with all sects, teaching that he whose life is in the right cannot be
in the wrong. To a very great extent he infused his spirit into the
people of his adopted city. His most intimate associate was that very
remarkable Israelite, Judah Luro. This man was a native of Newport,
Rhode Island, and in early life came to New Orleans and commenced a
small business, to which he gave his energetic attention. His means,
though small at the beginning, were carefully husbanded, and
ultimately grew into immense wealth. He was exceedingly liberal in his
nature, philanthropic, and devoted to his friends. On the night of the
22d of December, 1814, he was engaged in the battle between the
English and American forces, near New Orleans, and was severely
wounded. In this condition he was found, when bleeding profusely from
his wounds and threatened with speedy death, by a young merchant of
the city, Resin D. Shepherd, who generously lifted him to his
shoulder, after stanching his wounds, and bore him, through brambles
and mire, in the darkness, to a place of security and comfort, some
miles distant from the scene of the fight. He never lost sight of this
friend. When he came to die, he made him executor to his will, and
residuary legatee, after disposing of some half a million of money in
other legacies. These were all immediately paid by Mr. Shepherd, who
entered upon the possession of all the property the deceased died
possessed of--consequently, the extent of his fortune was never
publicly known.

This man built upon his own property, on Gravier Street, fronting St.
Charles, and immediately across Gravier Street from the St. Charles
Hotel, a church for Dr. Clapp, in which his congregation worshipped
for many years. When the hotel was built, and business began crowding
around this locality, it became necessary to remove his church. Again,
Mr. Luro built for him a church, in a more private and eligible
position, on the corner of Julia and St. Charles streets, and donated
it to the pastor and congregation of the Gravier Street Church. Here
Mr. Clapp continued his ministry during the remaining time of his
residence in New Orleans.

He found with the cultivated and intelligent of New Orleans an
approval of his teachings and example. The consequence was, and is,
the entire absence of sectarian dissensions, and a social intercourse
between all, resulting in a united effort for the common good, and the
maintenance of moral sentiments and mora