Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-09

. tnOugn unseen by the crew OF IN
, Oriole, pulled all the harder, and th
royal vessel shot through the wate
, like sn arrow, her PROV throw
ing Off immense waves, that eurle
and fOaned and sparkled bright
/. enough under the suns rays. Onwsr
came the Nettie Jones, other guns weT
: hred, the crowd became enthused, an
cheer after cheer rended the air "a th
vessel gracefully held up astern Of tn
Arlington, on whose hurricane roof wa
also crowd of spectators. The dolphin
and the seahOIse sank down under tn
waves, and shot down the stream to tn
palaces of pearl, silver globules mark
ing their wake as the tug witt
the royal party came up to tn
shore, the crowd along the leveJ
became all the more dense, and SIS tn
King stepped off Of the plank Arnold
band struck up the lovely air, American
Exposition Quickstep. The FIVE steeds
previously mentioned, were led 10 tn
waters edge, and the King Nss lifted
into his saddle upon dsppIe grey horse
psnoplied in green cover, edged witt
gold braid, embroidered with red, g >lC
and silver. The ministers mounted th-
other horses, one-Of which was black
having panoplies of red, with gold trim
mings and blue stars of gold edges AMI
a large star. The third horse, a spIendiC
black was panOpied in white, orna
mented with red and silver. The fourth
horse was a yellow animal, its bianke
being a rich royal purple. The fittf
animal was black horse, panoplieC
like the second one. When the KinI
and his ministers had mounted, the
cavalc8de opened ranks from the levet
along Union street to its intersection
with Front. The King and ministers
rode up Union street through the Oper
ranks of the cavalcade, and at From
street was formed the following
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
! Chief Athy and Chief M'Fadden on horse, ac
companied by Captains Braun and
Wea herfprd, Sergeants Arratta'
Haggerty, 'Eltoy and
Pryde
! Old Memphis brass band, of twenty pieces.
! Four mounted heralds, with golden trumpets
Six mounted guardsmeD, with battle axes.
! King Momus, his palfrey LED by the four jest
ers on foot, and on either side Count
de Noses and Prince de Faces.
Mounted courtiers and knights.
The clown, the devil ana Lou LeubTie's jack
ass, the latter wearing gold crown.
LINE OF MARCH.
The following line OF march was taken
by the royal csvalcade: Up Front
street to Poplar; down POplsr to Main
down Main to the castle gates IN front
of the Peabody hotel.
SPECTATORS AND STREET SCENES.
Wherever the procession moved the
sidewalks, windows, doors, aud
balconies were thrODged with men, wo-
men and children, of every grade, ma
tion, color, sIze, shape and appearance.
From Poplar street down to the Peabody
hotel there was q continuous wall of
human beings upon the streets, and not
only the pavements, but far out into the
middle of the street, the crowd pressed
and surged as the brilliant cavalcade
approached. There was not vacant
window, but every available place was
sought by the interested p0pulace, and
at many stores stands had been erected
for the accommodation If visitors.
From Jefferson street along Court
Square to the Peabody, and far below
Union street, there was swarm of
people so densely packed together that
it was almost impossible for any person
TO move. All eyes were strained, and
the cavalcade passed slowly along,
much to the delight OF the thousands
that looked upon it. Such another crowd
was never seen in Memphis, and if
the inaugural of Mardi Gras causes
such al outpOuring OF people, what will
be the crowd to witness the Uiks this
afternoon and The Memphi procession
tonight? The crowd yesterday wss es-
timated at forty thousand, and the num-
ber was fully up to this. In the imme-
diate vicinity of the Peabody the crowd
iaE- hot t,,n.,Oo-sH1o r.,
anyone to move, even had such been
desired. In and around
THE CASTLE GATES
was presented q strange scene, unlike
any other Memphis has ever witnessed.
Across the street, in front Of the Pea
body, had been erected the castle walls,
sixty feet from pavement to pavement.
The walls represented three castle gates
ia the form of three arches, the central
one being twenty-five feet wide and
fOrty-five feet high. The two side arches
were each eighties feet wide, and the
whole was from the scene used in
the play of Macbeth, though all
present were so well pleased that any
Thing but jealousy was characteristic of
the thousands of persons present.. Close
VI OF the city of Memphis, the crowd
p. sed in great force. But half an hour
or more before the csvalcade approached
the gates had been closed and the
ChickasaW Guards placed ON duty there
to prevent mOlestatiOn and to keep the
way open for the approach of the KING.
South of the gates and within the enclO-
sures of the city's walls, fire steamers
Danbury No. l, DeSOtO No. 3, Washing
ing No. 4, with their hose carriages, and
Hook and Ladder company No. l, were
stationed in order to await the action OF
the city council and escape capture from
the merry monarch and his troupe. The
engines, hose carriages and hook and
ladder truck were covered with specta-
tors. Every window and the balcony
of the Peabody hotel, as well as all other
buildings for hundreds OF yards were
crowded. Even the roofs of the build
ings were tnronged with people, and it
did seem that everybody in the city,
with their country cousins and maiden
sunts, had gathered together to witness
the entrance of the royal procession.
The crowd closed about the castle gates,
and it was only with great difficulty that
the ChickasaW Guards kept the way
open for the cavalcade. Ladies were
squeezed-yes, actually pressed chill.
dren were bruised, and the inevitable
small boy found himself located
most uncomfertably. The crowd. how
ever, was in good humOf; jolly, merry
ami full Of fun was everyone. The
Chickasaw Guards and the police did
their duty well, and the public cannot
feel too deeply indebted to them for the
order thpU ypnoinfaiuaH Ru
five O'clock the royal cavalcade had
passed the line of blockaded street
cars on Main street, opposite Court
square, and rode up in front of the
castle gates, wheie Captain Duncan
at the head of the Chickasaw Guards,
commanded the advance hOrsemen to
halt. The cavalcsde Obeyed the COM
mand from the soldieIy, and then the
king ordered his grand pursuivant to
take four trumpeters and sound a par.
ley. Then Garter, King Of Arms,
sounded his gong three times, for "there
is luck in odd numbers, says Rory
O'MOore." But the gates were not i'm
mediately opened, for the city fathers
had to deliberate within and were then
in council, as will be seen from the fol
lowing proceedings Of the
ely Council.
In view of the expected entrance OF
the king of the carnival, Mayor League
issued call for 8 special meeting OF the
city counsel, to be held iu chairs i'll the
middle of Main street, within the castle
gates. Both branches Of the city cOun-
Gil convened at half-past four O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. s. B Robbins,
president of the board of aldermen, be-
ing the presiding officer. Among the
city officials present were Recorder
Winters, Mayor League, General NJ. T.
Williamson, city register; Martin Kelly,
city treasurer; James A. NeWsOn, city
comptroller; Fred G ,SchSeper, city tax
collector, and J. r. DfOescher, sergeant
alarms The roll being called the fcl-
lowing members were present and an
swered to their names:
ALDERMAN
& b. Robbins, Speaker.
Dwyer, Metcalf,
Haistests, Happek,
Hilsman, Doyle.
Morti.
COUNCIL.
John Zsnt, Speaker.
Kelley Hewitt,
Camp, Green,
Gay, Fisher,
Carpenter, SOlarri,
Cochran, Morris,
Grant, Danbury,
Ryan.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
The mayor of the city, in anticipation
of the rumored invasion by the Great
King of the Carnival, called his great
Sanhedrin (the common council) to-
gether IN solemn conclave just inside
the great gate of the city in front of the
Peabody hotel. There his trembling