The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21
HISTORICAL SIX FITCH.

Algisrs-The Morgan Railroad.
McDonogh House, and the
Old Home OF Jsffer-
j son Davis.
Last week the DEMocAAr rave an insight int,
the dark annals Ok Algiers. and now II may no
be out Of place to speak Of historical subjscti
that viii lead the inauiaitiva into more pleasas,
fields OF Investigation.
j ALe1ERH.
This little town. known N the Fifth Distrlc
q New Orleans. comprises al that portion o.
the parish u Orleans On the right bank Of tls
Mississippi river. commencing at tho parish
line Of Jefferson. Just above the old McDonogl
estate. ID the immediate vicinity OF the famous
United States Marine Hospital. Il has a from,
VI some thirteen and 4 half miles. 70 within 4
| short distance Of the English turn. BY depth
Of about three miles.
Aeis soa fSns s5s ne . tonss .ia
| sugar plantations. many orange groves and
cultivated patches Of ground Altogether. the
our merchants have delightful homes In Al.
giers fronting the river.
THE MORGAN RAILROAD DEPOT
and its dependencies are 4 feature Of the town.
.fhie road VIII. q % distant day. % ono q the
ssaassh a s been A se%pse G'1s1 . ss
wben this Il n accom- iis6ed. eompietio se q
this. the most direct and nearest route Of com.
VIII DO Regarded. II not az tgfltAry, ut lesHt as
a commercial necessity, and Westward the
course 81 empire taxes it, way" will not q vain
saying.
MORE ABOUT AIatERa.
Many people know least Of that which Ia near
est tS them This 4 tue Of . great lumber 81
our New Orleans folks who have looked across
there; Az place q resiaenoe Al9iera !. most
SeW gsr she i'll @ 1 w the VIII.
cent on this side, It has therefore d ffeer sweep
n the or than the most famous localities Of
phere than Ia this city. Bone mi may think That
there II \ greater DANGER from breaks OF ieyees
there there than IN New Orleans but they are mis-
SOME PARTS or ALa1ERs.
Ia the. neixhAorhood called MoDopogh, sre
quite low. and the bell erevaseg ovsrfowei
there IN 1855 yet ut the same time New Orleang
va a,so 6yeisewed: hut Alters e the highest
tae Flyer bank opposite tho pIan!srs' ViI Vol y
t tss.y H2 I'm, 9Ss sSx hs Roa.s ss
II Noeh's wet season should ever return.
the lAet man 70 nave MS nose above water will
AN HISTORICAL BUILDING.
Near the line ot Jefferson parish II an his
torical building. whose cite probably has never
been Visited BY the New Orleans people.
We reieE tc the residence cadence Of w late John
saved ana accumulated By that eccentric. but.
II II strange TO note, large. hearted old miser,
H.. ssa nsa y se .ds r ssr
i Sut sAlsa ~ les . others ev 10 curing
a. hs ne % h. ,.
ber 1881. The cause of the orevnsse vas. that
8 few days previous. THO house. used ~ pow
SHAKEN 6 IL Wv ~ a.
eoneassien shook the building terribly and
weakened the levee In front Of II.
THE CONFEDERATE FORCES
q that time held possession OF the United
States Marine Hospital. In this old. antiQuated
lssS. was written that famous viii Of John. 10.
DOnogh, which took ec0re OF lawyers and the
courts gf Louisipna to understand liz meaning
The VIII had e b sent e the "0our Do OsseA-
French iurlsts wrastled With that will. and final
Y made \, 4 report on Il 70 the "Coar de Caasa-
ScW Dss,.a. divided h. se
manner Ii which the interest On the money
was administered can now be seen IN the half
score Of magnificent school. houses built with
the McDonogh fund.
M'poNoeH's TOMB.
sion |. the tomb Of MeDonosh; Therein ,hls
body leg for some s time until its removal to
October. 1860, leayius the most valuable success
sion EYER admnistsrs,d n The state e Loals
sn wsea h e.n s
be deciphered. One OF MoDonoshs requests in
his will was TINT every year children should
his grave. Has this simple provision been
carried out b.. those who. have. handled his
ducats No: hardly anybody knows where
whore he had been Inferred, and hardly any
eoa n9ss mi as remnfb Il. have been
should zoe that annually the children, those for
whom McDonogh has done 70 much. should
scatter flowers and hang 9arlands over his
THE pEvERaE MANSION.
There t. 2 grand old family mansion In
AlgierH. on IT, principal street. 4 building known
IL now the temple Of Justice OF the ri9ht bank
q the river. and used also as police station.
It Il really . Grand OLD mansion. built OF brick.
that ~ isst ~ tenacious now as sixty years aso.
The pillars around the house. the pillars up
holding the galleries. the pillars supporting the
roads OF time.
HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.
Some sixty years ago the late J. b. Olivier
led one OF tho heirs Of the Duverge family to
the altar.
Standing upon one or the wide CALLER ies OF
the old mansion one can see-
THE father OF the waters rolling
On In pomp and pride.
Careesing the dormant gAlleys
Nestled closely BY our side.
And proudly sweeping by
Where at the close Of day
It encircles In Its course
Where the Crescent City lay"
ONE oAN STAND .-@
upon the galleries or the same building. and X
his age stamps over three score years upon his
brow. ho can muse and ponder and wonder
o'er. the changes that have taken place In
AlRters since 1870. AT that time Algiers was
not thought Of: only plantations we're TO be-
noticed: orange groves diff1sed their fragrance
on the ambient air. but no idea was yet enter
taineA Of the small village OF Alglers.
OTHER HISTORICAL PLACES.
One mile below .Agiers ia sugar-house
erected By the spaniards In the time Of OReil-
ly. 1t IL sttll there. on the Camus plantation.
and Its solidity. massiveness and hardness can
we'll DO compared to the Pyramids OF Egypt.
JEFFERSON DAvlss HOME.
About one mile below on the Gamma Mace Ia