The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-09


oeseptatson 81 the aishth o. Sanuars
Yesterday was DAY sofpqs 10 Ne annals {
loaisiona, ard 81 ouf country. and & was cele
bsaied ID a manner wosilty Of DE occasion. tn
dawa which broke bright sud beautiful, va
tisiis5s ii sAe g cannon and "a an earl
hour tie whole city was alive with excitement
Flags and pennons sireamed from masthead AM
house oP, and DE spirit Of The day seemed infuae
into the remoiestparts Of the town.
BY hsllpast 10 o'clock, bodies Of troops in gaJ
uhilolni were to Be seen moving in different direc
TONS and martial sleeds bearing pumed officers
pnnced Enough the streets About II o'clock, III,
procession, under iha direction Of Col Charles A
Labuzan, commenced bennington Canal street, and;
gay scene was here presented. The air resounde,
] with The strains Of martial nGsic, as the difereh
divisions masehed 10, and for blocks around, Ii,
balconies and sidewalks were thfonged with spec
'ators. The Legion turned ont in full strength
under Capt Grivot, and we have never seen hi,
fine body Of citizen soldiers present better appear
ance. Gov Walker appeared on the ground with
. nm stall as also did Gen Lewis. Gen. Angus.
tine and Gen Lacoste The Crescent Hussars
under Col. Walton, she German Mounted Com
panH and The Spanish company, Cazadores, =
also turned out, and they all looked well The
Fire Departmentwas represented by detachments
Of Nos g. and 10, which added much to the APP
pearance Of The procession. The Shamrock
Benevolent Society also joined in lhe celebration
with fine band Of music The Orphan BOYS,
from the Asylum in the Third Municipality,
turned out on the occasion
The veterans Of lsl4.l5, came out Oh alasss and
the most interesting feature was the appearance Of
The eoored veterans, who, with the whites, braved
the dangers and assisted in achieving the victory Of
Chalmette. They were placed in rear Of the white
veterans and their appearance, many Of them be-
ing bowed down with age, excited universal re-
mark. About z o'clock the procession moved
down ChaFtres street, and the spectacle presented
as the head q the column turned out Of Canal
street, was most imposing Col Labuzan had ar
~ ~. ~ 'ii'i', "''7 manner
sAat thers was no conlusloni and the procession
moved oil with The precision OF a body Of regular
iroops The aortage ~, ,sI,i,b ,,,sro i
,;,.,ss s,,ta;,;,,, H., 49, III M
20 n ~ toAV' tne mayor the ne
corders, and several Aldermen, mareeed down as
far as Elysian Fields street and thence nm n j.,
fs,eito S,,.4s az 4. 49,, j,
l;s,s... 0us NAe eHtiie
Niatai'oe uslhS thtohSeu Win cluzens.
As The column moved past the Square. the Wash
ineton artillery which WAS Stationed ins;l f.oI.
s.i,.. Ii $780, LII, 49,
9l ny ~ 'ii y ole kuiis' ana as the sound OF each
gun grew liant, the air was rent with the cheers Of
the multitude with which the nlace WAS oro,,,Il
a !, sv,a,.;,,a. .4f, -. 49,
-'+' Seeii eie'tsu N the cen
Wy ana We were peaseti 20 see considerable NUM-
per q iadies here awaiting the arrival OF the pro-
eessiou At n LITTLE mast ons o7.l,,i. an
~ o.,,,.,., a,,a.al H. 60 ~ ''esU VI
~ oV1h eu'steN slie square, ana the Governor
and stati with the other military officers present
the Mayor and other civic f1nrtiopsriss sna ~
,sts,.,s la, ,,.l.;.-l - 4nu VIC
4 '0''' ''''7 1Nu 'oioiso' were escorted to
ne stand.
Cal IT W paIfrey Tho o.sto. r. H.
ippeared and delivered an addFess ,bil ~.
IL. .,i 49,. n, ~ ''uoI was re-
" 'ii AaPPy HiusiUis 70 the event winch the |
usplay was intended to commemorate We give |
rom memory a portion of his remarle and ,y,,,s,
,alosiss C,r s,,,, ;o;,,.,;.,,
49, " lHHy 90 Ailh.
y Of ap all,yisa Providence u bil s, n z '7'
5tig,,, ~, ~ ; a., 7, - W. ~ - assumes OF
AAu4a we are aBau permitted to assemble