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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01

"'"We do not admit Bonararte'0
construction of the laws of nations.
We cannot accept it in relation to any
subject matter before us.
AT that moment pursued Gen.
Jackson. none of our commissioners
knew what the real meaning of. these
words was. When they were uttered
the British commissioners knew that
the Packenham expedition had been
decided upon. Our commissioners
did not know it. Now, since I have
been chief magistrate, have learned
from diplomatic sources of the most
unquestionable authority that the
British ministry did not intend to
permit the treaty of Client to apply
to the Louisiana purchase at all. The
whole corporation of them-Pitt, the
duke of Portland, Granville, Percival,
Lord Liverpool and Castlereagh-de-
MED in toto the legal right of Ma
poleon to sell Louisiana to us, and
they held. therefore, that we had NO
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
GEN. ANDREW JACKSON.

right to that territory. So, you see.
Allen, that the words of Mr.. Goul.
burn on behalf of the British com.
missioners, which have quoted from
Albert Gallatin's minutes of the con.
ference. had far deeper significance
than our commissioners could pene.
trate. Those words were meant to
lay the foundation for . claim ON
the Louisiana purchase, entirely ex.
ternal to the provisions of the treaty
OF Client. In that way the British
government was signing the treaty
with one hand in front, while, with
the other hand behind it's back, it
was dispatching Packenham's army
to seize the fairest of our posses
sions.
'You can also see, my dear Will
liam (having once or twice during
the luncheon toasted the new star)
you can also see what an awful mess
such a situation would have caused
if the British programme had been
carried out in full. But Providence
willed otherwise. All the tangled
web that the cunning of English dip
lomats could weave around our un.
suspecting commissioners at Client
was torn to pieces and soaked with
British blood in half an hour at
New Orleans, by the never-missing
rifles of my Tennessee and Ken.
lucky pioneers. And that ended it.
British diplomacy could do wonders,
but it couldn't provide against such
q contingency as that. The British
commissioners could throw sand in
the eyes of ours at Client, but they
could not avert the cold lead that my
rifemen sprinkled in the faces OF
their soldiers at New Orleans. Now,
Allen, you have the whole story.
Now you know why Arkansas was
saved at New Orleans
There is a chapter of British sol.
diery and British diplomacy which
it were well to have incorporated
in our school histories. Gen. Pack
enham had force Of $4,000 men Of
all arms, and was on his way to
New Orleans ito overwhelm the thin.
American line, while the British
were blandly prepar-
ing q treaty of peace-preparing it
in manner as dilatory as possible,
but carefully inserting the clause Of
and unfairness.
Fortunately for the American
cause, Gen. Packenham underes-
timated the fighting capacity Of
Jackson and his riflemen. Of the
$4,000 men under his command Gen.
only took into the battle
1901, the remaining troops were dis
posed guarding roads and making
along the river. But
1901 British soldiers would have
oeen sufficient to triumph over Jack
IONS 1900, il they had been or.
linary militia. But every man un.
Ter Jackson's command was q sharp
shooter. Every time trigger was
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
TALK WITH JACKSON
Great Generals Comments on the
Battle of New Orleans.
Old Hickory's Wonderful Victory
Meant Much More to the United
States Than Most Hist0r-
ians Have Supposed.
Especial Washington letter.

Especial Washington letter.
ME Louisiana purchase commits
sioners are making consider
able progress in their work, as
shown by official and unofficial COM
munications from the chairman of the
board to eminent gentlemen in this
city. The exposition will be notable
one, not only because of its general
excellence, but because of the historic
incidents thus commemorated. Con-
corning those events the writer has
come into possession of some facts
which are not generally known. While
folks are celebrating the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans is an OPP
perfume time to talk of the events
which led up to that battle.
On December Is, 1902, President
Thomas Jefferson notified our con-
gress that Louisiana had been coded
to France. There was great excite
ment throughout the country and in
congress. After much persuasion and
the exercise of Emitless diplomacy,
Jefferson induced the congress to per-
NIT him to send James Monroe to
Paris with an appropriation of s., O00,-
600 for the purpose of negotiating for
the purchase of Louisiana from Ma
poleon.
With the cooperation of Minister
Livingston, at Paris, Mr.. Monroe sue
cessfully conducted the negotiations,
SO that the cession was concluded
April 80, 1903; little more than four
months after the congress was first
notified of the cession from Spain to
France. When it is rene mbered that
it required almost a month to cross
the ocean; that there were no cable
or Geographic means of communica-
ton; no telephones; no street cars,
and that all negotiations were neces-
sarily conducted in person, it must be
that the work was done as
speedily as it was well done.
After the treaty had been negoti-
ated, M. Barbe Morbois, the head of
the treasury of France, called the at
tention of Napoleon to some technical
flaws in the wording of the treaty, and
suggested that the American commits
sioner be recalled for the purpose of
making corrections, but Napoleon
said: mo. Let the flaws remain, so
long as We only are aware of them.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
MIDWINTER FOOTBALL,
with the Fun Left In and Hard
knocks Taken Out

For those who like to play foot.
Dali on the milder days of the win.
ter, and who want lively exercise
without roughness or danger or the
necessity of special clothing and yet
with plenty of fun and excitement, a
game which has recently been con-
trlved is admirably adapted. Its
great advantage is that it needs no
specially prepared field or elaborate
lines, and that five on a side are
plenty to make good sport, while as
few as three, or as many, it the
field be large enough. as II on a
side may play. Take, for example,
q game where there are five players
on side: AS team against KS. All
that is required is fairly level space,
regular oval pigskin football, and
two goal posts, the size of the regu-
lation goal, but with the crosspiece
only yard from the ground. The
field for game of five on . side
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
GRANNY SQUIRRELS Eo....

And granny aan1y SQUIRREL had lost . .o,.,
NV was loose and achad, "os
B Bnt nuts nuts , were softer when wa. sn.,.
All ne -. they are harder than ~a sr s;m1al;
1ass sa1o' with tear in her eye;
And 1o Il brownie, there, has eno,,..
t strpey, too, for their ho ~ Ign 70 DO
Acnrnas up shagbarks down baIa, .nree'
w;thn,Ms ana mast ere the snnwa ~
Aoue cracking nuts for me-" 10 dow
1,o" st nlGs came along. with hi. pocket.
WIN fresh fresh baked peanuts. n,n,r.,.
tree ~o"n AT the foot of the
As ne ran to play hop-scot s oao'es three
Vid 1 granny spied: or perhane sh. sn.u..
she cr sae odor, like gingerbread.
Then raiieo peanut and took q hi+o
Az - rol!ed her eyes with rara I gnH,.
'i4eo 10 stand on her head. sn''
To1t 81. ana 10 GRUMPY. and nice and w.r
AS Sh e1ack the shells was ONLY f,,n af"'
4h Hnareo the last with tia hah,..
They rubbed themselves comn,.,...,
1.no s11aieo and said: Mum! NumW
n az 1o eyer since then old granny ask.
~ fo nn an0 rabbit and chickadee
~ Ne, nsr nelghbors wherever sha GOA,
"e cr p.rus and the squirrels and even r..
Ian you show me the peanut treea.
~""''am ). Long. In Youths Comnan,on
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
THOMAS JEFFERSON.

Later on, those flaws my be pointed
out by one of my generals, at the
head of an army corps"
The great military miracle, Ma.
poleon, never had opportunity to take
advantage of that flaw. Great Brit
ain, however, a few years later, under
took to capture New Orleans, and with
it the entire grand territory of Louis
lana. 1t will sound strange to many,
but it is fact that there would be no
Louisiana purchase commissioners to-
day preparing to celebrate the expan-
sion under Jefferson's administration
if it had not been for Jackson's sue
cess at the battle of New Orleans.
Only a thin American line of soldiers
that day stood between British con-
quest and American integrity. Cotton
bales played a great part in saving
'the land of cotton" from separation
of greater danger to our national in
tegrity than would have been the sep
ara ton sought 40 years ago.
1t is singular historical fact, by the
way, that when the battle was fought
at New Orleans, on January 6, 1878,
Gen. Packenham and Gen. Jackson, the
American commander, were not aware
that on December "a previously pleni-
potentiaries representing Great Brit
ain and the United States had met at
Client and had signed treaty Of peace,
SO that the war was practically over,
although that treaty was not ratified
by the United States senate until Feb
ruary II, 1915.
And now we come to a historical
anecdote of interest and value. Au-
gustus C. Buell., now with Cramps at
Philadelphia, was for many years one
of the ablest and most capable news
paper men in our country. In 1875 Mr..
Buell. interviewed the late Gov. Will
liam Allen, of Ohio, at his home near
ChiFlicothe, for st. Louis daily news
paper. In that interview, after dis
cussing current political affairs, Gov.
Allen said:
Shortly after the admission Of Ar
kansas to statehood, l, being member |
of congress, called at the white house.
Gen. Jackson-he always preferred to
be called general, rather than Mr..
so We always addressed him
by his military title-Gen. jackson in
vited me to lunch with him. No sooner
were we seated than he said: Mr..
Allen, let US take . little drink to the
new star in our fag-Arkansas.' This
having been duly observed,
The general said: ALLEN, if there had
been disaster instead Of victory at New
Orleans, there would never have been
! state of Arkansas. Did you know
hat?
"This, Of course, interested me
realty, and I asked: why do you
ay that, general?'
"Then he said that If Packenham
lad taken New Orleans the British
would have claimed and held the whole
louisiana purchase. But I said: You
rnow, Gen. jackson, that the treaty
+ Client, which had been signed is
|ays before the battle, provided for
he restoration of all territory, places
md possessions taken by either nation
rom the other during the war, with
ertain unimportant exceptions
eyes, of course he replied. But
he minutes Of the conference Of
ihent, as kept by Mr.. Gallatin, repre-
emit the British commissioners as de-
laring in exact words;
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
BRIGHT REPARTFEs.
How Ready Wit ana N.t,~. &c.,
ness Chsngs An Unpleasant stt..
alton late the Opposite.

alton late the Opposite.
are some people who. when
ny'ning calculated to annoy or dis
concert them is said. are so emhar.
raised that they remain speechless.
o'ners are equal to al emergencies,
ana oy "dexterous leap of thought. y
on the spur of the moment, saw what.
and what only, can extricate them
from their uncomfortable situation.
ihls IS . repartee, and represents
snrewdness and genuine wit COM
bined.
The eminent Greek scholar. Rich
ara forson, was once engaged in .
discussion with gentleman, at q
dinner party. The gentleman re-
marked:
Ut. Person, my opinion of you il
contemplate"
Sir" was the response, II never
knew an opinion of yours that was
not contemplate"
During visit to one of his friends,
sheridan was asked by a maiden lady,
whose years were not many more
than her ways of being disagreeable,
the privilege of accompanying him,
as he was about starting for .
walk
The weather is not suitable for
You to be out, madam" he said.
Presently: ut has cleared up" she
remarked.
y "Yes," he replied. "It has cleared
up enough for one, but not enough
for two;" and she remained in the
house.
Several women called upon Louis
XIV. to congratulate him on the re-
covery OF his son from severe ILL
pess. One of them observed:
Had he died, we should have lost
our ALL"
The remark did not appear to the
monarch in the light of compile
ment, and he frowned. Noticing the
cloud on his brow, another woman
quickly added:
= THAT is SO, for our good king
would not have survived his sons
DEATH"
cit is shame" John Randolph
once said in the senate, shat the
bulldogs Of the administration should
waste their time in worrying the
rats of the opposition"
The members constituting "the OPP
position" groaned, Kissed. and called
him to order. The presiding officer
ruled that he was in order, and RAN |
dolph, springing to his feet, pointed
at his antagonists and screamed:
did say rats? I mean mice, mice,
Mr.. President."-Golden Days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01

tors It did not fall, but remained Is
firm as though it were rooted 70 'ns
ground. 49, .uch
. wonderful trick was done ana sne
Young man solemnly answered .us ne.
he had magnetized the cane. and that ana
:, was his deep study Of magic ana
magnetism which had led MN ~
MAZE the experiment. Finally how
ever. he revealed the secret.
.Refore I offered to do the trlcx.
h. .aid. II fastened to my erouse. -
thin as to be practically innslo ,.
When sat down and began TO s'lo.e
NV knees away from each other. s awt
in this way the wire was drawn raw +p pss
to its full length. The cane was = aid aid
leaning against it and naturally !. q" :.
'ea IA ~ + when I took my hands away
IN. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
TRICK WITH A STICK.
- =. Novel and Amusing anA Any
Bright Boy Can Easily Learn
to Perform 1t.

"Give me q cane and will make It
stand unsupported in any position l
please" said a young man at an
evening party recently.
A cane was handed to him, and, sit
ting down, he placed it between his
knees. Next he stroked it up and
down two or three times, meanwhile
mumbling some unintelligible words,
and then he took his hands away,
leaving the cane in slant'ng posi-
ton. To the surprise of the specta-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01

drawn a British soldier felt the
lead. The slaughter was so appall.
ing, SO rapid and SO unexpected that
veteran British soldiers fled from the
plain of Chalmette panic stricken,
and many of them collapsed with
nervous prostration. They were a.
brave men as Great Britain ever sent
into battle, but they never met with
such foemen.
So. when we are celebrating tho
Of that battle, and toast
ing "Old Hickory" and while great
are being made for the
celebration of the centennial of the
Louisiana purchase, it 10 well for us
to remember that American soldierv
under Jackson cemented and riveted
the diplomacy by which Jefferson &C.
CURED that magnificent empire be.
yond the Mississippi.
SMITH n rRY
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
Geiag Easy.

"He is dying very calmly" observed
the physician, as he felt the pulse
Of the sufferer.
ESQ like john" softly spoke the
prospective widow. "He always was
an easy-going man" = Baltimore
American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
uo.-atnw House joys,

'Do you ever have to go to bed on
an empty stomach?" asked the first
boarder.
eyes: and what's worse" said the
second boarder, ION an empty mat.
+ress.n-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
Inexpsrieneea.

she-1've just been reading "a Win.
ter in Paradise" by darlington. How
enchantingly he writes Of the calm
happiness of married lovers!
He-Yes; he is a bachelor, you know.
Brooklyn Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01
hobby Knew.

School Board Inspector-Who is it
that sits idly by doing nothing while
everybody else is working?
Bobby = The teacher. = Glasgow
Times,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-03-01

nearest neighbor may be miles away,
because the width of the continent
may separate you from the place
where your cradle was rocked and
your fathers grave was dug. Weakened
though you may be by lions roar or
panther's scream, God will help you,
whether at the time the forest around
you raves in the midnight hurricane
or you suffer from something quite
insignificant, like the loss Of an az
head. Take your Bible out under the
trees, if the weather will permit, and
after you have listened to the solo of
a bird in the treetops or the long
meter psalm of the thunder, read
those words of the Bible, which must
have been written out of doors: "The
trees of the Lord are full Of sap,
the cedars Of Lebanon which He hath
planted, where the birds make their
nests; as for the stork, the fir trees
are her house. The high hills are
q refuge for the wild goats and the
rocks for the comics. Thou makest
and it is night, wherein all
the beasts of the forest do creep
forth. The young lions roar after
their prey and seek their meat from
God. The sun ariseth, they gather
themselves together and lay them
down in their dens. Man goeth forth
unto his work and to his labor until
the evening. o Lord, how manifold
are thy works! In wisdom has thou
made them all. The earth is full of
thy riches" How do you like that
sublime pastoral?
My subject also reminds US of the
of keeping our chief i'm
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25
mofrAr ROAD CONTRACT.
Rock and Earth Work for First
Eighteen Miles.

Denver, July 23.-The engineering de-
partment of the Moffat road yesterday
morning completed the figures taken
from the bids submitted by contractors
over the country for the earth and rock
work for the eighteen miles from Ley
den through the mountains. The con-
tract. representing about $J00,000. will
go to Utley & Co., contractors, of Rock
Springs. Wyoming, If the company
gives the required bond of $1.OOO,00O
demanded by the officers of the road
Utley Il Co. was the lowest bidder
The work must be finished within sew
en- months.
After opening the bids on boring the
shaft of the coal mine to be located at
I.eyden, the officers threw out the bids,
finding the subsidiary corporation. the
Leyden Coal Company, could Install
machinery and do the work called for
in the advertisement for bids much
more rapidly than the bidders thought
possible. The shaft will be 200 feet
deep; machinery will be purchased and
taken to Leyden as rapidly as possible
and work in sinking the shaft will be
rushed. President S. NJ. Perry an.
nounced yesterday that work will he
kept up, night and day, until it is com
pleted.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25
War Vessel. kep. Moving.

Washington, July o3.-Unusual in
surgent activity in the West Indies
and OH the shores of the Caribbean
sea is taxing the resources of the
Navy Department in the matter Of
ships to look after American interests.
A cablegram received at the State De
partment to-day from Minister Bowen
at Caracas states that the Marietta is
proceeding to ascertain the facts con-
nected with the alleged blockade by
the Venezuelan government at its own
port of CharupanO.
An attack on Puerto Cabelio. which
In about seventy miles west of the cap
ital, is expected by the government
and the president may go there from
Barcelona instead Of to Caracas, AZ he
originally intended The three United
States warships on the Venezuelan
coast are kept moving with celerity
TO put in appearance at the ports
where disturbances are threatened.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25

ton lou may take every drS15
water. if YOU wish. and will BE-
istied. for ! know my people viii
suffer" xsa
..Gentiemen.' said Mr.. Newell. f1
press!vely. Il want you to gaze W
spectacle which you may never
able to witness again-a kansan wiS1
is willing that Colorado should hayez 1
all 1t Desires And the crowd cheereHj 4
the generous resident of the Euniiowxss
state &
State Engineer McCune and Profess;
sor Carpenter followed in short speecht
es. urging that Coloradans should all
in mixing Mr.. Newell's work srrs
cess. 1sra
General Hale told of the develops:
ment of power plants, and how 1t Ii
now possible to transmit power profits
ably $50 miles. He believed that the
generation of electrical power would
be one of the most important develop
ments of the irrigation work.
Mr. Newell responded that the phase
had been carefully considered. Som.-
of the largest reservoirs would hc
constructed upon the forest reserves.
and the generation of power would I've
Il fascinating development.
Vice President Gallbreath of the
Chamber. who was presiding, called
attention to the necessity of presery-
ing the forests of the state. which
were of more value than all the stof'
age reservoirs which the government
could construct He believed that the
state should provide a competent force
of wardens. This met with general
favor. and Secretary Williams an
nounced that 1t was the prupose of
President Malone to name a standing
committee on forest preservation. and
that Il determined attempt would b''
made TO arouse public sentiment as
to the Importance of the subject. Mr.
Newell said he was secretary OF the
American Forestry Association. and II
the gentlemen present would join that
body it would be in position to ma
terially advance the movement. He
secured several recruits upon the spot.
Upon motion of Meyer Friedman Il
vote OF thanks was extended to Mr..
Newell and Congressman Reeder.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25
Superintendent. cron,n pe.d.

Denver, July pa Republican spe-
cial from Ouray last night says:
Lawrence Cronin, superintendent OF
the Camp Bird. who fell 100 feet down
u manhole at the mine Sunday, died at
the hospital this morning from the ef-
fects of his injuries, which were COM
plicated by pneumonia. He leaves 4
wife and a son, eighteen years old. in
this city. Mrs. Cronin will take the
body to her old home in New York
state. leaving here tomorrow: IS
Mr.. Cronin was an old friend of
Thomas +. Walsh and at Mr.. Walsh's
solicitation came to the Camp Bird
mine from Leadville about q year ago
and accepted the position Of superin-
tendent. When the mine was recently
sold to an English company Mr.. Cronin
rendered Ills resignation, but II had NOT
been accepted.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25
Kansas' ereat Corn Greg.

Topeka. Kan. July 28.-Reports
frOm, the northern portion OF the stale
say that the crop there il suffering to
some extent because Of the lack Of
rain. This 10 the only portion Of the
state so far az known, where there Is a
story Of this kind to tell. Corn issgen-
erally In the best Of condition. All the
Indications 60 to show that this years
crop will be az large ~ any ever
grown in the state and much larger
than any for several years past.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25

The czar has decided that hereafter
he will meet all classes Of his subjects
and hear their grievances. This will
likely prove much better than to allow
the Glasses to take the initiative in
occurring interviews.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25

The announcement that an Eastern
railway has provided a special ticlse;
six feet long leads to the fear that
the traveller OF the future will need
an extra piece of luggage in which
70 carry his transportation permit.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25

Eskimos claim to have found the re-
mains of Noah's ark away up near the
arctic circle. Can it be possible that
Noah started in search of the pole
without first having q relief expedi-
ton provided for?
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25

The New York judge who has de-
cided that $4,000 year is the least
possible income that will support u
society girl must have daughters who
nre spending the summer at fashion
able resort. H'
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25

There is nothing so becoming to =
jury briber as short hair and striped
suit
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25

An Indiana lover who sang Good
hearts window was shot by irate
neighbors. who claim they thought
ii was q tom cat.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-25

Sunday is said to be King Edwards
unlucky day, a discovery that ought
TO admonish him to try the expert
ment of spending 1t as other persons
do.