New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-05

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sion, which they had headed during the day, = halt
was made while coming up Cbartres street. at Jack
son Square. The guests, with their apparatus, drew
up In line, and, With their hats raised stood there
till the whole procession had passed, each company
passing with uncovered heads in recprocation Of the
compliment, and many cheering them heartily. It
was handsome incident Of the day, and must have
grati6ed the strangers considerably.
THE DISPERSION.
Arrived once more at Canal street, the procession
and the public display was at IN end.
With their flags and banners aloft, and the music
streaming, the companies marched OF TO their differ.
ent quarters for time putting the whole city into
state Of fragmentary parade. Eagle No. took
charge Of the company from Jackson Perseverance,
No. 13 took charge Of Washington No. 8, Of Mobile,
and Pelican Hook and Ladder took charge Of Missis
sppi No. 2, with the delegates from Franklin No.
and Merchants No. 4, Of Mobile. The remainder Of
the Mobile delegation taken care Of by other
companies The fraternal style Of march was adopt
ed each member Of an inviting company going arm
in arm with the member Of the company invited.
AFTERNOON FEsrTvrrIEs.
The laborious procession proceedings OF the day
being happv ended. the compauies dispersed to the
respective scenes of celebrating and merymakipe
As Ito onests hv esnec;aI invitation the agreeable
dutv of doing the honors of bosnitalitv In the Mobile
delegation fell to Perseverance, No. 49, gallant COM
nanv than which none could better nlav the bost S
the tried and trusty machines being housed and ex.
tensiye ablntions having removed the dnst x,hich
masked the faces Of ALL the order NJ march was
formed bv each red sbir. nuttino white shirt under
arrest. and 40. arm In arm. the invited fremen of
Mobile and New Orleans formed the line of march
and to quick step tune bore down for Holts Gravier
street where proper libatons cleared the colvebbed
throats for dinner
RIGHT face and connter.march hrouoht the comma
NO IN concert Hall on povdras s.reet the Titan form
Of Judge A. B. Meek. author and orator. the smokes
man Of the Mobile boys his broad breast sashed with
the insignia of his capacity. looming at the head of
the nrocesz;on and on either side of him hs Honor
Mavor stth and 7. N. Marks. Eso President Of the
F;rerens Charitable Association and Grand Marshal
of the day. Next in order came Chief Engineer
:Jewett of the Mobile Department. and Chief Eppi-
moor C,rnher of New Orleans-an then the long rank
of Mobile hovs each in the custody Of one Of ours.
While Marshal M. J. Reirart. yipant and active how
evered along the line of march seeing that all went
right.
At the hall a magnificent spread, modestly called a
" collation. y Init with every constituent of sumptu
ous dinner. awaited the wearied host, which the
clever management of marshal r. seated ouickl,
and without confusion. the company being separated
tho h;te sbirte of the Mob;l;ans on one side of The
toh and the rcd shirts of the Oreanois on the ether
The bead If the tabie was praced bv .Jndoe Meek
and bis r;,a.yi, was Chief Engineer Jewett.
Tha "intoros,;,o exorc;sesv of the occas;on were
ononoa h Cont picordo fof tho Howard Association,
in humorous address which would have done honor
~ u .n,n;dah sleek,, in stvle and the nnrnort of
wb;cb moo 70 I" f,,, tonand thev fell tn every man
with ali bis m;obt for we exnect there never was
sharner set o of remen than these surviving heroes
of a ten mile march over cobblestones. The feast o
the hodilv man being brought TO happy conclusion
the flow Of soul and champagne begun. and with then
stormy times of toast, speech and applause. Th
Mavor and C;tv Conncil were toasted bv Cant. Ri
cardo and broupht Mavor stith to his pns. who afe
the annlanse had subsided addressed the assemblae
briefly and pertinentv closing with toast to wbic
,Tudpe Meek arose and responded in an address q
,enotb and nevar did the sta,wart avarhorse of tn
Democracv of Mobile address the cohorts of the sun
terrified " on the eve of triumph in strains of NOR
stirrinplv conpratuatorv and feeling eloouence thai
he did Yesterday the united fremen-when his loft
penius scared in the empyrean OF thought. and ele
yated the souls of his hearers to meet it in the flight
of its sublimtv bv the inexnlicable Init ineyitabl
mental magnetism which the true orator exercise.
and bas exercised in all ages and among nil neople
Grand Marshal /. N. Marks followed in an admi,
abla sneech. which expressed inst what all the Ne,
Orleans iremen felt and wished said, and expresses
it so elouuently and well that the very buildinJ
seemed To rock To its foundations with the thunden
onnlanse which ensued when the President of th
Firemen,s Charitable Association took his seat
+, NJ. Summers Esn. a well.known LAWYER of Mo
h,o bs manly breast covered with the fireman,s mi
form shrt rose in the ranks and addressed the Com
nonv in a sneecb sparkling with eloquent hume,
and which thonph lone. wonld have better please
all who heard it had IL been longer. Toasts by Chic
Eoo;neer Jewett Inv Marshal Reipart and other,
and exceedingly hannv and mirth.nroyokipp littl
sneeches from Chief Engineer Gruber and Cant. R
cordo fo,lowed and this noted gymnasium ende
with the dav for the sun of the twenty second ann
varssrv wac sinking when the Marshal announced
MESSAGE from Louisiana Hose COMPANY No. 2, il
v;tiro Tho nnted hrethren Of Alabama and Louisiar
~ va,,, ronnd N tber Gathering nlace and take
oloss ~ cbomnaone which courteous bidding W,
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