New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-15
GOVERNOR ALLEN Is DEAD,

hree Gays ago, III an unauthenuC form, ana we
lave refused to admit the sad news as true as long
Is there was left rational hope that the report
was unfounded. II now becomes our duty to re-
cord the painful tidings, and to announce to the
people of Louisiana the death of their loved and
venerated chieftain. Another hero has gone to
his rest-a Christian hero whose peer will be hard
TO iind. In pain and sorrow we speak Of our de-
parted friend-not in eulogy for that is needless,
but merely to express our own deep sorrow that
he had not been spared to cheer and aid his loved
people We know of no word which can be
uttered to mitigate the heavy grief that will settle
upon thousands of breasts when this bereavement
is known,
Gov. Allen was born in Prince Edward county,
Virginia, and was connected with the Sigons, the
Watkins, and other old and highly respectable
families Of that State. He was partly educated
at home, but he finished the work of mental
discipline without assistance and acquired clas-
steal education so thorough as to render him
good teacher, in which vocation he spent some
months of his earliest residence in Mississippi
We have often heard him speak of his teach
ing with mingled pride and pleasure. He was, to
great extent, selftaught, and always expressed
an ardent sympathy with all who tried to gain
knowledge under adverse circumstances. Allen
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went to Texas and participated in the struggle
which resulted in the independence of the Lone
1 Star State. Hs there won the esteem and
confidence Of many of the gallant men who laid
there the basis of new republic He afterwards
practiced law in Mississippi, until, through the
gratitude of wealthy gentleman whom Allen,
though an entire stranger, had most carefully at
tended during painful and dangerous illness, he
became the owner of n fine Dantaton in West
Baton rouge from the date q ms advent to
Louisiana, ne steadily rose N puphc esteem. he
was sent to the legislature, and served With dis
unction through two Or more sessions. - was
here that his nigh pubic spirit ms energy ms elo-
quenee, ana hs great purify q character hrst De,
gan 70 attract general noaee' me elegant and
hospitaple sugar planter nau even 1nen estapHshed
reputation iof personal chlEairy anu hcofrup-
tDle lntegrity' tnough rev were then conscious Oh
the existence OF those gems OF mind and heart
| Which ne subsequently exhlpitea.
| When the secession OF the Sonthern states &C.
Cured and LOUISIANA was called on Tor troops,
| Allen lent himself to the work OF raising youn-
teers with ardor and enthusiasm, employing
largely OF his private means for their equipment
and subsistence and IN providing Tor the wants OF
the families OF those who enlisted. Feeling it his
/ duty to share in the iabors and dangers Of the
field he yielded to the solicitations Of the commits
stoned officers of the Fourth regiment, and was
chosen lieutenant colonel.
4 AS an officer, Allen was noted for his devotion
to the welfare of his subordinates and the men Of
his command, for his great kindness to the sick,
fol- his attention to the comfort Of his men, for his
strict discipline over them, and for his unceasing
efforts to add to their efficiency. He never lost
sight of the main business of oil troops in time of
war which is to prepare for fight in every possible
way. He was never absent from camp, except
when called off by imperative duty or when dis
abIed by wounds. His kind but exacting rule was
aided by his own constant example, for he yielded
| the same prompt and implicit obedience to his SUI
periors thathe asked OF his own command. he
4 loved good soldiers and brave men with an affee-
ton that sprung from his own ehivalTy. No deed
Of gallantry by an officer or private in hsregment
failed to receive his kindly notice and cordial ap-
probation. he infused his own brave and chivalrlG
spirit into his men, and wherever he led they fol
lowed with spirit and alaerity de was always Q
hard student, and when chosen lieutenant eolone
of the afterwards renowned Fourth Louisiana
regiment, he went vigorously at work in acquiring
such military knowledge as his previous expert
enee in Texas had Taught him to be necessary
With what success ne studied is abundantly shown
| by the high esteem he won among the ehleitans
Of the western armies OF the Gontederaey.
Allen had much OF the. heroic IN ms composition
His bravery was OF that hgh order when comes
from the SOU. hs Dright ana vigorous nlihd maze
him almost intu'aRely aware OF any dangerous
situation ana ms constitution was nervous TO tne
extreme Of aehcaoy. buV When hon0r OF ontg
eaned iof q rlsA OF a saoflhee ne became lnsehsl
PIG 70 iear ana unconscious OF uahger; "a me an
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