New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-16
Local Intelligence.

D.-Unrelenting and almost I'M
eeasing rain prevented the New Orleans st.
Andrews Society celebrating the centenary
of Sir Walter Scott yesterday in Carrollton
Garden. The well known gentlemen who
composed the committee of arrangements
had performed their duties faithfully, and
had not the storm come so lnopportunely
there would have been celebration worthy
of the occasion.
In this connection we publish the follow
ing interesting summary:
EDINDURGH, Scotland, August 9.--The
s celebration of the centenary of the birth of
Sir Walter Scott took place here to-day.
The actual anniversary of his birth will be
on the fifteenth instant, but the celebration
took place to-day In order to give the British
Association for the Advancement of Science,
whose session lasted from the second to the
ninth instant, an opportunity of participat
ing in the festivities.
The Lord Provost and Town Council or
'dered the day to be observed as a general
holiday, and all day the streets have been
almost impossible. 1t is thought that
SOC, 900 strangers are in town. Scotch airs
were chimed by the bells of all the
churches, and salutes were fired at sunrise,
noon and sunset in various parts of the
city. The monuments were festooned with
flowers and evergreens. The American
flag and the motto of the Scott family,
"Watch well, were displayed everywhere.
The celebration consisted of loan ex-
hibition, public procession and banquet
at the Corn Exchange. The procession,
which was of immense length, started at
noon. accompanied by bands dressed to
represent the characters in SCOTS novels,
and marched through the principal streets
of the city.
The banquet, which was appointed for 6
p NJ took place in the large hall of the
Corn Exchange, which was decorated with
flags and portraits. 1t consisted merely of
fruits, cakes, and wine, and was not for
NAL dinner from which ladies were ex-
cluded. At one extremity OF the hall was
military band; at the other was an orches-
trail band, and these in turn played Scottish
melodies and martial airs. A distinguished
Scottish vocalist, Mr.. Kennedy, ably sec
.onded the instruments with national songs,
among which were Bonnie Dundee, ""Bon-
ME DOOM and s'Macgregor's Gathering"
There were 1000 guests present, composed
of many lords, lieutenants conveners of
counties, noblemen of Scotland, and the
provosts of many of the towns of Scotland,
besides ladies and gentlemen well known in
art, science and literature. There were also
deputations from the corporations of several
of the towns of the north OF England, and
also from the Caledonian societies of London
and Liverpool.
At the head of the principal table pre-
sided the Earl of Dalkeith, who is the
eldest son of the Duke of Baccleuch, the
head of the Scott family. Sir William
Sterling Maxwell of Keir acted as vice
chairman. After the toast to the Queen
the vice chairman proposed, "the memory
OF Sir Walter Scott, which was received
with all appropriate honors. The second
toast, tour national literature" was pro-
posed by the Lord Justice Clerk Moncrieff,
regarded as the greatest of living Scottish
orators. A felicitous response was made
by Dean Stanley. sThe city of Edinburgp
was then proposed by the Lord Mayor of
London, and was responded to by the Lord
Provost of Edinburg. The Earl of Dali
keith proposed "our visitors to which
Lord Lawrence responded for England, Sir
Bernard Burke for Ireland, and DIR. Bettes,
who translated Scott's works into Dutch,
for Holland. Lord Houghton offered the
toast 'the roof-tree of Abbottsford." The
Earl of Dalhousie's toast, 1.-THE Universe
ties" called forth an eloquent rejoinder
from Mr.. Ingalls, Lord Justice General
The feast was very successful. At its
close, the guests repaired to the Theatre
Royal, where dramatic representations
from the Waverley Novels were given
Races took place during the afternoon for
the Waverley Handicap, the Centenary
Gift, and the Abbottsford Goblet, All the
time-honored Scottish games were also
played, and in them many of the athletes
of the country participated.
Similar celebrations were held at Glasgow
and Aberdeen. The Earl of Dalkeith for
warded from the banquet hall in this city
various messages to America and elsewhere,
and many complimentary answers were re-
ceiyed.