Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-10-02
BALTIuORE's f5oTH ANNIVERSARY.
Programme for Heck Of Spectacle and
FesiiUity.

! the citizens of Baltimore have arranged an AZ
/ tractive programme to celebrate tire l5Vth anni-
versary of the founding of the city The pro-
gramme includes the illumination and decora-
ton of all the houses. street parades and spec
tacles historical and allegorical representations
/ grand mass meeting, t0rchliSht procession, Ne'
/ The railroads and steamboat lines ccntreing IN
Baltimore have reduced their fares 10 Ccnten-
NAL rates. and for the accommodation Of visit
ors on arriving a Committee ON Public Comfort,
with headquarters at the City Hall, has been
formed to provide boarling-houscs and private
accommodation when the hotels are full. The
programme for each day Of the week is
MoNDAY. October 1lth.- illustration OF the
history and progress of the city OF Baltimore by
alleyorical tablcaux. procession of the German
assdciations. the trades and industrial and me-
! chanical interests An Grafton by Col. j. Ihos.
Srharf in the English and Colonel Frederick
/ Rninein the German language ct the ScheutZen
Park. Mr. Jno Austin Stevens Will deliver an
address on THE Surrender of Yorktown, be-
fore the Historical Society.
Tuesday. Oct -NWHng-Parade OF the
Order of Free and Accepted MasOns Knights
Templar. and the public and private school
/ children. Excrciges in the public schools Will
he SUSPENDED from Monday, October II, to I'm
day. October -, inclusive, in order to permit
t9achcrs and pupils to witness and take part IN
the festivities. On Tuesday, October l., the
prDils Of Baltimore City College, the first and
! second classes and other pupils oi male gram
mar schools, will participate in the parade, I'M
der the direction of the male teachers. On
| Thursday. Octoherl4 the new building OF male
grammar and primary school, corner OF Greene
I and Favctte streets Will be dedicated with ap-
. propriate ceremonies at > !. NJ. ana inc Mayor
the municipal authorities and the public gener-
/ ally are invited 10 participate in the exercises.
ON the same dav a musical and literary enter
Imminent will be given at Baltimore City Col
lcgc and the two Female High Schools, appro-
priate To- the occasion. under direction OF the
| committee on music-all the buildings to be IL
Eliminated and on that day all the publlc
school buildings will be open To citizens, who
are cordially invited to NiSltand examine Ihchi;
yucel1y DEMONSTRATING OF the Historical
Society at the Academy of Music with Grafton
tahlcailx and music. The tableauX VIII be
three i'm number. The first will represent the
country in possession of the Indians; the Sec
ond will represent the settlement Of Baltimore
and the third, Baltimore at the present day
/ Chief Judge Brown, cX-Attoncy General Isaac
u. Jones and Prof Gilman constitute com
mittcc 20 wait ON President Hayes and Cabinet,
and other distinguished pcrsonagcS, and invite
them To be present al the celebration.
WrpN@sDAY. Oct 13.-Parade of the state,
CITY and visiting military organizations, cltN
and visiting fire departments, police depart
mcnt. letter carriers and telegraph messenger
bows. =.
THURSDAY. Oct. f4.-Paradc of the Catholic
Knights. and all or our benevolent, religious,
social. medical and Temperance societies and
orders.
FRIDAY. Oct. f5-Parade Of Independent Or
der of odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Red
Men IIarugari llcp:aSophs, Knights of the
T,,1 d
Druf,iS ROYAL Arcanium, Knights OF Honor,
and all other secret orders and societies.
S,TrrpAY. Oct. 1G-Paradc of cold. Nlasons,
and all colored social and benevolent orsaniza-
tions societies and orders.
T,-rsD,Y. Oct. lg.-iencral illumination of
the city and pvrotechnic display in co;ncfra-
ton of the l50,h anniversary of the founding
of Baltimore City. and the 99th anniversary OF
the surrender of Lorl CORVALLIS al orktoWn'
TIE GRAND PROCESSION.
The first DAYS procession will be the mos,
elaborate affair Of the Anniversary. The first
division of the procession will illustrate the
progress and Development of the City from fjO
iofST2 and the second division from lSl2 70 80.
FIRST DIvIsIoN.-TwO hcridS in English cos
tune of $780, Logs and baronets OF lI3O on
horseback thetral1bingS, &c. of the horses ana
fine ,ashes being the colors Of Maryland-orangc
and black. An Indian chief tto represent the
chief from whom the ground now occupied nv
Baltimore was puaclaScd) and his followers
Indian life. represented by scene of Indians
drawn in a wagon. Capt. John smith ana
thirteen men in a boat on wheels. smith was
the first white man who cast his eye ON Whal Is
now Baltimore. and explored the Chesapeake
Settlers i'm n wagon among the representations
being rhelOr cabin and the outfit nt the settlers
in colonial t.nlaS Representation OF the oid
old court -hGiisc the first one built for lsil-
more town, which formerly stood On a niuil
forty feet high. On Monument square, where
Battle Monument now stands the dock and
pillorv win also be represented IN TINS tablcau.
An old watcE-hoX, with z squad oi WatciHiei
in the ofdcn time in Old-fashioncd caps and
ovcr-cOatS and using rattlCs. Continental iiei
and drummcrS Military camp OF the rcvoiu-
tionary war. 4 company of Maryland mnntc
men known the Maryland Line, commanded
bv reconciliation OF Baron Dchap; u was
thought proper 10 Introduce representative OF
the latter i'm the procession, which viii be in
charge of the German committee, as Dckalh
WAS German and lost his life at the head OF
fine MARYLAND Line Trade and commerce of
Baltimore. represented by clipper IN full rlg,
on the deck being tobacco. wool, grain and
other MARYLAND products \ representation %
the Star-Spanglcd Banner consisting oi q col
lection of shells and hooms IN pyramid form
the tnpmost being hurstcd she'll out of which
cmerges the Goddess of Liberty. y representa-
ton of the Battle Monument.
SECOND DIvIsIox.-A company of the Fifth
MARYLAND Rcaimcnt in modern uniform, follow
ed bv an allegorica banner. which will he pre-
scented To the German societies by number OF
ladies. An alcgorical representation OF Balli-
more will bcmade bv figure seated on throne
with a canopy overhead. On each side j. a
shield represcnting the coat-ot-armS of Mary
land. On her arm will be shield representing
the Battle Monument. The throne will he
! sipportcd by fishermen and plowmen. In front
will be shcafS of wheat, corn, tobacco plants.
bale of cotton &c Another tablcau viii be a
representation of tic " Chesapeake being the
first steamer that went from Baltimore in 1873
= There will hea RECONCILIATION of the introduc-
ton of gas: also showing the contrast OF an oil
lamp with q gas chandelier. \ tabieau Will
represent the introduction of the first steam
engine 10 Baltimore The first engine was Pc
ter Coopcr'S Tom Thumb which Ian from Bal
timore to Ellicott City in 1880. The grasshop-
per engine of the Baltimore and ONO Railroad
viii be secured for this part OF the parade, fol
o. lowed by an engine of the present DAY. lAC
, introduction Of theteegTaph will bc the subject
of the next tableau. Telegraph wires connect
ING with four poles. representing the four points
of the compass will be arranged on a wagon
NEPTUNE sitting on globe in the centre, with
n wand over the wires At each pole will be
figures representing telegraph boys delivering
messages Fire engines aud tremen will bC
next exhibited. an old-faShiOncd hand engine
and q steam engine of the present day being IN
the tableau The next representation Will be
that of the arts and sciences. and will be fol
lowed bv an ailcgorical representation of the
horticultural and agricultural products of the
State. The sea and her products will he an cx-
Lih;.ior of o,~sters fiSIr &c \ representation