The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-15
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
The Programme for the Day and the
Festivities In the Evening.

The Programme for the Day and the
Festivities In the Evening.
The preparations thet have been making
during month past for the celebration OF the
day 80 dear 10 every honest Irish heart, and
30 famous In Irish song and story, will culml-
nate on Monday in grand civic and military
display in the morning, and various fesliVi-
ties In the evening. The several clubs and
societies which will participate In the celeora-
lIon will form in Meeting street opposite
the Hibernian Hall ut half-past eight O'Clock
A.. NJ, with The Irish Rifle Club In the van,
Irish Volunteer Rifle Club next, Irish Volun-
teers third, ST. Patrick's Benevolent Society In
the fourth position, and the st, Josephs BeDe-
fetal Total Abstinence Society In the rear.
The st. Patrick's brass band will lead the pro-
cession, and the United States. Post band will
occupy position In the centre OF the column.
The procession will be commanded by Captain
james Armstrong of the Irish Rifle Club, the
grand marshal of the day. He will be assisted
by Vice President D. W. Erwin OF the Irish
Volunteer Rife Club, and by Vice-Presdent
James Cosgrove of the st. Patriok's Benevo-
lent Society. The grand marshal and his
procession is formed 1t will march to the
Cathedral on Queen street, where discourse
suitable to the occasion will be delivered BY
Bishop Persico. After the discour is de.
livered the procession will reform and march
through King and Broad streets to East Bay;
thence through Market and Meeting to Line
street, and back down Kirg and Queen streets
to the Hibernan Hall, where the procession
will be dismissed.
The Irish Rife Club will carry the American
flag, borne by Mr. Dominick Spellman, the
veteran color.bearer, who carried The stand
ard of the old Irish Volunteers over hundred
battle-aelds in Virginia during the late war.
Immediately after the parade the Irish Rifle
Club will escort the Irish Volunteers to the
South Carolina Hall. on Meeting street, where
O substantial lunch will be served. At the
same hall In the evening the Irish Rifle Club
will give sumpluous banquet, prepared by
Tuily, 10 which will be invited the presidents
OF several rife clubs, representatives OF the
Fire Department., Postmaster Trott and
others. Beck's Band has been engaged to be
present, and the music of large number OF
Moore's Irish melodies has been brought out
from New York for the occasion, and several
of the best amateur slugers in the city will
be present at the banquet.
The HIbernlan Society will give In their
hall, on the same evening, q magnificent din
ner, prepared by the popular proprietors CT
the Pavilion Hotel. This dinner will be pre-
sided over by General James Conner, and will
be largely attended oy the prominent citizens
of the community. The magniacence OF the
dinners heretofore given by the Hibernlan
Society, on st. Patrick's Day, have always
constituted leading feature OF its celebra-
,iou, and the coming banquet will, at least,
equal, II it does not surpass, its predecessors
in splendor. The Irish Volunteer Club will
also celebrate the close OF the day with an
elegant supper at the Market Hall; while the
Sc. Palrick's Benevolent Society will conse-
crate anew the hallowed memories OF their
Patron Saint by festival in the hall over
Byrne & Fogarty's grocery store, on King
street.