New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-11
7INBuGURaTIoN or9rHa. JACKSON sra Tue.
A Great bay in New Orleans.

4 INAUGURATION OF THE JACKSON SllA' TOE
II I. Great nay il New Orleans.
The gratitude that has slumbered for forty years ii
Tie breastof New Orleans has famed out into tangi
lbility Since tie glorious victory Of Chalmette TIL
i name Of tie hero of that victory has never beel
i spoken bnt With emotions Of reverence and admra
ton; and all the honor that thought and speech cou
confer was paid to the old hero while he lived Whe
great men die, however, their memory demands some
thing more than annually spoken eulogy OF printe
history The genius sculpture that sprang into exis
ence in the earliest ages as the modest and most e1
during form ofEhonor to the Industrious dead ha
never lost its supremacy, and towers now, as it'd
at its BIRTH high above every oterspecie Of homage
The features of hero may be painted upon canvas
his deeds may be printed in glded books; the event
Of his life may be eeebrated with oratory and fes
tiyty each year and his name may be bestowed upon
every thing susceptible Of q name-but all these
things are ephemeial, or to certain extent intang
4 BILE. They do not impress an adequate idea OF the
hero upon the sense through the channel Of vision
Therefore, a sculptured Likeness ofa great man-de
pictng his FORM feature, and nliel, as they existed II
the flesh and placed in sonle beautiful Or public spot
4 where it may be viewed and admired, not only by
those already acquainted with tile greatness Of the ORR
ginal but by the coming mldtudes before they know
ANYTHING Of the greatness SO honore dis The most
peasing and impressive embodiment of peoples adj
4 miration and gratitude that can be devised
Thus, 1T length, have the people of Louisiana done
| honor to the greatness Of Andrew Jackson Inc
bronze equestrian statue of the Old Hero That now
adorns the prettiest public place in our is the
first genuine and worthy tribute that our city has
paid beneactor It Is simply as awork Of
art, thing of beauty that challenges the eye, and
compels the enthusiastic stranger to nger around it
with an admiration almost equal to that of the
American.
We need not say a great deal about the inaugura-
lion Of the statue on Saturday, for the whole popula
ton were out to see for themselves. Fortunately the
weather vas bright and beautiful Flags huttered
from the shipping, public buildings, consuates print
ing Offices and other buildings too numerous to men
ton Business was in great measure suspended, and
the streets literally swarned with the population in
holiday attire. The military, fremen, benevolent
societies and other civic bodies, turned out in iu
uniform and regalia with banners and music under
the rnarshalship of Gen. Tracy and formed into a
procession that actually seemed interminabe. This
procession once under way, the widescattered multi
tudes began to concentrate in the direction Of jack
son Square aud when, at monday. the concentra.
ton had come to focus, the square and its vicinity
formed spectacle such as was never before seen in
New Orleans, and probably will not be seen again for
many a year.
s It was one unbroken mass Of humanity culver
ing sea of animation and beauty. The windows and
balconies Of the elegant Pontalba Buildings, and Of
the Couthouses, and Of buildings from which diago-
nal views could be had, were perfectly gorged with
ladies and children the streets around the square,
and the evee in front Of it, were SO desely crowded
that carriages and omnibusses could scarcely make
headway; and the square itself, with the mued sta
tue in the center and the miscellaneous tumble around
of beaver hats fire hats soldiers plues and ladies'
parasos all sorts Of colors contrasting in the crowd
below md all sorts of banners uttering in the breeze
above, presented more gay and gorgeous appear
ance than anything we ever beheld before It is esti
mated that the falling of the canvas from the statue
was witnessed by at least 5000 people.
Those Of the spectators who must have enjoyed the
spectacle most and who were themselves not the least
part Of the spectacle the veterans of
1875; those who shared the glory of him to whom
they were now paying posthumous honor. They had
the place Of honor in the procession and were assign
ed an honorable position in the square. The colored
veterans of the same famous OCCASION were also out,
headed by their fellow veteran, the incompatible
drummer Jordan Noble,
& Upon platform appropriately decorated in front
of the statue, the ceremonies of the Inauguration
took place. Ex-Mayor Cross1nan, President of the
Monument Association, introduced I'D Sigur, ESQ.
to the multitude, as the orator Of the day. Mr.. S
made eloquent and appropriate address reviewing
the life Of his hero as the warrior and as the chief
a great people; and was interrupted by the frequent
applause of those who were able to hear him. When
he concluded. aman by the pedestal pulled string
the canvas fell-and the bronze figure Of the warrior
upon his rampant warsteed, glittered in the light of
the sun Instantaneouslya deafening cheeralose and
the hats of the multtudeWere waived aoft; the var
Gus bands of music joined i'll chorus of the most in
sphiting music; and a salute Of a hundred guns
given with cannon on the leyee awoke the echoes al
and near.
Subsequently Ex-Nfayor Grossman introduced Clarl
Mills ESQ., tho designer aud builderof the statue tc
the assembage, whom he addressed as follows
Fades and Gentlemen he Statue before yol represents one
who with handful Of men, proved himself tho savior Of
beautiful city Gen. Jackson is there represented he ap
ago lie has advanced the of the line in the act Of
eomnndt Who acsnowlsdEns ~ rsisng is ehSpea &C
cordjng military etiquette lint day IIis reSfe horse
anticipating the net move attempts 10 dash down the line the
that be is restraining the horse whose mouth and curved
isneck indicate that the animal is feeling thebt have thought
this explanation necessary as there many critics who pro
ladies and gentlemen vii my memory dark day in
deed when shall forget the crowd Of faces around me
and should this humble effort meet appreciation my proud
est reflection vii b. he Of having peEetn9ssed il
character have always leen my almiraton r1g
MI. Mills vas loudly cheeTed. After thai, Genera
Plauche stepped forward, and announced the ceremo
MES as at close Subsequently, the venerable Ber
nard Margny addressed the multitude in French, il
very spirited and appropriate manner and came Of
| with yociferous honols.
| A large portion Of the crowd remained in tn
square for hours, adirng and criticising the statue
There were still numbers of people in the square a
dark. AL day yesterday the square was alive wit
the beauty and CALAMITY of the city and there W
hope the statue will stand and be visited by admrin
! crowds for unnumbered years to come.
In the evening" at tie St Charles Hotel the city
thorites gave sumptuous dinner to the leading PEI
sonages of the day, to-wit: Governor Wicllife an
suite, the Legislative Committees the Monument A.
sociation Clark Mills Esq, the artist and other ger
tlemen of distinction. The dinner was presided owe
| by Mayor Lewis; assisted by Aldermen Lugenbuhl an
stith, and Generals Tracy and PalErey. The dime
was elninently worthy Of the occasion, and, after tn
removal Of the CLOTH toasts and responses were gycl