The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-06-07
NUMBER se7..'
THE PATRIOT.
! Letter from Fasis..
Co,espoadsnes fths Plcaydnb.l {
Egae9 9iltFie PARIs, May 8, I 1885,

sH ElatIs hssfSRas tA-1saitissls 81 93tStt9lGj
Tsp 'Correspondsnceofth Of the Picayunb.l l3fast
~ ~. YdWos 89iFass P4kls, May g. lS56!,li
Our clarmer is dead! IIc that yesterday
was SO gay, so full Of life, so quick with repar-
tee, so confident Of the future y now d knead-
ed clod He vowed d se'enhight gone hc'd
not write an opera for a year, aud his friends
laughed, aud Nc gave one Of his arch smilsS.j
He was inerGdul6us himself Of his ability I'LL
keep his vow, SO full was his head Of ideas, 50
impatient was he Of inactior, so fond was he Of
the excitement Of the footlights, !. he had been
nearer the truth had he vowed he should never
write another! He told US nll in his last Tues
days feoleio,, of the interest he felt in seeing
Scott in his opera 81 ji6ta,s rot. tho Mon
day afterwards lie was buried! Death canicl
upon him as q thief in the night. He died as
they all.s7 all the alnusers of This capital. q
die, of a disease Of the heart His heart bt,ystt
from over lnbor. Poor fAdolphe Adam, light
be the sod upon thy coffin |! profound the soft
slumbers of thy tomb " 7fa'ia gai 3sFii9a
a do not know when I felt 90 keenly the
utter emptiness Of this world as I did as l
stood by poor Adams grave. Scribe wis there,
Auber was there, Ambroise Thomas and
Caraffi, were among the pail beavers, Halevy
and Auguste Maquet spoke; it was evident
that Adam, had commanded rs much fame as
any ofhis contemporaries but was this guer-
don worth the pains it costY Those slceplcss
nights, those fevercd days, the hounding Of the
cnvious, the inccssant unrewarded toll, the un-
grateful labofs, and all to procure some meas.
ure Of flme for ten years; he was famous
scarcely ten years for the early part Of his
career was bcset with difficulties His father
was poor, though u celebrated professor Of
music, and he was too happy to occupy the
place Of an humble musician Of the orchestra
Of the Gymnase, playing for the latter, and
sharing his miserable wages with his patron,
until the latter's death gave him all the two
or three francs night. 1t was here he made
the acquaintance Of young Scribe and distin-
guiShed himself rs q composer Of slight gny
vaudeville airs Then he obtained a place as
organist Of the Church st. Eticnnc du Mont.
His first pieces at the Opera Comique were
successful but it was not until lS4O lie begun
10 be distinguished. About this time Louis
Philippe became very fond OF him, aud he ORA
ganized family concerts at Neuilly, which he
led on the piano, and when he delighted the
King by his familiarity with old,fashioned tunes
Louis Philippe had heard in his youth, and Of
which he was very fond. This was the sunny
hour of poor Adam-and it WINS but MI hour
just before tho Revolution of February, NJ.
Adam became the manager Of an opera on the
Boulevard du Temple. Revolutionary times
are not the period for the success of operas,
and M. Adam found himself ed-all Of his
hard-obtained earnings gone, md his name in
volved i'll pccuniaiy responsibilities Of q large
amount. He pledged his future labors in mort
gage, and procured money enough to pay his
creditors, and prevent himself from being de-
c'ared n bankrupt. lie labored incessantly,
and he had scarcely fulfilled his obligations
when death released him from, this world. Few
men have been pursued with greater bitterness
there was clique here which scarcely allowed
him moments repose. Saturday night he
was ut the opera in the managers box, as gay
as ever. About III o'clock, With M. do Saint
Georges, he went mp to the Ihenter IIyrique,
where they remained until the end Of the per-
formanccs. On his return home, he set to work.
His wife entered his library in the morning.,
and found him dead in his chair. pen was
scarcely dry. ~ .a5r. .N.am FHa-s5f "a
The funeral was imposing, tt was simple,
but there was an immense throng, composed
.of NIL the celebrated men of Paris. In the
caurch, the Society Of Young Artists, and the
choruses Of the Grand Opera and Opera
Comiquc sang the funeral mass, and q Ayris
and two religious marches, composed by him,
and the well known Requiem Of Mozart. The
'aSa - n@a gns sn'su,''. w.. .'pIvV' p,S. " ~.
,,u oIo" s,,iSeis, a,e ~ Sa,'s. n.y. cUrps NJ wy
opera, ana '"e pvAuves VI 'ilu l1em'.t .t1aa,ne a,.
WIZ ol l.esen' ~ csrr saw so s..,''su ~ 'Hh.
noPe YOU WI, ~, una room enough lor M '. lia-
'ovy spoech ~ .ne grave ..o.,,,,o, =,
acs'e,u"y, geh.ie'0en, you were assehiveu W'..
10 open .nc .ests Oh n solemn eoneou,s' ou
Mele Aooae w open 'le a pioiess.on 10 young y
composers % anAlous 70 n,er.' INC pn,%e Mnosc a
crown Is home. suddenly sops were neafu'
one .o' tnose young ar.ists c,'lhe weep'ls 70
anllou.'ce 10 yo" tlie aea.i ol ms ilus.cf, VI
our coleague, ol our ilelld; psa'n slIacn mn
sllen,ly ourlng INC ngnl IN lne l,lost .. n.s
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Wy, ne't .i,i lem MVrn teauy Io'snsvu lns'.y
,ha' ',nlo Wh,c, We pe.levea 10 W lhuein.,sMT
ple. DO olco more W. met. ulouna ..., y toin'
o,r hears hte n.ce ll'ere na'My WIN grls.
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| Y lrpnl ", Mas lu!l VI lolee a,lu "'uor .o,aly
,ln. p.'g. nun'u ~ - eA.su.Snsq, ny ulut,l. ~
oioou ~ ,roAc Wy "puIl.ans sou.oc 10 uly ',lo
eloulo''s solco Is s..c". ioloae.; o'Pli' az,
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" looo Ii,s m.her' LOUIS Aa",' y, s;a Mus ., u
celenIa.eu prn,essol. lo IeIelseu a s., ~ m,s Nv
tic, housc al'os' .ose'scr ',c lns. u..e,,sos
lhi'u W chirci' uilu VIZ Iiisc 'cssos VI 'Nc u'c