The herald., 1917-05-03

Oi'- 9. N..sJv--o EC-LL
Tn" -. Louis. or Royal hotel ,..,
in the heart of the French or sa-
Tn" original building. costing n ~
"'N, erected in 1873, WIS comrl.
destroyed 10y fire In 1871. but onos
was Immediately erected On tbo :.
site ana soon reached a degrs !,
Nplcnd"r almost unparalleled in a
United States. 1t was the reo- ;
tn" W"aithl">t planters and b,rC
Shareholders in the South. Tba M.
r"tuuda WAS used for a slave mas
TIL" old slave block Is Still in a
building ami the names of the a..
tl"nccrS are engraved on the wa
Henry Clay was entertained in A
building with = dinner costing sNm
II has been p statehOuSe and q \
Siegcd fortress.
But tn" MOST noted hotel in the IN
is the 81. Charles hotel, the b,
structure hearing the same name n,
first was begun In 1885. The rO,vDs
was wOrld-famed. \ dome 46 feet \
diameter SurmOunte1 the edifee n,
hotel was the resort of the Wealhs
planters in the South. Its weekly hb
We're famous. In 1851 Il was 4
stroyed by fire. The second hotel M
erected In 1852. In It's parlOrs Jese
son Davis and a number Of SOuthg
leaders met on their way to bel
Charleston convention In 1850. hI
1862 Mr.. lIildreth refused to give Go
cral Butler accommodations resuldr
in Il serious disturbance. General Bgt
Ter finally succeeded In obtaining %
session and stayed there a few dsN
In 1860 the impoverished COnfederls
were entertained there free. The bah
contracted amounted TO $4,000 and
have never been sent out for cOEec
ton. The historic building was de
Stroyed by fire April IS, 1894. Fra
the ruins, like magic, Sprang Up TIE
present hotel.
The Jackson monument, by CAT
Mills. was set up in 1916 at a cost q
$4,000. Henry Clay making the det
cation speech. The Inscription on he
granite base was cut by General BU'
lcr'S orders during the Civil var /
reads: 1.-THE Union must and fall b
preserved"
Haunted House and French Market
Another Interesting house Is De
Haunted House. located at Royal ana
Hospital streets, which was OecuFa
i'm 1913 by Nine. Lalaurle, who trea'a
her slaves with great cruelty, s'afVA'
and torturing them to death. Her @f
barous acts being made known TO N
public, forced her TO fleet 10 franN
where she subsequently died. Man
slaves were chained in this bulGR
and after her flight human bones Vs'
found In the rooms. II Is SAID Ini
ghosts of the murdered slaves can v
seen on dark and stormy nlgb&
To see the French market at us oa
one must visit 1t in the early mOfuH
Sunday above all Others. IL Is
most remarkable and characters
spot in New Orleans. Under us w
blocks of roof every language Is spOAI
Gascon butchers, MOors, Italians =
German vegetable women OnlD'
Hindus. Jews, TeutOns, French
almost every other nationally saDD
here for business. :,
ST. Louis cemetery. No. l, Is u.
est in the city. There numbers u
most noted citizens of the SaIe
city are buried, among them Ca." s
Gayarre, the noted Louisiana n,
an and Oscar Dunn, colored leu'sD'
governor under Yarmouth
Another interesting cemeter!
NJetoiric cemetery, organized 10 Nv
At one time it was the race trau
the Mrtairic Jockey CLUB loi W.
wears the most noted race tracA u
United States. The track VEN ~
existence In 1870. when OnaiN
Howard, a wealthy citizen OOTs a
and turned It into a cemetery ,@
Mot stands the monument-tOmO u -
Army of Northern Tennessee s''.,ta
mounted 10y Doyle'S famous eqas
statue of Albert Sidney Joni''