New-York tribune., 1871-11-21
WELCOMING tho GRAND DIXIE
THE FORMAL RECEPTION POSTPONED rINru
TODAY

| lO-DA1.
"o' or THE RUSSIAN AND AMERIcAx
FLEETS-INFOkMAL GREETINGS EXCIIANcyr
| ON THE SyETLANA-TO-DAY's PROcpIwnn
The Russian feet, consisting OF the fr;o,,.
| Syeilans and the corvettes Bogatiro and Abreck -.
up from the Lower Bay yesterday with United Stat.
i"c"phoh squadron, ana are at In the North
IaVf opposite the Battery The signal was given at.
In from The United States flag ship Congress for thu
fleet to proceed to the city. Tie anchors were soo, -
| deck. and the Congress- steamed past the southw.,
Spit followed by the Syetlana which soon took n.,,,
Oh tho starbosrd beam OF the Congress The Bos.t,.
i INTO hne ana assDed her place TO sarbOard OF tia
severn ana The ADreck ocrnplcd tie same position with
reference to the IroGuoi.. The Kansas and Taap4~a
brought up the rear. The Bay crowded with steam
craft. Rain had begun to fall during the night and he
fore the vessels reached the Narrows all hop, OF plea.
ant weather had been dispel.cd.
The steamer Mary Powell, chartered for the g.ess OF
the Ree option Committee. left Pier - Noth Rive, =,
il:2 and started down the harbor to meet the Rusi.,
squadron. The rain falling very heavily at the trm.
and grave apprchensOns entertained that the "a
cepton would not take place. The steamer carried
among other guests VIE. II. Asplnwal, How ard Potter
MajorGcn. Sanford. Collector Murphy. Lloyd A,p,n
| wall John Taylor Jobnsone. Benjamin H. Feld
Professor Morse, ex-Judgc Roosevelt, Peter C0Opr
Gen. Mcdowell Gen. ingalls,, william Low, William
| Stewart. Robert l.. stewart, Commodore voorhee.
A. Berstadt, Henry Clcws. william y. Clcrke Jr and
|
Battery and took on board, from the revenue cute,
Northcner Minister Cstacazy. Mr. BOdisco Russian Con-
shenefal at NowYork Mr. Schultz, Iti. sian Conan,
at Now York, snd jeremiah Curtain ex secretary OF La
| CATION at ST. Petersburg.
The Svetlana. Bogare. and Abrec came 20 anchor II,
the North River at 12:2o tho Ru.-ian tag lip lying
directly of Pier . and the BoGdt!re The Ahrcck tax
ing position north of the svctlana in the order named
boat was lowered from the svetlana, and Minister
Catacazy and suite conducted to tLr Russian aas
ship. This boat under the char OF young md.
shipman, who taken for the Grand ID K. by tbs
great majority OF the ladies' on boarl the Mary
Powell and was stared almost out of oountcnanca.
The rain still falling In torrents, the following mem
bcrs Of tho Executive Committee went board the
svctana to consult with the Grand Duke regarding the
pOstponcmcnt OF the reception: W. H. A-pnwa, A.
Bur stadt J. 7. JohnstOne, s. Z. Macy. Gems NJ DOwc
| and Dix, Henry Cews r. J.. Stewart and Gen. Lloyd
Aspinwa. They were received at the gangway by Ad-
miral Posset and staff, and conducted to the Ad
mras quarters and thence below to the apartmensof OF
the Grand Duke on the gun deck The Duke waA stand
ing at the entrance to his quarters, ami cordially
ctived the Committee shaking hands with each member
he entered After asking al to be seated. the Grand
Duke expressed informally hi, appreciation OF tbs honor
OF the visit. Gen. Mcdowell. and said
your Imperial IIighncss: We have made l. busi
ness cali Upon you to-day to welcome yon to the
shores Of America We regret to have to say that IN
TO receive you were not carried as Originally IN
tended wetherefore beg to know If il wouf I've tho
plea OF your Imperial Hghness to further p0stpone
the reception until Tomorrow.
The Duke rose and replied in English as follows:
~ feel deeply Impressed with the honor yo have con
and shall be Lonored waiting unt,l yoOr preparations
completed; No words Of mine can COZ. y aly rnss
Of the obligation feel under for this reception rendered
me by the people OF America.
The American flag then run up to the mizzon mast
head and received salute of 2l guns After further
consultation and with the consent Of the Grand Duk"
was decided postpone the reception until /! m today
The Committee then returned to the Mary Powell. Minis
Catacazy and suite remaining board the sveans
The Mary Powell steamed up the North River TO tue
Highlands lunch being served the passage, and 70
turned to her dock at y.
As early as 10 a. people began 10 assemble on the
Battery and I'm the vicinity Of Pier l. y. r. apd at
the crowd had increased several thousand persona,
who maintained their places in spite Of the decaraOnsof
tho police that the Grand Duke would not leave the fri
gate 1t not until nearly p. H.. upon tic rcturro
the Russian Minister and Consul General that the people
could be prevailed upon to depart Groups OF cKpcctant
people also lined broadway anxious to see the Grand
Duke and the military escort. At p m. the pocemen
OF the Broadway squad Instructed by their captain
to inform the cxpeCtant groups that the formal reeep
tiOn had been postponed Minister Catacazy yeturDedo
the Clarendon Hotel during the afternoon. and
entertained several Russian officers in the ovonns
The parlors of the Clarendon Hotel hronged with
ladies during the afternoon and evening Several build
ngS in Broadway were finely decorated with flags and
streaIners
The physicians at the Long Island College Hospital
visited, yesterday morning, by two officers OF the Ru
sian feet and made for the reccpoa
OF number Of the seamcn attached to the feet who
afflicted with scuryy Some Of tie cases are said be
Of aggravated form. and it is said that the disease
ragged violently several Of the vessels during tho
voyage
TIE RECEPTION TO-DAY.
The original programme Tor the reception will be
ricd Out tay If the weather prove favorable IN accord
ancc with the following official communication:
OFFICE OF THE Excel TIVE COMMITTEE FOR HE REL
CkprIoN OF II. : IL. the GkANp DUKE ALEAIsor}
At a meeting OF the Executive Committec held On
board the steamer Mary Powell IL was ResDire That
II. l. H. the Grand Duke Alexis had kindly consented
lowing programme. decided upon: That Tho Execu-
tive and Reception Committees with invited gaeste
should meet on board the steamer Mary Powell. -
foot OF Vesryst., tomorrow morning lIucsda)b stu
o'clock Should the weather prove unfavorable. thea
the first fair day thereafter. ami proceed aonsIds
the Russian fleet. and. after recein7 on board H. H.
Admiral Pois.et and others OF the squadron s' also HIS
short distance down the bay when Gen. Dix viii
welcome the Grand Duke Oh behalf OF the eiti.sns
to Pier No. /. North River, arriving about i1o
where the military, under command OF Con. shairri
M sna nun b s
Unon-sduarc and the grand stand the east side aud
View st the ran the
mittee and invited guests VIII return 10 iier NO W ~
r. where carriages and Omnibuses VIII be IN reauinfss
to convey them to the grand stand at Union-sQuare
1t further requested that the Executive COMMIT
tee meet on board the steamer MARY toweh punetnaiy
at II o'clock tomorrow. or. should tho weather prove
8. J. MACY, seO'y pro k~.
Major Gen Shaer has issued general order TO the
First Division n. Co. 8. N. Y, to form in line at u ID.
to-day Brg.-Geu. Ward directs the infantry regiments
of the First Brigade form IN column OF companies on
the north side Of Union square promptly ut II H., and