The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1920-07-06

g excursion boat, oiuneal l0r D
E wonderful harbor OF this city,
harbor IN America New Kork
field.
The tact has ofcn beer emphasiz-
81 BY the good people ct Tennessee
that their ancestors desarve az TIFF
credit for the yiekosy vaieh Jackson
aehieved here, pu shsge vas another
a peep vino i4esped III AZ their
us here, and of whom tse school lis
toig which | tadied Whsa bog, was
silent Ihat ~s Ieiitte, the acted
mississippi ilus pirate, and M haHd
~ folioweea
Jus bafogc tlia battle of New Qr
leans LATHE and his b2n giof pirates
ia TIA number of ahnut si1 hundred
wara laying "A a boet down the riYef
cn the othar aide from whieh Jackson
ana his ferce we're camped, ;anAl
where Latte and his pirates saw TIE
British coming they FASTENED across
tho river, surrendered 70 Jackson,
and volunteered their services to
fight, which were accepted TheyI
went through the battle without n
single man Of their number being
killed, and at the conclusion Of the
battle were pafdoncd for their crimes
Iof piracy. The action Of LATTE warn
cd Jackson and enabled him to pre-.
pare for the battle. Cotton bales
were arranged in such 4 manner it
was said as TO make Packenham and
his men think they were approach
ing a cotton plantation, and the men
Of Jackson were hid behind these balel
Of cotton and when the British got
close enough for the Americans to
see the whites of their eyes, they
opened fire and the world knows the
result.
Canal Street is the principal thor
oughfare Of the city and is ITO feet
wide and four and one-half miles in
length. On one side Of this street is
the American section and ON the 9TH
en- side is the French, Spanish and
Italian section.
In the French section the people
speak the French language. 1t isl
said there are 10000 negroes inl
New Orleans, $4,000 Of whom speak
the French language, having acquired
this language by being the slaves Of
French and Creole masters, and hav-
ing worked for people who spoke the
French language.
| Fronting Jackson square, upon
which stands the equestine statute OIL
Andrew Jackson, stands ST. Louis Ca
!
| thedral, the second oldest Catholic
church in America, and beside it Isl
lthe old Spa ish cahildo. where the
formal transfer Of the Louisiana pur-
yns'c fsam France to Amer
lea A little ways from this place
J in the French section Is the old French
market, where it was said in former
days person could buy anything they
wanted from a needle t GA negro, us
slaves were sold here as well as dry
goods and notions, meats, fish and veg
etables.
Also near the French market in the
French section Of the city is the old
home of Pctor G. r. Beauregard, who
succeeded Albert Sidney Johnson at
Shiloh. Near the old home Of Beau
regard is the birthplace and former
home Of Edward Fl. Sothaai, the eel
ebrated ShakesDearean actor, but
wonderful as this old city more won
der full are its t6uabs. Most Of the
1 dead are buried abovs the ground and
beautiful Metorie Cemet4ss Tere is
one of the most beautiful in the
world. 1t is city Of exqui1ite mar
bic to abs. It is the rst Of the
modern cemeteries Of this city.
On the trip through New Orleans
today we stopped ans went through
old st. Louis Cemetery, which is one
bf the old cemeteries of America 1t
Is surrounded by wall and is full
of tombs, and here in this ancient
city Of the dead | was made to real
ize the potential significance Of that
scriptural utterahce in regard to "a
whitened sspulcher filled with dead
mems bones"
These tombs are constructed SO
that coffin may be slipped endways
into the vault in the tomb, after
which it is bricked up and marble
slab placed in. front with the name
of the deceased upon it. A person
can either buy or rent vault in
these tombs. The price of vault space
if bought outright is $40, if rented it
is $12 per year. At the end of the
first year if the rent is not renewed