, 1866-11-26
TIE NEW ERA In LOUISIANA.

a great event has occurred In New Or
leans. Tuesday, November a0th. according
to the Journals of the Crescent City,'is dcs-
tined TO become memorable Ia the annals of
the south. The greatest preparations were
nsadc for 1t, the newspapers, for weeks, In
dn'ged In glowing descriptions and magnid.
cent prophecies; all classes Of population,
all ages, sexes md co1ors came ont to see.
The d{gnltaliea aud rulers Of the Land lent
their august presence and active particlpa-
tion. The places Of business we're closed, that
employc rs we'll as employer might
swell the multitude and witness the lmpos.
Ing ceremonies. High mass Was celebrated
in the Cathedral by Archbishop Odin. Even
Frenchtown, which 1t was supposed could
only be awakened to motion by m earth
quake or rebellion, was profoundly stirred
Oh this occasion. Monsieur, Madame, aiad-
emoisclle, tts enfants, all came forth from be-
hind their wooden shutters, and showed
themsclvca In the streets In body. On the
morning OF tue grand event the Commercial
declared that tlH: day was the beginning OF
new gear, new era, the s'date
Of the origin Of progress" In fact,
Tuesday seems just nov to be regarded
Us the first day Of the year one In New Or
lang. Lest The reader should burt with
curiosity to learn the cause Of all this excite.
,ncnt, the like of which has never been wit.
messed In the Crescent City iuce the '.Yan
KEGS" came up the river on the ships Of
Faaagut, We hasteu to say that It is all about
a Fair-thc Arst Fair Of the Mechanics
aud Agricultural Association 3f Louisiana"
In this part Of the coautry, where
every State and every county has had
Its annual Fair for many years past,
1t may seem a.nusicg md absurd
that the good people Of New Oaeans shoula
| make such On ado over IN event 50 common
here. But 1t Is really movement Of great
significance Ia the South; and when the
fActs and circumstances arc considered, It
Till appear that the importance attached tG
il by tho press and people Of Louisiana /:
scarcely exaggerated. It is q novelty, to he
Gin With. Industrial exhibitions hare beer
nlmost, If not altogether, unknown In Louis
lara. The 1udolcnt planter has heretofore
looked 10 his fnctor In New Or1cau!
for such advances Of money 4:
would suffice for the current expense
Of his family and his plantation, ant
i,cyond this has scarcely given thought *
business. The practice Of the mechaulc art:
I
southern "gcnt,cman B." was born for e4pru
sivc dissipation, for the 1earaed professions
for the cxcrrise OF arms-for anything bnl
manual labor, which was held to be a desra
| t1ation, and the distinguishing duty Of AT
| was Represented at the hotels o
New Orleans, where, during ths
gay season. tho planters vled will
I aAH, {r *1.n 1n.+s
If borrowed money. Industrial Fairs, in sucl
! community. and undcr such Institution
ard habits, were no more TO be expected tina,
!orsc races and bull fights among the earl,
Puritans Of the Plymouth colony. But Will
tleabolition OF slavery old things are passinl
army, and MI things are becoming new. I'll
Fair in New Orleans Is tho first tribute Of III
people Of New Orlcans 10 Frcc Labor, III
first ackuow 1cdgnent that the stamp Of ie
nuruipy has been removed from iudustria
pursuits, aud that the South Is enterin
upon the certain road to solid wcalt
End prosperity, from which she has hereto
totore been barred by the system "t s}av
lahor. In this noble emulation the Nortl
will bid her Gol.speed. The event Is one +
be celebrated, and we hope It may prove a,
era in the progress p< Loulsiaua, as the Com
zaerr;df predicts. May the words OF til
Pieuyunc prove true, when It says: "Ad
"versity Is teAchinE us It's wholesome lesson
"oi labor aud thrill. Such exhibitions ar
- the sign shat We are Improving them in th
right temYer-gathcriug together the rem
"nauts Of our broken fortunes, and paticntl
! working to put them together with ou
"own banls ns basis for future prospe,
"ny." When this future prosperity deye
ops itscD, aud the South secs that its s'sut
jugattou' to free labor results In rcscuiu
her from stagration, mud decay, VIC sha
Lave 10 more such complaints MS the ri
ayune uttcrs in the same article from whlc
. wchayc quoted, when it says IAN that is lc
''s to do es hc1ots Of the Union, Is to refu:
, 10 DO any thing which gives our assent to II
| lcc1ndatlon with which NC arc 1neuaccl,,,