New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-03
?Neo Orleans 1aily Crestent.
Reception of Senator Douglas.

Reception of senator Douglas.
In accordance with the action of the City Council,
and of the body Of citizens who determined to give
the 'Litte Giant" proper reception, all the neces
sary preparations made yesterday 10 the after
noon long train Of carriages hauled up in front Of
The City Hall, for the conveyance Of the Mayor and
the AIdermauic committee of reception, and their
friends, to the steamboat landing; and on the land
ing at the insgation of the citizens were stationed
the gallant Washington Artlerists, with several of
their pieces, awaiting orders to fire OIL salute of one
hundred.
The steamer, the City Of Memphis, was slow oR,
her way for she fooled the general calculation,
(based upon elegraphic report bynot getting in till
after dark. Between six and seven o'clock foaming
horseeXpress brought the that the steamer had
reached the Stock Landing at Jefferson City, and had
halted there on freight business. The municipal
committee Of reception at once took their carriages
and proceeded to convenient spot on the steamboat
landing. 1t was some time before the wild whistng
Of the city of Memphis was heard, around the upper
turn Of the river, but when it heard the scene on
the eVee was lively in the extreme The Artillerists,
in the light of their flaming torches, at once com.
menced their hundred; whilst the crowds, not know
ing where the steamer to land scampered up and
down and in every direction in their anxiety to be
in at the landing.
| The important steamer, coming down properly
illuminated, and with more whistIing and believing
than could have been created by forty Ralph Stack.
poles, mounted on forty bulls Of Bashan, spurged
along past the whole steamboat landing, and then,
rounding about nosed her way in among the steam.
ers at the upper landing. She was necessarily SO
eisurey about 1t, that the scattered crowds had time
to consolidate and form perfect rampant of hu'
manity at the point where the steamer finally kissed
the Ieyee. As was dark on the leyee, there were
no opportunities OF computing either the size Or
complexion OF the crowd; bat 1t was very considera
bic, az the least. ooI' ADAMS the Chlef OF Police
was on hahd' WIN d hanDef OF ms olneers, to see
that the municipal committee were among the first Of
the crowd to get aboard and to see that the citys
guest should not be Josted or crowded in his transit
from the steamer to the St. Charles Hotel.
As the boat came into her berth, a large part Of
the crowd sent up cheers for Douglas and when she
finally effected a landing there was mad rush OF
board. An officer OF the boat, who had been ap
pointed to prevent the boat from being sunk by tht
expected crowd, was perfectly infuriated by the rush
and proposed to die in his defense of the forward
stairway but he didn't stop the crowd or die either
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Mayor and Aldermen were introduced to the Judge
and afterward to bis lady, who was with him in til,
after cabin. After the formalties of introduction
the Mayor took charge Of Mr. Douglas conveying hin
to a carriage in waiting, and Robert J Ward, ESQ.
taking charge of Mrs. Douglas, and escorting he
a tier the rush Of the crowd was over.
The Judge was driven straight to the st. Charles
Hotel. large crowd had assembled there, in aptcj
patton of his arrival blocking up the passages of th