St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-11-20

JOiuAu& Su0t VI 0uOell was OW 0e0 ana
occupied by Daniel Webster during the
whole period when he was secretary
OF state, and it afterwards became the
home Of the philanthropist. William
w. Corcoran, who, during the civil war,
rented it to NJ. Montholon, the French
minister to this capital.
Facing the northwest CORNER Of In
Fayette park. and diagonaliy opposite
to the residence of Daniel Webster, II
the antique solid double house which
Commodore Decatur built after the
war Of 1872 and In which he died In
1920. on returning from his duel at
Bladensburg After ,DeoAtur's death
the house wtk successiveiy occupied by
Henry Clay. Martin y:::: CEaren, vice
nnree.-:a-nr: Edward Livingston, Jack.
sons secretary Of state; George NJ.
Dallas, vice president; Senator Judah
P. Benjamin, afterwards attorney gen.
eral, secretary Of war. and secretary Of
state cf the confederacy: and finally
Gen. Beale, whose guest Gen. Grant
has often been for weeks At d time.
Van Buren, had windows cut in the
south wall OF this house, in order that
he might see the signals displayed by
Jackson from the white house.
Almost ali OF the other II houses on
the west side Of the park have been 90.
cupied by distinguished officials; hav.
ing successfully sheltered the families
of Secretary Levi Woodbury., Of Van
Buren's cabinet; Secretary John C.
Spencer, Of Tyler's cabinet; Gen.
Sickies, II. E., and Vice President Col.
fax.
Directly opposite, across Vermont
avenue. is a small two-story house. now
nest of business Offices, where for
many years lived that fighting officer,
Commodore Morris, who commanded
the Pensacola before New Orleans,
showing the same energy that hiA
grandfather, Robert Morris, showed,
when ss lyashihlton's hnanee officer,
he made the revolution i success.
In the house number 10 have dwelt
several distinguished people. There
lived for years Maj. Rathbone and his
wife, who sat in the theater box by
Abraham Lincoln's side when he was
slain, and whose subsequent life il toe
sad to be recalled,
Diagonally opposite the park is the
home Of the Cosmos cub. in the great
mastic building erected by Jamef
Madison. when, in 1901, he came t.
Washington and served a. Jefferson's
secretary Of state till he was elected
president. Thither, 20 years later,
Dolly" Madison returned after he,
husbands death, and there for Is year.
she held court and dispensed, during
the remainder OF q sunny life, . gra
cious hospitality. 1t afterwards became
the residence Of Admiral Wilkes, whe,
Slidell. whom he was soon to take Oh
a British ship on the high seas, LIVED
within stones throw.
In the next two houses have dwelt
Secretary Window, Senator Fento1
and Col. Robert G. Ingersoll; and in the
next below, Admiral Paulding. a sor
Of that obstinate soldier. John Pauld.
ing, who captured Maj. Andre. The
house was built by Ogle Taylor and Il
now owned by ex-senator Don Cam.
eron.
The most famous house on the square
has been removed to make room for az
opera house. 1t was originally the
elite clearinghouse Of Washington
and numbered among its guests jch1
C. Calhoun, when he was Jackson,
secretary of war and vice president, ani
Henry Clay when he was Adams sec
retary Of state; then it became the prop
erty of the celebrated Washington club
and the place where assembled the rich