New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-16

insS ptsxiots event it all to be hkened 70 i was
xsnss Tavioss sriusrphal satry On his return from
IL. soIae fonr feeu ysafs Ago and that was N
II iljsoIsr Al hsliind the one oiIered yesterday
f4.iEs ~ ~ Iixssxs.
sfs;,u I'LL found Ill the hanting in the city
4 ~ liz rfysf H&antixg merrily Iii The breeze.
rot i dax snyN hers, Big Of little, that was not
NIL out fhe fsreien Conaals, and al ether owners
efcreirr fazs vieing with the Americans 10 hang
~ x11eir harners ID ME outwArd walls. On the
4 :le5se tps sight Vas magnificent. Tho Eve Or sx
Ies f steamers and ships all had their colors out
md f0rmad sort IL rainbow houree for Die city.
zcu Tic river side. So
I suspesssicn cf Business.
Tiers never was 4 day in New Orleans when the
suspcnsson III business wss % total. The Ievees
+ end Fulton, and New Levee, and Tchoupitoulas,
n md Maxasire streets, weses quiet and deserted,
even mere than Oh lie Sabbath whilst the great
4 STAMPING thnr9 laros we're equally sa, No
e nieces ~ n aiasd opdn, any sase the coffee
4 uases, ectieneries, and fruit
1SiI SjFss sh0ps W. never, On any occasion. wit
Il nssyo such perfectly total suspension Of bust
lsssy III lsga holiday Sabbath or any other occa-
MIN 4hat W. can remember, ever put such . hush
III she roar and the rush cf commerce.:
Il 3Hl'sl Txrsost ~ Inc People. s'
plia weather being bright and altogether favor-
abie, the turnout wss universal Not only the men
ma bit she ladies' and the little ones, All in
ipped along tho hundreds Of streets,
harmed sides cn Ne principal avenues, and aggre-
y gatad Into pillows ~ they neared Canal street
which was Tie grand vortex Of the day
Tfc sights On Canal street.
The Statue 81 Clay, enseloped in the national
c0lors nas The cynosnrs situated in The center Of
broad intersection, from which it could (and can)
a hi aeen from mort south, east and west; ahappy
zion foz IT'D Etatne of The ksreat Commoner.n
Kacing xhs Statue, from "a east, ON Canal street,
q ~ the grsnd platform of the day . splendid
alsl hal square in length, rising a. it receded,
n III 6rgIsF III give e occupants of liz multitudnous
beaches and chairs fair chance to see. This plat
y fuFm was entirely surrounded biz marbled canvas
\ arxpery; reaehing 10 the ground; and was like
wiae surrounded by fifteen o. twenty tall masts,
+ eaeh mast an rnsrican shield with q
4 SaAck If flags spread opt, and atreaner and Gilt
baf 1T I'LL top, mid ail these masts connected BY
festoors of the richest and heaviest evergreen.
,n I'LL front stood tall double coluinned arch 81
die Moresgno Style on which was emblazoned the
i,anie, Henry Clay 4, whilst american flags were
disposed ahout TX u such way as To aid the arch
il sheltering from TIE aun the orators stand be-
ilsati, ii. The whole appearance 0f this arrange
rdsnt was MAG ftticent; far, very far, ahead Of
tling ii sle hind ever before gotten up ii New
a Orleans. s.s
The 1xyltitnsies
az s,sotators ihat gorged Canal street and every
amer street above aid below It, were altogether
Tremendous. The street and banquettes were
snostly anonopozed by Tho sterner sex; the broad
balconies, yerandahs and windows, on both sides
al tts street for squares, as we'll as on the other
Saxcete we're fls,sh with Iadies and children; look
uu. Ii, their gay and varied dresses, like SO many
hnrs bouau6ts fresh gathered from fhe gardens Of
: Paradise ana clustered together by some Titanic
band. sss
IS X, .,;,a,,s, Rsnsv,,an, o..
cietiess and other organizations was Of course the
aitation on and of Canal street, long before the
rsT.cession was formed. All turned out III great
+ strenstl,; such an nssemblaga was never before
Witnessed Iii ths City. The particulars 81 al this
aHl be best given ID our account Of
TIle Progression.
AIN artillery salute was the signal for starting.
TaEs Aoua lines III aecieties which filled the streets
"a M distances, fell in, one by one, accord
4 iii NJ their places Id the After Col.
walton, tie Grand Marshal, and his aids, started
dawn RovaI street. considerably more than an
iour elapsea ILL lie last end Of Tie procession
sa6t solss. 81 e. a.
Il The military
Y E1i,owaa tia Grand Marshal and his stan. and
1890 ,t Il, ora,t strength. Major Lewis
sststs IA an,a M Iau;o,,
~, Il iuoludjnr tIe a.,
81 Ratsslior s.t 4slfisa IA othey down town
"a s,,a ora,aaa
s,ss ~ WIT Rrirade nner Rrra.
tSs
fara SIty Ions;ana
! &c., tfissssin zines rom jackson and
the f3a1ets. fr1n MOBILIZE. An this ss.s merely tic
military escort to the grand procession Of the
4 dill. s 4
The First Grand piviaion
led on sit long line Of carriages, which were
seated tho Clay Monumental Committee, the Jack
son Mcnpnaensal COMMITTEES, aud other gentlemen
idsntiea y honor OF The illustrioas
dead, Then same The
FREQ nzayons
Ii i de6rse Of strength aud splnndor never before
Ssnii here. 81 long eavaieade u the Knighss Tenn
plsfs. soreeousiy anpareled Ia frocks and nantIes
s while. bearing fe scarlet cross of The order,
hlack seckaass viii white and black piulnes, gel