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Show LOUISIANA VETERANS. I'eiHotinl Nitti'M f IH-lt-tfulL-n to thetJoii-v.-iiU..ii. Al7::('l this evening the delegates oi the various camps ul United Cunlcdcr.iie. Veterans will asai-mlde ul .Memorial Hall to eh:t'l u major tieii.Tjl to cuujiiiund U e Louisiana IhviHiun lor the ensuing year. Tho rumored candidates are the incumbent incum-bent (who has nerved but (he third ul a lull terinj .Major i.ieiM'iai W . J. llelian, ol '.lie Army oi iurLln:rii Virginia, Lien. John lily mi, Jr., Army ul I'triiueriSce, Col. .1. i'. Uichardsou, Washington, Ar-thlury, Ar-thlury, and Col. lieu. Moorman, of tbc (Javalry. Ibcre may lie, liuwevci , duim.-"dark duim.-"dark nursea" tiuui the coiiutry. hKKI'i lltn UK CoMllADLS. He low will be found such personal notes concerning deiegaleo as I'ie limit repurleru have be u aide to pick up, a number who promised memoranda not having sent it in, and utlicrs Hot being found : Col. H. I'. KmIiUmiihii, the pn-Hent chief of tbo veteran corpa, Washington, Artillery Ar-tillery Camp, went out with the fauiotiH battalion iu 1 -S I uh (Mpiani of ill e fourth com pal ly. Ho was I bo lint, uilicei ! wounded at the bnlllu of Lull linn. Al- i tor nerving gallantly in several engagements engage-ments bo was promoted tu inajorslnp of the battalion, and wua in command at the surrender at Appomattox. Paul Conrad. A true representative of l'lr lifiii tmiijw" is lound in Paul Conrad, Con-rad, a delegatu from Camp Henry, St. Paul. He is a purely typical Louisianiau. Willi an ancestry as old as tbo country, he combined in hirnnulf every ObHential (eaturu oi the ohl-Limo Creole, Willi the piorusHive characteristics ot the prewjiit ago. Burn in this city on December ;tl, 18 10, of native paronlagu, lie, with many wlioui! namoH will overlive in the history of the Statu, altoiidcd the public school ol this city. At an early age the death of hie father left him to bullet the world with nut little help, save tho encouraging aud wise comibelei of a brave mother, and determined deter-mined his early embarkation in the varying vary-ing and Htcrn actualities of life. He began a commercial caiccr when baroly til teen years ol age in the wholesale whole-sale grocery business and after wards engaged in the cotton business. Tho war bienkiiig out when he was alwut twenty years of age, be joined the Chasseurs a l icil, one ol the lirst commands com-mands to leavo this city lor the then seat of war, Peimacula, in April, lHGI. 1 1 iu career as a soldier was conspicuous conspicu-ous fur his personal daring and bravery, not unmixed with a fairsharoo! romance, ami paying tho penalty of Ins venturesome venture-some spirit, ho was three times badly wounded, once in front of Richmond, at the battle of I'razii r I-'ann, June ;li), lStil, where he was appointed color bearer ot bis battalion ou the lie id by the colonel commanding. The ling thus entrusted en-trusted to him, which he carried to the end ol the war, is the same battle-flag which was p repented to Wt. Paul's Hattal-ion Hattal-ion by (.ion. LongsireeL to commemorate their desperate charge at Seven Pines, and which was, after the surrender at Appomattox, taken to a place oi safety in Richmond. About Ls7W a meeting of the veterans of the old command delegated Mr. Conrad Con-rad to gu to Richmond and secure the battered war emblem, which bfi did, and ,!'U-r (vi or. n '' lo nib !,; cn:ii;ade in Bi'i'iH, be ih ii red the (lag into ti.e custody cus-tody of the Association of the Army of Northern V'.rgittia, which has unfurled it in Memorial Unit, where it now hangs, a silent and eloquent reminder of those troublous limes which brought it into existence. At Sbarpsburg (or Antiutam), September Septem-ber Pi, lStil, ho was a second time wounded and fell into the hands of the federals. After being exchanged, and bclor thoroughly recuperated from his disabling wounds, wo find him again in the field of activeduty with his command in and about the historical Blackwater, Southampton County, Virgiuia, and at the battle of Belle field he was again wounded. Surrendering with t lie last forlorn hope, after four years and several months of actual active service, he resumed his duties of citizenship to liis native State, relapsing into those peaceful pursuits in which ho could serve hie people most beneficially. ben-eficially. In lSt7 ho was elected assistant eecretnry of the finance committee f the City Council, where his intelligent administration ad-ministration of the otlice soon promoted him to tho secretaryship. With varying successes to himself financially, he thereafter engaged in various commercial enterprises; uutil of late years, he acquired a home in the town of VYaveland, adjoining Bay St. Louis, Miss., where his progressive spirit and enlightened enterprise were soon recognized and he was elected, and is still serving as a councilman of that corporation. His suggestions of progress were soon adopted by his new constituents con-stituents and , sometime ago he was called upon to serve as president of the C-iulf Coast Ice nnd Manufacturing Company, Com-pany, which is now affording such material comforts to the denizens of that lively little town. Many years ago he accepted a subaltern sub-altern position with the Louisiana State Company, where his worth was soon recognized, ami his promotion to the internal direction of his otlice affairs gradually followed, and which, upon the death of'th.-ir I: t ; evident, Dr. M. A. Pnui'hio, cnlmm.itr i in his Win-rebiwen pr'Sideo" of .isl histi i:t:on, wMeh otlice he how holds with crcdi; to himself and advantage to the company. He is also a director in the Cherokee Iron Manufacturing Company of Rusk, Texas, which has sought the benefit of his advice and ex perienec, and altogether he tinds his time well taken up with the administration ol the affairs of others. Vet with his multifarious duties lie remains what he ever was, a true and loyal friend and ,-afe adviser, one upon whom nunc who know him. ever hesitate to entrust their liiost secret confidences. Hi-i peculiar attributes are bis unswerving unswerv-ing devotion tu duty, his undeviating punctuality, nnd his loyalty to any cause he may espouse. Sew Oileaxg (La.) City lt?m, May oU. |