New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-20


there being 10 ccffeehouses or other refectionary
resorts ii tile neighborhood. But figure ITO your
selves cur surprise when We found ourselves in
the presence of very decent and respectable
l.coored family, father mother and son, all three
bright mniattoes, and a Young white lady Of daz-
cling beauty and splendor, but who took to flight,
like deer in the woods, upon our unexpected en-
trance. Now, we shall not name these families,
but for the satisfaction of the curious reader we
must make him acquainted with the circumstances
| of this singular rencontre; which were briefly
these: The young son, bright mulatto lad, had
been raised in the north of Europe, Denmark |;
his parents being in easy circumstances and hay-
ing but this only son, had spared no expense in
his education; and the young man being possessed
of moneyed means had found it no difficult task in
proposing marriage to a fair daughter of the
Danes and she, knowing no better, had recipro-
Gated the love feeling and accepted the match.
Insal, this no body was actually to blame, the
young man having left his native place mere
lsschild did not know the laws and customs Of his
country the young woman neither ever suspected
any Improperly in Ter choice. AS for the respec-
tive parents none knew how contrary to all usages
and laws this matcll,would turn out, for the Louis
lana family never once suspected that their daugh-
:
Hence, imagine to yourselves the surprise Of the
old folks when they saw their son bringing home
such dazzling white damsel.
From this moment though no one was to blame,
all peace was gone from the family; these people
had been respected and~esteemed by the whole
white neighborhood among whom, in fact they
had grown mp but from the moment that it was
limited about, what actually had taken place, by
sation of all friendly and neighborly relations
Nay, the worst of the business was, that all the
colored family relatives, particularly the females
thereof, and all of them were of the wealthy and
refined part of that population, would have moth
ing to do with the fair daughter Of the North. So
much so, that after lapse of time the young
couple, as well as the old folks, had to break up
their domestic fresides and realizing their for
tunes, withdrew to Europe, for the sake of enjoy
ing their peace and quiet, which this incongruous
or III assorted alliance of their son had so unex-
pectedly caused to them. From this example our
readers may draw the conclusion, how strong have
ever been the habits and customs in Louisiana,
with respect to this question of the mixing of
races; and right wrong in principle, we are in
clined to the belief than time will bring about no
change in that REGARDED WHAT'S called in French
The Z MGurs, and FOR which properly speaking
We have no adequate word IN the English Ian
guage, unless BY pariphrase we translate it into
the : moral customs Of q country, we say, these
latter, will always form an insurmonntable
barrier towards the social family comminglng of
the two races, and hence, the extinguishment Of
the institution of domestic slavery, will bring
about no alteration in this condition of the family
relations of our society. Our readers no doubt
will pardon US the DEPRESSION from our proper
subject, the Environs Of our City, but we could
not forego the mention of this, our first adventure
of that sort, after our arrival and which struck
us then, as with peculiar force for all after time.
We shall now resume the lost thread of our sus-
pended, proper narrative.
SENATORIAL ELEoTIoN.-The following is the
result Of the Senatorial alactnn held uasterdez in