Evening star., 1869-08-03
THE SCHUETZENFESr.
Foursa Annual Festival Of the Washing.
ton Schuetzen Verein

THE SCHUETZENFEST.
Foursa Annual Festival Of the Washing.
ton Schuetzen verein
When our report closed yesterday, the well
come address OF the President, john voght,
mad Just been concluded. and was followed
by addresses from President Petersen. of the
Schuetzen Germania; Seip, OF the Baltimore
Burgers, and Uphoff, OF the Georgetown As
soeiatioa- COLLATION. was then partaken of.
after which the prize shooting, prize bowling,
ladies shooting, and the several sports Of the
day commenced. Besides the regular band at
was located at a stand near the entrance, where
they discoursed sweet music throughout the
entire day and evening. The fun for the juve.
niles is in the hands Of Mr.. Z. L. Reese; the
"CaTousal," or nying horses. and swings, in
charge Of Mr.. Georee Bauer; the shooting gal.
leries in charge Of Mr.. A. Eichstadt; while the
prize shooting department Is superintended by
Mr W. Koen. Ine e. eeverar y, A., odss @ ana stands
there is everything attractive in the way Of
original amusements, such a. petn theatres,
panoramic exhibitions, &c, &o.
verein visited the park, and after hearty re.
ception the trapeze and tight-rope performances
by Mademoiselle Zuleila and others engaged
the Washington Sengerbund arrived and were
conduced to a stand prepared for them, where,
during the entire evening. they dispensed some
Of their choicest glees to the delighted audi
of lighting up the Park by means of thousands
Of Chinese lanterns was commenced, and pre-
sented a splendid sight. The visitors contin-
ued to pour in till 9p. m, and at that hour
there were at least 5.0OO persons within the
enclosure. At. o'clock the gold medal for the
best marksman was awarded TO Mr.. Kline. OF
New York, who made thirty seven "buirs
eyes" out of fifty shots. At ten o'clock the list
was made up and the bowling prizes for the
day awarded as follows: 1st prize, S25 in gold,
TO Berry Amos. % prize, silver pitcher, plate,
II
silver spoons, to Mr.. McKenna, of Laurel Fac.
tory. 4th prize. box OF wine, to Il. Kettler, of
baltimore 9th prize, box OF wine, TO ID. Won
Helm. 9th prize, travelling bag, to O. Worch.
fth prize, S5 note, TO George Bauer. Sth prize,
to y. Rupert. silver cup.
Prominent among the visitors were noticed
Secretary Rawlins, Col. Robt. M. Douglass,
Presidents Private Secretary; General Eli 5.
Parker, Commissioner of Indian Affaias:
Judge Bingham, Of Ohio, and hundreds of
prominent citizens and strangers. The large
pavilion was crowded during the entire after.
noon and evening, as also were the smaller
pavilions, and after dark a constant display OF
fireworks was in progress. Among the most
prominent OF the refreshment stands was that
Immediately in rear OF the great pavilion, and
occupied by Driver & Dickson. They drove a
good business, one OF the features Of which was
the tapping of loud toned bell at every "frush
tap" of beer. The stand for shooting with air
cents" Were hugely INDUCED in by the Young
men OF our city; among whom the most sue
cessful was Mr.. S. johnson, book-keeper of
Green Williams, v no made the finest shots
OF the evening.
Visitors reach the grounds by the 7th street
cars, at the terminus of which omnibuses aud
vehicles OF all kinds are ready to proceed to
the Park. The latter mode of conveyance is
quite pleasant, out the street cars are crowded
to repletiOn before reaching Pennsylvania
avenue, where scores OF people anxious to get
was the case with many last evening, till too
late to go to the PARK. The complaint about
the insufficient number OF cars was universal,
ana some rather than run the risk of being
squeezed into an already crowded car fingered
awhile admiring the beauties Of the i'll Illuminated
triumphal arch at the intersection of Louisiana
avenue and 9TH streer, and returned to their
homes. This arch itself presents an imposing
and beautiful sight at night, and alone is well
wortha visit
To-day the gates opened at ~ O'Clock, and
this afternoon there is quite a large crowd of
visitors on the way to the Park, the crowd at
which Will outnumber that of last evening.
To-day the members are engaged In trying their
hand tor the kings medal, at present worn by
Mr.. Dill, Of Georgetown, and the competition
Is very brisk. 1t is said that the shooting thus
far is much better than ever before. and there
fore the honor OF wearing the king medal will
be quite high one At this fest. The ceremony
OF crowning the king will take place this
afternoon. when MIR; s. Wolf will deliver
an oratlon In English, which of itself
will bring together a large crowd The
performances Of the gymnasts, the games
for Juveniles the diorama, shooting and bow.
ling aileys. &C., viii be in full play, as also
dancing in the pavilion, where the music is by
the Germania Band, under the lead Of Prof
Shredder, and the fine music Of the band of tue
U. 5. Naval Academy at Annapolis, led by
Prof. Shoef, is much enjoyed. Numbers of the
houses in the neigborhoGd Of the park are at
night illuminated, and last evening that known
as the Clinton House (Mr Stone's). near the
Boundary, attracted much attention.
Tomorrow evening the Mayor and City
Councils Will visit the park.
THE POTOMAC FRONT.-A refreshing breeze
prevails to-day, the tendency Of which has
been to wait inwards number of vessels,
which would have Otherwise been behind
hand. The steamer Arrow, Stackpale, carried
down to Mount Vernon this morning, in ad !.
dition to her regular complement Of strangers
as passengers, & private party of citizens, well
men'.
Harvey's WLar.-Arrived-Sch Foaming
Sea. Jones, from Havre-de-Grace with coal
H. Burr; Exit Murphy, from Havre-de.3race,
Delaney, from Havre.de- Grace, with coal for
Harvey, CLARK Il Given.
Carriers Wha1.-Arrived-SchIs Matthias
Dunnoek, Dunnock, from Havre.de. Grace,
with 15s tons OF coal for John b. Lord Mer.
chant, Philips, from Philadelphia, with 100
tons Of coal for George T. Langley; Bershola,
Gilmore. from Havre.de-Grace. with coal for
George Bogus. Sailed-Schrs. Sarah Jane,
Love, Gamer and Fluery. light. Mem.-Sailed
from Philadelphla, on the - th Of July, schoon.
er Il. B. Tubman, VIM. q. Neale, with egg,
stove and nut coal for J. E. Miller.
Johnson's Whdf-Arrived-Schr Thomas
Fish, Willie, from Rockport, Me-, with ice for
Great Falls Ice Company; Pervade, Aaron.
from Havre.de-Grace, with 10O tons Of coal
for James Frayser; Fishhawk, Faunce, from
Cape Henry, with fresh saltwater fish for
Thomas Reagan.
Riley's Wharf.-Arrived-Schrs. Quail, Rey-
nolds, from Havre- de.Grace, with 100 tons of
coal for H. Clay Stewart; Enterprise, Nelson,
from Virginia, with melons for market; John
Francis, Elliott, from Nanticoke, win melons
for Lewis Il Stewart; Annie Whi,e, Messie,
from Great Wycomlo, with melons, fruit, and
poultry for Lewis.
Fowler's Wharf-Arrived.-Schrs. Joseph
Bay more, -, and Annie Lyons, Kent, from
Boston, with Ice for Washington and George.
entIne Veteran, .Cathcart, for Georgetown, to
load coal for an Eastern port.
Fdy's Whdrf-Arrived-Schr. Annie Vir.
ginia. Lewis, from Havre.de Grace, with lie
| tons OF coal for Geo. Bogus. Sailed-SteameI
| f. Chamberlin, Frere, tor Baltimore and in.
termediate landings.
Brcun's Wharf.-Arrived-Schr. Mignonette
l Colbert, from Havre.de-Grace, with lumber
| for s. p. Brown & Son.
i Sherif's Wood and Coal Wharf, foot Of Sirt
| strcet-Arrlved.-Schr. Thos. Jefferson, Cole
man, light
Croucis Whof.-Arrived-Schr: Julia E
Willets. Bayles. from Saugerties, N. Y, viii
| blue stone for o Washing gtoa dealer.
BeTy's Whayf-Arrived-Schr. James h
Hoyt, from York, Pa, with hay for the George
i town and Washington Railroad Company.
In the Stream.-There lies in the river At va
/ rious points along the front some nall dozel