respondent who witnessed the
scene thus describes it:

" * * * * The arrival of the body developed to the white
population here that the colored people had powerful
organizations in the form of civic societies; as the Friends
of the Order, of which Capt. Cailloux was a prominent
member, received the body, and had the coffin containing it,
draped with the American flag, exposed in state in the
commodious hall. Around the coffin, flowers were strewn in
the greatest profusion, and candles were kept continually
burning. All the rites of the Catholic Church were strictly
complied with. The guard paced silently to and fro, and
altogether it presented as solemn a scene as was ever
witnessed.

"In due time, the band of the Forty-second Massachusetts
Regiment made its appearance, and discoursed the customary
solemn airs. The officiating priest, Father Le Maistre, of
the Church of St. Rose of Lima, who has paid not the least
attention to the excommunication and denunciations issued
against him by the archbishop of this this diocese, then
performed the Catholic service for the dead. After the
regular services, he ascended to the president's chair, and
delivered a glowing and eloquent eulogy on the virtues of
the deceased. He called upon all present to offer
themselves, as Cailloux had done, martyrs to the cause of
justice, freedom, and good government. It was a death the
proudest might envy.

"Immense crowds of colored people had by this time gathered
around the building, and the streets leading thereto were
rendered almost impassable. Two companies of the Sixth
Louisiana (colored) Regiment, from their camp on the Company
Canal, were there to act as an escort; and Esplanade Street,
for more than a mile, was lined with colored societies, both
male and female, in open order, waiting for the hearse to
pass through.

"After a short pause, a sudden silence fell upon the crowd,
the band commenced playing a dirge; and the body was brought
from the hall on the shoulders of eight soldiers, escorted
by six members of the society, and six colored captains, who
acted as pall-bearers. The corpse was conveyed to the hearse
through a crowd composed of both white and black people, and
in silence profound as death itself. Not a sound was heard