Connecticut western news., 1884-12-24
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THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
The Opening CeremonIes-The Programme
 as 1t Was Carried Out.


 
 The pressure of public business, which re- uuired the presence of the President in Wash ington, necessitated 8 change in the official programme of the opening ceremonies of the Worlds Exposition. Governor McEnery, of Louisiana, delivered the opening address, while the President started the machinery by electricity from Washington. The programme, after the procession in the city was over and the Exposition managers and their invited guests reached the grounds, was as follows
 1. Presidents march-Orchestrs.
 3. Reception of Governor s. D. McEnery. 3. National airs-Orchestrs. f. Prayer-Rev T. Dewitt Talmage.
 5. Opening address-By the Governor. 6. Poem-Mrs. Mary Ashley Townsend 2. Address of welcome By J. v. Guillotte Mayor of the city of New Orleans.
 B. Presentation of Exposition buildings to President Edward Richardson by Director General E. A. Burke.
 9. Photographic presentation of the Exposi- ton by President Richardson to His Excel Iency Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States.
 TO- Photographic response from the President of the United States, officially announcing the opening of the Exposition and setting in mo- tion, with the assistance of Consulting En- gineer s. Fl. Gilman and Master Lindsay Burke son of the Director General, the great Harris Oorliss engine
 Il. Reception by the Governor.
 12. National airs-Orchestra.
 The Rev. Dr. Talmage in his prayer invoked the Divine blessing on the officers, directors and managers of the Exposition. May this day." he said, ''mark the beginning of 8 new dispensation of prosperity and brother nuences of this Exposition, from these fields of industry, results which shall give the people more complete apparel and better food, more comfortable shelter and more thorough educational advantages. May it result in spreading out the golden sails of our paralyzed shipping, in start ing the blow and opening the doors of the storehouses; and may there come to this whole land increased prosperity from this gathering together from day to day and month to month, of the peo- ples of all States and countries. We pray that the past feeling of sectional discord may van- ish from the North, South, East and West, and that they become four parts of one great national harmony. May 1t be the unihcation of North and South America r
 After the presentation address of General Burke Colonel Richardson, President of the Exposition Company, the largest cotton planter in the world, read an address to Pres ident Arthur, turning over the Exposition to the United States, and making an appropriate little speech in which he said the Exposition will be monument of the era of unity of in- terests, of harmony and good feeling, destined, it is believed, to endure as long as the con- tinent itself shall exist on which these now perfectly united States are established.
 President Arthur in reply, congratulated the citizens of the Southwest in their advancing prosperity as manifested by the great Inte na- tional Exposition. He said: The people of our own country thus brought closer together will find in this exposition of competitive in, dustries motives for strengthening the bonds of brotherhood.
 Railroads telegraph lines and submarine f,R the earth, and an assembly like this of the rep resentatives of different nations is promotlve of good will and peace, while it advances the material welfare of all. The United States ex- tend to those from foreign countries who visit us on this occasion cordial welcome.
 THE MACHINERY MOVES.
 Upon the conclusion of the Presidents re- sponse the signal was given. the electric spark flashed from the White Honse, the lever was raised and the great engine started. As it did 80 the chimes in the tower pealed forth, the artillery opened national salute and the great audience rose to it's feet from the floor, the galleries and the plat form and made the building nearly tremble. The Exposition was open. This satisfied the major portion of the audience, and 1t rapidly melted away in the direction of Machinery Hall, where further addresses were made. About 30, 900 people were in attendance.
 IN WASHINGTON.
 The ceremonies in Washington were con- ducted by President Arthur in the East Room in the Executive Mansion in the presence of his cabinet, the diplomatic corps, committees from both Houses of Congress, Justices of the Supreme Court, army and navy officers, and Commissioners from several States. The President stood during the exercises near a mahogany table, on which was the telegraph instrument which was to be used to start tn 6 machinery in the Exposition building.
 The addresses passed over the wires, and the1 Senator Logan read an address rendering the congratulations of Congress to the Exposition
 This address was telegraphed to New Or leans, and few minutes afterward reply wal sent from the President and Director-Genera of the Exposition. Then President Arthur touched the button of the instrument and 1 minute or two afterward the answer came tha the machinery in the Exposition building wa ,,~~