Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-02
A ROYAL RECEPTION
To Brazlrs Prince BY the city Of
New Orleans,

NEW ORLEAEs, March 27.-The re.
ceptlon committee appointed to meet
the Brazilian frigate Almirante Bar
roso, which arrived at Port Eads'
Thursday, departed this morning at
eight O'Clock on board the United
States light house tender Pansy and
Mr.. John A. Morris yacht Cora. It
was raining at the hour Of leaving
port, but later the weather clear.
ed. On board the Cora were
the foreign Iconsuls, Don Saliva
dor DeMendonia, Brazilian consul,
Gen. Allan Eustis, vice-consul OF
Brazil Of New Orleans; Zamocona,
consul at Mexico; Mortimer, Of Venzu.
ella; BaldoSono, of Spain; Schriber, the
Netherlands; M~oresfaschi, Italy; Fitz-
gartner, representative Of Honduras;
United States Collector Jonas, Naval
Officer Kernochan, Surveyor Of Port
Sinnott, Mayor Guillotte, Col. Laren-
don, representing Gov. McEnery;
Major Throckmcrton, United States
army; Chairman Of the Committee Of
Arrangements Col. Scully, Major Nash,
Capt. Vose, Surgeon APPEL, United
States army; Col. Chas. Cheille Long,
at one time on the staff Of Emperor
Dom Pedro; s. B. McConnico, B. d.
Wood, officers Of the EXPOSE
ton; Gen. Glynn, Of the National
guard, representatives of the CONNER
cial exchanges and others. On the
Pansy were forty members Of the com
mittee, including Pedro Sails Y. Arlas,
consul Of Portugal; Lamar G. Quintora,
consul Of Costa Rica; Charles F. Buck,
president of the Chess club; John w.
Fairfax and Isadore Newman, of the
Stock exchanges; Capt. Buford and
Lieut.. Mead, United States marines;
Pearl Wright, of the Mexican exchange,
and Capt. A. X. Miller, Of the MARITIME
exchange. Both vessels carried bands
of music and displayed the Brazilian
colors. The frigate anchored at the
Kernochan plantation, nineteen miles
below the city, where she had remain
ed during the night, awaiting the
coming Of the committee. The rigging
was manned in their honor. The
committees, proceeded by Consul Cen
eral Mendonia and Consul Eustis, hav-
ing boarded the Baroso, the reception
was held in the cabin. N. d. Wallace,
president of the Produce Exchange, well
coined the visitors on behalf of the
community; Col. clarendon spoke on
behalf of the governor; Col. r. N. Og-
den for the State-at-large; Mayor Gull
lotte for the city government; Presi-
dent McConnico for the Exposition,
and Collector Jonas for the federal
officials. To these speeches the COM
mander Of the Frigate, Capt. Saldanha
Da CANA, responded, returning thanks
for the cordial welcome extended, and
expressing the friendly feelings
of Brazil for the people of
the United States. The Prince
Augusta Leopoldo, Duke Of SAKE
and grandson of Dom Pedro, was
introduced to the assemblage, together
with the officers Of the vessel. The
prince lisa blonde young man, nineteen
years Of age, and a midshipman on the
Baroso. Capt. Da Cana explained
that the emperor did not desire that
any official recognition Of the prince
should be extended. The reception
was very pleasant in all particulars.
After toasLing in champagne the pros
perity Of Brazil and the United States,
the frigate. and the accompanying
vessels got under way and assembled the
river to the city. n passing the United
States barracks az international sa-
Lutte was fred by the second artillery.
Responding, the frigate fired twenty
one guns in honor Of the American
flag. The Baroso is now anchored in
front Of the city. She is a training
ship Of the first class, twenty-one hum
dred tons, and with eight Armstrong
guns, eight Mitrailleuses, a crew OF
officers and 3l7 men. The vessel was
built at Rio, entirely Of wood of that
country. She left Rio February 10Th
for New Orleans, touching at Pernam-
buco, Barbados and Jamaica. After
remaining two weeks at New Orleans
she will proceed to Cuba, thence to
Charleston, Norfolk, Baltimore, Wash
lngton, New York and Eastern ports.
Wednesday next, closing day Of the
North, Central and South American
Exposition, will be celebrated as Bra
LILLIAN day.