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Page 35 - Louisville, where he expected to find his wife and his parents-in-law. My two boats, which I had left under the charge of Hollander, were to meet me at the same place. We had scarcely finished our breakfast, at Limestone, when Audubon, all at once, sprang to his feet, and exclaimed, in French, " Now I am going to lay the foundation of my establishment.
Page 45 - ... may more easily protect each other, in case of any invasion by the Indians, and that the administration of justice, and a compliance with police regulations, may be facilitated." In the beginning of this year, 1798, New Orleans was visited by three illustrious strangers, the Duke of Orleans, with his two brothers, the Duke of Montpensier and the Count of Beaujolais, who were striking examples of those remarkable vicissitudes of fortune with which the annals of history are so replete. The royal...
Page 71 - Virgil, speaking of his dear native place consumed by the flames,. and the fields where the city of Troy had been,* but full of a well-grounded hope, this wild and desert place, which the reeds and trees do yet almost wholly cover, will be one day, and perhaps that day is not far off, an opulent city, and the metropolis of a great and rich colony.
Page 105 - Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws contrary to the provisions of this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage. (Signed) Louis BUSH.
Page 105 - ... entitled. All notices and citations shall be served upon the president or presiding officer of said Society. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That any five of the persons named in the first section of this act, may constitute a quorum for the organization of this Society, and shall have power to adopt a Constitution and By-laws for the legitimate transaction of the business of the same.
Page 105 - Section 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That branches of the State Society may be formed in any part of the State. Section 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws contrary to the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Page 31 - ... been led to understand, was as beautiful as she was wealthy and otherwise attractive, and who bore my father three sons and a daughter, I being the youngest of the sons, and the only one who survived extreme youth. My mother, soon after my birth, accompanied my father to the estate of Aux-Cayes, on the Island of Santo Domingo ; and she was one of the victims during the ever-tobe-lamented period of the negro insurrection of that island.
Page 37 - One of the most extraordinary things among all these adverse circumstances was, that I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds or watching their peculiar habits or delineating them in the best way I could: nay, during my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests ; and many a time, at the sound of the woodthrush's melodies, have I fallen on my knees and there prayed earnestly to our God.
Page 143 - On motion of Jno. R. Grymes, Esq., on behalf of Isaac Johnson, Attorney General of this State : It is ordered, that the following proceedings of a meeting of the members of the Bar, held yesterday, on the occasion of the decease of Henry Clay, be spread upon the minutes of the Court, viz : At a meeting of the members of the Bar of New Orleans, held in the Supreme Court room on Thursday, July 1st, to render homage to the memory of Henry Clay, on motion of MM Cohen, Esq., the Honorable George Eustis,...
Page 104 - Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana in General Assembly convened, That the following named persons, viz : Charles Gayarre.