Sorry... hurrying... forgot to give the source title for the book quoted below: New Orleans as it was: Episodes of Louisiana life By Henry C. Castellanos A quick look at Google produced this interesting little tidbit [note it is the plain text version of a page image, so may contain errors]: "It was on the 7th of April, 1831, nearly nine months since the overthrow of the Bourbons, that the French ship Zelia, from Bordeaux, moored at her wharf opposite the Cathedral. She was the first French vessel which had made her appearance at our port since the glorious achievement which, to use the jargon of the period, had "restored to France her liberty and independence." Agreeably to a resolution adopted by a number of citizens, the battalion of artillery fired a salute of 101 guns in honor of the new flag. Nor was the banquet forgotten. It went off, of course, with the /Sclat /usual on such occasions and with an appropriate accompaniment of toasts and speeches. The " Parisienne " was sung in the midst of clashing goblets, and the succulent viands were literally devoured in commemoration of the event. On the day that the ship was about to leave port, on her homeward voyage, a large delegation of Frenchmen, headed by Messieurs Auguste Douce and Pierre Nogues, escorted Mr. Claiborne to the vessel. On crossing the gangway leading to the deck, the plank being extremely narrow, Mr. Nogues, who was carrying a magnificent silk flag, tumbled over into the river; but the water being shallow and the flag bearer very tall, the pretty and costly emblem, a donation of our fair creoles, escaped injury, save that caused by a slight immersion in the turbid Mississippi. Mr. Claiborne took charge of the precious gift, as well as of the more precious parchment-engrossed "Address," and proceeded on his mission." http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=%22Pierre%20%20Nogues%22%20%2B%20new%20orleans&sig=wWpfJzB7xufgdHeWrUwiwzLduVI&ei=jnqOTOeHIsH98Aatg-3sCw&ct=result&id=gNA-AAAAYAAJ&ots=gdnFMitbxZ&output=text