The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-13
A TRIP TO BILOXI.
Old Time "reminiscences From a
White Bearded Gentleman.
The Rain OF Fire, the Blue Sun, the
Cholera Epidemics of 1882 and
1895, and the True History Of the
Settlement of Biloxi.

mobile HhllrOAu Will HlOTIlnK en&Il6B anu
prosaic timetables to bring wayfayers with
argravattng certainty at d given time to way
side stations On The lake coast. Families going
across the lake to Bay st. Louis Pass Christian
Mississippi City. Biloxi and other watering
places, thought Df the event weeks beforehand.
and the project was accompanied by oil tha par
aphernalia Of Rreat preparation. The children
several nights before the eventful day slept on
improylsed beds on tho floor. all the mattresses
Id the house being packed up and sent to the
Pontchartrain Railroad depot to be shipped,
without too much hurry to the destined SUM
mer elysiums. And oh, how costly did We little
ones rest On our hard beds, enjoying the tur-
naoil and discomfort Of change and expectation.
revealing ia dreams of white sand. salt sea
breeses, gently rolling waves kissing the snowy
beach and singing songs In delicious monotone
to the setting sun. Nor did we forget the
luscious looking crab, ever ready to go for the
tempting bait, and the shoals Of small fishes
with golden fms. rejecting the suns rays be-
neath the surface Of the bright water. and the
huue pars with black backs revealing amid
the snow. capped waves. What Joys were In all
These things. what nnmitiRated pleasure In the
universal earess of nature that smiles 80 sweet
III and shines 10 brightly when the spring OF
youth eolors everything that surrounds II with
light. life and beauty.
lii order To recall the memory OF days that
are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul. 4
your representative took trip last week to
Biloxi on the steamer New Oamella. He will
forbear mention of oil the courtsstes extended
to him By that gallant old salt. Cart. Hanover.
and the Rentlemanly clerk. Capt. Nixon. 1t
would be supererogatory. for these gentlemen
are we'll known by our people. and no word Of
,tot{r
and efficient officers
princely caterer OF tho New Camelta, Or Of
Joseph his head cook. OF whom Horace would
have said. .eocttns nuscit.T non IT, 1t would
look like a pnff. and man capable Of making
such Il tconrlbonlllun' as Joseph gave tls ts
above pnfIlne. We do not know that more
could be said
Tie trip was long one. owing to q strong
haadwin.i that out across The bow Of the Game.
It'd from the moment of her leaving the New
reached the wharf ut Bil4xt, at about 1880 at
night. But what with dining. drinking lemon
aides and enjoying the delightful weather, none
i Of liz cared whether wa reaeh.d Biloxi at IT, Ii
or o'clock tn the morning. There was pleas
ant company on board, no newspaper to work
M FIR the next morning
mo eyes to watch ua NO tongue to wound n!s.
All earth forgot, aud uli heaven around ns f.
III was pitch dark after we left the wharf al
Pass Christian. ami thts itnparsonal journalist
waa Sitting on the guards pit OF the Oamsiia
gentleman of the old Dreols school who sat by
him, but In fuet losing himself In the contem-
platian of the bs ght consteatlons J., that bsdla,
mnnptone OF the ald gantleman's voice recall
lnR stories OF days gone by. seemed but ny
another harmony ,minallng, with That OF the
rushing waves and the softly singing breezs,
aud the magnificent problem Of the creation
was slowly nntoliag itself before rs as we
gassd upon the dazaling I'm mobility Of the North
STIR. around when the whole system OF the
universe appears torevove. Yes; and farther.
Infinitely further on. In the realms Of unknown
sraee. which viii 90 ever un mia, there
around which revolve Countless hosts OF worlds
and CONSIDERATIONS. and 30 on 81 t,,tin't.ln..
stack were revolving In the wind like innn-
1nerable firefles. twisting aud turning serpent.
like, bright IN the dark ness OF the night until
nale DUAL flame absorbed them rs fast as they
fell in multitudinous. !bfilliancy.,
This reminds me- sad ,he Old &c, gsntlemma , at
/ remember II. Il followed the cnolera cpl
demlc. which made such havoc In New Orleans
and the adjoining parishes during the month
MI MAY Of hat year. The scene will always
Of tho grandest and most Imposing that
season naY In in tbs last days OF November. AZ
about rnidnight. It being my turn to come on
watch. took my way toward the sugar house.
from The north. aud the starlight shone with
unusual brillAney. Az /! nehred the slg IT
house y seemed T. ne ~ e Us t staf
upon the .eatth. One by one they started from
the dark blue dome and iell like tongues Of iee.
All over. the sugar house al over tne fields on
the bodies of those who Wsfe walking out. the
dazzling meears fell by thousands and BY mil
liohs. making might ~ bright az day A. so .. /,
an obstacle 1t vanished. immeda ely to By re-
placed by others. The. negroes, always super.
stitious. believed that the end Of the world had
COME and many sacrificed their last hog 50 as
TO eat farewell supesr iii tbs world and 20
10 the next Without leaving any wo Idly goods
behind them; On this very night e tragedy oe,
cured which has become part OF the history OF
Louisiana. In Its being connected with the
names ef two Of the most prominent OF our Gre.
mfr. Deaeotau saucier. then about twenty-six
years of nse. was working as suEAr maker on
the plantation If Mr.. Deluhin Vller.. On that
evening be sitting T. a. ns e. n IL he
hogshsads gs they were being filled W from the
tanks. As Is well known BY those aeunainted
WITH 1s aes and noes
canes cut to Tx these holes are plac5d perpen.
dieularly therein to help and at the same time
to moderate the dripptngs Of molasses from the
sugar o. \, -, NJ. v,,,o,a - $3.50
IN and made some remark. to which Saueier
followed ths oiher' when where. taking hold Of
sugar paddle tnat was lying near BY, struck
saneer over the shoulder. sauciar thsreupon
sprung ut him. AMI hotn cinched Where be-
Ing the most pnwerfnl man and Saucier becom-
Ing aware of the fact, lnn. ed at him with the
open 20 ket knife. which he held Ia his hand
and struck him in the thigh. tn1ietipg q severe
wound. which cut al artery and Vtllete died
from hemorrhage halt an hour afterward When
saueter realized the fact, aud saw that no legal
witnesses were about for it must be remem.
hered that at that time slaves We're not per-
mitted to testify, and none but negroes were In
the sugar house. he mounted his horse anh fls.i
To tho. riverside. There he to9k skin anl
crossed over to the left bank. On landing lie
proceeded to the Duprae plantation. about two
and half miles from the Where ace on the
other side of the river. and told mis- eventfui
tale. The owners were hi friends. understood
his DANGER and Immediately furnished him
with fresh suit OF Clothes aad q horse. The
brother Of orr informant. about Of the same
build as Saucler. furnished him with the clothes
and assisting at bis toilet, saw on his baek rs
he undressed the black. blue and led s,treaks
left there by the bow from the sugar paddle.
from hts deed. till he reached his fathers plan
ton. about two miles further up. There he was
furnished with another horse. and in com any
With q friend. Mr.. Vale ur Baehemin. rode
down to Pointe-a la Hache where he took
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