The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17
THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS IN
NEW ORLEANS.

received an enthusiastic welcome from
vast crowd of people assembled up
on the levee. A naval salute was fired
by the revenue cutter Wilderness and
military one by detachment of
militia artillery at the foot of Canal
street. From many of the vessels in
the harbor the flags of Russia and
America were floating side by side,
and altogether the scene was one that
betokened a hearty welcome of the
royal foreigner to the Crescent City.
Immediately after the landing of the
Howard, the Mayor of the city and
two Administrators proceeded on
board and conducted the party of Wis
itOrs ashore.
The throng of people which crowd
ed around them was so dense that it
was with the greatest difficulty the
carriages containing the Duke and
his companions could make their way
up Canal street to the st. Charles Ho-
| tel. A magnificent suite of rooms in
this hotel had been re-furnished for
the express accommodation of the dis
tinguished guests, to which they were
at once conducted and left alone for a
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short time to prepare themselves for a
meeting with the municipal and State
official dignitaries at the City Hall.
The official reception was a pleasant
affair, and Duke Alexis and friends
were made to feel that though their
reception in New Orleans might have
been less ostentatious than in other
cities they have visited, it was none
the less cordial for all that. The
royal Duke seemed particularly
pleased with the manly and pleasant
bearing of Governor Warmoth, and
spent considerable time in company
and conversation with that official.
Seats for the accommodation of the
visitors and public officers had been
erected in front of the City Hall, and
from this point the Grand Duke, sit
ting between Governor Warmoth and
Mayor Flanders, witnessed the pro-
cession of maskers on Tuesday, and
was much pleased with the magnitude
and grotesqueness thereof. The sew
eral bands in the procession played
the Russian national anthem as they
passed the Hall, and the Duke ac-
knowledged the compliment by lift
ing his hat and bowling. Tuesday
night he attended the Mardi Gras
ball at the new Varieties Theatre and
evinced an enjoyment of the dancing
and the beautiful tableau of the mys-
FERROUS Mystiek Krewe of Comus.
The Duke and his party visited the
St. Charles Theatre Wednesday night,
the French Opera Thursday night,
the Academy of Music last night, and
will probably attend the afternoon
performance of Dan Rice's splendid
circus to-day, as per special invita-
ton of the Snowman prince. The
visitors have been dined and wined
by several associations or clubs, and
lionized to their hearts content. They
have visited all the places of amuse-
ment and the Legislature, have prom
enaded Canal street, the Broadway
of New Orleans, and wherever they
have moved have been the observed
of all observers. They will probably
take their departure from New Or
leans early next week, to go directly
to Pensacola and join their feet, and
it is to be hoped they will leave with
pleasant. memories not only of the
Southern metropolis but of all other
portions of the country they have
passed through. Everywhere their
reception has been most enthusiastic
and cordial, and there can be little
doubt but the visit of the Grand Duke
Alexis to this country will tend to ce-
ment still more firmly the bonds of
friendship which have ever existed
between Russia and America. In
common with the whole people ofthis
country, we bid Duke Alexis and his
distinguished companions regretful
adieu, and wish them a safe voyage
home, laden with pleasant reminis-
eenees of their sojourn in the United
States to relate to their friends in dis
tant Russia.
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