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Show CENTENNIAL I'LASIIES. A If.rge miipber of foreign digni-t digni-t aril's, including army and navy ollicdrt, participated in the Philadelphia Philadel-phia celebration. Prof, (iilmnre's orchestra of 250 musii-iniM opened tlie Philadelphia ci-reinon;, s n the -lib with the overture over-ture to tli; giv.it republic. Among tin1 katures of the day a' Philadelphia was the parade ol tin. Centennial legion, computed uf a company com-pany from each of the thirteen original origi-nal (states. (icneial Hawley welcomed the people peo-ple with a few words and introduced Hon. ThoinaH W. Kerry as president of the day, the announcement bi-ing loudly applauded. The arrival on the grand platform on ludepe.ndcticM square of Governor Hayes, i.ii-neral Sherman and lieu-tonanl lieu-tonanl Lieueral "SneriJan w;is the signal for great cheering. The San Francisco celebration was a great miccefls. The procession was four miles in length and comprised many elegant anil unique featured. No seiioud accidents are repo:tcd. Among the distinguished persons j on the Centennial platform at Phiia it el p hia wore Governor B.igley of Michigan, Ex-Governor Hayes of Oiiio, Governor Axtcll of New Mexico and Bishops Howe and Simpson, and Duni Pedro. At t'uo pyrotechnic display on Tuesday evening thero wad an im nieiise throng of people, tlie number lu'ing otimatcd at 100.00U. A rain set in about 9 o'clock, and some of the pieces were (1 .image-1, particularly particu-larly so with the last and crowning The 'grand triumphal march with chorus, "Our National Banner," by b.-xicr Smith of Massachusetts was th. u rendered by the orchestra and chorus, alter which the orator of the day, Win. M. Evarts, was introduced and was the recipient of loud and long continued cheers. ( Sherman reviewed the troips ' on-tiie 'lib from the platform in front ' of Independence hall, On bis right , htood Prince- Oscar of Sweden and on 1 hid kft Secretary Cameron. The j military display was vtry fine, there Ixiing representativi s from nearly every state in tne union, inc uen-leunial uen-leunial legion was commanded by General Heath of Richmond, Virginia, Vir-ginia, who was enthusiastically cheer. d along the route. After the oration the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah was perform td by the orchestra and chorus, and the ceremonies were then concluded with the singing of the doxclogy, the old hundred psalm, in which the entire assemblage joined. After cheers for Generals Sherman, Sheridan and Hooker, and the governors gover-nors of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky an 1 New Jersey, and lor Dom Pedro and Mr. Evarts, the audience dispersed. dis-persed. A ft e. r a p ray e r by Rev. Wm. Bacon Stephens, the cuo'ts sung Oliver Wendell Homes' hymn ot welcome to all nations, and Pilchard Henry Lee of Virginia read the De claration of Independence from tbe original parchment. Then followed A Greeting from Brazil, a hymn composed com-posed by Carlo Gomez at the request of Dom Pedro. Bayard Taylor read a national cde compo3ud by himself (already publiohed in the Herald). General Hawley in his opening speech said: One hundred years ago in yonder historical structure, heroic statesmen sat and gravely chose between be-tween royal rule and popular sovereignity. sover-eignity. Inspired with the spirit which anmmatcdthe Roman sage who in the midst of Mars hill declared that of one blood ware made all nations na-tions ol men, those continental sages issued in the midst of Independence hall their immortal declaration that all men were created free and equal, appealing to the God of justice and of battle for the rectitude and firmness of i their purpose. They pledged their 'lives, their fortunes and their sacred ; honors to the principle of freedom and equality of the human race. Today To-day in this rebounding hour of the century, appealing to the same God , of justice and of peace, we praise him "I and pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor to maintain a the fpirit of that declaration, now V made universal by the fundamental law of the land. We, the people of n the United States, on this Centennial memorial, pay a double tribute to the 3 Mo.it High of grateful aekuowledg men t of tlie lultjlleJ pledged ot the fathers to overthrow royaiism and 7 olfe.r a joyful, assurance of fulfilling the pledges of their sons to tipnold -republicanism. The great powers of the earth honor the spirit of Amcri can fidelity to tlie cau-c of human freedom by the exhibition of their 1 wans and the presence of their titled peers to grace and dignify the world's "J homage paid to the Centennial genius of American liberty. Three millions of people grown to forty-three millions, mil-lions, and thirteen colonies enlarged to a nation of thirty-seven states, ' with the thirty-eighth the Centennial state forsaking the eight territories . and o'i the threshhold of the union awaiting executive admission. These -attest the forecast and majestic declaration de-claration of 1776. It was nothing short of the utterance ol the sovereignty, sover-eignty, the manhood and worth oi American citizenship. Its force is fast supplementing the assumption of the divine right ol kings. By virtue . of the supreme law of the nation that the people alone hold the sole power to rule, tho nations succeed each other in following the example of this republic, and the force of American - institutions bids fair to bring about a general reversal nl the source of political power. When that period ; shall como, Great Uritaiu, so niag-! niag-! nanimous in the presence of this auspicious era, wiil then, if not before, be-fore, praise the events when Amcri-' Amcri-' can independence was won unde" Washington, nnd when the freedom and tquality of races were achieved 1 under Lincoln and Grant. |