The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-12-11


reciprocity.
Thi, being universally felt in the south
and especially in New Orleans, which,
from its geographical position, .woul d
become naturally grand toll taker IN
case such reciprocity were matured,
becams q leading idea OF the Worlds
! Exposition to establish itself rs me-
dunn aud to give an impetus to the in-
PRODUCTION OF our manufactured goods,
our machinery and our improved meth
DDS among these adjacent nations.
And TO this end, early in the progress
of this enterprise, commissioners were
sent to stir up the enthusiasm OF the
| Latin-American peoples.and secure the
co-operation of their governments. The
result has been greater than expected,
and, in witness thereof, the world Will
see this winter such as an assemblage
| of Mexicans and South Americans as
might be almost accounted
A LATIN INVASION.
There are two other points in which
the Worlds Exposition May put for
ward claims of special Interest and
culture by the building of the largest
conservatory in the world, and the thor
ough canvass Of Europe made by spe-
ciai commissioners to give this feature,
which has generally been one of nero
local importance, an international
equivalence-this, and the still greater
attention paid TO the agricultural de-
partment, emphasized by the offer OF
points that mark this Worlds Exposi-
lion as an enterprise on more novel
and more noble scale than any before.
A grand business moral in the gaise of
q magnificent pageant; this Is the cum
aud substance Of the operation of the
exposition on the world in general, while
10 The individual, in addition to the
FASCINATION OF NEW FACTS
telictiously presented, the city OF New
Orleans and it's enyirons, within few
days travel, offer such variety. OF at.
fractions as must eclipse the claims OF
other cities, modern and historic.
But what city of its age has made and
suffered more history than New
Orleans? History, did / say? Her his,
tory is roseate romance, though, alas!
too often have its roses been cruelty
crimson-the color and the odor of
blood. Let us take a brief glance at the
ago ago; La Sale added this
territory, then reaching the great
lakes and the Pacific, TO France-to
shine for brief space as the richest
Jewel in the crown of the Louis. But IN
1852 tho great soldier and statesman,
Bienville, whose name alone survives,
Orleans, suffered the supreme agony OF
seeing the colony he had founded and
governed so long and well. tossed like
paltry bonbon by the stupid king Of
France into
THE CREEPY NAV
of Spain. The great Bienvilie loft the
court, retired to his chateau and died of
a broken heart. Five years of lawless-
ness ensued in the colony-and then
O'Reily, an Irisman from Spain, by coll
oring his flag with the best Creole blood,
made it an object of respect. He was
another great man OF the La
Sale and Raleigh typee,,, wrecks aass
of whose deeds still noat
above the laughing ripples Of the river
of oblivion. He was the first great au-
thor in land now teeming with that
genus, and his law book, the Code
O'Reilly, the first volume ever printed
south Of the Ohio. But ono copy OF this
legal curiosity remains, which will be
exhibited among tho rarest treasures OF
tho Worlds exposition, whose more
than hundred gates, like those OF an
cient Thsbes. are now beginning 10
swing upon their hinges.
Brief but brilliant was the reign OF
Spain. In l776 Galvez, appointed gov
ernor while yet minor, got orders from
his Catholic majesty, who had gotten
orders from his holiness the pope, to aid
our thirteen original colonies in their
protest against Protestant England. 1t
Is probably not very widely known
for
IT'S SECRET CoUNTENANCR
of our great rebellion hundred and odd
wears ago. Spain was then our friend
first and best, and young Gov. Galvez,
of Spanish Louisiana, with mere soup
con of an army, drove the red coats out
of the valley Of the Mississippi, out OF
their hold in Mobile bay, and off the
shores of Florida. Not satisfied with
this, he flat-boated to Pittsburg for the
use of the revolutionary army contin-
ual supply OF powder and shot; 80 that
we won our national independence with
ammunition furnished by the city of
New Orleans. This Galvez was indeed
a marvellous boy; he came to be viceroy
of Mexico. He died at 30 by fall from
his horse, and left his name to designate
a drain in New Orleans; but before long
the Spanish Americans of this city pro-
pose to honor his memory with fitting
monument on the spot where he built
his great fort, and where the United
States mint now stands.
In 1892 the French, having regained
Louisiana sent De Carondelet TO govern
the colony. The chef
COTTON STREET
in New Orleans is named after him, and
the adjoining street after his wife, Nine.
La Baronne. The baron was thorough
business man, a sanitarian and worker
for posterity. He dug drains and
planted trees, started newspapers and
encouraged churches. He was merry
little soul, totus teres atque rotuudus,
and il tradition betrsyeth not, believed
in keeping the damp out Of the system
according to the system of similia SIM
iJibus curantur. In 1903 the United
States purchased from France Louisiana
and the vast half-explored stretch OF
French America to the great lakes and
the Pacific. In 1872 Louisiana became a
state, and soon after witnessed the de-
cisive battle which taught proud Eng
land that she was no longer mistress OF
the world.
The history of Louisiana as a state is
doubtless fresh in most memories. Her
rise to wealth and power, the splendor
OF her Queen City, the Lucullian profu-
sion Of ante pellum days.
HER FALL FROM GRACE
into the arms Of beneficeiit Ben, the FsF-