The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-15
HON. ED. PILSBURY.
sUmrru or THE MAYOR OF NEW on "
nEANs. NV ONE WHD KNEW HsM
I'M EARLY LIFE.

trrvtraot from Belfast fMe.) Letter In the Odd
Fellows ltegister OF Rhode lslahd.l
That terrible ecourgo, yellow fever that
g,a made such terrible havoc In the South,
hr,ngs to mind an honurod citizen, a benefac-
for to his race and an exemplary Odd Fellow.
As he IL n native Of the Pine Tree State allow
mctogiyeto your readers short biographical
sketch of his life. Hon. Edward Pilsbury the
subject under notice, son Of the Hon. Timothy
Pilsbury. was born in PASSPORT Ne, and is
now about sixty years OF age. When about
ten years old he accompanied his father IN a
consisting vessel to New Orleans. On tho pas
sage, and while in the Gulf Of Mexico, they
were shpwrecked on sand key, where they
spent forty days. Arriving in Now Orleans,
J. W. Hachalie, ono of the oldest and most
substantial merchants Of that city. Young
PiIsbury showed u natural aptitude for bust
ness rose rapidly, and when very young was
head of the establishment. lie married q
Miss Ferret a native OF Louisiana, but Of
French descent. A few years after his mar
riagc he went into business and was very sue
merchants OF that city. He declined to enter
into politics, though rendered nominations for
Congress and for the mayoralty, At the out
break OF the civil war he ospoused the cause
Of the South left his business and entered the
Confederate service Ic lost his capital by
the war, had to mako u new start, which he
did IN 1866, and soon retrieved his fortune. He
was Administrator Of Finance under tho late
city government of New Orleans, running
1000 votes ahead Of his ticket At the expra-
ton Of his term Of Office he was nominated by
the Conservatives for Mayor and elected by q
handsome majority. He now holds that hon
orablo position. lie is prominent member
OF tho Toward Association, Of which duties
your readers arc as familiar as yself, Spend
Ing his money Invishly for the relief Of those
afflicted by yellow fever, let us hope his own
valuable life may be spared Who knows but
that Tie spirit Of hrOtherIy love and relief
which hc learned In an odd Fellows lodge
may have actuate1 his actions in this par
ticular2 AS M Odd Fellow we have tho most
claim upon him. From early manhood he has
been devoted member, and in tho fearful
yellow fever epidemic in 1885, though he never
had the disease himself, he responded TO the
calls Of duty nnd spent night and day at tho
bedside Of sick brothers. He was elected three
times Grand Master of the State of Lousia-
ma, the last time, we believe, by q change III
the State constitution to bring about that
~ in debt for a magnificent building In New
Orleans: by his personal endcnvors. at the
expiration of his third torn he had the happy
satisfaction Of seeing the burden removed and
the order FREQ from indebtedness. At the ded-
cation Of the building, in 1859, Grand Master
Pilsbury was nHlc tho recipient Of n magn-
iicent present by his hrcthren-a silver SCR
vice. valued ut $500. Upon the salver, pitcher
"Presented to IT, F., G. NJ. /. o. O. L. of the
State Of La, by the members of She Order, as
n testimonial Of their high regard for him as
a man and appreciation of his faithful dis
charge of official duty, 1852
. The hall was thronged with members of the
order and tho presentation speech was made
by !. &. NJ Dunlap. During the remarks Of
6. III. Pilsbury, he said Gle who regards
this institution as simply one Of pecuniary
benefits, Its aims and objects limited TO the
bestowai of assistance in tho hour OF need,
has formed but II poor idea of It's purposes, It's
powors'and Influences He then went on to
that particular feature, it may, aptly perhaps,
be compared to the little postage stamp that
insurcs tho transmission of our messages of
peace and good will to the uttermost corners
OF the earth, and that return to us In four
fold proportion the bread that we have thus
cast upon tho waste Of waters" ''-'''.'