The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-22

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course. as 1t has always been, q grand success
and, indeed, 1t promises this year 70 lar sur
pass all former occasions OF the klno. Ine
preparations are more ample than ever before
the grounds nave been improved ana aodl
t,onal stands erected for the convenience ano
entertainment of the guests, and new ano
attractive features have been added to the
list of amusements for the week, and there
suit can hardly fail to bea week Of rare enjoy
ment, and one that will be long remembered
as an Important event In the history OF oui
German population. and a matter Of credit
and congratulation to its enterprising pro
&iectors-the Charleston Schutzen Gessell'
schaft.
TIE PROGRAMME.
The festival will be ushered in to-day at s A.
NJ. by the booming OF a dozen guns on Gltadel
sousre, and this will be a signal for the as
semblIng Of the riaemen at Lipdstedt's Hall.
At seven O'Clock the procession will be formed
al Lindstedt's Hall, corner Of King and Cal.
houn streets, and will parade through the
principal streets on the way to the South
Carolina Railroad Depot. The line OF march
will be down King to Broad street, down
Broad street to East Bay, up East Bay to Mar
ket street, up Market to Meeting street, and
up Meeting to the depot. Here the party will
take the cars for the Schutzenplatz, where, on
their arrival, they will be greeted with
another salute OF twelve guns. Then a formal
welcome to the grounds and to the festivities
of the week will be extended by Captain A.
Melchers to the guests and visiting societies,
and the opening banquet will be ester.
The prize target shooting for gentlemen
will begin at noon and continue until 2. NJ.
The ladies will be afforded an opportunity of
shooting for the prizes offered to EN- from
one to four O'Clock P. N. The dancing will
afso BEGIN at noon and will continue eachday
until IF. NJ. At4P. NJ. on Monday, and each
day during the festival,
PROFESSOR BOND
will give an exhibition of his daring exploits
upon the serial wire, and during the rest OF
the afternoon there will be the usual variety
of general amusements, such as nine pins,
gymnastics, singing, italian music, race run
ming, balloons, milk feeding, sugar eating,
molasses diving, sack running, creased pole,
flying trapeze, DC, &c.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the
prize target shooting for gentlemen will be
from 9 A. M. to 4P. NJ, and for ladies from l
to4P P. NJ. The shooting at the target OF honor
will be confined to the hour between I'm. and
JPN. There will also be dancing from noon
until Z P. NJ, and the same attractive LIST OF
general amusements az OF Monday.
!, on Friday, the closing day of the fest, the
shodtipp will begin as on former days; but all
firing will cease at / P. n. All the general
amusements will be in full operation, and the
grand ball will be given from IL N. to Z r. h.
At 4P. N. the coronation Of the new King OF
the Fest will take place, and the prizes WILDE
distributed with appropriate addresses BY the
orator of the day. The festival Will be closed
FTP: NJ, and Its conclusion will be indicated
by q salute Of three guns.
TIE SAVANNAH scHUTzEN.
The Savannah Schutzen Gesellschaft, Whlcn
sends a delegation of about twenty-five men
to our charleston schutzenfest, is the only
rife company in Savannah, q majority Of the
members of the others which existed prior 10
the war having enrolled themselves IN tne
present organization. This company Is ON
cared az follows: A. schwaab, president; M.
Helmkin, vice-president; G. b. Gemendsn'
secretary; jog. J. schwarz, treasurer; 1os'
H~irschbach, first. schutzenmeister, n. Marin,
second schutzenmeister J. Bernard, "a
Theme, h.. Won Claim, G. Schwarz and P.
Derst, directors. The roster Of the company
now shows one hundred and fifty members.
Their new uniforms are quite neat and tasty,
and their representatives will make a fine ap.:
pearauce. The Savannah News says that 1t Is
the intention of the Savannah Schutzen Ges-
ellschalt to offer as a prize, to be commended
for exclusively by their Charleston brethren, q
magnificent gold medal valued at over nifty
dollars. The best shot with the rifle WILL take
ths.prlze. The delegation was expected
Yesterday afternoon, until o telegram was re-
ceiyed stating that they would not leave
Savannah until last night. They Will be re-
ce,yed this morning, on their arrival at the
Savannah and Charleston Railroad depot, by a
detachment of the German Rifle Club, and
escorted up. to Llndstedt's Hall, where they
will be accommodated during. their stay In the
CITY. This will afford them a short time for
rest and refreshment before the parade.
THE CAROLINA RIFLE CLUB
will assemble at their hall, corner of East Bay
and Broad streets, at halfpast six O'Clock this
morning, In full uniform. They will be es-
corted thence by a detachment of the German
Rife Club with band Of music up to the rem
devious at the corner of: Calhoun and King
streets, where they will take their position IN
line with their hosts and the visiting delega'
ton from the Savannah Schutzen.
HOW TO GO TO THE GROUNDS.
The South Carolina Railroad Company mas
nut on an extra train for. the accommodation
of visitors to the Schutzenfest, which will
leave the depot at Ann street at 9 A. NJ, and
hourly thereafter until 6 P. n. Returning
from the Platz, the train will leave OF $50 A.
NJ, and continue to leave the grounds on the
half hour until 7.3O P. NJ. The trains will stop
both ways at the Line street depot for Inc &C
mediation of the uptown passengers, and
tickets will be sold at both the Ann street and
Lie street depots.
The horse cars will take passengers to the
corner of King and Line streets, whence the
omn,buses of the Magnolia line will start for