New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-09
WHOLE NUMBER lO18..

ing at six o'clock, and put up at the Astor
House. At halfpasts three o'clock there
were premonitions of their public reception
in q gathering of musicians belonging tt,
Colonel James Fisk, Jr.'s Ninth regiment.
! at Florence Saloon, Broadway and Houston
streets, the headquarters of the Mutual Base
Ball Club, Of which Ex-Coroner Wildey is
| president.
This gentleman being the only New
| Yorker with whom the members Of the New
Orleans fire companies were acquainted, the
work of greeting them fell to his lot At
two O'clock the welcoming party gathered
| ut the enginehouse in Mercer street, below
| Houston. The escort was under the man.
| agement of Engineer Mackey. 1t consisted
OF steamers Nos. 6 and III and No. 3 Hook
and Ladder, and delegates from the Mutual
Base Ball Club. They were headed by q
section of police. detailed from the eighth
| precinct by Captain McDermott They
marched through Houston, Broadway and
Cortlandt streets to the ferry, where they
| who had gone to Jersey City for their ap-
paratus. There was a long delay. This
| gave young New York an opportunity to in
! vestigate the SOutherns, who remained on
this side, gathered under the sheds of the
Jersey railroad. They drew crowd Of ad-
mirers, including all the baggage porters,
wharfrats and other fluvial debris of the
L
silent wonder at the men who, they sup
posed, had run with the machine" all the
two thousand miles or so. There are very
few of them who would be supposed to be
SOutherners. They look like New York
firemen of the old regime. The majority Of
them sat silently receiving the Occular fire
of the inquisitive crowd as coOlly as pos
sible.
Some were willing to be liOnized, and
gathered knots of the curious around them,
who inspected their shirts, hats, belts ETC.,
and listened to their travellers tales. At last,
when it was near four o'clock, the boat con-
tanning the Hook and Ladder truck arrived,
and then there was another Ilong pause be-
fore the engines and the rest of the pauty
reached the slip. very simple and mex
pensive portion of the Hook and Ladder ap-
paratus attracted much attention, simply
from its novelty. 1t was we'll carved
wooden figure, life size, of Hope leaning
upon gilded anchor. This after ten minutes
work, was securely fastened on top of the
ladders, and really made an imposing show,
much more SO than the engine, which was q
hand machine only noticeable for the array
of silver goblets and other prizes, that were
perched upon it.
The names of the whole party have al
ready appeared in this paper.
William Swan is foreman of Hope Hook
and Ladder Company; their uniform is a
red shirt. black pantaloons and white belt
The officers wore q white fire-cap, with
raised letters, and the privates a black cap.
with raised letters, and No. 3.added.
The Mechanics Fire Engine Company No.
O. also wore red shirts and black planta-
looms; their hats are white, with gilt fronts,
containing their titles The privates wore
black hats, with silver fronts.
During the long delay large crowd r
gathered, and many curious comments were
han
interviewed and expressed themselves as
highly pleased with Prince Erie's style of
doing business. Such conversations as this
took place: "Mr. Fisk keeps you pretty
busy" "Yes." Its all the same about
pay, suppose, whether You are busy or
idle" 'Oh, no, we are paid by the job,
Then the Ninth's band are in luckn
Yes, indeed, and plenty of work makes it
good band. Good men like to get into it,
and good men make a good band" "Mr.
Fisk Is bound to have the best in the CITY,
See what he has done to-day, at his private
expense; nobody else in this town would
have done this"
At last the procession got ready and
started. The only ceremony consisted in
the officers of the visiting party filing past
those of the escort, while each silently
DOTTED their hats The procession went up
Broadway in the following order: Police,
band, Metropolitan Engine No. 6 and truck,
Metropolitan Engine No. IL and truck, Me-
trOpolitan Hook and Ladder No. 3. The
New Orleans engine, with the Hope ladders
in the rear
The line of march was up Cortland street
to Broadway Park Row.. and through the
east gate of the Park to Broadway, ND
Broadway to Thirteenth street, to the house
of Hook and Ladder No. 3, where the appa-
ratus was stored. This arrangement was
made when the proposition was entertained
20 have the strangers domiciled at the Me-
.rOpOlitan Hotel. If it had been known
hat they were to stop at the Astor House.
he apparatus would have been placed down
own. After getting rid of the machines,
he procession marched down to the Astor
House. This was the final public appear
lnce of the visitors in their collective ca
,acity.
The Futupe Movements of the Visitors.
They are to visit the Grand Opera House
N Saturday, at Mr.. Fisk's invitation, and
re to go to Long Branch as guests of the
anne magnate upon the Plymouth Rock.
lr. NJ. Carroll. chairman Of the joint COM
nittee of the two visiting companies, says
hat the truck of the Hope Hook and Lad
er Company was built in this city by Van
Tess 4 Forbes, in 1852, and took the prize
t the worlds fair held here in that year.
Evening.-Money closed easy at 3D5.
DISCOUNTS 5H al. Exchange quiet and
4 IL DIT y F6 q ~. OOlu utlI1HS INC forenoon
7as active; during the afternoon it was
asier, and closed dull at 1Il7s.
Governments were stronger during the
and quiet and firm during the af-
ernOon, and closed strong, with few offer
lgs. Bonds of 1881, rs; 5l2Os of 1862
llas; of 1864, l1fA; of 1865, 11Ias; new,
lOl4; of 1867, ll0A; of 1868, HOS,
D4Os, l0Sas.
Southern securities during the forenoon
ere lower in Tennessees and North Caro-
mas; during the afternoon steady in Ten
essces, and higher in new Virginias. Ten
essees, GOA; new, 65; Virginias, 67; new,
'l9; Georgias, skies, SSH; sevens, 3d. North
arolinas, 52a4; new, 35aa; South Carolina
d, S8; new, 70; Louisiana old, IL new, II:
evee skies, 76; eights, 80; Alabama eights,
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