The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-18
From the ". Y. World-Sunday.
DOM PEDRO HERE.
ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AND
EMPRESS OF BRAZIL,
THEIR RECEPTION DOWN THE
BAY AND IN THE CITY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pedro Cut Through
Brooklyn in a Private Hack, Across
Fulton Ferry 20 their lodgings.

and are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. So
far as the visitors were concerned the ar
rival was effected very quietly in the
afternoon, although the city and the har-
Dor celebrated with flags and guns. The
first intimation of the approach Of the
Hevelius was despatch from the OBJ
server at the Highlands. At that time
the bay from the Health Officers station
was busy scene of incoming craft of all
sorts and sizes, and the health boat, which
is the first visitor to every incoming vessel,
was kept busy running about making
rapid inspections. 1t was nearly noon be-
fore any of the steamers expected to meet
the Hevelius appeared down the bay.
The Geo. Birkbeck, a harbor side wheel
towboat, was the first and had on board
NJ. Busk, of Busk and Jevons, consignees
of the Hevelius, and the Brazilian Minis
ter, Senior Borges. The vessel stopped
at Quarantine until the Heveius hove
in sight off the Notifications lying
across the Narrows from Fort Hamil-
&c" The commander at Fort Tompkins
had prepared to salute the imperial party,
and from early in the morning thirty-six
blank loaded cannon peered out from the
several faces of the water battery. The
warm welcome was, however, to have
come from the representatives of the
United States on the sloop- war Alert,
The Alert was to have left the navy-yard
at o'clock in the morning with Secre-
taries Fish, Robson ana Taft, General
Hancock and some others to meet the
Hevelius at the Narrows But the Alert
Jagged till it looked as if the Hevelius
would make the run from the Highlands
to her berth at Brooklyn without finding
her. At o'clock line of smoke near
the Hook indicated the presence of
steamer whereabouts, and the long glasses
levelled at her showed the smoke stack
painted in zones of green, white and black
They bay was clear, and the first boat to
approach was the little tug Governor Fen
ton, with Health Officer Thompson and
Mrs. VanderDool, wife of the chief health
officer, with her son and knot of re-
porters
The Hevelius had at her foremost top
the stars and stripes standing out finely in
the stiff breeze. At the mizzen top was
the private flag of the line with the letters
il. and H., while at the gatf the English
colors were flying. The Brazilian flag was
nowhere to be seen, As the health boat
drew up on the port side, the Birk beck
approached the starboard gangway, and
the Hevelius was boarded on both sides
At the head of the gangway, up which the
reporter clambered, stood AN elderly gen
tleman with pair of opera glasses at his
eyes, taking note of everything on all sides,
He was tall, slightly STOPPING, with a
full gray beard and gray hair. He was in
rough, sea going clothes, wore a black
silk cap with long, straight peak,
short, broadclCth frock-cOat buttoned
tightly across and close up to the neck. and
surmounted by a stock cravat and stand
ing collar, negligently rumpled His
whole dress was careless. His face, which
is fine and sensible one, was white almost
to paleness and full of eager inquiry as
he turned it curiously up and down the
bay and at all the new corners in turn
His manner was entirely matter of fact
He kept his post at the ships bulwarks. -
To Mrs. Nanderpoel, on the little launch
beside, he raised his hat with q pleasant
smile, and took the congratulations offered
him without any ado,
Meanwhile the anchor had been dropped,
while the doctor made his rounds of the
ship 20 see that all was we'll and had been
so since her departure from the South
American ports twenty days before. -
Fort Tompkins meanwhile opened an
irregular salute with assorted gunpowder
The custom house officers tug was the
next craft to reach the Hevelius, and Col
lector Arthur, with his deputy and few
inspectors, came on deck Genera
Arthur to meet the Emperor, while the
deputies held conference with his secretary
over the number and contents of the
hundred parcels Of the imperial luggage
While the Emperor was busily engaged
shaking hands with all the arrivals without
exception, he did not intermit lookinl
along either side of the bay. plying will
questions necessarily any one staudin!
next to him, and pointing out the beauties
OF the harbor to mis- suite, with all of whom
he seemed on most familiar terms.
The Empress, with the other ladies O
the cabin, were also out enjoying tn,
scenery. Her Imperial Majesty is petit,
and plump, with a large-featured, good
natured face. She was dressed as plain
ly as her husband, wearing stuff woollel
gown and short cape. She carried
small leather satchel ready for the de
barkation. She chatted freely will
the other lady passengers, anC
seemed as much delighted
with the novelty Of travel as the Empero
himself. All the cabin passengers indeed
have made pleasant time of it on tn
trip, one of the Emperor's chief amuse
ments having been learning English idioms
with the assistance of the ladies.
The Alert did not appear The inspec
ton was over and the doctor had left. Tn
customs officers had completed their task
and the word bad even been given to weigl
the anchor aud proceed to Martins stores
Brooklyn, when tar up the harbor a steam
er was seen approaching. As she drew
nearer smaller craft could be distin
guished by her side, and nearer still
third steamer the admirals launch, wa
made out. The first was the laggard Alert
She passed down on the starboard or Lon,
Island side OF the waiting Heyeus: on he
quarterback could be seen the glitter O
gilded uniforms, while on the forecast
were the marines drawn up in stiff lines
From the foretop of the Alert an America,
Union Jack was flying, while from the cal
streamed out the stars and stripes. Whe,
she came abreast of the Heyelius an orde
was heard, and in another moment
swarm of white jacketed sailors went VI
the rigging of the Alert while from tn
iorecastle and quarter small brass gun
began a salute. With the first report th
neat-looking company of tars ran out alon
the yards, but, by some miscalculation.
little raggedly--too many here and no
enough there. This manning of the yard
was watched with interest by the officer
OF the Hevelius, all English seamen, an,
their criticisms were frank. As the Aler
rounded the stern of the Hevelius, the lat
ter dipped her colors, but no response Z
this salutation was returned by the Alert