Squad of Policemen.
Chief Marshal— Col. Samuel Carmack.
Aides — Col. William Richardson and Lewis S. Clingan.
Frederick Cornet Band.
Orators, Poet, Clergy.
Old Soldiers of 1812.
Judges of Circuit Court and County Officers.
Middletown Cornet Band.
Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council.
Independent Hose Company, No. 1
(having three engines drawn by horses, and two reels handsomely decorated with flowers, flags, etc., drawn by members of the company. An Indian chief in full costume, accompanied by a squaw, surmounted the first engine. On the second appeared a young lady representing the Goddess of Liberty; on the third four full-rigged sailor-boys. Eighty-six members of this company were in the line of march, each wearing a green badge).
Junior Fire Company. (Engine drawn by four horses, and two hose-carriages, which had been recently painted, were all tastefully decorated. The engine was manned by four sons of America, dressed in Continental costume. Their uniform consisted of dark pantaloons, white shirts, straw hats, trimmed with pink ribbon, and red cuffs, inscribed "Junior." Thirty-seven little girls in white, in an open wagon, supplemented the display of the Junior Fire Company.)
Chippewa Tribe, No. 19, I. O. R. M.,
With war-clubs, tomahawks, bows and arrows, etc.
Delaware Tribe, No. 19, of Berlin, Md.
Frederick City Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
The Harrugari Order.
Woodsborough Band.
Fredonia Council, No. 46, O. U. A. M.,
followed by a large number of tastefully-decorated wagons, representing various trades and business interests of the city.
The programme of exercises at the Court-house Square was as follows:
Martial Music — "Hail Columbia."
Organization.
Prayer — By Rev. Dr. George Diehl.
Centennial Hymn.
Martial Music — "America."
President's Address — Hon. John Ritchie.
Hymn — "Our Country."
Martial Music — "Washington's March."
Reading of Declaration of Independence — By Dr. Lewis H. Steiner.
Hymn — '' Star Spangled Banner."
Poem— By Col. Charles E. Trail.
Hymn—" My Country 'Tis of Thee."
Martial Music — "Yankee Doodle."
Address — By James McSherry.
Hymn — "' Hail Columbia."
Martial Music — " Marseillaise."
Address— By Milton G. Urner.
Hymn — " Voices of Freedom."
Martial Music — "Our Flag is There."
Prayer— By Rev. R. H. Williams.
Hymn — " Before the Lord We Bow."
Doxology — " Praise God," etc.
Benediction — Rev. E. R. Eschbach.
Nearly every private residence in the city, as well as the stores and public buildings, were decorated with bunting, flowers, etc.
One of the interesting features of the day was the 1 presence of a number of the veterans of the war of 1812, among whom were the following:
John Degrange and John Pampell, of Capt. Nicholas Turbott's company; Frederick Hawman, of Capt. George W. Grit's company; Reuben Grove, of Capt. John Brengle's company; Daniel Heffner, of Capt. Joseph's Wood's company; Jacob Aubert, of Capt. Jacob Getzendanner's company; George Marquert, of Capt. Davidson's company, D. C. Mr. Marquert is a native of Frederick Town, but was attached to Capt. Davidson's company of the District of Columbia. Capt. Davidson's infantry, Capt. Stull's rifles, and Capt. George Peter's artillery formed a brigade of the District of Columbia militia. Francis Scott Key, of Georgetown, and George Peabody were high privates in Capt. Stull's company. Mr. Marquert mustered with Key and Peabody, and cherished a friendly recollection for the great philanthropist and the author of the " Star Spangled Banner."
At night there was a handsome display of fireworks, followed by a brilliant centennial ball.
Cornelius Staley, one of the best-known of Frederick County's citizens, was born near Frederick City, Oct. 22, 1808, and traces his ancestry back through at least three generations of Frederick County citizens, his great-grandfather having come from Germany shortly after 1740. His grandfather, Jacob, was born about 1717, and his father, John, in 1777. Frederick County was likewise the birthplace of his maternal grandfather, whose daughter Margaret, born 1780, was the mother of the subject of this notice. Cornelius Staley was married Nov. 17, 1829, in Washington County, to Ruanna, daughter of Adam and Catharine Snively, of the county last named. Their living children are Mrs. Marietta C. Doub and Mrs. Antoinette F. Gambrill. Mr. Staley's life from birth has been passed almost exclusively upon the farm, and it is his boast that he has earned the right to be considered a true " son of the soil." His education was limited to the benefits derived from the common schools of the day, and as he was trained in the religious faith advocated by the United Brethren in Christ, so in that faith he has ever steadfastly continued. Political honors have never been to his liking, for in the humble and quiet pursuits of his business as an agriculturist he has found the greater satisfaction of winning golden opinions as a citizen and neighbor. He was, however, persuaded in 1836 to accept from the Governor of Maryland an appointment for three years as justice of the peace. In 1841 he was chosen to the Legislature, and in 1843 a member of the board of county commissioners. Mr. Staley's military record includes a brief experience in 1844 as first lieutenant of the Ringgold Dragoons, a famous military organization of that day. For many years he has been a stanch supporter of and laborer for the best