New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-02


was worth enjoying. Thousands of people
were in sight, moving up and down Canal
and st. Charles street, and crowding the
galleries of every house which could boast
OF such convenience. As the hours waxed
late. many went home to supper, but q
respectable number held their ground
around the statue, as if they were satisfied
the Mystic Krew would emerge from its
interior. One man was positive that the
krew would make their first appearance at
the statue, because he saw it in the paper.
Tho Police Arrangements.
The police arrangements for the day were
admirable, and the general good order pre-
served speaks well for the efficiency of the
force. At noon Captain Cain, Superintend.
ens of police, issued the following order:
sUrEn1NrENDENrs Orr1cE.)
Metropolitan Police. I
To all Captains of Precincts:
You will require masquerade parties pass
ing through the streets after six o'clock this
evening, either on foot or in carriages, to
have one of the party unmasked, excepting
the Mystic Krewe of Comus.
No arrests will be made under the above
unless the parties refuse to 1omply with the
order.
By order: GEORGE L. CAIN,
Superintendent.
E. V. HITCH, Secretary.
The Costumes.
The costumes scattered through the city
did heavy days work yesterday. The
shop which dresented the most plethoric
appearance stared at:the passes-bvat night
with rows of empty shelves. Every ap-
proach to these establishments after night.
fall was blocked up with boys, intently
gazing at the costumes who were constantly
passing in and out.
So eager were people to see the Krew that
every spot along the supposed line of march
which afforded good view was taken two
hours before the procession came in sight.
The appearance OF Canal street needs no de-
scrlptlon, as the most vivid imagination
could hardly picture seen of thronged and
moving life, which would be too extravagant
for the occasion. The colossal statue of
Clay was almost hidden from view by the
mass of urchins who clung about it from top
to bottom.
Lafayette gquare F.aE
Was turned into into wholesale nursery
early in the evening. Every woman in town,
having baby few months old, seemed to
have selected the grass OF the square for a
temporary seat, while she nursed her infant
and waited for Comus. The outside of the
railing, along both Camp and St. Charles
streets, was taken up with an unbroken line
time, and anxious only to catch the first
note of the band Of music leading the pro.
cession, or the first rays from the railroad
reflector which preceded the bard. Some
OF the most daring of the boys climbed the
lofty ornamental lamp.pots of the square,
| making themselves as comfortable as possl-
BILE, under the circumstances, and extin-
gushing the gaslights in order that their
| flicker might not detract from the splendor
of the expected show.
The City Hall
| Steps were densely packed, and would have
| been considered most desirable position
| for observation had not the people in front,
with the selfshness which characterizes
| human beings, when the public crowds to-
gether on such an occa sion, insisted on
| standing up just when they ought to sit
down. Every room in the Hall was lighted
| mp, and ladies connected with the families
of city officials found such connection a
| very agreeable means of obtaining a COM
| Portable position to view the sights and
| enjoy the fun of the evening.
Camp and 1t. Charles Streets
We're never before tramped over in so lin.
| tied time by 80 many thousand people.
| Everybody was good natured and nobody
was drunk. The heavy force of police
| scattered through these streets appeared to
| have been posted more for show than for
use, for they had no occasion offered them
to act in their official capacity. Good ma.
ture ruled the hour, and cOrns were trOd
on without tempests following; ladies had
| their dresses trod under foot and torn, and
yet never ceased to smile as they pushed
after their escorts in the sinuOus course the
crowd and the extemporized props and sup
ports for galleries compelled them to adopt.
The owners and occupants of property
along these two favored streets had the op-
portunity offered them Yesterday of winning
boundless popularity with the fair sex, and
to their credit, be it said, they seized upon
and improved the occasion by orhamenting
their windows and house fronts with the
loveliest of New Orleans fair daughters.
| Carriages and Wagons.
were extensively made use of, and large
portion of the people who could command
vehicles did not neglect the opportunity.
The corner grocery furnished its wagon to
carry about a load of the fair sex, seated on
| improvised seats of rough boards !: the ex-
press wagons, and others which could pos
sibly be used for the purpose, were dragged
out, and silks and CrinOline were crushed
into them as silks and crinoline will only
| allow themselves to be crushed on very pc
culiar occasions. Not only did the people
| occupying these vehicles, find it difficult to
| see enough of the procession when it did
come but the pedestrians also labored un-
| der the same difficulty as was evinced by
the rush through cross streets to obtain a
| second view.
The Kreyv at Last.
At eight O'Clock, precisely, the lamps of
Comus flashed far down Canal street, and
fifteen minutes after the mysterious revel-
ers moved past the Clay statue. They were
led by mounted policemen. and their flanks
and rear were guarded by twenty-seven
| Metropolitans, under command of Sergeant
Gibney, senior sergeant of the force. The
first transparency explained the design
''The History of Louisiana. from 1889 to
1916" The members of the society occu-
pied sixteen wagons, following, grouped in
eras, aud picturing, with al the adJuncts OF
correct costume and faithful portraiture,
all the great names which have become IN
seperably linked with the prominent epochs
of the history of this State. The
panions; the wild Indian, who
first of his race saw the face
of the white man on the banks of the mighty
river; the dauntless Marquet, who carried
the cross through the wilderness with stern
determination, and never despairing enthu-
siasm; the heroic La Sale, 1berville and
Bienvile, and the host of courtly cavaliers
of Spain and France, whose history was the
history of the rise and growth of Louisiana.
Madison. Monroe, Jackson, WilkersOn, and
other Americans of note closed the long
array.
Que of the most striking features ef the
procession, was the car containing Louis
lana, her daughter New Orleans, her wealth,
cotton, rice and sugar. The eras represented
by the several cars were 1889, 1878, 1882,
100, 1716, 1927, 1863, 1871, 1903 and 1915.
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