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  attended 
  by 
  a 
  universal 
  malediction, 
  an 
  object 
  of 
  popular 
  

   abhorrence. 
  

  

  A 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  government 
  being 
  again 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  upon 
  by 
  the 
  directors 
  of 
  the 
  company's 
  concerns, 
  

   in 
  opposition 
  to 
  the 
  views 
  of 
  Bienville 
  and 
  Hubert, 
  the 
  

   Bay 
  of 
  Baluxi 
  was 
  chosen 
  for 
  that 
  purpose; 
  a 
  detachment 
  

   of 
  troops 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  to 
  erect 
  

   houses 
  and 
  barracks, 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  thenceforth 
  became 
  

   known 
  as 
  New 
  Baluxi. 
  

  

  The 
  privileges 
  and 
  powers 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Company 
  

   had 
  been 
  greatly 
  enlarged 
  by 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   sessions 
  and 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  China 
  and 
  India 
  Companies, 
  

   which 
  were 
  dissolved 
  ; 
  and 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  it 
  assumed 
  

   the 
  style 
  and 
  became 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Company 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indies. 
  

  

  Although 
  a 
  peremptory 
  order 
  had 
  been 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  

   removal 
  to 
  Baluxi, 
  both 
  Bienville 
  and 
  Hubert 
  were 
  op- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  it; 
  the 
  former 
  thought 
  New 
  Orleans 
  was 
  the 
  

   most 
  eligible 
  site, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  went 
  to 
  France 
  to 
  induce" 
  

   the 
  directors 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  to 
  decide 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  Nat- 
  

   chez, 
  near 
  which, 
  on 
  the 
  St. 
  Catharine's, 
  he 
  had 
  an 
  im- 
  

   mense 
  grant 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  plantation 
  and 
  considerable 
  im- 
  

   provements. 
  He 
  was 
  unsuccessful 
  in 
  his 
  mission, 
  and 
  

   died 
  a 
  few 
  dsLjs 
  after 
  his 
  arrival. 
  Finally, 
  after 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  delay 
  and 
  opposition 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1722, 
  the 
  

   order 
  of 
  council 
  was 
  executed, 
  and 
  Bienville 
  and 
  his 
  staff 
  

   removed 
  to 
  Baluxi. 
  

  

  Large 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  colony 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  year, 
  chiefly 
  of 
  Germans, 
  and 
  negroes 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Africa. 
  On 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  June, 
  1722, 
  a 
  company's 
  ship, 
  

   commanded 
  by 
  the 
  Chevalier 
  d'Arensbourg, 
  brought 
  over 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  Germans. 
  

  

  With 
  this 
  vessel 
  came 
  the 
  confirmation 
  of 
  the 
  utter 
  

   failure 
  of 
  Law 
  and 
  his 
  schemes, 
  and 
  the 
  consequent 
  ruin 
  

  

  