The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-13

blood before hls eyes that disturb his mind and
pale shadow Of regret should arise. that the
rain q flre from the over banging skies over;
took the fleeing rlders. Star upon star fell
e th hem e. seT Tf ood e mad
tongues The fatn Of fire poured upon hem.
banging TO their garments and making . fear,
GOD was pursuing them. and The red mark OF
Cain came down from the skies to brand them
,raa,s the hre-strokes OF q heaven born Ne
'baucier returned To Loulsianala few years
afterward an altered man.. The "reminiscences
| Of the bloody deed though he was innocent and
| from cheerful. light hearted youth he had be-
| come gloomy aud morose man, 800.
All the while the white aud red sparks from
| the smoke stack were failing and Communicating
with the phosphorescenee Of the, waves. the
regular noise OF the engine and of the revolv-
Inv naades made sWeet i I'm ns w sa he
| music OF days that are pact as II fell clear and
sonorous from the lips. OF our white bearded
interlocutor. gave additional poetry to tue en-
The local history Of opr, State. 1. continued II
the old gentleman. lie W n embryo ,a Many
ant s ur legends are being gradually lost.
days oar little for TIE e o Rr FIX xhsh 9s
velop and unrell before our eyes the magnif-
dent s ira traditions Of e urass Honor and manhood
81 they were Transmitted to us by our fathers.
When / think Of old times and the sparkling
wine of past rafollections RWaknns the latent
energies Of my soul. In the language OF Owen
Meredith
- am touched again with shades Of early sad
Like iii summer clouds light shadow on my
am thrilled again with breath Of boyish glad
Like ths scent of some last primrose In the
air.
But let us quit this sentimental talk and
will tell about further. "reminiscences. .
preceded the cholera epidemic Of 1899. The
Dhenomanon began. as far as can remember.
On the fifteenth 81 June and tasted about fifteen
while. go pale and SO much deprived Ut It's usual
brilliancy that 1t could be looked at Without any
effort az |. rose IA u the sky and aRproaehea
y spHk 9ss ana and below
f asnh Il me bs re sanr tbgn WIZ pale
sht rheh i snsa darker
Alter It had got down to about % degrees
above the horizon, dark blue spots were per-
feetIy visible "A its SURFACE and 80 remained
foliage Of the trees In the forest was remark
able The rays OF the sun penetrating through
the dense green leaves still retained their deep
oil the various shades OF blue. As
iar as I know. science has not as yet
Investigated this phenomenon. but to me there
is no doubt that atmospheric Influences caused
by noxious emanations had something to do
XIV d and even aer r. tie SUM h Ws
its usual appearance and brightness. The
drouth continued for over a month the wind
terrible ana unusual heat during the day. with
very cool nights. few months after. that Is ffom
The latter days OF October to the beginn ng of
70 the parishes ~ y Including plaauemlnes.
where residsd Were was one narios
i've OF six days. making all Its ravages during
that time. ia the space Vt week We lost twenty
hands on the Augustia Dupre Plantation. in the
The scourge followed no regular course; it
started from New Orleans and spread some
pig sometimes three or four plantations to
alight, VII hont any apparent cause. on some
fated spot, NV neighbo,s escaped nnhurt
intsl Tor Of 81 bernard parish, the havoc
was terrible, and there ihe frlahful soourge
spent most Of Its fury. This part ct the pari b
aats ana the death rate among them WIS fear
full. IT 10 u question for scientists whether the
blue light that lasted fifteen days and per-
Of that year can be connected with the epidemic
which followed IL the fell. $500,
nomena mentioned above. there may also
be ground and material for study, by
physicians. The condition af the atmosphere
condition is shown BY out ward signs. as In he
cases above related In 1882. the year when the
sun was blue. the negroes nrincIpally were vic,
fire. as IT is called happene1 ], there was also
CHOLERA cpl iemic, whose heaviest blows struck
our white population. mention these things
Of Speculation and Investigation. Now We
are nearing Biloxi. and will soon
have to make !, and1ing, =. ct The ny, wharf .
friends must part. and all the jugs OF this world
must cease with the climax either of death. de-
parture OF arrival. Did you ever thlnk how
i departure and aa arrival It Is the same
sensation q something 1j jnadeinte. Of, 80 to
tie tpee question d tie future bsiore 'i YOU
OF what is going to happen. When you
arrive. there T. the greater question OF
arrive at BILOXI, however, let me tell you
the truth about the real discovery OF the place
BY discovery mean the finding OF the true
tory tells us that Ibervile and Blenvilte first
landed at Biloxi and began its settlement At
the start must say that Bienville made bis first
establishment at Ocean Springs. which has
hesn called tor a long time afterwards Old BIZ
loxi. As his people we're :, starving to death
there A. moyed 70 ne real Biloxi the place. s we
What want to tell you, and. II you publish It,
what want your READERS to know. is how Biloxi
was SelIt6u ny our pr0plB. anu ueGHub u EE6HL
watering plnce. About sixty years ago. say in
1917 or 1919. james Hopkins. whose descendants
are now living here. an honor and an orna-
ment to the land. was taking his family over
for the summer 70 Mobile iu 9 schooner At
that lime there was no splendid Mobile Rail-
road overcoming all the difficulties Of nature
with capital aud science There We're, few
steamboats, even. and many families of the
olden time chartered schooners to 60 over the
lake for summer recreation and reeuperation:
And 80 did James Hopkins. the ancestor Of
our living friends now In New Orleans. But.
as fate would have 1t. a severe storm overlook
him as he passed in front OF Biloxi. and he was
ship wrecked there. With the dauntless soul
Of 4 Creole Of olden days he. landed with his
family on the shores Of Biloxi, and finding the
place to his liking, determined to camp there
for the summer. When he had had leisure to
appreciates it's beauties aud c0nveniences
he purchased. land from the set
Tiers, most. Of whom were of Spanish,
descent, and when the summer days had
PASSED returned to New Orleans. with wonder
full tales about this land of promise. where
game and the fl est fish abounded. Our people
here lleved In his word. travelled over there
the next summer, and SO Bt oxi was settled
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