The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-02-13

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We have remarked that when e ex,
postmaster Lowell vaeates tile Sneaker,
Chair IN the House of REPRESENTATIVE,
at Mechanics Institute, he calls to taxi
his place the member from West BatO1
Rouge, L. +. Allan, generally known
by the Name of SoulOuaue, The dey.
ter1ty with which he Yields the Sneak.
er's gavel, and the role he acted at Baton
Rouge at the election OF November. 1872
whose @esults have given rise to ri.
nlcts which yet exist, have endowed him
with q particular nOtoriety. We think,
therefore, that some account of his life
will be read with interest,
Born in 1916, Soulouque is a mulatto,
tai! and well developed, with crisp hair
and large round expressive eyes, a full
round figure and full lips. He was born
On Australla plantation, near Baton
Rouge, a place that belonged to Mr..
oosthenes Allan, whose slave he was
and with whom he made q pleasure trim
TO Europe, under the following circum-
stances.
IN 1896, Mr. SostheneS Allan proceed
ed to New York with the intention of
embarklng for Europe, and wrote to his
nephew, MI. V. Allain, to send him
S%oulouque, as he desired to have him
with him. Mr.. Y. Allan wrote to the
plantation that they should send for
ward the young mulatto by the frat
boat, and having equipped him from
mead to foot, he embarked on board the
Clipper ship Johannisberg, bound to
Hayre. S~oulouque was placed under
the care OF a former favorite prima dom
ma OF the Orleans Theatre, who vet re-
sides IN a city, MADAME By
Mr.. Valerian Allan sent to his uncle
aft NnVv NnrIr fhn foI1nrn- Ar--z-.
which, in consequence of the departure
OF the latter for Havre, was transmitted
to him by steamer. II have sent Sou
tonight under the care of Miss
g., that he may be with you agree
ably to your request"
When this dispatch arrived at Havre, |
Mr.. Allan had already left for Paris,
and, by some indiscretion, the rumor
soon spread abroad that S%oulouque had
at Havre on board the Johannis-
berg. No other S~oulouque was known
IN Franco than the great Emperor of
Haiti, ~Soulouque the first of the name,
The imitator Of Napoleon the first. The
baptism of the Prince Imperial was
upon the point of being celebrated at
the Cathedral of NOtre Dame at Paris.
The imagination and zeal of the local
authorities assisting, the m soon ac-
1utIOo SAC oudIdCbC1 III ttu OtIlCla1 E6DOIGy
1T received the honor of an insertion
II the Moniteur, the official journal of
he Empire. Thus, when q few days
afterwards, the Johannesburg was sig
laled, the troops of the Garrison and
he National Guard got under arms, and
population OF HaVre and its neigh
'orhOOd crowded the piers to salute the
of the Haitien Emperor.
Great was the disappointment when in
tead of the fat and imposing monarch
f Haiti, a young mulatto of ten years Of
ge was seen disseminating, serving as
age to q pretty roman Soulouaue,
Oweyer, had no less the honor of at !
the baptism of the Prince I'M
eria1 in company with his master whom |
e had rejOined in Paris. He afterwards :
with Mr.. Allan to the princi- {
al capitals of Europe, and returned to :
louisiana after having seen much of the !
countries. I
After having faithfully served his $
laster, SOnlouque has benefited, as !
theirs of his race, from the consequences 9
by the war. He has become 8
zee, a citizen, a political parsonage, and r
3 presfdes in the House of Representa- q
yes as well as he drove his masters q
arrlage. The honOrs that have devol- r
ed upon him have not caused him ato1 i
from the affection he bore to his q
ID master, and from blushipg at his an .
cedents, he delights to recall them, y
ad it does not displease him when those y
know him call him by the fa-
liar designation Of S0uL0udue, while
official title is that of the Honorable
. I. Allan, the duly elected member n
the Parish of West RatnnRnure =