, 1874-11-21
rf5 cfeo1ay;, tic Daabs, add The Coll
:,xu a. ored Croo|es.
Only 10000 Ahglo.saxohs In d Popu.
81. -. latioh ii eod,00d. =
Parishes; Parishes. il which ssaafssiy5, Aay
English Is Spoken.

comparatively Mt1io, tn fhct, hA prescnttd 10 the
public, Tint hhisa b6oh Given fioi1 oilhef In Ill.
tclgant 9taadpolht Of Iii brepet split Of talr;
ncss aha ttuth: Al, Or heat1S iii, hha been; at
best, from eotthhppsfalive Msanf6rs Of rattlaah
politicians: tits oto lhcw littl6 or hotnlug of
tho BODY ..po1ltfc; tho othtt fdiiat hotcGaarily
preaeht bit d ooho.afdoa yetaioh Of d1atrs.
Loli4iah6, Id ldt polHieat organization, Of ali
her sletet- Stated Of tic south, is pbthaps the
least dndatstood Parta}5iag, 70 sod'o oxtcnt, Of
the ptSl1iasitiea thdt give to tlo people ot tho
aonts, dt tlib edho tfr16 In nafRGa distinction;
bddy p6iitiis fetcultat t5iioraeit ai6nd.
LouiHtahN, bf iii tlIo States in thS federal
Union. may bt aaid Is BIZ,
RITZ LEAST lstEnicAv.
Spanish dna French doiohy; BY tirrnb; froti1
1000 to lid aatd of ita purclHa6 }rotta Napoleon
IN 1903, to ID 6ubdbgMontly aadtifttod aa i Stato
IN 1872, It hds retained, ID marked degr60, th6
charaetbriatits Of ehch It pfesontb; III fact, to-
day, rather the appeathuco Of d foreign pfihrl-
pallty shdh that ct a:ht; American stdto. The
original eoIonists, the rink and alo,-it wo ats to
credit tlo htst6rian; bit motley crowd ut best,
Of whom tho leaat eaid, panrhapa tho better,-tdk.
Ing kindly ID both th6 aborieinas. and thcIr
darlk-sLlin9d, ,hnkJ Headed 'sllattolS from Tho
Gold coaat gasv1oS plaes Id tttn; to Hid Of d.
sctndaniB5 as decidedly 1bixud III it'd writer's and
polticians 1.-Two taiade tho political nduddlo 6f
today. Taking th8 city Of Now Orleans, tor
instance, Do sample Of thd g6nofal niaLo-up Of
the body politio ind What do wwoo 1nd Id d topu-
la,ion Of soms 20b.6o0 aoula7 Taking tho city
proper, md, as botween tho upper and 1owor
halves, We hayo Canal street as dividing limo.
That portion below Canal street is uss1al1y de-
nominated Frcnch Town. THAT portion abovo
Canal street, agdfu, iH classed, BY tto6o on tho
other eide, as American Town.
~. FREycu TOWN !! &c.,.
comprises tho Second ahd Third DISTRICTS and
collectively contains iiot fir from So, ,o1o souls.
BEGINNING at thG 6itfsh9 lover limits. tho Third
District o1tonds to what is Enown ID Esplanade,
by far tho most attractive street ia tho
foreign portion Of tho city. Tho Third
District rnGy b6 aaid to contain not
1ar from 10000 inhabitants. And .of ttib ii, 900
people, certainiy not to oxcbad 1.0O6, or one
fo1tieth part. is Of Anglo-snxon descent. The
Second District. aguius extondb from Esplanauo
to Canal, and contains, also, 40 600 sou1B. WhiI6
there is bere3 Perhaps d Glight incrcaso Of tho
American element, there cannot be; in tho whole
district. Mt liberal estimate, Of Angto-saxou
blood, to exceed 1000, nll told.
Hero; then; IN French Town, ont OF d popula-
tion Of soms $4,000 souls; not over 1000 cat,, iu
any sense, sayo in tho matter OF birth and c3er-
ciso Of tho right Of citizenship, TO classod as
Americans. II point OF nationality; in faot,
would puzzle = Darwin himself to give thom
AM cEAssif1uAr1oN. At ALL.
Hero aro " French and Spanish, Dutch and Dam
ish," ltafians: Portuguese, ana black, with
knows what disc bcsif'o thrown in ~
way Of q variety, making s.coufusior,
worsc condoundcd." in go.ieral cross Of blood;
natlonal1ties, ianguages; and tongues. As moro
Immediately classifying tlio component parte Of
tho compound, wo have the Creolcs; thc Dagos,
tho colorod Urooles, md tho blacia. We tlud
them gradually tnorgng from tue ono into tho
othcr. IN suctr Q nardcr that exactly where to
beEim or eays OIL ~ dTaHinS tue vorsng ne
them' at best, in thfir representative characters.
- -. tIlR OREonEs:
OBJ clnimod BY thoir would. .ba more nriatocratio
Representatives,; aro tho Iinenl descendants Of
grants ofd later ora: They arc divided into eey-
etal distinctive social. gradea,-all moving ns il
wore In n ittlo world Of their own, ailu csolu-
sivs to tho laas d6sroe; Those clailniug to bo Of
have 1 limo. Of 'demsskation, ii rjgii Ain snd
unyicldina, as -botweeh ,,those Of French
and Spanish descent: Tic dcscontlapts -st Of
La Belle Franco hircct n superiority over thoso
though In aeclded .ninsuity. evlnco an lsl.con-
cea!ed dontempt for tne hoasted lineage ind gen.
eral pretchnfons df the f,,tmor. They form, mono
tho lcss in gonerhi characteristics, in tho limited
Dircla dt 4 scarcely )css lltnitod world Of their
Dvn. Whist may be torEcd the upper ton amoug
0o,hparatlvoiy few iii un1nbersl however, as
we'll as far lhsB oItruBva in their pretonHions
they arc as comparatively overlooked IN lilo gen:
ernl estlulat6 bf
:. THE cnEot2E An1srocnAoY:.
Tho latter, MI generany ,l1tlerstool ig limited to
celta'n wet-tleflncd Hocial lines among thoso