Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ds ofinvitation to a large and brilliant company, of both sexes, to visit the magnificent shipand go on an excursion down the river. He had on successive dajs, previously, extendedthis court
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ds ofinvitation to a large and brilliant company, of both sexes, to visit the magnificent shipand go on an excursion down the river. He had on successive dajs, previously, extendedthis courtesy to various congressional committees and other officials, but this was to bethe gala day on the decks of that most stupendous and beautiful ship ever beheld on thewaters of the Potomac. TUE PEACEMAKER. 440 OUR FIRST CENTURY.—177(5-1876. Little did any one among that gay andsplendid throng anticipate a sudden trans-ition from the height of human enjoy-ment to the extreme of wailing, anguish,and death ! The day was remarkably fine, the sunrising clear and bright, and Washingtonfrom early in the morning presented a gayand busy scene. Nearly all the carriageswere engaged, and freighted with the love-liness, beauty and grace of the eleven oclock in the forenoon, , the president of the United States,as chief guest, Mrs. Robert Tyler, MissCooper, Mr. John Tyler. Jr.,—all from the. )ai/^%&rr- \j executive mansion,—with a large numberof officers in glittering uniforms, all themembers of tlie cabinet e.\cept Mr. Spen-cer, many other high functionaries of state,senators and rej>resentatives, quite a num-ber of attiirltcs and secretaries of lega-tion. General Allmonte, minister fromMexico (Sir Riclianl Packeiiliam had beeninvited, but declined,) and others, to thenumber of some four hundred, were assem-bled on the deck of one of the steamersplying between Washington and Alexan-dria, fast bearing down for the latter the navy yard, a boat load o
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