iSea 13 1 I I II j f i ir I r i y 1 Old Absinthe House A Quarters of oJ ri 1 T 1 jL 4 H The Pirate t I Left to tu right Jean Lafitte Pierre Lafitte i Dominique You From IB in th tho tb LouII Suit State Museum Mum 4 By 03 ELMO ELMO SCOTT WATSON 8 11 U Is the day on 01 which Americans Ameri Amerl cans pay honor to 10 the memory of ot Andrew An drew Jackson and It Ii Is Ia eminently titling tit Ot J ling tirig thai I they tile he should For or It Ii I t II the of 01 if Hie battle buttle of New Orleans Or Pr leans Ians rough fought on January 8 t I one ne i 3 of 01 lt the most victories victories' In III I the lie ackson at the history of 0 American arms This In B a e 0 f New Orlem vii Will was Old I ni e 1 s. s ment With n a r force neot ne of ot less Ies than OI nf 1 10 OP L Capt n n Ill In the bottle buttle he opposed n force of near nearly I ly h. h of ot more Hum were tore ere And defeated them killing mi nl M H imd u tithing hiking k hilt r Mm MI prisoners wit II ali n R li loss Ins ul ut hU hits men of tf exactly IS eight killed and i 13 la 1 I While hI I I IH credit he gt given V en to 10 Old Ohl i I I a tid 1 his Pa frontiersmen roni liitt ri I lor ir I r itch I i S. S P there were well III iI hII hII h whose hi is thi e rt I In III fl t Hint Ii ft victory vic tory s should til not t It 10 IU II unnoticed II flit I II It I Is I. I Hie h purpose rp ise of If this Hits to 10 ali add these ln facts t to 10 tolie 0 III lie 1114 ru iii i in t 11 of nf t Ihl this Pi I IH ruinous II It P I le Km rill Instance Rc A Americans ii I ta v oh mil III I a II I Idu nf ut th the purl pain played In III Him thuit hy lIy hyten J ten Jean all Iu III Ie As All n II II el ot sit flirt fact there were to I u I c I a n n unit I who vIiu tvete WI t it gentlemen gentle gentle- nI Ie men rt 1111 and url vu t irs I the he tI p of lit if I lii us Ill usell t wIll ell eIt n as 1111 P I Ihal hili of ut i other 1111 ts lire are re referred to III si 1111 pi Ill I'll rules 18 iii H- H I Munich i ut hi in I ts I I n i in In to I Hie Ihl lie Justness fl ol ni t I Unit t f t foi fUI HIP lIu s line between pin 18 I ii nil I piracy I rii I In III n I II I hum II tI ti tots 1111 H H I lii ii i tine one oneat at 81 heat The Th t t 11 brothers anil lieutenants 1 II II flu ing It P the Hit be Iii iSI ot of whom v were vre I nh n p ne You Yu l hal hurt ulti d n ii Inn fortified P i hold not far from Nt Nen and operations from p that pia I iu e KIM Hm in sn brought h t I Into 11 ii t II t with PP b Ih the United Stales l end 11 H l.-ite l. In ISM I Ih pp wn was Willi H II In InO New O Orleans and lean lIft nn nil outlaw with 5 i 1 prie 01 tiPs his head Vet rl when I the lie on till I hseI way wity to In I Hie PR nt nt- III Ifs i k nn sri New V I fV Orleans sent l n-kyer n l i at- at nn SS lIry ry tn III I at Iii I i. i Hg hI him iii landa Pa ita i n en p lilii In Hit th nil nar 1111 H u ren striP ot uP 1 I MI i 1 hp nisi In the ex lil I ps P gI 1 v Ing H an 1111 IS SI II mut I I It vent PilI 11 1 ot lit I hI h urr h he h. had re 1 I to III i P i thu n II ot isi the 1111 nil flit nr nr- i Ii rival 11 vii I ol III Is hi I nie 1 5 II 1451 H Si Ki t Iiii rOt foi It II ItI IIi I Rule hull this was II thy the SS of the N Ni 1 I Orleans 1111 Later lean I H a t I fo 10 Ill I'll P. P p I Sit I i i mil III I the lie si I P I II Ill tIce tIcen n ol 01 Iii hl lily a tT ri ii 1111 1 isI suit I I. I lo It II I the ip 1 Th t ilein p II nc issi j. j lo 15 what hint ful 1 Is III rn lint hIli fl I I Inn hut 11 ii ania i-eni i In Ihal thy the I that he III Ii I ns not nl St 1 lulu I ti t ii H and I thai tiiS t I tie h. Iti is I t SI I eit rust t thI hI hit his lot nt vii iiii hi the Itie IIII Al At ant un rule rill wh when the Ih I rIt Ish t a tied 1111 I S riP New Nv I III mi 1111 sit S II Sis rn I In Ina n I p 1 1 a nun r S. S I HIP Ise Iti ru t ii ii eie 1 mm h In 1 f 1 It i Is 11 alsI hull 1 ll I lilt III I I not 1111 tI t I I IS VP I n n I HIP he tin Put I 11 I IP Pp z 8 a Hf 1 e tie III ti i 1 1 i 1 ii Sit lo to do In It lo gills guard riP S Hip IIII Ii pi I lo tn ria na II of fl it his tila company II W I 1 were vir r t eli h ti IIII lo n I Union I lI ItI Si lo It Ft Pt t IMke 1 ill T 1 r. r 11 1 In III the thi I ol SIP t the III hII hitS f ot It I M l I n V. V Von 11 it nil I tI iii Ii flU IS our ourI tIC 11 I uI I II HIP i i si I is I I nb wn wil II No Nis S mill I fl i i did UI thi Ih thi It ItI I It Hint I I I 1111 knon Itu-knon I ii I Is I ii ti II I iii 11 p one I IS I rI rii I I Ihl tn I 55 lared ilci-lared Hull i 1110 Phi Ill p o l re nn-re ri tI II li 1 iiii n Ilk Ike l I in Sn man hush 1111 I hem he his 1 1 tint to III Ill Hie Ih ae i. i ol p li ll I ti lie general P en cannot n its st H 11 slit 11 iI L' L I Ilk M Iii 1 warm i rm a RI p l n nf nl i iti ih Hie II 1 h Iii Iri I 10 cenlle 1 t I hei 1111 hp ii ami put the thi r i It Ii i I II I Ih hi ni redi f nie l I the hi I SI t. t I II Il one ti ii at III I I HIP he open In ln o p id list hI Ii to I thy Hie r Th Thi tin rs t I ii ti I I I. I lime V. V hi P I ii I iI t I HIP I 4 i r nil RM H l mut I lie HIP I oi I t I HIP hii hI lii t hall I I ti lie h. ii 1111 ii i. i ii P si p fit il theli hI con nn t ln ni- ni p k Ini-k eks atie I ti I In Is I 11 More Mill than lIn thai la title helper It In Its n a 11 which It iI foi fi ii h no ni I. I H ii I III I than lb A III I 1 iiI I i hI I I Carl i rt III ol Hie Ih hiS ordnance a ir titi Ii t the lilt I ip I I le nl ni New I In I i u tip ii nv 11 won ii 1 pt Ir Hie Ilif 1 HS I III tri l ac ni l. l kl mi iii Th rii III l rt il ot III 1 IK i ii i il sI lo I I II II tints I ft S i Ii hi Ii t 1 rin r r hut 1111 tutu Inti I Hip III isil I I I Iii ni stI 1 S' S Iii ti t III in i SiS ii tIC t 1 I II 11 Iii hi hisS hate 1111 e t P rI Iii I I u u ile i mill thih III nr 1111 i fp-i from ni i IP hp Pip l I Ii iii iii t F would iri illi tinte I I it I rii I 1 ii i k iii in n t l r rl lp p I In ft i I P n I tiP hU hh I 11 It p is a H fu a i sr lr from 1 a ik 4 hal I Ii IIII ul III I tt I Orl lo to the lii nt old hi U II pi ot tI leor e n I H. H L I. P r. r hut but had 1 P It II I not hen heen fi for it I the hp tsp pal pul list p-list rill Ie I C di toP ol 4 vo i in n I 1 hi isis hi ory I SlUt nui iliac Deco won is i's AI I me lie III nine jacKson s II preparing to 10 move e isis Ids army to 10 I he lie defense ot tiP New tw Orleans II the United wag wi 11 I funds und what whal l was ii worse e. e t till the lie Impoverished IM eminent i 1 which hlll lug an unpopular VU found thai luau II had no nil credit wild the lending In I this Isle emer emergency gency James then secret r ol ft St tulle stale under un tipI der I len I Madison P a ii Ison I tI Ii Ids I e horse arid and rode rl to lii H II There he II i nil 1111 iI led hii 1 the let ot I the lie I Hank Iii fl k is of ii ii a 11 and iid lit t to o 0 lii in pledged tile Ills U and nit Ii III hll he personal 1111 I furl fun line un i li It i s the lie nh iii 7 ol ii I II a loan I If II I he h I isia k e I I I In ii I III hi guy ens eminent The ui hlll Iq p l. l made iii I Hie hi Ii nan iii Jackson Will was supplied with Hie IIII mm h funds and wa 81 aisle ahle to 10 KO gus on oil lo to I the Ihl lie splendid victory Il which 11 him III at Nt New N Orleans llou many Americans hll tm e ever heard Iward the he name apt a put SUI Samuel II I CheMer r I Iteld I In n ci conned Ii Ion pu with I It I Ii h I the lie battle bittle of iii New Nt TiP tl It If It had hush not heen ron for him huts situ and tits his IN till IWI men and for the stubborn tight which II hiI di I they I In III ti H I 1111 little I I I Ip he iii lit brig gil my old iii e guns uns put 1111 II a II I three hirer British isis warships war war- ar ships currying I W U 1 inin antI men mm In the Azores Jackson might hl not ant have won lute his urea grunt victory In III 1814 he tie wui 1111 In lii of iii the lie Arm ii H ii sri t nI lit lung h hud put hut Into the neutral poll isis I nl lIt In Iii the h Airee fur for pro shine and tot rup repairs Sit I re w which tile his hll p had basil I In a a II t r en I Ii ii sat I He II I was Willi ii e Isil followed there thure h a ot lit three w well dI armed vessels the enet ship ship- ot It I the thu II line II I 74 7 guns i tha the It Coin II I II u II frigate HH IS and the fur air III nil nation t linn H ii brig g. g 18 1 8 C II II II commanded I hy by h A Admiral 0 ii rid who disregarded 11 the hI fact 1 t that I this luau a U neutral I purl sri n mid ad placed Pil Ids hb t hlis hll no is as ac lo in the lie exit of II if the IIII American lIn vessel I Iteld had ii S 1 ii I ih IIII I ie i lWi I I I I UI ull I Hie IIII lii purl Inn hUI lit he ht suNlIt rt thai luau he hu hewus Ull u not to Ii tie low i-d i ti in III fills II n unmolested heated t. t I tHili or sir nut hut So II b bailie hastIly Irl US 8 served ned to It all HII hands III III tIle the deck hc cleared ISIS foi action a and 1151 men IliuM I HI iii Ih I i sit II ItaliC I Ii ri lilii I Hie III 11 nl ill 1111 gist hl nl ii I Sei i ii Jit Jitt I t I I. I aa ii linus hl g n H tad till foi Ii ii I whit which I Hie Ih I ii iiA A American U t iI ri I refused Iteld ld i Hint I iii t he tie would Insist S IiI his ht rl lils HS He u is neutral raP Tile The enemy tenured I this I il a. a S. S Soon ii II iii the lie vui t ci swarmed ru iii with II Ii lii boais iii I from I the lie l I iii i ni i-ni craft it fl ti lilt 1111 I Ih tie I A nil from a nil II ill reul that h. h II rile tIr was I full Ii iC 64 I li h ii t I 16 sli ami I lie Hie I lab b id I I I put pUI tuK-k tuK with tIt III Ii hl the h crisis IhM frill I II the liP I three 1 I I el tt el e hinge ml 1511 iI nut fill II I iI and sunil III rn 5 shut 1111 eie lila I I I I I ti a well l I ii iI t Mt tt- tt era na itie American iii were 1 f aS I I 13 6 HI 1 I seasoned si but hili I III S tl II iii I lilt tig 1111 I au was 11 11 not 1 I ol I ii I II the hi tiei-t tiei rill Iap lIPId Held pa i seil 1 fr K It guts guts' III m III I lie Hie ii and I I I ill till I 11 Ing no I the lie iii shots isil it rh Ils i o lit Hie hI l tt were I ri I with tu a N I tK lull bill I the hi h. h gUIle nl ut the h i hug 1111 not fist h be hl rust fust c ti lo lii 1111 hit foi u I 1 Ii s 1 the I. I Ii were re ii nil 1111 I I it p p Ii i iii ti i-ti I uig the tie same ill tIMI n us hurt l I hll h I. rendered 11 Useless si I 1 t s cuin III tin ISIS t Hie Ih ha p port si I I 11 side s he nl sit t I Hie Ih P i. i All 11 ul once t n II t ot sit II were 1 the Hie i rl and uti 11 II Hie mils nt sit II Hie I Arno 1111 ru Ii g 11 Then I the h I I shi situ swarmed 11 ru lit up 11 H d I ut with lIh I t Ii I h iii s II and I is I quarter I aPIS homed S the Ihl hi l 1 sPit era aidI aid I Hie Ihl li h oi I t i mu Its ire I i u i l it up III i t the lit I ii- ii cr r n ri The p i-p r ii of lit the h I A r tig 1111 fully h i d i I I lau 1111 Ii I. I knew I Hull I he III a 1 n is II HI mit I lui hll iii ii and nfl tai nil I II I lied leti hi fm ii hi his hill Iii I life P ti I k fri from ni I the Ih hi cnn cnn- IIII I Ih the I iut Cf sprung ni tag until the thiv r fool I lo Iii fool must at HI th tIP the center ol 01 mf II the ship f Here re II Ih ll-elt ll one n pikes 1111 tin tin-I n 11 us I haul tell pistols IIii e 1 Ii bent itt lames the I at sit I the IIII hu h li rs 11 whose hiis veix r 1 Im 1111 I l l I hI gi ss I 1111 I UI a I I i 6 I II Hie I tt I i mussed s I t li sil I the IIII hi had hll it nn 1 I oio I iii I ti 5 will pig I I 61 u taI cut cutlasses I lasses at tSP 1 ip I II hiu nil rill I t I UK-HI UK i hi-i ii i o er it pr 11 I h il and lii I them down 11 1110 Is grunt strokes t ri I Ia iu 11 Then I I i. i I they hi nc ii II a tiles ruse one sills mUll man us tig 1 I pI pike k t while Ii hll I Ii IsIs bis rt fellows l' ha itt i I em ii ad t 1 I lo tl loui i s ui i-uI I 11 I. I itt Ii I the lie iI a ol III it I II the ti Vs formidable rii luau Pp weapon p HII Sev v prill ot nt Hie thuu A IIII fell all h t the li discipline of nt I the tie Will was unbroken Slowly then Ihen but surely tha the IIII pike kt preyed tI d for Cur Shouted orders were lre loUt In its the tumult hut hu Iteld's IIII u ion P the lie Idea Idell lint and tile the whole hll hody Iy surged toward the mils MII The Time remaining were Ire thrust bodily Into th the sea I The file ropes I III that held the grappling hooks were ere severed he PIle bouts bunts tilled Oiled with wilts wounded The engagement In hind had lasted ISId forty Curly minutes II I was Willi a R terrible night nl which the lime men on the O General Armstrong spent For two Iwo nights ihie they hud hail Imd Isaid no nn sleep duel 11 the Ih decks dutke looked ked like n II shambles even n I though I the lie A American ii loss Ioa was small At AI any 1111 moment tIme the hi might lIh I attack k and the tue odds against them seemed oter fr whelming However i the lisp enemy derided decided to tn putt post postpone pone furl furt further lien her action until morning The guese stilt authorities hia l Stint sent wind Id to tim II UK lbs British that lint hostilities it In I the hue harbor must mIssi but hilI Lloyd second tet In command lo In 0 Admiral Ill I'll II declared I thai Isis t he tie would tt en capture put ti re I the lie American ship mid kill Its crew If he tie had lo Iii 0 knock down the whole town tots tn in do In It Captain Held did tilt unit nut e I. I lo In watt 1111 1011 long Ions foi iii Ih the final The TIu Pulls hills around the till has hint rever rf reverberated berated to sin tush h A n ns R they had baud never never nev neVo er fr known before The Americans gave cave e hat hack n R Little more Hum shot tin for every pry twenty tny Masts mid were nire rl shut shot and end the lie IIPP upper hull ot at Hie thy General whit 11 pierced repeatedly II Hut thu the lisp A American ninth must have been hEll hE'll belles belter PI II I hiss fut the thu I Carnation i ruas p Im which h was In I the Ian visa van of Ar hiss Hie Wits was pounded iso an the she had basil basilIn to In 0 wIl Captain Iteld wait wag H a II fighting tuna man as us well ns nit an un 1111 and tn iii iii lilt hie skill were ascribed the tl hnis hol ii ii s I thai hul hail P crippled I the llie P i a mu t hut With Vl t hi I three ii hull half I f ii nude ids gunners ii Ids hi is uniform Ii ii so co s grimed a us as to tn hi h. hi scarcely rei he tie s. s served rt the lie great l mg Tom II which 11 I he hp heaviest 11 piece pie the Armstrong A All At thue Ihl the Carnation Pun withdrew Hie III tire ot Of the Hit two II ships slack luck slackened ened and Held turned to hits his first mate ninte t tile the hunts suit sir he ls Then he III hade the this cr rexi c-rexi 1 tt nf ill r I the Ilie hp Tom In ha Cl is lii I HI III a I p H hit ii a flit ordered sri ii up ii H II do Ii fit hiet men illen vS ng i the Ihl it ru IIII I a HI III I I tackle a k Ie blocks suk it H a H s he h. hed hedl d dl I rus I them Ii tn t i that haul iii In Its I the Ise guts a and lid rug Us Its muzzle so as flit to lul tire hire through hrh Hie tue huhl hull huh This l hiI he h. t to tu bis hili 1 k kii ii Ili I while P nn a n un-a un occasional I I I ri t I sis stint Clint sh still I II iii 1111 r hy Id I l I the Ihl hi ol umI 11 mot of oh f his hi I Alit Authorities as suit to till the final scene on the lisp ith ship hill hita I II It P Is IF it said lii i Hull III I I si I ii a I us I Iteld tu td ruI ii I lo loHie ui 0 I Hie lie I In lona i inn Tom li Ill It nil pert sisal P h hi tired rd I the lip shot shut I Ii 5 I crushed heui t through Is rough t the lie uI vitals I ii I u us ol I I liPs his au ship hip I p ii and nil let In III the Ihl water II It Is lit certain Hint hI he was 1111 the th man liter 11 hips bei side ship The Armstrong rung settled as hi lilt Ids men pulled ill 1111 for ho shore The Th eneim II sent n II part haunt lo in hire Hie hI brig tint but this lids was lIft a 1 II I hi iii iii not I 1 Ii in s 11