The Opelousas courier., 1873-11-22
Historical Families inn W.ouSss.
saRSas
IN. 0. Picayune, Nov. IT,,


well known writer in Sc,jbpe,.s Iuo0a-iup
!of NoVelnber, gives an Interesting sketch ut
NtN Oflcdns, but makes reference to tlp
oit iathilies that trace their genealogy back
! to the medifyal ages. There are many such,
anu Their traditions are full of romance
axe, Tor example, the family of JumonNilIe.
! originally Jun1onFllit de NiiiIerS. q Norman
ratrohylnlc Ut high rank and great antiuuity,
Che branch OF the fallliy, ACCOMMODATING Viii
HAM the tonqueror to England. We're the an
ctstors ot George NIiers. Duke OF Bucking-
ham, So famous Ill English history. The other
pFancn' remaining III France, produced a long
Ilhc ot distinguished soldiers. Seven of the
ndlne served under the Marquis DuQuesnt in
l'oi, When he commanded the French iDrces
III canada. HE youngest Of these brothers,
JumonVllle de Nl!itrs, was killed i'll the first
campaign III which the iIlustriuus W Washington
gave indications oi his great military capaci-
ties. Gov. Dinwidde, OF Virginia. perceIling
tie movements OF the French and Indians OH
the ONO, organized a force which lie sent
under Col. Try, To resist them. The advance
consisting OF three&ompanlts of scouts, was
leu by " aslilStoIf: then young officer of
militia. Pushing forward. lle had reached the
loughoany, and Was throwing ii bridge over
1t When informed that Il detachment OF the
enemy was near by. Taking forty OF his men
and Il lew friendly Indians. he surprised tnen
III d mountain pass. Alter an obstinate CON
tiict the French surrendered - their leader
having been slain.
Dne of the prisoners having escaped and
made his way to Fort DuQueene, ii strong
force was sent ont TO avengr the loss cf their
brethren. This turce Was contided to NJ de
lilers. brother Of JumUuVllie. NaShingtu Ion.
meanwhile. ieii back to the Great Meadows,
and entreucheti himself i'll Il rude fortress,
which he named Fort Necessity. De NiIiers
opened brisk tire on the fort. and kept it up
until a late hour at night when ii pavleV Was
proposed. Washington sent out Capt VAN
braaM. 1.-THE only officer i'll his party that had
any knowled re of Freuch.} and IL capitulatiun
was agreed to. The Americans marched out
. with the lUnors OF war
A strange controversy grew out of this Cap
ituiation, which has never been satisfactorily
adjusted by the French historians. III the
terms agreed upon, there article i'll the
following words: ''Que CONNIE les AnyIais
ont ell leur pouvoir un Ufncer uts cadets,
ct gGneraletuent les prisonnltrs Iu'ils nous ont
falt dams laSsassInat du sieur de JumunVilie,
&c. This clause. being read by the interpre-
ter. was either 1gnUrantly or dcs:gntdly rcIi-
dered and the term assussinut Was construed
! to mean merely the :" death or loss Of Ju-
mouVlle. On account OF this ambiguity. and
the apparent admission OF a>hlngtUu as to
manner OF JulnonViiies death. he was repre-
sented by French writer's as an assassin. This
matter was formal = investigated ny the House
Of Burgesses. aud it VIA. established that the
error lay Ill the interpreter, ami that Jultbn-
Vile fell i'll open. honorable conh bat. The at
fair. however, WAS made the subject Of much
fierce inVectiye i'll France against the English,
and Of high euiogics on the gallant NlctIu.
The saint II. de Niiliers to whom Washing
ton capltulated, became. subsequently,. "tapl-
/ tane aux Illinois, In l. G3. when Canada was
surrendered TO the English. he, with many
other French officers, tm1g.ated to this city.
Shortly after his arrival he was created by
the Hing OF France CueVailer 0f the Order of
St Louis. as Il tribute to his gallantry. He
had two SONS. The eldest WIS i'll the Spanish
service when Louisiana Ceded to the
United States. and died some years afterwards
in Opeiuusas The second son, C0ulOn. re-
manned i'll the Spanish army and removed to
Cuba. where his descendants now reside.
The old cheVaIIer lived to u very advanced
age, and died i'll this city in 1903 He is re-
membered as a man OF cOurtly mannerS. OF
ardent temperament and Of powerful frame.
He married second time, i'll Louisiana, lady
OF the ancient family Of Livandais Beaumont,
by whom he had an only child. Charles a
planter of st. Bernard who died in 1888 In
the cemetery of our ancient church of Saint
Louis this inscription may be read upon his
tomb:
. "Ci-yft Charles Jumonville Coulon de Villiers,
Reetou dune ilustre race,
Sans cesse :tstX coups du sort Upposant son
grand ceur,
Dams ICtrot sentier de fhonneur.
De ses a7eux touiours il il suivi la trace"
Which may be thus rendered Scion of an
illustrious race. always opposing manly for
titutle to the reverses of fortune. and uni
formly following the footsteps of his ances-
tors in the difficult path of honor
During the British invasion, III 1914, some
of the property of this gentleman was appro-
priated by Gen jackson for the public de-
fense. Some years afterwards, the late Ber-
nard Marigny introduced a bill for his relief,
and. in the course of all eloquent speech, gave
ha Frnnph raPSIpu of fhp Ip3ti, nf .IunnIl-
vile. and was understood to say that France
and the French were the first to make Wash
ington hero. Not IA word OF truth iu it
Not a word of truth in it = in voice OF thnn-
der cried out old Larry Moore, then Senator
from St. Helena: God Almighty made George
Washington a hero!" The Senate was thrown
into confusion. Margny looked daggers: Lar
ry trowned defiance. Marigny glOwed with
the blood of q chivalrous race. Moore was
the type OF the frontier American-shrewd.
prompt and brave HIS game cock. Friends
promptly interposed. Explanations ensued.
Neither of the gentlemen eou,prehended per-
feetly the language used by the other, MI.
Marigny had been too strongly construed, and
Larry meant not personal, but a historical
lie.
The n. O. Republican, says Hamp. Hender-
son is Democratic nigger and it ''pitles ting
wretch if he falls into the hands OF the coiored
people OF Grant parish Now, Hamp., being
kepubllcan nlgger. mas 1alieh lhto tue nan''s
of the ,cHite people of Grant. and has gone
s.where the woodbine twineth" Of course,
the Republican applauls the result. Or is
sauce for the goose not sauce for the gander !.
Does it make some difference whose OK is
gored s-4h1aHdsiG Democyat Noe. II.
One of the pIeasantest things about our
recent splendid victories all along the line, is
the defeat of the Wisconsin petti:egger, Matt.
Fl. Carpenter, who made himself quite noto-
rious by his treachery in the Louisiana case,
and by his offensive moral delinquencies at
Long Branch last summer. The Wisconsin
Democrats and Liberals have driven the last
nail into his political coffin, and have prepared
his epitaph: "Died of too much treachery
and too many high moral ideas. .'"-A6d
Cost OF ABUSING Mich Cows-Harris