The New York herald., 1871-09-17
TIE RUSSIAN PRINCE.

Tho Preparations to Receive Hin-whess Hd
is to Go and How He Is to bo Received.
Now that the Russian Grand Duke Alexis Is fairly
on his way to our shores the Reception COMMITTEES
are busy In perfecting the arrangements for nis
arrival in this city. The cable dispatches
having announced that the young
Prince had been received with royal
honors at Copenhagen, and that In England ho
would be received with great distinction, our re-
publican citizens have become more determined In
making ready brilliant and gorgeous welcome 70
shores tor the royal scion OF Americas oest ana
firinest ally The Reception Committee, consisting
OF some Of our best citizens and citizens from Az
the leading cilies in the Union, have left nothing
undone so far in regard to preliminaries; ous
OF course up to the present time nothing dennito
could be determined and the preparations wefo
merely prospective. Even at the present hour tnere
can be no certain programme announced, Tor mucn
remains to he settled, and only the mere outline OF
how the Prince Will be received can now be stated
It's of course certain that botn the United States
Army and Navy Will participate In the celepration
and IN welcoming the representative OF HIS imperaA
Majesty the Car; but what particular oncers whA
be honored by this commission are not az presens
known. nor have their names yet been deser-
mined upon. The reception will, however, be
eminently national, and wherever the Prlncd
goes ample arrangements will have been maoe
to give MIN greeting that will eclipse In grandeur
and demonstrative heartiness even the reception
given to the Prince OF Wales on his tour through
this country.
The Committee of Reception numbers according
to the original roll, three hundred well KNOWN
gentlemen. and each Of these Is 10 SUP.
scribe 500 to defray expenses. But this -
only one OF the many committees that VIII p0
formed make The necessary preparations th3ugn 9
probably all others WIZ receive ~ ae0
and directs probably the programme 50 lar as mauS s
out. That proglamm wll include an esGor. pncs =.
down the bay; all the vessels in the harbor
to display bnnting a military escort wni M
tass nm !" to his ho,e Which has ys
been selected. Then there Will be committee g
show HIM the public buildings IN tne CITY; - Da -
will be given ut the Academy OF Music, whicn s W
eclipse ANYTHING OF the sort ever witnessed IN the
city. There VIII be a reception breakfast anu . tnp
to West Point, beside several grand displays when
viii not paraKe of an Official Character and torch
light procession on grand scale
Committee viii arrange for; but it may be safely
said that Whatever Is done TO receive the Prince
will be done on gorgeous scale. .,..o. ., .,,.
General Reception Committee was held on Fr10ay
last. william Ii. Aspinwai presiding and James & ::
citizens t:H' were present-among them Henry
ing there was considerable dsc1sSiTn Ss' cou1a -
be arrived at but ut meeting 10 be held early next
week more definite results VIII be attained: Ine
divided into committees ball. military, west
Point excursion, breakfast hotel, &c.
The Prince is expected to arrive mere ABOUT 'ae
So far The CITY authorities have made no move.
ment toward participation m the !ecepuoI, uus,
tive in some formal manifestation OF good WILL ana
respect to the Russian Duke
Soon after Princes arrival ne Will prOcecu ~
washington to visit President Grant, where, as "
said, o royal welcome awaits MN.