New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-15

And the han1s in lent TO he II !ht 81 III wings.
Have grow fsni al with Sc her II g..
But love to Il ink of the hours t. a. sped
As roek' where the whiIls their white sprs
Ere the blossoms waved. or the green grass gre,
Ger the mouleeIi ing stern of the old canoe.
ISLANDERS ON OUR ANCESTORS.
The story About Throwins Overheard tn
Fret Cargo Of Ice.
EDITOR REPUBLICANS:
l must offer an apole gy for intrudin
upon your attention: but knowing tina
your paper lie conducted by those identiie
with our people Though some are of North
eFn birth, to which do not object, an
believ iug that the truth Of our ancestor
should be vindicated from unreasonable .,
task, confidently ask little space to re
pei . groes elander which l find in tn,
Times of last Sunday.
The writer, . Mr.. Sparks, has endeavorel
to furnieh the readers of that paper will
what he has the assurance to style ellis
toricAl Skstches.' Some weeks ago he be
wiidered his readers by his reference t.
Mayor Raplinai, when in fact no individual
of that name was ever Mayor Of this city
At the time of which he speaks the emf
nent and distinguished Monsieur Rcfigns<
was May ora man whose worth and bril-
iiAncy sho uld prevent his memory ever be-
coming go faint as to Justify such liberty
being taken with bis name.
But never mind that. What impels me
to break my silence, under these repeated
infections, is The following paragraph in
the Ii mes of last Sunday:
may be permitted to narrate an incident
or two occurring some years anterior to this
period of 1925, simply TO chow how change
has marked the city's progress as well as
the progress OF the ideas and opinions of
her people. The first cargo of ice ever
brought 10 the city was on a fatboar from
the West; 1t arrived at time when an cpl
demic was raging. The physicians pro
nOunced it death to those who should use
it. and the ice was thrown into the river.
This lie an old story, and UNANIMOUSLY un.
true, and the Times editor ought to have
had more sense than to permit such a charge
against our ancestors to appear in his paper
/ have heard this story repeated before; but |
never elieved tina. even those who eircu- |
lated it had any idea they were telling the
truth.
! have NY grandfathers diary-he lived
for many years on the Bayou road, and
died before the war, at an advanced age.
The Ook is heavy and we'll worn, and en-.
braces period from the occupation of the
city BY the Americana at the beginning of
the century up almost to the time of bis
death. In one portion of it he refers to the
minated snd even bitter discussion be-
ween medical practitioners a. to the pro-
'riety Of using ice in certain diseases which
'ecsme epidemic. One physician, of the
leep set and clear cut views of the old
chOOl, suggested that it would be better to |
brow all the ice into the Mississippi river
han permit it to get into the hands of per.
ons in certain stages of disease This is
bout as near as there is any foundation for
[r. Sparks story.
MY grandfather gives an account of
inner given to Hon. DAME CLARK, Dele gate {
Congress, upon his return from Wash. !
lgton IN 1907, when all of the notables of
ne Territory were present. H. dwells par I
cularly on the excellence of the cham +
sgne, drank in ice which had been shipped q
ON kentucky. IL is evident that ice was +.
Dt com mt Il at that time, but was a luxury .
7aiable to those who had long purses. I
"A lew pages after, however, he speaks of
being mixed with liquors at George T. n
Oss' liquor store, and how the bows OF that | b
y played pranks on strangers by putting 7
IN their drinks. Ross had been sheriff | y
the Territory under Governor Ciai- Il
rne, but had. in the quarrel between 81
executive and the judiciary at the II
ne OF the Burr excitement, sided with the n
Ter. Claiborne removed him. All the E.
preme and district judges, the lawyers
Inc merchants petitioned to have him ~
stored, but Claiborne refused. and an. q,
'n'ou Mr. "afiand to succeed him. Ross III
10 ino'ghant, and martyr. He called ~
se'ner Lbs company, the Orleans Rangers, ly
resigned his commission as captain in al
Impressive scene, and amid the tears NJ OF
co Drades and-opened coffeebousa q. g
corner of Cont and Chartres streats,
this place he acquired fortune. Ioon,,
ow If be was the introducer of fancy in
nks, but he certainly purveyed to a ,e. XXI
% and esthetic taste in that regard. al
me Times correspondent ought to bear 81
mind that the people of New Orleans al
re not made up entirely of backswoods. 70
q, tatboatmen or Spanish buccaneers. wi
; city had in the early days of the cen. Of
= Q society as elegant and refined as any tr
TT of Europe could boast. The best an an
ID of Spain coursed in the veins of q de
dred families, who fingered behind after tn
Acalv0 and his retinue had taken their &C.
'etful departure. her merchants were biz
ces. and her lawyers statesmen. Her to
lie libFary-extinct years sgo-was one Ms
he best Of that day on the continent; ha
medical faculty were pre-eminent in ex;
ming and skill. Her 1000 uniformed mo
sismen possessed esprit and loyalty; att
Germans, organized under Nolte and as
sling, aad the green eostsd country ne ne
Of Montgomery showing alike with ven
Creole and ARerican neighbors in Sis'
zeal los the ne eninence # ithAir ~,
lctige soarpnd Ne Os1heliesy - - den
Patrick Wal 81 sd H6Ahef Aneofnof exit