Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-10-21

Gated 5000 voices, and the entertainment
WIS lengthy one.
The citv's display of fireworks from the
BROOKLYN Bridge occurred at 1880 p N. 1t
was one Of the grandest features or the cal-
ebration. It comprised grand Examinations
from the towers, consisting OF Chinese suns
each six feet in circumference ana OF sur
ficient brillisncy to be seen for distance OF
TWENTY-FIVE miles. They showed the Amer
lean and Italian colors- Aerial bouquets were
fired and the Falls Of Niagara" that Gre
ated such a sensation the night before. was
repeated.
The fifth was the most prominent day of
the entire celebration. It had been made a
legal holiday. and was generally observed.
There were salutes bv the First Battery,
under Captain Louis Wendell. at daylight.
church bells were rung, and flags hoIsted at
the Battery pole and on the old fort in
Central Park.
The military parade which occurred on
this day Wa; a gigantic affair and possibly
the largest of its kind ever held. General
Martin T. Mcmahon was the Grand Marshal.
The line of march was from the Battery.
up Broadway 10 Fourth street, around
Washington Square to Fifth avenue,
thence to Fourteenth street. to Fourth
avenue, to Seventeenth street. TO Fifth
avenue, and at Fifty-ninth street the signal
was given to disband. Soldiers of all sorts
took part. There were regulars, militia
private military organizations AMI thou
sands OF mounted men. AT least f00l mill
tiamen from neighboring States partici-
pated. Teere were at least TO- 900 men from
other States, and every available United
States Army regular. ding regiment
Of cavalry, were in line.
General schofieId and his staff partici-
pated.
The column was in ten divisions The
first was the Brigade of the United
States Army, under Colonel L L.
States Naval Brigade; the third the
National Guard, First Brigade, General
Fitzgerald: Second. General McLeer; the
Third Division included New Jersey,
Georgia, Pennsylvania and Washington
military organizations, Governor Pattison
and Governor Russell and their stats and
the Connecticut troops.
The Fourth Division was composed of
1000 veterans OF the Grand Army of the
Republic, Colonel D. S. Brown. Marshal;
the letter carriers formed the Fifth Divi-
sion; the New York Fire Department, the
Sixth; the old Volunteer Fire Department,
the Seventh; the Italian military organiz3-
tions, the Eighth, the German uniformed
societies, the Ninth, and host Of unclassi-
fed independent uniformed organizations
the Tenth Division
The parade took nearly six hours to pass
a given point At p. N. Mayor Grant un-
yelled the monument OF Columbus erected
by the New York City Italians at Eighth
avenue and Fifty-ninth street. He was
dSSISl0u ny Lu0 N1iulSCeT, DdEOu
Fava, Consul-General Riva, Carlo Barsotti,
and the officers of the Giovanni Bausan.
The statue is of marble and bronze from
drawings by Rossi. The base reliefs at the
base of the column are symDolical of the
Genius of Geography.
But the grandest of all the parades was
the night pageant. which moved from the
Battery in the evening and followed
exactly the same line of march as the mill
tary parade in the morning.
1t was beyond doubt the most agnifcent
night spectacle ever seen in this country.
There were sixteen beautifully arranged
floats, an army Of bicyclists, 5000 Red
Men in costume, six military bands
and a score of civic bands. The
titles of the floats were as follows:
Fame" prehistoric Americans ''Toltec
The Santa Maria" Liberty" The Capt.
tol," The Press" Poetry and Romance"
Music" Science" "Wealth and Com
merce, "Supremacy OF American Women"
The United Oceans 'Columbia-Car of
State" Car of Electra"
The floats cost $24, 600. There were 80
women, 400 men and 600 horses employed in
the pageant.
One hundred men were stationed at
various points along the route to announce