Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-16

Majesty were TO do all in his novs =,
AID the colonists in their s,yro,,ia -.
Great Britain: for Spain was ,ha a..
and best fri.n Of the struop,ins s,,o 80
nies- Gslvez. with his h-ndToS y,
troops, drove the British ont % ,h.
valley Of the Nississipoi. ont ~ ,ha,,
stronghold In Mobile Bsv and ~ 49,,
shores OF West Florida: and slnos, -
fore a decisive battle had hssr So,
90 the Atlantic side, be had drivsn -,
every British soldier in tbe wa, 80 ~
esotuuon. Not only this, bat be shipped
sno shot and arms up the river
~ n ualoo"us TO PIttsburg for the use OF
VIC nesoiutionary army, aud Was almo-,
.ne onIy source of supply. How n1any
readers ever knew before thai tins s,,a /,
OF Washington triumphed in the R.yo.
iutionsry war and the thirteen coIn,,,ss
acnieved their independence With arms
and ammunition
sEET FROM EKw osIxaxs
wonderful hoy soldier, q lyez, He
came 70 be Viceroy Of Mexico. With
Aiexandefs ambition he possessed Al
exanders vice. He fell from his horsa
snd broke his neck before he w "A anr,rb
more than thirty years of age. Nev
orleans remembers the brave vouno
opaniard only IN draining canal. but
ln Few years her grateful Spanish
AmsfiSans propose, on the spot where he
built Fort San Carlos to defend his n..n-
pie and where the L s. Mint now stands.
TO erect statue and monument worthy
of his memory.
Ia 1892 came the Baron de Caropd.let
AZ governor OF the coleny. Our chief
cotton mart IL named for him, and par
aliei With It, as she WAS parallel with
him IA all good works, ia the street
named for his lady the baroness. He
WAS a stumpy, mercurial little man. a
hard worker and an enemy 20 sloth and
Incidence. He did more TO sanitizs and
eInbelIish the city than all his prede
cessors. de WAS famous planter of
trees and digger OF drains. With the
labor OF the town he dag and donated
to the city the old Canal Carozdelet,
through which our lake feet pass from,
Lake Pontchartrain and Bayou st. John
up to the heart Of the city With their
cargoes. His administration behsld tie
Inauguration Of the newspaper press
and the building of the ST. Louis Ca
thedraI.
In 1903 the United States acquired, by
purchase from France, all that was
known a. Louisiana and the great terra
ineoRDita stretching northward TO the
great lakes and over the Rocky Mount
aims to the Pacific Ocean. In 1912 Lou
isiana became one OF the sisterho ood of
States.
This beautiful city OF the grange and
magnolia and the mid winter roses
stands between the greatest of rivers
and the fairest Of lakes, on the border
Of the
RICHEST OF ALL THE IRoPIc SEAS.
She holds q quarter Of million people.
vet has space enough of virgin soil
within her limits to build n city greater
than New Yerk or Londen or Paris.
She stands as the toll gate of the longi-
tndlnal commerce of the continent. She
is rich in tradition, quaint in design,
with three civilizations grated upon
each other. yet freest in thought aud
action OF any city in the world. She
warmly invites the people of all HatIens
to come to her, bringing the richest Of
their treasures of art and skill.
She has erected for her Worlds Indus
rial and Cotton Centennial Exposition
palace greater than the world ever saw
peoples. She opeus her door and heart
to the stranger. bidding him welcome to
the merry capital OF
THE GREATEST OF KINGS. RING COTTON.
She points with pride to what cen.
tury has done In the growth and culture
of her great staples, which, grand ~
they are, are but n promise of the great
possibilities that lie dormant in her
bosom. She has passed through the
fiery ordeal of war and pestilence. and
is wiser for the experience. Ste dwells
not on the mourntul recollection of her
past, bat presses on with greater ambi-
tion to the great commercial future that
lies before her.
Her coming exposition will be the
event of tho century. Its fullest sue
cess Is assured. Already the exhibits
are on the way from all quarters of
the globe. 10 will be the most CON-
plete gathering of the diverse inter
csts Ina commerce and agriculture OF
the world, and millions of visitors will
come 10 zee il.