New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-16
Our latin P0pUlatIOn-EIectiO of Officers
in lhe LusItnnos Society.


in The LusItHnOs Society.
The Spanish, Italian and Portuguese popula.
tions in this city are much larger than most
people imagine. We have been informed by gen
tleman who assisted in taking the last census, that
there must be at least five thousand of the natives
of the Balearc Isles in this city alone; that emf
grants from Portugal and Barcelona in Spain are
equally numerous, and that the population of this
city from the southern coast of Europe and the
Island Of Cuba, does not fall far below 25 O0O If
the Spanish is not still the dominant race, it GER
tainly shows no signs Of disappearing, and of the
Third District it forms large proportion of the
inhabitants. Of our French and Creole popua-
ton we need not now speak.
We have been led to these observations by a
visit we yesterday paid to the New Lusitanos
! Benevolent AssOciaton-a society which has
adopted as its aim the nursing of the SICK the
burial of the dead, and the protection of widows
and orphans.
The above named society was founded in 1858,
has some five hundred members, and has well
furnished hall for meetings on Greatmen and
Elysian Fields streets. The members of the above
society are almost entirely of the Latin races the
honor of presiding being always thus far conferred
upon some one of Portuguese birth.
For disposing of its dead, the society owns one
hundred wants in the Grod street cemetery and has
with perhaps the exception of the Italian monu-
ment, the finest mausoeum in the city. This
| monuments beautifully adorned upon the outside
with portico and marble pillars. But its pecu-
liarity is that it contains spacious hall in the
| center, with vaults upon every side The orna-
ments are in this manner not exposed to the public
view and are protected against the weather. The
mausoleum was built little less than ten years
ago at cost Of $4,000.
| But the principal fact we have to record of the
society, is that an election for officers was held
yesterday, with the following result:
President, V. Camug; 1st Vice President, Fran.
cisco Rippol; I'd Vice President, A. Degeorge
Secretary, A. A. Marchand; Treasurer, A Sam
bola; Grand Marshal, Mig Valory; Collector
Juan Suarez; Physician Dr.. j. j. Castelanos.
After the election, the society testified theil
appreciation of the character of their president
Mr. V. Camugli, who was just reelected to g
SECOND term of office, by presenting him with
gold-headed cane. A procession of the members
headed by band, and with banners, including
the colors of France, Spain, Portugal and thu
United States, then proceeded through the bust
ness portions of the city, and reminded us OF
their presence by serenade of this office. The
music, and the polite attention which prompted it
were duly appreciated, and we wish in return ou
friends from down town many years more of con
tinued prosperity.
While we are upon this subject, we may as vel
state that meeting of the Young Mems Crescen
Association was held on Sunday last, under tn
auspices Of the Lusitanos Society, and the follow
ing gentlemen were elected officers: President
G. 7. Beauregard (son of the GENERALLY Vic
President, NJ. Fernandez; Secretary, A, Marchand
Treasurer, O. Leblanc; Grand Marshal,C. Willoz
Collector L. Wiltz. The society is composed c
the young men of the Second and Third Districts
and is for benevolent purposes.