New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-06
From the opelousas Patriot, LIST inst
The Meeting and Barbecue at Abbevil1e.

The Meeting and Barbecue at Abbevil1e.
NEW IBERIA. August %, 1856.
.Messrs. Editors - Inclemency Of the weather
led every one to expect that the meeting Of the
American party at Abbeville would be afailure.
Such, however, was not the case.
At about 10 o'clock, Hon. Charles Derbigny
was on the ground, accompanied by Hon. Ber-
nard Marigny. We were glad to see present
several Of the Antis-among them, Charles II.
Mouton. a
The meeting was first addressed by Hon
Charles Dsrbigny. The rain, which was pour
| ing down in torrents at the time he assembled
the platform, did not cool the ardor of the dis.
tinguished speaker, who gave a short but con-
| else and unanswerable discourse. He was fol-
lowed by Hon. John Moore, Hon. Mr. Marigny,
Mr.. Adolphus Olivier and Mr.. Gates. ).
| DR.. Duperier next appeared before the au-
dience. He stated that it was his intention to
address the meeting on the occasion, but so
much of their time having already been con-
| sumed, he would relinquish the pleasure
| "There is, however, one important matter which
| wish to consider before this assembly disperses
| As member Of the State Executive Committee,
consider it my duty to accept o challenge
which has been thrown out on this very spot BY
| our enemies. He then proceeded to read from
| a paper the following resolutions, adopted at o
| meeting of the anti Americans held at Abbeville
| on the 22d of July last:l
Resolved That the book found in this parish being
the ritual Of the first degree Of Wigwsm No 49,
lied in this psrh known under the name of Society
of Know Nothings Is, from the deliberations Of the
fed SUCH and that the contents Of said book
perfectly satisfied and convinced that the members Of
said society solemny engaged to oppose the Catholic
religion and to prescribe members of said church who
would refuse to cooperate In their ntolerant and anti
Republican acts. e
the Know Nothing party Of hia state Of the United
States to deny positively that the reious prescription
in the eghth section OF the Philadelphia plat
form has not been sanctioned by them in their respective
wgwams.n
sc am now,' said DR.. Duperier, 81 at SAbbe-
| vile, on the very spot where originated these
| resolutions-in presence of the authors of the
| resolutions-in presence of the individual who
found the ritual Of Wigwam No. is. Lam
| happy to meet them on their own ground l
accept their challenge, and accept their own
weapon. defy the gentleman in whose pos
session is the ritual defy those who gave
utterance to those calumnious resolutions, to
come forward and show to this assembly q
single word which has reference to the Catholic
religion. ! repeat the challenge: / defy the
gentleman in whose possession is the ritual, to
come forward and read it publicly He is
present, and hears me. l defy Mr.. Daniel
! O'Brien, in whose possession is the ritual, to
come forward and read it to this assembly"
| Mr.. O'Brien made his appearance, holding in
| his hand the ritual. He said C I take it for
granted you accept the Philadelphia platform
did not intend to say, and did not say, that
the ritual in my possession contained any thing
in opposition to the Catholic religion. The Alb
| bevile resolutions do not express it, | ask that
| the resolutions be read OVER
| DR.. Duperier proceeded to read the resolu-
tions in French and English, to the confusion
| and shame of Mr.. O'Brien. Cries of Sc Let US
see his face! " &c Let him stand on the plat
! form!" were re- echoed all over the assembly.
| Mr.. O'Brien then stated that he had not par
i ticipated in these resolutions.
| ss You have, said DIR. Duperier; ayou pre-
sided over the meeting which adopted the reso-
buttons; you signed its proceedings without pro-
testing against any portion Of them you are
therefore bound in solido with every man who
participated in drawing these resolutions, for
setting forth resolutions which contain nothing
| but calumnies / now return you the lost
ritual. Keep it, and be careful to circulate it
every where
| Mr.. O'Brien took the ritual. Deafening hur-
rahs issued from every mouth, to the great NOR
| LITIGATION of our enemies. The defeat was com
plete: not single Anti was left to carry the
news home. VERITAs.
LATEST FROM NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
We extract the following from the Richmond
Wing Of the 31st ult,, which contains all the
latest intelligencefr from the above cities:
4 The report Of the Board of Health shows that
there were seventeen deaths in Norfolk on We'd
nesday, up to two o'clock, P. N.
We learn with regret that Mr.. John G.. Ell.
Hatton, Teller Of the Farmers Bank, and Mr..
Paxton, Pollard, we'll known teacher, were
| very sick with the fever and their deaths were
hourly expected
The Msyoralty Of Norfolk devolves upon DR..
W. G. Whitehead, as the oldest magistrate. He
accepts the trust, and has entered upon the du-
ties Of the Office.
There is no apparent diminution in the num-
Der of new cases; while the report of the Board
of Health shows an increased mortality over
\ that Of the previous day. The same dread ST.
ience, the same gloom still peryades the nnfor-
tunate city, and the messenger of death speeds
onward, claiming his victims from the old and
the young, the rich and the poor.
The intelligence from New Orleans, an
nouncing that the Virginians there have sent
on number of nurses, has been received with
great satisfaction in Portsmouth and Norfolk.
| From Portsmouth, our accounts are very
meagre, yet the information We gather is by NO
means encouraging. For the twenty. four hours
ending at sunset on Wednesday there were ele-
| ven deaths.
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VEST FELTcLaMa CORRESPONDENCE. =
l wEsr FEL1cIAsA Sept. I, 1855.