Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-06-20
A TOUCHING APPEAL.

raj Of the Sisters of Charity in tht
United States, who now resides al
Emmitsburg, as his Head Quarters
is we'll pleased and delighted with
the climate in the summer season
The beautiful valley of st. Joseph's s
on Toms creek, and the fine range O
hills that cluster around the Blue
Ridge, Carriek's Knob and Hampton
valley,the Millerstown GAP and Pop
lar Ridge, Mundorf's Hill and Rosnc
Top, present kaleidoscope view thai
is beautiful and charming.
Father Guedry is a native Of tht
Parish of Assumption, dove-tailet
between the Parishes of Ascension
and Lafourche Interior, on the Bayou
Lafourche, Louisiana, and is a descen
dant of the French Creole families
of that State men who cultivated
their broad "arpents' of Louisiana
soil, and raised sugar and cotton and
luscious fruits in large quantities.
The French American Sugar Plan
ters of Louisiana are quiet people
something like the Quakers Of Mary.
land. busy with their own affairs, and
seldom me'ldling with politics. They
had rendered the counties of Arcadia
The German Coast and Attskapas, and
the parishes Of Orleans, St John the
Baptist, St. James, Ascension, AS
sumption, L.fourche Interior, Terre
Bonnc, PlaqaeInine, West Baton
Refuge, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Lam
f,y> &nl Lafayette, rich and pros
porous country, and very desirable
to reside in, especially ia the winter
.eason,
Before the cruci civil war they
were rich, proSrerou, and contentcd
people. But that Iii ,astrous war, in,o
the meshes Of which they were drawn
hv willy politicians, against their will
left them 'ls'pcilca cf ,keir save pro,
rerty, their sugar pl .ntations stripped
, aud other evils Of fearful ckI.cter
to contend With. They had scarcely
recovered from this dreadful scourye
before the awful tool. of the Father
Of Water>, tbr great Mississippi pour
ed its mighty torrents along the banks
broke through their levecs and ere
vases, carried away their dykes, anG
overhowed their sllNvisl soil tkirt,
an1 forty miles back from the River
RArkS. Thus submerged thousand,
and thousands of people, wkite anc
colorel, were rendered destitute o
food and the plAipest pecess ries o.
life.
Many Of the citizens Of Louisian;
were natives Of Maryland.
ALLEN B. MAaRupER, a nstire o
Prince Georges county, was tie au
thor Of the first Constitution Of Louis
lapa adopted in lsl2.
GEORGE 4. WAGGAMAN, q native 0
Dorchester county, in this State, once
represented Louisiana IN the Senate
/ cf the Unitcd States. The ashes O
his daughter now repose in St. JOS
eph's Cemetery, near Emmitshurg,
Bishop VIM. V. Dubourg, the frs
to celebrate a Te Deun in the Cathe
dral Church Of New Orleans, in homo
of Gen. Andrew Jackson and his brav
Army for the Victory over the British
Troops on tue Plains Of Chalmette
Jan. s, 1915, was at one time a prom
inent citizen of Baltimore, A tutor O
ST. Msry's College, and materiall
aiding and assisting in founding st
Jcseph's Academy, near Emmitsbure
Some Of the old people Of Frederic'
county still remember him. He wa
the teacher of Gen. Anthony Kimmel'
Gen. Benjamin G. Howard, Of Balti
more, and hundreds of the best citi
zens of B ,ltimore and Maryland. Z
him Gen. John Eager Howard, th
"Hero of the Cowpens, applied tn
testimonial, that he was one Of th
best and purest Of men that ever tro
the streets Of Baltimore.
WN. l.. BsE.r, a native Of Mary
land, and at one time a resident
Frederlchtown, WAS for many years
Representa- i've in Congress from til
Red River District in Louisiana.
And SO Of hundred; of others.
Many Of The children Of Louisi,n
claim NJ. st. Marvs college and 5
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