New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-02-23

~eN THE MILITARY.
The early part of the forenoon was busting and
picturesque in all parts of the city, with the gallant
soer boys" hurrying to their different headquarters
and them in companies, speeding with fife and drum
and gay colors streaming" to the grand rendezvous
of the day. The portly and brilliant Continentals,
the elegant and trim Washington Artillery, the hand
some and youthful National Guards the exquisitely
uniformed Louisiana Grays, and the other uptown
companies of Gen. Tracy's brigade, under command
OF Col Forno, assembled at Lafayette Square where
they joined by Gen. Palirey at the head of bis
downtown brigade, composed Of the Orleans Artil-
lery, the Yagers, and the numerous other downtown
companies whose names cannot now recall All
formed in proper order the Square and submitted
themselves in the usual elegant and orderly STYLE to
the quarterly inspection and review by Cen Lewis
and his aids The review over, the brigades filed out
Of the Square, and marched through the principal
streets of the city presenting the most beautiful
appearance and causing the greatest rush of the
holiday population to the thoroughfares through which
they passed. The procession over the different COM
panies dispersed to their respective arsenals and
thence redispersed, individually spend the remain
der OF the day according to their different incna.
tons
The two crack companies, however did not disperse
Immediately. Capt Walton and his men of the
Washington Artillery, in contest of good feeling,
captured Capt. Todd and his men of the Continental
Guards, and took them prisoners, in fowery chains,
to their Arsenal on Girod street. The Continentals
being philosophers all, succumbed with the good
grace which charaeterizes all their movements, and
assisted the Artillerists nobly in something which
they had set apart the special labor of the day to-
wit the emptyng of sundry large bowls of an am
Der liquid, the mere smell of which would have
thrown Bacehus into ecstaeies Or aroused Sienus to
consciousness. With good solids to wash down the
liquids, both companies pitched in so iearlessy that
the task proved to be task at ALL Fternal feeling
eloquence and humor, rose mistike over the scene,
and enyeoped each toast and speech in a golden
halo. We dropped in during the excitement, and
saw but one company of soldiers but whether that
company was the Continental Artierists, or the
Washington Contnentas, we could not for the life Of
us make out. All good things, however, must have
an end; and so, in good time the Contnentas took
fraternal leave of their hosptable entertainers, and
left to prepare themselves for the grand bali with
which they designed closing their anniversary.
The most interesting feature Of the military pro
cession was timeworn old flagstaff and venerable
looking old flag borne in post of honor by the
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ue p'O'essou !, pono'aoe escort rom the state
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