The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register

Grand Federal Procession.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9.

On Friday the 4th instant the citizens of Philadelphia celebrated the Declaration of INDEPENDENCE made by the Thirteen United States of America on the 4th of July, 1776, and the establishment of the CONSTITUTION or Frame of Government proposed by the late General Convention, and now solemnly adopted and ratified by ten of those States.

The rising sun was saluted with a full peal from Christ Church steeple and a discharge of cannon from the ship Rising Sun, commanded by Captain Philip Brown, anchored off Market-street, and superbly decorated with the flags of various nations—Ten vessels, in honor of the Ten States of the Union, were dressed and arrayed through the whole length of the harbor, each bearing a broad white flag at the mast head, inscribed with the names of the states respectively in broad gold letters, in the following order—
New-Hampshire opposite to the Northern-Liberties; Massachusetts to Vine-street; Connecticut to Race-street; New-Jersey to Arch-street; Pennsylvania to Market-street; Delaware to Chestnut-street; Maryland to Walnut-street; Virginia to Spruce-street; South-Carolina to Pine-street; and Georgia to South-street. The ships at the wharfs were also dressed on the occasion, and as a brisk south wind prevailed through the whole day, the flags and pendants were kept in full display, and exhibited a most pleasing and animating prospect.

According to orders issued the day before, the several parts which were to compose the Grand Federal Procession began to assemble at 8 o'clock in the morning at the intersection of South and Third-streets.

Nine gentlemen, distinguished by white plumes in their hats, and furnished with speaking trumpets, were superintendents of the procession, viz. general Mifflin, general Stewart, colonel Proctor, colonel Gurney, colonel Will, colonel Marsh, major Moore, major Lenox, and Mr. Peter Brown.

The different companies of military, trades and professions had previously met at different places in the city of their own appointment, where they were separately formed by their officers and conductors, and marched in order with their respective flags, devices and machines, to the place of general rendezvous. As these companies arrived in succession, the superintendents disposed of them in the neighbouring streets in such manner as that they might easily fall into the stations they were to occupy in forming the general procession, as they should be successively called upon.

By this means the most perfect order and regularity was effectually preserved.

After a strict review of the streets of the city, it had been determined that the line of march should be as follows: To commence at the intersection of South and Third streets, thence along Third Street to Callow-Hill street; thence up Callow-Hill street to Fourth-street; thence along Fourth-street to Market-street, and thence to Union Green, in front of Bush Hill—William Hamilton, Esq. having kindly offered the spacious lawn before his house at Bush-Hill for the purposes of the day.

The street commissioners had the evening before gone through the line of march, directed the pavements to be swept, the trees to be lopped, and all obstacles to be removed.

[To be continued.]