NAME. Clairborne, J. F. H.. Louisiana. Cox, Christopher C., District of Columbia. Dalrymple, E. A., Maryland. Dana, Jr., Richard H., Massachusetts. Drake, Samuel Adams, Massachusetts. Eastman, Samuel C., New Hampshire. Furness, Horace Howard, Philadelphia. Gammell, William, Rhode Island. Hale, Edward Everett, Massachusetts. Hart, Mrs. Armine Nixon, Philadelphia. Higginson, Thomas W., Rhode Island. Hoes, R. Randall, New Jersey. SUBJECT. Abraham Baldwin. Francis Lightfoot Lee. Thomas Johnson, Jr. Josiah Bartlett. Edward Telfair. Jonathan Bayard Smith. Stephen Hopkins. James Lovell. Robert Morris. John Nixon. Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant. Henry Marchant. Patrick Henry. Christopher Gadsden. Silas Deane. John Witherspoon. NAME. Holland, J. G., New York. Jones, Horatio Gates, Philadelphia. Lanman, Charles, District of Columbia. Meredith, Miss Catharine K., Philadelphia. Nevin, J. Williamson, Pennsylvania. Parker, Joel, New Jersey. Quincy, Edmund, Massachusetts. Ramsay, J. G. M., Tennessee. Seidensticker, O., Philadelphia. SUBJECT. George Washington. Francis Hopkinson. Samuel Livermore. Charles Humphreys. Daniel Roberdeau. Ebenezer Kinnersley. Thomas Stone. Samuel Huntington. William Samuel Johnson. William Barton. Gouverneur Morris. William Patterson. Hugh Williamson. John Hart. Josiah Quincy, Jr. William Blount. Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg. James Logan. Edmund Pendleton. Elias Boudinot. As the name of Charles Thomson resounded through the Hall, the chairman of the Committee turned to the Mayor and officially announced the restoration, on that day, "to the chamber, of the last piece of furniture known to be outstanding and properly authenticated-the identical desk used by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress-which has been handed down from generation to generation in the family of Francis Hopkinson, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and now deposited by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. E. A. Foggo, upon the specific trust and condition that Independence Chamber shall remain forever in the same state as this day officially reported-otherwise to be returned to the family." The Mayor gracefully accepted the table, and invited the Congress of Authors, at the conclusion of their proceedings in the chamber, to follow him to the platform erected in Independence Square, in order that the general public might participate in the ceremonial of the day. THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION. ANNIVERSARY OF JULY 2, 1776. "The 2d day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival; it ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty."-Letter of JOHN ADAMS to his wife on 3d day of July, 1776. CEREMONIES IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, Hon. JOHN WILLIAM WALLACE, President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, will preside. PROGRAMME. CENTENNIAL TRIUMPHAL MARCH (HELFRICH) Introduction of the Presiding Officer by his Honor, WM. S. STOKLEY, Mayor BAND. of Philadelphia. ADDRESS by the Presiding Officer. CENTENNIAL HYMN. Words by WHITTIER. Music by PAINE. CHORUS. NATIONAL AIRS. HERMANN CENTENNIAL ODE. CENTENNIAL HYMN MORE ADDRESS The Solo will be rendered by Mr. GEO. A. CONLY. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. . CHORUS. Hon. BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER, of Pennsylvania. By GEO. A. CONLY AND CHORUS. Rev. CHARLES COTES WORTH PINCKNEY, of South Carolina. Hon. JOHN B. GORDON, of Georgia, Gen. WINFIELD S. HANCOCK, and Hon. JOEL PARKER, of New Jersey, it is expected, will also address the assemblage. The Vocal and Instrumental Music, under the supervision of Mr. SIMON GRATZ, by the Choral Society of the Centennial Musical Association; Leader, JEAN LOUIS; and the Military Band of the same Association; Leader, THEO. HERMANN, Conductor, Prof. JEAN LOUIS. By order of the COMMITTEE ON RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE HALL, Master of Ceremonies. The platform, which had been built at the rear of the Hall, was occupied by over five thousand people, and covered the identical ground from which the Declaration of Independence was first read and proclaimed to the people, by John Nixon, upon the 8th of July, 1776. Delegations were present from The United States Centennial Commission; The Foreign Commissioners to the Exposition; The City authorities of Philadelphia; The Clergy; Members of Congress and Officers of the Army and Navy. At exactly thirty minutes past twelve, the hour appointed for the exercises in the square, while the band played the Centennial Triumphal March, the Hon. John William Wallace, the President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, escorted by Hon. William S. Stokley, Mayor, appeared upon the stage. ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR. On arriving at the speakers' stand, the Mayor, amid the applause of the multitude, said :— It becomes my pleasure to introduce to you Hon. John William Wallace, President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, who has consented to preside on this occasion. ADDRESS OF MR. WALLACE. FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND HONORED GUESTS FROM MANY LANDS: We assemble this morning to commemorate one of the great days of our great year of freedom and independence; a day not less important than that illustrious Fourth on which we seem to be already entering, and which we shall soon |