people here is deep, and
iu their ignorance they imagine the effect
may be greater than is apparent.
suiIivan's Mauling Powers.
PITTsBURG. October 1Sth-At the appear.
ance of the John l.. Sullivan Combina alton
last night, James Mccoy, of Pittsburg, who
hss figured in the ring on several occasions.
went after the $500 that Sullivan hangs up
TO any man in the world who can stand up
during four rounds, and Mccoy was knocked
renseless in thirty seconds. Sullivan's hotel
was bessiged, and upon his appearance he
was received with cheers.
Indignant CoIored Citizens.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.), October 1Ssh.-The col.
ored citizens are highly indignant over the
| civil rfphtg dacision of the g,prav,o fro,-l