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?'? EMILE LA SERE.
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THEr LAST OF ONE OF LOUi. jjiv.v TANA?S NOMiEST SONS. ...j
?</ Tfto funeral of the lato Kniilo La Sere '*fcook place yesterday morning from tlw -Church df tho Immaculate Conception,!; ;TSther Hubert officiating. The pall-r bearers1 were Com. limiter, a school) mate of tho deceased, and a lifo-loiig i fmncU Col. Lonis 61. Mun.li), also a* close friend of Mr. La Sera: JTnilgo I lirower, Col. J. C. Deuia, Messrs. i?aul J E. Mortimer and li. M. O?mieu. Jt ffM 1 intended tiiat Gon. John L. Lowis, him- ; self an octogenarlau, should have been i a rali.bearc r, bnt ho is ubacnt in New i York..,. ,,	!
The'reinains wero followed to tho Metairie (/etnetery by a large cortogo, ami { were laid away iu tho O'Brion-La Soro ? faniily-tomb.	? ?	;
The Pkiayana'ijavo yesterday a brief ?. statement of tuo principal ovents iu y? the 6ateer ol this remarkable man. t ? wha. .occupied, for a long period, so J j prominent a place in tlio public, ] , affairs of. tins .Slate. ft is designed} her? to present a short biu*.i'dfiti- ? ical account bused on tho iutovma-? Cion obtained Iron; cui/.ins who worn I well .ttficiiiuintod	1?h'.	docoa.Mtl.
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I l>;UeU,iB leiuovid io Now < I, leans at rhe . i(? wUwt many of tho I'Yeuvb eolojiiata T'ore seeking hoiutw m other countries, driven; from ttui Indies by troubles tlnr?:,V'Einilo was tUice or fojr years oi age attb? dato?ol' bis arrival in this cuy, -wbiiitj Ms tafher so.uii bcciiino a piosperouis bu?iuc*8 man.
Among tjie schoolmates of youag La ? Sero vrtre Gen. John L. Lewis, Ciuiuno- j dore Hunter, Prof. Dimitry, and niauv | ulhyr citizens wlm afterwards aohievotl distinction in vaiious walks of lifo; At ! an eaily see he became a clerk ina-atore in JacliSQnr fia., nr,?u>r others" say, in .Natcbee. A bout ISJ5 ha was a dark iu tho house of. James Amur, and afterwards In that of MoLiumahau &. JJo-jiart. With the latter ho wont to Mexico and roiraintd tliero for soveral years.
Thi^ mercantile training rendered La Sure a thoroiiRb business man and was ol great assistance to luui in liia political life.
- Iu IBAU or W2 bn was m.ido SborU) of tl. 0 palish and held tUt: olliii* forsov-Wul lerniH.. Ho soon b(n ?mo a loador iu .lioljiical circloa, and wan noted fornn-wavuriiiK and bold dclonaa of Douiu-oiutic pnnciyloH.
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not of that clast of politicians who seek oilieial position ivith a view to the acquisition of money, and he soorued to uso political iniiiionco to proxnoto his individual ends. While iu Congress, lie seen red the recognition 01 certain claims to the amount of several hundred thousands of dollars wliioh weru preferred by Spanish residents of this city. It was 8, task of groat dirti-calty, niid could hftrobi-ou acooni(dished only by a mau of La Sere's reinaiUible ouerfj.y and. activity, llo was urged to aot;?!i>t !<? lar^o f?o for his f'rviccM iu this case, hilt Imnly dm-.liiu'd any reward. Bti.yinp that ho had only done lii? duty as a ropitmentativo of Now Oiloana.
?llowevtr, the grutirful bun^iioiuriuv of his labor presented him with a maguili-ccd t Bilver betas a token of thoir rospocst "for bis valuable ami disinterested etlorta iu their l?.'half.	?
When in Congress La Sero was constantly beSiegcd with petitions, loiter*,
. etc. lfo wade it a rule to answer immediately tlao communications whioh ho received, daily; and it was tl}i? uu-fetoittint{ attention to tho addraases of .?Jrts coudUtuonts that added so largely to popularity. Tho friendship of Mr. I.a Sere for Lionito Juaroz anti other fljatingnisbed Mexicans, and liis connection with the history or that repuQlic arc detailed elsewhere.- Tlio deoeuscd paid teverai visits to Mexieo, was granted conecs^iona by tho Govern-moiit, and wan for a timo l?roaident of the Teliuaufeneo Kailioad Company, iu ppr*on, Kinilr '	?.....
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statun), ard of uliuhl build. .Uts f.uin-iM)inuu;at was lmdy, hi1* onerg'? innv hauHtibl(>. ThvrHwas astovd of nervous I force iu bispiimli frimio wbloh raised bin p^jver of ondtniDico t;u- abovo thoao oC | ineu of Htiiirii'er jdiyaii.iuo. lfo was I temperato in his lubits, ami rarely drairk. except at tho liuiuer table. Until four or five yearK a'.;o lie retained his hojily and mental vikoi, andwassur-prisingly aolive in his movements.	^
Taking a prominent part in politics dming a period wlion personal dillionl-: ties were tho order of tho dav, and the ?eodo? was almost iniis'ereally recog-ni/.cd in. this <>ity, Mir, La Kt ro was naturally involved in numerous altercations nnd conlli. ts which wore usually settled ou tho liulu. Ho was principal in aoveral duoln, and was second in the fnmoun Ciivollior-SoluMuben' | horseback tight, i?lobably hiw iuost i noted a ttui r was that, with Rmils) ilirv- | art, of the Louisiana Coniior. ?v?o was I hii&golf ft deoperat.p duelist. Tho origi- ) nalcatisoof tno ililiionlty seoms to have S-been involved in doubt. It was, however, of a political ahai-auler. An nltereatiou was fullowed by a blow lnliiotcd by La Sero on II.riart. (Ji couri-e a dncl eusued. As tho principals took their places Mr. i_,a Scro handed a sealed onvolopo to Mr. Mande-ville Mari^ny, his second. Whoa ,tbo word wasgtveu Hiriurfc tiredj-butLa!bevt> failed to diechargc bis pistol. A roc-conoiliation followed. V'pon Mr. Mari-guy demanding an explanation from his principal of his conduct on the Hold. Mr.
La Sere referred lo tlio envelope. This being opened was foiuul to contain a note from Mr. La Sure,' in which lie >t.i*?*.tHl* bit. inlouiinu to re/rain from tiring at bis ailvmnary ; aluo ditclarintr that, having insnUwl lliriart Rvosxly, hr felt it incumbent upon him to otter tho satisfaction provided in such cases, but lie would not.return thi lire. Munyauch ?illustrations courld bo cited of La SoruV liicb sciinr of honor.
, A brief, account of his lifo will recall Htiiaiiy'.;iniportant events iu Louisiana, flirty or moro years ayo, when Ho .ocenpied- io large a share in tho affairs j^off'the Stato.
, S'JEmile La Sere was bora in tlio Island 'rSan' DominjQF, of most respectable j?If'reiich parentS%o! Aftoi. the revolution against tho French government and race in that former colony of Fraijce, his father aud mother emi-'gxutui.1, with many otlier French eolo-Utsis, 'vlio wore iiiuvilling to mi bn ii I to ^e-Xro dolnlnatinn over tho i:.lainl, t'> ?thiscjty, apd were woleomiid by tlwir [fuUi?W*Ot>AUtrymou and their d\-cend-Mlits^Hvitb great aulor aud fraternal sympathy. The elder La Soro was ^thoii a yoyn" aud enterprising man, ,uiid, liko others of this class vf emi-i'grftiits from the French colonies of tho i Wl'it Intjiea, soon achioved a fgood position in tlm then gvu\r-.dlig Aincricaii city and beeame a prospcrons and oucrgotic business man. fleftffis Oif that class of French settlers
whp .were.'thoroughly imbued with tho JSi'fit-nn(l: ideas of tho French iie.pub-
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PRCiHM;oC 17t?0,?and qnickly aswimilated iWlt)?.'<tliO ^rcal; Anioricau, population fV^l?ifillbojj;an (-n pour into this Terriloiy tllw.Aviso policy of ThoinnM .Tef->	o'wus i.horoii?hly imbued with
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fenroval. to thio city tiij elder i-ta^t^iiy^e'ilfflsiuS I'roapcroiis busi-?aKj.itlJff^'j^oilabled to phrcha.**' one of ,.^Oi?^J^^A'atiftiou houses which thou jOS^?tejlj.n tho.FanbnnrK St. Mary. Ill 'on M.ina--irto street, ?!>*?
was established and ra-/iO'floU.foJ' many"y^apc?ifaiee.jyoto born anrl sister of Kinil'i. The ?'ili&rvVttH tlvat inur.li voanratcd and os-ftiiiitjleU. lady, Mr*. O?lii icn, tlio mother
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