The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-21
The City of Sunday.

New Orleans Place where Religion
Reigneth and Ruleth.-T The Worlds
Exposition an Outcome Of this Spirit
OF federation and Re Union.
Special Correspondence to The Bulletin.
New ORLEANS, Sept. IS, 1884.
New Orleans is, without doubt, one Of
the most religious, cities in America that
is, larger proportion of her people are
church-goers. The Latin race predominant
ing, the tendency is mainly toward the
Church of Rome; although other sects are
we'll represented.
The early priests of Louisiana dlstn.
guished themselves in the field as well as in
the pulpit. Theirs were some Of the frs,
great successes in agriculture. In 1871
when the Ursuline Nuns and Jesuit Fathers
arrived in the colony, the latter were assign
ed tract of waste land, mainly morass and
swamp, lying above the city. They drain
ed and cleared and cultivated this land,
until the Jesuit's plantation came to be
known far and wide for Its thrift and opu.
lence. In 1863 King Clement XIII ex-
PEELED the Jesuits from the colony and con-
fiscated their lands, which were cut up in
to dozen plantations and sold for $780,
900. This is now the richest part of
New Orleans and worth more than $780,
OO0,O 900.
Only once 10 the whole history of Louis.
lana do we find
HINT OF PERSECUTION,
on the part of the church. When plain old
matter-of.fact Esteban Miro was governor
of the colony, priestly agent Of the Holy
Inquisition, called to request that file of
soldiers be placed at his disposal. The
governor sent a squad who seized the priest
and shipped him to Havana. This was
the first of the inquisiton in Louisiana
and the last.
Two years after the United Safest pur-
chased Louisiana the first Protestant church
was erected. A generous Jew, Judah
Touro, gave the ground and the Legislature
granted the master and wardens permission
to run lottery for the purpose of raising
this ediice, which since then has twice
been rebuilt and is now to be torn down
and rebuilt further up town. This church
is Episcopal. A few years after the Pres.
byterians got lottery permit and erected
grand building, which has echoed with
the eloquence of the reverends, Sylvester
Lstned and Theodore Clapp. Is it wonder
full that with such examples the New Or
leans public looks eniently on lotteries in
generali Church-lovers as the New Or
leans people are, they never attempt to IN
quire into the tenets of their next-dool
neighbors. A mans religion, it Is held, il
his own branches aud does not concern the
public. Fortunately here the cburchel
have always had wise and liberal leaders
men of good will towards all good willing
men.
We have in the past two years beheld al
Episcopal Bishop as a mourner over negrt
boy in Catholic funeral; Jewish Rab
wedding his favorite niece to an uncircum
cised Christian;a Presbyterian doctor O
divinity preaching the funeral sermon owe
the Rabbits dead child.
Do not such specimens of religious feel
ing in city where
THE CHURCHES NEVER QUARREL,
speak we'll for the enlightenment and tol
Grafton of the great Queen City of tn,
south-the great Exposition grounds Of
the continent. 1t is well that such facts al
these should 60 out to the people of al
lands. They will correct erroneous i'm
pressions of the people, and lead them t.
take more thorough interest In the grea
Exposition to which she invites all the
world.
This grand event-perhaps the grandes
in its aims and extent of any in our coun.
try-is near at hand and the exhibits are
pouring in from all corners OF the country
and the world. The scene at the Exposi.
ton grounds is now more than attractive
it is compusive. AS the eye turns from
horticultural hall with its myriad paues of
glass playing diamond cut diamond under
the dazzling sun Of louisiana, to the males.
tic repose of the main building, at whose
tower top floats proudly the flag of a unit
ed people, a feeling OF infinite satisfaction
suddenly supervenes snd the anticipant
thought arises that when the peoples real
representatives from Maine to California,
strollisg beneath this roof of thirty three
acres, shall behold Americas giant indus
tries displayed in more than royal rivalry,
how truly they can exclsim with honest