Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-26
DEMOCRACY.
Grand Demonstration at New
Orleans.
Reception by the Blair knights
Of the st. Louis Delegation.

day sre fuA OF the grand demonstratlcn
aud reception by the Blair Knights O.
the St. Louis delegation. From tbs
Times, the Crescent, and the Picdytule
We make up the following summary:
In accordance with the arrangements
previously made by the Blair Knighte
far the reception OF their visitors bearing
hitheF for them a banner from the oitE-
zens Of orr Western sister st. Louis, the
COMMITTEES OF reception and the New
/ Orleans Chamber OF Commerce, the
members Of which had, by invitation,
! consented 20 act in ths same capacity,
procee ded to the Jackson depot yester-
/ day afternoon, in season for The arrival
( of the train bearing their welcome
CUES a dispatch had previously bSen
! received from Magnolia giving infOrma-
/ ton thst all was well and the train on
/ time. And when, therefore, the train
came pulling into the depot, the looked
| for guests found themselves at once at
! home and in the hands of friends. A
/ cordial welcome was exchanged, and
/ then the entire party were ushered into
Carl ages IN waiting to convey them 70
the City Hotel, where suites OF apart
mems had been previously engaged for
them by their hospitRble entertainers.
FROM THE HOTEL To THE OPERA HOUSE.
The entrance to the City Hotel had
been prettiiy adorned with an arch of
eVergreens and painted devices. In the
center were the arms of Missouri with
those Of Louisiana, on either pillar was q
purtrait OF Seymour and one of Blair,
while above were the words, heartfelt by
those who placed them there: We'll
come TO the ST. Louis Delegation Forth,
then, from this beautiful door way at the
appointed hour came the guests of the
Democracy of New Orleans, with them
came a number of our own mstrons and
bevy Of LOuisianR's fairest daughters,
escorted by gentlemen whose sterner viz
tues, we'll displayed on other occasions,
made them but the more gracefully bear
the honOrs thus conferred upon them.
The carrisges-On the horses of each, by
a happy thought, to whose unknown au-
thor we here give the credit which is
bis due, badge, indicative of the per-
sous VINO flied each particular carriage
were all ready, and in very short
time the whole cortege was in motion
towards the Opera House.
The msrcn, though in itself beautiful,
was a faint indication Of what Was 10
come in the evening The long row OF
carriages, freighted with ladies, whose
varied beauty indicated the several
clmes which each called home, their
escOrts attired in the full uniform OF the
Blair knights, made more gay for the
occasion, the prancipg steeds gsuGiiy ca
parisoned, the miniature national celore
which were placed everywhere that q
q e could be- placed, the double and
triple rows Of delighted spectators which
lined either sidewalk, and sometimes
even blocked the progress OF the prOoee-
sion, and the golden glory OF the setting
suu, which, like the BENSON of the Al
mighty upon the Gauss in whose honor
the demonstration was made, lighted the
whole scene with a crimson splendor
which doubled each beauty all these
together formed a picture, the sight OF
which, coupled with q thought on the
noble motives which had created it,
wodld have made the. heart of every true
man beat quicker in his bosom, and his
pulse throb faster in response TO mighty /
emotions of joy which 1t would surely
cali into being.
AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
The froBt rows Of the Dress-Circle and /
the PaIquette were devoted to our lady /
visitors. The rest of the theater was open /
TO the general public.
1DHEt u D BEaCS III DbautH lDSt l6 never I
so absolute as when mingling together In /
3 small space. So much is given to the .
individual type, and so much is given TO
the fsvoring eIemsnts in which the
charm, first merged, becomes afterwards
purified and adorned. It is pleasant to
look at a sweet female type. Still sweet
sr is it to see that type duplicated inded
nitsly; blended with types equally gTa
'IOus with It's own; gaining a bizarre
beauty from the waving of fhsndkerchiefs,
snd the PLAYING with faus, from Chinese
even unto Partisan. We have had great
artists artists, who have nobly borne
he nsme-1hO have found the perfect
.ype Of the picturesque Ia a scene from
nature. For Ourself, We think the pictur-
,sque Uf female lovelIness is none the
ess potent, and, decidedly more-pi-
Judnt.
70 be more special, it was a grateful
light to taEe In, at one glance, the beau
les OF q sister city endeared to US By
many ties, and those OF our own. More 1
grateful was It to US, as, casting our eye
,ver the crowded hall, we found il hard
o tell who were the guests, aud who the
losts, OF this brilliant Assem- blage. We
,lesd guilty TO one charge. We we're not {
ware before how many superb types Of !
he dsrk-haired, olive-skinDed beauty,
St. Louis could claim. At the first look |
st. Louis CreOle-for the term is known
here as with us-lOoks exceedingly like I
New Orleans Creole. II there are diff
erences, We did not stay to find them.
'he "0pera House" that has SO often
Ils2sd with the perfect essenos OF our !
southern beauty, seemed, last night. in
10 wise, different from " hat 1t has been
n nights whel none tut our own lovely
Vomen have held enchanting audiences {
n the boxes, and the most delightful of {
in the IOges gTiHes Indeed, IL s
/ had not been for the eloquent remarks I
{ Col. Hatch, Chairman Of the St. Louis t
Delegation, which told US otherwise. We {
night EASILY have rested in the convistioa \
hat 10 other city than ours had been
allied upon to give its quota Of grace and
pveliness to the spaces of the "Opera =
Iouse."
on THE STAGE.
But IL the audience was so attractive q
Gene, q glance at the stage revealed one f.
hat but for the prior view Of the house
p would have deemed peerless. At the i.
sck, on a RAISED platform eat the presi- .
ents of the various Dem oeratic clubs. a :.
ODDLY arrsy, and amongst them the s;
Iandsome banner OF the Broom Rangers.
nd the various gudons and q aga of the :
Blair Knights. In ssemj-circle, extend. i.
ng entirely across the stage, sat thirty :
even Of the fairest ladies Of which our :
lty. famed for its beautiful women, can !
oast-esch representing one OF those :
-ars In our national standard, the long :
enied brightness Of some Of which we
"a now striving to restore. :
Ia a smaller circle, in front Of the young I
aides, were the gentlemen OF the ST. !
ioHls delegation, q list Of which We pub
SD elsewhere, and the mention of whose r
Ames is sufficient adornmant from Ia !,