New-York tribune., 1886-07-21
DAY OF ALL NATIONS.
PARADE OF RESIDENTS OF ALBANY.
RACES or MEN HONOR THE BI-CENTENNIAL-A
PICTURESQUE PROCESSION.


Drun-MaJors' Day. nis down In the hi-ceo,enniafpi
gram,ne the Dav Of All Nations but hero are cer
tainy drum najors than nations represented Tho
dominates the landscape In evety direction
Ho rules the dusty and perspring band with rod Of
brass, and fs the heart of tho Albany small boy with
| burning envy and hwellng awe. The drum-Dsjor
showed the best adv this parade OF
| all nations from which the Bi-centennisl Commit
| zoe ,hristened the day. There were about
three trum-majOrs 10 each nation or frac
ton thereof With each drum-major there was
OF band but the band into relative insig
nhcance behind this gaudIly uniformed frontispiece
They all tall bearskn caps and bore themselves as
though dignity OF Albanys 200 years rested upon
each Individually.
Tho procession formed at o'clock according to the
programme, and at 10 O'Clock according to the facts
The line stretched far aloug South Pearl.st which is
about hallway up the Hill that the politicians have to
climb before they can be governors and legislators
Colonel NJ j. Severance. marshal OF tho day. and Els
chief OF staff. Captain James j. Pender. expostulaed
with an0ordered the nations about in their respective
languages until they got them to understand
that they couldn't all DO first, though each
national historian might have assured his
constituents that they were. When this
difficulty removed the procession started under the
leadership OF the onnipresent and omnipotent drum
major First came the Holanders as bchtted tho I'M
portsnce descsnd of tho first settler' They
we're escorted by the Severance Cadets. The Hoahd
ers sturdy lot. and had tho independent air or
men whose ancestors had conquered tho sea and the
Spanard. and who were quite willing to undertake the
task themselves IL neces With them In line was
the old Prentice carriage. an ancient Vohcie imported
from Holland 200 years and which has survived the
Albany p~vements to this day. Then came ho"t with
eleven broad-fsced. smiling madons. representing
the eleven provinces OF Holland with the Goddess
of Liberty tho centre Probably more complete coll
lection OF goddessrs OF liberty never exhibited to
the American public this procession There were
Dutch godd~ssrs Irish gcddesses. Italian Roddesses
and many others numerous TO classify Next came
a VIII umill wbeela There were the bags OF srain
and he miller The windmill must have ground ex-
csedngy fine for 1t certainly ground - slowly as ;he
uills OF he gods The great windsas round and
round until OF them csms In contact with a teIo
graph wire, when went by tho beard with crash ana
the mil shut down for repairs The Scochinen were
also IN the rst division. They turned out goody lot
of barelecged Highanders ami twelve piprrs without
the aid q drun.nalsr nrrd the Caledonan heart with
their music Wneu the parale the Scots went
TO and enjoyed those ancient games OF
strength for which Gale loniau Is tine qualfying ad
jective.
French Canadians made up the bulk OF the second
division. From the deck of the biz St. Mso. Captain
James Carter discovered Canada throughout the entire
parade with q dignity worldly OF the o-cen teuniai
occasion. Next to the French came the lrsh Ineir
line headed by the Hibernian rifles In coats OF
emerald grren sandwitched IN between the numerous
sociees and sodaiitios several floats The first
nations with harps IN their hands and crowns
on their sitting about the throne of Erin Erin
lung on her tightly aud smiled on the sur
rouud ng tnriytwo rrpresen ted the counties or
Ireland and bore shields labelled accord
ingIy Four big rinemen in green. with bearskln
snakos wslk.d brsrie the float and represented
the provinces OF Ireland. Another noat bore the
waxen couute~its of Gladstone. Parnel and Robert
EmmrL Emmet had his hands tied adstone was sitting
down AMI evidently wasn't used to 1t The Grrmtns
and Veren trod upon the heels of Maeuuerchor; Ger
mania There IN ssuze and ln'el, guarded by me
literary and musical celebrities OF the Falhrr.nd.
Mozlrt ,at all to himself Most OF IN sooetIrs
rode thus snowlng their great snre wnnes
The Apollo singing society turned out 100 mon III |
student caps. They had invested their wealth IN noat
pertaIs were two urns bearing incense Apollo
big tree STUMP. out OF the middle noo "S,ia Sra
his Tyre carefully on bis knee, and .oss1s% ~ns%
hs he off, Bethesda verein no. showed the cano
lie spirit that they cherish by an immrn'e liberty cap
faced Enrlishman were hudded like schoolgirls under
The Italians got into trouble. The good ship
tangled in the telephone wires ana wa: cut RaSns lSss
the the island which he AIS
and udians BE .de the dstinctively national organ.
izatons there number of clubs: the snow.sho-
the my site 800 inscribed on their banners stc
Along Pr.rl-.t. inc procession moved wit. the eare
of many bands and the 2rla gymnastics OF th drum
majors baton The crowd on the side walks kept up
anea w Hts .. =. and aud had ia
quota Of inrer sed faces Then u turned up Clint"n-
ngton to Easle-st making It's hna bow before
the crowds IN the reviewing stand After was al over
German societies marched oui To Washington PARK
and planted a memorial OAK with eab'rate musical ana
with Young ru while the Irish organizations let III
patriotism eyapo.tc II speech ant Song ~ tue Aca sy
OF Music In Lark'si. The members OF the crowt VINO
had literary tastes went TO see tho boataoe' At Pleas
Island. ,,
dollar Capitol do-snt its cost Governor Hl!
Aiming oyrr that address which Ia To exceed all
D-nOsthenrs and Cicero rOllel aud
Will tell theA people more about tho tisory"f their
venerable town than they ever Knew before The address
been delver" III the big tent on Thursday.
The mig tent h"s proved sel no Srver failure in he
matte OF acoustic properties. The strongest voice can
NOR than na the pe'pe In IT, inc other half
siand Al All But them on bicrntrnual occa> a>iOns
ators like well behaved children must DO content to
After consider ,'ion and consultation with Gov.
ernor Hill. the B-Cenlennia Committee have decided To
hold Thursday exercises IN the Rink ON LrE-st. In
When the Gro ds came back from the boatraces tho
Caiedolian games and various Tree -plantngs
they gathered the streets the evening 10 witness
Odd Eel out, The nrsI represented Fr-nd.
SHIP" the srconi the Good an.rItan aud the third
the Tanernacl-" The noAfs were 81 borae am pro.
duced beautiful effect nndsr the rays OF the powerful
calcium xht More band concerts IN the PARK ani tho
literary exercises OF The c9ored ctzrns IN the Academy
Of Music ended the th,rt dAy Of thr s.cenIenn.l
tne "t . Naona h..oci."n OF Amatrnr Oar..
men al Island. this afternoon. The conrse sa
mile and half slraiRhi away. There were four heats
each senior '"r fo"r.oArea i"' race. s"' In tn. frat
heat o. the junior sIngies the entries were
O. W. Dyer. Of the Cr-scsut Boat Club, Bosion; W. +.
Ou,glry institutes. Newark; Thomas Iiird. Pioneers.
T. J. Mullins Of the Albany Rowing Club.
Oniyley took the lead. close to tho w~st
shore HELD aud Mullins kept IN MA tream ahd close
together. Qugley came In an easy winner, with Held
serond. Time. y 90
In the first OF tho senior singles the entries
Peter SNYDER of the Mutuais. Albany: Edwari j. Mul
cshy Mutual. Albany. AMI j. IN d. Ry all. Braiford',
Bu,Iuu. Mnlcdiy took the lead from tue start. WI Ii
RYAN ami Snyder IN the rear AID that vas the
wsv the r. .cr ended. Mulcahy's time wa- s:2l4
In the second heat for senior singles. the entries were
of MAI
l.. j. Carney OF the Ditutr Boat Club. Newark.
and James !. Nolan. OF The Ellzab-tn Boat
tlub. Portsmouth, Va Nolan slii not sIar'. DonOnu-
almost lInmr,ii took the lead aud won the race.
lie won in SABA. Carneys tlns beng s:J3 In tina
third heat tn Iunor simg"s The @nres were Elmer
Van Benihuysrn IT the Amhrr Boat Cub. Amber, "