, 1873-05-19
What Gen. DeDlanc Really Intended
md what Ee Hna Really Accom-
v,ti<hed. 't'- =. '''.'

/, =. ;. Hrpm thu .y<,o ORLEANS Tim<s, May II.
Probably there has never been an affair SO ter
ribly misunderstood al that Of st. Martin Parish:
/ Gem DeBlauc's known character as 3 soldier OF
courage and. ;intelli ligencs, and man Of excep-:
tional influence among his fellow-citizeos. seems
to have obscured the fact that he ia a1soa patriot
OF unblemished purity. :.::' j. :.
ton On Tuesday last, WIS met ut every stage OF
! his advance by stories of increasing Vlgor and
falsehood. People we're excited between here
and Brashear. At the latter point they we're e1-
-treme1y 80. AL through: st. Mary Parish meet
ing assistance to Gen. UeBlanc earnestly dis
|, c11ased.- = It =. = s:..,r
/, In Iberia the excitement- Was at fever heat
In the town Of NeW iberia, only 10 miles from
st: MartinEvil1e, it was confidently believed that
Badger was penned in tho Court-House, cut Oh
from water, and in momentary prospect of being
attacked and annhiated. Ti1is, too, on Wednes-
day morning at- daylight, after Badger had been
In undisturbed possession Of. st. MartlnsVl4e
aud it's immediate vicinity for more than twenty
Everybody believed it blindly The sirsgmi s;
stance that Gon. DeD1anc mis- =: n'ro * others
prudence and little consideration 4oa ,:a -
YIN s ass5sance SN9 s long aad carefully pro-
n6rlgatsd: BY "the indignant" and it's perfect
adaptation to tho existing issue-these thlngs H
vera flying wildly to the winds, and nothing is ous
blood. demolition, and general war seemed to su1t
this normally .peaceful public, - 80
Badgers movement, "Wednesday afternoon, upon
DeB1anc's camp WAS magnifled into an asIacA
aud disastrous repulse. Imaginative cofTespono-
ents had the Metropolitans fleeing instneiy lr1In
the victorious citizens, and just reaching tne
CourtHou. by. q neck. The field was st1eWn
with gore, and the final exterrninatlon OF baa-
gers men was only postponed till after supper.
And 30 it went ,-e1aggerat1on anu mlslepoa
sentation eVeryVhere, and growing IS 5oon'"A'"
The departure Of two, OF at most three, Metro
poIitans on different: missions Ws8 1nstan1aua.
ous1y converted into general desefs1Gn n4s ~
the visit Of eight young man from -. n1aiy
DeBlanes camp Was blazoned N me me esrr;ora.
Pieuy4ne as an accession OF forty-dVe Wa1laos =,
armed With Winchester rifles aud tn'laAl's ~
| gore. .a5
Behind tho :scenes, and within that cha1meo sx
| circle, which for time seemed to neose ~,
approaching to 1act, the matter looked vesy =,
different Badger was in peaceful possGse1uIh
the town, aud DeBlanc in equally uno1stu NJ ~
tenure OF his camp three miles d'athst. ~ 10,
body had been killed, sud no engagement Aa1
| taken place. -
| That celebrated movement On WEDNESDAY 81
ternoon was simply . reconnaissance py na1.7 ~
ger. He took forty-eight men and 2 cannon, ar1 =
i approached DeDlanc's camp IN tne noPe pe,,e ~
drawing him out md seeing his e1ao. to.uo n,.e,
within quarter OF mile of each other, ana ~
| ono came within hundred yards o. 1el1e AIr ~ ~
1t took very Ittlo conversation with ten: - -
Blanc to discover that fight IVES nor con1e stn1,
plated by him. and very little reflection 70 sno"
that his plan was the only sensible and psIt1.' nn
! one to pu1sue. His attitude Was one o. III -;
| recognition Of tho Kellogg Governmens, anu ~!
policy. uaa to show that .keiiosgs nrde1s conlt
not be. enforced without assistance rom LII
United States. ,.,, !;
: Il, in maintaining this, he did not deem n !,
necessary to sacrifice single LIE: OF sup3e1e a
single individual to the penalty Likely 20 lono,
wiser than tie public 4 His position. wss Is.
singular one. No man who is unacqualnteoa W. ~
81: Martin Pa1ish can justly complenenda d - -
immense influence he possesses ~ snesJ, 1h,;cb he
unlimited power for good OF e7A "alcn He