Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-30
Alexis.

Arran gem ents for the Inception
The Committees 40 Work-The
PrOgramme OF 7Entertafnment.
Yesterday afternoon the COMMITTEES Of
arrangements met at the Union and
Planters .bank, on Madison street. The
following appointments were made;
z Committee on essort-R A Pinson, II
j. Elicit, J w Scales, Jacob Thompson.
Napoleon Hill, N M Jones, Rice, l N
Hill, 7 Wexford, A A Patton, L c
Haynes and W p Martin.
Committee on reception-Hon John
johnson, w M Harrington, TIA Nelson,
d X McRae, T ] Mackall, A j Kellar,
] ] Murphy, A Woodruff, L ] Dupre.
Committee on observation-disclosures
+ S Davis. WL.Vance, Johu l. Norton,
r P Duncan,iJ WiJefferson, j NJ Petit.
grew, Paul 0tey, wv Judah and r V
Northumberland
THE RECEPTION.
The committee Of reception will leave
the city Friday morning and meet the
ducal party at Brownsville on the Mem
phis and Louisville railroad, The grand
duke and suite will be taken charge Of
by the committee and taken to the
Peabody hotel, where q reception will
take place. Colonel Duncan McRae
will deliver the address Of welcome.
raE GRAND BALL.
The grand ball will come off at the
0verton hotel. The price of tickets has
been placed at ten dollars, admitting
gentleman and lndy. The invitation
committee has been instructed to issue
Invitations immediately. IL is probable
that the tickets will be ready for distri
button by tomorrow morning. Gentle
men desiring to attend should send il
their names to the committee at the
Overton hotel. A number Of reserved
tickets will be held for parties who re
side in the interior towns and in the
country. These citizens can securs
tickets by telegraphing or writing to the
committee on invitations, at the Oyertor
hotel.
WHAT WILL WE DO WITH HIkf
The programme ofentertainment, out
side of the reception and ball, has not
been clearly defined as yet, owing to the
fact that the telegram received by Mayor
johnson from Possiet" intimated, SC
far as the idiom of the English Language
could be understood, that the grand
duke would board the Great Republic on
his arrival This, however, must be at
tributed to imperfect knowledge of Eng
lish idioms possessed by the old sea dog
the admiral of the feet. The grand
duke and suite will he in the hands o.
the committee of arrangements until the
time arrives for his embarkation and de
parture on board othe Great Republic
The supreme committee Of arrange
ments is composed of Messrs. Johnson
Davis Pinson, Harrington and Scales.
These gentlemen will do Everything in
their power to entertain the ducal party,
by showing them every object of inter.
est throughout the city. The different
railroads centering in Memphis will run
excursion trains, bringing in the citizens
of the country and towns along the diff
ferent routes. The citizens residing
along our river, coast and in the towns
adjacent to oar city viii come in on
boats chartered for this purpose. Bands
of music will serenade the ducal party
during the day and at night, playing
national American and Russian airs
In fact the reception will be blow out
a fete, gotten up in styl lie that the old
est citizen has never dreamed OF, but
one which all citizens, both male and
| ca.aala u,;ll draan, Of forayer SaIahL