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Show THK FOl UTll AT UltlUHA 1 KrUiHam City, duly -I, b.l. Edituit U-i A'.d : Much tiring of arms was ein n eery early this moruin. Ac huun-e the -tars and striped were st;:n floating in the gentle brei-ze on many bouses. Ac Im xm. the citizens a.-sembied at the court hou-o li-iil. i'ruycr was offered of-fered by Fider W. L. Waikins, after winch the Declaration of Lodc-pi-ndeiiee wa,s read in el.-gam style by 31i-s Ida Snow. Iluu. .1. (.. Wnyht then delivered de-livered n very impressive oration, and was t illowcd by several other gentlemen- Sonus by Frof. Fishburn'u choir, music and toa 'ts were freely intermingled. intermin-gled. 1 be proclamation from tho Acting-Governor Acting-Governor was then read, and nnnied, and the second amendment to the Constitution, Con-stitution, insuring the ritiht of citizens to bear aruii, was consulted; and it wu concluded that in carrying out the unitary uni-tary part of our programme we could not be guilty of breaking any law, custom cus-tom or propriety; and any man who thought otherwise wxs recommended to stay at homo, wear hia wife's peti-coats peti-coats and bo waibing dishes. Many of our fathers have toubt and bled for the securing of liberty 10 our country, and why should wo feel as if wo were id 1 1 ? There was a grand procession made up of varieties of styles, Ac., among which a company of equestrian ladies in military nttiro, under the direction of C'apt. W. Booth, looked quite imposing. im-posing. Miss Minnie Jcnson, on boiseback, carried a beautiful flag with stars and stripes, and had a gentleman ! on each side with drawn swords. She was londly cheered as tho procession passed along tho principal streets. Hon. L. Snow was escorted to the procession by tho marshal of the day, and a company of ladies and gentlemen , on horsebuok, carrying national flag3. j John Buvt was marshal of the day. : The committee of arrangements were : . C. Lovcland, J. Bywatcr, H. P. Jen-Ison, Jen-Ison, 0. 0. Ormsby, W. Booth and C. jA'ibly. A. C. |