New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-11
THE CITY HALL.

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"Hall' is the reception of the Grand Duke
Alexis. 1t even takes precedence of Nardi
Gras, and the officials, destined to serve
their country beneath the smile of imperial
condescension, have been busily engaged in
studying "Chesterfeld" and the "Court
Journal for week past. The Mayor. it is
understood, carries pocket edition of each
in his coat pocket, and in the intervals
when not employed in directing the work
men who are erecting the platform, peruses
them diligently. The Mayors parlor is
used as "practlcing room" for the re-
hearsal OF such genuiexions, bows and
graces as are deemed essential for the oc-
casion. The chief trouble, however, about
the matter, contemporary says consists in
this:
The Mayor and those associated with him
experience the awkwardness of handling
matter with which they have only limited
acquaintance, and also the awkwardness of
making arrangements suitable for the acca-
sion for which no precedent occurs on the
record.
Add to all this, and it only increased
their embarrassment, time Is 80 short and
the public pulse is so uncertain. that they
feel the necessity for taking immediate
steps and assuming responsibility in the
premises, which only make their duty the
more onerOus, trusting to luck for public
applause or censure.
The most elaborate arrangements have
been made for every lady especially to see
the spectacle. The Times says:
1t is understood that on Monday $500
tickets, emitting the bearers to seats on the
platform opposite the City Hall, from two
o'clock until sunset, will be issued to ladies
and children, and that during that portion
of the day no gentlemen viii be permitted
to occupy any of the places provided by the
city. This, it is hoped, will enable at least
three thousand to enjoy an excellent view
of the procession of the King of the Carnival;
and the fact that the audience will be COM
posed exclusively of the gentier sex and their
charges, will insure the most perfect Sc
curity for all. For the evening, five hun
dred tickets will be issued to gentlemen.
each of which will pass his family or the
lady friends accompanying him through the
line to places upon the platform.
The City Hall will be reserved for the
Grand Duke and his suite, officers of the
United States army and navy, Judges of
the United States Courts, Judges of the
Supreme and District Courts, the foreign
consuls, State officers. city Administrators,
and the ladies accompanying each OF the
above named gentlemen. This arrange
ment. it is hoped, will please all, and must
be especially gratifying to citizens residing
on thOroughfares other than those through
which the two professions pass.
1t is no excuse to allege that no arrange
ment can be made to withdraw appropria-
ton certificates from the market. By Mr..
Shaw's confession, they are usually paid in
two months. This grace could be very
easily anticipated, and the money procured
to paw them at once The truth about the
matter is, there is no effort made in this
direction. The rich people can very well
afford to hold their certificates. but the
laboring man can not. He must have food
for his family.
The streets along which the professions
of the Mvstick krewe and the King OF, the
Carnival pass have been 2ut in as good
order as possible It is impossible, on
account of the long wet spell, to do much
with the dirt streets. Nevertheless. some
of them have undergone noticeable i'm
provement.
At the request of Surveyor Bell. the fol
lowing named prominent builders and
architects have examined TIE public stand
in Lafayette square:
Samuel JamisOn, architect and builder
James Freret, Henry Howard, Mr.. Snard
architects; D. j. Wasson, James Cady, NJ
Haggart, builders.
These gentlemen pronounce the structure
perfectly safe and doubly secure, and hav'
no suggestions to make as to additiona
strength or support. This examination ha
been made to relieve the occupants of tn
seats of any anxiety as to their perfect safe
ty. Other professional gentlemen have pro
nounced the work secure, but their writer
report has not yet been received.
The PUBLIC stand will be cleared at sun
| down, Tuesday, to make room for thos
holding tickets for the evening entertain
ments.