Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-13
rHE sEsouI-CENrENNIAL.
Meeting of the General Committee La,
Night-The Arrangements PrOgressin

Meeting of the General Committee Last
Night-The Arrangements Progressing
SatisfactOrily-Int Letters.
The regular meeting of the General
Committee for the Sesqui-Centennial cele-
bratiOn was held last evening at HodgsOn
Hall. The Chairman, General Henry r.
Jackson, being absent from the city, the
meeting was called to order by Colonel
Estill, who moved that Captain George A.
Mercer be called to the chair. On taking
the chair Captain Mercer declared that
the meeting was organized and ready for
business. The minutes of the last meet
ing were read and confirmed. A letter
from General Wayne, the Secretary, stated
that matters Of Importance, requiring his
personal attention, would necessitate his
absence from the city for few days.
The Secretary then read several COM
municatiOns referring to the movement,
and an extract from the CdledOnjdR
HercuTg of Edinburgh, of June 9th,
1888. which is very suggestive, and
carried out would be a good starting
point: Leaving the ship at Port Royal,
OglethOrpe engaged a sloOp of seventy
tons and five plantation boats and en-
barked the cOlOnists on Tuesday, Both,
but. detained by storm, they did
not reach their destination until
the afternoon Of Thursday, February
18th, 1913. The people Immediately
pitched four large tents. AS soon as the
tents were pitched the Indians came for
ward with formal salutatiOns. In front
advanced. with antic dancing, the 'Medi-
cine Man bearing in each hand a spread
| fan of white feathers, fastened to rod
hung from top to bottom with little bells.
Marching behind this juggling symbol OF
peace and friendship came the King
and Queen. followed by about
twenty others. making the air
ring with their uncOuth shouts. APP
4 preaching Oglethorpe (who walked out
/ "A few steps from the tent to meet them },
1 the Medicine Man came forward with
/ his fans. declaiming the while the deeds
/ of their ancestors, and strOked him on
every side with the emblems Of amity.
/ This over, the King and Queen babe him
welcome, and after an interchange Of
/ compliments they were conducted to
/ OglethOrpe's tent and partoOk of a pleas
ant entertainment prepared hastily for
| the occasion"
/ Colonel Clifford w. Anderson, Chairman
of the Committee on Military, Civil and
/ Trades Professions, stated that his COM
/ mttee had met and organized, and that
! he had prepared circular to the mer-
/ chants, asking them to contribute float
]
/ lar business they are engaged in, and that
! his committee are now ready to receive
| any instructions the General Committee
/ may give. The Secretary had also written
| to the Adjutant General of Georgia, ask
/ ing him to furnish, at his earliest cOnve-
/ nience. a list of the battalion and cOmpa-
! nv commanders of the State, with view
/ of extending to them invitations to attend
/ our Sesqui-Centennial Celebration.
1t was announced that the Finance
/ Committee had districted the city and had
1 commenced to canvass for subscriptions.
! The several committees then made their
reports, which indicated they had active
! ly engaged upon their sew
eral duties. After general dis
cussion referring to the movement, the
Secretary stated that an invitation
had been extended to England through
/ Her Britanic Majesty's Consul of the State
of Georgia. Mr.. Lewis Joel, to take part
in the proceedings and share in the festiv-
tiles of the occasion. The subjOined cor
| respOndence between Mr.. Lewis Joel, ii.
1 B. VI. Consul and General Henry {.
/ Wayne, will explain fully the nature of
/ the invitation. Although not embodied IN
| the correspondence, it has been suggested
that the presence of an English gun-boat
/ in our waters on that occasion would
probably be the result of the cOrrespOn-
dence:
SAVANNAH. Dec. :, 1882.
/ M LetriS Joel, Her Britannia MGesty'S
4 Consul Of the state Of Georgia, Sdcan-
/ nah. CO..
/ DEAR SIR-The citizens of Savannah
/ having agreed to celebrate with becoming
/ hOnOrs the 10th anniversary of the settle
ment of Georgia i'm / 133 by General James
/ OglethOrpe. Of the British army and Men,
/ Der of Parliament, under royal charter
from His Majesty George H., in 1882, it
would be gratifying to the generation now
occupying the soil first trOdden by Ogle-
thorpe and his companions (many of
whom are descendants of those early set
tiers }, if Her Majesty's Government could
with prOpriety take part in the proceed
ings and share i'm the festivities of
/ the occasion. for to Great Britain
belongs the glory of having founded the
Empire State" of Georgia and of in
grating i'm the hearts of her people the
fundamental principles of constitutional
and personal liberty she has ever main
tanned and so nObly illustrated in her
short but stirring history.
Hoping that Her Britannia Maiesty's
Government may participate with us in
} this cOmmemOration of our common his
tory in such manner as it may deem best,
and with sentiments of high personal con-
sideratiOn for Yourself, ] am, Mr., Consul,
very respectfully, your Obedient servant,
HENRY c. WAYNE, Sec'y.
BRITISH CONSULATE,
SAVANNAH, Dec. 9, 1891
DEAR SIR have the honor to acknOwl-
edge the receipt, at the hands of Colonel
Clifford ". Anderson. of your letter of
Yesterdays date. and to inform YOU that |
this day transmitted copy of it to Earl
Granville, Her Majesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs. l have
the honor to be yours truly, LEWIS JOEL.
Henry c. WdyRe, Esq, Secretary, SeSqui-
Centennial.
Among the replies received about the
fireworks display was the following let
ter:
NEW YORK, December 6, 1882.
Henry {. Wayne, Esq, Secretary, 11S
BrydH street, S0rdRRdh, CO.:
DEAR SIR-NOurs of - to hand. We
would be pleased to furnish your city or
committee with an uneXcelled exhibition
of fireworks. but in order to do so and fur
nish our specialties the amount apprO-
priated for that purpose ought to be 81 900,
and not less than $500 in any event. As
YOU do not state the amount you want an
estimate for, we write for same. Please
let us know by return mail. Make the
amount $1,000 if it is possible, and you will
get an exhibit that will be a credit to
your city, and never be forgotten by the
present generation. We would suggest
for the final piece the cOat-of-arms of the
other beautiful pyrOtechnic effects.
Please send q correct picture Of the
coat-Of-arms. Enclosed, We send you a
few testimonials, so that you may see that
we are not nOvices at this class of work
We can furnish and will include many
of the japanese latest novelties in night
fireworks, which we control in the United
States. Should you decide 10 have Japan
csc day fireworks we will estimate for
them separately.
We always send experts to manage.
Hoping to hear from YOU by return mail,
we are yours. truly,
THE UNEXCELLED FIREWORKS Co.
CHAS. CROWELL. Secretary.
After discussing other matters, on me-
tiOn of Nv. Thos. Ballantyne, the commit
tee adjourned,
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