St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-07-13
Questions and Answers
HISTORICAL AND INTERESTING.

Plcayune ana bee lS3o-4U.
Q. Can anyone give the site OF
the home in Vaudeville where lit
tie Eva in "Uncle Toms Cabin'
died, as described by Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe?
Ans. Yes, the late Charles
Gayarre, Historian of Louisiana,
was told by Mrs. Stowe that the
summer home referred to in chap
ter XXI, was near the present
Hopkins summer home, in front
"the lake lay in rosy or golden
streaks, save where little winged
vessels glided hither and thither
like so many spirits, and little
golden stars tw,nkled through the
glow and looked down at them
selves as they twlnkled in the
water.''
O. Give the name of the Unit
ed States Regiment that occupied
jacksonville IN 1864, and who
were the officers?
Ans. The 25th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, Col. $. q. Warner. ''on
the 23rd of January 1864 we
boarded the steamer General
Banks, which took us across to a
little place called Madisonvllle,
La, IN pine woods, and here we
went into camp. We had a splendid
camping ground, and the weather
was extra fine. February q we
we're ordered to Algiers, La. We
crossed Lake Pontchartraln on the
steamer Battles, passed through
New Orleans and went into camp
the same evening at Algiers, La. .
Historical sketch book No. Sc,
OHIO, Vol. U. S. A. pages 1894.
O. Give the date that the first
U. 5. shipyard was established at
jacksonville?
Ans. "Madisonvile is hand
somely situated on the west bank
of the river Tchefuncta, which rises
and flows into Lake Pontchartrain
in the Parish of st. Iammany.
At present this town was a little
more than the name attached to an
elegant, wealthy eligible spot OF
ground for a seaport town. About
half a dozen French built and
| walled huts and as many houses or
| cabins, and two OF these small
| frames are all the improvements.
Madlsouville is understood to be
chosen by the agents of the Navy
| Department for repairing and even
building small vessels OF war for
| the southern statlon," etc. etc.
Vide "V,ew of Louisiana, by H..
NJ. Breckenridge, Jan. II, 1913,
page 28l.
o. Give the names Of those who
| constituted the lottery board IN
Covington over sixty years ago.
-Ans Act No. 10 session of 1928
Louisiana Legislature, was passed
granting the "Covington Acade-
my" i'll St. Tammany Parish the
privilege to raise the money by
lottery to support the institution.
The managers named were: Jona-
thin Gilmore, David b. Morgan,
Jas. Hosmer, Joseph Laurent,
Henry l.. Tyson, William Bagley,
Branch w. Miller, Moses Moore
and Daniel Edwards. Governor
Henry johnson approved the Act
January goth 1928.
Q. What book gives an account
of the history of st. Iammany
Parish and the name OF the hrst
settlers?
Ans. "Memoirs of Louisiana
Vol. IL, by Goodspeed, Chicago,
1892, pages 2o2-2o3. Gayarre
Romance OF Louisiana" ls4s,
page 81. Penicaut, Annals OF
Louisiana, 1899. "French's HIS
torical Collections" page 46-47'
Breckenridge, View of Louisiana,
1914, pages 2sl-1.
| o. After the capture of the
English armed sloop, "West
Florida by the Americans under
Capt. Pickles, Sept. 10th, l7I9,
who were the settlers between
Bayou Lacombe and the river Tan
| g,pahoa, that desired to be known
as citizens of the United States!
Ans. 'We whose names OF
marks are hereto sett and sub
scribed being settlers and 'nhabl'
tants on Lake Ponchartrain be-
tween the Bayou La Combe and
the river Tangipahoa DC hereby
acknowledge ourselves to ne M,
tives as we'll as true and faithful
subjects to the United Independent
| States OF North America, dated
October 10th, l779-Signed: Ge-
rard Brandon, Jacob Ambros'
| Alex Mccullough, Frederick Spell,