Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1876 — Closing of the Centennial Exhibition. [ARTICLE]

Closing of the Centennial Exhibition.

ynuiuirfu.NoT.iO. On account of the rain thi: Closing ceremonies of the Centennial Exhibition, inwUh an audience Of many thousands, AmoM the occupants of the pWttoruji were President Grant, Secretary Ftsh, Gov. Haitttmft, dor. Rice, of MassaetlWetts, Chief Justice Waite and several foreign Ministers. After music by Theodore Thomas* band, addresses were delivered by D. J. Morrell the United States Cen tennial Commissioner from Pennsylvania; John Welch, the President of the Cen-

tannUl Board of Finance, and DirectorGen. Goshorn. Gen. Hawley then spoke »an fraM— n: The Exhibition has given us a better comprehension of our position and progress. We expected and hoped to be taught our shortopmtnM in nome respects, and wa ehatt proflfpj the lesson*. Aul yet 'I gathered from my countrymen the general impression tost they are not a little pleased lo see how well tour productions in many departMntajf fc*ve borne( top to which they have been subjected. Unquestionably, international trade and commerce will be promoted; our manuXoc im ere; m«eb*mwafiff~«l»TrwOT>t)7>Wby tß«r work that they have been close students of ttad admirable exhibits from abroad, and havw t.ken advantage thereof. The Commission thanks the city of Philadelphia, the Mate of fu—ayivanm, the ft*' tlonal Government, and. especially you. sir, bur honored Presidents/u thanks the For eign (Commissioners, one and all, moat heartily. It thanks the exhibitors, of all nations. It thanks the American people, whose conduct here has commanded unbroken respect. It thanks warmly lts associate corporation, the 'Board of Flndnce. Above all, it reverently acknowledges the kind, rtvor of Heaven, which has so smiled upon us that, Whlld we turn somewhat sadly from these scenes of grtat labor and greater pleasure, all who have been associated here may feel that they have done something tbward advancing the world to the better day coming. God be praised Im the past. IGoa send us all, individuals and natione, a happy future, r r *l V. . j The, original • flag ’of the American Union, first displayed by Commodore Paid Jones on the Bon Homme Richard, wasxhen unfurled, while a salute of fortyseven guns, one for each State and Territory, was fired from George’s Hill by the Keystone Battery, and simultaneously from the United States steamship Plymouth. President Grant then said: Mr. President and Genllemen: t now declare the Centennial International Exhibition closed. The doxology was then sung and the crowd dispersed. The officially reported admissions up to and including Wednesday last were as follows: To Live Stock Exhibition... 90,148 To Rain Exhibit on at twenty-five cents. 651,963 To Rain Exhibition at fifty cents 8,9.5,ar,2 Total.. 7,720,963 The estimated cash admissions for Thursday were 1t6,756, and for to-day 106,474, making a grand total of 8,004,214. The cash receipts from the gates, officially reported, np to and including Wednesday, were $3,674,884.74.