Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-27
rur .oENrENN1AL.

Programme of Exercises to be Observed
The committee appointed by the Sesqui-
Centennial General Committee to arrange
a programme for the celebration, have
submitted report recommending the
following order of exercises to be observed
February u and 10:
Col. C. W. Anderson, Marshal.
First. AT $3.50 O'Clock the bells of the
city will be rung one hundred and fifty
times, commemorative of the Sesqui-Cen-
tennial anniversary of the settlement of
Georgia.
Second. The general line will be formed
punctually at 10 O'Clock a. m. on South
Broad street. facing north, the right rest
ing on AbercOrn street, and in the follow
ing order from right to left:
/. Carriage containing His EXcellency
Governor A. H. Stephens, the President
of the General Sesqui-Centennial Com
mittee, General Henry r. Jackson,
the Reciter of the Ode, and the Secretary,
General Henry C.Wayne.
,. Carriages containing foreign Con-
Suls and Agents.
3. Carriages containing the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city.
4. Carriages containing the reverend
clergy of the city.
). Carriages containing the Judges of
the United States, State and City Courts,
6. Carriages containing distinguished
citizens and guests.
7. Carriages containing the Executive
Committee of the General Sesqui-Centen-
NAL Committee.
8. Carriages containing the General
Sesqui-Centennial Committee.
9, Carriages containing the Governors
staff.
10. The historical pageant.
IL. The military.
At 1920 a. m. the column will be put in
motion, and will take up the following line
of march: Down AbercOrn street to
BroughtOn, up BrOughtOn to Jefferson,
down Jefferson to Bay, down Bay to East
Broad. When reaching East Broad the
column will be halted and faced to the
front, The carriages will then be parked
on the north side of Bay street.
Third. Between 10 and IL O'Clock a. m.
the vessel with Gen. OglethOrpe and the
cOlOnists will arrive, passing up the river
under an artillery salute. They will land
at the foot of West Broad street. The
party will then be escorted to the Battery
north side of Bay street }, where they will
be received by the Indians, and the speech
of congratqlatiOn and friendship delivered
to the Yamacraws by OglethOrpe, and the
reply of welcome by their sachem, TomO-
chichi, shall take place. The shipping III
the harbOr will be decked with the flags of
all nations, and the salutes and ceremonies
I customry on such occasions will take
| place. Upon the conclusion of these cere-
/ monies the pageant will proceed to the
! position assigned them in the parade.
/ The column will then be put in motion
! and will take up the following line of
\ march: Up Bay street TO Whitaker,
! up Whitaker to st. Julian, down
/ st. Julian TO Bull, up Bull to
: 10 nd
/ down Barnard to Perry, down Perry to
/ DraytOn. Upon reaching DraytOn street,
/ the column will be halted and faced to
| the front, the left wing of the infantry be
/ plOyed in mass on the right wing, after
! which the commands will be brought to
/ the order and rest.
The carriages will turn up the
eastern side Bull street, and be
! parked on McDonOugh street, be-
/ tween Bull and Abercorn, after which the
occupants will alight and take position
upon the stage of the Theatre. An
/ Grafton appropriate to the occasion will
! then be delivered by His EXcellency
/ Governor A. IL. stephens.
Upon the conclusion of the Grafton, the
/ troops will escort the Governor to the
/ Park extension, where general review
will take place,
/ Fourth. A handsome column or arch
/ thirty to forty feet high will be erected at
/ the corner of Bull and BrOughtOn streets,
1 surmOunted by the coat of arms of Geor-
/ gia and a bust of General Oglethorpe,
/ entwined with evergreens and flowers,
/ and Ornamented with appropriate flags,
! banners and inscriptions of welcome to
/ our guests.
The afternoon and evening of the first
| day will be devoted to the entertainment
/ of guests.
SECOND DAY.
|. Civic societies will form on South
/ Broad street, right resting on Habersham
street, at 10 O'Clock a. M, puctually.
Ii, The Trades Procession will form on
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