The story of Algiers, now Fifth District of New Orleans, 1718-1896The past and the present . 53,and It continued to be his property, which he occasionally visited from Mississippiuntil it was seized by the United States authorities and sold under the confiscationact, by Cuthbert Bullitt, then United States Marshal, in May, 1865. It was boughtby Joseph Cazaubon, of Tunisburg, for a nominal sum. This sale only annulledthe life interest of Jefferson Davis in the property, but did not touch his heirs. Inthemonth of September, 1872, Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell, his wife, fordueconsideration,
The story of Algiers, now Fifth District of New Orleans, 1718-1896The past and the present . 53,and It continued to be his property, which he occasionally visited from Mississippiuntil it was seized by the United States authorities and sold under the confiscationact, by Cuthbert Bullitt, then United States Marshal, in May, 1865. It was boughtby Joseph Cazaubon, of Tunisburg, for a nominal sum. This sale only annulledthe life interest of Jefferson Davis in the property, but did not touch his heirs. Inthemonth of September, 1872, Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell, his wife, fordueconsideration, renounced to Mr. Cazaubon all future claim to the i)roi)erty iorthemselves and heirs. The old home stands, but its old owner now rests Where the first rays of themornings sunlight and the last gleam of the evening will linger around the silent,solitary sentinel, and in the still, quiet watches of the night, when the pale moon-beams fall upon the dreamless sleepers; there the spirit of the great Stonewall The Mellow-Toned SCriONINGER PIANO Captivates the Musical Public; atGrunewalds. 1)4-. JOHN M DONOGH —liiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii— Abstracts From Memoranda Addressed by John McDonogh to the Executors of His Estate. The Plan uliicli my mind formed (influenced, I trust by the Divine Spirit)and has pursued, t\)r nearly Forty Years, to accumulate and get together a largeEstate, in lands, lots of ground, in and near tlie City, Houses, etc., for the Educa-tion of the Poor, will in time, I doubt not, yield a revenue sufficient to educate allthe Poor of the iwo States, cf Louisiana and Maryland, and jierhaps the poor ofmany other States in our Happy Union. To effect and secure that, I have laid itsFoundations deep and broad, in and all around the City of New Orleans in everydirection, so that for centuries to come (of managed in wisdom) its Revenue mustand will goon increasing in amount with the gro\\thand entension of the City i)5 (which is destined to be one of the greatest in ex
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