St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-15
Special Correspondence

Especial Correspondcnce.l
New ORLEANS, April 10, 1882.
Decoration Day at New Orleans was celebra-
ed in a Ne.y appropriate manner, ana VIII
40 doubt be remembered with tender 1"collec-
tions by all who participated III the festivities
ot the day. because the day was ialoWed ny a
reunion around the Confederate dead OF heroes
who wore the blue and the gray. Survivors Of
itoth causes met together in common brother
hood, and around the graves OF brave men,
they buried the past ana a., s"ore UNITY unl'!
The Grand Army of the Republic, an associa-
tiou composed OF veterans OF the Federal Ar
mics visited the ''cites OF the dead" i'll a body
bearing with them floral Wreatles and gar
lands which they placed upon the monuments
which stand over the last resting place Of their
urayc fallen foes. The sentiments OF ali WHO
admire true iIerois1n and are true patriots coll}d
not here have been more appropriately eA-
pressed than III the following portion or the
address delivered by Gen. Badger upon the
presentation OF a beautiful floral mortar TO the
hssnriation of the Army OF Northern Virginia:
..On this day set apart for the decoration OF the
graves OF the fallen Confederate heroes, not
alone assemble the fathers, mothers, sisters.
nnaflers widows and children OF these fallen sol
rlieas living under the sod but ;ts A whole gather
10 decorate their graves and pay, tribute to
their memories and homage 10 tnelr v;iioi.
This committee of Union soldiers join you i'll
these ceremonies in all sincerity, with no
lingering feelings of bitterness or sentiment,
hut with admiration, for the courage and de.
yotion of the dead, and surviving soldiers OF
rne cause they believed to be just. We hulnbly
!ay our floral offering on this mound along side
Of thefributes placed upon these graves by the
Surviving comrades OF silent forms contained
therein" The Army of the Republic placed
floral offerings upon the monuments OF the
army of Northern Virsinla,-Gen;; stonewall
Jackson's, the Washington Artillery Monu-
7nent. and the Confederate Monument in
greenwood Cemetery. Major Davis on behalf
of the G. A. R.. made the presentation speech
at the Washington Artillery Monument, con-
Guiding his address in the following vein: ''Ac-
rept it gentlemen OF the Washington Artillery
as tribute from these, defenders OF the
mon the grave of our fallen comrades" Capt.
Dupuy, a scar-wOrn veteran OF the Lost Cause,
appropriately responded. At the A. N. V. mon
was made by Comrade F. W. Gibson a one
AYned veteran. Ex-GOv. Nichols replied in an
$a6ouent manner. The orator OF the
day, Associate Justice Fenner, was ABOUT 10
deliver his mastery Grafton when the flood
gates of Heaven opened, and heavy rain
shower followed. The address was however,
given to the press for publication and all who
have read it, must confess that it is a mastery
exposition of the sentiments entertained by
all true Southerners. 'The war decided the
controversy against lis, says Judge Fenner
1T is decreed that the Union is indissoluble
that the States cannot secede that sovereign
" resides in the people OF the United States,
and that the States and citizens owe allie
glance thereto. What boots 1t now to discuss
who was right and who was wrong? Enough
that each party honestly believed it was right
believed upon grave and weighty reasons
believed so deeply and cOnsclentiously that
rhey were willing to die for their faith" Judge
5Fenner expresses the sentiments Of the South
throughout his address which ought to be
read by everybody. Let us bury the past
rebaptizc the New South by marching in the
rauk OF progress and civilization. The prina-
~ elections of the Republican party OF this
ity resulted in victory y TOT or me a Dum6n1bloO
t,rs- Lewis, who is none other thar, Col. Jas.
Lewis, one of the most intelligent col
ored men i'll Louisiana and at pres
eut Superintendent of Warehouses in the
G,ustomhouse. This struggle between
Dumont and Lewis has been going on fer quite
d long while and there is no doubt that II Lewis
mad had more patronage at his disposal. he
would have carried the day. DumOnt the Vic
tor in this contest is a deputy Collector OF the
Port and as such has q large patronage to dis
tribute aud hence his success at the primaries.
The city fathers aided and abetted by Jealous
members of the medical profession are bent on
striking blow at the Luzenberg hospital, an
institution whose rights are guaranteed by
legislative provisions, and as such, are vested
Fights. 1t is nothing new, however, for the
city council to attack vested rights. and they
nave invariably done SO at the expense OF the
of which DR.. Hayes, an eminent physician OF
this city is proprietor, is not properly conduct
ed are ridiculous, because Or. Hayes reputa-
ton as d first class physician is too we'll es-
rablished in this city to be fmpugned. DR..
Jones action in the premises Is surprise to
mis- friends and can only be explained on the
hypothesis that he isseing misled by interested
narties Dr. Hayes at present employs eight
nurses in the LuZenburg Hospital, and no less
than three all the year round, although the
services of the latter are hardly ever necessary.
The action of the city council in approprating
$1,000 to build q new smallpox hospital is SIM
xly wasting the peoples money-n0thlnS new
20 the administrators, however The report OF
the experts appointed to examine the books OF
the frisky Alcee Gauthreaux report that the
srand total of his defalcation is s113,6l1.70. His
l1ooks NAV show that he is short to that amount
nut it is a well-know-n fact that Others besides
SEautfreaux had their fingers in the pie. In
this connection it might as well be known that
the city and State oppose the cancelling OF
Alfred Isaacson's bond as Administrator OF
Commerce. on serious grounds, the prlncipal OF
which is that he was negligent in his dealings
with the civil sherlff-whO was none other than
the sanity Aicce Gauthreaux
Monsegnenr Perche has withdrawn his rep
resentatives from the Sunday League because
he has no authority to appoint a clergy TO de-
Iiberate in any but a religious body. OTHERWISE
Monseigneur heartily approves OF the Sunday
League movement
The CITY railroad company objects to the dis
tribution of patronage at West End by the city
authorities. An administrator had appointed
a person to attend to horses and vehicles ar
irving at West End, but the city railroad con-
tends that the administrator infringed upon its
authority. Patronage is desirable by both city
and railroad monopolies. The electric light has
been at last adopted to illuminate the levee
front, and the change is quite contrast to the
darknets that once prevailed at the steamboat
Fantiings Your correspondent predicted such a
change about year ago, as also the universal
adoption of the electric light and the conse-