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THE WATCHWORD

NEW ORLEANS.
MAKION SOUTHWOOD,
A LADY OF

NEW ORLEANS.

" Man, proud

Dress'd in a

little brief

Plays such fantastic

man
authority,

tricks, before

high heaven.

As make the angels weep."

Measure

NEW

foi'

Measure.

YORK:

PUBLISHED FOR THE AIJTH

BY

M. DOOLADY, 448

BROOME STREET.

1867.

'^

Entered according to Act of Congress, in

tlie

year ISCC,

Br MAKION SOUTIIWOOD,
In the United States District Court, District of Louisiana.

TO THE

''

EUROPEAN BRIGADE" AND FOREIGN CONSULS,

WHO

ASSISTED SO MATERIALLY

IN PI^ESER\^XG ORDER,

CITY OF

AND

NEW

IN TROTECTINCt

THE

ORLEANS,

WHEN THREATENED WITH BOMBARDMENT,

IS

RESRECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHORESS.

CONTENTS.
CHAPTEE
I.

II.

PAGE

Commencement
" Confederate

War

of the

13

Guards"

IS

III.

Arrival of Fleet under Captain Farragut

20

IV.

Arrival of " Picayune Butler"

40

Affairs of tlie City

48

Description of the City

59

V.
VI.
VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

General Butler

house-liimting

Novel proceedings by

tlie

G4
G7

military

Tribute to General Beauregard

73

Description of the Free Market before and after the

Blockade
XI.
XII.

77

Description of a Ball.

98

Execution of Mr. Mumford

107

XIII.

" Order No. 28,"

XIV.

Foreign Consuls molested

116

XV.

Crusliing "

120

XVI.

TheOatli!

XVII.
XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

and the Clergy

Order No. 70"

109

127
140

Sliip Island

Atrocities of Butler in

Heartlessness.

New

Treatment

Orleans

of a

Lady

Atrocities of Butler continued

145
153

154

XXI.

The

Confiscation Act

161

XXII.

The

Confiscation BUI, etc

167

XXin.

Federal, Confederate,

and Negro Funerals

178

CONTENTS.

10

PAOB

OIAPTEE

XXIV.

Union Meeting

XXV. Exchange
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.

XXIX.

215

The Pass
'

Home,
those

217

B^veet

Home"

whom

Butler recalled

it

223

may

concern

228

244

North

List of " Booty" taken

2o0

from " Beauty"

Banks and Butler

Pocket Handkerchief

2G5
200

War

273

Banks's Red River Expedition

283

Finale

284

Sketch of General Lee

Sketch of Stonewall Jackson
Poetry

202
204

Butler's arrival

XXXVI.

193

Room wanted

XXXI.

XXXV.

Orleans

of Prisoners

XXXII.

XXXIV.

Now

Emancipation Proclamation

XXX. To

XXXIII.

in

285
189

301-3

INTRODUCTION.

Well, I never imagined that

I should

'Tis the first time, and, I

thoress.

my own

mind,

it

before the public

will

be the

but

ing, a long time for

am

that

last,

become an

fully

au-

persuaded

my name

will

in

appear

have been waiting, patiently wait-

some one to write a work which might

be handed down to future generations, and kept

as a record

of the dire events of the war, during our season of affliction

in

New

Orleans, while

eral Butler

we were

blockaded, and while Gen-

was "Commander-in-chief of the Department of

the Gulf," and also of his successor in

No

such Avork has appeared, to

burlesque

most

my

command.
knowledge,

excej^t in

because the hearts of the people

likely

were too deeply bowed down and crushed by oppression to

undertake the task,

or,

perhaps, most persons wish to

draw

a veil over our misfortunes.

Others are so perfectly sick of hearing of the war, that

they turn with disgust from the subject.

When

I hear the

'*

Not

so with

me.

nations afar off" praising the culprit

who

robbed us of our homes, our comforts, our good name, and

everything which makes

my veins,

I seize

my pen,

life

enviable,

my blood

boils within

and although but a meagre sketch

INTRODUCTIOX.

12
in

comparison with Avhat another might

right to let the Avorld

subjected

to,

know

and how our Southern friends were treated.

" Trutli is stranger

What we have

than

seen and endured

fiction."

we

can describe.

not pretend to give a graphic description of the

has been done by authors
I

am

Some

but

indite, yet it is

some of the atrocities Ave were

only " a looker-on

letters

who can be

here

war

I
;

do

that

relied upon.

in Vienna.''

and items are added, to endeavor to make

the work agreeable as well as useful.

Makion Southwood.

CHAPTER
We liad heard that Sumter
time that

We

we

hv^di

I.

fallen !

It

was the

first

could realize that ivar had commenced.

had heard of the battle of Manassas, where our dear

boys so distinguished themselves; of the fights at Bull's

Run

at

Big Bethel, when General B. F. Butler was not

commander-in-chief, and where he became suddenly indis-

posed and had to leave

of Little Bethel

burg, where fifteen thousand were slain

of Fredericks-

and of the disasters in the swamps of the Chickahominy; but supposed

that icCf so far removed from the scene of action, could not
possibly be reached, especially when we had the noble,
;

heroic General Lovell, luxuriating at the St. Charles Hotel,

guard our interests, who assured ns that the invadiug foe

" could be repulsed with five thousand men, and he had ten

to

thousand men at his disposal

!"

So we were

lulled to rest,

occujjying our time in fitting out our relatives and friends,

and endeavoring to make

all

comfortable, in case of an

emergency.

The

ladies of the city

behaved most nobly.

One seemed

to vie with another which should be foremost in benefitting

those

who had left for the war most of them willing to

many of their comforts for the public good.
;

relinquish

Others disposed of their jewelry at a

sacrifice for that laud-

able purpose.

" bazaar" was opened at the St. Louis Hotel, where a

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

1-1

mngnificcnt suite of rooms was tendered by

I\Ir,

O. E. Hall,

the owner of the building, gratuitously, for the reception of

articles.

gotten up by the

It Avas

elite

of the city, xipon

most

f\

elaborate scale.
All sur])lus jewelry, vases, clocks, watclies, pianos, furniture, Sevres china, coal, groceries; in fact, every thing

could be thought

of,

was sent

saleswomen.

Tiie ladies acted as

halls exquisitely

with flowers,

which

as an oflering.

flags, etc.,

They decorated the

and one could almost

imagine they Avere treading upon enclianted ground.

The proceeds amounted to upwards of 800,000, and this

money was expended judiciously in purchasing cloth and
other necessaries, and having them made \\\) into clothing,
thus giving occupation to hundreds of ])oor peojjle

the

garments and distributing them.

cutting out the

ladies

Sometimes we Avere aroused to fearing Avhat tnhjht happen

by seeing the remains of those who Avere killed in battle, or Avounded, brought home.
-1
AVhen the remains of Colonel C. Dreux so young, so
brave
Avere brought to tlie city for interment, the Avhole
city sympathized, as his immense funeral testiiied.
AVhen General A. I. Johnson's remains arrived, many
to us,

tears Avere shed that one so beloved, so heroic, should have

met with such

in afier-times

and

Irft

lying

sword and
]ili'l(i

Alas,

how

his

Coflin taken out of the

tomb

Avas desecrated

tomb, broken open,

upon the ground several days, i>ilfered of his

and all this was done upon the i^^s-

otiier articles

that gold coin or fire-arms might have been buried

witii the

a sad fate.

mighty

Avarrior.

Shame, Avhere

is

thy blush? that "man, proud man,"

slu/uld thus disturb the

^Ve were
had almost

still

hallowed ashes of the dead! ^

slee])ing ujion

our oars.

Our young men

not the idle, poor, or dissolute, but

young gentlemen to the " manor born," had left friends,
all

dejjarted

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

15

and gone, with knapsacks upon their backs, to

homes and rights, as they found those in
they trusted had proved unworthy.

fortune,

all,

fight for their

whom

The address of

the Rev. Dr. Palmer, from Columbia,

South Carolina, now

and one of the most

in this city,

quent of our divines, was extremely beautiful

elo-

delivered as

company of the Washington

from the steps of the City Hall, prior to their

his 2K(rting address to the first

Artillery,

departure for the seat of war.

Tlie street

We

and

were densely crowded

vicinity

are pleased

to

at the time.

be able to give a portion of the

discourse.

" Gentleme:n- of the

Washixgtox Artillery

At

the

sound of the bugle you are here, within one short hour, to bid
adieu to cherished homes, and soon to encounter the perils of

on a distant

battle

this great city

which
dence

field.

It is fitting that here, in the heart

here, beneath the

shadow of

of

this hall, over

sovereignty and indepenyou should receive a public and a tender farewell.

floats the flag of Louisiana's

It is fitting that Religion herself should,

with gentle voice,

whisper her benediction upon your flag and your cause.

Soldiers

history reads to us of wars which have been bap-

tized as holy

but she enters upon her records none that

is

war
of defence against wicked, and cruel aggression
a war of
civilization against a ruthless barbarism which would dishonor the dark ages a war of religion against a blind and
bloody fixnaticism.
It is a war for your homes and your
for the land
firesides
for your wives and your children
which the Lord has given us for a heritage. It is a war for
holier than this in

which you have embarked.

It is a

the maintenance of the broadest principle for which a free

people can contend the right of self-government.

" Eighty-five years ago our fathers fought in defence of
the chartered right of Englishmen, that taxation and representation are correlative.

We,

their sons, contend to-day

BEAUTY

IG

BOOTY.

AN])

for Die g-rcnt Anieiican princi[)le that

power IVom the

(lL'ri\cs its

svill

corner-stone of the great temple

lias

been reared to

civil

freedom

all

just g-ovei'iinicnt

of the g'overned.
Avhicli,

and

its

on

It

is

tho

this continent,

denial leads, as tho

events of the past two months liave clearly shown, to des-

most absolute and intolerable

])0tism the

a despotism more

grinding than that of the Turk or llussian, because

despotism of the mob, unregulated by

drifting at the

The

jority.

people

M'ill

princijile or

it is

the

precedent,

and irres])onsible mawhich the North has laid before her

of an unscrupulous

alternative

the subjugation of the South, or ^vhat they are

is

The

pleased to call absolute anarchy.

alternative belbrc us

the independence of the South, or a despotism which

is,

Avill

put

dear.

iron heel

its

upon

This might}' issue

all
is

that the

human

heart can hold

to be submitted to the ordeal of

battle, with the nations of the earth as spectators,

the

God

of heaven as umj)ire.

the struggle

her

own

is

tho

soil

The

of Mrginia, beneath the shadow of

Allcghanics.

"Comprehending the import of

from tho
batants,

and with

theatre appointed tor

first,

this

great controversy

Virginia sought to stand between the com-

and pleaded for such an adjustment as both the

and the religion of the age demanded. When

civilization
this

became

hopeless, obeying the instincts of that nature

which has ever made her the mother of statesmen and of

States, she has opened her broad bosom to the blows of a
tyrant's liand.

Upon

such a theatre, with such an issue pend-

ing bcfjrc such a tribunal,

which

will

we have no doubt

be assigned you to play; ami when

of the part

we

hear tho

thunders of your cannon echoing from the mountain passes

of Virginia,

we

"will

guage of Cromwell
war to the heart.'
"It

imdcrstand that you mean,

at the Castle of

only remains, soldiers, to

Almighty God upon your honored

Drogheda,

'

in the lan-

to cut this

invoke the blessing of

flag.

It

waves

iu

brave


BEAUTY AKD BOOTY.

17

hands, over the gallant defenders of a holy cause.

be found in the thickest of the

which

it

represents

you

will

breath and of your blood.'

staff in the

And

is little

its

May

It will

principles

last

of your

victory perch upon

an

when you
you that you

folds

to say to

and the

defend to 'the

hour of battle, and peace

be wrapped within

"It

fight,

its

honorable peace

shall return.

be remembered.

Avill

should the frequent fate of the soldier befall you

in

you shall find your graves in thousands of

hearts, and the pen of history shall write the story of your
martyrdom. Soldiers, farewell! and may the Lord of Hosts
be round about you as a wall of fire, and shield your heads
in the day of battle !"
His advice to the fifth company of the Washington Artillery Avas also admirable.
The new corps attended divine
soldier's death,

service in a body, dressed in their uniforms, ready to depart.

Dr. Palmer took

his text for the occasion

from " chapter

verse 14 of the Gospel according to St,

soldiers likewise

we do ?

And

demanded of him,

saying.

Do

he said unto them.

Luke

'

And

And what

iii.

the

shall

violence to no man,

neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.'

This was a part of the teaching of

Hebrew

the last of the

prophets,

Among those who,

of the Messiah.

St,

who

John the

foretold the

Baptist,

coming

listening to his prophecy,

and being warned to repent, were the people, the publicans,

and the

soldiers, all

asking what they should do.

And

the

text comprises his response to the soldiers."

Dr. Palmer's exposition of the mission and duties of the

was most perspicuous, impressive, and inThat portion of it expository of the last of John's

Christian soldier

genious.

exhortations, "

and be content with your wages," most

whom

for-

was addressed the

duty of subordination to those in command.
Scarcely a dry eye was to be seen when he finished by
pronouncing the blessing upon them.
cibly impressed

upon those to

it

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

18

CIIAPTEll

II.

" Slioulder'd lus crutch,

And

The
"

sliOAv'd

liow

were won."

fields

old gentlemen were organized into a battalion for a

home guard"

" a

of

defence

the

city''''

and

they

cer-

and to keep us
our hour of need.

tainly succeeded so far as to allay our fears,

from feeling that we were not deserted

They

in

men

-were a fine-looking set of

the

dress of the

"Confederate Guards" was so becoming! Gray uniforms,

trimmed with black braid, gray kepis, white gloves
no
;

bhirt-collar to

be seen

boots well blacked.

Their gilt buttons (although none could be found having

the " Peliccui' upon them, and the Eagle had to be substituted) looked remarkably well.

It

made no

difierence as to

the hirds^ as no fighting was done, and they could not be

mistaken for Yankees.

Their Springfield muskets (jlistened in the sui^, They
were not very expert upon the double-quick and some,
M-hcn in camp, sufiered from gout, neuralgia, etc., most
;

exceedingly.

Their tents,

The

in

La Fayette

Sijuarc,

were beautiful to bc-

Tliey dined and tocmtedXhcYC.

holil.

ladies visited them, and they

with great

went tln-ough the

drill

eclat.

Passing round the tents, demijohns of rain-xoater could be

The ^lississippi water was too

seen standing under cover.

muddy

How

to

be used.

must have been the feelings of those whose

was given in a paragraph taken from the Providence Post, New York. AVe give it verbatim :
dilferent

description

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

"A

class

of men,

who

still

remain

seized very suddenly with old age

eases.

19

in this city,

and other

have been

infectious dis-

They were young enough, and wide-awake' enough,

Now, they are short-sighted, and squint-eyed,
'

too, in 18G0.

and

deaf, knock-kneed,

and spavined,

etc.,

and older than

the everlasting hills."

What

a sorry set they must have been

not have counted

much upon

tlieir

The

ladies could

gallantry in time of need.

While we were thus preparing for homo defence, a rumor

had been attacked Fort St. Philip and
Fort Jackson, Still, wc felt 8cife, as we had been assured,
time and again, that the forts could never hexiasscd! "they
would guard the city ;" that Commodore Ilollins had fireships which would annihilate any fleet that General Lovell
would meet the foe, etc. The Commodore Avas feted, and

arose that the forts

the General dashed around the St. Charles Hotel in grand

The military were now in full display, running" to and

For several days we were in a state of great anxiety. At
length the startling news was brought us that the forts loere
passed, and the fleet was ap^Droaching the city.
Too bad,
style.

fro.

after all the^>roz'iScs to the contrary

we have been

We felt

how cruelly

IIow had all the grand speeches,

loud huzzahs, nightly drills, and magnificent parades, showy
flags and splendid music, benefitted us ?
We had our own
thoughts upon the subject. Some thought that if the United
deceived.

States had not had so much money

would not have been passed.

Our men fought

bravely, but " there

ten in the state of Denmark."

lation.

We

at its disposal, the forts

was something

rot-

This was but a poor conso-

heard that doleful cry, that our city vjould ha

Could it be possible.? The -whole city was

commotion some jireparing to leave, riding
around, bidding a hasty farewell others sending away their
plate, jewelry, etc., in boxes, for safe keeping, and to foreign

surrendered !

in the greatest

-BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

20

All busy Avith that

parts.

momentous

question, "

What am

do?" Cencluding, after all, the best thing to do was

to do nothing, but Tt-ait and sec -what was in store for them.
Every thing was now quiet. There
So the day waned.
was a calm, a subdued silence the calm before the storm.
It Mas hard, we must allow, to have the day slide by, and
see the night set in, without any hope of relief.
So much had been anticipated we had so many golden
hopes frustrated that we felt as though we would never
I to

wish to hope again.

CHAPTER

III.

Tin: morning of the 25th of April found the city in a great

state of trepidation.

The

bell of Christ Cliurch

bell, all in

one

struck

our alarm-bell,

twelve

Every one was on the qui

signal.

their houses to liear the news.

fire-bell,

church

This 'was the alarm

times.

vice

all

ruslied

from

T/iat M-as the knell wliich

aroused us from our confiding lethargy.

The

commanded by

fleet

and lay

Captain Farragut had arrived,

in the river opposite the city.

ceed the grim ugliness of

torn, with long strips of

its

appearance

board

otf the sides of the vessels;

time-stained and blackened with

as

though they

liad

been shot

Nothing could exall battered and

at

smoke and

and

dirt

looking

not missed.

day was damp, drizzling, and

morning it had rained heavily. The flower
which we resided, seemed to partake of the sad-

Tliis never-to-be-forgotten

dismal.

In

district, in

tlie

ness of the elements.

All was

Bternation.

gloomy and dull drum.s

All was wild con-

beating, soldiers running to and fro.

BEAUTY A^B BOOTY.

21

Ladies were standing, -without their bonnets, on their

banquettes or galleries, waiting to hear, and fearing to know,
the worst that was to befall them. Their husbands, brothei's,
friends

those who had not gone to the war were engaged

down town on

es2)cial business.

Proceeding through the

stricken w^-etches were

negroes and poverty-

streets,

met with

baskets, buckets, pans, and

wheelbarrows^

filled with sugar, taken from the liogsheads

which had been opened and thrown to the winds.
Molasses Avas running in the gutters, like Avater.
IIiui-

dreds of barrels had been opened, rather tlian

dreaded Yankees get possession of them.

and various
looks and determined

the

let

levee pre-

Thousands of persons, of

sented a frightful appearance.

nations

The

colors, Avere

all

sombre

collected, with

faces, to look upon the scene.

Ever and anon you could see a blue-coated soldier

Avalk-

ing around, cq^i^arently unconcerned.

Masses of black smoke were issuing from the immense

quantity of cotton Avhich Avas burning upon the wharves
the plank flooring

black

and slippery

Avitii

cinders

and

water.

Steamboats on the river Avere in flames. The great gunboat Louisiana, Avhich always was to be for the " defence of
the city," but never finished, had been set on

down

the Mississippi, where

edge.

It Avas a magnificent,

In the midst of

Federal

ment,

fleet,

in case

all,

it

fire

and drifted

lay burning to the Avater's

but awful sight.

lying in front of the city, Avas the

quietly threatening the city Avith

it

Avould not surrender, Avhich

bombard-

made

us feel

somewhat imcomfortahle. We have since concluded that,

had it not been for the kindness and high-toned independence of the French, English, and Spanish battalions "The
European Brigade" Ave, some 50,000 Avomen and children,
Avould have had to seek a shelter in the SAvamps of Louisiana, at that time submerged by Avater; as the ladies and

BEAUTY

22

booty.

^n:n'd

were obliged to do wlien the victors tlic YanColumbia, South Carolina, leaving it a
mass of ruins; and they ileeing to the swamps and forests
cliiklrcu

kees

bombarded

food or raiment.

Avitliout

This was civilized wariare

During

aded.

their .stores, and, in

l)iincii)al

hotels

Now,

the city was block-

this state of things, the

many

instances, kept

were closed.

The

merchants closed

them

The

closed.

telegra2)h offices Avere

also closed.

The

Post-office

from the

The

remained open, but guarded by marines

fleet.

river travel

and business was entirely

stojiped,

and

the cars had ceased running on the Jackson Railroad for

several days.

As

a natural consequence, the markets were very meagrely

furnished; and to ])rovide regular supplies of food for such

a large po])ulatioii, rrcpiired

our welfare

in

tlicir

.all

the

wisdom of those who had

kecjiing, as the ordinary intercourse

was broken between the

city

and country.

Beef, such as

could be obtained, was selling at thirty-live and forty cents

])er

pound, and flour at

-^-SO

per barrel, and every thing else

in proportion.

Captain Furragut's

ilrst

request was for the surrender of

the city.

We give

the entire correspondence, as

it

appeared

in the

daily papers.

]>EMAXD FOi: A SntnENDKU OF THE CriY.

As

a matter of history,

and that our readers may

fully

understand the position assumed by the city authorities,

give below, in their regular order, the

Mayor

to the

Common

wo

messages of tho

Council, the action of that

body

in

joint session, the Major's replies to the several

commimica-

command

of the fleet

tions

received from the ollicer in

belbrc the cily, also those communications.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

The
the

following

Common

the city

is

23

the Mayor's Message communicating to

demand made for the surrender of

by Captain Farragut, commander of the Federal
Council the

fleet:

MAYOE'S MESSAGE.
City Hall, April

IIONOKABLE COMMON CoXINCrL

Gentlebien

At

half-past

now

was

o'clock p. m. to-day I

waited on by Captain Baily, second in

Federal fleet

1803.

'25,

lying in front of the city,

command of the
bearing a demand

from Flag-Officer Farragut for the unconditional surrender

of the city of

New

Orleans, and the hoisting of the United

States flag on the Custom-house, Post-ofiice,

Pie also

demanded

from the City Hall.

mand

here,

and Mint.

that the Louisiana flag be hauled

I replied that Gen. Lovell

and that

was

Avas without authority to

down

in

com-

act

in

military matters.

Gen. Lovell was then sent

that his mission

was

to the

for,

and to him,

Mayor and

after stating

Council, Capt. Baily

addressed his demands.

Gen. Lovell refused to surrender the

any portion of them

city, or his forces, or

but accompanied his refusal with the

statement that he should evacuate the city, withdraw his

and then leave the

might deem proper.
troops,

It is

haul

civil authorities to act as

they

proper here to state that, in reply to the demand to

down

the flag from the

City Hall, I returned an

unqualified refusal.
I

am now

in

momentary expectation of receiving a second

peremptory demand
your advice

in this

for the surrender of the city.

emergency.

My own

opinion

I solicit
is

that, as

a civil magistrate, j^ossessed of no military power, I

incompetent to perform a military

of the city to a hostile force

that

act,
it

am

such as the surrender

would be proper to

say,

BEAUTY AND

24:

in rc})!}' to a

demand of

1300TY.

that character, that

we

are without

that the troops have withdrawn from

the city; that we arc, consequently, incapable of making
any resistance and that, therefore, Ave can offer no obstruciiiihtary protection

by the enemy

tion to the occupation of the place

that the

Custom-house, Post-office, and Mint are the property of the

we have no

Confederate Government; and that

them

and that

all

control over

acts involving a transfer of authority be

})erformed by the invading forces themselves; that

to physical force alone

we

yield

and that we maintain our allegiance

Government of the Confederate States,

Beyond this, a due respect for our dignity, our

to the

and the

flag of

our country, does not,

to go.

rights,

permit us

Respectfully,

John
The following

mon

I think,

is

T. ]\[oxkoe. Mayor.

the action of the two Boards of the

Com-

Council, in joint session, in reference to the subject-

matter of the Mayor's Message:

Tiie

Common

Xew

Council of the city of

Orleans having

been advised by the military authorities that the city

indefensible, declare that

no resistance

will

be

made

is

to the

forces of the United States.

Jicsolved, That the sentiments cxi)ressed in the Mes.sagc of
liis

Honor

the oNIayor to the

Common

Council arc

in perfect

accordance Avith the sentiments entertained by these councils,

and by the entire population of

this

metroi^olis;

that the IMayor be respectfully requested to act in the

manifested

b}'

and

spii'it

the Message.
S. P.

DeLabarre,

President of
J.

tlic

Board of Aldermen.

ISIagioni,

President of the Board of Ass't Aldermen.

Approved April

John

T.

2G, 1862.

Monroe, Mayor.

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

25

CORRESPONDENCE.

The

following

is tlio

a surrender of the

Mayor's

city,

iv})! y

to the

clemaiid ibr

first

which was made on the 25th

/

LIayoralty of

New

ult.

Orleans,

City Hall, April 26, 1863.

To

Flag-Officer D. G.

Sir

In

Farragot, U.

S.

Flag-Ship Hartford

pursuance of the resolution which he thought

proi^er to take, out of regard for the lives of the

children

who

crowd

still

has evacuated

it

this great metropolis.

women and
Gen. Lovell

with his troops, and restored back to

the administration of

its

government and the custody of

me
its

honor,
I have, in concert with the city Withers, considered the

demand you made of me on

surrender of the

city,

yesterday, of an unconditional

coupled Avith a requisition to hoist up

the flag of the United States on the public edifices, and to

haul

dome

down

that which
;

and

still

floats to

becomes

the breeze from the

my

duty to transmit to
you the answer which the universal sentiment of my constituency, no less than the promptings of my own heart,
dictate to me on this sad and solemn occasion.
The city is without means of defence, and utterly destitute
of the force and material that might enable it to resist the
overpowering armament displayed in sight of it.
I am no .military man, and possess no authority be}'ond
of this hall

it

that of executing the municipal laws of the city of

New

Orleans.

would be presumptuous in me to attempt to lead an

to the field, if I had one at my command, and I know
still less how to surrender an undefended place, held as thi.s
is,
at the mercy of your gunners, and mouth of your
It

army

mortars.

To

surrender such a place were an idle and unmeaning

BEAUTY

26
ceremony.

and nol
for

Tiie city

any

\>y

yours

is

BOOTY.

ANIJ

liy tlie

power of

or consi-nt of

cli(ice

you U> dcterniinu

its

wliat shall be

brutal

f'oreo,

inliabitanls.

the fate

lliat

It

is

awaits

her.

As

to the lioisting

f)f

adoption ami allegiance,

not

lives

in

any

than

llai;-

let nie

say

ti)

tlie

of our

ilac;'

you,

that the

sir,

own
man

our midst whose hand and heart would not

Ih;

mere thought of such an act; nor could I lind

in my entire constituency so wretched and despei'ate a
renegade as would dare to profane with his hand the sacreil
palsied at the

emblem of our

aspirations.

you have manifested sentiments which would becoiiio

one engaged in a better cause than that to which you have
devoted your sword. I doubt not but that they sijring from
Sir,

a noble though deluded nature, and

ciate the

You

know how

to appre-

emotions which inspired them.

will

have a gallant

occupation of this city

the least affect

its

])eople to administer

a people sensitive of

dignity and self-respect.

during your

all

Pray,

that can
sir,

in

do not

allow them to be insulted by the interference of such as

have rendered themselves odi()Us

aiui contemptil)le l)y their

dastardly desertion of the mighty struggle

in

which we are

engaged, nor of such as might remind them too painfully

that they arc the con([uered and you the compieiors.

Peace and order may be ])reserved williout a resort to

measures which could not

and

lire

The

up their

fail

to

wound

their susceittibilities

jjassions.

oljligations

which

I shall

assume

in

their

name

shall

be religiously complied with.

You may

trust their

honor, though you ought not to

count on their submission to unmerited wrong.

In con(^lusion,

New

from occupying
IVoiu

beg you

to understand that the people of

Orleans, while tmable, at this monu'iit, to prevent you

ll'<^

this city,

do not

tiansfci-

their jilicgiance

^ovuraiucJiL of their chuio Ui one wliioh they havu

EEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

deliberately

repudialed, and

obedience which

tlie

lluit

conqueror

is

27

they yield simply that

enabled to extort from the

conquered.
Since writiuG^ the

abi)\-e, which is an answer to your

communication of yesterday, I liave received a

Aerbal

written conuuuiiication, to Avhich I

o'clock, if possible to prepare an

shall

answer

reply before

12

in that time.

Respectfully,

Joux
The

folio wino- is

T.

Monroe,

the letter referred to by the

above communication

Mayoi-.

Mayor

in the

United States FLAG-Snip Hat.tford,

Mississippi River, off New Orleans, April 3G, 1S03.

To

IIlS

Siu

IIOKOR THE JLVYOR OF THE CiTV OP

Upon

to send to

my

NeW

anival before your city

OkLEAXS

had the honor

your Honor Captain Baily, of the United States

Navy, the second in command of this expedition, to demand

of you the surrender of ISTew Orleans to me, as the representative of the

Government of the United

Baily reported to
self

me

and the military

States,

Captain

the result of his interview with yourauthorities.

must occur to your Honor that it is not within the

province of a naval officer to assume the duties of a military
commandant,
It

came here

laws

of,

to reduce

Xew

Orleans to obedience to the

and to vindicate the offended

majesty of the

Government of the United States.

The rights of persons and property shall be secure.
I therefore demand of you, as its representative, the
unqualified surrender of the city, and that the emblem of
the sovereignty of the United States shall be hoisted over
the City Hall, Mint, and Customdiouse, by meridian this
day, and that

all

flags

or other

emblems of sovereignty,

BEAUTY AM) BOOTY.

28

Other than tliosc of the United States, shall be removed from

the public buildings by that hour.

all

I jtarticularly

request that you shall exercise your author-

ity to quell disturbances, restore order,

the good people of

vocations

and

be molested

in

New

and

to call

upon

all

Orleans to return at once to their

demand

I particidarly

tliat

no person

shall

person or ])roperty for the professiun of

sentiments of loyalty to their government.

I shall speedily

and severely

])unish

any person or persons

commit such outrages as were witnessed yesterday

armed men tiring upon lielpless n^en, Avomen, and child-

wlio shall

ren, for giving expression

their jdeasure at witnessing

to

the old llag.

1

am, very

resjiectfully,

your obe(bent servant,

]).

G. Fauuagut,

Flag-Olliccr ^Vostern (jlulf Blockading Squadron.

The Common Council was convened in joint session, on

Mayor sent to that body the following
message, accompanying the above communication from the

the 2Vth, Avhen the

Commander

of the Federal fleet

Mayoralty of

New

City Hall, April

Ohi,kans,

L^8,

1802.

Gknti.kmkn of the Common Council:

1
(

herewith transmit to you a communication from Flag-

)nicer Fari'agut, comniiiiKliiig the

lying

front

in

lie:iiing

of this city.

the cDinniimication that

and return such answer as the

projjer to

In the

l'tiite(I

States licet

would lay

it

city authorities

before you,

might deem

be made.

mean

time, ])ermit

me

to suggest that Fl:ig-Officcr

i'^anagut appears to have niisundeistood the city of

Orleans.

moment,

now

have informed the odicer

He
tlie

has

been

city has

distinctly

Xew

iuformod that, at this

no power to impede the exercise of

BEAUTY

ANi) BOOTY.

commaiuler of the

acts of forcible authority as the

siicli

29

United States naval forces may choose to exercise

and

that, therefore,

no resistance could be otFered to the occupa-

tion of the city

by the United States

necessary to remove the flag

now

forces.

If

it is

deemed

from

this building,

or to raise United States flags on others, the

power which

floating

threatens the destruction of our city

pei-forming those acts.

post
is

there

is

Xew

is

Orleans

certainly capable of

is

now
its

a military
limits

an unoccupied fortress, of which an assailant

like

any moment take possession.

But

loyal citizen

tearing

down

New

who would be

it

may

at

do not believe that the

constituency represented by you or by

which

not

no military commander within

me

embraces one

willing to incur the

odium of

the symbol representing the State authority to

Orleans owes her municipal existence.

am

deeply sensible of the distress which would be brought upon

our community by a consummation of the inhuman threat

of the United States
that those

who

commander

but I cannot conceive

so recently declared themselves to be ani-

mated by a Christian spirit, and by a regard for the rights of

private property, would venture to incur for themselves and
the government they represent, the universal execration of
the civilized world, by attempting to achieve, through a
Avanton destruction of life and property, that which they can
accomplish without bloodshed, and without a resort to those

measures which the law of nations condemns and

execrates, when employed upon the defenceless women and

hostile

children of au unresisting city.

Very

respectfully,

Joiix T. MoNKOE, Mayor.

After considering the above message and communication,
the Common Council, in joint session, adopted the following
resolution

BEAUTY AND

no

'iliat llu!

lir.'iolrc'/,

]\I;iyor
it

views coinniiinicatcd by Lis Honor

city of

tlie

Xew

Orleans to return to the ultima-

meet

luin ot'Fhig-Ollicer Farragut,

of

tills

titneiits,

embody

Council, and

and the Mayor

is

P.

S.

President

Juii.v T.

si-n-

of Board of Aldemjon.

MAoroxr,

I'residcut
'JS,

own views and

DeLabarrk,

jiro torn,

J.

Aj)provod, April

unreserved appi-oba-

tlio

their

therefore respectfully requested

to act accordingly.

tlie

to the C'uininon Council, respecting the answer -whielx

beliooves

tioii

r.OOTY.

Board of

Asst. Alderineu.

]sGl\

Mo.NKOK,

i\Iayor.

true copy,

M. A. Hakki:, Secretary to ^fayor.

The

following

is

Captain Farragut's

communication of the

l".

At anchor

To

Ills

rejily to the flayer's

'iUth ult.:

53.

Flag-Shit IIartford,

off the City of

Now

Orleans, April

18G2.

2>,.

THR Mayor and City Cou^;cil of the City of

Orleaks

IToN'oii

New

Your communication of

the 20111

inst.

has been receive<l,

together with that of the City Council.

I

deeply regret to

see,

both by their contents and the con-

linued display of the Hag of Louisiana on the Court-house,

;i

detei-inination

haul

it

down.

oJi

the part of the city authorities not to

^loreover,

when my

ollicers

and men were

sent on shore to communicate with the authorities, and to

hoist the

United States Hag on the Custom-house,

sliietest

order not to use their arms unless assailed, they

were insulted

in the grossest

had been hoisted by

my order

and dragged tlirouL^h the

manner

^\

ith

and the Hag which

on the Mint, was pulled

streets.

iho

down

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

go to show that the

All ot whicli

lire

'

,31

of this fleet

may bo

(Irawn upon the city at any moment, and in such an event

the levee would in

all

probability be cut

by the

shells,

and

an amount of distress ensue to the innocent population which

I

have heretofore endeavored to assure you that

by all means to
The election

I desired

avoid.
is

therefore with you.

the city within forty-eight

Bat

it

liecomes

my

women and children from

hours, if / liaiiG rlghtli/ uncl','-

duty to notify you to remove

tlie

stood your determination.

Very

respectfully,

your obedient

serv't,

D. G. Farragut,

(Signed)

Flag-OfEcer Wcsteru Gulf Blockading Squadron.

\

After having considered the above communication, the

Council declared
position

its

determination not to recede from the

had requested the Mayor to assume

it

in his pre-

communication addressed to Flag-Officer Farragut.

The joint session then adjourned to meet again this morning
vious

at ten o'clock, to await a re[)ly to the

Mayor's answer

to

the above communication.

The following

is

the Mayor's reply to Captain Farragut's

communication of the 2Slh

ult.

City Hall,

To

Flag-Officer D. G.

Sir

Farragut, U.

New
S.

Orleans, April

29, 18^2.

Flag-Ship Hartford

Your

had that

it

States flag

communication is the iirst intimation I ever

was by " your, strict orders" that the United
was attempted to be hoisted upon certain of our

public edifices, by olficers sent on shore to communicate with

The officers who approached me in your

name, disclosed no such order, and intimated no such design,
on your part nor could I have for a moment entertained
the authorities.

tlie

remotest suspicion that they could have been invested

with such powers to enter on such an errand, while the uego-

BKAUTY AXD BOOTY.

Sli

fbra sunciKlcr betwi.'cn you ami

ti.'xtioiis

were

The

still l)elulilll,^

command,

interl'erence of

llie

city autlioritics

any one under your

were not brouglit to

by me otherwise than as a ila-

as long as tliese negotiations

a close, could not be viewed

graiit violation of those courtesies, if not the absolute i-ights,

which prevail between belligerents under such circumstances.

My views and my sentiments, with reference to such conduct, remain unclianged.

You now renew

the demands,

munication, and you

insist

made

your former com-

in

on their being com])licd with, im-

conditioiially, undci- a threat of

bombardment

williin foity-

me to remove the women ami

they may be protected from your

hours; and you notify

eiglit

children from the city that

shells.

you cannot but know, that there

Sir,

is

no

possi])le exit

from

this city for a population

bers,

one hundred and forty tliousand, and you must,

fore,

be aware of the utter inanity of such a notification.

Our

woiiu'n and children cannot escape from your shells,

it

be your

])Ieasure to
Jiut, if

eti(juette.

which

murder tliem on a mere

they could, there are but

wh() would consent to desert

and the graves of their

tlieir

families

who were once

You

by

their ])iety to the

among them

moment; they

shells rolling

by the

memory

if

(piestion of

over the

dear to them, and would

that they died nut ingloriously

erected

i'ew

numtliere-

and their liomes,

relatives in so awful a

would bravely stand the sight of your

l>ones of those

exceeds, in

still

side of the

deem

tombs

of departed relatives.

are not satislied Avilh the- peaceable i)Ossession of an

undefended

city, op])Osing

no resistance to your guns, be-

doom

with some manliness and digand you wish to humble and disgrace us by the peribrmance of an act against which our nature rel>els. Tliis

cause of
nity

its

bearing

its

satisfaction

We

will

you cannot expect to

ol)tain at

our liands.

stand your bombardment, unarmed and unde-

fended as we

are.

The

civil

world

will

consign to indelible

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

infamy the heart that
that will dare to

will conceive the

consummate

33

deed and the hand

it.

Respectfully,

John
The
Officer

T.

Monroe, Mayor.

communication was received from Flag-

following

Farragut on the morning of the 30th

U.

At

S.

Flag-Suip Hartford,

anclior off tlie City of

New

Orleans, April 39, 1863.

To His Honor the Mayor and City Council of the City of

Orleans

New

Gentlemex

The

surrendered, and

all

Forts

St. Philip

either capitulated or abandoned,

sole representative of

down and

haul

and Jackson having

the military defences of the city being

you are required,

any supposed authority

as the

in the city, to

suppress every ensign and symbol of govern-

ment, whether State or Confederate, except that of the

United

States.

am now

about to raise the flag of the

United States upon the Custom-house, and you will see that
it is respected with all the civil power of the city.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
Flag-Officer

D. G. Farragut,
Western G iilf Blockading Squadron,

The following message from the Mayor was received by

the

Common

30th

Council, at an adjourned session held on the

ult.

City Hall, April

To THE Common Council

Gentlemen

Since

30.

your

last

meeting, events have oc-

curred which will occupy a conspicuous place in the history

of the country and of the age. It is unnecessary for me

more than
well

briefly to recapitulate them.

known from

Tliey are sufficiently

the publicity which has attended them and

I'.EAUTV

S4:

llie

reports of

llio

AND BOOTY.

public press.

It

enougli for

is

mc

to state

yesterday morning, the answer you liad agreed upon

tliat,

to Flag-OfHcer Farragut's

demand

of the day before, was

transmitted to him through the liands of my secretary, ]Mr.

J >aker, wiio was accompanied by Messrs. Soule and McClellan.
The result of the interview of Mr. Baker with the United
States commander, Avas that the latter abandoned his pur-

pose of bombarding the

removing the Hag from

city,

and

signified bis intention of

this building

by means of

own

his

Accordingly, at 12 o'clock, Captain Bell, accompa-

force.

by an escort of United States marines, with two cannon,

came to the City llall, and the Hag was then taken down by
the United Stated oilicer. Thus, the position assumed by
nied

New

Orleans has been fully sustained.

am

glad to say the peace of the city has been preserved

during the excitement of the

my power

last

few days, as

The

to eftect that object.

far as

it

was

in

violations of public

order Iiavc been few in number and slight in character.

This

owing to the valuable services rendered by the Eutils general commanding, and the
and energy of the ordinary police force. It is still, and
is

ropean Brigade, Paul Juge

zeal

will for

some days be necessary

to continue these efforts for

the preservation of public tranquillity, and I would therefore

request you to authorize or suggest

some arrangements by

which the services of the European Brigade

present retained.

number of

me

within

I liave

police, in
tlie last

may

be for the

been compelled to increase the

order to meet the demands

few days, and such increase

dent ouglit to be maintained.

hope you

jirovision for the excess of expenditure

will

made upon
I

am

confi-

make some

over the amount pro-

vided for in the budget, thus demanded by the public necesI would likewise suggest that such action as may
Kcem expedient be taken I'ur the relief of those of our pop-

sities.

ulation

who

are

now

in a suffering condition for the

the ordinary necessaries of

Kesi)cctfully,

want of

life.

John

T.

Monroe, Mayor.

BEAUTY AND
The

1300TY.

35

following letters, which were laid before the Council

in joint session

demand

on the

1st instant,

for the surrender of

New

make

tlie

I\LvTORfVi,TY

or

City Hall,

To THE Common Council in Joint Session

Gentlemen

history of the

Orleans com})Iete

New

May

1,

Orleans,
18G2.

herewith lay before you a co]iy of a com-

munication received yesterday from Flag-Officer Farragut.

You

will

observe that the note intimates a misinterpix'talion,

on the part of the city authorities, of Flag-Ofiicer Farragut's

jirevious

communication.

no reasoning mind can

the 28tli
of this

inst.,

fail

venture to say, gentlemen,

to place on the note of

tliat

Monday,

it by the peoi)]e
remove our women and

the interpretation attached to

The

city.

notification to

we ailhere to our
down our flag, can be consti'ued in no
threat to bombard the city.
The mean-

children within forty-ciglit hours, in case

resolution not to haul

other

way than

as a

ing was plain, not only to us, but to the consuls of the
foreign nations residing here.

ment

is

But

in so clear a case

argu-

superfluous.

Flag-Otiicer Fari-agut informs us that, in consequence of

the ofiensive nature of our answer to his threat, he declines

further communication with us,

and

shall,

General Butler, hand the city over to

tainly should

liis

on the arrival of
cliarge.

be conscious that the city of

New

He

cer-

Orleans

sought no communication with him or his forces, and that

the cessation of intei'course, while
his will, could not f ul to
liim.

It

would add

General Butler find

still

it

it

depended entirely on

be quite as agreeable to us as to
further to our gratification should

equally unpleasant to hold communi-

cation with the city.

Respectfully,

(Signed)

John

T. MonpwOE, Mayor.

BEAUTY AND BOOTV.

SG

r.

At anchor

S. Fn-VG-Siiir

off the City of

IIaktford,

New

Orleans, April 30, 18G2.

To nis Honor the Mayou and Ch't Ooxtnch, of

Gentlemen

inl'unncd

liaul

and that

Hall,

down

my

my

in

men were

tiiey landed,

to

understood

treated with insult

and that

if

be the determined course of the people, the

the vessels migl.t at any

of
it,

even with a flag of truce,

1o coniniunicate with the authorities, etc.,

was

the Hag of Louisiana on the City

olHcers and

and rudeness when

New Orleans

coinrauiiication

your determination, as

28tli of April, tliat

Mas not to

you

moment be drawn upon

such

fire

of

the city.

This you liave tliought proper to construe into a deter-

mination on jny part to murder your

and made your

intercourse

my

it

will

children,

terminate our

and so soon as General Butler arrives

forces, I shall turn

resume

women and

letter so offensive, that

Avith his

over the charge of the city to him, and

naval duties.

Very

respectfully,

your obedient servant,

D. G. Fakkagui',

(Signed)
Flag-Officer

Western Gulf Blockading Squadron.

THE ERENCII CONSUL'S niOTEST.

AVo

l)ave

been shown a copy of what purports to be the

protest of tlie

commandant of

i^'rcnch sloop

now

]''arragut, of the

in

our

I'Aviso-a-vapeur do Milan, the

i)ort,

Commodore

addressed to

United States squadron, against the threat

of boml)ardment of this city.

It is in the following

terms:

C'OMMANDKR OF TUE UNITED STATES SQUADRON, NOW IN TUE POUT

OF New Orleans
:

Sill

Sent by my government to protect

]>roperty of

its

citizens,

who

the persons and

arc here to the

thirty thousand, I regret to learn at this

have accorded a delay of forty-eight hours

tion of the city

by the women and

number

moment

children.

of

that you

for the cvacua*

I

venture to

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

observe to you that this short delay

is

ridiculous, and, in the

name of my government, I oppose it.

tion to bombard the city, do it
but

If

will

have to account for

this

your resolu-

barbarous act to the power

demand

In any event, I

which I represent.

it is

wish to state that

you

37

De

the evacuation.

sixty days for

Clouet,

Comiuaudaut of the steamer Milan, opposite the

City of

New

Orleans.

We were cheered by one of the editors of a daily paper

making the following remarks. It described our situation
well

FALLEN, BUT NOT DISGRACED.

" Let US not be humiliated.
in this

New Orleans has borne herself

great struggle as became the renown of her people.

She has fought, singly and alone, with her own resources,
and those

ot a small State,

with

less

than a half million of

and military power of a great nation

of twenty millions of people, and with vast military resources.
})opulation, the naval

She has kept that

months.
power.

hostile nation at

bay

for

more than twelve

She has only yielded now to an overwhelming

Her only protection, the foits below the city, have

held out for ten days against a hostile squadron bearing over
three hundred guns, including mortars of unusual calibre,

and against a land and naval force of many thousands. It

was only when the small garrison of these forts were worn
out and exhausted by the constant toil and sleejilessness of
an uninterrupted bombardment of ten days that they suc-

cumbed.

When

the United

States squadron

succeeded

were met by a small and

weak squadron of gunboats, which grappled their huge ships,
and fought until they were sunk or blown up. The success
stealthily in passing the forts, they

of the hostile squadron in passing the forts

their

mercy.

The

surface of the Mississippi,

left

the city at

now at

its

high-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

38
est

gave their four large

st.iQfc,

frigates, carrying over

one

huiKlrcd large guns, and their ten smaller ships, bearing as

many more, complete range

was

folly

tlie

city.

long to

of our streets and houses.

Our

such a power.

resist

troops had

It
left

There only remained the foreign brigades, the

women and children. The demeanor of

non-combatants, the

these was noble and heroic

'

When

on a point of

honor to

us,

there was no

beyond

all

example.

etirpiette to

the city was

no hesitation, no

])anic,

them, but a point of

menaced with

consequences would have been in such a

ol'

fear.

bombardment,
Awful as the
no place

city, Avith

awaited

retreat, save to the swam])s, the people cheerfully

the

I'ate

with which they were threatened.

dared to yield the point of honor, the

scourged them froni the

The

If the

women would have

]>ut there

city.

men had

was no

yielding.

worthy of the ]ieople. Xo flag

none hoisted but that which the en-

authorities were

civil

was lowered by them

alone ccruld by his jihysical force raise. Tlie invader
met no friend, no ally, no sympathizer among us. The people presented their breasts to his guns and bayonets in a
solid iihalanx.
Thus far, we can honestly say, that, except

emy

in the inconsistent, unauthorized,

commanding

oilicer

of the

and cruel demand of the

licet, relative

and

in

the

enemy has borne himself

the event of refusal the menace to

witli

to the State flag,

bombard

the city,

dignity and propriety.

The terms

yielded to the gallant garrison of our forts were

liunor.able.

The ofticers retired on their ]iai'ole with their

The highest tributes were paid l)y the enemy to

side-arms.

the heroism of the defence.

"The

l''nited

States flag waves over the city.

flag of the conqueror.

the standard which

in

it

Its

It

is

the

made doubly dear

That will be embalmed

presence has

has displaced.

the heails and memories of this jieople.

"This sad

fite has

come upon our

our people and authorities.

city

Louisiana was

from no
left

fault of

alone to de-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

fend this great

The

city.

were prepared, armed, and

forts

defended exdusively by the troops of

by

this State

the

river

manned by our own volunRichmond gave us little aid, and,

hastily constructed gunboats,

teers.

The Government

indeed, embarrassed us

The
if

39

at

by the aid which

it

attempted to give.

defences would have been stronger and

a Confederate naval officer had never had

river.

The

more formidable

command

in

our

lack of energy and earnestness on the part of

the agents of the Confederate Govei'nment deprived us of

the most powerful of our resources for defence.

Indeed,

had not our resources been drained for the defences of other
and far less important portions of the Confederacy, Louisiana

would have had ample means for the maintenance of her own
integrity.
But we had already nearly exhausted our military resources to protect distant sections of our Confederacy.
" There
cities

is

another source of consolation to

which we are now passing through.

London, Madrid, Antwerp, and

all

rope, have in turn been occupied

in

our

us.

All the great

of the world have been subjected to the humiliation

own

country, Boston,

New

Paris, A'ienna,

by

hostile armies.

There

is

no disgrace or dishonor

only disgrace and dishonor that can

we surrender

So, too,

York, Philadelphia, Wash-

ington, Charleston, and Savannah, have had to

invaders.

Moscow,

the great capitals of Eu-

come

succumb to

in this.

The

to us will be Avhen

the convictions of our minds, the loyalty of

our hearts, and the duties of our conscience.

victory has been

won by

the moral victory

the invader

is ours.''

it is

The

physical

for us to see that

BEAUTY AND BOOTY

40

CHAPTER
So

tlie

IV.

days passed by until the 1st of May, when the cry

come to town.

arose that "ricayune Butler" had

One

of his adherents gives the following description of the

latter part of their

"

dant

sugar-fields,

voyage from the North

a joyful trip np the river, among the
:

The troops had

welcomed, as the

fleet

ver-

had been, by caper-

ing negroes.
transport Mississippi, with her old complement of

"The

fourteen hundred men, and Mrs. Butler on the quarter-deck,

day of Ainil,
by the
one of those intoxicating moments which repay
setting sun
soldiers for months of fatigue and waiting.
"At noon on the 1st of May, the Mississippi lay alongside
hove

in sight of the forts at sunset,

" It

on the

was an animated and glorious

last

scene, illumined

the levee at

What

Xew

their golden

and to think
ized

Orleans."

a delightful time they must have had, to be sure,

their

dreams were so soon to be

real-

thieving propensities gratified in this El Do-

rado of America!

To imagine

that creatures, such as are

.seldom seen, unless paying a visit to the penitentiary, should

be turned loose upon a wealthy, refined, and enlightened

community! Oh, such \ookwg objects as they were witli
!

old

slouched hats, and clothes to match

ll(jJd-I>lue

looking

slept in

them, and water was scarce;

their daguerreotypes should

have been taken, and sent to

as

though they had

Bariunn's

We

Museum.

h.ave

lionored

AVc expected

them too much by noticing them.

to have seen a

grand cortege passing from

the INIississippi through the streets; but, " as usual," were

disappointed.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

There was a perfect rush to see
of

human

The

authority.

a long time

noise

41

this awful representative

was deafening.

hour after hour passed away,

eyes looked long and anxiously to catch the

We waited

many
first

anxious

glimpse;

tliose

on horseback rode from street to street with despera-

tion

others ran with

all

speed from corner to corner to

obtain a sight.
Tlie crowd which had been disappointed at one section,
came pouring in from another quarter.
At length, Avhen anxiety was at its height, a stir among
the multitude advised us that the Butler troop was approaching. Then came the tumult, noise, and discord of
every kind. " Shouts, langhs, and screams, came revelling

wind

in the

!"

First to be seen

was a great parade of

military.

Then

General Butler, Avith a row of soldiery each side of him,

closed in the rear with soldiery, and a

band playing " The

Star-spangled Banner."

of course, accompa-

Butler's

staif,

nied him.

Men, women, and children, of all ages, ran along the sidenegro women, with torn clothes and slip-shod shoes,
a head-handkerchief and basket, jostled against her neiglibor dressed in broadcloth, with a stove-pipe hat all went

Avalks

splashing through the

mud

to get the

cake-stands were overturned, and tin

first

cofiee-pots,

sight

together, one elbowing the other

with their contents, rolled into the gutters.

It was a scene which will not soon be forgotten ; all

seemed to be fearful that it would be the only chance they
might have of seeing " Picayune Butler."
Had he been mounted, there would not have been so

much elbowing and crowding;

but, at that time, horses

were not a " miUtary necessity."

Some, in hopes of having a better view, had gone on in
advance so the corners c4" tlie streets were crowded before
;

the Caravan arrived.

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

42

As

soon, liowcver, as thoy

and pompous

saw

lUitler,

indignation of the canaille

knew no bounds

language too gross to accost him

screams were music to

and ihc triumpliant

Yankees, and lieard the music, the

strut of the

witli

tongues

t/ieir

tliey

the

every

knew no

newsboy's

epitliet wliich

could be applied to the vilest was heaped upon him, and

this

ended only Avhen he was

safely ensconced in the Cus-

tom-house.

Leaving the place well guarded, he that night returned

tp the Mississippi, as his wife

was

there.

y The next day, he took possession of the

as his headquarters

New

tary Governor of

frigates, ten gunboats,

sels

and other

craft,

port, with their

This valiant
the hotel

Charles Hotel

Orleans, through the agency of

and some dozen or so of mortar

live

ves-

the strongest of which were lying in our

enormous

batteries bearing

man had cannon

their

St.

he was inducted into authority as Mili-

upon our

city.

placed upon the portico of

mouths opening upon

St.

Charles Street

others were revei'sed, Avith their mouths ojiening into the

chamber of

where he

state,

sat

Cannon were placed

at

the corners and around the building, so as to be ready at

any moment, upon one of

his

f<lf/}ia/s

being given, to

lire

ujion intruders.

Sentinels

marched wilh bayonets pointing to heaven,

front and aro>md the scpiare.

The
sion

in

general, no doubt, breathed iVecly, nnt fearing intruhis Vfout;/

was

gratified, as

and admired the man who

Avas "

the darkies looked on

Massa Abe Linkum's''

fiicud.

While

all

was

A'cry pleasant in-doors, the

ing sad havoc outside.

it

ifit

It

was

]>l.y-

coidd only have gotten hold of" I'icayune," he would

not have troubled any one for

His

mob was

a diflicult matter to restrain

stafl',

his wife,

that "Mrs. Lovell"

any length of time.

and her hair-dresser (whom report says

left

behind), all thought they had very

BEAUTY AND BOOTY,

43

comfortable quarters, although rather large for bo small a

family.

His

first act,

after resting "

spell,''''

was

to issue a procla-

mation, Avhich he had written no doubt before his arrival, and

send

it

to the office of the True Delta newspaper, to

be

This the editor refused to have

published as a handbill.
done.

Butler ordered the

office

with "bayonets,"

diers,

some of them,

by

printers

Hnding the type, paper,

to be closed

who drew up
trade,

went

etc., therein,

sent a

A few days
office

into the office,

and

After finishing

they departed.

after the proprietor

was

alloiced to have his

opened again.

This was the

ing

of sol-

used them for printing

the proclamation as a " military necessity."

off several copies,

file

before the building;

them

to

first

tijrannieal act, although, perhaps, oblig-

open the

be called the

St.

Charles Hotel for his benefit might

first.

THE PROCLAMATION.
IIeADQUAKTERS PePARTITENT of the GUTiF,
New Orleans, May 1, 1803.

The

city of

New

Orleans and

its

cnvirojis,

with

all

its

and exterior defences, having been surrendered to

,the combined naval and land forces of the United States,
and having been evacuated by the rebel forces in whose
interior

now in occupation of
who have come to restore

possession they lately were, and being

the forces of the United States,

and rpiict
under the laws and constitution of the United States, the
order, maintain jjublic traiKpiillity, enforce peace

commanding the forces of the United States

Department of the Gulf, hereby makes known and
proclaims the object and purposes of the Government of the
United States in thus taking possession of the city of New
Orleans and the State of Louisiana, and the rules and regu]\[ajor-General

ill

tlie

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

44
lations

by

Avliicli

the laws of the United States will be for

the present and during a state of war, enforced and maintained, for the plain guidance of

United
been

good

all

citizens of the

who may

States, as well as others

heretofore have

in rebellion against their authority.

Thrice, before, has the city of

Xew

Orleans been rescued

still more
money and arms

from the hand of a foreign government, and

calamitous domestic insurrection
of the United States.
crontrol

of

its

It has,

by

the

of late, been under the military

of the rebel forces claiming to be the peculiar friends

citizens;

and

mander of the

judgment of the com-

at each time, in ihe

military forces holding

has been found

it, it

necessary to preserve order and maintain quiet by the ad-

Even during the interim from

ministration of law martial.

its

evacuation by the rebel soldiers, and

by the

the city have found

it

of an armed body

known

]trcserve

])ublic

necessary to

of

the intervention

"European Legion," to
The Commanding General,

as the

tranquillity.

therefore, will cause the city to be

actual possession

civil authorities

call for

toration of municii)al authority, and

the law martial

its

United States, the

soldiers of the

a measure for which

governed

until the res-

by
would seem the pre-

liis

it

further orders,

vious recital furnishes suilicient precedents.

All persons in arms against the United States are required

to surrender themselves with their arms, equipments,

munitions of war.

The body known

as the

and

"European

Legion," not being understood to be in arms against the

United

States,

but organized to protect the

erty of the citizens, are invited

forces of tlie

still

United States to that end

not be included in the

tcrijis

lives

and prop-

to co-operate with the

;

and, so acting, will

of this order, but will report

to these headquarters.

All Hags, ensigns, and devices, tending to uphold

any au-

thority whatever, save the flag of the United States and the
tlags of foreign consulates,

must not be exhibited, but

su|>-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

45

The American ensign, the emblem of the United

must be treated with tlie utmost deference and respect by all persons, under pain of severe punishment.
pressed.
States,

Government of the
renew their oath of allegiance, Avill
receive the safeguard and protection in their persons and
property of the armies of the United States, the violation ot
which by any person is punishable with death.
All persons well disposed towai'ds the

United States who

All persons

shall

still

holding allegiance to the Confederate

deemed

States will be

rebels against the

Government

of

the United States, and regarded and treated as enemies

thereof.

All foreigners not naturalized and claiming allegiance to

and not having made oath of

Government of the Confederate

their respective governments,

allegiance to the supposed

States, will

be protected

persons and property as

in their

heretofore under the laws of the United States.

who may

All persons

heretofore have given their adher-

ence to the supposed Government of the Confederate States,

or have been in their service,

up

their

arms and return

who

shall lay

down and

to peaceful occupations,

deliver

and pre-

serve quiet and order, holding no further correspondence

nor giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the United

States, will not

except so

be disturbed either

exigencies

as the

in person or property,

imder the orders of the Commanding General,

far,

of the public service

may

render ne-

cessary.

The keepers

of all public property, ivhether State, National,

or Confederate, such as collections of ait, libraries, museums,

as well as

armed

all

head(iuarters

war

public buildings,

vessels, will at
;

all

once make

all

full

munitions of war, and

return thereof to these

manufacturers of arms and munitions of

will report to these

headquarters their kind and places

of business.
All

rights

of property,

of

whatever

kind,

will

bo

BEAUTY

4G
inviolate,

lield

AXi)

subject only

J500TY.

laws

the

to

United

the

ol"

States.

All inhabitants are enjoined to i)ursuc

tions;

all

sho})s

and

to be kept open in
l)e

had

in

tlie

tlieir

usual avoca-

of business and amusement, are

])]aces

accustomed manner, and services to

churches and religious houses, as

times of

in

])ro-

found peace.

Keepers of

all

public houses, coffee-houses,

and drinking

and numbers

saloons, are to report their luxmes

to the office

of the Provost-Marshal, will there receive license and

hfld responsible for

all

Ije

disorders ami disturbance of the peace

arising in their respective jilaces.

A sufficient

force will be ke})t in the city to preserve order

and maintain the laws.

The

killing of

son or mob,
anil will

is

an American soldier by any disorderly per-

simply assassination and murder, and not war,

be so regarded and 2)unished.,

The owner
such murder
therefor,

of any house or building in or from which

shall

be committed

and the house be

will

liable to

be

lield'

responsible

be destroyed by the

military authority.

All disorders and disturbances of the jjcace done

by com-

bination and numbers, and crimes of an aggravated nature

interfering with forces or laws of the

United

misdemeanors

will

ehooses to

act.

it

will

of

other

be subject to the municipal authority

between

Civil causes

i)arty

be referred to the ordinary tribnnals.

euljci'tion

be

States, will

referred to a military court for trial and punishment

all ta.ves,

save

tho.-^e

if

and party

The levy and

imposed by the laws of

th(!

I'nited States, are suppressed, except those lor keeping in

repair

and lighting the

streets,

'fiiose are to l)e collected in

The

and

for sanitary pm-poses.

the usual manner.

circulation of Confederate boiuls, evidences of debt,

e.\eept notes in the similitude

Conl'ederate Slates

o\'

liaidv-notes i.ssued

by the

or scrip, or any trade in the sanu>,

\:i

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

strictly forbidden.

It liaving

manding General, by the

47
tlie

Com-

authorities, that these

Con-

been represented to

civil

federate notes, in the form of bank-notes, are, in a great

money which

measure, the only substitute for

the peo})le

have been allowed to have, and that great distress would

ensue

among

the poorer classes

if

the circulation of such

notes were suppressed, such circulation will be permitted so

may

lung as any one

them,

Xo
bill,

till

be inconsiderate enough to receive

further orders.

by newspaper, pamphlet, or handgiving accounts of the movements of soldiers of the

publications, either

United States within

this

upon the United States or

department, reflecting in any

way

or tending in any Avay

its oflicers,

mind against the Government of the

be permitted and all articles of war
comments, or correspondence, making

to influence the public

United

States, will

news, or editorial

comments upon the movements of the armies of the United

mnst l)e submitted to the examination

States, or the rebels,

of an otticer

who

will

be detailed for that purpose from these

headquarters.

The

transmission of

all

be under the cliarge of an

communications by telegraph
oflicer

The armies of the United

will

from these headcpiarters.

States

came here not

to destroy,

but to make good, to restore order out of chaos, and the

government of laws

in place of the passions of

end, therefore, the eftorts of

all

men

to this

well-disposed persons are in-

vited to have every species of disorder quelled, and

if

any

duty or

soldier of the

United States should so

his flag, as to

commit any outrage upon any person or prop-

erty, the

Commanding General

far forget his

requests that his

name be
may be

instantly reported to the provost guard, so that he

punished, and his wrongful act redressed.

The municipal

authority, so far as the police of the city

and crimes arc concerned, to the extent before

liereby susjiended.

indicated,

ig

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

48

All assemblages of persons in the streets, either

by

ni<;ht,

The various companies composing

in

New

tions,

b)'

dny or

tend to disorder, and are forbidden.

tlie

Fire Department

Orleans will be permitted to retain their organiza-

and are to report to the office of the Provost-Mar>hal,

may be known and not interfered with in their

so that they
duties.

And,

finally, it

may be

emimeration, that
iini)osed so

authorities,

long
it

sufficient to add,

without further

the requirements of martial law will be

all

as, in

may be

the

judgment of the United

necessary.

And

while

it is

States

the desire

of these authorities to exercise this government mildly and

after the usages of the past,

it

must not be supposed that

it

not be vigorously and firmly administered as occasion

Avill

calls.

By command

Major-Geneual Butler.

of

Geo. C. Strong, A. A.

G.,

Chief of

Staff.

CH APT Ell
AiTKU

Butler had become di)mesticated in the St.

y\r.

riiarlcs Hotel, the following items

We givo iheni

zens

appeared

LAST roKiv-roru nouns.

give to-day, ibr the benefit of those

who may

in the i)apers.

in full

'Jiiic

We

V.

among our

yet be ignorant of the real state of

and we have reason to believe that the number

a brief history of what has occurred
limited

since

Friday

last.

On

is

citi-

affiiirs

not very

in the city

the morning of that day, Federal

Bentries having been placed at each entrance to the City

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

French, General Butler's l*rovost-MarshaI,

Hal], Captain

proceeded to the Mayor's

trate,

49

parlor,

where he met the magis-

and informed him that the General would soon

issue

a proclamation, and Avished to have an interview with him

The latter was sent for, and

and General Paul Jiige.
promptly answered to the invitation.
His honor, after
warmly thanking him for the valuable services he and his

command had rendered New

tion they

Orleans, for the zeal and devo-

had brought to the discharge of their

faithful

and

onerous duties, requested him not to disband his brigades,

was completely restored, and no fear entertained

projaerty.
General Juge retjirned his thanks
for the compliment paid to himself and his soldiers, and
added that the latter were tired down but Avould remain
under arms, if an arrangement to which the Mayor had preuntil order

for

life

aud

viously alluded, could be concluded in a few hours.

That,

furthermore, General Butler had taken possession of the

city,

aud was responsible, he thought,

fur the preseivation

of good order.

The Mayor subsequently had an

interview, at the Federal

lieadqiwrters, with General Butler,

who declared

that he

had only come here to restore 'New Orleans and Louisiana

that he had no desire to resort to hard
to tlie Union
;

measures, but to be conciliatory, as far as possible

he was willing to

facilitate, as for as

that

he could, the transit

ot

provisions to the city, and wished the Mayor's co-opei'ation

in

tlie

clined

government of the
by his honor, as was

city.

This proposition was de-

also that to co-operate witli the

Provost-Marshal, and a third proposition, that the police

should report directly to the Federal headquarters.

finally

agreed that the Mayor and

meet General Butler

in

It

was

Common

Council should

At

the appointed

the evening.

time, the views of the authorities as to the terms on which

they would continue to administer the

were made known

to

the

Federal

affairs

of the city

commander through

]5KAUTV AND BOOTY.

50
Pierre Soule.

lliird

and

is

that the

result

tlie

perfectly untrammelled

municipal

ail'airs

interview wiis iixed for Saturday,

Mayor and

free

Council remain

tlie

to act as formerly, as

are concerned

as

i'ar

hut the right to deal with

parties charged with political offences, or interference wilh

the

military ])0\ver,

belongs exclusively to the

"We understand

I'rovost-Marshal.

Federal

other imj)ortant

that

matters, including the su])ply of provisions, Avere also satisfactorily settled.

On

Satui-day morning, (General Butler's proclamation, for

the printing of which the job office of the True Delta had

been seized, made

its

ajipearance on our streets, and was

by those mIio were lucky

attentively and anxiously read

enough to procure
mind,

As

copies.

we have nothing

to its eifect on the piTblic

to say.

subjoined notices, which

we

It

was followed by the two

give as they appeared in yes-

terday morning's True Delta

(fENER.Vr, OliDEKS No. 17.

IIkADQIARTEUS DErAKT>rENT OF THE GULK,

New
The

proprii'tor of the

refused to

manding

pi-int

this

suspended

Xew

Orleans, ^ray

2,

Orh'ans True

18G3.

Di-lla,

having

the proclamation of the Major-(ieneral

Department, the

])u])rication

until furtlier orders.

command

]>y

Com-

of that pajjcr

is

of

]Ma.!ou-G e.vkhai, 1>uti,er.

Geo.

Strong, A. A.

C.

(!.,

Chief of

Staff.

Ge.nekal Okdicks No.

18.

DEPARTMENT OK THE G ULE,

New Orleans, May 3, 1802.

IlEADtiUAllTKUS

General Orders No. IT, current

(juarters,

suppressing the

jiewspaper,

is

hereby revoked, and

the limitations cxpres.sed in

instant,

is

series,

perniilted.

from these head-

jmblication of the True

its

Delta

publication, under

the proclamation of the

1st


]3EAUTY AND BOOTY.

Commanding General

Tiie

and

ability of his oiHcevs

liaving

soldiers to

51

ilemonstrated

do every

the

deemed

tiling

necessary for the success of his plans, witliout any aid from

any

citizen of

New

Orleans, will

show the

uselessness of

armless and unavailing o})position by the people

interfere no further with that press.

desires to

By command

of

Major-General Butler.
Geo.

C.

Strong, A. A.

THE

We

G.,

Chief of

Staff.

EUROPEAI'T liRTGADE.

are gratiheil to learn that the public-spirited gentle-

men composing

this brigade,

who have been

protecting the

liomes and property of our citizens during the

days, yielding to the solicitations of a large

most respectable

citizens,

perform

for a

this

duty

])ast

four

number of our

have consented to continue to

few days longer, although

been their intention to retire the

moment

it

had

the United States

authorities took possession of the city.

In thus continuing to perform so severe and disagreeable

a duty, these gentlemen are doing us a service Avhich canall who love order and desire that
may remain unsullied, and we hope

not be over-estimated by
tlie fair

that

lame of the

city

no man, be he ever so much under the influence of the

excitements of the day, will

foil

to bear

it

in

mind.

THE EUKOPEAX AND FRENCH BRIGADES.

After having, for several days and nights, during a time
of great excitement, contributed very largely to the protection of

life

and property, and thus rendered services of ines-

timable value to the city, of which a grateful people will

composed entirely
were disbanded on Friday evening

cherish the remembrance, these brigades,

of foreign residents,

by the
commanding general

the necessity for their further services being obviated

changed condition of

aflairs.

As

their


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

52

''

justly says, their

mission

accomplishccl,''

is

and

tlicir

"con-

duct has been most meritorious."

TO OVn KEADEIIS.
and

]\Iany of our old friends

and counsel,

us Ibr advice

They may,

sorrow.

])atrons, doubtless, look to

this

in

liour of humiliation

and

look to us lor an expression of the

also,

eternal enmity which animates their hearts,

and the hearts

of every citizen of our beloved city, to those

who have

in-

vaded and conquered us; and not_ always finding on the

small sheet

ill

we

publish matter exactly suited to their tastes,

we have

sorrowfully conclude that

lost the interest

which have always characterized our labors

zeal

and

in their

behalf.

and our readers

If such should be the fact,

wq

rience the dissatisfaction

them

"We have

at once.

our fellow-citizens, nor

do

to

all

city,

we
and

May

3,

But, in

common

are environed

our

nullify

in

and are prepared

mcU now

with the other journals of the

by difficulties which cramp our abiligood intentions. Daihj (Ji'csccnt,

18G2.
iiox.

riKUUE

sori.E.

some oversight, we have neglected

l>y

undeceive

none of our former interest

their concern,

in

really expe-

will

that our moderate ability will allow, as

as of yore.

ties

lost

we

mention,

until this time, to

accord to our distinguished fcllow-eitizen, I'ierre Soule, the

just

meed of jiraisc which has been

so eminently his due, for

services ably aud enicieiUly rendered in our present troubles.

.\s the a<lviser of the

his

mighty

naval

commander;

To iiilldness and
hoiuir.
front''

In

Mayor and

all

C'ount-il

asihe medium, with

between them and the Federal

force of letters,

as the orator of the peoi)le,

I'ni-lic'irance,

urging them

yet transcendent dignity and

these capacities he lias been the " head and

of a peo[ilo

bowed

in

atlliction,

but not of despair,


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

53

mul whose Aviso and fearless action will be admired to the

" latest syllable of recorded time."
No pen can over-esti-

mate

worth, no words sufficiently recount his lofty

liis

patriotism.

Tuesday morning,

May

G,

18G2.

PERSONAL.

"We
and

learn that the ex-Minister, ex-United States Senator,

late

Provost-Marshal of

this city,

Mr. Pierre Soule, has

been arrested on a high political charge, and that he

probably go North

in the course of a

nON. riERRE SOULE AND SHERIFF MAZUREAD IN

The

will

few days,

NEW YORK.

arrival of Mi*. Pierre Soulo in this city as a prisonei',

same time passenger, on board the Ocean Queen,

and all kinds of inquiries were
made everywhere, to know how he had come, where he was
going, and what was to be done with him. The ca|)tain
and

at the

created considerable interest

says that the conduct of Mr. Soule was exceedingly orderly

and quiet during the whole

cast

son

])assage.

lie was

down or dis})irited, but conversed

who felt disposed to address him, at

by no means

freely with

any per-

the same time being

any conversation of a political nature. lie

was treated in the same way as all the other passengers on
board, no distinction whatever being made.
It was the
careful to avoid

special order of
tion.

General Butler, previous to his embarka-

Mr. Soule came on board the Ocean Queen,

at

New

Orleans, without any guard or protection, and was perfectly

unknown

to the other passengers on board, so quiet and

gentlemanly was

his

conduct.

He was

immediately

fol-

lowed by the gentlemen selected by General Butler to

deliver

him over

to the

United States authorities

iu

this

city.

On

the arrival of the steamer in the harbor, a tug was

iniraediately sent alongside

by the United States

(jjuarter-

P.EArTY AND P.OOTY.

5-i:

master

(.Mr. 'roinpkiiis), for tlic

of convoyiiiLj

])iii-]iose

[uisonor to the United States ^Marslial's office; and,

i)resence on

Ills

was

lie in

ini;

tlie

When

the gentleman with the

it

assembled on

No.

])ier

(^ueen generally

lonii:,

lies

but, as night

the

and

came

on,

it

tlie

stream.

crowd, when
sel in

it

The

citizens

Avhich the

Ocean

was the anxiety

to see

dock

so great

be disn])])ointed, as the vessel

ings in

board discov-

gray beard.

number of

large

(jiiite

at

him, that hundreds loitered about the

day;

and so reserved
was only on leav-

the ncvs of the an-ival of Mr. Sonlo reached the

yesterday morning,-

city,

secret,

vessel tliat the niajorily of those on

who was

ered

board Avas kept so

his general conversation, that

tlie

iiidee<l,

jiier

whole

ibr the

became evident they would

lay riding at her

still

among

disappointnient

was ascertained that Soule had

moor-

the curious
the ves-

left

charge of the United States Marshal, was evinced on

every countenance.
All access to or communication with the distinguished

gentlemen

is

])arty arrived

strictly forbidden.

at

At about one

o'clock the

There was a groat

the ]\[arshal's oilice.

concourse of jiersons present, anxious to see these notabiliMr. Soule was attended by a colored servant, who,

ties.

hand, was as reverential to his master as ever

" Jeames" was to his lordship of I'erkley S(piare.

Avilh hat in

No

one was allowed to converse with the distinguished

Southern prisoners.
inner

oflice,

glance,

in the

we were

They
care of

locked in

wei-e

two

aids

31arshars

tlie

but, from a furtive

able to sec that time, or the cares of this

ilistracted country,

had whitened

his

once dark

hair.

Mr.

Soule appeals to be about sixty-live years of age, with the

keen eye of Daniel Webster, a head

and

a ligure

'J'iie

midway between

charges under which

arrest of Senator Soule, in

was a leader of a secret

like the first Xajioleon,

the rotuiidity of l>oth.

(ieiuM-al

New

socictv,

Ibitler

ordered the

Orleans, were

known

as tlu^

That ho

"Southern

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

member was

Indepciulent Association," of which cacli

emnly sworn

55

to oppose, at the cost of his

the reconstruction of the Union; the second charge

Mr, Soule
of

New

is

the author of the letter sent by

Orleans to

Commodore

tlie

sol-

necessary,

life, if

late

Farragut, and that

that

is

Mayor
he was

the principal supporter of the rebellion in that city.

Upon

the arrival of Marshal Murray, he telegraphed to

Washington

I'or

should be sent

ii^structions as to

where the prisoners of war

he not liaving had

The telegram was

any

official instructions.

sent at ten minutes to three o'cloiik

but

at the closing of the Marshal's office, at half-past five o'clock,

no reply had been received.

In the meantime, Messrs.
Soule and Mazureau were provided with accommodations
Astor House for the night.
June 19. Pierre Soule and his fellow-prisoner of war,
Adolphe Mazureau, remained at the Astor House all last
night.
Mr. Soule suffered intensely from neuralgia, but was
at the

much

No

better in the morning.

answer to the telegraphic despatch of yesterday hav-

ing been received

in

consequence,

non-arrival of Secretary

Seward

in

it

is

supposed, of the

Washington

Murray despatched another telegram

this

Marshal

morning.

In

reply to which, he received directions from Secretary Stan-

ton to transmit the j^risoners

him by Major Kinsman

who had been

delivered to

to Fort Lafayette, " until further

orders."

The Marshal immediately

sent for a carriage, to convey

the Southern gentlemen to their destination.

Nevi York

Herald.
Seizing the printing offices and suppressing the papers

were among Butler's

first

The Crescent was

beneficent acts.

closed because the

owner was a

rebel.

Butler also confiscated his estate, valued at -^150,000, for the

eanie cause.

The Crescent made

a dying speech

BExVUTY AND BOOTY.

56
"Tlial no event

Yankees

tlie

ol'tlie

war

sodisconiiilcdand elmgiined

lia-;

as liie evacuation of !Manasses

indignation consisting in the lact

tlieir

\vittcd

and " to

Yankee

outiclt a

tliat

the secret of

they Avere out-

an offense for which he

is

never forgives you."

The

one of our ohlest and best papers, French and

Ik'e,

English, he allowed to continue ibr a short time but it happened to print something about " bui'ning cotton" which did
;

not please him; so he suj)pressed

and clutching

it,

his

list,

he swaggered across the room, exclaiming, "There! I've

nailed

it

There

to the wall."'
is

good caricature of

a very

this transaction to

bo

seen in the picture shops, and, by the way, his likeness

is

excellent.

Tlu! Picayune, another old farnibj paper, bothered

good
last,

deal

he could not ujidersUind

however, he coneluded

I^ressed that

it

him

puzzled him.

was not loyal ^

At

so he sajv

al.>o.

done

Il'iving

it

it

human

that

all

trouble aiul annoy, he allowed

instinct

could

devise to

them again to publish their

they must have towards him.

papers.
What kindly leelings
With Christian charily, they may forgive him.
The press was trammeled eciually with the people,

"Articles in

reference to

from being written."

"

Xo

tlie

law were prohibited

civil

editorial

comments

to be

made

movements of the dilVerent armies." " Xo statements of war news allowed," without submitting everything

(ui

the

of the sort to the examination- of an

purpose."

So' the

sus|)ended,
hn-al

and

orcbnary functions

it

was reduced

news, with notices of

officer detailed
<.)f

to a ))iere

jiublic health,

and

compendium of

the ])olice govei'u-

nu'ut of the city, and the like; diversilied

tiun,

for that

the press were nearly

by anecdote,

literary, artistic aiul theatrical criticism.

hc-

Indeed,

one of the journals came buldly out: "There are a great

many

tilings occurring

in

and around the

city,

accounts of

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

which woukl be of interest to

we

find

it

oiu- readers, but,

so difficult to discriminate

and that wliich

is

57

not contraband iuteUigence, that

under the necessity of disappointing them.

ter of choice, but

the fact

is,

between that Avhich

It is

we

is

are

not a mat-

one of necessity, as our limits are some-

wliat circumscribed."

Why
ler's

did tliey not amuse their readers with some of But-

"jokes

Here

"The hand

is

one

that cuts your bread can cut your throat."

Another

With one whistle from that Custom-IIousc I

mand the city." Here is a pungent, delicate one
*'

When

he found that quantities

of quinine

into the Confederac}' for tlie sick soldiers, he

the

women were

the " d

even concealed quinine

est set"

can com-

had been taken

remarked that

he ever saw.

They

in the underclotlies of their babies.

The boast which he had made,

that " he had a spt/ behind

the chair of every rebel head of a family," showed that no

lofty ideas

had ever been nurtured by him.

carried into effect, chilled

Some
bestial

He

call

all

him " heasV

but he

is

Such language,

our better feelings.

his habits

miglit be

called

not a beast.

has a soul, which beasts have not, and

when " all

will

stand at the judgment-seat of God, to answer for deeds done

in the
to

body"

whether

for

good or

evil

" ma)/

toe he there

see!''''

Scarcely a day passed that some such piece as the follow-

ing did not appear in the papers

" It has been intimated to the press that no discussion will

be allowed of the right or justice of the proclamations issued

by the United States General commanding

that General Butler, as he expressed

and the Pope of

globe.

We

Rome

it,

in

this

city

considers himself

as the only infallible rulers on the

are, therefore,

debarred from the usual, and

hitherto regarded valuable privilege of discussing the policy

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

58

or wisdom of his edicts.

General Butler further astounded

the conductors of the press,

desire to hear an

by saying

argument on the

that he had a great

aflirmative of the projio-

pition whether the printing jjross, the post-ofiice, or the telegraph had ever benelited mankind. Considering the claim

to high literary and scientific development of

whom

General Butler represents

of America

had

and

the frecpient opportunities he must have

for the discussion of this question

who

]>eople

llie

his vicinity to the Athens

among

that ingenious

wont to debate every subject, sacred or prolane, with unbounded freedom, not to say licentiousness, we
can only exi)ress our surprise that he should not have had
people,

are

an opportunity of hearing
could be done, under

than

it

sess

an

this proposition debated,

much more

when

can be in a community over which he claims to

infallible'

'

We

control.

it

favorable circumstances
jios-

are certainly not in a con-

dition to present the merits of the affirmative of a proposition

upon which an

'infallible

judge' evinces so decided an

inclination towards the negative.

"We could hardly expect

to achieve a greater triumph than that of the lawyer,

who

argued the defendant's side of a certain case before a Dutch

magistrate, and was indignantly stopped with the remark
that the only eiiect of his argument was to confuse a very
case

}>lain

that

the judge had

made up

lawyer was guilty of a contempt of court

dermine

make

his fixed oi)inion.

We

do

his

not, therefore, intend to

by questioning the inBut we think we may, Avith-

ourselves liable for contempt,

flilUbility'

of General ]}utler.

mind, and the

in seeking to un-

'

out touching upon his exalted })Owers aiul attributes, exercise

the small

right

of

seeking further information

inquiring as to the scope, meaning, and

full

of

intent of his

edicts."

We

endeavored, and determined that we icould keep in a

humor;
but how was it jtossible? We determined to
good
move along quietly but were sorely tried.
;

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

CHAPTER

59

YI.

About two months after tlie occnpation of the city by the

Union army, the following sketch was taken of it, July ?!il,
1862:

GENERAL HEALTH.

We

are

now

near the middle of summer, and the sanitary

condition of the city has probably never been better at this

The general

season of the year.

health, indeed, appears to

be improving as the season progresses,

for the

mortuary

week shows a considerable decrease of mortality from that of the week preceding.
This is a gratifying
indication, in face of the fact that we have a large number
report of last

of unacclimated persons

among

and a greater than nsual

us,

proportion of our population remains here from inability to

get' away.

The condition of things

is

due partly to the

arrangements made by the Commanding General for cleansing the streets, partly to the

strict

quarantine regulations,

and, in a measure, perhaps, to atmospheric conditions.

THE "WEATHEK.
The temperature of the atmosphere has been at the highsome weeks, the thermometer ranging from
eighty-eight to ninety-five in the shade in some localities
but we have had compensating breezes, and latterly some
est point for

refreshing

and drenching

rains,

accompanied with sheet

lightning, that has relieved the atmosphere of

much

of

its

su2)erliuous caloric.

THE FOOD QUESTION.

There

is

no denying the

duced to the utmost

flict

straits to

that people here are re-

procure a sufficient supply of

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

CO

Flour

\vliolesomo food.

having been sold

al n I'lbiiloiis pvicc

is

over thirty dolhiis

a quantity

and but
numerous families
who, before the wai-, lived eomfoi-tably and even luxuriously
on the rents of property, who liave not had a loaf of wheat
bread for weeks past. Tliese manage to eke out a subsistence l)y means of corn meal, potatoes which are scarce and
high^ and other articles.
The laboring poor cannot, in
some instances, get any thing, and this class daily besiege
the oiVico of the United States Commissary of Subsistence
at

to be liad at

little

tliat.

We

know

])er barrel,

of

for charity.

them

as

From

this source as

Some

cannot be general.

is

has been done for

but temporary, and

.assistance has

been atibrded

tliis

through means adopted by the military au-

class of people
tliorities.

much

practicable, but the relief

About two thousand laborers have been emj^loyed

and making city im})rovements, and
perhaps ten thousand people. The merchants and

in cleaning the streets

this feeds

men
in

of wealth do nothing for the poorer

class,

but lay back

cushioned seats and enjoy the hoarded wealth amassed

by means of speculations and war

contracts.

TKADES AND PROFESSIOXS.

Lawyers and mechanics arc doing nothing, or next to
nothing, and have to live on their little means saved during
seasons of ])rosperity

when

this resource fails,

duced to the alternatives of borrowing or

properties.

they are

re-

selling their small

There are no buildings being erected, nor any

and fences go to wreck in

repairs being made, and houses

consequence.

The

courts are

yers, shcrilfs, clerks, Szc,

lees.

all

closed,

The Supreme Court does not

ceive no pay, lor

of their

salaries,

bo keeps

tlie

and judges, law-

can dream only of salaries and

State Treasurer,

sit,

who

and the judges

has gone off with the Governor

Lis court

is

not

known

re-

has the disbursing

to the wisest.

and

whei'c

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

61

MERCHANTS.
These drive only a small business, of a retail character,
and their sales are confined mostly to goods of prime necessity

for all articles of

luxury are dispensed with, for lack of

means in the consumer to purchase them. Wholesale houses

do no business for the country trade is entirely shut off,
and the city business amounts to almost nothing. On Poydras, Tchoupitoulas, Magazine, and Levee Streets, the princijial marts of produce, the stores are mostly shut, and the
owners of the buildings do not take the ti'ouble to put "to
;

let"

on their doors,

for there is

these streets the grass

is

no one to rent them.

growing

in

many

Avhole district bears the deserted air of death

and

desola-

days when the yellow scourge was

tion, as in the sorrowful

upon

In

and the

places,

ns.

THE LEVEE.
all was life, bustle, and animation,
embryo crops of oats are springing up
Formerly the wharves were piled
tlirough the wharves.
with cotton and the products of the great "West, but now
not a bale is visible, and only now and then a solitary vehicle
is to be seen, engaged, perhaps, in doing some small services
The place
in the Avay of transporting Government stores.
looks as if it had been swept by a plague, such is its bare

Here, where formerly

nothing

is

doing, and

and deserted appearance.

t

HOTELS, ETC.

New

Orleans, at present,

is

without a

Irotel.

The S^

Charles is occupied exclusively by General Butler and staff.

heavy cannon are
Sentinels march in front and around it

placed on the banquette before

Hotels are closed,

soldiers.

and the

St.

The Custom-IIouse

it.

James
is

The City and

is

St.

Louis

a hospital for Federal

occupied by a regiment of

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

02

Lafayette Square is an encampment for

mother regiment, and the Mint is similarly occupied.
The United States military autliorities are occupying the
most central buildings in the city for their hospitals and

Federal soldiers.

A boarding-liouse on Poydras

barracks.

Hall, in the City Hall, the

corner of
lastly,

liave

Camp and

we

Street, the

Canal Streets,

Odd

oflices,

Fellows' Hall, and

James Hotel, on Magazine

hear, the St.

Lyceum

upper rooms of Judson's

Street,

been taken possession offer the several uses indicated.

The Custom-House, in dts unlinished state, is also occupied

by one or two regiments.
New Orleans enjoys a marked advantage over many othei
the delicious southern breezes which spring np towards sundown, and revive the languid and exhausted frames
cities in

of

its citizens.

cities,

there are

In

Xew York,

summer

Boston, and sundry western

nights almost suflbcatingly hot, from

the total absence of a cii-culation of

south wind

I'arely fails us.

air.

Here the evening

And thank God, no human being

can deprive us of these blessings.

Only four years before we have a

from Xcw York
see what thev thought of New Orleans then.
letter

>rATTi:RS AXl) TIIIXGS IX

XKW

Yoniv.

Nicw YoKK, Nov.

The Crescent

22, 1858.

coming winter, will be the "watering place" of the North. So much has been said and sung
and written of your delicious climate, social amusements, arid
City, the

" St. Charles" gayeties,

duiiiig the ne.\t three
as the tide that sets

tliat

the tide of visitors to the South

months promises to be almost as large

northward during the summer. All

the Southern steamers are "full" for weeks in advance; and

Kew
who,

Orleans seems to be the geheral destination of

in

])ursuit of jileasure,

all

health, or business, are ilying

from the frosty rigors of the North.

The

past

week had

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

New

been i;nusually cold for the season, and

doors, lias been decidedly uncomfortable.

ceases on tbe 1st of

raises a cloud of dust,

63
York, out of

Street watering

November, and every puff of wind

composed of pulverized granite, and

other more disgusting matter.

"

The

genial clime that lies

In ten degrees of more effulgent skies,"

becomes particularly attractive about these days, and the

flight of the free and happy birds is a suggestion worth following by all Avho can. But how are all these people to be
New Orleans wants
taken care of when they reach you
!

another

mammoth

hotel,

with the capacities and attraotions

of the St. Charles.

AFTER THE BLOCKADE.

Parts of the city were in mourning.

Passing along some

of the principal streets, Carondelet particularly, the observ-

ing pedestrian could not

stores

granite

The

and

offices

colunrn.'j

tirnis

fail

to notice the great

number of

that had black squares painted on the

where formally there were gilded

that lately occupied those

letters.

commei-cial palaces

appeared to have retired, and the buildings were

in

mourn-

ing.

Such was the case

for

whole squares, the columns of every

store being painted black.

Besides the black squares on the columns, the absence of

was also noticed. Men mounted on ladders

day taking down those signs, which were once

gilt letter signs

Avere every

the symbols of commercial activity.

Butler endeavored to counteract this depression by fining

" Mr. F. J.
stores.

and imprisoning those who closed their

Barriere for refusing to open his store was fined !100, and,
in default of

payment, was sent to the guard house."

Mr. J. F. Guion was fined $100 for not opening wide his
Etore.

He

paid his

fine.

BEAUTY

Ot

1500TY.

AN'l)

Mr. J. p. Danicron, for not opening

the

terms of

proclamation,

tlie

Blanchard and Chr. C. Gale,

jr.,

amounts

This

ibr similar otfences.

"

Oh wad some Power

To

required

Wm.

Mr.

$100.

Co. were fined in like

it

money was made

CIIArTER

After

stoie agieeaLly to

easily,

for " military necessities."

and served

liis

lined

VII.

the giftie gie us

see oursel's as ithers sec

using the

St.

iis !"

Charles Hotel as long as his purposes

the warm weather

and musquitoes having

set in

General Butler took up his headquarters at the delightful

residence of General Twiggs, on Prytania Street

his family

took a sojourn to the North, taking with them, among other

bafTgage, a silver tea-pot from the St. Charles,

This tea-pot not proving to be

brought back
restored to

in the

its

liill,

when

silver,

only

platetl,

the family returned, and

was
was

owner. 7

General Butler was very fastidious about locating his

family

it

He and

must

live in style

his wife visited

" the observed of

all

observers."

many mansions, before making up

choose. They Avere received with

minds which to
Southern hos])itality, as their purposes were not known.
Among others, Mr. Burnside was called upon,
Mr. B
e has a magnificent establishment, occupying a
their

large square of ground in the upper part of the city.

brown

stone mansion stands in the midst, surrounded

mo.st exquisite

and rare plants and

The house was

built

by Mr.

The
by the

ilowers.

llobb, in his ialmy days, as

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

liis

memory

private residence, and

dulging

G5

heaves a sigh when

in-

in reveries of the past.

The perfume of the flowers no doubt pleased the

factory nerves of the

Mr.

knowing

their

of course

much

;"

them

received

courteously, not

nor divining that they were on

mission,

" evil thoughts intent

take so

showed them,

as they appeai*ed to

interest in his alfairs, his library, his drawing-

room, boudoir, conservatory, large pantries

and

glass

old-

visitors.

filled

with cut

plate, paintings, etc., besides a Avell-stored wine-

room and

store-house,

which General Butler could

fully

appreciate.

They expressed themselves

dial adieu,

delighted, and, bidding a cor-

they departed.

The next

day, Mr.

was astonished

meant, the

Mrs.

officer in

had

command

called,

replied

at seeing a

file

Asking what

of soldiers marching up his front avenue.

it

that General and

and admired the premises very

much, and they had come to take possession for them.

Mr. B
e was thunderstruck
such duplicity and mean-

ness

Not

There must be some mistake

at

all

they were sent by General Butler,

etc.,

no

mistake.

Mr.

tioning them,

had

their

not in the least daunted, amused himself ques-

they growing

bolder

all

the while, as they

muskets and " orders from headquarters."

After parleying for some time with them, " they growing
Avarmer, while he gi'ew cooler," he remarked quietly
are mistaken," and, taking a paper

from

liis

pocket,

"

You

showed

the troop that " he was a British subject."

They skedaddled.^

Many
The
'

houses Avere peered into

fine I'csidence

hunting a residence.

of Mr. Suretter, on

Rampart

Street^

vulgarism, altliougla expressive iu the present instance.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

66

the furniture was exquisite, but

2)]e;iseLl

llicni

stylisli

enougli.

The mansion
upon was

Avliich

of Dr.

tliat

they at

was not

it

cast tlieiv longing eyes

last

one of our most ])rominent

11,

physicians, at the corner of St. Charles and Julia Streets.

cost

Its

great,

Avas

stables,

and

parlors not yet furnished

occupied
-Doctor

it,

Avith

elaborately,

finished

Avas

Avould just

It

etc.

etc.,

suit;

and then too Mrs. Dr.

her four children,

Avith

new, the

Avas

all

11

the absence of the

in

how could they be disposed of?

General Butler and

his Avife called,

examined the rooms,

asked Avherc Avere the parlor carpets,

etc.

he could not*

imagine that some feelings Avould recoil and quiver under

his reckless eloquence, his

being seemed to have no sympathy

with any Avho were suffering from Aveariness of

from refined

feelings

outraged

Enough

the

or

spirit

house,

etc.,

suited them.

Late

in the afternoon ]\Irs.

her house

Avas notified to leave

herself and four children suddenly, just before

dark, turned into the street; her horses and carriage taken

from her, and some of her servants,

before spoken of on

Dr.

ll's

About

this

Kampart

Mr. S

e's

Street, Avas stolen,

house Avas furnished for Butler and

time ai>peared

furniture,

and

thus.

his wife.

the newsjiajier a paragraph:

in

TUE KOBBHliV OF DR. CAMPBELL'S SILVEK-AVAKE.

"

The

II. 1).

C
in

investigation of this case

to-day.

r>ell

house.

up and fixed
Butler,

and

When
;

Avere on

the inmates

even the silver-ware.

acquainle<l with

comes on before Judge

particulars, so far as disclosed,

and corporal

lliunplu'cys
ll's

it,

The

This

left,

they

the

Humphreys and

luture

that

Dr.

every thing

Avas

being cleaned

residence of !Major-General

corporal

stole out the plate, Avhieh

left

at

the guard becanu;

fiict

and (he day the hou.se

for

ai'e,

guard

got into the closet,

must have been considerable,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

from

tlie

which he

well-known wealth of the Doctor,

Camp

is

is

it all

to one

Dan Xoonan

for the

a street peddler, and he in turn sold

Street,

This

and, the style in

lived.

" They sold

who

07

named

it

sum of S40
Jew on

to a

J. Leokonitz, for $70."

but a single instance.

It

is

almost impossible to

give an inkling of what our people have suffered, in insult,

wrongs, deprivation of rights, confiscation of property,

seiz-

ing of pri\ate dwellings, and turning into the street the

families

occupying them.

CHAPTER

VIII.

Hundreds of cases have occurred, perpetrated by

officers, luider his official

sanction

tenants, as the caprice of each

Butler'a

from Colonels to Lieu-

might

dictate,

have seized

and taken possession of gentlemen's houses, broken open

wme-rooms, and used the wine. Wardrobes of ladies and
gentlemen forced open and the clothing of whole families,
men, women, and children, used or sent away from the city

not even private portraits of fimilies were respected, but

were sent to auction and sold.

Mr. Jones, a private citizen, had his furniture taken from
Tiie portraits of Mr. Black and wife,
his dwelling and sold.
had
Avere also taken, and Air. J
relatives of Mr. J
,

go to auction and purchase the porti'aits.

Why this outrage was enacted, no one knew, as Mr.
never belonged to the army, nor had he comn)itted
J
any act against the Federal Government, except to leave
the city, to pass the summer at Pass Christian a watering

to

place,

where he had passed every summer of late years.

Tljis is a fair

sample of hundreds, v


BEAUTY AND BOOTY,

C8

The

infamous

iiiosL

where -from

tlie

been seized by army

however,

proceedings,

down

General

are

those

private residences liave

tlie

officers or friends,

and ap[iropriated to

the vilest uses.

The
11

residences of ]Mr.
also of

().

]\[

Mr. T

Mr. L

have been thus shamelessly devoted

Streets,

corner of Canal and

;

and Mr.
I'liillippa

polluting the

houses of high-toned gentlemen, by their ruthless indecencies!

such wretches

be held up to the scorn and

sJiould

contempt of the moral and honorable wherever they may

Tlieir

live.

Some

names are well known

community,

in this

v'

of the chaplains, with black deeds uj)on their vest-

ments, desecrated the sanctuary of God, reading the com-

mandments, and

finishing

by expostulating

their congrega-

tions,

"

Do

as I say,

and not

as I

do

I"

were

.seen,

and marked

for after consideration.

It

was noticeable that very lew remained

comniwdon from such hands

How pleasant it was, when we took up

to receive the

morning, to read such

pieces

as

the paper in the

the following

the

in-

was that he was "acting imder authority from

Like the man wlio was blown u[) by the
Washington."
bursting of an engine, we wondered what would come.
ference,

next.
]Iailing

from

New

England

that

Puritanical country

one would have thought that he had been taught

cliism.

his catc-

commandments "Thou shalt

not covet thy neighbor's man servant,

Ijut-most certainly the

not steal

thou shalt

nor his maid servant, nor

liis

ox, nor his ass (horses.^), nor

were not taught liim in his youth,

or he would not have dared to so violate the divine law
but the order" from his President was more to be regarded
any thing which

is

his,"

''

than the " order" from

Mount

Sinai.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

61)

SECESSION FLAG.

At

.1

mcetirig-

'

of the Board of Aklenucu of Lowell,

cently, the following letter, received

Butler, presenting- a secession ling, whicli

New

re-

from Major-Gcneral

was brought from

Orleans by Colonel Jones, of the 26th Massachusetts

Regiment, was read

Headquarters Department of the Gulf,

New
Mk. Mayok:

Orleans,

I send, enclosed to

The

Fort Livingston, La.

fort

is

June

G,

1863.

your order,

tlie

Hag of

have surrendered

said to

but I have the flag, and I assure you I did not

to the navy
The truth is, the fort surrendered to a heroic
borrow it.
Union girl, Avho has brought me the llag, which I send you,
;

that our people

stance,

may

see for the

what kind of a rag

first,

secession

and, I hope, only in-

and

rebellion jjropose,

instead of the glorious flag of our fathers.

Please have

it

hoisted under the Stars and Stripes, on the City Hall, on the

Fourth of July, and give one thought to your

whom

duty

calls to

I remain,

very truly, your friend,

Bex J.
The Board passed an order
disi)layed

fellow-citizen,

be far away from the city of his home.

F. Butler.

to the efilct that the flag

under the Stars and

Stripes,

on the

be

flag-staff" of

the City Government Building, during Fourth of July, and

lliat it

be preserved as a trophy, and placed with the other

collections relating to secession in the City Library.

THE STATUE OF WASHINGTON.

Washington has been removed

This was done by
Orleans.
order of Major-General Butler, who was unwilling to suffer
the marble image of the Father of his Country to remain

The

celebrated statue of

from Baton Rouge to

New

anion ir savage guerrillas and thieving rebels.

We

have no

BEAUTY AMD

10
knowleelg-c of

what

we could

but

if

not

he.sitate to

York,

(lis])ositioii

1300TV.
Avill

1)0

finally

made of it
wc should

obtain the oar of General Butler,

suggest that

no possible use to

be oifered to the city of

it

adornment of Central Park.

as a gift for the

New

It is of

secessionists.

JOHN

GOXE

M. AVEST

The rejwrtcr of the

Xew

EAST.

Orleans True Delta, John

}!.

West, was arrested yesterday, and, by order of General

1

was sent to Fort Pickens,

hitler,

It has

treason.

been

for aiding

custom to circulate

his

particularly in that rookery on lioyal Street,

sionists

most do congregate

him, and

tell

them

that he

of "great rebel victories

;''

and abetting

in Ijar-roonis

where

seces-

and there gather groups about

was

in yjosscssion of intelligence

but he could not put the facts in

d Yankees would not permit it.

two weeks had passed over after the possession by Union forces, see what was done
On Sunday morning last. May 11, Rev. Dr. Lcacock,
Hector of Christ Church, announced President Davis's proclamation, making Friday of this week a day of humiliation,
his i)aper,

When

fasting,

because the d

scarcely

and prayer:
GENKiiAf,

Okdeus No.

27.

IIeADCJUARTEKS DEPAIlT>rENT OF THE GULF,

New
It

Orleans,

May

13, 18G2.

having come to the knowledge of the Commanding

General, that Friday ne.xt

day of of

I'asting

pro}>osed to be ob.served as a

is

and prayer,

obedience to some supposed

in

proclamation of one Jeflorson Davis,

of the city,

it is

ordered that

"Churches and
times of profound

)io

in the several

religious houses are to be kept

]jeace,''

churches

such observance be had.

open

be had upon the supposed authority above mentioned.

command
Cii:o.

('.

as in

but no religious exercises are to

of

Stkono, a. a. Geuerul.

By

!Majou-Gknekal Butleu.


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

71

Churches were closed and garabling-houses licensed

latter was, perhaps, because

so

it

it

This

was a " military necessity"

was pardonable
Proyost-Marsii.a.l's Office,

New
The keepers
establishments,

of

and

Orleans,

May

18G2.

1,

cofiee-houses, bar-rooms, hotels, ganiiitg

all

billiard-saloons, are

hereby notified that,

accordance with the proclamation of the Major-General

in

commanding the department, they must immediately procure licenses. Any failure to comply with such instruction
will be followed by the immediate closing of the establish]nent,

and the confiscation of the pro])erty of the offender.

Jonas H, Fkencii,
Provost-Marslial,

A NOTE FROM A MAN THAT

'

IS

lieved that there

this city, for the

From

is

Jnne

information received,

4, 1863.
it

always on the alert

and

nels to be quite as wakeful

day they landed here

sentinel

be-

purpose of making a hostile demonstra-

now

in

New

behooves the Federal authorities to be vigilant

first

is

a secret organization being formed in

tion against the scant military force

It

Orleans.

AFRAID.

New Orleans,
Editors Delta

New

who guards

Orleans.

to

bo

particularly to caution the senti-

and suspicious
It

is

as they

were the

noticed that nearly every

a store or other building,

is in

the habit

of leaving his arms behind the door, or some place beyond

his

convenient reach, thereby placing those weapons within

the easy grasp of any organized

body of men wlio

desire to

capture them, and turn them, against the guardians of law

and

liberty.

More Anon.

When General Williams died, in August, the military

were arranged, with all due dressing and straps, in the vestibule and at the door of Ciirist CIjuilIi, uu Can.d Streot.

BEAUTY AND

72

As wc
go in.

BOOTi'.

liad oi'lcn attcndccl that oliurcli, avc llioug-ht

The

Upon

had not yet arrived.

coffin

we

woulil

entering the

the old sexton met us, and told us that vre could
not enter " until General Butler and his staff had arriveil !"
cliurcli,

The

ladies

rt'Ciising

knew

the sexton, and were astonished at his

them admittance; but

his

" Uuller and his

staff"'

"orders" were

We

and could not be disobeyed,

tive,

iinjjcra-

could not wait

I'or

to enter the house orGo'l, so retired

in disi'ust.

CIIAPTEll

i.ADY friend has written

'*

IX.

a tribute" to General JJeaure-

gard, and wc insert it with pleasure:

" His is a name wliicli inspires every trnc-hcartcd South-

erner with mingled feelings of admiration aiul profound

regard.
"

The

and zealous

sincere

interest

he manifested

in his

valiant deeds in their cause sliowed his noltle character.

" lie was a true and high-toned champion, justly deserving a wreath of laurels for his indefatigable exertions to gain
the victory.

"Success always attended him and

army

in repelling

" Tlis destiny led

"lie

ins])ired

his

brave and fearless

the invading foe at every point.

him and duty

his

called.

noble-hearted band

of soldiers ^ilh

bravery, leading them on to victory by his

commanding

precept and exam})le, and encouraging the timid with

high

and

thrilling

spirit

of adventure and

skillful

])is

man-

euvering.

"I must confess that

and

belief,

that

if

have often imlulged the thought

our true-hearted and bravo Beauregard

BEAUTY AND BOOT 7.

had been placed

New

73

hehn iu our much-beloved city of

would have passively surrendered it,
interests and people to the power and mercy
at the

Orleans, he never

or beguiled

its

of the invading

foe.

"I fancy he would have proved truly faithful to his people

and the sacred trust they reposed in him, and his immortal
name would ever be treasured in the hearts and minds of
grateful Southerners.
"

He

for his

Avouhl have been held in everlasting

enduring

remembrance

fidelity to their first cause,

"I only regret that

all

the citizens of our fair South were

not imbued with the same brave

and

fearless

spirit

our

noble Beauregard possessed; but alas! such a commendable

spirit did

"

He

not pervade

many

sections of the South.

has most assuredly proved himself to the world a

brave soldier."
"

stillness reigns o'er

And

When
Is

the city

no-.v,

the prayerful throngs in silence bow,

the holy light of the Sabbath

General Beauregard's appeal for the

touching one
owners, and

he

how

knew how

all

bells

was a very

highly they were prized by the

useful they

were

he knew they were needed, and such

request that

morn

ushered in with a rosy dawn."

still,

faith

nothing daunted,

was placed

in his

the bells which could be gathei-ed were

placed at his disposal.

The

question was asked, v^hy the

obtained the following answer

"

The supply of

tin

was

bells

were needed

deficient

while

abundant, to convert the copper into bronze.

so

much

tin,

that

We

copper was
Bells contain

two thousand four hundred weight of

bell-

metal, mixed with the proper quantity of copi)er, will suf

a field battery of six pieces.
Beauregard's solicitation was for the ])urpose of providing light artillery for the public defence. When General
fice for

"

! ; ;

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

T4

Ilutler took possession, the first thing his eyes gloted

were the

them

bells

upon

he forthwith seized ui)on them and sent

Nortli as a tropliy, the^V*^^ trophy of Ids hard-earned

victory.''''

The following

beautiful verses,

by P.

11.

Ilaync, are from

the Charleston Courier:

ef.aurf.gakd's aiveal.*

Yea thoougli the need is

Take down those sacred
!

bitter,

bells

Whose music speaks of our hallowed

And ])assionate farewells

joys,

But ere ye fall, dismantled,

King out deep bells once more.
And pour on the waves of the pat^sing wind
The symphonies of yore
!

Let the latest born be welcomed

My

pealings glad and long

Let the latest dead in the churchyard bed

Be

And

laid

with solemn song

the bells al)ove

them throbbing

Slioidd sound in mournful tone,

As

if

in the grief for a

They prophesied

Who

says,

'tis

human
own

their

death.
:

a desecration

To strip th(! Temple Towers,

And invest the met al of peaceful

notes

"With death-compelling ])owers?

* Although General Beauregard, in his proclamation, only calls
(lirccdi/ for

the " plantation bells" along the Mississipin River,

it

is

yet clear, from the tenor of his remarks, that the church bcUx would
likewise be acceptable.

Already, the delicately worded hint has been

imderstood, and acted upon.

has contributed the

AVe

fintl

that a single village (Marietta)

bells belonging to its three churches,

and doubt-

lees others will follow the noble exami)le.

It

was

to illustrate the

moral grandeur of such

preceding verses were composed.

sacrifices that the

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

A

truce to cant

and

folly

75

With Faith itself at stake,

Can we heed the cry of the shallow
Or, pause for the Bigot's sake

fool,

Then, crush the struggling sorrow

Feed high your furnace fires,

That shall mould into deep mouthed guns
The bells from a hundred spires.
Mcthinks, no

No

common

transient

war

of bronze.

vengeance,

eclipse.

Will follow the awful thunder burst

From

A cause,

their "

adamantine

lips."

like ours, is holy.

And useth holy things.

And over the storm of a righteous
May shine the Angel's wings.
Where'er our Duty leads

The grace

of

God

is

us.

there,

And the lurid shrine of War may

The Eucharist of prayer.

Having

tlie

bells

The
shown

dlahlerks.

them,

is

sold in Boston,

satisfliction

in

strife,

at

hold

was one of Butler's

having such

the following

jjiece

trcqyhies

sent

taken from one of

their papers:

THE SALE OF THE BELLS IX BOSTON.

The Boston Traveller, of the 30th nit., says:

N. A. Thompson ct Co. sold at auction this

forenoon, at

Lombard's north wharf, East Boston, the lot of church,

plantation, school, factory and other bells, which had been
presented to the rebel Government, to be cast into cannon,

but were captured at

were 418
color,
bells,

in all,

New

ornament, and tone.

loud alarm

Orleans and confiscated.

a motly collection in shape,

bells,

size,

There
weight,

There were the mellow wedding

bells, bells with molten golden

brazen

BEAU'lY

76

and liquid tones.

notes,

metal dealers,

AND BOOTY.

There was a

attendance of

larcjc

church and school committees

relic seekers,

from the country, and of the curious. The labels which declared where they had been used were mostly torn off, although some were found indicating their donors.

The

Xew York,
the

them

greater part of

Avere

cast

the

at

Buckeye

though many were from foundries at

]''oundry, Cincinnati,

^Vest Troy, I*ittsburgh, and Louisville.

number were

Among

several Catholic bells, cast in France

Avith the inscription,

one
"Fait par Jean Bagin, 1785," over a

cross; another cast at Xantes, France, 178G; otliers cast in

One, very elaborately ornamented,

lT7o, 1770, and l7S3.

from the

Avas

Shreveport,

Presbyterian Cluu'ch,

First

Louisiana.

Colonel Tliompson, before beginning the

De

from a Mr.

]*eyster, of

sale,

read a note

Dutchess Count}', N. Y., Avho

desired the jjrivilege of purchasing a bell which he gave

several years ago to the Fpiscopal

Texas, founded by a friend of

Avas driven

ments.

IVom

The

tlie

Church

his, Rca'.

at

Nacogdoches,

Thomas

place on account of his

r)acon, Avho

Union

colonel also took the opportunity to

stirring speech

on

senti-

make

enlisting, taking for a text the bells as

an

evidence of the terrible earnestness of the South.

All Avere sold in lots of from three to one hundred and
eighty-seven, except the three heaviest, sold separately, and
a lew othi'rs botiglit as relies and

lor

imlividual use.

One

was bought, having painted on it the Avords, G. T. J>eauregard, from the I>aptist Church of Durhamville, Teim."
'*

'I'he

piiccs

ranged IVom

21 1 (o

30 cents a pound.

Tlie

bidding was spirited, and the amount realized was pntbably

upwards of
sliips
])ei',

and

lot of iron

consisting of hathing

etc., at 21.^

was

'^.'30,000.

l)atteries, sold for

cents a pound

also sold.

bars for coverinfj steam-

$17 a gross ton.

tuljs, roofnig,
;

lot

of cojv

spouts, sugar-lioilers,

a small lot of bars

and

cast iron

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

From

Wilmington

tlie

(jST.

kind remarks of our friend

77

we hear

C.) Journal

tlie

General Beauregard, ever since the outbreak of

ties, lias

same

occupied a high place

in the affections

of Wilmington.

We

assas, of Shiloh.

Adversity has

hostili-

of the people

admire the hero of Sumter, of Man-

now

given us

new grounds

of attachment to the distinguished leader of our armies.

Ilis

promjjt humanity in sending a distinguished

medical

liis

stall',

member

same

thority to detail other experienced sui'geons for the

Others

purpose, can never be forgotten.

general

of

Dr. Choppin, to our aid, and obtaining au-

may admire

the

we have cause to be grateful to the man.

soon may the solemn silence cease.
And the bells re-echo the notes of peace
May our hearts once more with their music thrill,
And beat responsive to Love and Good Will.' "

" Oil

'

CHAPTER
Before Butler
Market

;"

that

is,

arrived,

X;

we had what was

a market to which

all

called the "

Free

gave gave freely

the grocers, bakers, butchers, all gave for the poor, whose
protectors had

left for

the war.

Steamboats would stop at

the rich plantations, and would be laden Avith vegetables

woidd be

and whatever

else

will

Tlie building used as a receptacle for those

testify.

serviceable, as the following

things stood in the centre of Canal Street,

known

list

as the

Mr. Thomas Murray presided, and thither

resorted, twice each week, some eighteen hundred families

neutral ground.

to be fed, without
in

''

money and without

price."

It

was kept

the most perfect order, and with the most scrupulous

BEAUTY AND EOOTY.

78
cleanliness.

It

large baskets

was

fillet!

i)lcasant to see the

women

This was a God-

ting into the cars, to ride to their homes.

like

charity;

those

blessed

it

with their

to overflowing, with fresh eatables, get-

who gave and

who

those

received.

From
lOlli

in

our note-book, we find the families supplied on the

of April, 1862, were eighteen hundred and thirty-three

number, and the following provisions were distributed,

viz.:

219 bushels corn meal, 15 bbls.

V bullocks,

sacks potatoes, 13 bbls. molasses,

codfish,

1 bbls.

155

rico,

mackerel, 2 boxes

850 cabbages, 800 bunches leeks, 21 sacks peas,

Of the above

3 bbls. turnips, 5 sacks of salt, 2 bbls. vinegar.

number of

families, 1,211

were supplied by

half-jiast

seven

o'clock, A. M.

We also find the following remarks

"We refer to the fact that the managing
the Free Market, in the indefatigable

ous duties of their

lialf-past

two

oflice,

conimittee of

di.'>cliarge

commenced

of the oner-

their labors as early as

o'clock in the morning, thus enabling applicants

for supplies at the

but come early,

in

market to be furnished,

they would

This gave the members of the committee

laboring hours.

an o]>portunity of attending to their

as to the applicants to

last

own

business, as well

Eleven hundred and

do the same.

seventy families, on the

market-day, were served by a

quarter of eight o'clock in the

The following

if

time to save the best portion of the day's

morning;-.''

notice also appeared about the 20tli of April

TREE jrAUKKT.

We

visited this institution yesterday afternoon,

pleased to see that the committee,

affairs

and dispensed

well-doing.

We

its

benefits,

and were

who have managed

have not wearied

its

in their

were gratified to learn from Mr. Thomas

Murray, the president, that the supplies on hand were

cicnt for four or five

weeks

to come.

In the

meantime

sufiiit is

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

some

lioped thai

which

arrangement

satisfactory

will enable planters to

T9
will

be made

send in their contributions as

The Free Market has done much good, and, as

more needed now than ever, we hope that no effort will

heretofore.
it is

be spared to keep

it

up.

New Orleans,
Donations received to date from April
March 31. Balance

M. H. Haggerty
"

Col.

& Bros.,

W. Gr. Vincent,

G. and

1,

April 30, 18G3.

18G3.

$2,061 51

500 00

cash

Va., cash from

Companies
51 90

of his regiment

A. F.. through D.

I.

John Holmes

Wm.B.
April

"

Conger

1. Dr. Cenas
Mrs. W. H. Foster
Savings of a gentleman for the month of

107 00
44 Co
5 00
5 00

March
"

"

April
"

"

April
April

"

April
"

Passport OflBce
Tiger Rifles
Judge Morel, Fourth District

2. Darby & Tremoulet

100 00
100 00

V. B. Marmillon, St. John the Baptistc

Mrs. Louise Fuselier, St. Bernard
Pauline Dutel
W. G. Hewes
Mr. Kaiser, for hides

3.- G.

W. Dunbar

Joseph Sutton
4. A. Jaquet
n. II. Hedden
Ilanna & Co
Thomas, Griswold & Co
Nicholson & Co
Proceeds of one bale cotton
From a Friend on Royal Street
5.
Old Man's Savings for March, abstaining from

segars, liquor, etc

Hall of
April

Hope Hook and Ladder

S.Ozer&Co
7.Edward Nagle & Co
Alex. G. Black, Augusta,

Ga

00
00
00
00
10 00

250
25
100
50

Ricardo

Co. No. 3.

100
50
100
163
100
50
50
100
100
25
100
35
10

00
00
00
25
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00

10
100
250
30
100

00
00
00
00
00

BKAUTY AND BOOTY

80
April

7.

"
"

'

"
"

April

0. Colonib, throu^'h Aufcustin

ir.

Passjwrt

N.

Office, Caj)!.

& Thibout.

Brother

J. Pc<i:ram

D'Arcy, hatter
Samuel Snodgrass

9. S.

&

L.

E. L.

B. A. Dryer

Levy

& Co

"

Dr.

"

Cash, omnibus tickets

M. S. Casetty
Swiss Guards
Bradley, \Mlson & Co
An absent Louisianian, through Given, Watts

"

"
"
"

King and

friends

&('o
S.

April V2.
"

N. Moody

Carroll. Iloy & Co

Kichard & Co

"

J.

Damerou

D.

Samuel Wolf

Wm.
"

April 14.
"

April 15.

P. i:ilison

Milneburg Fire Company

Captain J. I). Swain

Passport
0. A. G

Office,

id ray,

J.

&

Captain Brother

Landing

Barres'

\V. Ellis

C. Balligo

"

April IG.

J.

M. Johnston

City

Council,

cash balance of $5,000 appro-

])riated

Slark, Stauffi-r

& Co

"

W.

"

Starlight, cash or donation

II.

Frierson

April 17. Samuel Bell

"

"

Capt.
Chas.

"

W.
II.

Valcoiir

Wilson, cash
Churcliill

Aime

Russ
Texas Delegation
S. P.

"
"

Two

"

Avet & Bro

"

Gen. Alex. DeClouet,

A. & M. Heine
Paul Fulane

Ladies at Jlarket door

E. A. B., School girl

"
April 18.

Pei't,

Simms & Co

St.

Martin

BEAUTY AND BOOTY,

April 18. R.
April 19.

81

W. Rayn

$25 00

Found in Market
W.

H. Letcliford

& Co

"

Lafayette Lodge 97, Pattersonville

April 21. E. W. Diirell, Jr
"
Passport Office, Capt. Brother

W. W.
April

Wright, Rapides

22. Samuel McConnell

W. H. P. Bobb

"
"
"
"
"

Dr. J. S.

Knapp

N. B. Boulet, Orleans Guards, Coriutli

L. E. Allen
Mr. Tylor, visitor
Two Ladies at Market
Jlr. Titterton

April 23. R. M. Damerou

"
Mrs. Clias. Black
"
"

Mrs. T. W. Williams
E. Gallagher, for Booth, on Canal Street
Dr. C. Hensley Cash won by him as a wager
W. F. Goldthwaite

April 28. Mr. Davis

April 29. Bank of Louisiana

"

Unknown
Unknown
April 30. Mr. Good, at Market Donation
"
Proceeds Hams

Proceeds Hides
E. W. Dorr
Total

1,000 00

W.

N. Mercer
Eliza H. Young
Screwmen's Benevolent Association
Dr.

"

3 00

100

4 00
1,000 00

42 00
174 00
50 00

$13,900 66

BEAUTY

82
IIow could

BOOTY.

AXI)

be possible, with

it

this

all

evidence of the

Confederates caring for and assisting their poor, that Gen-

days

eral Butler, only nine

could issue the following

after,

notice

General Oiideks No.

25.

DErARTMENT OF THE GCLP,

New Orleans, May 9, 18G2.
of destitution and hunger of the

nEADQC;.;UiTEKS,
.

The deplorable

state

mechanics and working

to the

classes in this city has

been brought

knowledge of the Commanding General.

made by

lie has yielded to every suggestion

the City

(Government, and ordered every method of furni.shing food

to the ])eople of

Xo

relief

New Orleans

by those

liunger does not

oilicials

are

the wealthy and

i)inch

leaders of the rebellion,

now endeavoring

that that govcrnnaent desired.

has yet been aftbrded.

influential,

who have gotten up

to prosecute

it,

this war,

This
the

and

without regard to the

starving poor, the working-man, his wife and child.

Un-

mindful of their suffering fellow-citizens at home, they have

caused or suffered provisions to be carried out of the city

for Confederate service since the occui)ation

by

the United

States' forces.

Lafayette Square, their honu' of atUuence, was

de])ot of stores

and munitions of war

and not of provisions

hands with the

vile,

for their

made

the

for the rebel armies,

poor neighbors.

Striking

the gambler, the idler, and the ruihan,

they liave destroyed the sugar and cotton which might liave

been exchanged
regrated

tlie

and good, and

by discrediting the

for food for the industrious

2)rice

of that which

is left,

very currency they had furnished while they clo])ed with

the specie

irom the United States, as

good ])eoi)le of New Orleans,

as well that stolen

the banks, the property of

tlie

thus leaving them to ruin and starvation.

Fugitives from justice

many

of them, and others, their

associates, staying because too puerile

and insignilicant

to

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

83

be objects of punisbment by the clement government of the

United States.

They have betrayed their country.

They have been false to every trust.
They have shown themselves incapable of defending the
State they had seized upon, although they have forced every

poor man's child into their service as soldiers for that pur-

made their sons and nephews officers.

They cannot protect those whom they have ruined, but
have left them to the mercies and assassinations of a chronic

pose, while they

mob.

They

will not feed those

whom

they are starving.

Mostly without property themselves, they have plundered,

stolen,

and destroyed the means of those who had property,

leaving children penniless, and old age hopeless.

Men

of Louisiana, workingmen, property holders, mer-

chants, and citizens of the United States, of whatever nation

you may have had birth, how long will you uphold these
flagrant wrongs, and by inaction sufter yourselves to be

made

the serfs of these leaders?

The United States have sent land and naval forces here
to fight and subdue rebellious armies in array against her
authority.

We

find,

substantially, only

fugitive

masses,

]-unaway property owners, a whisky-drinking mob, and starving citizens with their wives and children.
to call back the

feed and protect the

Ready only

It

is

our duty

to punish the second, root out the third,

first,

last.

for war,

we had

not prepared ourselves to

feed the hungry and relieve the distressed with provisions.

But to the extent

manding General it

He

possible within the

shall

be done.

has captured a quantity of beef and sugar intended

for the rebels

in the

from

whom

thousand barrels of those

among

the deserving poor of this

field.

stores will be distributed

city,

power of the Com-

the rebels had plundered

it

even although


BEAUTY AXD

84

Borae of the food will

go

BOOTi'.

to supply the craving wants of the

wives and children of those

now

lierding at

"Camp Moore"

and elsewhere, in arms against the United States.

Captain John Clark, Acting Chief Commissary of

Subsist-

ence, will be charged with the execution of this order,

and

and manner of distribu-

will give public notice of the place

which will be arranged as far as possible, so that the

unworthy and dissolute will not share its benefits.

tion,

By command

of

^Iajok-Gexeu.vi, Butleu.
C. Stiioxo, A. A. G., Chief of Stall'

Geo.

Office of Commiss.vey op Sucsistexce,

Custom-House,

New

Orleans,

In compliance with the above order of the

May 10, 18G2.

Commanding

General, the Commissary announces that his oflicc in the

Custom-House will be oj)en on Monday, and from day to

day thereafter, from 9 o'clock a. ^r. to 1 v. m., for the purpose of examining the claims of those who present themselves for assistance.

credentials

in their

guard against deception.

shall

gyman, a
will

Applicants for aid should bring such

from gentlemen

be

respective Districts as

The indorsement of a

physician, or any gentleman

known

cler-

or knowing,

sufficient.

On Monday, two hundred

tierces of beef will be distributed.

Joiix Clark,
Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, U.

Charity would almost

make

us believe that "General Or-

ders No. 25" had been written before

/te

when he had more time to draw upon

w'hen he was living a more reposeful life.

came
liis

to the city,

imagination

We

have always

been noted in New Orleans for our charities.

" Here the rich never forget that the poor are always

lhem

and although they may be remiss

duties, charity

S.

in a thousajid

a\

ith

other

seems to have been always uppermost

iu

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

llieir

sity

In no city in the civilized world does so

thoughts.

general a

85

of philanthropy exist, and although adver-

s|iirit

may frown upon

and the tongues of some attempt

her,

to sully her fair fame, yet the record of the past lives fresh

and everlasting

now with
wander

us,

not

alone in the minds of those

in far

ofi"

are

who

lands.

"Remember the many

friendless strangers

who have been

The

rescued an untimely grave by the Howards.

fnnilies fed

who

but in the grateful hearts of thousands

by them

in seasons

of pestilence

destitute

the orphans

reared and educated at the expense of our people, and

of those devoted

the selfsacrilice

women, the

Sisters

by
of

Those were not spasmodic acts of any particuperiod, but an habitual benevolence, which was 23ersisted

Charity.
lar
in

daring years of dearth as well as plenty.

And

never,

war began, have our people abated one

The free
whit in their benevolence or kindness of heart.
market that monument of philanthropy erected by a people whose trade was cut oif, and whose sources of wealth were
almost closed, has fed its six thousand destitute women and
the fifty
children, week after week and month after month
or more societies of benevolent ladies, whose members,
though unused to toil, have labored so hard and so successfully to clothe and provide for the wives and httle ones of
the poor the thousand private acts of benevolence done by
those who 'let not their left hand know of deeds done by
Does all this look as if the rich had forgotten
their right.'
since the present

the poor? or as
ity,

and

if

among us?
little

ones

there was none of that Godlike virtue, char-

Let the poor themselves

let their

wives

answer, as they will, most emphatically, No.

And, although the city was almost incapable of aflbrding

that relief she was wont, one of her children, we hope, will
never be found so base so lost to every principle of gratitude as to seek to curse and destroy her because she had
no more to give because the last drop had been drawn

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

SG

from her withered breast.

Init,

on

tlic

contrary,

assured that tliey will love and respect her

wo

feel

lame, and

flair

seek some means by which they can prove the gratitude of

tlu'ir hearts.''

Onr
upon

market being closed, those who had depended

every thing was too
in danger of starvation

free

it

were

General ])utler was, of course, informed

(U'ar to purchase.

of

this,

to his
Ill'
h.iil

and endeavored to have things arranged according

own

"notions."

endeavored to

a loio price; but the poor

sell i'ooil at

been too long cared for and sujtportcd gratuitously, to

give their small earnings for bread, so he was obliged to

conjure some other method to bring about the result.

"hitler and his

Two

brothers carac to

ISKOTIIER."

New

Orleans,

Both wore the name of "Butler."

The one was major-general,

The other merely sutler.
Tlie first

made proclamations

That were

While
And

took his pay in gold.

lie had a^)(oy>osc in

fed,

and he must

classes.
]iart

He

fearful to behold,

the sutler dealt out rations

all

his actions.

much

did not care so

of the community.

The poor must be

working
the more enlightened

his poi)ularity with the

su.stain

for

He must

from their avoidance of him

in

have been

private

life,

fully aware,

how

little

they

cared for him.

He had

understood that the "old inhabit.ants" liad sub-

scribed a very large

cause, to sustain the
selves of

all

luxuries

amount of money to the Confederate

army (although many deprived themto enable them to lend a helping hand),

BO he concluded they could

still

" lie set his brains to

be forced to give.

contemplate the

c(ise."


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

We
were

omitted to mention that Cutler's

conveyed either

all

"wislies

87

and designs

" general orders" or " special

in

orders."

lie was truly a despot^ and bis despotism knew no bounds.

Each " order" was a sledge-hammer, to fall upon any one
who demurred at his shameful behavior. In the present
instance, he states in his " General Order No. 55," that the
immense sura subscribed was spent with stupidity and
Avastefulness that the same parties should be assessed (now,
a great many were in trouble, poverty, and distress) according
the sums to be paid to
to the sums annexed to their names
;

man

of his

own

one week, or the j^roperty of the

choice, in

delinquent be forthwith seized and sold at public auction, to

pay the amount, with

the party imi^risoned

The money

in his

all

necessary charges and expenses, or

paid

till

hands would go

His " orders" were imperative

"

in the right direction.

no retreat

in that

war !"

So, rather than run the risk of being sent to Ship Island,

Diy

Tortugas,

or Fort Jackson, with

ball

and chain

attached to their limbs, they would succumb and repay

being ground to the earth and forced to give even of their

penury, whilst he gloated over their misery, and inwardly
not I a god ?"
exclaimed, "

Am

" All,

Ben

aL,

Ben

tliou'lt

Old Scratcli will roast

get thy

tliee like

In the course of a few months, this

no doubts

to feed the

poor

iov a second assessment,

fairin',

lierrin'."

money had vanished

and he had issued

his

"order"

when, most unexpectedly to himself,

and with great rejoicing throughout the community, he was

recalled.

General Order No.

55.

Headquarters Department of the Gulp,

New

Orleans, August 4, 18G3.

It appears that the need of relief to the destitute poor of

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

88
the city requires

more extended measures and greater

out-

made.

lay than have yet been

becomes a question in justice, upon whom should

I'all?
Clearly, upon those who have brought
great calamity upon their fellow-citizens.
It

this

burden

this

It

should not be borne by taxation of the whole munici-

men have

because the middling and working

])ality,

never

been heard at the ballot-box, unawed by threats and unmenaced by " Thugs" and paid assassins of consjjirators
against peace

and good order.

which was claimed

more than the vote

Besides,

have taken the oath of

for secession

alle-

giance to the United States.

The United

States

protects, defends,

Government does

its

and preserves the people

share

in

when

it

the enjoyment

of law, order, and calm quiet.

Those who have brought upon the city

this stagnation of

business, this desolation of the hearthstone, this starvation of

the poor and helpless, should, as far as they

may be

able,

relieve these distresses.

There are two

should at

first

classes

viduals and corporations

means

their

whom

it

would seem peculiarly

contribute to this end.

fit

First, those indi-

who have aided the rebellion with

who liave endeavored to

and, second, those

destroy the commercial prosperity of the city, upon which

the welfare of
It

is

its

inhabitants depends.

broufjht
to the knowledfre
o
o of the

cral, that a subscription

sand dollars was

firms,

made by

to this order,

of an illegal body,

thou-

set forth in the schedule

and that sum placed

known

fifty

the corporate bodies, business

and persons whose names are

"A" annexed

Commandinij
o Gen-

of twelve hundred and

as the "

in

the hands

Committee of Public

Safety," for the treasonable purpose of defending the city

against the

humane

Government of the United

rule the city of

\uiexampled

New

prosperity, that

States,

under whoso

Orleans had enjoyed

her warehouses were

s-uch
filled

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

with trade of

all

who came

nations,

89

to share her freedom, to

take part in the benefits of her commercial superiority, and

made the representative mart of the world.

The stupidity and wastefulness with which this immense
enm was spent was only equaled by the folly which led to
The subscribers to this fund, by this
its being raised at all.
thus she was

very

betray their treasonable designs, and their ability

act,

pay

to

titute

much

at least a

smaller tax for the relief of their des-

and starving neighbors.

Schedule

"B"

is

list

of cotton brokers, who, claiming to

control that great interest in

much indebted

BO

pers, in

Kew

Orleans to Avhich she

is

newspa-

for her wealth, published in the

October, 1861, a manifesto, deliberately advising

the planters not to bring their produce to the city

measure which brought ruin at the same time n^^on the producer and the city.
This act sufficiently
as well to the

to be regretted

zens

is

testifies

Government
that''

the malignity of these traitors,

as to their neighbors,

and

it

is

their ability to relieve their fellow-citi-

not equal to their

flicilities

for injuring

them.

In taxing both these classes to relieve the suftering poor

yea, even though the needy be the starvRichmond and

elsewhere against the United States
will be impossible

of

New

Orleans

ing wives and children of those in arms at

it

to

make

a mistake, save in having the assessment too easy

and the burden too

It is therefore
1st.

light.

ordered

That the suras

in

schedules annexed,

marked "A" and

" B," set against the names of the several persons, business
firms,

and corporations therein described,

be,

and hereby

upon each respectively.

2d That said sums be paid to Lieutenant David C. G.
Field, Financial Clerk, at his office in the Custom-House, on

are assessed

or before

Monday, the 11th

inst.,

or that the property of the

delinquent bo forthwith seized and sold at public auction, to

BEAUTY AND

90
\>ay llie

amount,

willi

all

the

penses, or the party imprisoned

The money

"BOOTY
necessary charges and ex-

till

paid.

by tliis assessnient to be a fund for

the purpose of providing employment and food for the de.3d.

raised

serving poor people of

By
R.

New

Orleans.

Majou-Gkxkual Butleu.

order of

Davis, Captain and A. A. A. G.

S.

may be found
Navy Agent.]

in the

[Lieutenant Field

occupied by the

Schedule
List of Subscribers to the Million,

room formerly

A.

and a Quarter Loan, placed in

the

Jiands of the Committee of Public Safety, for the Defence of New Orleans against the United States, and expended by them some $38,001).
Sums subscribed
to niil tieasoii
Hgiiinst tlie V.
Stiites.

Aba.,

f Jonoris

J.matlian

Thomas

& Co

Montgomery

Sloo, President

Sun Insurance Co.

C. C. (iainos
C. C. (Jaines

^.'-Trust.

& Co

McDonogh

Soli.

Fd

SUuvson
II. ^Vond

J. B.

S.

Mrs. S. II. \N'ood

Jacques Lange

AVidow

W.

Welham

Sums

assessed

to le'.ievc Ibo

poor by tho
U. States.

210,000
40,000
50,000

$o2,r)00

2.000
o.OOO

500
750

840,000

85,000

10,000

2,500

5,000

1,250

10.000

12,000

2.000

500

7,000

1,700

10,000

2,500

(ieddos

10.000

2,500

ANidowVogcl
.J.Levois&Co
Samuel Ilurby

20,000

5,000

10,000
14,S00

2,500

300,500

70.000

7,500

1,875

]{o])ert

'itizens'

iqntil

i'.

Bank

of Louisiana

& Jamison

Booth

K.

K<lward

Chapman

Thomas Layton
1).
]}.

400

100

8,000

2,000

1,000

250
500
250
750

Bcagnot
Diyer & Co

2,000

Pierson

3.000

.1.

\V.

II".

Samuel Locko
Hart & Wintz
SouUiern Bank

3,700

1,000

10,000

2,500

5.000

l,2r>0

10,000

2,509

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

& Co
Moss

Richard

91

$10,000

$3,500

3,000

750

20,000

5,000

DqueLanata
II. Samory

0,900

2,250

1,000

K.

Turuey

1,500

II.

D. Maclin

2,500
3,000

250
875
625
750

5,500

1,375

Dr. B.
J.

&

J. C.

Davidson

Cohen

J. II.

Mrs. C. A. Slocouib
Committee of Public Safety

Lee
George Zickendrath
Hyde & Goodrich
Magee, Hor.ten & George
Samuel Loeb
II.

Valentine
S. S.

'

1,000

500
100

Heermau

1,000

Bickler

John M. Demarest

Thomas

O. Donnell

Mrs. V. B. McMahou
W. H. Letchford

Thiesman
Frederick Bauer
John Hickerson
0. F.

McStea, Value
Jacob Zoelly
T. Lafon

& Co

O. Meallie

Joseph Field
Jules Done D.

Lamon

Fanny Hollander
J.

w!

John

& Co
Randolph

Stanton
II.

Harriet

Morgan

Rachel Morgan
Sarah Morgan
Elizabeth Morgan

Mary M. Morgan
INIargaret

1,000

50
725
250
1,000

500
100
50
1,000

Amanon

John Farrell
D. II. Holmes
S. P.

,.

250
100
50
50

1,000

E. Cresswell
II. II.

805
150
200

Harrod

Davis Brothers
Trustees Finke Asylum Fund
William Massey

150
150
2,500

300
100
500
500
175
125
173
150
50
50
200

210 25
37 50
50
250
125
25
250
02 50
25
12 50
12 50
250
12 50
181 25
G2 50
250
250
125
25
12 50
250
37 50
37 50
625
75
25
125
125
43 75
31 25
43 50
37 50
12 75
12 50
50

55,000

13,750

300

75

LEAUTY AND BOOTY.

'J2

F. Layay
John J. Adams
A. \V. Bosworth

Chark'S Briggs
J. A. Liim A: L'o
diaries Loelllcr
(

icorge C.

I'atrick
I

icorgo

BrowLT

Howard
Clainman

ll.ll.lledden
.1

allies (Jorani

liivas
1'..

J).

C.

& Siiums
Young

A. Briien

Madame

Ve.

li.

Chretren

Henderson & tiaines

J. S. Aikcns
\V. O. Denegre
J. C. McLellan
Mrs. C. F. Snowden
Louisiana State Bank

Hank

of

America

tjleneral D.

Jean Petit

E.

Twiggs

!?:;.-)

1,000

GOO
100
150
200
SO
25
50
500
100
500
150
125
200
1,000

250
1,000

200
50
7,500
5,000
1,000

13,125

$G

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

93

Noblou & Co
Abat & Cuslimau

$250

Bellocq,

Ilolloway
J.

&

Lousdale

W. Champlin & Co
& Co

A. D. Ilenkel
R.

Yeatman

Broad well & Hayues

Moore & Browder
H. W. Estlin & Co
Lane & Salter
S. O. Nelson & Co
Campbell & Strong
Patton & Finney
Fellowes & Co
Payne, Huntington & Co
T. II. & J. M. Allen & Co
F. B. Ernest

Edward

Pil'lsbury

George E. Mandeville
Bell & Bouligny'

Nugent & Co
& Co
George Connelly & Co
J. & G. Cromwell
Moses Greenwood
A. Ilillay & Co
Scruggs, Donuegan & Co
Hughes, Hyllestead & Co
Ricliard

A. Miltenberger

W. &

D. Urquliart

Phelps

&

Jones

John T. Ilardie & Co

Hawkins & Norwood
Walker & Snyder
Gillis & Ferguson
J. B. Gribble & Co
Foley, Avery & Co
Ro-3er, Prothro & Co
Henderson, Terry & Go
Bradley, Wilson & Co
West. Renshaw & Cammack
John Williams & Co
Tarlton, Whiting & Co
Bartley, Johnson & Co.
Hayes, Gaierverse & Co
Frierson, Conway & Co
Green & Crump
.,

.._^....

100
100
250
100
100
100
250
500
100
500
250
100
500
500
500
100
100
250
250
500
250
500
500
100
500
100
500
500
100
500
100
500
250
100
500
250
100
500
500
250
250
500
100
400
250

13EAUTY AND BOOTY.

94
R. Mcllhcnny
Davis, Jenkins

Kirkpatrick

McFarland

& Co

$Q50
500

& Co

&

100
500
100
250
100
100
250
500
500
500
500
500
250
500
500
500
100
100
250
500
500
100

Barksdale

Walker & Co
John

L.

Lee

P. H. Skipwitli

Knox & Higgins

Person & Co
Noble & Co

J. J.

Battle,

Cummings & Co
Montgomery & White
Wright & Allen
lujbert L. Adams & Co
llorrell, Gale & Co
John Watt
Co
Rotchford, Brown & Co
R. C.

cS:

D. Cooper
Smith and Johnson
James Bankhead
MeLemore, Ray burn & Co
Thomas Henderson & Peale
AVood ct Lowe
Gallagher & Dyer
Pritehard & plower
Stuart & James
Thornhill & Co
I\I.

500
100
500
500
100
500
250
100
500
100
500
250
500

Ar. Miltenberger

Gladden & Seixas

Burbridge & Co
Friedlander & Gerson

J. ^V.

A\'arren

Perkins
Cutler

&

& Crawfi)rd
& Co
Harrison

Nixon & Co
('(jies

Giflin,

&

P]ieli)S

Smedes & Co

Total

To

$20,200

delicate miiuls llic unfortunate are always oLjccts of

losjjoct

kindness

but, alas
in

there was none of the milk of

the breasts of otu- adversaries.

human

Ivvultinj^ in tlie

misery of their victims, the slupid and revolting creatures

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

would indulge

their

low wit

at the

95

expense of the feelings of

a whole community.

We turn with disgust from the vulgar

and coarse language

of the following remarks, taken from one of the papers which

the "

commanding general" kept under

l^rint his

" orders" etc.

his supervision to

Tlie news-boys called

it

the

lie-iible

(reliable) paper.

As we

are faithful chroniclers

we

give

" TRIBULATION IN CARONDELET STREET.

it

place

EXCrTEMENT AMONG THE

COTTOX FACTORS.

From the moment that General Butler's Order No. 55

became known yesterday, mulcting some one hundred and
ninety individuals, corporations and mercantile firms in the
snug little sum of three hundred and forty odd thousand dollars, for the purpose of providing emj^loyment and food for
"

the suffering poor of this city, the flags of Carondelet Street

became the scene of vmwonted

those

many

agitation.

For the

months, the habitues of la Grande

awakened from

their ancient, snake-like lethargy.

gentlemen, whose stomachs are extended with

who

time

first

Hue were
Sleek old
turtle,

and

sport ivory-headed canes, and wear on their noses two-

eyed glasses rimmed

Avith gold,

came out from

their

umbra-

geous seclusions from Prytania Street, Coleseum Place, and

other rural portions of the Garden District, to condole Avith

each other upon the

"At an

now once more animated

flags.

early hour yesterday morning, knots of these alder-

manic-looking gentry, Avith Avhite vests and stiffened

collars,

had collected

in

shirt-

the vicinity of Colonel Baxter's cor-

ner, for the purpose of discussing the merits of the order

of that Order No. 55,

equilibrium of

many

Avhicli Avas

destined to disturb the

a cash balance, and to cause unwilling

fingers to diA'e into the depths of plethoric pockets, long un-

disturbed by the prying digits of their unctuous owners.

"It

Avas refreshing to cuntemi>late llie sorrowful visages ol

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

96
this funereal

Some

crowd.

and some to

of

ihcm had been taxed liundreds

tune of thousands, but

tlio

all

alike bore the

soleiim aspect of unresisting muttons led silently to slauu;hler.

They had made

iiarting-

with

it

was

their

money

are worth a million or so

known

apiece.

Some of these men

much as ten

and exiiectations

and

as 2^oor men., tolerably well to do,

and worth only from three

For

sure, l>uL

a few, perhaps, as

millions in real estate, stocks, bonds,

others again are

easy, to be

like pulling teeth.

to five

tlii'se latter to

hundred thousand

be taxed as high

as a

dollars

hundred

which they had laid up, by

means of two-and-a-lialf per cent, for advancing on cotton
crops, and two-and-a-half per cent, commissions, and yet
other percentages for brokerage and stealage, seemed rather
Xo wonder that they growled.
hard at least to them
"But, gentlemen, lamentations won't do. The poor must
be employed and fed, and you must disgorge. It will never
do to be said that while you lay back in cushioned divans,
tasting turtle and sipping the wine-cup, dressed iu fme linen
and rolling in lordly carriages that gaunt hunger stalked
ill the once busy streets, and poverty flouted its rags under
your aristocratic noses for the want of the privilege to work!
Launch out, then, the needful, you favored ones of the higher
dollars, out of the little savings

walks of trade, and

let

the [)oorhave work.

bottomizing of your plethoric jmrses

the deserving, and you be none the worse.

11th

inst.,

all ei^ine

shall be

the time limited

up to the tei'ms

happy to give so

by the

order,

])rescribe(l

This slight

will feed

J>y

i)hle-

thousands of

Monday, the
to see you

we hope

and

lor

our part, we

llattcring an account of you."

AID FOR TIIK roOR.

In less than lour months more than !;^340,000 had been

expended JudicioKsli/ under Jkitler's fostering care. ''Order

105" was the second requisition, which had just been made

when he was

politely "ordered'' to leave

Xew

Orleans.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

GENERAL ORDERS

2fO.

97

105.

Headqu^vrters Department op the Gulf,

New Orleans, Dec. 9th, 18G2.

Under General Orders No. 55, current series from
tlicse
headquarters, an assessment was made upon
certain i)arties
who had aided the rebellion, " to be appropriated

to the reof the starving poor of New Orleans."

The calls upon the fund raised under that order
have been
frequent and urgent, and it is now exhausted.
lief

But the poor of

have the same or increased neand tlieir calls must be Iieard and

this city

cessities for relief as then,

both

and proper that the parties responsible for

the
present state of affairs should have the burden
of their supit is

fit

I)ort.

Tlierefore, the parties named in

Schedules A and B, of
^
General Ordei-s No. 55, as hereunto annexed,
are assessed
in like sums, and fur the same purpose,
and will make payment to D. C. G. Field, Financial Clerk, at his
office at

these

head<|uarters, on or before

Monday, DeccL-iber

By command

15tb, 18G2.

of

Major-Gexeral Butler,
Geo. V. Strong, A. A.

G.,

Chief of

Butler's brother assisted

him

Stall'.

to feed the poor.

He

got

beeves irom Texas.

With such a superabundance of money, a free

market was
was a great deal of grumblino-;

also established, but there

much as they had at

when Mrs. Lincoln gave a

almost as
time,
It

may

the Forth, about the samj

ball.

be interesting, and therefore we insert

somewhat out of place.

i(,

although

BEAUTY AND BOOTY,

9S

CHAPTEll
"

II.

Other dunce, the warriors knew,

^Vh(n tlicy danced at Waterloo."

THE

GnuMi{Li\(T AT
TIio following

the

Xew Yoik

xe)irni.

Lincoln's (iUAXD ball.

Mijs.

fiom XorlluTii papers we lake from

firlit'Ies

of

llei-ald

Xovember

IS.

ITDDLIXG XICKO AND JJUKNING KOME.

The first ball over given at the White House came off
Wednesday evening. The Cabinet, both Houses of
Congress, many of the army ofKcers, forcMgn ministers,
leading citizens, etc., to the muuber ol" five lumdred, were
h\st

present witli their wives and daughters.

dressed

in

especially

very

Tiie ladies

were

the highest style of fashion and extravagance,

]\[rs.

The gentlemen were generally

About 12 o'clock the supper room

Lincoln.

j)lainly attired.

was thrown open, and exhibited one of the

gastronomic art ever seen
liberty, a ft)rt

in

this

finest displays of

country

temple of

and war steamer, admirably modeled

in

candy,

and a ton of turkeys, ducks, venison, phea.sants, partridges,

etc., all ex(piisitely prepared by Alailhird, of X'ew York, at
a cost of thousands of dollars.

AVhile the country

niiglitiest

is

shaken as by an earthquake by the

and most unnatural

civil

war recorded

and on the eve of bankruptcy and ruin

a question

fearfid

the free ])eople of a

the

one

I'vev

whether we

nation, or

subjects of anarchy, a

while

in

it is

history,

even now

are to be licnceforth

whether we

second Mexico

.'ire

we

to

become

say, tliat

while these direful calamities are tlireatoning our very

ns

a nation, such

an

extravagant

and

foulish

life

display

is


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.
shocking.
courts

At any time such mimicking and aping European

disgusting in the capital of a republic; but, at such

is

as

crisis

99

the

present,

such a wanton display of extra-

vagance and indifference on the part of

tlie

Administration

and feelings of the people.

is

an outrage to

is

tempting a kind Providence to our destruction.

tlie

interests

It

Wliat

Europe of such frivolity ? How forcibly

calls to mind the fiddling of Xero at the
burning of Rome. That same night, while in Washington
all was wanton and gay, the hunted Unionist in our bloody
be tliought

will

in

and unpleasantly

it

border land stole

in secret

from

his den, and,

aided by the

glimmering moonlight, looked once more on the ashes of

what was once his happy home.

That same night wounded volunteers died in the hospitals for want of care and comfort, and our noblest sons and
brothers pined
prison,

in

the

loathsome horrors of a Southern

and sighed hopelessly

for

release;

Avhile

on our

Western frontiers the houseless mother clasped her starvingbabe, and the prairie wolf gnawed ravenously the bones of
the loyal dead. And still with bands playing, and streamers
flying, and the noble old ship of State, tempest-tossed and
drifting along the very verge of an abyss, the "august
wisdom of the capital" are merry with wine, jolly and
indifferent, toasting and feasting, dancing and capering
about the White House goose with devil-me-care imbecility, as though life were intended for a I'lastime
civil war
an agreeable tableau. Shade of Belshazzar ashes of Nineveh golden calf of Ashron come forth, ye are wanted in
Adams Transcript.
Washington

MRS. Lincoln's ball.

The

first

ball ever

given in the White House came off

to-night, says the Tribune's correspondent of

Thursday

We have

read of the crews of sinking ships,

when

had

throwing

fied,

off all restraints,

human and

all

last.

hope

divine, and

BEAUTY

100

BOOTY.

AXl)

mingling their revoliing orgies and mail carousals with the

avenging

of the tempest, which was hurrying them to

spirit

Are the incumbents of the

a swift and sure destruction.

high places of trust and power,

this

mad

posts

of duty

to

funeral

reign

of fashion, and

Or was

this a "shameless

inaugurate, the

worship at the shrine of folly?

wake over the unburied remains of a defunct Union.

"Most

Members

Senators and

of the

generals of the
less

or demented, that, in

dark hour of our history and our hopes, they desert our

army were

there,'' says

betrayers of a people's trust, was

were sent to Congress or placed

in

it

per day, and sacrificing hundreds of

Again, says the reporter

"

Faith-

for this that

command

Are we incurring an expenditure of two

congregate and riot at our expense

of Congress and

the reporter.

you

of our armies?

millions of dollars

lives,

may

that you

The supper was

set

the

in

dining room, and Avas considered one of the finest displays of

gastronomic art ever seen

by

Maillard, of

And

Xcw

in this

country.

It

was prepared

York, and cost thousands of

dollars."

was while Secretary Chase was nrgcntly importuning Congress to adopt some meastu'es to rejilenish an
this

Quipty treasury.

Again says the

chronicler:

faithful

"The

tables fairly

bent under the expensive luxuries heaped one upon another."

Only one week before Mr. Wilson

lind stated in his place in

the Senate, that " he had seen certificates from sick soldiers
that they had actually to

go

to the swill tubs to enable

them

to live in the hospitals at Alexandria."

Is the

White House

frivolity, hilarity

to be

made

the scene of disgraceful

and gluttony, while hundreds of

sulfering soldiers, within

])lain

sight of the

sick

dome

Capitol, are left to suffer lor the bare necessaries of

in

life,

There must bo a moral

the ntmos])here of Washington Avhich stupefies

imattended and
malaria

and

of the

uncared

the iutfilrct and diins the

tor ?

}>('rcc'plions, whilt?

it

dries

up

or


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.
2)oisous the fountains of

transforming

liuman kindness

in all "who enter its

Slavery and treason

circle.

101

and

still liv^e

flour-

Sampson was shorn of his strength by a -woman

Philistines.
The White House may have its Delilah

ish there.

of tlie

Avho can tell?

Jeffersonian Democrat.

THE WHITE HOUSE

"We

FESTIVITIES.

not be guilty of such disrespect towards President

will

Lincoln as to suppose him responsible in any other

a passive,

if

misplaced

for

of the White House which have lately

festivities

shocked the

way than

not virtnally enforced, acquiescence in those

sensibilities

Mrs. Lincoln to

of the nation.

make an

It

was bad enougli

ostentations

parade of her

summer. The
drawn no favorable augury from her intimacy
with the family of James Gordon Bennett, and the evident

gayety at foshionable watering places

last

nation has

which she has received the fulsome

relish Avith

the infimous sheet which he edits.

generally borne in silence.

It

flattery of

But these things were

was not

until this

crowning

act of inaugurating, in the climax of the nation's agony, the

recent scenes of rout and revelry at the

the press has been compelled by

This

out.

it is

comes from

now

all

its

White House,

that

sense of duty to speak

doing, and with no uncertain tone.

quarters,

It

and from journals representing

every variety of sentiment.

Member

done
tliis

his

of Congress from this State

country signal service

same

who

has already

exposing frauds for which

social influence, sui-rounding the

said to be largely responsible,

mind"

in

is re2:)orted

White House,

is

to have " freed his

as follows:

Two

or three days since Mr. Lincoln sent word to Mr.

Dawes, through a brother member, that he (Dawes) had
done more to break down the Administration than any other

man

in the country,

by

his speech exposing the corruptions

of contractors and others.

Mr.

Dawes

sent back a message

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

03

in

reply to

llo

nothing that

Prcsitlent. " Tell lilm," said

down

can do will break

Uv. Dawes, " that

his Administration as

rapidly as his dancing party given at the time when, the

nation

is

in the

agonies of

civil

"With cqnal propriety

war.

might a man make a visit Avitli a corpse in the liousc."

The concluding expression of ]\lr. Dawes, though
ling,

start-

Tlie last dollar

can hardly be called extravagant.

was

from the national treasury, and the nation stood lace

to liice with hundreds of millions of debt unprovided for on
Our wounded and
the day of this unseemly festivity.
])aid

diseased

were

soldiers

sufl'ering,

dying, amid the liardships

of the camp, while the contractors

who

liad

wronged them

out of most of the limited comforts which the necessities of

their situation permitted,

The

were paraded amid the splendors

lioxhiinj Journal.

of the social pageant.

following letter shows the

sorted to

by the wives of rebel

"whining does no
"

good."

The mercy

many

provision

scarcity of items.

vs.

pkinciple.

others sliow

I to

That mercy show

Mr. Editor: Your

ingenious modes re-

soldiers to obtain relief:

to

me."

reporters sometimes complain of a

If they will

go around the places where

poor of this city and its en-

])rovi8ions are distributed to the

enough

virons, they can find items

Having occasion

in

one day,

for a

to call on one of the otticers

pcned to be on duty there,

week.

who

haj)-

stood for some time in utter

amazement, Avitnessing the ingress and egress to and from

seemed to many to be thcGolconda of tlie

that place, which

world.

If that

adorned, then

There

tliey

is

not the place to see

have never found

would

human

Tiature un-

it.

find persons of

all

ages, sexes, and con-

ditions, each telling his or lier particular hardships,

and the

war has brought upon them, thinking, no doubt, that

sufierings were not equaled V)y those of any one else.

miseries
/At'<V

They would

find there

men (and women,

too),

who have

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

103

spent their lives in cursing and bemoaning

asking bread.

tlie

who have sworn, and

there scores of persons

Yankees,

They would

ought to choke them.

It

they would not eat any thing the Yankees have to

they

and

slip

there under double

they pay at

if

all,

from the Yankees

last

has eaten a breakfast in

To

do.
tlie

get them

New

Well, where

grocery."

S.'s

This kind of crawling out will never

use a common exj^ression, " you might as well eat

S.

devil as drink his broth."

A woman

came up to the officer and said

some provisions." " Have you
:

to get in to get

" Yes."

Officer,

looking

to Great Britain ?"

It's

" Yes"

" lias he taken the oath ?"

document.
"

yet

my provisions

says, " I did not get

of them; I bought them at Mr.

did Mr.

sell,

secretly

two months that was not purchased

One

some one

they get the articles at about half price.

know who

should like to

Orleans within the

or send

veils,

see

do, that

still

" taken

" Yes."

" Well,

Woman,

away, but

in.

finally officer passes

She soon returns with a

her

?-'

the
" Yes."

you may go

in

well-filled basket,

want

a husband ?"

showing

to-day

there and get something to eat."

"Sir, I

a rage, turns

and meeting a

did'nt

"Them low, good-for-nothing, mean Yankees

want to give me any thing, because John didn't swear

for the

Union

friend, says

And
who

He'd see them

off she went,

all

hung

first,

the vagabonds."

heaping curses upon the heads of those

are willing to feed the hungry.

Another came up and asked admittance. " Have you a

"Yes."
"Is he at work?"
husband?"
"Arc
"Yes."
" Yes
you needy ?"
I cannot get his wages, and my fam" Where is your
ily must suffer if I cannot get assistance."
"
"
" The
?"
In the army."
In which army ?"
husband
;

Confederate, to be sure."
visions ?

am no
to."

"

Why, we

Rebel.

My

Then you

did not

"And you come

come here

here for pro" I

to feed Rebels ?"

husband did not Avant to go, but he had

are for

Union ?"

" Yes."

" Well, pass in."

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

104

Foeling soinewliat interested

knew her

this lady's success (lor I

in

waited until she came out, and the

well), I

salutation was, " Didn't I fool that

"

How ?"
"

said

Why,

ajjpearing ignorant of the facts.

I,

I told

iirst

officer nicely ?"

Yankee

him

was for Union, and that Charley had

was suifering, and all that, and see

to go to war, and that I

what a nice
"

Xow,

are you not

"

one truth."

ITun

got

lot I've

well give

!"

know

me something

don't need

it."

throng those places

but

it,

as others.

Hundreds of

"

?" I said.

ashamed

who

men

did not

tell

lie can as

Plenty go there 'who

just such

deceive the

You

cares.

in

Union people
attendance

supplies, ami, wliile seated at their tables

daily

receive

enjoying them,

curse (and teach their children so to do) the source from

whence those blessings come.

Union }ieople
Yes, united
!

but nothing more.

in

getting something to cat,

Tiiat these impositions are constantly

being practiced, every one of observation must know.

remedy

is

yet to be found.

The

Tliis I leave for wiser heads,

but one thing has just struck

my mind

that might not be

inapplicable here.
1

recollect very distinctly' being out

shopping some months

ago, and meeting (or crossing the street to avoid meeting)

the greatest mass of mortality, in the greatest state of excitement, that I had seen for a long time.

I did not at first

know what it was, but, upon taking a second look, saw that
it was a man of huge dimensions and great muscular powers, who ran hat in hand through the streets, foaming, panting, and crying something I could not understand.
The excited

crowd followed and hallooed

in tl)e

same words,

Avhich

jiroved to be, "Glorious victory at Bull Kun."

made at a battle, or anymade by General Lovell last

Surely, he beat all time ever

where
April.
is

now

else,

except the time

"Well, to

my

subject.

This bellicose news disi^enser

giving out "papers" to those Ac considers worthy to

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

105

receive assistance from tliose wlio are distributing provisions

to the poor.

he

is

Avhen

May

be he has taken the oath

a turn-coat and can't be trusted.

it's

his interest.

hope

ITnioii

men, and he

if

he

lias,

excuse me. I don't mean

who give "papers" ought to

will

agree with me.

very natural to suppose that the

It is

but

he'll

the least harm, but think those

Ite f7'ied

He'll turn again

those papers, or certificates (we don't

men who give

know what to

out
call

whom they give them,

and that they know whether or not they are deserving. If
them), are acquainted with those to

this

is

not the case,

it

should be

and they should be held

so,

may be

responsible ibr any impositions that

I believe

it is

'of benevolence to feed

that the greatest

but

all classes,

number

of those

who

tutions are tlie loudest-mouthed and

ists

we

practiced.

the intention of those engaged in this work

it is

a notorious fact

patronize those

insti-

most abusive secession-

have.

There are

families of this kind

who go

there alternately,

parents and children, almost every day, and in this

laid in a nice little stock,

way have

almost enough to start business.

They pretend they are for the Union till they get their
then go home and laugh about it. I do not believe
in a kind of Union people who, six months ago, cursed the
supplies,

Government, and used

it

down, abused

all

all

no opportunity to show^

come round,

the influence they possessed to put

who were

true and loyal, and neglected

their secession sympathies,

who now

and, for the sake of getting something to eat,

say they are for the Union.

of the country on a

They ought

to

be escorted out

rail.

There are persons here who have from the commencement

of this rebellion stood up against

all

the abuses a mobocratic

community could hurl at tliem, and in the face of powder and

ball, and with the rope threatening them, gone steadily forW'ard upholding the Union, and expressing- the hope and belief that the rebellion would be put down, and that the glo-

106

AND BOOTY.

IJEAUTY

emblem which

lias for eighty years waved Iruiraphantly

would be seen flying from every house-top.
Tliese are Union people, and although some of them have,

lions

over

us,

on aecount of their sentiments, been deprived of business

and redneed to want, and to-day are not able to i)rocure for
their families the necessaries of

life,

they are the

last

to call

for assistance.

Some
cers,

of this class have called and met these, their tradiiand the tradncers of the Government, Avith well-filled

baskets, while they

had

admittance.

is

This

to stand back,

hard, but

may

and could not gain

be right.

hope

cerely that the authorities will investigate this matter

dlatchj^

and arrange

so that the friends to their cause

it

who,

at least fare as well as those

sin-

imme-

may

after receiving bounties, tra-

duce the givers.

One of these recii)ients said to me the other day, in a very

threatening inanner, " Just wait until the Confederates get
back to the
into their

city.

own

They

will

hands, and

then take the feeding of the poor

if

they don't give some of these

Union brawlers a dose that

will

choke them,

I'll

miss

my

guess."

Suppose

it

will

be molasses and cotton

wait anxiously, and

feeding of the poor of

New

"Well,

we

shall

Orleans, and dispense their

now engaged

vors as imj)artially as those

mercy are doing, they

gratitude of a people

the Confederates ever do have the

if

will

who

in that

work

fa-

of

be entitled to the everlasting

have, by the stern realities of war,

been reduced to a state of destitution hitherto unknown to

them.

Nkw

Nkllie.
Oulkans, July 2Sth,

18G2.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

/
^'

"

CHAPTER

Man's ixiliumanity

Makes

The

to

107

XII.

man

countless thousands mourn."

excitement of the populace was intense when they

found that the Confederate flags wliich had waved over

Custom-IIouse, the Mint,

and the City Hall

What

months, were ordered to be removed.

one to issue
surrendered
It

sucli

command when

the

for

tlie

several

right liad any

city

liad

not

was the supposed right of brutal might

alone.

A force of one hundred marines and a body of sailors, with

two brass

howitzers, were sent ashore

flags

by the United States

down

Squadron, then in our port, hauled

the Confederate

from the Custom-House and Mint, and hoisted the

flag of the

United

States.

named

hauled

down

Bell,

and came down with

The incensed

it

One of

the

the flag from

under

his

officials,
ofi'

we

think

the City Hall,

arm.

at bay by the military,

"looked daggers" and received him with a groan.

multitude, kept

was heaping insult upon injury to see those beautiful

which had been presented to the city by such
loving hands which we had all cherished and prized so
It

silk flags,

now

desecrated, and in possession of those who

would most likely send them North as trophies.'^
Four men, among whom were "William B. Mumford" and

highly

" Adolphe Harper," more excitable, perhaps, than others, de-

termined to take
as they

down

at least

one of the hated emblems,

thought of their degradation.

And

wliicli

we now know

lias

been done.

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY,

lOS

Mounting
hauled

to

down

tlie

roof of "the

AdoJphe Tlaiyef

]\Iint,"

There was wild com]\Iuniford being in company,

the flag, and departed!

jnotion wlicn this

was done.

was arrested, tried by '' liutler's Court of Military Comraissison," convicted no doubt upon circumstantial evidence, or
perhaps upon no evidence at

all

condemned to death, and

General B. F. Butler ordered the execution

Governor Moore, speaking of the

noble heroism of the patriot
high on the

Some

remarked

Mumford has placed

his

"

The
name

of our martyred sons."

of our most influential and respected citizens used

most

their

list

act,

earnest

and pathetic entreaties to pursuade

life
but he had de-

General Butler to spare the prisoner's

nounced him, and his fate was sealed. The most conclusive
and aflecting arguments were treated with contempt.

The

(juostion

of right was waved

generosity were aj^pealed

to,

his

compassion and

but obstinacy and vindictive-

ness governed him.

He

liad

power given him

and he must strike

would begin at once!
was no redress no respite

as "despot,"

terror into the Southern heart, so he

For Mumford's family

from

tliere

suffering.

In a short time the poor

man was executed

estimable wife and three small children to

cies of the world, to

Some
care,

tlie

leaving an

tender mer-

be supported by charidj.

of our benevolent ladies took them under their

and did

tribidation

all

but

they could to

"God

assist

them

in their great

alone can ease the troubled heart."

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

CHAPTER
"

The want

of decency

is

109

XIII.
a want of sense."

Butler's infamous " Order No. 28," known everywhere,

and commented upon both

-in Europe and America, was a

most refined piece of cruelty. Fearing it might be lost, it
had better be inserted as a relic

^^

GenerjUw Order No.

28.

Headquarters Department of the Gulf,

New Orleans, May 15, 18G3.

As

the officers and soldiers of the United States have been

subjected to repeated insults from the

selves ladies) of

New Orleans,

and courtesy on our

lous non-interference

that hereafter

movement,

when any female

insult or

women

(calling

in return for the

shall,

show contempt

for

i:)art, it is

by word,
any

them-

most scrupuordered

gesture, or

officer

or soldier

of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable

to be treated as a

By command

woman
of

of the town plying her avocation.

Major-General Butler.

G. C. Strong, A. A. G., Chief of Staff.

The ladies in New Orleans, however, had their champions.

See what the London Times says
The London Times says the proclamation of Butler realizes all that was ever told of tyranny by victor over the
vanquished, and the state of slavery endured by the negroes
of New Orleans cannot be more absolute than that now
suffered by the whites of that city.
In the House of Lords on the 13th of June, Earl Carnarvon called attention to General Butler's proclamation

re-

no

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

Xew

l.Uive to tlie ladies of

condemned

lie

Orleans!.

it

in

severe terms, as without precedent in the annals of war, and

asked

and

the Government had information of

if

had protested against

if it

In the
to

House of Commons,

authenticity,

its

it.

Welsh made inquiry

Sir J.

as

authenticity of General llulter's proclamation, which

ilie

he denounced as rejMignant to the feelings of the nineteenth

century, and

moved

There was
this "

order" was issued

hum'dlated

this

Ir.it

any correspondence on the suhject.

for

a wail of anguisli throughout the land

others

all

We

us.

knowing from whence

Afraid to speak

now seemed

looked on

blow might come

almost to breathe

in

when

endurable,

not

silence,

wrong motive

lest a

would be imputed to the most innocent movement.

The Episcopal Clergy Avere next assaulted even they

could not be allowed to pursue " the even tenor of their
Avay ;" every o))portunity was taken to insult them, and

Old Kutler '"ordered" them to

ihially.
])r.

Leacock,

])r.

Xew

York.

Goodrich, and Dr. Fulton were sent ofT;

Mr. Hedges sent to

]\Iobile

The Sunday Delta

asks

in

faithful

all

Gosi)el, M'ilh large congregations

ministers of the

devoted to them

a very cpiaint way:

Kev. Dr. Goodrich, the minister who has hitherto

the Episcopal Cliurch on

in

Camp

Who

is

the

ofliciated

Street, near the intersec-

tion of I'rytania Street?

Of
other
oif

course the person wlio asked the (piestion was from

i)arts

from

sionary,

Dr. G.

working

for

from Enrrland

commenced
many years

which

liis

in

this city,

])arishioners

His good and godly

munity that

it

life

is

is

a fjrcat ifai)

his career here as a mis-

and the love of

any remuneration which he received.

benefit of
for

perhaps

us.

so well

his

known

more

for the

Saviour than

in

this

com-

need not be commentetl upon.

After his banishment to the Noilh he returned, and

now

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

officiates in

Ill

the liandsome edifice erected for him.

It will

be well to read the description of the scenes which were

enacted within

its walls.

THE BATTLE OF
Fought

in

New

ST.

PAUL'S,

Orleans, Sunday, October 12, 1SG2.

SUNG BY A LOUISIANA 80LDIKB.

Come, boys, and

The

greatest

listen

figlit

while

sing

yet fought

That time the hated Yankee

real Tartar caught.

'Twas not the first Manassas,

Won by our Beauregard,
Nor Perryville, nor Belmont,
Though Polk then hit him hard
Nor was it famous Shiloh,
Wliere Sydney Johnston fell
No, these were mighty battles.
But a greater I will tell.
'Twas fought on Sunday morning,
Within the Church's walls.

And

shall be

known

in history

As the battle of St. Paul's.

The Yankee Strong commanded
For Butler the abhorr'd.
the Reverend Mr. Goodrich

And

Bore the banner of the Eord.

The bell had ceased its tolling.

The service nearly done.
The Psalms and Lessons over.
The Lord's Prayer just begun;

When

as the Priest and paople

Said " Hallowed be Thy name,"

voice in tones of thunder

His order did proclaim

"As

this

house has been devoted

To Great Jehovah's praise.

prayer for Abra'm Lincoln

And no

Witliin

its

walls you raise.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

112

Therefore of rank Secession

an impious

It is

nest,

And I stop all further service,

And the clergyman arrt'st
And in name of General Butler,
order furthermore.

That

assemhly

this

And

scatter.

the Sexton close the door."

Up rose the congregation

We men were all away.
And our wives and

little

children

Alone remained to pray.

But when has Southern

woman

Yankee quailed

Before a

these with tongues undaunted

And

That Lincolnite
In vain he

assailed.

his soldiers

calh.'d

Their darts around him How,

And

the

What

Sirorifj

man

then discovered

a woman's tongue can do.

We knew that Butler

cried,
On babes and women warr'd.
But we did not think to find him
Some

'

In the temple of the Lord."

Some pressed around their pastor,

Some on the villain gazed.

Who

against the Lord's annointcd

His dastard arm had raised.

Some

E'en to a Yankee
would not do such wrong.

said, "

We
As

to mistake another
For the gallant Major Sti'ong
So we'll look upon the hero
Till his face

While a
"

Do
He

cannot doubt,"

some one kick

" Don't touch

"

we

etout old lady shouted,

is

Mm

out."

him," cried another,

worthy of his Kuler,

For he fights with

Than he fought

women

braver

at I'onrliatoida."

But wh<'n the storm raged

fiercest,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

And
Like

liearts

oil

The

aflame.

all

voice of blessing

For thougli

witli

Priest,

came

angry gestures

Yankee bid

Tlie

The

were

on troubled waters.

liim cease,

with hands

ui^lifted.

Bid his people go in peace

And called down heavenly blessings

Upon that tossing crowd.
While the men their teeth were clenching,
And the women sobbing loud.
And then with mien undaunted
He passed along the aisle.
The

gallant

Yankee hero

Behind him
"

You
For

the while.

all

better bring a gunboat,

that's

your winning card,"

Said a haughty

little

As the Strong man

beauty.
called a guard.

" 'Tis only 'neath their shelter

You Yankees

ever fight,"

Cried anotlier spunky

Who

woman

stood upon his right.

But the Major thought a cannon

(If his

men

could not succeed

In clearing off the sidewalk).

Would be
And I guess

all

'Gainst Christ

When

that he should need.

his light artillery

Church he

will range,

his "base of operations"

Next Sunday ho

shall

"change."

'Twas thus the tyrant Butler,

'Mid woman's sobs and tears.
Seized a priest before the altar

He had
know

We

served for twenty years.

in darkest ages

Church was holy ground,

Where from the hand of Justice
A refuge might be found

And from

the meanest soldier

To the highest

in the land.

113

EEAUTY AND BOOTY.

114-

None dared

Who
Twas

left

To

And

to toucli the fugitive

should within

stand.

violate its walls,

to"

be

known

As the Victor
lie

it

the beastly Butler

in future

of St. Pauls,

has called our wives

" She-adders,"

And he
For the voice of outraged

shall feel their sting.

Through every land

woman

shall ring.

He shall stand with Austrian

Upon the rolls of fame,
And bear to latest ages

A
The

name.

base, dishonored

ehurcli in wliicli the

Ilaynau

Rev. Mr. Hedges

officiated was,

after his banishment, converted into a school-liouc for

" con/ralxfuds,'" wliere their youtlil'ul ideas

were

young

heiiig taught

to shoot.
It

caught

for

some of

accidentally one

fire,

to the ground.

crime

full

all

fur wliicli those

and

clergymen were arrested was,

president of the United

tlie

others in authority.

Old Dr. Beecher once i)rayed

that

and burned

high.

that they refu.sed to luay for "

States and

niglit,

Etliiopians liad very sonorous voices

tlie

pitched their notes

'I'he

windy

It Avas a great loss to the neigliborliood,

we may not

dispute our rulers

"

Lord,

and,

we pray Thee

O Lord, we further

they may not behave so that we cannot lielp it!"

There was a clergyman in Frederick, Md., the Rev. Dr.
who, bolder than the rest, had the courage to pray
Z
lor " the President of the United States" in the presence of
jiray that

number of Rebel

i-ebuke him.

enjoy the
" lu

'

No

lienefit

officers,

who took no

doubt they thought

it

step to punish or

right to have

him

of clergy.'

the evening, he had

among

liis

Jarkson^ who slept soundly through the

hearers Stoneioall
services.''

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

"VVe are bajipy to state that

all

the clergy have returned

New

respective churches in

to their

115

Orleans,

much

to the

ielight of their congregations.

Our beloved Bishop Polk

mourned

but

thought!

We

will

long be remembered and

he returns no more
should

What

a sorrowful

endeavor to "remember the

all

words which he spoke unto us while he was yet

j^resent

with us."

No

one has been with us

parties than he

all

endeared him to
be said

" lie

A lady has

his

who was more

He was

all.

knew no

truly beloved by

amiable manners and righteous

a

wish, but

man

of

whom

it

life

might truly

what the world might hear."

written a short tribute to General Polk.

There are few more justly deserving of praise than our

General Leonidas Polk, of whom

patriotic hero,

we

all feci

proud.

Nature invested
all,

the

liim with a benign disposition

characteristics

and with

He

of generous feeling.

always

exerted a salutary and moralizing influence over the minda

of his people by his chaste and exemplary example and

He won

precepts.

the respect and afiection of his brave

and social disposition and manners. He

was highly esteemed and appreciated for his zealous interest

SDldiers

by

his genial

m behalf of his people.

He

is

deserving of praise for his selfsacrificing conduct

during our sad and sanguinary war.

He

manifested an

in-

defatigable spirit of energy in defending the cause which

he had espoused.

moment,

He was

brave and

fearless

until the invading- foe snatched his

unexpectedly

to the last

life

away

so

depriving his aggrieved people of their noble,

and much-loved defender.

His immortal spirit was transferred from the battle-field,
to a more ti"anquil and purer sphere.
His people will hold his noble deeds and acts of benevolence in aftectionate and grateful remembrance.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

116

CHAPTER
"0

The

Shame,

XIV.

Avlicro is

thy blush!"

greater part of the information respecting private

was derived from negroes,

])roperty

were allowed the cntrte to

men have

Intriguing

are never above a

IJutler's

as at

all

times they

sanctum.

emissaries

everywhere, and they

fomiliarity with servants

little

their best " helps" as a little

money can

they are

generally buy their

services.

If servants could only be ilattered into talking of their

were accomplished the facts

draw upon his vivid
imagination to invent schemes to desolate and destroy.
It was a negro servant who informed one of Butler's
emissaries that A. Coutcrio, Esq., the Consul of the Xetherlands, " had a large amount of silver in his possession " such
information was valuable, and must be acted upon. Accordingly, A. Coutcrio was arrested by an " order" from the

master's

affairs,

Butler's aims

alone he wished to know, and he could

" General

Commanding

insulting language used

;"
;

his office

finally,

two

seized and the

officials

most

were ordered

to search his person, " even to searching the soles of his

shoes," to find the

key to unlock the treasure

This was done artistically, decency not being regarded.

Tiieir purposes being gained, the Consul was released
removing from his office several wagon loads of silver,
amounting to 800,000, also private papers and other things.

The reason
jnent,

was

for this outrage,

which caused intense

excitc-

" Tlie Citizens'

ing-liouse of

Hope

tfc

Bank owed the celebrated bankCo., of Amsterdam, a large sura

variously estimated from 6500,000 to $1,000,000 the notes

'beauty and booty.

for the

payment of which were due

The

next two months.

in

117

the course of the

directors of the bank, for reasons

of their own, concluded to place the amount of their indebtedness to

Hope

&

Co., in the hands of the Holland Consul,

payment of these notes, either before or at the time

they became due." And Butler wished to investigate the
for the

case.

The

Fi'ench Consul was also relieved of a large amount

of specie, although not treated in so rude and insolent a

manner.

We

copy the following from the daily papers

" Messrs, Sam,

bankers in the

Smith

&

Brother, the largest private

city, M'ere arrested

on Sunday by order of

General Butler, and detained as prisoners until yesterday

noon.

The books, moneys, and other

including the boxes, packages,

etc.,

assets of Messrs, Smith,

deposited with them by

private depositors, $70,000 in specie, and about $400,000 in

receivable, were also seized by the same authorities.
Mr. B. Avegno, another private banker, was also arrested
yesterday, and last night Mr. A. B. James, a wealthy
bills

property holder and

ca})italist,

was marched

to the

Custom-

Ilouse under a guard of United States soldiers."

Affairs got to such a state in the city, that

numerous

complaints were sent to the President in Washington, to

have him interpose his authority against such lawlessness.

Accordingly, President Johnson commissioned the Hon.

Iveverdy Johnson, of Maryland, to go to

New

Orleans to

investigate the case.

The following letter from Washington fully exj^lains his

upon the subject:
" Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, has made his
report to the Government nj^on the points in the administration of aifairs in New Orleans, which he not long since went
ideas

thither to investigate,
conclusions.

and the President has approred

its

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

118
"

understood

It is

he recommends the return to the

tliat

Consul of the Netherlands

of"

the eight hundred thousand

doUars seized by Gen. Butler; tlmt seven hundred and

sixteen thousand dollars be returned to the French Consul,

and

also a large

amount

ot sugars

and other merchandise be

relinquished to the Greek, British, and other foreign mer-

chants domiciled in

Xew

Orleans,

as,

according to Mr.

Johnson, these seizures by Gen. Butler cannot be

by

civil

was obliged

]Jutler

he

iio

justified

or military law."

doubt
'

felt

money, and,

to refund the

in

doing

so,

relieved of a very heavy responsibility.

Trifles, liirht as air, arc to the jealous

Confirmation strong as proofs of Holy Writ."

been truly said that " those who allow

It has

annoy tliem

among

live

their

enemies."

This

trifles

to

was emi-

nently the case with General Butler.

He would
the most
lites

allow nothing to escape without noticing

circumstance was magnified by the

tri\ ial

around him.

l>ad as he was, he

was made

Morse by the cunning,

still

whom

envy, hatred, and malice of those in

he trusted.

His habit of drinking so freely of molasses and

which made "his face so red," doubtless assisted

his schemes to annoy and irritate.
"

it

satel-

case in point

icatei\

in devising

was the turmoil respecting the

Eiiglisli

ship Ivinaldo.

He

could not understand

board the vessel

liim

while,

in

concluded
tact,

no

tlic

cause of the hilarity on

that

it

was done to torment

him a passing

one there gave

thought.
Tliere were a

number of young

Englisli gentlemen, of

high birth and parentage, midshipmen on board the

do, an English man-of-war, lying off
us they

were justly entitled to the

Xew

Orleans.

Ivinal-

Tliey,

hospifalities of the city,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

119

were kindly received and hospitably entertained by some of

our best Creole families, several of them of English descent.
Their time passed pleasantly

scarcely a day or evening but

they were invited to soirees or parties, gotten up to enable

the young people to enjoy themselves, and to forget in

nocent gayety,

if possible,

in-

the terrible scenes through which

the country was passing.

Those gentlemen, willing and anxious to return some of

the civilities which they had had kindly extended to them,

gave a " tea party" on board their

vessel,

and invited a num-

ber of the beautiful, high-toned Southern young ladies to

them with their presence which invitation they were

most happy to accept, and a delightful reunion it was. The
Aveather was charming
moon shining brightly baud inlayfavor

and

all

the

i)rornenading on the deck

make them happy.

The band played "Dixie," "The Bonnie Blue Flag," "My
Maryland," and many other favorite airs, to please the
ladies.
All went oil" charmingly.
The dancing the singing

ing

conspiring to

the

sujiper

all

were

exquisite.

Quite a crowd gathered on the levee to see the novel

sight.

The

vessel gaily lighted,

breeze, looked beautiful

This was too

"The

much

and

flags floating in the

by moonlight.

for old Butler

'

he could not

let

it

would not have felt so

badly if he had been invited ; but, in no such society could
lie figure, so he amused himself by sending his myrmidons,
pass.

fidgetty thing," he

the police, on the levee, about eight o'clock in the evening,

pretending that he feared a

riot^

and actually arrested per.

sons for singing songs in unison with those on board the

vessel.

13

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

120

CHAPTER

XV.

As day after day the "orders" were issued, eacli one

seemed more virulent than the last. The culminating point
was at length reached, at least so it Avas thought, in " Order
No. VG." The beauty of our country, our wealth, and the
happiness we enjoyed among ourselves, where inferior spirits
could not obtain foothold, excited envy and malice.

The

exclusiveness of a portion of the Southern

doubtless irritated the pci^JO?<s

New

peo[ile

England stranger and

Indeed, inuendoes were thrown out in the newspapers " that if a different course were pursued, a smile (a
his stair.

grin)

might be gained from those

No

in

power,"

such proposition could be for a

etc.

moment

entertained

There could be no amalgamation. Nothing but disgust

was felt, and, of course, shown. All that was desired by
Southern-born people was to be

left alone.

Like Satan himself, wandering around, "seeking

he might devour," and Avondcring

how

whom

he miglit enter

whose " husbands had departed," and whose

doors and windows were generally closed, old Butler issued
ladies' houses,

h\s pri/if/, crushing/

\/

We
Its

"Order No.

AX IMrORTANT

7G."

ORPER.

publish Order No. TO, from Major-General Butler.

requirements are of vital interest to

all

persons in this

Department above the age of eighteen years. Let the order

be attentively read and readily complied with
:

CiEXKHAT.

OUDEUS No.

TO.

IIkADQUAKTKKS DErARTMENT OF THE QULF,

Now

Orlcang, Septi-mbcr 24, 18G3.

All persons, male or female, within this Department, of

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

tlie

121

age of cigliteen years and upwards, who have ever been

United States, and liave not renewed their al-

citizens of tlie

legiance before this date to

liold

United States, or who now

tlie

or pretend any allegiance or sympathy with the so-

called Confederate States, are ordered to report themselves,

on or before the

first

day of October next,

Provost-Marshal, with a descriptive

list

of

all

to the nearest
their property

and rights of property, both real, personal, and mixed,

made out and signed by themselves respectively, with the

same

particularity as for taxation.

their place of residence

description,

by number,

and their occupation

They

shall also report

street,

or other proper

which registry

shall

be

signed by themselves, and each shall receive a certificate

from the Marshal of Registration, as claiming to be an

enemy of the United

Any

States.

person, of those described in this order, neglecting

so to register themselves, shall be subject to fine, or impris-

onment

at hard labor, or both,

and

all

his or her

property

by order as punishment fur such neglect.

On the first day of October next every householder

confiscated

return, to the Provost-Marshal fiearest him, a

inmate of
iipAvards,

his or

which

The name,

shall contain the following particulars

who

has taken the oath of allegiance

to the United States, a registered

who

enemy of

the United

has neglected to register himself or her-

either an alien, a loyal citizen, or a registered enemy.

All householders neglecting to

make such

ing a false return, shall be punished by

and occupation of each inmate, whether

a registered alien, one

self,

shall

of each

her house, of the age of eighteen years or

list

sex, age,

States, or one

list

returns, or
fine,

mak-

or imprison-

ment with hard labor, or both.

Each policeman will, Avithin his

beat, be held responsible

that every householder failing to

make such

return, within

three days from the

first

vost Marshal; and

five dollars lor everj^ such neglect, for

of October, be reported to

tlie

Pro-

BKAUTY AND BOOTY.

122
every day

like

in wliicli

sum

net i-oported, will be

is

it

and

policein;ur.s ])ay,

Hucli

for conviction of

sliall

lie

ileiliieted

be dismissed.

any householder not

fi'oiii

And

iiuiking

Jiis

or her return shall be paid to the policeman reporting such

liouseholder.

iMery person who

sliall,

in

good

faith,

renew

allegiance to the United States previous to the

October next, and

mended

remain truly

shall

to the I'resident lor jiai'don

l>y

oflenses.

command

his or her

first

loyal, will

day of

be recom-

for his or her previous

oi'

IMa.iou-Gexicual IjUTLLII.
Geo. C. Strong, A. A.

G.,

Chief of

Stafi".

"What brain does not burn with indignation while reading the following pieces?
soul so dead,"
so,

"go

mai'k

who can
liini

man with
unmoved ? If

" Dreathes there a

listen to these strains

well I"

REGISTERED ENEMIES TO THE UNITED STATE?.

The Commanding General of

Xo. VG, requires those who still

this

Department, by order

i)retend to hold allegiance

to the so-called Confederate JStates to report themselves to

the nearest IVovost-Marshal before the 1st of October, and

he registered as ene)nles to the United /States.
as enemies to the United States
'J'his

terrible feature

is,

Registered

liowever, hidden as yet from the

Signing their names on that

them simj)ly recorcbng their continued allegiance to the government of their choice. They do not, ])y
any means, appreciate the importance of the act, when they
insane votaries of secession.
I'earful roll is

recjuest to
'J'hey

be registered as enemies to the Ignited States.

do not

traitors.

to

reali/.e

Xo

that in so doing they confess themselves

need, then, of a jirolonged

trial,

a eloiul of

witnesses, a critical examination into the evidence.

in black

and white,

in

Thei'e,

unmistakable characters, traced by

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

own

their

hands, they

may

123

Les^s

obdu-

niay experience the clemency of that very

rate traitors

Abraliani Lincohi

whom

election to that seat

they have so often reviled

whence he holds

was ironounced by tliem a

tion of their country

whose
hands

but not those whose names are enthat book of doom, upon

might well be graven the

clasps

their fate in his

suflieient cause for the disrup-

rolled in that fearful register,

whose

Xo

read their death warrants.

chance for them of commutation or of pardon.

Avords that

i'atal

bhazed in withering luster over the gate of Dante's Inferno

" All aviio kxter here abaxdox hope."
It

is

men who have

not worth the Avhile for young

not

taken the oath of allegiance because they have no property

to confiscate, or for

some other reason

selves, to feign ridicule

the faith, for

it is

satisfactory to them-

towards those who

liave

returned to

barely possible that they do not yet clearly

where

see the exact point

" the

laugh

is

to coine

i/i.'^

Office of PEovosT-MARsnAL-GEXEHAL of Louisiana,

New

Orleans, September 20, 18G2.

All persons, male or female, within this Department, of

the age of eighteen years and upwards,

citizens of the

United

States,

allegiance thereto before the 24th inst,

V\-ith

General Orders No.

"70,

who have

ever been

and who did not renew their

Avill,

in

accordance

immediately report themselves

to the nearest Provost-Marshal, with a descriptive

their property, etc., over their

by

own

list

of

signature, as required

said orders.

Ijefore the 1st of

by the

jiolice to

October blank forms

istered the particulars required

The

will

be furnished

each householder, upon which must be reg-

by the

third clause in said

3d
day of October, and houseliolders are expected to have
order.

police will call for these blanks before the

tiiem prepared.

Their attention

is

}articularly attracted

towards the pen-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

124

a neglect to

alty wliicli
also
it

make

these returns involves, and

towards the duties of the police

in the premises.

be distinctly understood that only those

who

taken the oath of allegiance are re(iuired to furnish

their properly

hut that

(dl

Let

liave not
lists

of

householders must furnish de-

scriptive lists of the inmates of their several houses.

Jonas

1 1.

Fukxcii,

Provost-Marslial-Ucncral Louisiann.

IIeadquakteus Dep-VUTMENT of TUE

The

jNIajor-General

that Uriah

Pickens,

(jI.

Patterson be confined for siv months

hard

at

(ill-F,

New Orleans, October G, 18G2.

Commanding the Department orders
with a

labor,

at

Fort

twenty-fuur-pound

ball

attached to his leg by a chain, for an insulting and seditious

report to the authorities of the United States.

By

Majou Gknekal Butlku.

order of

Feed. JLuilin,

Lieut,

and A. D.

C.

COPY OF KErOllT IIETUIIXED.

Uriah G, I'atterson, aged IS years.
llcsidence

Xo. South Poydras Street, First District.

Police Olhcer, before subjugation of Xew
4-11

Oc<:upatio)L

Orleans, since, a non-ca|)acitated j)risoner of war, conlined

within the

^lililai'y District

IlryUtered Alien

of

Xew

Jlegistered.

Orleans.
13orn free.

Taktn Oath of Alley in nee To sup})ort the Constitution

United Slates as i-evised, amended, adojiled and
defended by the Confederate Stales.

cf the

Jirfjistcird

J'Jiii-vv/

Of

the Conslitulion as

inlerpreled

and execuleil by the present Abolition (Jovernment of the

D I S-United States, but a iViend of the Constitution and
Union as intei-preted by the immortal, pure Henry Clay.
'

Keglectal to lake

()<(th

or ile'jistcr

oalli.

i\nn Patlerson, aged

years.

Xeglected

to take

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

125

No. 44] South Poytlras Street, First

Keeping house.
Alien Registered. Born
Oath of Allegiance A loyal citizen of

Hesidoice

District.

Occiqmtion
Itef/lstered

Tdl-en

alien.

New

Orlc'uis, Louisiana.

Registered Enemy

Not a

registeretl

enemy

of the United

States.

Oath or liegister

N'eglected to taJce

Neglected

to take

oath.

THE COMING WRATH.

The

rebels are certainly frank.

They tell us plainly and
most contemptuous way that they come of a master
race, and wo Northerners and Northern emigrants of a
suhject and slave race. They disdainfully declare that they
have al\va3's ruled us that they are our born masters that
in the

they have whipjied us

Avill

do

it

again; that

who would

gladly

instinctively cravvl

in like

we

sell

hounds before, and that they

are peddling knaves and cowards,

our souls for a sixpence, and

who

upon the ground before the chivalrous

gentlemen of the South.

Well, fellow-Northerners, they will

good

\mless

we

believe

believed in themselves.

in

make

their

words

ourselves as heartily as they

They have ranged

their civilization against ours.

their class

and

It is useless to disguise the

Their system must be annihilated or

must conquer or subdue them utterly, or
they will absolutely overcome us. After sixteen months of
war they are flushed, with hope and confidence but tlieir
purpose is no stronger now than ever. They have always
meant conquest of the North. They hoped it would come
scope of the contest.
ours must.

We

by peaceable secession, and then a peaceable sui-render of

But they
the North under tlie name of reconstruction.
believe now that the same practical result can be achieved
without separation.

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

12G

And

lliere

but one

is

tliinf^

can

resolution of tlie Xortli tliat tliey

extermination
Ave

have

We

around them,

make

order,

tlie

the foundations of

We

feet.

them and the

iiiin

air

wlih

the foundations of

death and horror and desolation

yawn

sliall

and for what purjiose

and blood, and

shall dis-

liather than that they shall be vic-

Government, and

they would engulf us

liix'

shall

For we

and shake beneath their

the sky with blackness over

torious over this

civil

if

sliall

their social system quiver

ti'i'ror

llie

is,

deep and inexorable determination, we

integrate their society.

lili

tliat

once

necessary to our success.

succeed without exterminating them.

shall

it;

be exterminated,

And when

is

tliat

lielp

sliall

is

it,

for tliein.

Wlio

which

in

are tliey,

that they are to disturb with

infinite loss

and anguish, the peace

in

we were all living a peace which provided every

peaceful remedy for difference or comjilaint? They have
brought the sword against us. Let them feel the edge of
wliich

tliat

sword

in

sharpness, rather than that

its

all

it

shall

prevail against us.

This " order" assisted by " the detectives,"

women,

2)aid

for

"

being

wandering from

idle,

house, and not only idle, but tattlers

"also

and

nien
liousc

to

and busybodies,

speaking things which they ought not."

These creatures, so

fiilly

described in St, Paul's Epistle to

Timothy, chap. v. 13 (the 12th might apj)ly to some), enabled the " arcli fiend" to discover all he wished to know
about our

j)rivate concerns.

comical-looking

hymn-book

set.

in their

them South by

]v\tra

well us

detectives Avere a

hand, a fan swinging on their arm, and

a <pieer-looking bonnet,
sent

The women

Sanctimonious, generally carrying a

])riin

and neat as though Lou-ell had

the case.

money should have been

" ordered" for dressiiu/ as

j'i/in(/.

Had Olympe

or Sophie have

Vegas have taught them

managed

their toilettes,

to turn out their toes, they

and

might

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

have pnsscd

in the

crowd

but

tlioy

127

were too

not to

(jaui'ij

escape observation.

Some

of the Southern Ladies, supposin_<^

were the same

ton to

New

who had been

as those

Orleans, signed

tlieir

tliat all

sent from

papers

Yankees

Washing-

accordance witli

(in

"Order"' To) as "enemies," as they were disgusted and

heartily despised

temerity
secution

many

them

Bitterly had

i/iei/

to

pay

for tlieir

truly were jdaced in the fiery furnace of per-

there was no retracting-,

"They

should leave the city; their goods should be

con-

'

fiscated,' their

houses and lands disposed of;" even their

silver-plate

small cpiantities

moved

in

they were

was not allowed to be

re-

left heggar.-t.

were signed by ladie?, explanatory ; they were

"gentlewomen," "genuine women," " keeping house," "enPapei's

deavoring to love, honor, and obey" as

doubt Old Butler was

CHAPTER
"

She sworC; and

"Yield to

morrow

to

fate to-day,

succomb

wide

tlie

is

and

cliarnel

j'oii

may

XVI.
echoed

'

Never, never

!'

"

grasp her proudest awards

to-

not to be subdued."

Sunday Morning, September

Tpie law of

No

occupation:^;.

edified.

7}cresslt(/

21, 1862.

induced the greater part of those

took " the Oath" to accept

it

as

it

was "

who

ordered.''

Compelled again to suffer, and endeavoring to meet our

with composure and firmness, all morbid hesitancy
being thrown aside, we went to the City Hall " to hear

new trials


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

12S
\vli:it llie

lege

it

had

oiiicials

wu can

that

1.-5

to say
//(//(/.'

we

privi-

that

i)lease,

" in tlio inmof-t eliawljcrs of

There

most blosscd

"Wliat a

I"'

as

my

soul,

another world, a blessed home,

is

0"er which no living power holdoth control,

Anigh

"The
TiiK

ill

things do never come."

Oatli"iniist be taken,

this world's

scribed

which

to

goods taken from

Oath of
by

oi-

ns.

Here

The

Ar,i,i:GiAxcK:

we

liavc wliat little

liad in

it is:

Citizen's Oath, as pre-

(reneral lUiller!

crrizKx's oath.

do solemnly swear

(or affirm) that I will bear

trne iailh and allegiance to the United States of America,

and

the Constitution thereof.

will sujtport

The melancholy

and expei'ieuce of the day showed

feelings

we were not exempt from the inlii-initics

The step, which had been taken was only

us very ]>lainly that

human

of

nature.

excusable on the ground of an overruliiu/

following remarks

show what

Avhat sort of hearts they had,

by

sort of

who had

ncccssilj/.

men they

ihe

jooicer,

Tiio

were, anil

not directed

virtue or religion, to domineer over the citizens of the

"Dei)artnient of the

Oulf

V.'n.T-

"

THRY

To swear,

T.UCK

THE OATH?

or not to swear

That's the ([uestion." Sn.VKE Knkes.

few days there has been the greatest possible

excitement upon the ilat^s of Carondclet Street and in the

For the

last

purlieus of

cottondom

relative to the all-absorbing question

of taking the oath of allegiance to the United States.

dealers

many

in

of

The

the "staple" have fought shy of the question, and

them

has'e waited, in great trepidation

and doubt,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

how

to see

the cat

jumps before

129
upan what they

veiituiing

regard as so perilous an undertaking.

One would not take

the oath because his neiglibor had not taken

wore

on, until

now

the kist hour of grace

and scarce time enougli

is

left for all to

and so days

it,

about to expire,

is

comply with the

view of the great rush of patriots who crowd around

the offices where the oath is administered.
ordei", in

For
of the

several days ])ast a reviving sense of the requirements

Commanding

General's order appears to have obtained

lodgment under the double-breasted vests of some few of

the nabobs who drawl away their leisure in the splendid
saloons of the Pelican, the l*ickwick, and other aristocratic
club-rooms; and we are impressed to say, that on several
'occasions

we may have

seen certain well-fed and dignified

bipeds dodging out from their cavernous

Perdido Streets, and making straight

What

of the Provost-Marshal.
dicate,
\\-e

we

will

these

movements

not undertake distinctly to say

have observed the aforesaid

all

flavors,

migh.t in-

but when

staid gentlemen,

exceptional linen, wedging through a crowd of

and

Union or

offices in

coat-tails for the ofKcc

we have shrewdly

opined that

all
it

with unnations

was not

alone for the purpose of only getting a sight at Colonel

French, the Provost-Marshal, a good-looking

be.

Furthermore, when

we have

tlemen, with shirt collars

ones, elbowing their

way

man

though, he

seen these self-same gen-

awry and hats kocked

into cocked

out of said crowd, blowing like a

school of porpoises, and bearing in their gloved digits

bits

little

of i)rinted paper, carefully folded up and studiously

withheld from the general gaze, Ave have inferred, after our
fashion, that they

we

have been

" taking the oath."

Nor

liavo

them here, but, following them around the next

corner, we have observed with wliat^ sly satisfaction they
have entombed the little bits of paper in capacious wallets,
while at the same time they have fumbled for blue tickets
left

in unsoiled vest-pockets,

and called for " brandy

straiglit," as

BEAUTY AND

130
if nolliin;::;

]\ni\

Do

This, loo, llioy call " taking tbo

li:i]>))ene(l.

oath," but they take to

not understand

condemning you

it

us,

1300TY.

more

naturally.

ye lords of the " long

fur either of these practices

staple," as

whether

taking the oath to prove your loyalty, or of taking

quench

thirst.

One

is

good

little

of
to

and the other

Neither amounts to much after you

soothing to the soul.

have had a

for the stomach,

it

practice, for like

eels,

when they get

ac-

customed to being skinned, you will begin, after a while, to

like it!
So go ahead, wc say, and to those Avho have not
ibllowcd your respectable exam2:)lc,

we

not a moment, for the hour approaches

Avould say, delay

when

it

will

be too

late.

The Government
quiet submission to
his

requij^es
its

from every one not only a

authority, but an open declaration of

And

adherence to the Government.

this is expressed

by

an oath of allegiance.
After the 2:3d September

Xew

it

will

not do fur a citizen of

Orleans to say, I have never done any thing against

the Government, I have never supi)lied arms for the equip-

ment of a company,
UL'ver by word or
against

my

country.

I have;

act

never subscribed money, I liave

abetted

This

will

or

countenanced treason

not serve the

man

of property

The answer to any such i)lea

Avould simply be, You were silent and inactive, while an
enemy was destroying your counli'v; you consorted daily
with the ])lotters of treason day after day, from the time
since tlie Government has been restored here, you liave
in

any respect whatsoever.

kept aloof, disregarding the orders of the

(ieneral,

and refusing

all

Commanding

iVaternity with those representing

the Government.

HEMIXISCKN'OKS OF THE OATH-TAKIXG.

"When
that

till'

it

was announced by orders from

loyal citizens of this great metropolis

liead(|uarter6

would be

al-


BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.
until the

lotv'cd

131

23d of September to take

return to their allegiance, there

tlie

oath and

not an inconsiderable

\\:as

number of the

stift'-necked who turned up their aristocratic

and resolved, both inwardly and openly, that they

nose-s,

would

see General Butler

phet before they would

sank to the lowest depths of To-

coraiily.

To

hear

tliese

recusants

upon street-corners and bluster in bar-rooms, it miglit

have been supposed by the uninitiated that the Union men
of this fliir city were
talk

"Like
or, as

angels' visits,

fow and

far between,'

expressed in more homely phrase, that they were as

scarce as hens' teeth

As time wore

on,

and the sixty days limited by the

President's proclamation were about to expire, a very de-

cided fluttering might have been

integuments that there was reality

that

all

those

who

liable to the pains

avoid

observed

in

secession

Gradually the fact began to permeate their capillary

circles.

this,

many

in the

proclamation, and

did not take the oath would be

and penalties of the confiscation

of the

more cunning

made
To

act.

sort sought to 'Bover

up their personal and floating j^roperty under the broad

and many were the defiant ones

who began about this time to gather

folds of female crinoline,

of the " gentler sex"

ui)on the anxious seat, solicitous to get a sight at the hand-

some Provost-Marshal, with a view to getting themselves

politically healed by taking the oath.
For several days before the expiration of the time limited,
all the avenues leading to the different places where the oath
was administered, were thronged with shoals of women
from the miss of eighteen summers, brilliant with curls aud
flashing with jewels, to the full-fed dowager, fat, fair, and
forty

all

wending

their undulating

way

to the City Hall,

the Custoin-House, and other places where the form of adjuration might be gone through with.

Remarkable, too, as


BEAUXr AND BOOTY.

132
it

may

seem,

llie

wliolo

appeared to turn out,

mass of the iMliiopian jiopulation

for tlie

purpose of taking

unmindful of the edict pronounced against

Dred Scott

in tlie

under the administra-

decision, drlivei-ed

James Buclianan.
they crowded in, al)juring,

That made no

tion of their friend,

cnce, for

jireeedence,

as freedmen,

heis might have been

inii)ossil)le

was

all

and so

color,

cboii}- ])atriots

as
in,

all

ditfer-

rusli for

they well might.

numwas

so that their

thousands.

bond from the

\vere awarded

It

free, %vhere all

a chance.

It

see with \vhat an air of triumph these

to

refi-esiiing

went

the great

summed up by

to distinguish the

were of one

in

distinctions of rau/c,

all

Shives, as Avell

oaf-

"de

tlieir social staiitit,

would receiye

their certificates,

and the Nvay

the ivory shone on such occasions Avas a sin and an insinuation

How

on the glory of Senegal.

they bettered them-

by taking the oath nfiyer having voted for secession,

as they had no right to vote
is a question for the casuists.
Nevertheless, Sambo Avas proud of the privilege; and if the

selves

cultivation of this pride will tend to

and morals, much good may

poller,

Wade, thought

in

and he did take

it

take the oath

Sambo and

the

that

I'act,

improve

do him.

he said, he was obliged to take

latter

it-

women were

not alone in their haste to

whitewash themselves by taking the oath.

were not

his industry

Even our colored

under the law he was bound to
it

less anxious,

Another

though not so demonstrative.

class

These

were of the plethoric sort of middle-aged gentlemen

old codgers,

who

have cavernous

and Perdido Streets

oflices in

Union, Oravier,

white-breasted cormorants, who

o>\n

cotton planters, together with their ]ilantations, and amass

by advancing on cro})s the

These are they who, by the
mysterious operation of two and a half per cent, for accept-

their tens of thousands a year

money borrowed from

ing,

two and ahalf

ibr

banks.

drayage, weighage,
manage mortgage

advancing

age, brokerage, and stealage

to

stor-

to their

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

grow

service the small cotton-planter,

cat turkey and turtle, and

o^entlemen

the

swim

133

rich without effort,

These

ia Cliquot.

cormorants

double-brested

staid old

went

netting themselves wliitewashed in the most quiet

Tliey went iu the dusk of the evening, or at early

possible.
light,

and not

ia

crowds, like ambitious " crinolinedom," but

Some would

through alleys and by-ways, singly and alone.

])ut

on

about

manner

and swear that they intended to take out

airs,

licates that

they were enemies of the United States.

certi-

These

would mai'ch boldly up to the polls, flourishing their goldheaded canes, putting on bullying looks, while beneath their
double-breasted breasts beat hearts of hares.

Xo

one could get a sight of their

certificates, for Avhile

it was
had taken the
the powers that are.

they professed to have declared themselves enemies,

many

shi-ewd!y suspected that in

cases they

undiluted obligation of dutiful lieges to

Tiiere are

many

in this wise,

very many whom we know to have done

and how

iiiany

that are unknown, passes

it is

the

more

all

there

may

be who did so

At any

comprehension.

rate,

certain that nearly the entire poj)ulation passed through

mill,

and those who did not,

relied

upon

their poverty

or insignificance to escape the penalties of the law.

*

THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCK.

There are many reasons why the

women

of

New

Orleans

should be brought within the purview of the President's

proclamation.

"We have

so

many

this class of our population, that

it

property-holders

termine, with some degree of certainty,

how

braced by the sixth section and subject to

In the
" if

any

first

place, the

])erson, etc.,"

among

becomes important to

law makes no

far

its

de-

they are em-

provisions.

distinction,

but says,

and the proclamation warns "all per-

sons, etc."

Now,

it is

apparent that the interpretation

in authority hitherto

made by

those

has extended this matter to women,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

lol

who have been

rc({uired, before obtaining passports, or

upon

making appearance before tlie military tribunals, to recognize

in the usual manner tlie authority of the United States.
Tlie law and proclamation attach the same penalty, rendering the persons referred to subject to the seizure of "
estate, property,

The only

women

all

moneys, stocks and credit."

question

to

be considered, then,

are in law persons or not

whether

is

wliether

they hold prop-

erty or not.

We,

of Louisiana, have to consi(hn-, not the rules of inter-

pietation at

common

here when the

Women
the

civil

matter

It is
is

it

what

in tlieir

as the

by women

own names, and have

men, under certain eircum-

unnecessary to enter into

We

perfectly understood.

])i-i)visions

rule will be observed

jirevails.

have held property

same control over

staiu'es.

law, but

law

details,

shall

because the

not refer to the

governing dotal and peraphernal property, as held

in Louisiana,

and the community of acfpicsts and

gains.
for the

It is sullieient

And

ami

number among

us.

however, with but slight limitation, have entire con-

over their property, and are,

doubtless within the jjurview of

Sliould the law intend to
it

from their husbands.

ai)art

of those there are an immense

'i'iiese,

trol

purpose to refer to those

[iresent

hiilding property, sepaiate

would be easy

law and

in
liie

exempt

in fact, jiersons

law.

tlu'iii

for this class with their

from

its

means

the ])roperty of the disloyal, and covei- a vast

pi'iijierty

IVoiu the penalty of seizure

operation,

to purchase

amount of

and ultimate confisca-

tion.

Should these

women be

shielded from the j)rovisions of

ihe sixth section, a very large class of

the most lisloyal

woiiM thus be shielded, as also tlie very ])arties themselves,

w h(j, it is notorious, have been the most active among us in
" aiding, cotmleiianeiiig and abetting rebellion.''


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.
It

may Le

said tliat this

cordance with a

135

view of the matter

state of civilization,

higli

is

not in ac-

opposed to the

chivah-ons spirit that should actuate a refined peojile

short,

tliat, in

may

appear

it is

war npon

tlie

women

be considered that when a

so, unless it

leaves the spliere of her duties,

when

and

of the land. Tliis

woman

she uses her influence

the most powerful element in the social condition

to incite,

government the world has

ever seen, puts arms in tlie hands of fathers, brotliers and
sons to effect such object, and, by her words, her actions
and efforts, impels them to the carrying out this end, it becomes a necessity for a time to visit upon her such penalties
to the destruction of the best

as the one set forth in the law.

by the rushing
licr

or

This

woman

has forgotten

She may have been carried away

but she must be brought to recognize

duty to her country.

hei

tide,

country and

slie

It

must

may be

its

She must return to her allegiance,

laws.

suffer the jienalty of the law.

our laws,

said that

their property to "women,

and that
itself

tlie

This

ia giving

have done

it

view taken destroys the very

may be granted

spifit

it

of the law

proper to
itself

sti'ike at

if

they

why have they

the very source and f nmtain

the government which gives vitality and

force to the very laws of the State

claim?

of the law

but, on the other jiand,

thus invoke the law granting the protection,

thought

such control of

for their pi'otection,

The Code of

whose protection they

them the right to

1825, which gives

the property they hold,

was but the creature of a Legisla-

ture acting under the laws and Constitution of the United

States.

We

are not advised

how

the

commanding general may

consider this question, or to what extent he

may

intend en-

forcing the ultimate penalties prescribed by the statute. Ilis

chivalrous feelings as a

man and

soldier

and we venture to

say that, to them, sofar as his counti-y women are concerned,

no one on American

soil,

North or South, has higher

clainis,

BKAUTY AND

13tj

Ordrr

(the umnt'aniiii^ twaddle about

Avithstaiidiii^-)

may revolt from the

we may be

him, but

he esteems

it

I'.OOTV.

assured

tliat

he

In the

i'*^

contrary

will

shrink froni nothini;

duty to do for the vindieatiou of

his

iiot-

iieeessity iin])Osed ujion

tlie vio-

lated majesty of the hiws.

who take

Peoi)le

the oath of allegiance, and afterwards with

go down further than there"

mind that if it is

a sneer say, "it did not

(point-

ing to their throat), should bear in

ke[)t in

that position, and they conduct themselves accordingly, tlu're

them some

is

great danger of

is

dangerous to ride on the platform," and

larly safe

sworn

its

chokinrj

to trifle with' a

govermnent

fine

to

morning. "It

it is

not

i)articu-

which you have

allegiance.

THE TWEXTV-TIIIUD

The twenty-third of

IX3T.

this

RECENT

month

is

REBEL RUMORS.

the last day of grace

af-

forded to rebels and rebel sympathizers to save their property

from the action of the Confiscation

r)ill.

Those who, when

that time has expired, shall not have com]ilied with the law,

and by taking the oath of allegiance to the United States have

signified their intention to live henceforth as loyal citizens,

must expect to submit to the

specified in section six.

cast

seem

Avitli

so)

the rebellion

rigid enforcement of the penalties

Their
(or,

lot will

from that moment be

rather, to their blindness will

to its success alone will they look for a restora-

tion of that wealth or

competence of which they have justly

Beggared by

their

a cause foredoomed to failure

the

bicn deprived by an outraged country.

own

blind adhesion to

cause of treason
to clutch,
bt'liion

they will

have no straw of hope whereat

but that broken reed

must nltimately

succe(-d

mad

belief that the rc-

no

i)ath

open

but that which leads to destruction, with the

I'age of a

luring

liefore

them

dcci'itt'ul

Southern Kepublic based on Afiican slavery

them onwards.

mistill

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

After the

fatal twciity-tliird, then,

taken the oath of allegiance will

feel

137

every

compromittecl to the cause of rebellion as

ly

man

for,

not

lias

he had formal-

if

signed away his pqwers of self-decision

been bought, paid

wlio

himself as completely

as if he

and handed over to the rebel

had

leaders.

and so Avill allow our

whoever tliey may be," to peruse a private letter
picked up upon the battle-field. It is quite refreshing
"VYe are tired of Butler's vagaries,

readers, "

LETTER PICKED UP ON THE FIELD.

Camp SniLon,

near PittsbupvG,

April

Dear

Tillie

your kind

As we

Teistst.,

18G2.

some time and various wanderings,

letter of the 2Gth ult.

yesterday.

movement

After

5,

reached

me

at this place

are in hourly expectation of an advance

or an attack, I will answer immediately, presum-

in your letter, it will be none tlie

welcome on account of being answered promptly.
It pleases me exceedingly to think you have not forgotten
me, and that my letters are received in the same spirit as

from what you said

ing,
less

may always continue

formerly, and hope they

your

sister

Mary,

^o.

As

for

thank her very much for her good opin-

ion of me, a stranger, and should I ever be so fortunate as to

see

you

all,

may

she not be deceived in me, but her good

opinion rather improve on acquaintance.

As you

Avish to

be posted

give you some of them.

in

my

moves, I

w'ill

attemi)t to

We left Paducah March the 8tli, in

consort with some eighty steamboats,

filled

with troops,

which, by the way, was the grandest sight I ever saw

why not?
men,

flags

grand.

We

all

It

and

That number of boats, crowded with uniformed

flying and bands playing, must surely have been

were impossible

remained together

for

me

to attempt a description.

until

we reached Savannah, where

W.

T. Sherman, was ordered on

our division, under General

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

138
up

We

aU:uk

river to

llic

"When we

a rebel battery.

tliein entirely

it, liinlini;

reaelied

too formidable, were forced to

retii'c.

where orders came for us to

f^o into camp, much to our joy, havinp^ been aboard boats
thirteen days.
Here we have been enjoying- the beauties of
a Southern campaign imdisturbed, with the exce])tion of two
inai'ches and attacks the last two days.
Our present camp
is some two hundred and thirty miles uj) the Tennessee
river, and thirteen miles from Corinth, Miss., the next great
dro])ped back to this

j)lace,

battle-ground.

Twice we made armed reconnoissance

Corinth, and the last time
as the

boys

call

A\ e

it.

in the direction

came near being "gobbled

found ourselves

in

of

uj),"

an and)uscade,

but from some unaccountable reason, with their usual chivalric spirit,

with

"ran."

From

that time

peacefulness imtil yesterday,

all

theirs attacked a small one of ours,

As this "was the first

made me leel " kinder

time

si>lendid,

well Jiad

we been engaged.
some hours, when

when

living

a large Ibrce of

and were driven back.

had ever been near

phunny."'

sounded
of battle

we have been

The

a battle,

latlliug of

it

musketry

it would not have sounded so

"We remained drawn up in line
orders came for us to goto camp
We were not disturbed any more

but perhaps

and sleep on our arms.

that night, but to-day again our pickets were attacked, resulting the

but

little

same

The army assembled here is

the Potomac army, and when they do

as yesterday.

inferior to

move, you may expect to licar stirring news.

'J'he rebels themselves admit the Jiopelessncss of
in case of a defeat at Corinth.

death.

Shouhl

tliey

whip us out

With

their cause

ns, it is victory or

there, with the Tennessee

liver at our backs, escape Avould be imi)ossible, and would

end

in

our destruction.

to expe("t.

J5ut,

With

this in view,

we know what

jishaw! the idea of a defeat must not be

liarbored for a minute.

How much

longer our services will be required

is

impos-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

but one

sible to say,
it

will end.

when we
too soon

army do not care liow soon

^f July as the day

the

tiling',

great

many

place the 4th

be mustered out, but

Avill

not that the war will

139

me

appears to

it

last

that

is

longer than that, but

our services will be required for some time after cessation

of

One

hostilities.

and

thing certain,

my

have seen

Tillie, as

soon as

it is

over,

mother, the next place will be Terre

my own, may be remay it not be possible you

Perhaps you may expect to see a nice,

Haute, so that your curiosity, as well as

But when you do

lieved.
will

be disappointed

handsome,

What
first

young man, without spot or

intelligent, affable

opinions have been formed of you,

meet, but

with me.

you gave
time,

me,

In either event, you will be gravely disappointed.

blemish.

we

see

Do you
me your

and have

know

I will tell

when

there will be no disappointment

some two or three years since,

I have safely kept it till this
with me at present. Through trials and

it

recollect,

picture ?

afflictions it shall serve for a talisman.

You

ask

M'ith her,

me

about Mary Murray.

but heard of her through

my

great friends), in

making preparations

move

do not corresjjond

mother (both being

She was very

last letter.

to

my

sergeant in the Sixty-tliird Ohio liegiment,

der General Buell.

some

time, but have not as yet.

know

now

serving un-

Moll

is

good

You must know

girl,

for

and

her intimately

her worth.

Mag Daws

was

our regiment

left

you knew her

at school.

father

but was

have been expecting to see him

thiidc a great deal of her.

to

well,

Moll has a brother,

into town.

commands

in

Portsmouth

Ohio.

visiting a short time before

the same old Mag as when

Kate Robinson is still there, iler

She

is

a battery of artillery in Eastern A'irginia,

under General Shields, and was

in the late action at

Win-

chester.

Lou

Gillett

lor.g visit to

is

at

home

Minnesota.

nov,',

having just returned from a

BEAUTY AND

1-10

Ilattic Bui-k]ialler is at

know

TIio rest of your girls I

home.

nolliiiig about.

Tattoo
all

EOO'l Y.

lias

lights in

just sounded, and ''taits" will soon be, wlien

camp must go

out.

you may consider

IIoi)ing

worth answering, and that soon,

this

I remain, as ever, yours,

"Will U.
1*.

burn
get

S.

You

all

liold

need not be alarmed about your

up as soon as read.

S.

letters, as I

do not want the Secesh to

sent South as a relic, the way we do

of them, land

theirs.

Direct your

letters, "

Sergeant jMajor William

son, General Sherniau's Division, Fifty-third

Forward

I'aducah, Ky."

1).

Stephen-

Ohio llegiment,

to regiment.

CHAPTEE

XVII.

SHIP ISLAND.

Only by
It

is

hearsay can we describe this wretched place.

a long, low sand bank, about nine

and one

in })readth,

about sixty miles from

from ^Mobile, and ninety from

"On

the western extremity

of a brick

fort,

l)uildings, mIucIi

tlie
is

niili's

New

mouth of

in

extent,

Orleans, fifty

the ^Mississippi.

a militai'y station, consisting

a machine shop, and several mean-looking

are said to resemble

the wheel-house of

Noah's ark."

Here the ladies informed us they were kept for several

when they first landed, guarded by a scpiad of negro

hours,

Kjldiers.

"
tall

The other end of

pine trees, and

the island

all

between

is

is

covered with a growth of

a mere sand bar, rising

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

Ittl

above the surface of the water, and productive only of

shells,

clams and silicum."

Tliere are no shade trees, and the tropical sun, beating
upon the white sand, is intolerable.
There are sand flies and musquitoes innumerable.
During storms, and they are frequent, the water washes

over the island, and, like " Last Island,"

may some day

it

disappear entirely from the face of the earth.

Who

can read that delightful work, entitled " Uncle Tom's

Cabin," and not recognize our "arch-fiend tormentor" in the

description of " Mr, Simon Logree."
can but imagine,

We

Stowe hailed from Massachusetts, that she must have

as Mrs.

had him

We
be

in

her mind's eye.

must confess

any likeness

that

ice

might draw would

for inferior to hers.

Another quotation from the same work, and we finish

" If low-minded, brutal people will act like themselves, what
:

am

do

I to

?"

They have absolute control they are

;

irresponsible desj^ots.

would be no use in interfering; tb3reis nolaw that

amounts to any thing, practically, for such a case.
" The best we can do is to shut our eyes and ears" (and
mouths also), " and let it alone. It's the only resource left us."
Tlicre

For a few moments

let us digress pleasantly.

UNKNOWN.

The

following,

which we take from the Jackson (Miss.)

Standard, of the 13th, deserves a place

for reading for the

young

in the

standard books

aye, and for the middle-aged and

the old.

In the Vicksburg Herald, of the 11th

inst.,

we

find the

following couplet, said to be an inscription over the gi'ave of

.

Confederate soldier, in the Alexandria cemetery

"
'

Unknown'

is all

the epitapli can

K Jesus knew thee, all is

well."

tell

BEAUTY AND EOOTY.

142
Those

toueliiiig

lines are suggestive of

ami simple

They bring

fciorrowf'ul relleclioiis.

up,

many

from the mighty past,

thronging memories of the thousands of noble and ardent

went forth with flashing eyes and

soldiers of the South, Avho

si)rin<'-ing ste})s in

more

will

defence of iheir native land, but

who never

return to gladden the hearts of their kindred.

them sealed their devotion to liberty with tlie blood

young and gallant hearts. Others, toiling through
the seorching rays of summer, and shivering in the eold

Some
of

of

tlieii-

adequate clothing, yielded

blasts of winter, without food or

to privation and disease, and Anally perished on the terrible

march,

in a land of strangers,

ate

agonies of death.

tlie

immured

of battle, were

field

with no gentle hand to

allevi-

Others, taken captives on the red

in

Northern dungeons, and,

caged eagles, droojjcd and died

All over this broad Southern land are hundreds and thou-

like

sands of

little

mounds

of earth, beneath which moulder the

remains of our gallant defenders, with no stone or monu-

ment

We

to designate the ]*ale sleepers.

"soldiers' graves"

we know nothing

more.

know they
Many of

are

the

nameless dead were volunteers from other States; and

many

cases the very mothers

are ignorant of their fate.

distant homesteads, mothers

by

illusive

fathers,

may

and

sisters,

gloom of

many

sustained

twilight, trust-

hear returning footsteps, destined never

to be heard in the Avalks of

which mark the resting

])lace

liberty will soon be leveled

The little hillocks

"unknown" soldiers of

men.

of the

and obliterated.

mains the buzzing multitude

will tread.

Over
Tlie

their re-

memory

themselves and their deeds of valor, and their terrible

I'ering

will

and

in

in infancy

Perchance, even yet, at

and

hope, peer through the

ing that they

more

who nursed them

sacrillces, will

fade from

all

of

suf-

minds, and oblivion

add their names to those of the innumerable multitude

of Adam's sons

who

liave thus perished

and been forgotten.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

143

In the language of the epitapli which heads this article

we

reverentially say,
"

K Jesus knew thee, all

is

well."

THE COURSE OF THIXGS.

During the past winter, there was

in

one of our pleasantly-

located houses in this city, a cheerful circle of friends Avhose

evenings were often agreeably beguiled by the voice and

guitar of a

young Kentuckian, ever a welcome

cially Avith

the ladies (an honor always coveted by gentle-

men)

ladies

clear, rich

who

listened with genuine

tones of his voice, as

it

guest, espe-

enjoyment to the

melted away

in "

Twilight

Dews," or to the soul-stirring melody of his " Spanish Retreat," on the charmed strings of his " light guitar," as his
listeners

heard

in fancy the clashing of arms, with shouts

from the victors and vanquished,

see the distant

now

breaking on the ear

then slowly retreating until one could almost

in martial spirit,

hill,

round the base of which they turned,

till

the sound sunk so gently into distance, you

knew not when

those eloquent cliords became mute, and

one continued

earnestly listening, after the

was

hand that had moved the

strings

still.

Few
voked

could surpass him in those original medleys that proso

much

mirth, and, but for the cause that called with

a sterner voice than ours,

loss of

we

should have truly regretted the

our kind, brave young minstrel.

lie lett this city

with that noble body of artillery, the name of which has hal-

lowed

it

forever,

and true to that name, with courageous

toil

of heart, he stood on the battle ground of Manassas.

It was there that he tuned his heart-strings to another
theme than the breathings for an orange or a pomegranate
grove, but a richer reward of smiles awaited him than with
all his skill on the harp he had evci' stirred before.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

14i

A lew evenings since MC welcomed liim again, but alas,

though the voice in tliat terrible din of destruction and dismay had lost none of its pleasing power, the hand, one hand,
so ready ever to wake sweet harmouies beneath its touch, is
A ruthless ball had |)assed through
feeble and helpless now.
two of it bones, and
beyond control. Yet, not a
part was mingled with the rnislortune.

the arm, just above the wrist, breaking

leaving the

member

at present

shade of regret on his

ried in his loss thus received.

lie

to his duty.

He glo-

had supported on

his knee,

lie had been faithful to his country

with that benumbed, broken arm, a youthful fellow soldier

shot down beside him by the coward foe had given in the
bond of a tender brotherhood, cool water, at the last, to the
hot, dry lips, while a ])urple stain from each young form
flowed forth and baptized the soil. "And in the midst of all
" Yes," was the reply, " I
Avere you not afraid ?" said I.
was afraid. I expected death, and I knew that I was not
;

ready."

This

is

the bravery

we most

admire.

the wrongs and insults of a treacherous

In that hour when

enemy had kindled

still felt that he was not

meet a higher power before whose tribunal the
dictator of this inhuman war must shrink at last, and when,
O for that solemn summons, Avhen can he be " ready."
Mr.
has received a just promotion, allhougli he mod-

into a flame the rage of nature, he

prej)ared to

estly disclaims a right to

post,

ready to use

signally

by the

it,

and he very soon returns

to his

his renuiining strength in the true cause so

marked through an overruling Providence

victories already

crowning

as just,

it.

A. M. R.

New

0JaEA^-9, October 13, 18G1

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

CHAPTER

14:5

XVIII.

ON THE ATEOCITIES OF BUTLER IX NEW ORLEANS.

In

this cliaptei"

we

shall endeavor,

thority, to present our readers witli a

from the

vei-y best au-

few out of the ahuost

numberless acts of atrocity and outrage which characterized

the administration of General Butler in
are

known and read almost

New Orleans,

which

co-extensive Avith civilization,

and which have forever blackened his character as a gentleman, a soldier, and a man of honor, in the estimation of all
humane, intelligent and right-thinking people.

The
lind

it

But

instances arc so
difficult to

make

numerous and

so aggravated tliat

we

a selection.

wliat follows will probably be sufficient to illustrate

the true character of the man, and the infamous rule of this

distinguished
*^

Our

"Commander

first illustrations

of the Department of the Gulf."

be drawn from the condition

shall

and circumstances of some of the victims of

his intolerance

and inhumanity, who were sent as culprits to Ship Lsland in

18G2.
And these, cruel as they were, were some of the
mildest instances of this brutal tyrant's reign.

At

this

time there were about sixty persons,

were many of our best

huddled together

citizens,

in small huts

confined

among whom

on this

island,

and portable houses, and

fur-

nished with the most unwholesome food, consisting chiefly of

condemned

The only exception

soldiers' rations.

to

this

was on the part of those who were condemned to daily hard labor on tlje fort. Some, in addition
to the most servile employment, were compelled to wear a
ball and chain, wh.ich were not even removed when their
daily tasks were over, and, wretched and weaiy, tliey were

close confinement

BKAUTY

146
driven to tluir

BOOTY.

A^"I)

liuls at ni^lit.

(lc!-X)I;ite

The

inisei'y oL' tlieir

by

condition, eerlainly, was not exeelled even

captive
all this

my

Jews under tlie

M'a.s the work of

of the oppressor

liard task-master.s of

man who chnnicd

tlio

tliat

of the

Kgypt.

And

to be tlio ene-

friend ol the oppi-essed

and

wlio,

because he was
'.'

Dress'd in a

little

Play'd such antics

brief authority,
l)cf()re

As made the angels

now a
who had been a

youuG^ gentleman,

respectability,

High Ileavon

Ti-cep."

I'esidcnt of this city, of liigh

prisoner on Ship Island, stated

to me, that in oixKr to obtain fuel for their scanty culinaiy

purposes, they were required to obtain

end of the

island,

Avere compelled to carry

si)ecial

liot

it

I'rom the

extreme

about seven miles from their huts.

guard of negroes,

it

upon

aiul,

their shoulders,

They

under a

while toiling through the

if,

sun and sand, a distance of fourteen miles, they should

stop to rest, the bayonet of a negro soldier or the end of

musket applied to their wearied limbs compelled them

Only three sticks of this green pine wood wei-e
allowed to some thirty ])ersons, wilh which to ])repare their

his

to proceed.

scanty meal for the day.

I will

now mention the names of

who were among the

a few of our most respectable citizens,

victims of lUitler, sent to Ship Island, for the most trivial

Among these may be mentioned the name of ]\[r.

Shepherd, an elderly genthiinan in feeble- liealth, ^\ ho was
offences.

charged with secreting certain papers belonging to a naval

of tlie Confederate Stales, which had been hit in his

olTicer

charge mIicu

this oflicer

departed fi-om

lieing brought before Butler,

."Mr.

equivocal proof that the gentleman

Xew

Oi'leans.

Shepherd

who had

]>roiluced un-

dejiosited these

(b)cuments wilh him subsetpiently returned and took them,

ami that they

liad

been carried into the C'onll'derate States.

This testimony, liowever,

and

in violation ol"

e\ery

(u-iu'ral Ihilhi-

princij-le

would not receive,

of law, justice and honor,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

declared that
true,

it

if

the

flicts,

would make no

as

147

proved by Mr. Sliephcrd, were

difFerencc

lie

must go to prison

as a coininon felon, because he luid at one time these papers

in

liis

possession.

New

^L)r. Moore, a respectable druggist of

sentenced to hard labor, with chain and
ibr

ball

Orleans, was

around

his ancle,

having sold a few ounces of quinine to a person

The

terwards took them to the Confederacy.

human

to alleviate

]ui-pose of

Buller was to prevent such alleviation.

instances of "inhumanity to

man" we

al-

and the inhuman

Doctor was

suft'ering,

who

object of the

shall find

it

.Such

ditHcult to

procure from the annals of civilized or barbarous warfare.

Among

others on the Island was a pale-faced looking boy,

some seventeen years of age, mIio had been sent to prison

on the chai'ge of being a

plied to

all

gueriilla, a

term which

Ibitler ap-

partisan rangers, notwithstanding they were or-

ganized under the act of Congress of the Confederate States. V^

The conscience of ]>utler (if he had any) must have rejiroached him for this palpable violation of the rules of war.
For, as the Southern army had been by tlie United States regarded as belligerents, and as this patriotic boy was a regular
Confederate soldier, he had a right to be treated as such,

and not as a highwayman or a common thief

Judge Andrews,
and a leading
years'

a prominent citizen, a wealthy merchant,

politician of Louisiana,

was condemned

to

two

imprisonment and hard labor for simply denouncing

certain persons

who had

first

taken the oath to the Confed-

erate States, and afterwards, ignoring this, had taken the

oath of allegiance to the United States.

there were,

who

Many

snch persons

disregarded the solemn obligations of an

when the Confederates were

in power, would swear

government of the Confederate States, but
as soon as the^Federal rule predominated, would swear allegiance to the government of the United States.
For de-

oath

to maintain the

nouncing such unprincipled men Jutlge Andrews was sent

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

148
to

Islaiul

.Shijt

common

lulon,

made

.111(1

and

to

this, too,

the i)unislimcnt of a

eiiilure

wlien he Avas far advanced in

and was in most delicate health.

The jnxtaice for sending Judge Andrews to Ship Island
was that at the Louisiana club room one evening the Judge
lil'e

hanging to

liad u small wliite cro.ss

other

little

"charms."

lie replied, jokingly,

his

watch chain, with

Some one asked liim what that was.

"it was made out of a bone of a Yan-

U])on this he was an-ested and sentenced

kee."

After the return of

!Mr.

Andrews

to

New

on account of his extremely delicate

l)arole,

Orleans on

iiealth,

he was

])ermilted to Avalk about the city during a part of each day,

but was compelled to report at the I'arish Prison at

o'clock in the evening, and pass the night in a convict's

six

cell,

and, after being released from prison, was finally compelled

by the

bitterest persecution to leave the city entirely.

jMr.

Kellei",

a respectable bookseller, shared a similar

on the charge of permitting a clerk to placard the word

iiito,

" Cliickahominy" on a skeleton Avhicli

show-window, for

The

trivial

sale, for

was suspended

in his

the use of students of anatomy.

character of tliese offences, and the severity of

the punishment with which they were visited, show most

clearly the brutal
'J'iie

and vindictive character of the

Phillips are perhaps

jNIrs.

tyrant.

circumstances of the conviction and imprisonment of

this

Work.

fully

nu

minded

J'.ut

ritiiig

the

it

known

to

most of the readers of

was an exceedingly aggravated

righteous

humane

auil

s<niewhat

as

indignation

of

case,

every pure-

we Avill here present it

we cannot tlo this better than by

nidividual,

in detail, ;ind

giving the following extract, from a letter wi'itten at the

time by one of the victims of the brutal rule of IJutler, at

New

Orleims

"In the
j\Iississip])i,

Wounded.

r.-iiil

of the United States troops near Warrenton,

young

lie died

oflieer,
in

New

named Dekay, was mortally

(

)rleaiis,

and an attempt was

EEAUTT AND BOOTY.

149

made by

tlio Federal auUiorities to get up a pompous funeral

ceremony and procession in honor of so gallant and heroic
a young officer,' who had fallen in an expedition which had
no otlier purpose or object than the pillage of defenceless
farms and villages. The effort to excite the sympathies of
'

our people on this occasion proved a ridiculous

failure,

and

the funeral ceremony had no aspect of solemnity or even

propriety

long line of carriages composing the cortege,

designed for the Union

passed

l)rocession
I'iiillips,

the

citizens,

being

residence

all

empty.

As

this

of Mr. P. Phillips, Mrs.

standing on the balcony with several lady friends,

was observed by some Federal officers to smile, so it was

charged. She was then arrested and taken before Butler,
Avho, in tlie most brutal and violent manner, sought to
terrify the heroic lady.
In this he did not succeed. While
denying that her gayety had any reference whatever to the
funeral ceremony, Mrs. Phillips refused to make any apologies or concessions to the vulgar tyrant. Thereupon she
WMS condemned to close imprisonment in a filthy guardroom, thence to be trans2:)orted to Ship Island, \vhere she

was

to be held in close confinement for

other fore than sojdiers' rations

no

two

years, Avith

no

intercourse or corre-

spondence with any person, except through General Butler.

This sentence was published in the newspapers, accompanied

by words

of the grossest insult

and most vulgar ribaldry,

which Mrs. Phillips was denounced as

uncommon bad woman,' referring

denounced by Lord Palmerston and
an

world as

'

'

in

not a common, but

to

liis

proclamation

the whole

civilized

so infamous,' in which his soldiers are authorized

common women plying their profession' all who

may manifest any contempt or discourtesy towards them.
To add further insult, in the order condemning Mr. Kcllei-,
to treat as

'

was made a part of his sentence to permit him to hold

converse and intercourse with Mrs. Phillips, to wliich con-

it

dition that honest

man was

induced to protest, from the

BEAUTY AXB BOOTY.

150
lu'lieftliaL liis

fell* )\v-iiri.sonL'r

wlio bore

tlio city,

])ul>lislied

in

the

ll>e

name

was
of

.1

notorious courtezan of

order granting the

witli IJutler's

i)ai)er,

rtM|uest of Iveller, so as to

This protest was

I'iiillips.

convey to

tlie

world the idea

tliat

a jioor vender of periodicals declined association with a lady

of the liighest res])ectabi!ity, the wife of a distinguished

la\v\'er

and ex-nicinber of Congress.

I can

bear

jiersoiial

testimony to the iMgorous execution of the sentence against

Mrs.
iiig

been

I'hillips, liaving

iin})risoned for

weeks

in a buikl-

adjoining to that which she was never allowed to leave.

Siu-h

was the treatment of a delicate lady of the

liighest

reiinement, the mother of nine cliildren."

The punishment of Mrs.

sidered severe, even

in

I'hillijis

the case of a

would have been conguilty of the most

man

when we consider it was intlicted ujjou a

woman, the mother of nine children, and of the highest
heinous crime; but

respectability, 'we cannot restrain the feeling of the deepest

indignation.

^'

"When General

liutler ilrst took

leans, lie declared that

acts
tl'.e

command

in

Xew

Or-

he would take no cognizance of any

committed prior to

liis

estalilishinent of martial

occupancy of the

law therein.

oft-repeated jdedge, however,

city,

and

This solemn and

Mas violated

in

a thousand

instances.

Among

the other prisoners at Shi]i Island, were three

Confederate Ca2)tains, JMcLean, ].osberg, and

all

of

whom

prisdiu'i-s
sj)feiiic

liad

at

of war, and

charge,

but

the

l'>alchelden,

time copies of their parole, as

who were
inerel}'

as

sent to the Island

suspicious

on no

i>ersons,

who

might break the lines and again enter the Confederate

service.
There was also a young Creole of good character,
the sole ])rotcctor of a witlowed mother and her

iinnily,

who

was sentenced

to an indefmite punisliment on the charge

supported

the

l)y

thrown a revolver

testimony of a negro boy, of ha\ing

into

the river, after the ]iublication of

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

]iitlcr'.s

151

onlcr requiring the citizens to deliver

There were many other

u])

])ersous sent to prison,

their arms.

on charges

for example, some eight or ten were sent

and condemned to imprisonment and hard
simi)]y publishing cards, denying that they had

C(|ually frivolous

to Ship Island
labor, for

taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, their

names having been

those

who had taken

suttering of these

i)ublished in Butler's journal

and

tyi'anuy, their jiomes

insult,

tiie

among
personal

prisoners, victims of liutlei-'s

otiier

were made desolate,

by

conliscated and ap})ropriated

families subjected

In addition to

the oath.

their

their pro})erty

enemies, and their

to almost every variety of annoyance,

and discomfort.

The disproportion between the

iiature

and

chai'acter of

the oftences charged, and the j^unishments inllicted in

even

many

word spoken in jest, a

look or a smile, as in the case of Mrs. PhiUii)s, was deemed
of sufficient importance, to justify the most severe ])unishment, short of death, that could be meted out. Such a
course, as that pui-sued by Butler, towards many of the
cases,

was truly astonishing

citizens of

New

Orleans, and particularly

ladies of the city, could only iiave

I)}'

man whose mind was

many

of the

l)est

been dictated and adopted

perverse,

whose heart was

corrupt, and whose moral sense was utterly depraved.

How

unlike the conduct of

tlie

fiUen people was that of Gen.

of Louisiana, and especially of

great Napoleon towards a

]]iitler

New

f let will serve as an illustration.

towards the denizens

Oi'leans.

One

historical

After Bonaparte's victoiy

at the battle of the pyramids, the wife of the

commander

of

the Egyptian army, then residing in Cairo, became very

much alarmed,

fearing that she

the hands of the French General.

of

this, in

order to allay her

the lady, with this message

is

your protector,"

would personally fall into

Napoleon being informed

one of his officers to

" Fear not, Madam, Napoleou

fears, sent

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

152

This circumstance, wliile

man ami

of the

it

shows

his superiority to

elevated cliaraclor

tlic

any thing low and

little,

exhibits a strong contrast to the course of General Butler

towards the people of

New

Orleans, after the

fall

of the

city.

Ijut pcrlia})S

ciating the

name

ought to apologise

for in

any way

asso-

of l*icayune Butler with that of the great

" soldier of destiny/'

CHAPTETt XIX.
" Ilast tliou lu'arcl not of Lliss that ne'cv t'mloth,

Of wcallli that endures evermore.

Where never

destroyer invadeth.

For the blessed of OJod kept in store?

Oh

l)ow

down

to

thy Father iu Heaven,

lie ciills thee to glories above.

And
Is

each drop in the cup lie hath given,

a pledge of His chastening love."

Tin: thrilling history of a

munity

in the highest circles,

is

and

beautil'iil

of the Confeder.ato

and accompli.shcd daughters, Mattie

Bull.
"

One

Like twin roses they grew."

sixteen, the other seventeen years of age,

iH)l)le
ill.

our com-

in

well to ho chronicled.

Tlie excellent wife of Col. J. O.

army, had two

known

laniily, well

father left the city, with the army.

Our

when

their

wns taken

cniiiKiit surgeon, Di-. Stone, attended.

All

th;it

could be done was doiu^, but alas! no earthly power could

save, and,

after

months, she died.

sullering intense

agony

for

nearly three

153

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

was like a weMmgfete; her friends had

the rooms with flowers, also the coffin where the

Ilev funeral
filled

" beautiful lay dead."

The whole apartment was filled with light and odorous

death seemed robbed of its dreariness. One could
]K'rfumes
;

nhnost imagine that an angel had descended and "breathed

upon her features, crowning her with immortality."
Three or four days after we called upon the family, but

were shocked.
What had happened

? the

windows of the same

apart-

or three seamstresses in the

ment thrown wide open, two

distance puckering up white cotton cloth, and every thing in
disorder.

AVhat was the cause

given, that the family had received " orleave

ders" from headquarters to vacate the premises and

The answer was

the city in three days

The

favor was asked to allow

made, as so long an

them time

to iiave

mourning

illness in the family liad necessarily

caused

The answer returned was

goods by the piece should leave

7ieglect to personal comfort.

"

'No

;'

and nothing

the city."
skirts

like

So seamstresses were obtained and extra wide

were puckered into small bindings.

Seeing two large book-cases

filled

with books, by the

what
choicest authors, and beautifully bound, we inquired
"
be
All
to
answered,
were
and
them,
with
would be done
]^,\\

not a book to be removed

!"

This family, however, got a reprieve of three days from

licadquarters and, one week after the biurial of their darling
;

child, this

sorrowing family

left for

parts

unknown.

Half an hour after their carriage had left the door, the
wagons irom headquarters drove up and removed eveiy
thing from the domicile even an old stove-pipe was thrown
All had been confiscated.
in as lancnj a])pe.
This was the penalty for a lady being a " registered enemy."

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

154

CIIAPTEli XX.
ATllOCITIKS OF lUTLKU

With

all

the trials and

(cOXTIXrF.I)).

ondiircJ

liarilsliips

ly

on Ship Island, ihey were easy coni})ared with

and

])i,

in

Among

sufterings

damp and unwholesome

of those Avho were consigned to the

casemates of Forts Jackson and

the prisoners

tlie

on the Mississijv

St. Philip,

Fort I'ickcns on Santa Ivosa Island.

the latter was the ]\rayor of X^ew Orleans, "who

was im|)risoned

for four

months

the offence of writing

I'or

letter to Butler, protesting against his

fi

order relative to the

ti'eatment of the ladies of the city, and declaring his inabili-

ty to maintain the peace of the city

were authorized to

ami

]i!easure

insult

the Federal soldiers

at their

own

will.

Tiie secretary of the Mayor,

liy

if

and outrage wonica

who wrote

the letter signed

the Mayor, was included in the

same committal ami im-

members of

the city council suiVered

jirisonment.

Several

the same penalties.

Dr. I'orter, a wealthy denti>t and lesiieetablc citizen, was

im])risoneil for requiring the Citizens'

and

])lace

Bank

the

of deposit of 15utler and his agents, in

pet
liis

bank
vast

scheme of corruption and extortion to pay checks in the

currency which ]'>utler alone allowed the bank to pay.
(4e()rgc Lawrason, formerly the Collector of Xcw Orleans,
suffered a like penalty for simply applying for a ])assport to
visit his

Thomas Murry, jjresident of that

known as the " Free Market," which

family in Europe.

l)tnevolent institution

supplied the families of the soldiers with the

sistence
]iiiel"r

]\Ir.

Charles Ileidschick,

:i

French

means of sub-

citizen, the pro-

of an cxlensive wine manufactory in France, as well

BEAUTY" AND BOOTY.

as several British
at

and Spanish

155

subjects, u'ere also imprisoned

Fort Pickens for endeavoring to

iass the lines without

having taken the oath prescribed by Butler for foreigners,

Avhich oath required thent to reveal to the United States

information they were in possession of resj)ecting

and designs of the Confederate

garded and treated

as

on pain of

States,

enemies and

spies.

t,he

all

acts

l)eiiig

i-e-

Dr. McPherson,

an elderly and most respectable citizen ot'Xew Orleans, was

condemned
in a circle

to the casemates of

Fort Jackson,

for

speaking

of friends of Butler's proclamation No. 28

relative to the ladies of

New

that

Orleans, as vi/fouous

very epithet which Lord Palmerston,

in the British

the

House

of Commons, declared to be the only ap})ropriate one.

Y Dr. Warren Stone, the distinguished surgeon and philanthropist,.was consigned to a like punishment, for refusing to
recognize an individual

who had been announced

as i)resi-

dent of a Union Association, and yet who, a thw months before,

had made

in public

a most violent speech against the

Yankees, and had advised our people to cut the throats of

all

invaders.

While the Confederates were

unprincipled wretch was a Confederate

successful, this

but as soon as the

f )i'tunes of war changed, he became a most zealous Federal.

And

for the non-recognition of such a

man Dr. Stone

Avas

sentenced and condemned to suffer in a loathsome prison.

The Federal

authorities, however, soon found

it

quite con-

venient to release Dr. Stone and bring him back to the city,

having special use for his service as a surgeon.

return, the

Doctor dictated

authorities

were glad

this assertion

mony.

his

own

Upon

his

terms, and the Federal

to accede to them.

To the

truth of

Generals Canby and Sherman can bear

testi-

Several ladies of the highest social position were im-

prisoned for exjDressmg sympathy with the Conledcrate cause

and

for Aveariug ribbons of certain colors.

Mrs. Dubois, an elderly lady, long engaged

in

the busi-

ness of teaching our children, Avas sent to prison on the charge

BEAUTV AND BOOTV.

15G
of not

bc'iiiix

longing to

Her solemn
while

tlie

able to account Ibr certain keys and books be-

liie

schools, wliicli wei'c never in her possession.

declaration to this eilect was wholly disregarded,

word

an ignorant negro was good autliority for

ot"

lintler.

All the nieni1)ers

the linancc conimittee

c>t'

of the eily

council were inijirisoaed for authori/-ing the subscrijtlion of

the city to the fund for

our

citizens, wlio

its

defence, and several hinidred cf

subscribed to

tliis finid,

were compelled to

]ay twenty-live ])er cent, of their subscription to ]iutler, un-

der a threat of imprisonment at liard labor.

To
sand

swell this exaction to the

(h)llars, all

in a circiUar

sum

of three hundred thou-

the cotton flictors of the city,

avIio

had united

address to the planters, advising them nat to

send their cotton to

two hundred and

Xew

fifty

Orleans, were assessed in a fine of

and

liundred dollars, wliich they

five

Mere compelled to pay or go to prison. And to any one

acquainted with tlie policy and character of General Lutlcr,
would not be difficult to determine what became of tliis
i(
money.
llie

apprehend that neither the Federal treasury nor

]*\>deral

haj)s, if

army were very

interested agents

on the

by it. I'ersome of liis

they might throw some light

greatly assisted

the (ieneral's brother coidd speak, or

would speak,

if

std)ject.

The treatment of

a venerable citizen,

named

ing a sliort distance from ]?aton llouge,

]i('culiar atrocity.

is

lioberts, liv-

an instance of

son of Mr. Roberts, a soldier of the

home on sick leave, .1

detachment of Federal soldiers was sent to arrest him. The
young man, hearing the approach of armed men, went out
Confedciale

to

aiMiiy,

having returned

meet them, when several shots were

which killed him.

son, seized a

ing Colonel
preacher,

The

gim and

fiither,

lired

fired at him,

through the door, slightly wound-

McMillan, a renegade Xorthern

who was

in

one of

seeing the condition of his

command

Methodist

of the detachment.

The

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

157

old man was at once arrested and charged with killing liis
own son, and was, with the rest of the family, taken from
Ills Iiome.
The lamily residence, all the out-houses, barns

and

stables,

and

cattle

were burned to the ground, and

were driven

his mulc>!, horses

Federal camp.

off to the

Old Mr.

Uoberts was sentenced to close confinement for twenty years

and sent to Fort Pickens.

There were many other cases of equal atrocity and hardupon the

ship of citizens of the higliest respectability, who,

most frivolous charges were dragged from their homes by a

brutal soldieiy and immured in cells or the casemates of
forts and condemned to hard labor.
The i:)risons of New
Orleans were crowded with citizens, whose highest offence
consisted in the bare expression of opinion and of hopes for

Not

the success of the Confederate cause.

fined for

si

a few were con-

mjily reporting reports of Confederate victories,

or having in their possession news[)apers containing such re-

To show

ports.

siill

more

clearly

and

fully the

malignancy

and unreasonableness of Sutler's rule, I will allude to a few

other cases, Mr. Lathro]), a respectable lawyer, was con-

demned

to

two

years' im})risonment in the Parish Prison,

on the charge of kidnapping

his

own

stolen and appropriated by a Federal

slave,

officer.

who had been

This sentence,

Butler declared, was intended as a warning to the people

not to interfere with the servants of ids
adage,

"a poor

excuse

ply in these cases, for

false representations,

is

officers.

The

old

better than none," will hardly ap-

many

of these poor negroes were, by

induced to leave their former comforta-

and become the servants unpaid servants of

some of the most licentious and unprincipled wretches that
ever disgraced humanity. We will allude to but one or two
ble quarters,

other cases in this connection.

Captain

W. E. Seymour, who

iK'longed to one of the regiments for the defence of the

State,

and who

liad

been honorably paroled, was condemned

Fort St. Pliilip, and his entire proj)-

to close confinement at

BEAUTY

158
t-rty confiscated,

gallant General

ment, who

on account of an obituary notice

own

jteared in his

jiapcr (llie Bulletin), of

(t.

I.

in

fell

BOOTY,

AXl)

the

liis

wliicli aji-

lather, the late

Seymour, of the Sixth Louisiana

l)attle

of Gaines's

3IilI.

regi-

The writer of

the article, Mr. Dennis, an old and highly reputable citizen,

w as subjected to a like im})iisonment

]jesides these instances,

many

in

the same

fort.

other citizens only escaped

many

))unishmcnt by l)aying large sums of money, and in

cases

by

actually bribing F"ederal ofliccrs of influence

wjth few exceptions,

all

these officers

"had

bid,''

and

was not madse, would very deliberately, through

some other agent

auilahle ^\n-o\.\iQ\\ or
sity,

And

General Uutler himself only diifered from his

in this res])ect

inferior affivers in that he required a " higher

this

for,

their price."

his cupidity dictated,

from a

silver

(as a military neces-

own

of course), ai)proi)riate to his

if

his

purposes M-hatever

spoon to a finely furnished

mansi(Mi.
It is well known that most of the large and commodious dwellings of our citizens, csi)ecially those of absentees and oflicers in our army and government, were ap])i'o]U'iated

by

Fedei'al officers

some

of

whom

ranked no

higher than lieutenant, and who, at home, had never been

accustomed to any thing superior to a cabin or a

little

one-

story frame house.

And

it

was

really

amusing to witness the

airs

which some

of the ignorant officers of low grade would put on

in ])Ossession

when

j)ut

of some of those fine mansions irom which the

owners were ruthlessly expelled; and

it was still
some of their i)inocent^\i\\i
ignorant, factory-girl wives would make to j>h(>/ the lodi/, in
rJK' diamonds, silks and satins, which their husbands had appin|iiiati'd, or lather, which they had actually stolen from
those who ownecl and knew how to use and to enjoy them.
These remarks may be considei'cMl harsh, and unbecoming

rightful

more laughable

to see the efforts

an authori'ss, but they are lu'vertheless true to the

and

in all

the instances of enormily

we have

letter,

nieiitiont'd,

wo

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

159

have only given a part of the truth, for to write the whole

more than one volume like the present.

by Butler, in appropriating the house of

truth would require

The example

set

General Twiggs's minor

heir,

and furnishing

expense of the estate, and

style at the

it in

a luxurious

in transmitting the

and swords of the deceased veteran to Lowell the

and the removal to the North of the statue of Wasli-

plate

seizure

by Powers, and of the State Library from the ca})iBaton Bouge, was very extensively followed by But-

ington,
tol at
ler's

subordinates.

The course pursued by him

in order to

to take the oath of allegiance

He

prohibited

and seized

all

banks of the

means of

who

citizens

detestable indeed.

who had

not taken the oath,

trade to those

all

compel our

was most

the funds which they had on deposit in the

thus entirely taking

city,

A last

subsistence.

away

their ordinary

device was to compel

all

those

did not take the oath to register themselves as enemies

of the United States, thus

2:)lausible

making

for himself an apparently

excuse for expelling the non-conformists from the

and at the same time confiscating all their property.

Such a procedure, though ostensibly from military necessity^
was little less than downright higliway robbery, and was
city,

enough, as

it

has done, to blast the character of the

ever in the eyes of

Many

all civilization.

man

persons were

for-

t.hus

compelled to take the oath, contrary to every conviction of

honor and

and

right,

^vere led to

embrace the doctrine that

a compulsory oath was not binding

to say the least,

is

somewhat

the morality of which,

doubtful.

These orders of

General Butler, especially the oath requirement, were applicable as well to

women

Butler against females

as to men."^

satiable than against males.

oiHce, bearing this inscription

"

A placard

more

bitter

and

was suspended

in-

in his

The venom of the she-adder

the he-adder."

Indeed, the malice of

Avas, if possible,

is

as

dangerous as that of

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

IGO

Outrac^eous mid inliuinan as weie

]er, as

prostMitcd in this

and

ford but a feeble and deficient

many

of

tlie

ads of

l>ul

ja-ecedini^- (lia])UM-, tlu-y af-

tlie

of

ssketcli

llie

enormilies of

this brutal monster.

'Vo the eredit of

some of

his subordinates, lie

they protested earnestly against

such ])rotests were

many

of

liis

it

said, that

acts,

but

all

His fiendish soul seemed to take

A-ain.

deliyht in torturing the innocent, i-cndering horaelcss \vomeu

and children, and crusliing beneath

Avliom the fortunes of

In

all

war had

his course while in

liis

unhallowed

])laced in his

command

feet those

power.

of the " Department

of the Gult^" General Butler seems to have been actuated by

three leading motives, namely:

first,

to crush the people,

who,- though overpowered, hated and detested the tyrant

secondly, to

make

the highest bid for the popular favor of

the Xorthern people; and

tliirdly, to

accumulate a vast for"

tune by extortion and plunder.

The extent

to winch this latter purpose

Jiardly sur[)asscd

by

was carried was

similar efforts of the greatest robbers,

from Veres down, and

all

this

was. done

in the

name of

the

" Union and the Flag.''

If the stars of the old flag could

have done

so,

doubtless

they would for shame have hid their faces beneath the folds
of blue.

The

stripes M'ould

have turned into blackness, and

the old time-honored banner of freedom, that in other days

so proudly and voluntarily
])eople,

would have

waved over

for the desolations Avhich, in its

upon the country.

a free and hapj>y

floated at half-mast in token of sorrow

name, had been brought

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

IGl

CHAPTER XXI.
" Notliing too

little for

that

little

creature

Man."

"VVe have licard of " tlie times tliat tried men's souls."

The " Coufiscation Act" tried the souls of botli men and
women.
One act would scarcely be complied witli, before another
more exciting would be produced.
.

General Butler sequestered or confiscated (confiscating

and rough stealing amounted to about the same thing)

property
passed

In the

Uhltuin^ before the " Confiscation

first case,

Act" was
Twiggs and Mr. Slidell.

he wished to occupy the house of General

was styled a " military

General Twiggs had presented

Twiggs
tliat

ad

as in the cases of General

so

it

necessity."
his

niece,

Finding
Miss

1*.

Florence, with the three swords, which had been awarded

him, as " a reward of valor," he ordered this delicate and

refined

He

young lady

to appear before him.

questioned her respecting them.

After stating very

what she knew about them, General Butler brushed

liis hand rudely before her, exclaiming " i>s]iaw !" and, turning to a black man, who stood at his side, and was his
general informer, asked: "Is slie telling the truth, or telling
Suffice it to say, those swords were confiscated and
a lieV"
sent to Washington as trophies.
One was presented to Butler by the President for his
quietly

valor.

We

append the orders of Gen. Butler, confiscating the

property of Gen. Twiggs and his minor son,

of John Slidell

-as

likewise that

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

1G2

General Okdeks No.

4G.

IIeADQUAKTERS DErARTMEXT OF TITE GCLF,

Kcw
All
1).

llio

New

])ropcrty in

E. Twigg's, and

ol'liis

Orleans, Jiiue 26, 18G2.

Orleans

minor

to (iencr:il

Lclonuiipj,'

income ofwliieli

son, tlie

has received and inider the charge of his agent,

Esq.,

I'alli'ey,

consisting

ol"

real

estate,

hand, treasnry notes of the United

fnrnituie, etc.,

lujld

is

Imnd.s,

II.

lie

W.

notes of

.States, slaves, liouse-

hereby sequestered, to be held to

await the action of the United States Government.

]\Ia.]ok-Genkkal Uutj.ek.

]>y order of
li.

S. i)AVis,

Captain and A. A. A. G.

Special Orders No.

251.

Headquarters DEP.vjiTMEXT of the

New
All the property of
Cioverinnent,

is

an

Sliilell,

ollicer

of the Kebel

licreby coniiscated.

command

]>y

John

CIulf,

Orleans, August 11, 18G2.

Major-General Butler,

of

Commanding Uepartment.
11.

S.

Davis, Captain and A. A. A.

({.

In the case of Mr. Slidell, our ^Minister to France,

all

his

was sequestered.
liousc
in which Madame Leauregard resided, on
Tiie
ivsplanadc Street, and which liad been ]iresented to lier by
an old friend, was understood by Bntlcr to belong to Mr.
]ir()]ieity

Slidcll,

the brother-in-law of INIadame

were of course sent

llierc.

]]

llis luinions

troop of cavalry drew up

bel'oi-e

the house; jNIadame

Upon

alighting from their liorses, aiul entering, they were

c'ceived io]itely,

]>ictures

shown

all

was very

they wished to

ill

at the time.

see,

admired the

with which the walls were decorated, examined the

]iiemises,

and then were given

to

understand

mistaken, that liouse could not be coniiscated.

tlu'y

We

wero

under-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

made

stood that Butler, notliing daunted,

insisted

uyon seeing the deed,

a second

call,

and

respecting the property.

tlie "Act" was passed, confiscation Avent on gloThose who remained in the city, could see, almost

After
riouly.
daily,

etc.,

1G3

the government

wagons backed

iij)

to

aristocratic-

looking houses, and magnificent furniture, large mirrors,

driven off to

tiie

government auction,

etc.,

to be sold to the bet.t

advantage.

We called at an auction store on Camp Street, and asked

which was confiscated property. Were shown beautil'ul
furniture

it

was

to be sold on a particular day.

A grand day for speculators.

who had no consciences,

Tliose

or " whose consciences were seared with a hot iron," and

had no scruples about approj)riating their neighbours' goods,

no doubt bouglit great bargains.
Butler's friends say that

when

it

was

at such times as those,

confiscated jjroperty sold cheap, that his brother

made

considerable.

Other property was

" confiscated,"

under the

2:)retense that

the owners would not take the " vile oath."

So

were doomed to

all

suffer.

whose great crime it was to love their Southern homes too well, and did not wisli to be meddled with
by incpiisitive Yankees, suffered most.
Wiien referring to "Yankees," we must not be supposed
Southerners,

to

to

refer

those

high-born,

gentlemen, who, although living

ail

highly-educated
in a

ladies

or

Northern climate, have

the elegance of demeanor and appearance which would

adorn a European court.

Such persons have no conception of the depravity of the

canaille

they

live in

a difierent atmosphere, although per-

same city.
Tlie " wooden nutmeg'' vender might reside alongside of

haps

that

in the

eminent statesman, Daniel Webster.

Tiic

"tricky

clock-maker" alongside of John Jacob Astor; even B. F.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

16i
llullor

coiilJ

reside

alongside

of

Professor Longfellow

and yet there might be a perfect obliviousness of the

cxistenee of such persons.

In

I'act,

such an heterogeneous mass, until

it

u-e

never had an idea of

landed upon our

Aiul, although they, such as they are,

may

shoi-es.

boast of living

in

New Orleans, they might as well live anywhere else, as

they cannot thrust themselves into the " inner life" of this
dear old

city.

you wish to distinguish the elite of olden times, the

ladies of the old school, you may see them in the i)lainlydressed, retiring i)ersons you meet; none of them are found
in the llauntingly-dressed " fidgetty" somebodies, who " amIf

ble

up and down" d la Shoddy.

You

can distinguish the " old inhabitants" by the elegance

But we were

of their manners and their refined appearance.

u]on the subject of contiscation,

and have digressed too

iai\

In the Lafourche district the "Confiscation Act" was more

sweepingly
There,

aj)[)lied

the

than elsewhere.

magnificent

cotton

dazzled the eyes of the invaders

many
u])oii

miles,

and

sugar

plantations

each plantation

covered

and but a few white persons usually remained

each.

AVhen an invading force would appear, those unoflendiug

]eople Avould leave all, and llee, il-aring fire, murder, rapine,
and every other abomination which tlie concoctor of the
"infamous Order No. 28" could invent to molest them.
If ather

and

lose all

his

than encounter that " big bull of J^ashan^'

satellites.

Some of

large quantities of sugar

were confiscated
'i'he

"

at

the

tlieir

Yankee

own

oflicers

price.

Other

bought
articles

as a " military necessity."

Commanding General"

thing which came within his

confiscated

reaeli, as

almost every

can be seen by ihe

order.
It

was

money-making business to Yankees, and a

breakintr one to Southerners.

luait-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

The whole Lafourche

district

beUeved that Butler and

was seized upon, and

it

is

brother divided two millions of

between them.

projjerty

His

his

165

ofHcials

were much more gracious than

When

he.

had
go into the ConShe remarked that "' ahe had
i'ederacy, he was very kind.
enemy,
that
she was a Southern woman,
registered herself an
adhere to her ])rinciples."
rather
die
than
not
she
would
that
lie replied, certainly, she was correct, and he admired lier
that she should have " a
lor her firmness and resolution
was applied to by Mrs.

General S
liad her

house confiscated,

after she

for " a pass" to

pass" to go wherever she pleased iu the Confederacy,

bowed
she

left,

etc.,

pass,

and

leaving her beautiful house, grounds, furniture,

etc.,

gracefully, allowed Mrs.

to

to be sold at auction, for the benefit of

have a

all

whom

it

might

concern."

Another generous
opening a sealed

Butler's was, " upon

act of General

written to Mrs.

letter,

by a

friend,

enclosing $150, he remarked, handing the letter without

reading

it

" There

is

your

letter,

the

money

is

confiscated,"

and very

coolly put the $150 into his vest pocket!

It

certain

is

the "

Commanding General" had

neither

refined taste nor delicate sensibility.

One more anecdote we

will relate,

and then

stop, as

wo

could write a volume upon the same subject, but would

It is we think too good to be lost.
Major Arnold had takeu possession of Mr, Suzette's house
on Uampart Street, as his headquarters.
It had been occupied by a highly-respectable widow lady
who was obliged to leave miceremoniously, and could remove

Aveary our readers.

nothing.
Calling one day, her
door.

She asked

for the

was very impertinent.

own

servant-m.au

General

iu

met her

Command,

at the

the servant

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

IGG

She walked
and inquired

and

in

if there.

tlu'vo Ibuiid several " shoulder-straps,"

Avas

no one there to shield a lady

I'roni

the impertinence of a servant?

]S\)

her

The
"
lier,

one answering, she proceeded to state the purpose of

visit.

ofiieials listened

She had
and

very attentively.

left in haste, liad

not taken her wardrobe with

Avas really in Avant of her clothing,"

answered, " that

all

The head man

that was in tliat liouse Avas confiscated,

that

all belonged," etc.

Astonished at their unkindness, she remarked " that they

certainly did not Avant a lady's

no use of that!" They

still

wardrobe

i)ersisted

they could make

and iinding that she

A\ould lose lier Avardrobe, she addressed herself politely to the

General.

"

May

I liave

" Certainly

"Ah !"

the pleasure of asking your

jMadam

she replied

my name

is

name ?"

General Arnold."

" Arnold, yes, any one Avho

l)as

read

the history of his country recollects that name!''

Immediately, he called the servant

uj stairs,

and

let

" Here, take this lady

her have her clothes!"

She rctireil, very niuch obliged, bapjiy

some liLlle iVom their rapaeiousncss.

to

have rescued

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

1G7

CIIAPTEll XXII.
'I'liKiiK

liscation

many,

uro
JJill

it is

pei-liaps,

wlio Iinvo never seen the Cou-

well worth reading-.

Also the dillerent

proehunatiuns, oixlers, etc.

The London Times

says

THE CONFISCATION
In the

mean

legislators?
I)atch of

what

is

the occupation of the Federal

their chief general

is

ground under the protection of

the I'resident
liim

time,

While

laiX.

is

in

shut up in a

little

gunboats, and

liis

vain asking for volunteers to reinforce

while the reckless })olicy of the dominant party

is

urg-

ing even the Unionists of the Border States into opposition,

and rousing a spirit of desperate resistance in the Southwest,

the two Houses, as they exist at Washington, are engaged in
passing what they

call

a Confiscation

l>ill,

])unishment eight millions of i)eoplc

devoting to
It

is

caiiitnl

impossible to

conceive a more impotent display of spite than this piece of

legislation, Avhich the liepublicau ]>arty

to modify, even at the instance of

would not consent

The idea of

^Mr. Lincoln.

iurther embittering an already hopeless struggle

by

threat-

ening the whole Southern population with death, or

years' imprisonment, could enter only into the

men who were

cal

live

minds of the

so anxious last year to carry out their politi-

theory by executing a privateer's crew at the certain cost

of a bloody reprisal on Federal ])risoners.

lime the number of Northern soldiers

in

At

the present

the hands of the

Confederates probably exceeds that of the Confe(loi-ates

who

beautv and booty.

ICS
are prisoiicr.s at

horrors of

voke

tlie

no ruler

ever dare to

pro-

Happily,

it is

jiut in force this scan-

remain a monument of infamy to

It will only

dalous law.

who

will

to the

would

series ofjiulieial inurtlers

just retaliation of the Confederates.

certain that

adJ

Xorlli, luid any aUeni|it to

tlie

war by a

tlio

and be ranked hereafter with the

at-

tempted destruction of Charleston harbor and the savage

va-

those

})asscd

it,

gaiies of General Jiuller.

A I'KOCLAMATION.
Jhj the President of the United States of America.
In pursuance of the
entitled

and

"An

rebellion, to seize

and

for other

which

section of the act of Congress

and

confiscate the proi)erty of rebels,

purposes," approved

July

17th, ISG'J,

and

and the joint resolution e\j>lanatory thereof, are

act,

herewith published,

United

sixtli

act to suppress insurrection, to inniish treason

States,

I,

Abraham

do hereby

witiiin the contem])lation

Lincoln, PiX'sident of the

})roclaini to

and warn

all

jiersons

of said sixth section to cease par-

ticii)ating' in,

aiding, countenancing, or abetting the existing

rebellion, or

any

rebellion, against the

and to return

United

States,

United

States, on^j)ain of the forfeitures

and by

said sixth si'ction ju'ovided.

Government of the

to their proper allegiance to the

and seizures as within

In testimony Avhereof I have hereunto set

my

hand and

caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed.

Done

at the City of "Washington, this twenty-fifth

day

of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight

|i,. s.

hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of

the United States the eighty-seventh.

AiiKAiiAM Lincoln.
]Jy the President
W.M.

II.

Sewakd, Secretary

of State.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

[Public Xo.

Au Act to suppress

169

ICO.]

insurrection, to punish treason

and confiscate the property of

lion, to seize

and

rebel-

and

rebels,

for otiier pui-poses.

Sectiox

1.

Be

enacted^ by the Senate

it

gress assembled.,

and House of

Llnited States of America in Con-

Itepresentatiees of the

That every person who

shall hereafter

com-

mit the crime of treason against the United States, and shall

be adjudged guilty thereof,

slaves, if any, shall

shall sufier death,

be declared and made free

and
;

all

or, at

his

the

discretion of the court, he shall be imprisoned for not less

than five years, and fined not

and

all his slaves, if

said fine shall be levied

property, real and

less

than ten thousand dollars,

any, shall be declared and

persoii.al,

said person so convicted

made

and collected on any or

was

all

free

of the

excluding slaves, of which the

tlie

owner

at the time of

com-

mitting the said crime, any sale or conveyance to the contrary notwithstanding.
8>:c. 2,

And

be

it

further enacted, That

if

any person

shall

hereafter incite, set on foot, assist, or engage in any rebellion

or insurrection against the authority of the United States, or

the laws thereof, or shall give aid or comfort thereto, or shall

engage

in,

to, any such existing reand be convicted thereof, such per-

or give aid and comfort

bellion or insurrection,

son shall be punished

by imprisonment

ceeding ten years, or by a

dollars,

fine

and by the liberation of all

or by both of said punishments, at

Sec.

o.

ibr a period not ex-

not exceeding ten thousand

his slaves, if

tlie

any he have;

discretion of the court.

And be it further enacted. That every person guilty

of either of the offences described

in this act shall

incapable and disqualified to hold any

office

be forever

under the United

States.

Sec.

4.

And he

it

further enacted, Tliat this act

shall not

BEAUTY AMD

170
1)C

any way lo

construoi] in

J50UTY.

ailVt-t

or alu-r the proseculion,

conviclioii, or puiiislinient ofaiiy j)crson or 2>ersons guilty of

treason

a<_;;ain.st

act, unless

the United States before the passage of

such person

A/(d be

Sj:c. 5.

it

is

convicted luidcr this

tliis

act.

further enacted, That, to insure the

speedy termination of the ])resent rebellion,

it

be the

shall

duty of the I'resident of the United States to cause the

seizure of

and

and to
the

the estate and projierty, money, stocks, credits

all

ellcets of the

of the

suii2)()rt

First.

army

person hereinafter

nnd use the same and

:ip]>ly

Of any

army

named

in this section,

proceeds thereof for

tin'

of the I'nited States

that

person hereafter acting as an

is

otiicer

or navy of the rebels in arms against the

to say

of the

government

of the United States,

Secondly,

Of any ])erson
member of

Vice-President,
cabinet

oflicer,

hereafter acting as President,

Congress, judge of any court,

foreign minister, commissioner or consul of

'

the so-called Confederates States of America,

'J"liii-dly,

member

Of any person

acting as Go\ernor of a State,

of a Convention or IvCgislature, or judge of any

court of any of the so-called Coidederate States of ^Vmerica.

Pourlhly.

Of any

honor, trust or

hold an olhce
Fifthly,

in

])erson

wlio, ha\ing held an othce of

the United Slates, shall hereafter

])rolit in

the so-called Confederate States of jVmerica,

Of any person

hereal'ler

holding any

ollice

or

agency under the government of the so-called Confederate

States of America, or under any of the several States of the
said Confederacy,

oi'

the laws tln'icof, whetlu'r such oilice or

agency be national. Slate, or munici]>a!

acter

lifthly

J'roi'/dcd,

That the persons

above described

shall

in its

thirdly,

name

or char-

I'ourthly

and

have acee}iled their appointment

or election since the dale of the pretended oi'dinanee of

se-

cession of the State, or shall have taken an oath of allegiance

to

it,

or to support the Constitution of the so-called Coide<l-

crate States.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

Of any

Sixthly.

171

person who, owning 2)roporty

any loyal

in

State or Ten-itory of the United States, or in the District ot

Colunihia,

herealler assist and give aid and comfort to

sliall

sacli rebellion

and

all sales,

cient bar to

any

Skc.
in

C.

is

And

and

it

any of

furtJier enacted.

it

That

be a

suffi-

for the [losses-

to allege

it,

one of the persons described

be

shall

brought by such person

suit

sion or the use of such property, or

jirove that he

conveyance of any

transfers, or

such pi'operty shall Le null and void

and

in this section.

any person with-

if

any State or Territory of the United States, other than

named as aforesaid, after the passage of this act, beingin armed rebellion against the government of the

those

engaged

United States, or aiding or abetting such

rebellion, shall not,

within sixty days after public warning and pi'oclanuition

duly given and made by the President of the United States,

cease to aid, countenance and abet such reb'ellion, and return
to

Ills

allegiance to the United States,

all

seizure as aforesaid,

to seize

And

and

and use them

all sales,

it

shall

and property,

estate

moneys, stocks and credits of such person

be

shall

liable to

be the duty of the President

as aforesaid, or the i^roceeds thereof.

any such property

transfers or conveyances of

after the expiration of the said sixty

days from the date of

such warning and proclamation shall be null and void

it shall

be a

sufficient

and

bar to any suit brought by such per-

son for the possession or the use of such pi'operty, or any of

it,

to allege or prove that he

is

one of the persons described

in this section.
Siic. 7.

And he

denmation and
shall

it

farther enacted, That to secure the con-

sale of

any of such property,

have been seized, so that

it

niay be

the purpose aforesaid, proceedings

in the
of,

name

in.

after the

made

rem

shall

same

available for

be instituted

of the United States in any District Court there-

or in any Territorial Court, or in the United States Dis-

trict

Court for the District of Columbia,

v/ithin

property above described, or any part thereof,

may

which the
be found,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

172
or into wliieli
Aviiich

saiue, if

tlie

proceedings

may

movable,

conform as nearly

sliall

ceedings in admiralty or revenue cases

crty, wlietlicr real or personal,

longed to a |erson engaged

be brouglil,

first

maybe

as

and

to pro-

if said i)ro|>-

be found to have be-

sliall

wlio has given

in rebellion, or

same shall be condemned as enbecome the ]iroperty of the I'nited

aid or comfort thereto, the

emies' pro}>erty, and

States,

and maybe disposed of as the court

shall decree, ani]

the proceeds thereof paid into the treasury of the United

States far the purposes aforesaid.

Sec.

A?id he

8.

it

farther outcted, That the several courts

power to n^ike such orders, establish

such ibrm of dccix-e and sale, and direct such deeds and conveyances to be executed and delivered by the marsha!
thereof where real estate shall be the subject of sale, assha
aforesaid shall have

'

lilly

in

and

the purchasers of such

And

thereto.

and proper
Skc.

valid title-

ollicers as shall

be reasonable

in tlic i)remises.

And

9.

who

good and

jn'operty

the said courts shall have ])Ower to allow

such fees and charges of their

sons

and vest

eflicicntly elfect the jiurposes of this act,

be

it

further enacted^ That

shall hereafter

be engaged

govermnent of the United

all

slaves of per-

in rebellion against tin-

States, or

who

sliall

any way

in

give aid or comfort thereto, escai)ing Irom such persons and

taking refuge within the lines of the army

captured from
ing under
Slates,

and

within any

or deserted by

sucii persons,

and

them

all

aiul

shm

com-

tlie

control of the govi'rnment of the Ignited

all

slaves of such persons fimiid o)i [or) bt'ing

occujiied

jilace

by rebel

I'orces

and afterwards

occupied by the Ibrces of the United Stales, shall

f)e

deemed

captives of war, and shall be forever free of their servitude,

and not again held as

Si;r. 10.

A)id he

it

slaves.

f(rt]trr cna<'i( d.

into

any State, Teriitory,

any

ollirr State,

sIimII

(u- tlu'

That no slave escaping

District of (\)lumbia, fi-om

be deliverrd up, or

in

any way

iui-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

pedeJ or liindcrcd of

liberty, except for crime, or

liis

offence against the laws, unless

make

gitive shall first

173

oatli that the

bor or service of such fugitive

some

person claiming said

tlie

person to

whom

the

alleged to be due

is

is

fula-

his

lawful owner, and has not borne

arms against the United

way given aid and
comfort thereto and no person engaged in the military or
naval service of the United States shall, under any pretence
wliatever, assume to decide on the validity of the claim of
States in the present rebellion, nor in any
;

any person to the service or labor of any other person, or

sm-render up any such

i)ei'son

to the claimant,

on pain of

being dismissed irom the service.

Sko, 11.

And

he itfurtlicr enacted^

the United States

That the President of

authorized to employ as

is

of African descent as he

may deem

many

persons

necessary and proper for

may
may judge best

the suppression of this rebellion, and for this purpose he

organize and use

them

such manner as he

in

for the public welfare.

Sec. 12.

And be

the United States

further enacted^ That the President of

hereby authorized to make provision for

it

is

the transportation, colonization and settlement, in some tropical

country beyond the limits of the United States, of such

made Iree by the provision of

persons of the African race,

this act, as

may be

the consent of the

willing to emigrate, having first obtained

government of

said country to their pro-

tection and settlement within the same, Avith

all

the rights

and privileges of freemen.

Sec. 13.

And he

it

further enacted. That the President

is

hereby authorized, at any time hereafter, by proclamation,

to extend to persons

who may have

participated in the exist-

ing rebellion in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions

and

at such time

may deem exi)edient

Andhe it further enacted,

conditions as he
Sec. 14.

United States

shall

have

full

power

and on such

for the public wclfai-e.

Tiiat the courts of the

to institute proceedings,

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

171:

make orders and

and do

all

oilier

Act to suppress

insur-

issue ]irocess,

ilccrcos,

tilings necessary to carry this act into ellcct.

jVliproved July 17, 18G2.

[Pl'iu.ic IIesoi.utiox
Jt)int resolution ex})lanatory

of

''

rection, to punish treason

Xo. 54.]

An

and

the pr<)])erty of rebels, and lur other

contiscate

and

roLellion, to seize

\>uv-

poses.

Hesolred^

of

'fliat
''

the

Jnj

and

Senate

the United States

JFouse of Jiepresmfatit'es

of Atncrica

Con^/ress assonbh'd,

in

the })rovisions of the third clause of the

An

section of

fifth

act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason

hellion, to seize

and contiscate the projierty of

for other purposes," shall

any act or

acts

and

rebels,

re-

and

be so construed as not to ajiply to

done prior to the

jiassagc thereof, nor to in-

member of a State Legislature or Judge of any

Court who has not, in accepting or entering npon his

clude any

State
olfice,

taken an oath to support the Constitution of the

called " Confederate States of

America

;"

nor

so-

any pun-

shall

ishment or })roceedings nnder said act be so construed as to

work

a forfeiture of the real estate of the oflender

his natural

beyond

life.

Approved, July

17, 18 32.

OFFICIAL AVAii

r.ri.i.im x.

^^'AU I)r.rAUTMEXT, ^Vaslungton, July "2.

First

Ordered

that military

Xorlh

States of ^'irginia,

bama,
derly

]Mississip[)i,

manner

commanders

M'hile

none

and nso any property,

real

or personal,

for their several

for supplies, or lor oilier military jinrposes

property
shall

the

Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, in an or-

seize

which may be necessary or convenient

mands,

Avithin

Carolina, (leoi-gia, Florida, Ala-

may

be destroyed

be destroyed

in

com-

and that

for jiroper military objeots,

wantonness or malice.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

'

That military

Second

[iloy as laborers,

aiul naval

175

commanders

within and from said States, so

shall

em-

many

per-

sons of African descent as can be advantageously used for

them reasonable wages

military or naval purposes, giving

for

their labor.

That, as to both i)roperty and persons of African

Tldrd

descent, accounts shall be kept sufficiently accurate and in

detail to

show

quantities and amounts, and fi-om

whom

both

property and such pei'sons shall have come, as a basis upon

which compensation can be made

several

Departments of

in

proper cases

Government

this

shall

and the

attend to and

jjerform their appropriate parts toward the execution of these

orders.

By

order of the President:

Edwin M. Stanton,

Secretary of War.

DESTRUCTION OF DONAI.DSONVILLE.

The rebels having, in front of Donaldsonville, fired on a

Govermnent transport Inst Thursday, Admiral Farragut, on
Friday, ordered a portion of

There

is

nothing

The town
tlie

is

left

about

We

is

fifty

nothing

of

left

understand that

Mississipi>i

liis

i)laee

fleet to

destroy the town.

now but

miles from

New

'(Ki.w

sticks.

Orleans, and was

capital of Louisiana.

contemplated

There

of the

now but

it

all

ruins and rubbish.

the towns on the banks of the

river have been

notified that, just as

guerrillas are permitted to fire

sure as

on the transports passing up

or down, they will be shelled and destroyed.

General Orders No. 91.

Headquarters Department of the Gulf,
Nl'W Orleans, November

9,

1SG2.

The Commanding General being intbrmed, and

believing,

that the district Avest of the Mississippi river, lately taken

possession of by the United States troops, is most largely oc-


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

17G

United

ciipicd l)y persons disloyiil to llie

has become

jtroperty

liable to conliseation

and wliosc

States,

under the Acts of

Cono-rcss and the Proclamation of the President, and that

jjrojierty are

and transfers of said

sales

))iirp()se

being made for the

of dejjriving the (Government of the same, has de-

termined, in order to secure the rights of

all

persons as well

as those of the Government, and for the purpose of enabling

the crops

now growing

to be taken care of and secured,

unemployed laborers to be set

made for payment for their labor

tlie

To

order, as follows

That

T.

all

II.

and

i)rovisions

and hereby

is,

sales or translers thereof are Ibibidden,

all

held

work and

known

the property within the district to be

as the " District of Laiburche," be,

and

at

sequestered,

and

will

be

invuliil.

Tlie District of

Lafourche

will

comprise

all llie terri-

the State of Louisiana lying west of the

tory in

Mississipjii

river, except the parishes of I'laqucmine and Jeiferson.

III. That
Major Joseph M.

Lieut. Col. J.

IJell,

l*rovost Judge, President,

Kinsman, A. D. C,

r>.

Capt. Fuller (Toth X. Y. Vols.), Provost-Marshal of the

district,

lie a

commission to take possession of the property

make an

district, to

gather

\\\)

and

in said

accurate inventory of the same, and to

collect

all

such personal i)roperty,

antl

turn

over to the proj)er oilicers, u])on their receipts, such of saitl

]iroperly as

armv;

may be

required for the use of the United States

to collect together

and bring the same to

all

New

the other personal property,

Oilcans, and cause

it

to be sold

at ))ub!ic auction to the highest bi<ldcrs, and after deducting

the necessary expenses of care, collection and transi)ortation,

to hold the i)roceeds thereof subject to the just claims of

and those neutral tbreigners who

appear to be the owners of the same.

loyal citizens
bhall

in

good

Ikith

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

177

IV. Every loyal cilizen or neutral foreigner, wlio

found

in aetual possession

said district, not

th.e IStli

shall

and ownership of any property

having acquired the same by any

day of September

may have

last,

his

title

be
in

since

property

re-

upon establishing
his condition to the judgment of the Commission.
V. All sales made by any pei'son not a loyal citizen or
foreign neutral, since the IStli day of September, shall bo
turned or delivered to him without

held void, and

sales whatever,

all

deprive the Government of

sale,

made with

its riglits

the intent to

of confiscation, will be

held void, at what time soever made.

VI. The Commission

authorized to cmjjioy in working

is

the jjlantation of any person

who

home, whether he be loyal or

be found

in said

district,

or

has remained quietly at his

disloyal, the

who

negroes

who may

may

hereafter,

have, or

claim the protection of the United States, upon the terms

set forth in a

memorandum

of a contract heretofore oftered

to the planters of the parishes of

nard, or white labor

Plaquemines and

may be employed

St.

Ber-

at the election of the

Commission.
VII. The Commissioners
supplies as

may be

will cause to

them to such conthe making of the

against
charged
the crop manube

venient depots as to supply the planters

crop

which supplies

factured,

and

be purchased such

necessary, and convey

Avill

in

shall constitute a lien thereon.

VIII. The Commissioners are authorized to Avork for the

account of the United States such plantations as are deserted

by
to

their owners, or are held

them expedient,
IX.

Any

by

disloyal owners, as

persons

who have

not been actually in arms

against the United States since the occupation of

leans

by

its forces,

and who

jilantations, afi:brding

United

who

States,

shall,

by

shall

Xew

Or-

remain peaceably upon their

no aid or comfort

and who

all

may seem

for the purpose of saving the crops.

to the

enemies of the

shall return to their allegiance,

and

reasonable methods, aid the United States

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

ITS

may

wlicii called ujion,

work

their

own

be cmpowcrod by the Commission to

j)lantations, to

make

own

retain possession of tlieir

tlieir

own

crop,

and to

property, except such as

all such persons the Commission arc authorized to

means of transportation for their crops and sup})Ues,

to

and equitable

is

And

necessary for the military uses of the United States.

furnish
at just

prices.

X. The Commissioners are empowered and authorized to

upon all questions of

hear, determine, and definitely report

the loyalty, disloyalty or neutrality of the various claimants

and furtlier, to report such

judgment ought to be recommended by
the Commanding General to the President for amnesty and
of property within said district

]iersons as in their

])ardon, so that they

the end

tliat all

may have

persons

tliat

jury as possible, and that

fore disloyal,

may have

their property returned

may

are loyal

all

to

suffer as little in-

persons Avho have been liereto-

now

opportunity

to prove their loyal-

ty and to return to their allegiance, and save their property

from confiscation,

if

such

shall

Government of the United

be the determination of the

V>y

States.

command

of

Ma.ior-G ! xkral Bltlf-k.

Geo. C. Stkong, A. A.

C II
" oil

G.,

Chief of

APT Ell XXIII.

woman,

in our

I'nccrtain, cov,

And

Stall".

hours of case,

and hard

to please,

variable as the shade,

Wlien pain and sickness wring the brow,

nvinisterini; angel thou."

DLinxr. the anguish of our

reigned supreme,
all

was uioom.

we had but

jK'ople,

little

to

and when desolation

engage our attention;

BEAUTY
If

we looked into
we Avould

five p. M.,

board

Street at five o'clock a. m, and

see,

every day, a large government

from the

coftins

179

Ciinjil

with white cover

"wagon

BOOTY

A^^D

tied

St.

beliind

James

filled

Ilosjiital,

drawn by four splendid iron-gray horses.

About twenty feet behind dashed another
same kind, drawn by four bay horses, equally
s]irited
jiiled

this carried the living freight

in,

with muskets, prepared to

their deceased

with white

dashing along,

vehicle of

tlie

as elegant

and

twelve soldiers were

fire

over the graves of

comrades

The chaplain rode in a sort of apple-cart in the rear.

One evening Ave happened to be in the grave-yard when
the grays arrived. Nine coffins Avcre taken out, buried in
graves two feet deep, and half

and guns

Avcre said

fired.

It

filled

was

with water.

Prayers

a full liilf acre, well filled

At the entrance was a high and

was noticeable that only on one grave

with newly-made graves.

massive gate.
there were

It

flowers planted.

these externals.

one or two

we

Their friends soared above

There was a tomato vine flourishing over

pulled

it

up

it

might have grown spon-

taneously.

We saw
was nearer the public
road. The driver told us they had died of small-pox, and
we hastened on. One of the party, a beautiful young French
The negroes had

five coffins

girl,

a burial-place of their own.

being buried there.

It

remained at their graves, to breatlie a prayer for those

No earthly friend was near. On the other

poor creatures.

side, outside the

massive gate, where waved a

little

picayune

United States flag, w^ere buried the Confederate dead. Wo

The Jeisey wagon had just
also happened there at sunset.
arrived, Avith its freight of three coffins, and a cart with one.

The

tops of the coffins Avere put on so slightly that Ave could

see the light through the cracks.

There
deep.

Avas

We

but one grave dug

like the others,

two

feet

thought there Avas not time to dig another, as

it

BEAUTY AND

ISO

N(7 one accompaiiifil

Avas near dark.

man and two boys

them.'

No
liad

There waa

dead.

ilie

to alteiid to the biisjincss of interring

guns were

thouglil tliey rested

We

1500TY.

lirtd!

no i)rayers were read

"We

as well.

(jiiile

walked through the grave-yard. There was an

tljvoughout tlie place. Although not enclosed,

air of Iioliness

name npon each

and on most of them were
flowers or wreathes placed, sweet evidences of "

yet each grave

had

liead-board, Mitii

its

it

giave was jilanted with flowers

fresh

last-

ing love, frecpient prayer, and oft-vei)eatcd

visits.''

In the

centre was erected a huge, black velvet cross, on which was

inscribed, in large gilt letters, the motto, "

The momid on

nrothers."

rounded by the choicest flowers; and

Xew

ladies of

venibei-, tlu;

To our Southern

was surwas done by "the

Avhich the cross rested

this

Orleans," on All Saints day, the

day when

all

who have

first

of No-

lost friends visit their

tombs and renew the flowers feeling almost reunited. This

is a beautiful custom in almost all Catholic countries.
These were the graves of tliose Confederates who were
.almost starved at the siege of Yicksburg.
"We had visited
them in the St. Louis Hospital, liad seen their suflerings,
and had .alleviated tlicm as much as wc were allowed to do.
'J'liey wer(> surrounded by the most heartless set of men and
<^)flieials " with stra})s" that Avcro ever placed upon earth.
Going into the hospital (it was very diflicult to gain admission, unl(.-ss we were fortunate enough to obtain or bor)()W a pass; even then, we were forced to tell some fifty
falsehoods to the oflicers, doctors, etc.
for which wc hope,
and ex[)ect to be forgiven) we saw those poor men. Sucii

siiftering
J

we never

'i'lu;

next day

Sever.al

theless

it is

lie

at his

bed

replied,

"Nourishment."

he w.as gone

a ])erfeet state of nudity, with only a

in

them

true.

))oor soul could scarcely spe.ak.

wanted; he

we looked

were

sheet to cover

One

saw.

asked him what

01>

may seem improbable, but neverhow we begged (we were isent from

Tliis
!

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

one

181

wonkl not be allowed to

them nursed
and attended to but in vain. Perhaps some mio-lit have
been saved. Some were not sick Captain II. only had the
rlieumatism Mr. M. only wanted food, etc. and so with
many others. We were informed there were 150; and only
one or two out of the whole ever recovered.
We saw ten dying and dead in one morning and well
do we remember the remarks that were made. We knew
them we talked Avith them they gave us their pocketofficial to

another) to see

if v/e

own

take some of them to our

liomcs, to have

liooks to send to their friends

their

and
We

wooden head-boards.

saw

Ave

their

names on

carried iiowers

to

their

graves, and wrote their friends " at home," as they desired

us to do
Oil!

before dying.

we

could write a volume on this hosj)ital business;

but we forbear.

Some

of those cold-blooded, white-eyed

officials

and that precise doctor,

mouth

like a clam-shell

ti'ibunal for their

We

who opened and

will liave to

answer

shut his

at a liigher

shameless heartlessness and unkindness.

also visited the Federal sick,,

they were nicely cared for

who were down

musquito

bars,

stairs

and plenty of

iracfs for their bodily comfort.

Another number of Confederate prisoners were brouglit

and placed in the Custom-IIouse. Those were not sick,
excepting at heart, but were guarded by a sentinel with a
gun larger than liimself lie strutted before the door, and
in,

showed oiT astonisliingly. Those prisoners were allowed to

go into an ante-room when their relatives called to see them.
Of course every one had a relative. One was a cousin, one
an aunt, one a sister and Colonel J. actually had live to
call, who all said they were his iv/fe
most likely he had
never seen them before.
;

Baskets of provisions Averc sent

relatives

the fellow Avith a

in,

gun would

with notes, to theif

receive them, open

A)\d read tliein,

ket,

and

i-etuin

tli(>

aiiswci-, willi llie

a very conse(iuential manner.

in

outwitted, as

never

liad

AND BOOTY.

I3KAUTY

1S2

S(!en

we

liad

them

no

among

relatives

empty

bas-

lie was, however,

the prisoners

and never expect to see them

l)elore,

again.

We

still have some of the notes, and they serve to amuse

when thinking over the scenes we have gone through.

us

prompted the Soutliern women to

and to relieve tlie sick. They
only carried out the teachings which they had liad 'from
3\indness
visit

ot"

those

t;uir

lieart alone

who were

in ])rison,

youth up.

Persons are not whctlly bad, there are ahvays some good

So with lUitler. Jle had an eye to

was the best scavoif/er we have ever
lie was fearful that the besom of destruction

qualities intermixed.

cleansing the city;

had among

us.

lie

might apjx'ar with the summer heat, and perhaps remove

some of

his

Xorthern friends; Southerners were generally

acclimated, so there was not

was quite a grotesque sight

It

much

to be feared for them.

to see a battalion of stalwart

with brooms and spades, rallying forth on a hot summer nu)rning to scrape and sweep the streets, and, without
doubt, the city has been much more liealthy since. The
broom brigade would liave served as a reserve corps in case
of an emergency, it was so extensive.
iiu'ii,

Vvw
Inuists,

could sec the great love the General had for

dumb

assured he had gre,at kindness of

lieart.

and not

feel

Ill'

took a iimcy to a

to

]\Iis.

puisuasion would

be

l<>ok

I-'oIey

stalls

of carriage liorses belonging

make him change

Xew

in

mind,

liis

them, as a " military necessity."

he did not Mish to retain

nicely pa<hled

their passage to
licaiil

fine i)air

"Wisdom, who was absent

Xew

to

so,

of course,

hor.ses of

Mr.

the city; he had the

keep them from being injured on

York.

Most unfortunately, Mr.

of his kind intentions, just

plnpclty.

in

The

York, and no

in

time to recover his

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

The

ofMr. D,

liDrscs

v;ilii;il)le

183

K and. Mr. 'M-

ailvertised, niul sold for cat-h at public auction, to the high-

est bidder, without reserve,

States Government.

was

So,

pitiable to see tlie

furniture

Innnanity.
in the

property wa.s confiscated.

^^ortion of the city,

with a

floors,

still

old

We were told
We had been sent

this

tliere to

answering her questions,

with

the chandeliers for

looking

all

that nine flxmilies occupied the

us at the door,

An

look for a servant.

who asked us our business

we remarked, " You have a

Not seeming pleased, she rejilied,

we don't get any thing to eat !" and
for such benefits.
Some liouscs were

delightful place to live

rather gruffly

it

running around, and

cliildreii

woman met

after

portico in front,

mockery of the scene; bare

there, as if in

squalid

distraite.

house.

lai'ge

the front parlor occupied by an Irish family

a bed, safe, table, and a few chairs in

gas were

It

most elegant houses stripped of their

and surroundings, given to the lowest sort of

Opening the front door of a beauliful mansion

upper

we f )und

United

for the benefit of the

all

all

in.''

" Yes, but

was the gratitude

taken as a " military necessity," and such havoc and destruction

never was seen

pieces, to

furniture broken

look for concealed arms

furniture packed up

and sent North

between beds and packed

])ianos

taken to

bedsteads and

other

large mirrors placed

for colder climes

every thing

stolen.

Calling to see a colored

individual, to find out

if

she

would oblige us by washing for us (at $1.25 per day), we

were asked to walk into her room, as she was not well.
We found her reclining upon a magnificent rosewood
bedstead.

We

Brussels carpet upon the floor, and

all

were amazed, and asked where she got her

in unison.

finery.

She remarked, " that when General Butler came here,

things were sold, and she had bought them."

We

concluded she

made

plenty of

money by vmsJdng.

tlio

\
j

ISl:

EEAUTY AND BOOTY.

.,

Ijutler'8

"General Order Xo. GO," i-uspeding

firo-anns,

gave a carte blanche to evil-minded persons to wreak

vengeance upon an luiarnied

their

po})iilati(jn.

Xo place was sacred every place was invaded.

The negroes became almost franctic.
Our servant, as soon as he heard the " order'' read, catne
rushing frantically into the house, iiKpiiring where " master's
sword Avas, it M'as an ofiicer's sword ;'' but be could not llnd
it, perhaps it had been given up.
John was disappointed.
;

X'^one but tliose

who have been

placed

in similar situations

can imagine the feeling of being surrounded by a lawless

runaway negroes, Avilli a camp) full of them not far

and the worst sort of white soldiery being completely in their power and unarmed.
set of

distant,

Scarcely a house in the neighborhood that had not been

broken

into, or

an attem}>t made.

If ever Ave felt that Ave

arm

to save,

it

had to lean upon an Almighty

Avas then.

AVe give the " orders" as received.

AN IMPORTANT

We
issued

])articular

call

the

l)y

attention

Assistant

OllDEn.

the

to

Military

following

Commandant

order,

of

Xew

Orleans

General Ordeks No. 21.

Headquarters INIilitary

Com.m.v:ndant,

Neav Orleans, August

It l)cing

to

inhabitants of IJaton

by

tlie

I'nited States author-

retain

wounded on

their private

the battlc-lield,

arms, were Ibund dead and

it is

hereby ordered, to prevent

any repetition of such breach of

vhalercr
follows

18C2.

tlie

llougo, Avho liavc been alloAved

ities

11,

a fact that numbers of

(lescrij)tiont

now

in

trust, that

this cltij,

all

arms, of

be turned

in

as

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

1S5

,,

All persons residing- below Esplanade Street, to the r2tli

Maine Regiment
Third

at the Confederate States Hotel, in the

District.

Those residing
necticut

in the

Regiment

Those residing

Second

District, to the loth

Con-

at the Custom-IIouse.

in the First District, to the 21st Massacliu-

Regiment at Lafayette Square.

Those residing in the Fourth District, to the 31st Massachusetts Regiment at Annunciation Square.
Those residing in Algiers, to the 8th Vermont Regiment
setts

at Algiers.

Those residing

in JelFerson City, to the ofiicer

command-

ing United States forces stationed there.

Tliose residing at Lake Pontchartrain, to the officer commanding picket station at that point.
The commanding officers of the above-mentioned regiments
will detail an officer to receive the arms turned in under
this order, and see that they are carefully preserved for

future disjiosition.

Each person will make one package or bundle of all the

arms turned in by him, and close such package or bundle in
the presence of the receiving othcer and each receiving
officer will keep an accurate list of the names and residences
;

of those

who comply with

arms turned

this order,

with statement of the

in.

This order must be complied with before Saturday next

and any person failing to comply with it, as directed,

held liable to imprisonment at hard labor.
G. Weitzel,
By order,
Assist. Military

Edwin

will

be

Commandant.

Ilslet, A. A. A. G.

Charles Chapotin, for having arms on his premises, was sent

to Ship Island at hard labor for three months. (Mr. Chapotia

has lived in a sparsely settled portion of Jeflerson City.)

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

ISO

gentlemen of

Tlio
u].

lorlhwith

We

timely.

Xow

Orleans are called upon to deliver

the lire-arnis

all

their ])Ossessslon.

in

trust that pains will

be taken to do

Let every gun, musket,

thoroughly.

pistol,

This

this

is

work

and knife Le

taken.

This should have been done a month ago.

General Orders No.

llEADQL'AliTERS

New
Ordered, That

GO.

DEPARTMENT OF THE

Gul-F,

Orleans, Au^nist IG, 18G2.

be paid

after Tuesday, 19th inst., there

for

information, leading to the di.scovery of weapons not held

un(hr a written permit from the United States authorities,

but retained and concealed by the keepers thereof, the smns
Ibllowing
For

cacli serviceable (Jun, IMusket

and JUdc

$10

Revolver

Pistol

"

yal)re or OJRccr's

"

Dirk Dagger

"

Bowie Knife, Sword Cane,

Saitl

them

.'

arms

to

5
I?

etc

be confiscated, and the keeper

to be punished

Tills

Sword

.so

concealing

by imjirisonment.

crime being an overt act of rebellion against the

authority of the United States, whether by a citizen or an

alien,

works a

forfeiture of the pro])erty of the olfender, and,

therefore, every .slave giving information that shall discover

the concealed arms of his or her master shall be held to be

emancipated.
II.

As

the Ignited States authorities have disarmed the

some

inhabitants of the Parish of Orleans, and as

citizens

arms

seem

to think

it

necessary

tliat

to protect themselves froni violence,

That hereafter the

fearful

they sliouki havts

it is

offenses of robbeiy

ordered

by

violence or

BEAUTY AND BOOTr.

.iggravated assault

tliat

187

ought to he repelled by the use of

deadly Aveapons, burglaries, rapes and murders, whether

committed by blacks or whites,

By

punished by death.

will

be,

on conviction,

order of

Major-General Butler.
K.

Davis, Captain and A. A. A. G.

S.

The following correspondence between Count Mejan and

Major-General Butler we coi)y from the Delta of August

13,

18G2.

Frexcii Coksulate at New Orleans,

Now Orleans, August 12, 1802.

Siu
this

The new order of the

day, which has been iiublishcd

morning, and by which you require that

ever arms which

may

be

in the possession

must be delivered

this city

up, has caiised the

alarm among the French subjects of

Foreigners,

New

all

and what-

of the people of

most serious

Orleans.

and particularly Frenchmen, have, not-

sir,

withstanding the accusations brought against some of them

by

certain persons, sacrificed every thing to maintain during

the actual conflict the neutrality imposed ujDon them.

AVhcn arms were delivered them by the municipal authorthey only used them to maintain order and defend
personal property and those arms have since been almost
ities,

all

returned.

And

it

now

appears, according to the tenor of your order

of to-day, that French suljects, as well as citizens, are recpiired to surrender their personal ai'ms,

be used

which could only

in self-defence.

For some time

themselves

past immistalcable signs have manifested

among

the servile population of the city and

surrounding country of their intention to break the bonds

which bind them to their masters, and many persons appre-

hend an actual

revolt.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

1S8
It is tlicso

signs,

of

j)rospccfc

lliis

ourselves com-

ilinlin!;;

pletely uuaniicd in the iirescnee of a population

the greatest excesses arc feared, that

justly alarmed

M'ould

on

Ihll

for the

all

were

IVoiii \vliich

are above

of such

result

alike "who

we

state

all

things

of thir.gs

without the means of

left

self defence.
It is

not denied that the protection of the United Slates

Government would be extended

to

them

places,

all

such an event,

in

hut that protection could not be elfectivo at

all

times and in

nor provide against those internal enemies whose

unrestrained language and manners are constantly increasing,

and who are but

partially kept in subjection

by the convic-

lidu tliat their masters arc armed.

submit to you,

that

you take them

Please accept,

Sir,

these observations, with the request

into consideration.

Sir,

the assurance of

Count

my

high

estec'.n.

;Mk.iax.

Consul of France.

Lieut. Wf.itzku,

IT.

As.sistant Military

S.

Engineers, find

Connnandaut

of

Xmv

Orleans.

IlEADQUAllTKUS .nurAKTMKNT OP TUE (JULF,

New Orleans, August 14, 18(52.

Your ollicial note to Lieut. Weitzel, Assistant

Commandant, has been Ibrwarded to me.

Siu
tary
1

no

see

ju.st

cause of complaint against the order requir-

ing the arms of private citizens to be delivered up.

the usual course pursued in

even

will ob.scrve that

faith neutral;

of them are not.

i'ur ill."

will

I trust

fessions of neutrality.

good

it

but

It is

cities similarly situated to this

without any exterior Ibrce

You
in

Mili-

it is

in

the neighborhood.

not do to trust to mere pro-

most of your countrymen arc

unfortunately true that some

This causes the g(Jod of neces.sity to sutler

acts of the bad.

take leave to

call

your attention to the

lact,

that

t!iQ

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

189

United States forces gave every immunity to Monsieur

Bonnegross, who claimed to be the French Consul at Baton

Kouge

allowed him to keep his arms, and relied upon his

Lut his son was taken prisoner on the battlearms against us.
You will also do me the fovor to remember that very few

neutrality

field, in

of the French subjects here have taken the oath of neutrality,

which was oftered to, but not required of them, by my

Order ISTo. 41
although all the officers of the Frencli
;

Legion had, with your knowledge and

to

the

sujDport

Thus, you

see, I

Constitution

assent, taken the oath

Confederate States.

of the

have no guarantee for the good

faith of

bad men.
I

do not understand how

eflectiveness

tlieir

see

how

by being

arms, which

v.ill

it

is

that arms are altered in

" personal property," nor

do

serve for personal defence (" qui

no 2:)euvent servir que pour leur defence personnelle"), cannot

be as clfectually used for oifensive warfare.

Of the

disquiet which

among

themselves

you say there are

bonds which bind them to

their

dispositions

a,

signs manifesting

the black population, of a desire to break

rompre

les

liens

their masters

(" certaine

qui les attachent

leurs

maitres"), I have been a not inattentive observer, without

it woukt seem natural, wheji their masters
them the example of rebellion against constituted

wonder, because

had

set

authorities, that the negroes, being an imitative race, should

do likewise.
lUit surely the representative of the

Emperor, who does

not tolerate slavery in France, does not desire his country-

men

to be

armed

from breaking
Let

me

for the purpose of preventing the negroes

their bonds.

assure

you that the protection of the United States

against violence, either

by negroes

citizens or foreign, will continue to

or white men, whether

be as perfect as

been since our advent here, and by

lar

it

has

more manifesting

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

190
ilst'lf

at

iiioinc'iits

all

and everywhere ("tons

any improvised

than

partouf')

et

eilizens'

Ics instants

organization

can do.

"Whenever the inhahilants of

and united
.shall

act,

show both

this city will,

by a public

and

neutrality, I

their loyalty

be glad of their aid to keep the peace, and indeed to

restore the city to them.

re(pure the arms of

my

be under

all

Till

must

that time, however, I

the inhabitants, white and black, to

control.
I

have the honor to be,

Your obedient
Ben.t. F.

servant,

Butleu;

Major-General Commandiug.

To CouMT ME.IAN,

Frcucli Consul.

SF.rzruKS.

In addition to the seizures heretofore

I'al

made by the Fedewe have heard

(Tcneral for ])urposes of his department,

that the St.

James

ILotel,

on Magazine Street, and the Car-

rolton Hotel, are about to be converted into liospitals ibr

The new and

their sick soldiers.

James

now

is

for ])ublic sale,

is

to

be i>laced

costly furniture of

and that contained

in

is

also

States soldiers, but for what pur})0sc

Almshouse.

We

are uninformed.

have obtained a copy of that part of Mr.

the building.

Mr. Judah Touro was a

habitant of
death.

we

the most shamei'id seizures was that of the Touro

'J'ouro's will relative to

state that

the hotel at Carrollton

Lake End Hotel. A portion

to be occupied by the United

in the Jefferson

of the latter building

One of

tlie St.

being removed to ]\Iontg(.)niery's auction mart

He

New

It

might be well to

liiglily-respected old in-

Orleans, very wealthy at the time of his

be(iueathed the greater

for the l)eneiit of the city,

'i'he followin-j; is

and

Ibr

])art

of his

lai'gc

estate

benevolent jjurpcses.

an extract from the will

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

191

" I give and bequeath, for the purpose of establishing an

Ahnshouse

in the city

of

New

Orleans, and with the view

of contributing, as far as possible, to the prevention of mendicity in said city, the

sum

of eighty thousand dollars (say

$80,000), and I desire that the

is

my

Almshouse thus contemand further, it

be organized according to law

])lated shall

desire that, after

my

executors shall have legally

organized and established said contemplated Almshouse,

and ajipointed proper persons to administer and control the

direction of

its affairs,

and their successors

New

then such persons legally so appointed

in office, conjointly

with the

Mayor

of

and his successors in office, shall

have the perpetual direction and control thereof"
This building was taken by Butler as " a military necessity," and the most lawless set of negroes have had it as a
rendezvous. No white person's life was safe there and the
white officers who were in charge could scarcely restrain
the city of

Orleans,

them.

The

It

is

a real nuisance in the lower part of the city.

foUoAving

but a single instance, which avc took from

is

the paper

TOURO AL!.rSnOrSE DOIXGS.

"

The Bee of

morning says it learns that the French

complained
Consul has been
to on account of exceedingly
grave occurrences which took place during last week at the
this

Touro Almshouse, which has been used for some time as a

barracks for negroes. A Frenchman, M. Pierre Abadie,
furniture dealer, of 130 Dauphin Street, was made the victim
oi' an armed attack, which evidently comes under the order
of General Butler.

On Thursday,

just at nightfall, as he

home, he was stopped by a group of negroes,

having struck his horse several sabre-cuts to make
inflicted several cuts on himself, wounding him on

Avas returning

who, after

him

stop,

the head, on the right arm, and on the neck.

also kicked him,

punched him, and cnnied

His assailants
hiu;

in

.state

BEAUTY AND EOOTY.

192

of insensibility into one of the rooms of the barracks,

vhicli there "was ab'eady an Irishman

been taken

uiitter simihxr

in

named Lee, who had

circumstances.

These two persons

by which they
were condemned to be summarily lianged. But the sen
tence was not put into execution, and M. Abadie was set at
libeily.
Ilis wounds have been examined by Dr. Loiseaux,
surgeon of tlie French volunteer corjjs, to which the victim
of the assault belongs. The complaint has of course been
laid before the military authority, and it is hoped that justice
will be done to it, by the inlliction of exemplary chastisement
liad to appear before a negro court-martial,

on the authors of

One

this

astounding misdeed."

of the most revolting sights, and also one of the

in-

and which stung us to tlie quick, was

seeing our Confederate soldiei's brought into tlie city by a
negro guard
AVhen a number came together, it seemed as though, liad
sults

most deeply

as

was, they liad compaiiion.shi}) in their suU'ering, whieli

it

made
JJut

it

felt,

more endurable

when a

they

were not so conspicuous.

was

single Confederate

down

])o\\ed

down the
summer da}',

seen, walking

neutral ground, on Canal Street, on

a hot

with his knapsack and without arms, and be-

hind liim a stalwart negro with

liis

bayonet, strutting along

with a kepis stuck upon his head, and a greasy face, you

can imagine our feelings!

It

was the refmement of cruelty.

How
their
I

must these

own

tari.--h

street.s,

prison

jioor

men lia\e felt, thus paraded through

way to that loathsome den, the

on their

"When once the gate was shut upon them,

they were not allowed to see their dearest

wife was relused admittance.

np and down belbre the door, liugging

off to the banipiette

i'riends

even

negro sentinel would pace

anyone, particularly

his gun,
ladies,

and order

who

tarried

rather long about the premises.

We

heard an anecdote of a lady

who

sent a roasted

BEAUTY AND
turkey to or^Q of the prisoner^;
stuffed V

make

a rope,

Ii

thci

it

'Aas nicely prepared,

and

which enabled some seventy-five to

escape.

CHAPTER
By

103

BOOT-'.

XXIV.

Union Meeting,
what pleasant times some persons
were having in the Sunny South. It is taken from Butler's
paper, the True Delta, issued on Fridny morning, Authe following description of the great

our readers

may

infer

gust 22, 18G2:

The
tional

New

Orleans Bee, ricayune, True Delta, and Na-

Advocate are

so heavily freighted with

Union adver-

tisements, they are unable to bear any thing in regard to

the great demonstration of Tluirsday night,

United States Government.

in

favor of the

Straws show which way the

wind blows.

"the GKEAT union meeting last night GREAT UPHEAVING OF THE TEOPLE NEW ORLEANS NOT DEAD TET
HER VOICE FOR THE UNION THE HARD-FISTED OUT IN

THEIR STRENGTH.''
Tiie greatest demonstration that has ever taken place in

New
night.

Orleans gladdened the hearts of her loyal citizens

Early

in the

last

evening the different streets that lead

to the City Hall, Avhere the great meeting was to take place,
Avere thronged with

men, young and

way to take part as lovers

Lyceum Hall was filled to

old,

of their country.

wending

their

Very soon

the

overflowing with a dense mass of

humanity and were surged back into the street, where another stand had been erected for tlie accommodation of
{speakers.

The wildest excitement pervaded the

9*

A'ast

mul-

EEAUT^ AUb

lb'.

titudc

up and down St.Cliarles Street

some noble sentiment sprang from

e.-'totided

ou'.-:i'le, I'r.at

iov neaily a ulock,

l/iOTY.

and

t;.s

the orator's heart aud found utteranee in glowing words,

cheer after cheer went up, which niusi have caused the
despicable traitors in our midst to seek the darkest recesses

of their holes, for they must have trembled to the very mar-

row

sound

at the

God and

The

voice of the people

shuddered

tliey

at

THE MEETIXG UP STAIKS

from

Here,

looking

space was

lilled

was easy

to be seen that

lioncst

men

the

men

to

all

whom

I-V

the voice of

lA'CELM HAI.L.

])]atlurm,

up with eager

is

dreadful intonations.

its

faces

every conceivable

and earnest

eyes.

It

Union men and

country was more than

there were

their

ti

name.

little

before eight o'clock the meeting proceeded to an

organization,
officers:

by

Col. J.

Col. T.
]\[.

1>,

Thorpe i)roposing the following

C. Urady, President;

V.

IJ.

Earharl,

John Sullivan, .Tames j\IcO'Neil, D. S. Nugent, D. C. WoodHenry ]\IcCuire, Thomas liiley, II.

Esq., Secretary; Vice-Presidents,

Gawley, B.
ruff,

Collins,

J.

Patrick Sullivan,

Mahon, George Oaks, ]Mr. Gulius.

The officers were elected by acclamation, and the President, J. M. C. Ijrady, then canu' forward and delivered
an excellent and cflective address, that was greeteil witli
great applause.
T. J. Earliart then introducrd the
Avhich were
liesoh'cd,

moved and
That

it

is

full(.)wing resolutions,

adojteil

only by the restoration of the au-

thority of the United States that the laboring

men

of

New

Orleans can expect remtmorative labor.

Jicsoli'cd,

That

we foimd under
ol"

fleeing from a

the aulluu-itii's

government of oppression,

ol"

the I'^niled Stales a

plenty, political equality, anil sorial elevalinn, and

home

we

de-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

sire a restovcation

195

of the authority that gives us sucii nn-

equaled blessings.
Resolved.,

That

in JMajor-General

Butler

we have found

a friend to the working man, a soldier of discipline, a sup-

we thank

porter of the honor and glory of his country, and

the Federal authorities that he and his brave

army came

to

our rescue from a rebellion started without cause, and carried on for the benefit of persons wiioni

we

believe to be

cneniies of mankind.

Colonel T. B. Thorpe was then introduced, and hailed with

Waiting

the greatest enthusiasm.

sided, the gallant Colonel

He

until the noise

had sub-

proceeded substantially as follows

did not come here with the intention of speaking, and

he would

much sooner have taken

a back seat, but that ho

been repeatedly urged to say something

and what he
would say would be short and brief. lie stated that he
had come here twenty-five years ago, and had seen this city
grow from a comparatively small village to be a princely
metropolis.
He had seen the levee, now a miserable ruin,
]jad

covered with the produce of the Far West, which had enriched our merchant princes and
piest

and

freest

men under

of Jackson and of Clay

made our

the sun.

that

laborers the hap-

This was then the city

had thrived and

under the ever-honored Stars and Stripes.

pros2:)ered

He came

back

recently after an absence of six years, and finds her sitting

in sackcloth

her great

and ashes, her people starving and

men degraded by

They might

idle,

and

the rebellion.

talk about the strength of the rebellion, but

he believed there were enough brave Irishmen in this very

sweep Louisiana.
you do not restore the Union, what are your lives
worth ? Will you consent to hang around the City Hall
begging for a day's work ? General Butler has done for
you all that man can do. He has exhausted the means
city to

If

beautv axd booty.

196
and

money

tlie

made

at his

conunand to

lie has

relieve you.

the rich give a htlle, to keep the peojile from liunger,

from those stores they spent with

sucli a hxvish

hand

to ruin

the people.

AVho should know tliis country better than Irislimen V

England trampled down their sea-girt isle for centuries, and did they not come here to find open arms and
lias not

liappy

And

homes

to receive them,

and would they desert

it

now

this great country to be trampled down in the same

is

manner

the

poor white

men

degraded, for the sake of the

men

everlasting nigger, by a few rich

What

published in the Picayune, the True Delta, and

pa})ers of

Xew

order was

all

the iiews-

Orleans by the rebel authorilies?

That no

white man, no Irishman, should work on the levee, or on a

steamboat,

bor

Why

llow dared they deny

did they do it?

their right to lioncst

Because,

la-

they degraded

if

if they saw your ^ives and children starving, they

would be forced to enter their armies and be marched northward to meet in deadly conflict their own countrymen
fighting tlic battle of freedom.
(Tremendous cheers.)
The speaker believed this country's salvation rested with

them,

the laboi-ing
tion as

if

men

they should, with a quickness of percep-

a knife had been stuck into them,

enemies to be the

ly

men

know

their dead-

Avho would under any pretext, or

under any subterfuge, degrade honest labor, and would

trami)le thenx under foot.

A man

that would lower their sta-

tus they should hate as their bitterest enemy.

The

sjieaker then referred to the

in circulation l)y

designing

and alluded, amid

its

industriously retailed
all

many absurd

in relation

by the (juidinmcs

to

present were to be seized and enlisted.

them

if possible,

their

arms

lie

tell

tlieni

the

effect

He did

that

not como

came here to put a soul in

to knock the shackles

to defy the devil

to

stories put-

to the meeting,

loud laughter, to a story that had l)een

here for any such thing.

iifl'

men

that with the working

men

of

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

tliis

197

country he could swoop the whole Confederacy and the

British lion they are so often trying to call in.

lie proceeded to say that

they went to work under the

if

of the American

jii'oiection

flag,

some one steps up and

whispers in their ear to beware, for next Aveek England will

them to do what they

up the mouths of
of the Uniom If some one speaks

In such a case,

intervene.

iie

told

should do and have a right to do

the libellers and

up and

tells

villifiers

them

shut

that Iluggles, Breckenridge

&

Co. are

coming down with a vast army of two Imndred and fifty

men, let them answer, There are five hundred men working
under the Surveyor, and they will sally forth with their
shovels and clean

When

them

out.

the rebellion was inaugurated

upon Louisiana

the ordinance of secession was

exampled

first

it

was sprung

God

read, this city

when

was un-

A system of internal im})rovemcnts

in prosperity.

had been inaugurated that would,

given to every poor

when

never went out, thank

for she

man

in course

of time, have

in this city a little cottage in the

Now, we

suburbs that he miglit leave to his children,

can-

not find a silver picayune.

Before this war was inaugurated

bags of
to give

silver in their

men went about

with

hands, begging people for God's sake

them bank notes

in

exchange.

There yet

exists a

statute compelling the employes of the city to receive onehalf of their salaries in silver

ask

now

it

was actually a drug in the

Barker would

How much did they think old Jacob

market.

to

exchange the same shinplasters

for coin ?

'(Loud

laughter and apjilause.)

If these times

were

to return, he told

them they must

have peace, and we must silence those villainous scamps

by going about villifying all truth,

honor. The people of the majoi'ity of

prevent
all

it

States, if left free,

would

hail

Stars and Stripes over them.

all

who

good and

the Southern

with joy the raising of the

The United

States does not

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

19S
wisli to

conquer llicm.

If she did, a million of

She comes

could not have been raised.

her children

she appeals to you,

to range under her banner

licr peoj)le

among

she wants you

she requires the strength of

moral support, and wishes to

y(jur

armed men

as a parent

let

the brave fellows

who

are lighting for her laws depart for their homes.

Colonel Thor2)e sat down, amid loud and hearty clieering,

and
Colonel "White, of Jeilerson City, next took the stand, and

made

a very effective speech, calling on tliose present never

to forget their

common

country, but to ever remain faithful

and liberty.
He concluded amid loud
acclamations, and the meeting adjourned.
to tlie Constitution

THE OUT-DOOIl MKETIXG.

In addition to the meeting in

organized upon

Lyceum

Charles Street.

St.

Ilall,

This at

another was

fu-st

was intend-

ed for an auxiliary meeting, but soon became the principal

The stand

one.

faced the City Hall, the steps and front

jammed

portico of which were

mass

illled also

with spectators.

The dense

the space in the rear of the stand, and

tended from Poydras to Girod Street.

e.v-

reminded us forcibly
of the Bell and Everett demonstrations of 18G0, and was
It

more than equal to tlie best of them.

The meeting was called to order by Dr. William 11. Hire,
who nominated Judge Ilahn for President, and the nomination wijs ratified by a unanimous vote.
Judge Hahn, however, not having yet arrived, L. ^NFadison Day was chosen to
that oflice, together with the following

iill

dents and Secretaries

Vice-rrcsidcntsDv.

Ingram, Dr.
Sa-refarics

W.

of Vice-Presi-

W. C. Duncan,
W. U. Crane.

E. Iliestand, Thos.

H. Hire,

Patrick

Committee on

^\^ 11.

list

I\[ur])hy

and C. Erederick.

resolutions, consisting of Dr.

Crane and Dr. Hire, was ai)pointed.

Duncan,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

Mr. D;iy,

199

President, being loudly called

tlic

for,

proceeded

to address the meeting as follows:

was to uphold the Union,

lie had
lived, and, by the blessing of God, he hoped to die, under
the folds of the glorious Hag of the Union.
(Applause.)
lie would ask those who had lived under the secession Hag,
if they had not seen the evil effect of such a rule.
(" That's
lie said the object of the meeting

the Constitution, and the enforcement of the laws.

Before that flag was displayed

so.")

Orleans

felt

all

the

men

of

New

themselves strong, and were willing to fight for

the flag of the Union, under whose folds they had prospered.

We

But the scene had been clianged by

Under the advent of Union rule,
however, the normal state of things had returned, and the
("

the

do

will yet

demon of

it.")

secession.

man was protected in his right of working for a living.

From this state of things he drew a contrast of what would
be the state of the wives and the little ones of many of the
poor

})ersons present,

had secession prevailed.

lie next spoke of the shameful fact of naturalized foreigners

being deprived of the right of voting

in the city,

under

the Confederacy, unless they went for the spurious govern-

man being deprived of the right of sufown negroes but he exhorted his hearers

ment, and of every

frage

if

he did not

would soon be once

more " the land of the free and the home of the brave."
The speaker then went on to speak in the most bitter terms
of the secessionists, who had brought this great city to its

to be of

good

cheer, for the country

present state of desolation, contending against the would-be

aristocrats that

New

Orleans belonged to

present, and in the city,

and not

to a

all

who were then

few purse-proud people.

After reminding the audience of the time when the poor

man

could earn his two dollars per day, and

contrasting

those times with these, he went on to say that the chief conspirators

ought to be caught by a

caj^ias

of the whole Ameri-

can people, and be hanged as high as Ilaman for their trea-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

200
Bon

and

that, in spite of quibbles

found to convict them.

of

would be

juries

la^v,

(A])plau.s('.)

Dr. Duncan, on belialf of the Committee on Resolutions,

reported
cheers

were adopted amid loud

following, M-hich

tlie

That we

liesolved,

hail with delight the restoration of

State to the Union, of which

it

ous and lionorable a part, and out of which

stitutionally

and wickedly drawn,

sonable acts of unprincipled

aggrandizement

in

it

for a period,

])oliticians,

was unconby the trea-

who sought

personal

the ruin of their country.

That having

Jiesolvcd,

our

formerly formed so conspicu-

for a time

been deprived of the

great blessings of our American Constitutional Government,

in the American Union, we can
now the more strongly ajipreciate and cherish them, when
we again see the old ilag wave above us, giving protection

and our rights of citizenship

to our persons, proj)erty and our honor.

That the

Jiesolvcd,

ditional trooi)s,

tration

and

qualified
is

its

and

Lincoln for ad-

representatives in our State, meets our un-

heartfelt apju-oval, satisfying

to be carried on

American Union

among

late call of I'resident

and the conduct generally of the Adminis-

will

tis

that the

war

Mith vigor and justice, and that the

soon assume

its

former proud position

the nations of the earth.

Judge

Ileistand was then called upon.

glad to see

lie said he

was

such a vast assembly of laboring men,

for,

though belonging at present to a

drayman not many years

ago.

to review the secession of

liberal profession,

he was a

The gentleman then

M'cnt on

South Carolina

ISGO, conse-

in

quent on the previous treason at the Charleston Convention,

at

which the greatest traitor was John

ous

before the treason of

ISGO.

(Cries of

Slidell.

Hang him.") The s])caker then contrasted

trade now to what it was when New Orleans
"

the state of
Avas prosper-

So ])rosperous was

the people had no time to attend to public allairs

it tliat

all

they

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could do was to mind their private business, and that was,

perhaps, the reason

them.
tlien

why

the traitors had stolen a

march on

A comparison was then drawn between

(Applause.)

and now,, and the question was put to the people,

whetlicr or not they were better oif now, to which they

responded
ott"

in

thunder tones that they Avere

than since the inauguration of treason.

now far better

He then put it

them whether, in the history of the world, a conquering

army had ever conducted itself with such moderation yea,

to

with such humanity, as to actually feed the conquered poor

and yet General Butler had done

this.

(Cheers for Gener.al

Ijutler.)

After a few remarks about the tyranny of the Con-

federates,

which he happily compared to that of Warren

Hastings, in India, which drew forth the celebrated bitter

rebuke of

Edmund

Burke, in the British Parliament, and

some further remarks on the same

subject, the speaker

gave

Avay to his successor.

Dr. Dostie,

He

who had been

in

Europe, was the next speaker.

spoke warmly on the subject of persons having been

in-

carcerated in loathsome prisons, only because they loved

the flag under which they were born.
try ought to be honored next to our

that the people of

ing,

New

He thought our counGod

and he believed

Orleans, as represented at that meet-

would bring about the redemption of Louisiana. Is it

(" Yes, yes.") The Doctor spoke warmly, at consid?

not so

erable length, in favor of his native State, in connection with

the Union, loudly cheered

all

the while, and sat

down amid

thunders of applause.

The meeting was then adjourned.

Afterwards both meetings coalesced, and, preceded by
splendid brass band,

up the

streets fir

vociferations.

quarters,

moved up town

and wide, and rending the

They

like a vast sea, filling

air Avith their

halted in front of General Butler's head-

and the band played some exquisite airs, to which

bowed his acknowledgments. After

the hero of the occasion

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number of

giving a
ites

cheers for the General, and otlier favor-

of theirs, they gave one last cheer, just to keep their

hand

in,

and quietly dispersed, and the great

I'nion Meeting of

August

21st,

18G2,

New

Orleans

became a matter of

history.

The names

at this

meeting wc had never heard, excepting

in Chicago, and had shaved con-

one Avho had been a barber

trabands.

CIIArTETt XXV.
Of course,
to be an exchange of prisoners
was to be another " order'' forthcoming. "No. 19''
was more lenient than most of the others. The gentlemen
were actually alloved to wear their clothes and a sword.
TuKKE was

tlicre

" Georgia uniform" was similar.

Head

the Order

CiENKRAL Okdkrs No. 79.

Headquarters DEi'ARTirENT of the Gulf,

New

Orleans, October

4,

18G2.

In accordance with the terms of the cartel recently negotiated between the Major-General Comnianding this depart-

ment and
all

Van Dorn of the Confederate array,

war registered at these headquarters for
be sent by steamer to Baton Rouge, La., on

jVIajor-tieneral

i)risoners of

exchange

will

the 8th of October

A.

inst.,

New

leaving

Orleans at 10 o'clock

M. of that day.

Those

officers

the terms of whose surrender permitted the

retention of their side-arms, will

them

their swords only

but

in

be allowed to take with

no case

will permission

bo


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granted to purchase arms of any description to carry beyond

nor -will any supplies he taken further than the

tlie lines

apparel actually Avorn at the time of their departure.

By command
Geo.

C.

Major-Genekal Butler.

of

Strong, A. A. General.

We

were on the leveo when the Laurel Ilill departed

with the Confederate soldiers for exchange at Baton Kongo,
and a more exciting scene we have seldom witnessed.
According to the general estimate the number of lookerson was about twenty thousand.

Th? black smoke from the steamer

All was din and noise.

curling to the skies, the letting

oft'

steam, the scream of the

steam-whistle, the puffing and blowing, the putting out and

liauling in plank, the shouting
last tinkling

and hallooing of

sailors,

of bells to warn strangers to depart,

all

the

added

to the melee.

was almost agonizing to hear the mingled sighs and

who were taking their last farewell the sad
farewell of aching hearts, parting from those they loved,
It

sobs of those

leaving for the war, perhaps never to return

Our own boys had gone, we could not .hear from them
:uh1 we " knew what sickness of heart it was which arises
from hopes deferred."

We

looked on in tearful

loneliness,

silence, feeling a dull sense

watching the waving of handkerchiefs and

of

listen-

ing to the " God-speed" of hundreds of voices as the vessel

departed from the wharf, straining our eyes to catch the

last

glimpse until she was

while relaxed

its

lost in the distance.

War

rigid rights, and the amenities of

for a

humanity

triumphed.

We missed the baggage-wagon

of the

officials

strutted

power

crowd.

made
their

was not needed. Some

show of militaryshort hour, and were left iu the
;

it

a most imposing

BEAUTY AND

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Some more

1500TV.

excitable spirits than the rest hoorraed for the

Southern Confederacy, and were airesied,

woman waved

heart-broken
censed, gave

Some

a small Federal Ihig.

Confederate women, being

lier

of the poor

exceedingly

in-

a good whipping, got arrested, and were

sent to the calaboose for the night, ami, thus ended

the

dav.

CHAPTER XXVI.
TiiK "Emancipation Proclamation" of the President pro-

duced great excitement

never seen

keep

it

it,

The pen with which

in a glass tube,

it

entire;

To some

as a souvenir.

it

It

it will

be gratifying to

be very interesting.

will

it

was written and signed was encased

which formed the centre of a beautiful can-

delabra, and sent to General

New

As a number have

in the South.

give

wt' will

Banks while he sojourned

in

Hyde

&

Orleans.

was displayed

in the

window of

the store of

Goodrich, and gazed upon by thousands of persons.

been used as a weapon of defence

Here

is

It

had

the article

HIGHLY IMPOKTAXT rRGCLAMATIGN BY TRESIDEXT OF THE

UNITED STATES THE AVAR STILL TO BE PROSECUTED FOR
THE RESTORATION OF THE UXION A DECREE OF EMAN-

CIPATION

ALL

SLAVES IN STATES IN REBELLION ON THE

FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT TO BE

MADE

FREE.

Washington, Monday, September

22, 1SC3.

JBy the President of the United States of America:

A PROCLAMATION.
I,

AiiRAJiAM LiNX'OLK, President of the I'nited States of

America, and Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

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do hereby proclaim and declare, that hereafter, as

war will be prosecuted for the object of

tlieieof,

heretofore, the

l)racticaliy restoring the constitutional relation

United States and the people thereof

relation

is,

or

may

be,

in

between the"

which States that

suspended or disturbed

that

it is

my

purpose, at the next meeting of Congress, to again recom-

mend

the adoption of a practical measure tendering pecuni-

ary aid to the free acceptance or rejection of

States so-called, the people whereof
rebellion against the

may

all

the Slave

not then be in

United States, and which States

then have voluntarily adopted, or thereafter

may

may

voluntarily

adopt, the immediate or gradual abolishment of Slavery.

Avithin their resjiective limits;
ize

and that the

eflbrts to colon-

persons of African descent with their consent, upon the

continent or elsewhere, with the previously obtained consent

of the governments existing there, will be continued.
Tliat on the first

day of January,

in the

year of our Lord

one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,

State, the people

all

j^ersons held

any State, or any designated part of a

as slaves within

whereof

shall

then be in rebellion against

the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever,

free

and the Executive Department of the United States,

and naval authority thereof, will re-

including- the military

cognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will

do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them,

in any eflbrts they may make for their actual freedom.
That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of
States, if any, iu
shall

which the people thereof, respectively,

then be in rebellion against the United States

fact that

any

State, or the people thereof, shall

and the

on that day

good faith represented iu the Congress of the United

by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a
majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have

be

in

States


BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

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])articipatcd, shall, in llic

absence of strong countervailing

deemed conclusive evidence

testimony, be

and the people thereof have not been

that such State

in rebellion against

the United Stales.

'J'hat

attention

"An

entitled

hereby called to an act of Congress

is

make an

Ax:t to

approved March

additional article of

13, 1SG3, and which act

in

is

>var,''

the words

and figures following:

Be

it

enacted, by the Senate and

House

of Representatives

of the United States of America in Congress assembled.

That hereafter the following shall be promulgated as an

additional article of war for the government of the army
of the United States, and shall be observed as such.
Anxici.E.

All

otticers or

persons in the military or naval

United States are prohibited from employing

any of the forces under their respective commands for the
purj)ose of returning fugitives from service or labor is
service of the

claimed to be due, and any

by

oilicer

who

shall

be found guilty

a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed

from the service.

Skction
shall

2.

^Ind

be

^Vlso to the ninth

''

it

fart her enacted, That

take eifect Irom and after

An Act

its

and lunth sections of an act entitled

to sujtpress insurrection, to punish

rebellion, to seize

this action

passage.

and confiscate property of

and

treason

rebels,

and for

other purposes," ai)proved July 17, 180 J, and which section

is

in the

words and

Skctiox
]>iisons

9.

who

ligures ibllowing:

And he
shall

it

further enacted, That

all

slaves of

hereafter be engaged in rebellion against

the (iovernment of the United States, or

who

shall, in

any

way, give aid or comfort thereto, escaiiing from such per-

army ami
by them
GovcrBment of the

sons and taking refuge within the lines of the

all

slaves cai)tured I'rom such ])ersons, or deserted

and coming under the control of the

United States, and

all

slaves of such persons found on (or


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

207

being within) any place occiq^ied by rebel forces and after-

wards occnpied by the forces of the United States, shall bedeemed captures of war, and shall be forever free of their
^servitude

and not again held

Sectiox

10.

And

as slaves.

be it farther enacted,

That no slave

escaping into any State, Territory, or the District of Coliunbia,

from any of the

way impeded

States, shall

be delivered up, or

any

in

or hindered of his liberty, except for crime or

some offence against the

said fugitive shall

first

laws, unless the j^erson claiming

make oath

that the person to

the labor or service of such fugitive

is

whom

alleged to be due

is

owner, and has not been in arms against the

his lawful

United States

in the present rebellion,

nor

in

any way given

and comfort thereto, and no person engaged in the

military or naval service of the United States shall, nnder
aid

any pretence whatever, assume to decide on the validity of

the claim of any person to the service or labor of any other
person, or surrender np any such person to the claimant, on

pain of being dismissed from the service.

And

gaged

do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons enand naval service of the United States,

in the military

to observe,

obey and enforce, within

theii-

respective spheres

of service, the act and sections above cited.

And

the Executive

citizens of the

Avill

in

due time recommend that all

shall have remained loyal

United States who

thereto throughout the rebellion, shall (upon

of the

constitutional

relation

tlie

restoration

between the United States

and their respective States and people, if the relation shall

have been suspended or disturbed) be compensated for all
losses

by

acts of the

United

States, including the loss

of

slaves.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set

my

hand and

caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-second day
of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

20S

and sixty-two, and of

liuiiilred

Independence of the

lliu

I'nited States the eighty-seventh.

By

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

the President

WiLLi\.\i n.

Sewakd,

dispatcli

Secretary of State.

dated Wasliington, October 3d, says

The lliehmond Whig-, of

Sei)teniber 30th, contains

tlie

following:

In

tlie

rebel

Senate, on the

of September, Mr,

29tli

Senimes, of Louisiana, submitted tho following joint resolution

UNSOLVED, by tho Congress of the Confederate States,

That the proclamation of Abrahai;a Lincoln, President of
the United Slates of America, issued at the City of
ington, in the year 1802, jiherein
lirst

day of January,

in

lie

Wash-

declares "that on the

the year of our

Lord

18G3,

all

per-

sons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of

a State, Avhereof the i)eo]>le shall be in rebellion against the

United

States, shall

be henceforth and forever

free/'

is

leveled against the citizens of the Confederate States, and

as such

is

a gross violation of the usages of civilized warfare,

an outrage on the rights of private property, and an invitation to an atrocious servile war,
v}> to the

and therefore shouldhc held

severe retaliatory measures as in the

ident

by such
judgment of the I'res-

execration of inan/cl/ul, and counteracted

may be

best calculated to secure

its

withdrawal or

arrest its execution.

We

touch upon this subject with trembling hesitation, as

we do not care about

are so many who may
astonislunent

tliat

expressing our ojjinion where there

differ froni us.

nc'v position, should have

Many are
who have

lazy,
ac-ted

It

was a matter of

the negroes, being so lately placed in a

and

will

behaved

not work

as well as they
;

have done.

but there are a number

wonderfully well.

They have taken

i)laccs

and remained

in

them; some havo

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209

suj-yport

themselves by

washino- and ironinc:,

nmiiber have hired themselves upon plantations, either

wages or a share of the erops.
Those who have acted badly, generally are those who have

for

been misguided by white men,

who tamper with them

for

the vilest purposes.

Jf left alone they are a good-natured, obliging, noisy

enjoying a laugh " most consumedly ?''

set,

General Butler, we are told, set an exam})le of riyiJity

toward them which, no doubt, had a very conciliatory eftect.

One of
to

go

the servants at General Twiggs's mansion wished

out, perhaps**' to visit."

wished him to remain

Tlie General denied his request;

" at home."
As the "
give,

Commanding General" had

other " orders" to

he was obhged to depart, and, calling an orderly to

him, told him that

the individual should leave the house,

if

he must restrain him.

As

the story

is

told, the

fence and the orderly shot

General Butler did

and

funeral.

A long

Our

all

servants

w^as

moved from

they are
;

it

died.

he had a great parade

the mansion of General

in " order."

reliable informers

made

down, as the Quakers

came

in

with

quite a stir in the neighbor-

at the time, but the funeral

settled

done decently and

the wonderful account

hood

he could do

quite a show.

funeral cortege

Twiggs, and

attempted to jump the

He

string of carriages, filled with friends

made

of the deceased,

The

all

man

him

was

so evpensive that

all

say, " into the quiet."

the " colored individuals" were uproarious

was upon the Fourth of July the first year of their " inde-

The only time

pendence."

The weather being

took our

stroll

excessively

warm, towards evening

on Canal Street, the boulevard of the

Vv'o

city.


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

210

Largo crowds Avcrc assembling

at the corners of the street

(general order, forbidding ])ersons to assemble, did not apI'ly

to Ethiopians)

ralis, etc.,

we were startled by terrific yells, hoowe could see or divine the cause. At

long before

length, Ave

saw an innumerable quantity of negroes

could not have been less tlian five thousand

come

there
around

Rampart Street, walking two and two in i)romen waving

cession, whooping and yelling, men and women
their hats, women pulling olf their turbans, Avaving them in
the corner of

the

air,

shrieking and liallooing at the top of their voices

looking like maniacs just escaped from their

cells.

down Canal

This collection of contrabands proceeded

Street to the Clay Statue (where white persons were forbid-

den to assemble, even with three

" Union speech."

Stopping

at

in

company), to hear the

" Who^Ujoin the Union., (/ho,

Olio.''''

Durant's corner, they gave liim three cheers^

lustily.

It

was a strange

sight,

whole city was

O/i dit, that the

til

their celebration

They

was

in their full po.ssession

un-

over.

dispersed quietly, and

we heard no more

noise or

rioting.

Kvery one Avho remained

in the city will

large, good-looking negro, dressed to death,

and

liis

line horse,

I'emember the
<^

la niilitairc,

caparisoned ditto, Avho rode up and

down

making the vulgar

starc^

the streets quietly, slioioiny

oJ^\

and enticing tlie negroes to go to the war.

He and his horse were in danger of melting
sinnmer sun, when the perspiration Avould

in

the hot

roll off

both of

tliem.

However, his name was CaUhm. He went into actual

and Avas killed, Ave forget Avhere but liis remains
A\ ei-e brought to the city, and duly honored by thousands of
negroes, men, Avomen, and children, Avalking two and two,
Such a procession has never been seen ;
beliind the hearse.

figld'uKj

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

perfect order reigned,

211

and sorrow was expressed

" Mr. Linkum's" portrait was carried

face.

among

in each
tlieni.

Reading over an old newspaper, we came across a very

As it pleased us,
who may remember the good

pathetic history of a faithful old servant.

perhaps

it

may

old creature.

please others,

It

was during an epidemic

in

New

Orleans

They were a hapjiy people when they had

good homes, and, we hope, they will still continue to have
a real scene.

them, althougli in a difierent manner,

if

they arc industrious

and saving.

The following

is

one instance

same was met with

the

every day
" Having been informed that the female servant of
neighbor, to

whom

tliey

had entrusted

their absence for the season,

my

their house during

had been taken violently

ill,

we

hastened to her, knov/ing she was generally alone througli

the day.

In what condition did

wo

find her

an object of

misery upon a bundle of rags in one corner of a room,

tute of a friend to give her a
cine

iSTo,

we had found an

the

rooms

twelve feet square.

room

desti-

bath or a dose of medi-

with an infant, hungry, dirty, and almost devoured by

musquitoes, as

week

warm

for

The

first

woman

Irish

slie

the preceding

occupied two

seemed

were about

to be her reception-

or parlor (the poor, bare parlor).

Its furniture

simple, but tastefully arranged and commodious.

table,

covered with a cotton-damask

cloth,

On

were a

was
the

set of

highly-colored fimcy cups and saucers, and a variety of glass

vessels

and ornaments, among which we noticed a beautiful

Bohemian cologne bottle, given auntie for discovering

Jimmy's first tooth. In the centre was a Methodist hymnbook and Bible. On the ceiling were suspended many cheap
jiicturcs and a large looking-glass, surrounded by a wreath
of gaudy artificial flowers. The floor was clean, and gave
evidence of a recent scrubbing with brick-dust.
mitted to the next room,

we found

When

ad-

the patient in bed, and

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212
nscertaincd

tliat

her master, wlicn Icavinf,^ liad dirccteJ

of siulden

in case

square, and

illness, to

call

in the

lier,

doctor on the same

disease proved dangerous, to call also the

if tlie

The

old family physician from a distant part of the city.

former had been called, liad provided medicine and a nurse,

the patient was as comfortable as one recently attacked

:iiid

Wlien inquired of

yellow fever could bo.

ilh

for the im-

mediate cause of her sickness, she could give none, but

])lied

"

La, no, I never pays no 'tention to sieh things

'

re-

allers looks arter us

anyhow, and when

home

she's

Misses
it's

sure

onpossible to get sick, but cuUer'd people never minds notliing

about nothing nohow, and dcy

Lord

I believes de
'cause

all

tells

is

bad

off

when

the time 'fore she leaves she tells

An' she

I gets sick.

misses

is

gone.

Miss Agness what's in de future,

left all

dat

money

me what
me if

for

to

do

if

I's sick.

De Lord bless her heart and spare me to see her sweet face.
You knows, 3Ladani, my misses is mighty putty, and Mass
Jim
"

chock

is

When

of jokes.'

full

cautioned against talking, she began to sing

Tlicre

'

is

a ha])py land,

Far, fur away,

Where

saints in glory stand,

Bright, bright as day.'

"When
"

cautioned again, she said

Madam, Ts

'

ner, but Jesus

in his

"

is

not afeard of dying.

my Saviour.

know

I's

a poor sin-

Cullered peojilcs go to Leaven

name.'

We

inquired

" 'Are you willing to leave your children ?'

" r>less your heart, yes. Madam.
Won't missus and
'

de family care
missus,

and

for

them

])ut I

bless his little lieart,

" Nothing but a positive order could stop

the

iliniily.

She requested

me

all

wants to get well and see

baby Jimmy.'
lier

talking of

to take from her arnioir a

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213

who liad been sent to

who belonged to a gentleman in tlie neighborand who Avas to take care of them till their mother

basket of clotliing for her children,

her mother,

hood,

recovered,"

Negroes are proverbially fond of dress they have an ingaudy colors seem to please
them most.
;

nate perception of the beautiful

Some

in

New

Orleans dress elegantly, particularly since

the ladies' wardrobes were sent to auction and sold to the

highest bidder.

The

auctioneer's voice in

be heard during their

"Here

sales,

an elegant

is

une

piastre,

une

or Chartres Streets could

dress

silk

Who'll bid? who'll buy?

six bits ?

Camp

shouting out

belonging to a rebel.

no one bid?

will

piastx'e," etc.

and

six bits?
it

eh,

was sold to

the highest bidder.

Another, liolding up a
"

Here

is

a man-tiller

take the oath! ha! ha!

deux
gain

piastres

you

silk mantilla,

worn by

shall

would shout

a rebel

Une

piastre,

have

it."

It

eh

when
!

une

she went to
piastre, eh

was bought

as a bar-

costing from $25 to $30.

We

are not astonished that Butler's brother

much money

"

made

so

buying confiscated property," although wo

" guess" he didn't care for skirts.

The negroes
doubt be a very
to

good

We

are

now

being educated, and they will no

intelligent race

when they become acclimated

society.

hope to see the good

effects of the school mistresses'

exertions.

Mrs. Stowe, in " Uncle Tom's Cabin," gives a glowing

dcscriiotion of a

strong-minded

" Miss Ophelia"

undertaking

tucky darkey, a

slave,

woman from New England

to teach " Topsy," a

her catechism.

She was a young

Kengirl,

and had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with

a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress.

BEAUTY

214
Miss

Ojilielia hiisicHl

teacliing her.

A^'D

Iiersclf"

BOOTY.

very earnestly on Sundny.s

^Malicious persons laughed at her kind exer-

nothing daunted, she continued them.

tions, but,

Tojisy, wlio liad stood

hke a bhiek statue during a

dis-

cussion about educating children, etc., Avith hands folded

a signal from

decently, at

catechism

"Our

Miss Ophelia, continued her

parents, being left to the

iirst

freedom of their own

from the state Avherein they were created."

will, fell

Topsy's eyes twinkled, and she looked incpiiringly.

" What is it, Topsy ?" said Miss Ophelia.

was dat ar state Kiutuck ?"

Topsy ?"
dey fell out of; I used to hear mas'r

"]'lease, jNIissus,

"

What

"

Dat

state,

state

we came down from Kintuck."

In very much this way Topsy's
year or two

Miss

day with

lier,

tions she

became

how

training proceeded for a

Ophelia woirying herself from day to

as a kind of chronic i)lague, to

in

tell

whose

inflic-

time as accustomed as persons sometimes

are to the neuralgia or sick headache.

This

Xow

desci'i})tion

they

are

shows they
a

thorovghl'j educated

ireed

cfni

be educated,

])eople,

and Avhen

they will ])erceive the

dressing so overmuch, and the folly of putting

obtain upon their backs.
})lace to (juiet ccjuanimity.

they arc

vulgarity of
all

Their vulgar fussiness

they can
Avill

givo

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

215

CHAPTER XXVII.
"Room
The

for the leper!

room," and, as be came.

" Room for the Jeper

cry j^assed on

room."

Roy.

TuERE

is

a moral leprosy wliich

is

for greater

bodily taint, and more to be tlreadecl, as

its

thau the

efleets

may

pervade a whole community.

down

V/ Walking

summer

Prytania Street, our custom often on a

afternoon,

we paused

as

residence of our old friend, General

both

in

we passed, the spacious

Twiggs it had changed,

appearance and in occupants.

Formerly, the good old general could be seen, either in

on his door-step quietly reading or amusing

his parlor or

and himself with

his friends

hospitality

Now,

it

it

looks distrait

headquarters

hearty

his

We

it is

saw a

the "

Commanding

was

suflicient for

General's"

of orderlies, Avith bayonets,

file

extending from each side the steps to the

there

humor and kindly

was a qidefAooYxw^ house.

street.

"Room,"

General Butler to pass from ihe door

two orderlies M'ere placed on the box with

one was back of the ponderous vehicle, and one
inside for co'inpany.
You can imagine the picture, as it

to

liis

carriage

the driver

drove down Prytania Street.

orderlies, but the

You

bayonets were

could scarcely see the

(iis2>layed far

above their

heads and glistened in the sun.

The

fact was, the "

Commanding General" was

fearful

that his " grade of authority" would not be recognized, and

afraid, also, that if the ca7mille

their hands he
If

would be "hung

would once get him

as

into

high as Ilaman."

kind old General Twiags could

have crtered

his

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

216

cinbcllishctl Avitli tho p;ains of (.xtorlion

tloinicilc,

pression,

lie

and op-

would have thought that he had entered the

wrong box.
"When the carriage wilh its precious freight landed at the
Custom-IIouse, the same manoeuvres were gone through

arms ranged on each side from the street to

and " room" left for Butler to pass through with

orderlies with

the steps,
all

due worldly
lie

pomp and

"

circumstance."

was beleaguered with bayonets

him until he arrived in

The tlrst care he then had

they alone protected

his sanctum.

his table, Avithiu reach

other persons

No

Avas to arrange his pistols

who might

wish to sec him upon business.

one was allowed to advance within eight

fearful of a rencontre
ncip'o^ "

On

the

M'all

unless

it

feet of

miglit be General

who waited upon

Will 1(17)},'"

upon

this intimidated the ladies, or any

him

Tti;i<j(js''s

Butler

of this ollicc was printed the witty, vulgar

reniark
"

There
It

is

no

was from

issued.

many

Here

this
it

it

lie

iniijuily that his

still

it

in their

venom."

" orders" were

many

a heart he has broken, and yet

lived on!

was that he imposed

here

and a she adder

was that he wrung tears of anguish from

Mei'e least able to

And

dan of

broken heart

the sufferers have

Here

between a

dilTei'euco

endure them

was that

his aguni/cd \ictinis!

hardshiiis

upon those who

his horrid voice

rang

in

the ears of

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

CHAPTER
"the
"

Another
Lumiliate

The watch-word

217

XXVIII.
pass."
of persecution."

" OrdcM-," No. 80, was produced, to irritate aud

still

further

General Order No.

80.

Headquarters Departjient op the Gulf,

New

No

Orleans, October

boat, of any description wliatever,

4,

-will

permitted to carry stores of any kind up

1862.

hereafter be

th.e

Mississippi

beyond Camp Parapet, without special permission

from these headquarters; and from tliis office alone will
river,

l)asses

be granted to persons going- outward

in tliat direc-

tion.

By command
Geo.

C.

Major-GexePvAL Butler.

of

Strong, A. A. General.

Formerly the negroes were given passes by their masters

them to walk the streets at night without moles-

to enable

tation, after the nine o'clock bell

had

tolled

them the time

Ibr retiring.

Since Butler's rule, the darkies can

move round

at

all

hours, " always admissible."

Then, no white individual could leave the city without a

pass.

We

were not allowed to

visit

the sick without " a pass

!"

Persons wishing to obtain one would be sent from one

official

to

another,

go

to

the

office

where passes were

manufactured, wait for an hour, and sometimes two or

'

BEAUTY" AND BOOTY.

218

three, llien liave to return in the eveiiiiij^ or pcrlinj^s llio

next moniinti^

"was

out

(nearly

tlien the oilicial

hi.vt

\:ile

not be

iniglit

night," liad not

in his olhce,

come down luwn

yet

lived in the 8i)acious mansions taken as a ''military

all

some such

necessity"), or

trivial

excuse

luitil,

wearied with

we almost wished they were where they came

is, Yankee land.

importunity,

from, that

Nothing could be sent beyond the Union lines without

]iass," and then every box, bundle, trunk, or icoman,
was searched by a band of detectives, who were generally
either the men or the women, "no better than tliey ouglit
to be." Who could live in such an atmosphere, and j)reserve
"the

their purity of heart?

The clanking

of their sabres and spurs upon the banquettes,

as they stiutted by our dwellings, made every nerve

and made us gnash our

teeth.

(piiver,

The reader must excuse

so

many digressions, but it is almost impossible to have endured

so many agonizing insults, and be aide to write the record,
without feeling excited upon the subject.

Wishing to
St.

liave a sick I'riend visit us,

Louis Hospital (the hotel taken

were obliged

to

go

who was

in

for that puri)ose),

in pro}>vlu pcvsoiia\ to

ask for " a

the

wo

i)ass"

to visit the Hospital.

From

lieadquarters,

medical director, who,

wo were sent to Dr. Alexander, the

much suavitnr m viodo, says if

witli

Dr. Bacon (who lived about two' miles from him) says
"

lie

may

so,

go."

Hastening to Dr. ]5acon, a man with tliin lips, jiale face,

and determined expiession, he would say in a very sanctimonious manner, and smacking his lijis, if Mr. Bell says so,
"lie

may

We

go."

go

to

^Ir. IJell,

who was

talking and laughing as

thoufh the dead and dying were not around him, and maku
our request, and are answered, if lie will take "the Oath"
(he was a paroled i>risoner),

"he may

go.''

>

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

There appearing to be no other

219

alternative, after trying

every other expedient, as the person was too sick to go to

lieailquarters to take the "monster oath," if he would, and
the Federals would not send any one to administer " the

Oath _;" tired out with their foolery, for we could give no
more approjiriate name, after spending all the morning,
riding from one official to another; receiving notes from Dr.

Ijaeon (some of which

"

we now have

as

mementoes), that

go out " this afternoon," but

" that afternoon" never came, we were obliged to relinquish
all idea of relieving the sick, poor disapjiointed men, and
leave them there to die! An army almost died in the
lie

thinks" such a person can

hospitals.

They obtained passes," to a better country, where,

some of their tormentors would be pleased to
them at some future day.
"

perjoin

liaps,

This was the exi)erience of almost every one who asked

for " a pass ;" the delight

ing

their

which the

took in torment-

officials

poor victims was demoniacal.

clothing nor

Neither

suffi^ring friends,

although those

who had

the means in the

city could inirchase almost every thing that

Money

could generally buy

"a

upon her presenting

was needed.

pass" for any thing, and a

lady friend assured us that she had

to her,

food,

medicine were allowed to be sent to our

"a

five gallons

pass" at once given

of whiskey.

was wonderful the detectives did not seai'ch the ladies

M'lien going to the hospitals
they might have found immense
It

pockets,
cloaks

filled

with

all

sorts of necessaries

under their

silk

small bottles of brandy, tobacco, eatables, combs,

soaps, etc., too

numerous

to mention

then, too, the infant

waists of their dresses Avould be so filled with papers ot

tobacco for the poor soldiers, that the ladies would look

much more robust when entering than when leaving.

One day we were annoyed by one of the bottles

break-

by knocking against the iron bedsteads while

in the

ing,

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

220
Federal

\v;irtl

tlio

was

scenl

was taken of

aiijiaic'iilly

it.

<|uitc

ref'rcsliiiig,

so

no notice

The pockets were sometimes

heavy that we couhl scarcely cnn-y them, but every one

we asked would contribute something for the Confederates,
and we liad the pleasure of giving to them.
The detectives were as notorious as some of tlio oflicials,
for instance, a fellow named " Xay," whom Butler had sent
out from Washington as a forerunner, as a Hrst-rate, cunning,
sly somebody to assist him, was caught stealing $70,000
worth of goods, and " confiscating" or appropriating them
for his own use.
A gentleman had the goods stored away.
Every thing which pleased him he contrived to lay lujld of
so

and

apj)ropriate.

He was

at length caught,

and report says

sent to the North.

A lady,

with an inflmt almost rolled up

in the finest lace,

we liad to take a second look who was it

but our old washerwoman and paint-scrubber! only two
years had passed. We asked her " how her circumstances
called to see us

liad l>ecome so

changed

lier

for the better?"

when

She told ns

"a Union

liusband (before he died) Avas

that,

man,'' and.

Yankees came in, that lie informed them where

the Confederates had j)ut away certain valuable articles, and
they gave him half the ]>roceeds of all!
.the

We

have never seen her

since.

" Passes" were given kindly enough, and very quickly,

when
and

i>ersons

would

reliiKiuisli their

their valuables,

all

houses, furniture, silver,

and go where they would not be

heard from, so long as General Uutler had his head(]uarters

in

the city.

Many

sj)ent their all,

and gave up

all,

to get rid o^ the

tyrant's j)ower.

The

following freak of fancy

Northern
pass"

])a})ers (the

some day

New York

we

cut from one of the

AVorld).

He

will

get "a

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

now GENERAL

BUTI..EK

221

TREATS LADIES.

During the month of June, Mrs. SlocQmb, a wealthy lady

of

Xew

heisclf

Oilcans, applied to General Butler for a pass for

and family to go to her country residence, but stated

frankly that neither she nor her family could take the oath

The General

of allegiance.

resjoonded that inasmuch as they

though enemies to the country, he would
grant their request if they would permit him to occupy their
liouso in town as his residence.
To this Mrs. Slocomb and
her daughter, Mrs. Urquhart, demurred.
Subsequently,
Avere true ladies,

however, the following correspondence

between

passed

General Butler and the ladies

HEADQTJARTEKS DEPimTMENT OF THE GuLF,
New Orleaus, June 23, 18G2.

Mesdames
necessities,

have the pleasure to inform you that

which caused the request

your house during your absence

I'elieved.

summer, have been

this

have taken the house of General Twiggs,

late

Inclined never on

of the United States army, for quarters.

slight causes to use the

my

for permission to use

power entrusted

to

me

to grieve

even sentiments only entitled to respect, from the courage

and ladylike propriety of manner

avowed,

it is

you made

which they were

in

gratifying to be enabled to yield to the appeal

for lavor

and protection by the United

States.

Youi-s shall be the solitary exception to the general rule

adoi)ted,

that they

who

ask protection

must take upon

tliemselves corresponding obligations, or do an equal fivor

have an aged mother at home who,

you, might request the inviolability of hearthstone and

to the
like

government.

roof-tree

vou

shall

I did

from the presence of a stranger. For her sake

have the pass you ask, which is sent herewith. As

myself the honor to say personally, you

city with no fear that your house

any exercise of military

right,

will

but

may

leave the

be interfered with by

will

bo

safe

under the

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

222
l.iws

of

United States.

tli(^

Trusting- tliat the inexorable

of events will convict you of wrong toward your

logic

when

country,

all else

has failed,

your obedient servant,

I remain

Bexj. F. Buti.kk, JMajor-General.

Mt'sdanu'S

this

'i'o

reply

SloComd and Ukquiiart.

Sloeonib returned

Mrs.

letter

the

following

General Butler: Permit me

for the special

to return

my

sincere thanks

permit to leave, which you have so kindly

granted to myself and family, as also for the protection

jiromised to
lor

my

property.

any exception

in

upon our grateful

hearts,

'earnestly for the cause

forget

the

Knowing

that W'e have no claim

our favor, this generous act

liberality

we

calls

loudly

and hereafter, while jiraying

love so much,

we

with which our re(^uest

shall

never

has

been

by one whose power here reminds us painfully that

enemies are more magnanimous than our citizens are

g'ranted
oiu-

l)rave.

Most

respectfully, yours,

C. A. Slocomb.

Now

Orleans,

Juuc

23.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

223

CHAPTER XXIX.
"

Home sweet,

sweet home."

living in New Orleans are not aware what

delight " the old inhabitants" took in meeting in the

Persons not
]>('rfect

evening and having a friendly confab together.

The even-

ings are so delightful, after the intense heat of the day, that
it

invigorates to breathe the sea breeze

is

about eight o'clock

greatest splendor.

p. m,,

Who

when it sets in, which

and the moon shines

liere in its

that has visited this city in the

summer, some ten years since, can forget the families seated
on their front banquettes until quite late in the night, as
though

it

were

their

common

saloon,

that each had for their neighbors

it

and the kindly

was

like a

feeling

country

vil-

The Creole population gave the tone to society, and

all moved on joyously and harmoniously.
A stranger coming in their midst was received with open arms, and was as
much at home as if reared in their midst eveiy attention
paid to their wants and their luggage taken care of not by
a lidgetty, dapper little woman, but by the servants who had
lage.

been brought up with the family, and

who had learned

kind-

by having seen it constantly practiced

There was no " counting of spoons" in tlioso

ness and politeness

around them.

days when visitors departed.

General Butler put an end to

all

" confobs

;"

his

General

Order of July 11, forbidding persons to assemble in the

streets, as it

On

was dangerous,

several occasions he had

citizens arrested

etc.,

compelled

all

to disperse.

some of the most respectable

and sent to the calaboose.

These are extracts taken from the papers

at that time

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

224

UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLAGES.

A number

of prominent and liighly-respectable gentlemen

of this city M-ere last night airested at the corner of St.

Cliarles

blage

and Canal

that

promulgated

Streets, for being in an unlawful assem-

according to an oHicial decree this morning

is,

being engaged

for

in

conversation in an

before

Judge

Bell,

as-

They were taken

semblage consisting of over three persons.

but the result of the interview there has

not trans])ired at this present writing.

P.

S.

Since writing the above, the

gentlemen whoso

ar-

mentioned above have had their case disposed of by

Judge Bell. Those of them who showed a disinclination to
rest

is

disperse when ordered to clear out by the police were fined

twenty dollars each, and one of them, who drew a sword-

cane on the

officers,

had to

one hundred

|)ay

The

dollars.

defence set up was that no military order had, at the time of

their arrest,

more

been published, making the meeting of three or

citi/x'ns

an unlawful assemblage, and that the parties

merely demanded of the police the authority under which

thoy were acting.

UNLAM'FLL ASSKMHLAGE.

From
that

police regulations instituted last night,

more than two persons talking

together, if

on Canal Street, near the Clay statue,

As

lawful assemblage.

ously promulgated,
was, a

(jiii'iice

and locked up
th;it it

may be

Theii-

in

considered an un-

new order had not been

was scarcely credited. The

previ-

consc-

respectable citizens were arrested

the calaboose.

"We make the statement

a warning to others.

names are Henry Florance,

a brother

appears

anywhere

this

number of

JMoUen Jenkins.
lias

it

is

it

^Ir.

Florance

is

II.

W.

lieynoldsand

a well-known

residing in Pliiladeli>hia,

citizen,

who owns

and

a large

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

amount of property

this

in

city,

225

valued at something like

half a million of dollars.

TO THE PUBLIC.
PRGvosT-MAnsnAL's Office,

New
The assembling together

in

Orleans, La., July 11, 18G3.

the streets and public squares

become dangerous

of citizens in groups and crowds has

The

the public peace.

ordered to disperse
sons,

and

all

assemblages of more than three per-

and confine

to ari-est

to

police of the city liave therefore been

all

those

who

refuse

imme-

diate compliance with their directions.

General Order No. 82 was the " Order" under which

the rogues sheltered themselves

all

when they cheated owners

of pro])erty out of their rents.

was impossible to get them to remove out of their

and they would p.iy no rent generally, they were
of the lower order of people, and were upheld in their imIt

liouses,

pertinence.

Gener-VL Orders No. 83.

Headquarters DEPARTirENT op the Gulf,

New

Orleans, October 17, 1863.

All i^ersons holding powers-of-attorney or letters of authorization from, or

of,

who

are merely acting for, or tenants

or intrusted with any moneys, goods, wares, property or

merchandise,

real,

personal or mixed, of any person

now

in

the service of the so-called Confederate States, or any per-

son not

known by such

loyal citizen of the

agent, tenant or trustee to be a

United

States, or a

bona fide neutral

subject of a foreign government, will retain in their

hands, until further orders,

all

merchandise, and property, and

own

such moneys, goods, wares,

make an

accurate return of

same to David C. G. Field, Esq., the Financial Clerk of

this Department, upon oath, on or before the first day of
November next. Every such agent, tenant or trustee failing
this

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

22G
to

rclurn, or wlio shall pay over or deliver any sucli

make true

moneys, goods,
tlie use,

-wares,

merchandise and property to or for

directly or indirectly, of

any person not known by

States, without an

United

liim to bo a loyal citizen of the

order from these headquarters, will be held personally responsible for the amount so ncrrlectcd to be returned, paid

become due by

All rents due or to

over or delivered.

ants of ])roperty belonging to persons not

citizens of the

United States,

known

ten-

to be loyal

be paid as they become

will

due, to D. C..G. Field, Esq., Financial Clerk of the Depart-

By command

ment.

of

Major General Butler.

(Jeouge

C.

Strong, A. A.
"

U.,

Chief of

Staif.

joko has often lost a friend,

But never gained one."

The wisest men like a little foolishness now and then and
jokes from " head.as we liave enjoyed so many inarijcnt
in the same manindulge
quarters," we should be allowed to
;

ner

in return.

It
it is

is

only a

little

quite amusing.

In the

iirst

place,

harmless one, which

AVe

will tell

it

as

it

we have

heard, but

was told to

us.

some mention must be made of the

aj)-

])earanee of the " General Commanding.''

lie

was just such a specimen of humanity as would gladden

He w.as decidedly enhonpoint^ as you

physiognomist.

will perceive

;is

by

His liead

his portrait in the frontispiece.

the greatest circumstance of the institution.

cars, "

viewed from the l*rytania Street

when

When

retired his

male friends among" (wo could not apju-oach nearer without danger), he looked like a ripe pumpkin, for his hair positively refused to

hair

grow on

the

ought to grow," but rolled

Hut
liossed

to the

joke:

An

toj)

in

of his head,

"where the

masses au dcrr'wc.

orderly handed in a beautifully em-

note of invitation

frum

a])i)earancc,

to a ball, oi


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.
some

otlier recJierc-Jie afiair.

ened with evident

and kicking out

Tlie old General's eyes bright-

Rising, pulling

satisflxction.

his feet to

227

make

down his

vest

his pants reach the floor

casting a glance at his figure and

drawing himself up with

for his

was an invitation to a ball,

wife and himself! and he remarked to one of his of-

ficials,

" Well, I

complacency, he folded the note.

appreciated
merits

really glad that

we

are beginning to be

they have l)een a long time finding out our

but

am

It

knew

it

would be

Rolling across the saloon

at the St. Charles

so in time."

the rooms

he handed Colonel

are generally largo

very pompously

the note.

The

Colonel,

more au fait

in those matters,

read the note

and smiled.

The General asked the reason, and was told quietly that
" such things were better to be as little seen or heard of as
possible."

The General swore vengeance.

" Till Phillips,"

who

w^as

a former school-mate of Mrs. Butler's, was to have au entertainment, and had dared to send an invitation to

No

doubt

he said "

it

them

was infamous," and was not sent to

Fort Jackson neither.

We really
be

pitied the

man, but the joke was too good to

lost.

He would

have cut a sorry figure

in a ball

room.

EEAUTY AND BOOTY

22S

XXX.

CITAT^TKll
This

cliaptcr

wliom

to tliose

is

FUX

it

may

conceri),

IN CAMP.

Uncler the lieading of " Burial of General Coffee

scene,'' the

ing letter from

its

January
i\rKssRs.

a solemn

correspondent in camp:

Camp of Rkgiment of

rors,

Charleston Courier puhlislies the following amus-

Rifles,

17, 1803.

Editoks: "War does not consist entirely of hor-

and the

liard life of a soldier has its occasional

gleam,

A few

afternoons ago the colonel of the regi-

ment announced on

dress parade that hereafter the coffee

of sunshine.

During the following evening a prowas formed in the quarters of the Palmetto Iliilemen,
Mhich began its march through the camp, preceded by four
or live in suitable robes. As it wound its way through the

rations

would

cease.

cession

by an arrow.

IjcIow

for complaint."

On

it

and soon swelled

its

logs, the

with the words,

the reverse side, the picture of a coffee-

"The

was borne an old

When

body of which was pierced

"No more grounds

was the legend:

mill with its iiandle broken,

by the

in

on the one side appeared a large coffee-pot nmning

away on two im]romptu

A ice.

fell

In the procession was displayed a huge tran-

numbers.
sparency

men

camp, the

streets of the

last

and below

grind."

appeared a

scroll

coffee-pot which liad evidently seen scr-

the last tent was passed, the ])roccssion halted

of a newly-opened grave,

side

it

]>ehind the transi)arcncy

and with serious

countenances.

The Kev.

^Ir.

SmansUlamerhciseu then delivered the

fol-

BEAITTY
lowing address

the

in

many

brought forth

AND BOOTY.

229

German language.

His remarks

a heart-broken sigh, and at the close of

the ceremony there was not a dry eye that could be seen

upon the ground

ADDRESS.
r

Dearly Beloved Brethrex and Brother Soldiers

The
soldier's life, more so than any other, subjects one to trouble
and inconvenience heal, cold, thirst, hunger and hardship
:

of every kind, are incidental to his occupation and

Each of you,

sion.

my

value of a true friend.

prol'es-

know by

experience the

Under such trying

circumstances,

comrades,

such a friend has been taken from our midst, and journeys

upon that road from whence no traveller returns.

I ask which one of you, my friends and brother
did

not love and cherish our departed friend

of strength

lie joined us in this cam])aign.

a black and swarthy complexion

excited,

and

at times he

would

his

boil

soldiers,

Cofll'e, full

Although of

temper though

upon

easily

slight provocation,

yet as soon as the grounds of turmoil settled, he would

again become tranquil, and would readily yield to the sweet

iniluence of his admirers, with the milk of

The

human

kindness.

grief for his loss gives us great cause to lament and

For some time past we have noticed unmistakable

symptoms of his failing strength, and day after day we saw
and felt that he was growing weaker, gradually becoming

mourn.

more

pale, and soon did lose his healthy color.

Those who enjoyed his society daily, and who had often

been inspired by
recognize him

his

exhilarating

sjjirits,

could scarcely

their once warm-hearted, strong-minded

and

hearty friend, Coffee, they could scarcely distinguish from

enemy of the madman's Old Joe Rum.

At times though weak and pale, he was not

that

his friends

deserted by

they remembered the good he had done, and

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

230

with the hope that he would rally aiul recover

]jiit,

alas! our

of the

Our

hopes were blasted, for

liis

strength.

mighty council

in the

Confederate States his death-warrant was signed.

friend has departed

we trust not

forever.
As faithful
we feel our friend will revive
day when our ports shall again be

believers in the resurrection,

again on that glorious

And

ojiened to the world.

induce us to hasten

this should

that much-desired end.

Let us now perform the

The

now

cold soil

honor to our departed

last

covers his earthly remains

forget him, even though promised another to

fill

let

friend.

us never

his place

one of sweet disposition, known to us by the euphonious

name
the

of Molasses

death

when

still

unable to

by the present

naturally sad
so,

fill

by
Our hearts
made much more

the void occasioned

of our old and true friend Rio

looking around

we

occasion, are

see

Aye, that the hand of death

who

the disease has attacked.

about to snatch away,

itself is

another old and equally valued friend.

Therefore, apon the grave of our departed one, let us
clasp to our

bosoms our only remaining and

"IJourbon Rye.''

In conclusion,

we

sjnritual friend,

will sing the following

lines:

Ob come my friends and comrades brave,

Come stand around poor Coffee's grave
Witb humble thought and quiet tread.
!

To

place in cold and lonely bed.

Our

\)(X)T

The

friend Coffee,

loss is great,

For whiskey now

It is,

indeed,

my

who

oh

is

very high

let

dead.

us sigh,
;

honest dread,

Tiiat all mir drinks

have forever

For poor friend Coffee now

is

flod,

dead.

beg the " officers" please to try

nothing stronger, give us l!ye

\N'e
If

is

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

231

For one and all, our wives have said,

That they would break you, like a thread.
If any one of us should be dead.

And now, kind friends, we'll bid adieu

To Coffee, Eye and Whiskey, too
And if our Government nought but molasses

We

promise, like Marion, upon potatoes to

His education, who has

vastly incomplete.

He

swamp,

nevei" seen a Louisiana

lived

lias

is

with no adequate

life

liis

conception of what Webster means

when he

defines desola-

Desolation means a

tion, gloominess, sadness, destitution.

Louisiana swamp.

can give.

live.

For further information

" inquire Avithin."

Familiar as I have been, in former times, with these vast

swamps, during hunting and fishing excursions,

my

acquaintance yesterday.

than
far

ever did before.

my

he was

went
went in up
I

going

extended

swamp

IIow
saw of him

to niy neck.

The

horse Aveut in I cannot say.

still

further into the

last I

in.

A BEAUTIFUL LETTER FKOM CAMP.

We publish the
in

camp, to

liis

following letter from a

young

" Crescent,"

father in this city, wutli the greatest pleasure,

from the conviction we

liave that

it

will

be read with the

deepest interest by^all into whose hands this sheet

We

consider

we add

it

a model letter in every respect

that the writer lacked a

the

field

of battle,

we

fall.

week of being seventeen

years of age at the time when, in answer to the

gallant Beauregard, he left with

may

but Avhen

tlie

call

of our

Crescent regiment for

think the feeling with which

it

will

be

perused will be one of genuine and universal admiration

Camp near Corinth,

My Dear

Fatuek

You

April 11, 1862.

have heard of the battle that

has been fought near the Tennessee

river.

The enemy

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

232
foiiirlit

well iinJ contested tlieir uroiiiid willi brnvevy,

baek

fell

incli

by

and

Last Tliursday our regiment had

inch.

been ordered to work on the

fortifications,

but had scarcely

was received to return to camp

and pre}iarc five days' rations. During tlie afternoon all
the troops were in motion and on their march to ]\[onterey,
icaclied tliem -when notice

a small

camps.

town about the distance of eleven miles iVom the

After a long and ihtiguing march M-e arrived late

where we were to bivouac, and, with nothing but

my blanket over me, I slept out in the open air.
Early next morning we were again in motion, and finally

at niglit

reached ]\[onterey, where we remained

some liours.
While resting here General Johnston's address was read to

the troops, telling

lis

for

of an expected encounter wilh the

enemy, and hoping every man wonld act his ]iart well. Wc
were exhausted that night by the marching we had to

and obtained but

do,

rain streamed

little

down upon

our blankets and

rest

AVe did not march such a

oil-cloths.

distance the next day, and

during the night, for the

and we had no covering but

us,

we

Pi)ent a tolerably

comfortable

night.

kSunday, April

G,

shall

never forget, nor the fearful

"We were

scenes I witnessed then.

for a long time held as

a reserve, and I could hear the battle going on, and even the

cheers of the

much

men when they

JWe

charged.

were, of course,

by the reports of artillery and musketry,

but towards noon liad become pretty Avell accustomed to
tlic! sound.
About one or two o'clock some one came for
us to march, and said that the day might depend upon us.

We

excited at

first

were immediately

in

our places, and started at.a double-

<iuick for the battle-field.

We

the enemy's camps, Avhere

we

]t

soon arrived at the

obtained

}ileiity

seems that the Federals must have been surprised,

camj) was
in iacl,

filled

first

of

of pi'ovisions.
for the

with ])rovisions, clothing, cooking utensils,

everything that was wanted.

On

a lire,

noticed a

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

jian filled, I suppose, witli a portion

233

of some poor fellow's

breakfast.

Here we fii-st began to realize the horrors of the clay.

The dead and terribly mutilated bodies of our foes were all
around us. The sight was revolting, and it is painful to my
memory to recall it. We went on, passing Beauregard, who
directed us to the enemy, and finally were on the

The

shells burst

over our heads.

field.

Just upon entering on the

a shell struck one of our drummers, carrying his head

field,

ofl" his shoulders.

We were very near a small house,
from within and behind which volleys of balls were fired on

from

We

us.

charged upon the house, and fired a number

it; we were unable, however, to maintain

of times from

our position there, and

back to our original station

fell

coming up to the house, we were

greatly exposed, and lost some of our men. The enemy
woods.

in

the

Ave

charged Avere not only

possessed

upon

In

artillery,

far su})erior to us in force,

which they managed with sad

but

eficct

us.

Shortly after,

we

altered our position to an adjacent

hill,

where we met General Polk, who, cheering for Louisiann,

placed himself at our head, and led us forward. It was here
that we flanked the enemy, and forced General Prentiss and
about two thousand men to surrender to Colonel M. J, Smith.
After the prisoners were talten charge of, we entered another
camp of the Federals. The manner in which the enemy
large, commodious tents, the
Avcre equipped is remarkable
clothing,
and provisions of every
abundance
of
greatest
seemed
w^ant
nothing.
indeed,
they
to
kind
enemy were retreating.
late,
.and
the
growing
now
It was
subjected
to
a fearful shelling from
were
was
now
that
we
It
the gunboats. It was dreadful. There we were extended
flat u])on the earth, and the shells bursting all over and
;

around

us.

We

were

finally told

to retire, in an orderly

manner, beyond the range of the boats.

It

was night now^

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

23J:

WO

monient, am], tired and saddened,

lialted for a

ui)on my musket, and

Oil
my father, the
!

day makes me

With what

sad,

thanked God

for

leaned

preservation.

thought of what I experienced that

and

almost shudder at the recollection.

and gratitude did

sincerity

my

thank

my

Creator,

on the evening of that fearful day, that His arm had been

over me, and that lie had sheltered me, and saved

me

to

That night I spent in the enemy's camp in a

large Sibley tent, and slept very comfortably upon a pile of

you

still.

Federal blankets.

Next morning we were marching oft" to be relieved, when

us, and we had to expect another day
of fighting. On ^[onday, we were in the very beginning of
General Hardee sent for

began early in the morning, and the

was bravely contested. Several times our lines gave
way, but we rallied, and drove the Federals before us.

tlie

light; the battle

field

Our regiment

suftered badly.

Monday

continued

battle

all

The

day, and towards evening the

firing

About dark, we

ceased.

presented but a

day previous.

repetition of the sickening scenes of the

started on our return to Corinth

and we stopped for the night in

V
n and I first secured
1, C
a place in a covered wagon, but one of the men inside
grumbled so at our crowding in, that we left, and ran
began
some deserted camp.

to rain very hard,

it

about

in the rain, trying to find shelter;

a tent, Avhcre
in a i)0()l

AH

we

slept,

and

in

we

at last

found

the morning found ourselves

of water, and our clothes pretty well wet through.

that day

we continued our march

to Corinth, and, after

walkiiig fuurtcen or filleen miles, I arrived at caini> about

4 or 5
sore,

r. M.,

and

completely broken down.

my body

pained

me

]\Iy feet

considerably

of repose has restored me, and I

am now

were very

but two days

pretty

"well

re-

covered from the effects of the march.

I

passed through both battles, by God's providence, with-

out a scratch.

cannot help contrasting

last

Sunday with

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

the one -wbich preceded
the other passed in

it

all

235

one spent quietly

in

Mobile, and

the confusion and slaughter of a

battle.

Day

before yesterday I received your letter, which Capt.

was kind enough to bring on to me. I regret that I
happened to be absent from camp when the captain arrived,

Wood

so that I missed seeing

pleased indeed to have

him I sliould have been very much

met him, and heard from you. You
;

how

delighted I was to receive a letter fiom

what eagerness I opened it. I was pleased
to find that you were under the impression that the Crescent
regiment was held as a reserve, for it must have altogether
relieved your anxiety for me.
I have
I am disappointed in not having received my box

can imagine

liome, and with

heard nothing of
contains letters
Bible, which I

me when

I regret this the

it.

from dear

would not

I left

time to receive

home
it,

ma

and brother Willie, and

willingly lose, for

for Mr. Green's.

and

more, because

I will

it

send

pairs of socks

and an

however, in

the contents more,

perhaps, from being temporarily deprived

me two

was given to

I hope,

relish

it

my

oil-cloth.

of

Please

it.

I lost

my

oil-

was impossible to doubleupon my back.

Kiss
weight
an
unnecessary
quick with
times
for
me
all
the
thousand
love
to
home
a
them all at
regards
n.
Remember
family
to
J.
C
of
the
members
me to the servants. Again, love and a thousand kisses
home. How dear you all are to me! Indeed, you seem
L.
still dearer, if that were possible, in these sad times.
cloth before going into battle

it

sends his regards to the family.

Your
AlSr

The following
was intercepted.
regard's army

affectionate son,

11.

R.

INTERCEPTED LETTER.

letter,

directed to 112 Customhouse Street,

It gives interesting

news

relative to Beau-


BEAUTY AND EOOTY.

23G

IIeadquarteks Army of the Mis:?isPirri,

TULRTY MILES SOUTH OF ColUXTII, Juue

Dear Siiephekd

God

Tliank

Corinth, wliere ^ve vere

all

only stay there, but few

Avill

sick

and

am

e(iual

convinced Ave

The ultimate defeat of our

best.

now depends upon two

things

food,

army, and the burning of

this

Yanks Avill
They were

believed that a suc-

all

"Whether so or not,

have done that which was

nance of

1SG2.

(which has been elfected) would be

cessful evacuation

to their defeat.

llie

it"

1,

got out of

lias

ever get away.

loo strong for us; and our generals

foes

army

tliis

i.

all

c, the mainte-

our cotton.

regard the latter as indispensable.

Have you no

have not received one word from you.

opportunities to write a line?

as also to

my

have written to you twice,

agents, and have told you both to see that

my

Confederate funds were sent to me.

Wlierever the army

may move, remember

to be found at head-

(juarters of

Saw

that

O. L.

as

as also

and

are in line condition:

tell,

as

we

If possible,

ceive

all

How

can't get to

do

let

me

Tell

Foster.

also that Willie Fieret

every time we meet.

can't

sick here that only

of those you care for are well

All

Kenner remarkably so;

last

So many

morning.

II. this

thirty are on duty.

about the

am always

Gen. liragg.

and

jMiss

Eliso

JVrajor

Smith

three of us quarrel over lu

the d
hei',

either

nor she to

hear from you.

is

us, if

You

to get her I

she would.

cannot con-

my desire to hear of all my friends. As to public

New Orleans, you can get it quite often. "We had the

news of

infamous proclamation of that low-llung

"so called,''^ a. few days

hang the skunk yet!

the ladies

AVe
I

will

have enjoyed camp

things t/ivouf/h

^'

as conlident this

and
day

life

so

villain, Butler,

after

much

it

about

was published.

that I intend to see

as to our ultimate success, I feel just

as I ever did.

At any

rate, I

have no

desire to live, seeing our degradation, and altempling to

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

protect

my

Every day
still free,

Look

me what
you.

child,

thank

and can
after
is

in

Avitliout

God

still

my

the power to

am no

longer in

guard myself.

New

Orleans

n and shoot a Yankee.

interests

all

you can,

your power, and what

Tell Dr. Stone

237

my

friend.

I should surely

you have heard from me.

My

Do

for

do

for

love to

Madden and Miss Elise, and kiss II. D. for me. It almost
breaks my heart when I think of my poor little girl, whom
I have heard from once in a month.
I don't know when I
shall see her again, nor how soon the infernal cusses may
get where she

is.

me my Confederate bonds, and

hundred dollars in Confederate notes. I am six miles
from Baldwin, Avhich is on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
and about forty miles north of Okolona.
Don't

to have sent to

fail

five

Your

friend, as ever

You know who,

but

it is

not necessary old

Butler should, under any circumstances.

A FLAG OF TKUCE.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writing on
ult. from the camp of General Ilalleck, on the Tennessee river, records the results of an interview between Colonel Jacob Thompson, as the bearer of a flag of truce froni
General Beauregard, and General Ilalleck. We make some
the 19th

extracts

" The colonel had been sent iu by General Beauregard to

turn over to General Ilalleck

some sixty-two

j^risoners, re-

cently surprised and captured near Fort lleiman, Tennessee

(and released under parole not to bear arms against the

Confederacy
eral

till

regularly exchanged), and to see

Halleck would agree to in the

of exchanges.

He

Avas

escorted

what Gen-

way of a general system

by Beauregard's body-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

238

guard, a fine body of cavalry from

command

of Captain Drenx.
*
*

"They

New

Orleans, under the

*

-i:

had, of course, been stopped beyond our outer

els,

and an hour or more of pleasant

val,

while Jieaurcgard's letter to Ilalleck,

jiiek-

up the interand Thompson's

talk filled

were taken back to hcadand answers awaited. Iloth the colonel and Ca[I>
Drcux (who accompanied him) made themselves as

)e(pu'st for a personal interview

piarters,

tain

agreeable as possible, and there was a sort of tacit understanding, by which both sides avoided unpleasant subjects.
The grounds of comi)laint the South had against the North
were alluded to for a moment, but with Colonel Thompson's
well, well, we can't sec it in the same light,' the matter was
'

dropped,

"They were profuse in their exj)ressions of regret that the

war should have broken out at all, and particularly IVitter
against the yVbolitionists.

"

We

'

don't like to fight you Northern men,' said Colonel

Tiiompson

it

grieves us to think of having to meet

you, in battle

1 know,' lie contiiuied,

ists.

but

'
;

we do

like as

you could

if

collect a

we want

'

men we

your abolition-

to fight

you have very few of them here

regiment of them,

I'd like to

pick

out a regiment of our fire-eaters, and have them brought out

face to iace in an open field.

go which way

results,

I'd

would.

it

be willing to abide by the

don't like to have

But we

to light you.'

"

'

du regret one

self to the ofiicer

thing,'

Ohio, Colonel Council,

]^emocrat;

'

he said again, addressing him-

commanding the

and that

is,

whom

that the old Democratic party

to be used

mitting

itself

solutely

under their

pickets of the Seventeenth

he had known as an Old Line

by

the abolitionists, and

is

is

now

per-

ab-

control.'

" Colonel Council disputed the proposition.

"

'

You'll see

how

it

will

be when the war

is

over,' said

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

Colonel Thompson,
is

drifting,

Even now you can

'

and the current

is

sure

230
see

how Congress

to set

stronger and

stronger in the same direction.'

"

'

But you might have checked the current

if

your mem-

bers had stayed in Congress,' suggested a hy-stander.

" Oh, no we might, perhaps, have pushed ofl" the evil
!

'

day a

little

further, but that

was

Abolitionism

all.

going

is

sweep every thing before it, just as we foresaw it would.

It was just as well to meet the matter now as any time, but
we did not expect you Northern Democrats to help swell

to

the abolition power.'

"

'

One

of the saddest of

said the colonel again,

is

in

'

is

He

our army.

the sad things in this war,'

all

in cases like this

Lieutenant

One

has two brothers with you.

of them, some months ago, was severely Avounded at Mill

Spring, where he fought, too, and he has never yet been able
to learn whether he died or not.

Can any of you

tell

me ?'

Unfortunately none of us knew, and so the family suspense

remains unbroken, notwithstanding

the

kindly

colonel's

eifort.

*
" It

-s

was pretty hard to

lose

New

Ben. Butler's establishing his headquarters at the

Hotel was the bitterest

pill

yet,

but

Orleans, they said

St.

and

Charles

this would only

They must fight, be-

still, all

give them the energy of desperation.

cause they couldn't afford to fail.

" 'And, gentlemen,' solemnly repeated the martial-looking

may win some

cavalry captain, 'you

you can never subdue

"

The

secession prisoners at

and the story of

their kind

'

Columbus were inquired

after,

treatment was received with

Colonel Thompson had some relatives

great gratification.

among them, and

victories over us, but

us.'

could

tlicm a message, or,

if

to ncwspaj)er habits, I

we arrange

possible, a

few

it

so that he could send

lines in writing.'

True

had writing materials with me, and

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

240
tlie

colonp' at once nvuiled Iiiinsclf of the ofler, niul sat ilowii

on a

lo'^ to

write a letter,

lie insisted

Colonel (Jonnell, to assure him

proper

tliat

on reading

it

over to

there was nothing im-

what he had written, and expressed great delight

in

at

the opportunity for such certain and speedy communication.

''

Meantime our officers had been mingling freely with the

and all manner of good-natured remarks or tart re-

lehels,

One

joinders were being exchanged.

of our captains and a

lank, long-haired, sallow-fiiced, black-eyed Louisianian,

tall,

struck boldly out into

first i)rinciples,

and the wrongs of tlu;

South, and the theory of secession were most volubly de-

fended and ridiculed. Horse trading was pro]>osed by others,

and, but for the

U.

'

brand, some of our animals might

S.'

have transferred their allegiance, and have been enjoying

another government before sundown.

"At last the officer returned from Ilalleck's headquarters.

The general could not consent that Colonel Thompson should
come within our lines as requested, and he would be willing
to reciprocate the release of prisoners by returning them an
cijual number in exchange.
Colonel Thom2)Son was evidently

chagrined at being allowed to go no further, but he was

too politic, as well as too gentlemanly, to manifest any open

dissatisfiiction.

"The

prisoners were

:i:

marched forward; the

turned them over to our

officers

*
rebel cavalry

a descriptive roll was pro-

duced, and sixty-two released i)risoneis answered very joyfully as their

names were

called.

Colonel Connell inquired

whether they wished them sworn not to bear arms against

the Confederacy until regularly exchanged.
" Oh, we've attended to that already,'
'

Thompson,

'

and

guess

it's

said

Colonel

pretty well impressed on their

minds.'

"

Some

ale

was produced, and

drank out of the same

tin cup.

rebels

and

loyalists alike

BEAUXr AND BOOTY.

"

'

If

we

241

could only take you up to our

give you something better,' said one of our

"
'

'

camp we could

officers.

Oh, never mind,' replied a rebel, with a quizzical look,

we expect

to entertain

all

pretty soon, and, depend on

you gentlemen
this

it,

at our quarters

party shall have the best

old brandy Corinth affords.'

"

The

leave-taking

thing to say or ask.

grew protracted. Each one had someHands were shaken with marked cor-

diality all around.

"
'

May

w^e

meet again under pleasanter

ausj)ices,' said

Colonel Thompson, and there was not one of the party that
did not fervently echo the wish, and inwardly hope that he

might, some day, have an opportunity to do a kindness

But at last there was

Mounting their horses, the
colonel and captain waved a final adieu, and with uncovered
the body-guard wheeled in behind them,
heads, rode on
every man lifting his cap as he i)assed our officers, and so,

to this officer of Beauregard's

no excuse

staif.

for waiting longer.

under the white

balls

day
"

and

flag,

the courteous rebels

shells deal lightly

May

left us.

our

with that party in the coming

We

were a

blue, instead of

little

surprised to find their cavalry v/earing

gray uniforms.

Captain Dreux explained

was an old New Orleans company, organized and

uniformed merely as militia, when blue was their color, too,
and when New Orleans still belonged to the United States.
They had but recently been called into service, and so it
happened that they still wore the old uniforms. They were
that

all

it

well mounted,

many of them on mustangs, and were all

They were armed with the sabre, and

excellent horsemen.

with a muzzle-loading piece which they called the Enfield

carbine.

"Colonel Thompson Avas dressed

in fine

gray

cloth, with

large flourishes of gold lace on the coat- sleeves, and tliree

large stars on the side of his standing coat-colhir.

Captain


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

242

Dreux gave

inc an

into tlicsc

in.sijrht

and other insignia of

had always heretofore puzzled me. For

olKcers, they have badges on the coat-colgeneral
below

rebel rank, whicli

all

instead of shoulder-straps.

lar,

stars

on each side of

and a major one.

his collar

captain

colonel has three large

a lieutenant-colonel has two,

lias

three small gilt bars on the

coat collar; a first-lieutenant two, and a second-lieutenant

The

one.

scroll-work of gold lace on the coat-sleeve indi-

cates a stalV-officer."
iJciTKR rrvO:M

We find

tliat

persons in

new yokk.

New York

can suQer, by physical

ailments, as Avell as ourselves.

A special

correspondent of the Picayune writes:

New
Our

Yokk, Sept.

physicians report a large increase in the

3,

18G2.

number of

compared with former years,

and the cause is attributed mainly to the excitement, and, in
some instances, suffering, growing out of the war. There
are some who make tlie war, so to speak, their meat and
drink they think and talk of it by day and by night, oftentimes become excited over it, and, during all this period,
nervousness and kindred diseases are fastening themselves
upon them. Ere they are fully aware of it, i)erhaps, brain
cases of disease of the brain as

fever sets

in,

or their nervous system

the future years of their

life

is

so shattered that

all

are threatened with unhai>piness

and bitter repining.

Then, again, tliere are those who brood silently over the
war they say but little about it, but their thoughts are almost conlinually ujxui it
;

"

^Melancholy sits on tlicni as a rloud along

and, sooner or later, this moroseness does

individual beholds
fahorcs of time,

him or

hersell' a living

liut there are hearts

tlio

its

sky,"

work, and the

wreck upon the

which have some rea-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

24:3

son or excuse for their unchecked grief because of the war.

whom

There are hearts to

tion has

no

been received from

or even

line,

word of

consohi-

" absent one"* upon

tlie

the

theatre of action for over a year, and with the lapse of eacli

day, and no intelligence, the

trial

becomes greater, the heart

sinks deeper, and the noble tenement that once encased

is

soon found a mere

skeletoi],

it

ready for the harvest of death.

TLUNDERING GENERAL TAYLOr's rLANTATION.

The Montpelier

(Yt.) Journal contains a letter

dier of the Vermon'. Eighth, dated

29, in

from a

sol-

Camp Allemands, August

which he states that on the previous Tliuisday,

tlie

])roperty of General Kichard Taylor, a son of old General

Taylor (by

whom

the son being

tetl,

hundred and hfiy

it

was bequeathed

now
in

in the rebel

number,

to him),

army.

A\-ere all

was

conlisca-

Tiie slaves, one

declared emancipated,

while the plantation was plundered by the Union soldiers.

According
" It

is

to the writer

one of the most splendid plantations that I ever

There are on it seven hundred acres of sugar-cane,

M'hich must rot upon the ground if the Government does not
harvest it. I Avish you could have seen the soldiers plunder
After the stock was driven olF, the boys
this plantation.
began by ordering the slaves to bring out every thing there
was to eat and drink. They brought out hundreds of bottles of wine, eggs, preserved figs and peaches, turkeys, chickens, and honey in any quantity.
I brought away a large camp-kettle and frying-pans that
belonged to old General Taylor, and also many of his private papers. I have one letter of his own handwriting, and
many from Secretary Marcy, some from General Scott, and
saw.

''

"

Perhaps that " absent

will bring

home some

one''

was busy.

of the plunder.

Perhaps the " absent one'

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

2-ii

some from

traitor Floyd.

llic

of chiret wine.

tk'S

brought to cnmp four bot-

brought away

Lieutenant

lialf

barrel of the best syrup from the sugar-house, and a large

The camp-kcttle and pans

can of honey.

I intend to

send

made of heavy tin, covered Avith copper.

I think I will send home the private papers by mail if I do
not let any one have them. The camp is loaded down wiih
They

home.

plunder

are

kinds of clothing, rings, watches, guns,

all

swords, and some of General Taylor's old

swords, and, in

belts,

every old relic

fact,

You and

about the camp.

every one

had

lie

may be

pistols,

and

liats

coats,

is

worn

thankful that

you are out of the reach of ])lundering armies. Here are

whole fiimilies of women and children running in the woods

large

})lantations entirely deserted

slaves too old to run

away

furniture broken to pieces.

all

nothing

left

Nothing

is

except

mahogany

kinds of the best

respected."

CHAPTER XXXI.
'

Hang

filirine.s,

out your gilded tapestry in

and

cliant

tlic

streets,

and light your

your choruses."

Tin: joyful news has at length arrived, that

delivered iVoiu worse than Egyptian bondage.
l)eeii

recalled

'I'lie

news

we

are to be

Butler

lias

is

too

good

to be true.

We

have been so often

we have become slow to believe. As the man in

the fable, when a swarm of bees alighted upon him, and he,
almost stung to death, begged a friend, who Avas driving
them off, not to interfere, fearing another set might come,
more hungry than the iirst, so we had been so doubly distilled in misery that we feared the successor might be worso
(1eeL'i\

ed that

llian the oriLiinal.


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

2-15

Butler had for a long time been entreating the "higher

authorities" to send hiin reinforcements

what

new troops for

!

The i)apers of the day, at the Xorth, say

" Whatever reverses may attend the occupation of
:

territory elsewhere, the Crescent City, at least,

much

rebel

with so

and held with so much firmness (?), will

it, and made

be preserved to the Union, that purchased

still

it

gallantry,

won

what

"The

it is.

capture of

wonderful and

New

brilliant

dejection and failure,

Orleans was, by

deed of the war.

we read

all

odds, the most

In these days of

the thrilling story with amaze-

ment,
"

Let us revive the national heart, by a new baptism of

Department of Louisiana. (!)

Give General
to assume offensive war at once," etc., etc.
This, from the New York Times, was exceedingly rich.
Nothing easier than to advise. The reinforcements icere sent
at a late period, and with the troops was sent a general to

llame, in the

Butler the

men

command them.
AVe heard of

this

Banks' expedition when

from the North, but supposed

its

destination

it first

started

was Texas.

Butler heard of it, and as it was a secret expedition not

proclaiming " Avhence it came, nor whither it was going"
the "

Commanding General

fearing that

it

of the Department of the Gulf,"

might possibly

interfere with his arrange-

ments, wrote a very supercilious letter to the President,

ing, perhaps, although in a difierent degree, a

])angs

which poor Mumford

The

diflerence

was

guilty.

was

felt

when

his fote

one Avas innocent, while

We give his letter

feel-

few of the

was

sealed.

his executioner

" I see by the papers (November 29) that General Banks

Department with
an independent expedition and command.

is

about being sent into

this

troops,

upon


beaUtv and

240
"This
iiiaud

imply a w:\ni of

scc'ins to

dL'[):irtim.'iil

ol" lliis

r.ooTV.

iierimp.s

coiiliiU'iioe

in

deserved, but

tlie

coin-

still paiii-

Tul.

"In my judgment,
to attemj)!

\it'e

it

will

be

pi-ejudicial to the ]mblicscr-

any expedition into Texas without making

and co-operation.
must be one head and one department.

Is'ew Orleans a base of supplies

"

To do

do not pro})OSC to argue the question here

'I

ther

this there

is it

front

my

now

not be a better head than the one

fur-

still

])nrpose to suggest even that tliere

may

Department,"

in the

etc.

And
this

so goes on to relate

mrfid

]>lace for eight

what he has done has lived in

months, " waiting for reinforce-

ments, which the Government could not give until now.''

"And now

they are to be given to another.

as well as I could every thing that the

me

have done

Government asked

to do,'' etc.

" Permit me, also, to say that toward General Banks,

is

who

selected to be the leader of the Texas expedition, I liave

none but the kindest

feelings," etc.

"If the Conimaniler-in-Chief fmd me incompetent (unfaithful, I know he caimot (?) )

let me be removed," etc.
".Vllow me to repeat again, sir, what I have before said

although the determination

may

cause

my

recall

put

the

Department which includes Louisiana and Texas imder one

and

liead,

The

it

be best

will

for the service," etc.

was received too late. Lutler's fate liad been

sealed for upwards of two weeks; so, "hiding in smiles" his
arrival, General ]>anks
ri'.'il feelings, he I'cceived, upon their
and suite, with complaisance and eti(juette.
General JJanks, upon his arrival, on the 1 tth of Decemletter

ber, at once called

this lillle "

"

Order

That mercy

upon

;"

his fiiend Hutler,

and now he may

to otlicrs

and hande<l

say, in addition

showed, that niorcy show to mo."

hiu\

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

This

is

the delightful " Onltii-" to old Butler

General Ordeu No.

War
By

247

184.

Department, Adjutant-Gexeral's Office,

Washington, November 9, 1802.

direction of the President of the United States,

General Banks

ment of the

Major

of the Depart-

Gulf, including the State of Texas.

of the Secretary of

By

order

War.
IL

E. D.

command

assigned to the

is

W.

Halleck, General-in-Chief.

Thomas, Assistant Adjutant-General.

This was the unkindest cut of all

The papers say
" General Butler's recall takes this coraraunity by surprise."
!

Another paper says

New

ple of

On

" General Butler tortured the peo-

No

Orleans."

one

rendered the
Tliere was a
casion.

am

sorry."

feel at

home and understand

No, 106 was the

last

It is well to insert
It is the

all in

their

and hoped
power to make

their

new

position.

General Butler eulogized

that his stair and friends would do

them

"

said,

December General Butler formally surcommand of the Department to General Banks.

great deal of good feeling shown upon the oc-

the IGtli of

"

general order of General B. F. Butler.

it,

most fulsome

as

it is

a curiosity to be preserved.

stutT.

The

last,

Oh

by that

his successor,

the

How many

last,

little

the

last.

word.

thoughts are stirred."

MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLEr's FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE ARMT OF

THE GCLF,

General Orders No.

lOG.

Headquarters Departjient of the Gulf,

New
Soldiers of the

Army

Orleans,

of the Gulf

Relieved from further duties

tlirectiou

December

in

15, 18G3.

this

of the President, under date of

Department by

November

9tb,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

2iS
1862,

lake leave of you Ly

tliis final orJei*, it

being impos-

your scattered outposts covering hundixnls of

sible to visit

miles of the frontier of a larger territory than

some of the

kingdoms of Europe.
I greet yon,
Tills

word

my

brave comrades, and say farewell

endeared

as

you are by a community of

privalions, hardships, dangers, victories, successes, military

and

civil

the only sorrowful thought I have.

is

You have
murmur you

deserved well of your country.

sustained an

desolate that banishment to

bitterest

You had

it

Without a

a sand-bar so

with eveiy care and comfort

been the most dreaded punishment inflicted

possible has

upon your

encampment on

so

little

and most insulting enemies.

transportation that but a handful could

advance to compel submission by the Queen City of the

Rebellion, whilst others

which surround

kSI.

waded breast-deep

l?hilip,

deemed imprcginxble

to

in the marshes
and forced the surrender of a fort

land attack by the most skillful

engineers of your country and her enemy.

At your

occujiation order, law, quiet anJ peace sprang to

this city filled

with the bravos of

all

nations, wliere, for a

score of years, during the profoundest peace,

human

life

was

scarcely safe at noonday.

By your discipline you illusti-ated the best traits of the

American Soldiei-, and enchained the admiration of those
that came to scoff.
Landing with a military chest containing but seventy-livo
dollars,

from the hoards of a

I'ebel

Government you have

given to your country's treasury nearly a half million of

dollars,

and so supplied yourselves wilh the needs of your

service that your expedition has cost your

by

foiir-Jifths

You have

Government

les3

than any other.

fed the starving poor, the wives and children of

your enemies, so converting enemies into friends that they

have sent their representatives to your Congress by a vote

BEAUTY AND BOOTY

249

greater than your entire numbers from districts in which

Avhen you entered you wei"e tauntingly told that there was
" no one to raise your tlag."

By your

philanthropy you have

practical

fidence of the "oppressed race" and the slave.

as deliverers, they are ready to aid

you

By

the con-

Hailing you

as willing servants,

taught them by your

faithful laborers, or using- the tactics

enemies, to fight with you in the

won

field.

steady attention to the laws of healtli you have stayed

the pestilence, and, humble instruments in the hand of God,

you have demonstrated the necessity that his creatmvs
should obey His laws and reaping Ilis blessing in this most
;

imhealthy climate you have pix'served your ranks

fuller

than those of any other battalions of the same length of

service.

You have met

him

in

the oi^en

this topic.
I

double numbers of the enemy and defeate^l

field,

You were

commend you

but I need not further enlarge upon

sent here to do that.

to your

commander.

You

are worthy of

his love.

Farewell,

my

comrades

again farewell
Bexj. F. Butler,
Major-Gciieral Commandiug'.

After finishing

off"

in

haste, the best

lie

could in his ex-

tremity, he returned to Dr. Campbell's si)lendid confiscated

mansion, where he lived, and which no doubt he was loath

to leave, packed
is

too

book.

much

uj),

and produced a farewell address, which

of a limnlntg essay to be placed in this truthful

About the same time we had the

seeing in the daily papers

" Major-Gcneral Butler and
the North this moi-ning on the

So ended the career of

May we

stafi"

gratification ot

took their departure for

Emma

Spalding."

this knavish, heartless adversary.

never look upon his like again

I3EAUTY AND BOOTY.

250

CHAPTER XXXII.
" Ni'ver liatli this eartli

Seen mourning

lialt'

as mournful as their mirth

I"

The next wo liear of rmller is the account, in the papers,

!"
of Lis recci)tion at the Xortli, and his being " Honized
"

We

"We give the

this city

liear tliem praising

full

account.

him

afar

off.''

have suffered

Th().>e -svlio

cannot reahze liow a

in

community can fawn

Avliole

vile compound of iniquity.

The following is from the Xew York correspondent of the
X'ew Orleans Delta

around such a

MAJOR-GENEKAL

TLEK

III

New York,
The 8th of January

January

Avas not celebrated

in

18G3

10,

tliis

city

on

was wont to be. Tammany has always hitherto taken tliis day under its special care, and made all the arrangements for whatever ])nblic festivities have been accord-

Thursday

ed to

it

as

it

in later years,

state of the country,

sent to the
raidvs

many

war under
of

its

hit this jear,

and to the
its

i'act,

auspices,

own members,

owing

also,

to the critical

that the regiment

and embodying

in

its

has been almost annihila-

ted in the several battles in Avhich

it

has been engaged,

S.acliems decided to omit the celebration,

tion instead to the regiment which bears

tlie

and to make a donaits

name.

was the origmal intention of the friends of General

JIutler to have selected that day for the proposed public reIt

cc])tion of that distinguished per^^ onage, could

he have timed

have made

But that was

liis

visit so as to

it

practicable.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

251

rendered impossible, owing to the General's prolonged stay

He did not arrive until noon of the day in

at Washington.

question, and- then he proceeded immediately to the Fifth

Avenue

Hotel.

Here he was

the day.

Among the many

upon him

in crowds.

remainder of

lionized for the

distinguished persons

who

called

General Scott was one of the earliest

comers.
In"

him a
upon General Butler in

the evening, the committee appointed to tender

public reception

and dinner

called

the performance of their duty.

the form of a

letter,

The tender was made

of which the following

New
Major-General B. F. Butlek, United States

Deak

Sir

At

York, January

Army

in

a copy

is

G,

18G3.

a meeting of citizens of this city, held at

Avenue Hotel, on the evening of the 5th inst., for

the purpose of expressing the sense of this community in
reference to the public services rendered by you to the

the Fifth

country, the following I'csolution was unanimously adopted

Hesohed, That the loyal patriotism, indomitable energy,

and great administrative ability shown by Major-General
Benjamin F. Butler, in the various commands held by him
in the service of the country, and especially in his civil and
military administration of the duties pertaining to his com-

mand

of the Department of the Gulf, eminently entitle

him

to an expression of approbation on the part of the citizens

of

New

York.

In furtherance of the views thus expressed,

solved that, in addition to such action as

our municipal authorities,

ties

in

it

may

was

extending to you the hospitali-

of this city, a public dinner be tendered to you

citizens,

also re-

be taken by

by the

and the undersigned were appointed a committee to

communicate with you upon the subject.

We have now the honor to apprise you of the action thus
taken, and ask that you will meet with our citizens at a pub-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

252
lie

dinner at such time, to be appointed by you, as

your

consi.stent witli

duties

official

may be

and your personal con-

renience.

In conveying to you this invitation, intended as a tribute

of personal respect and esteem, Ave are well assured that

will not

be the

less

acceptable to you as

The

higher significance.

citizens of

marked by a

Xew

it

still

York, watching

the events of the Avar with a degree of vigilance and anxiety

proportioned to the vast interests and inQuences which con-

verge toward and radiate from

have recognized

in

this

great commercial centre,

the course pursued by you, in the ser-

vice and support of the

Government, the principles which

they deem most essential and indispensable to

its trinnijih.

They share with you in the

is

conviction that there

or neutral ground between loyalty and treason

against the

Government

forfeit all rights

who

no middle

that traitors

of protection and

armed rebellion, or
aid it less openly, but not less eflectively, must be put down
and kept down by the strong hand of power and by the use

of property

of

all

that those

persist in

and that so far as may be, the sufferand misguided, caused by the rebellion,
upon the authors of their calamities. We

rightful means,

ings of the poor

should be visited

have seen with approbation that

amid the peculiar

difficulties

your administration

in

in

applying these principles

and embarrassments incident to

your recent command, you have had

the sagacity to devise, the will to execute, and the courage

to enforce the measures they

demanded, and wc rejoice

at

the success which has vindicated the Avisdom and the justice

of your

official

these results,

those

we

who most

course.

In thus congratulating you upon

believe that

we

express the feeling of

all

earnestly desire the speedy restoration of

the Union in

you

will

its full ijitegrity and power, and we trust that

be able to afford us the opportunity of interchanging

with you, in tlie manner proposed, the ])atriotic sympathies

and hopes which belong to this sacred cause.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

T/e

are,

253

General, with high resjDect, your friends and

obedient servants,

Charles Kixg,
R. H. McCuedy,
Hiram Barney,
Setii B. Hunt,
E. Nye,

E. E. MoiiGAX,

RiciiAED Gjraxt Wise,

Charles Gould,
G.

W. Blunt,

Wm. Allen

Butler,

John Blunt, Brooklyn,

Francis George Shaw,

John Wadsworth,
Charles Butler,
Edward Minturn,
Russell Sturges,

R. J. TiioRNE,

Peter Cooper,
C. II. Marshall,

To

Hamlin Blake.

the great regret of the committee, as well as of the

citizens at large, General Butler

announced

his inability to

accept the compliment tendered him, for the j^resent, at least,

owing partly to the

state of his business affairs,

which

re-

quired his early presence at home, but mainly to the fact

that Mrs. Butler had just received telegraj^hic announcement

of the death of a near relative, whose funeral in Massachusetts

she was desirous of attending.

He

took occasion to

add, however, that on his return from Lowell, which would

probably be within a fortnight or

so,

he would be happy to
After entertaining the

yield to the wishes of his friends.

committee with a long narration of matters and things that

had come under his cognizance in New Orleans, General
Butler retired to one of the
for the

parIor.s,

remainder of the evening.

where he held a levee

ladies were present,

Many

including Mrs. General Banks.

On
on

the evening previous, the General was stopped while

his route

through Philadelphia, and compelled to stay

over night at the Continental, where a large collection of

tinguished gentlemen were soon gathered.
course,

was what they were

after,

dis-

speech, of

and a speech, they had of

considerable length, and delivered in the General's best style.


BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

254

This speech was principally

in

Xew

occii[iiecl willi allusions

to raattcvs

Orleans, Avith which your readers are already

sutli-

ciently well acquainted.

"
can,

When

he had finished speaking," says the Xorth Ameri" he was conducted to a point where all who desired

and that was

all

bless you, Butler

'God
present were introduced to him.
I wish there were more like you,' was the

greeting he received from a venerable gentleman of ninety

men who have earned greatThe General shook hands, not ginand seemed gratified at the murmurs of

All greeted him as the

winters.

ness only are greeted.

gerly but heartily,

approbation expressed concerning his administration in

New

Orleans in particular.
" While this was going on. Chestnut street was blockaded
,

fiom the outside by a concourse of people that were clamoring for General Butler's appearance upon the balcony. They

had provided a band of music, and were giving the grand

national airs that General Butler has caused to resound in
unwilling ears in

New

The whole street was

Orleans.

filled,

and the windows and balconies of the Girard House were

alike filled.
ner,'

and

'

'

Hail to the Chief,' 'The Star Spangled ]>an-

Hail Columbia,' were given, and after

had been given

for

General Butler, he,

appearance upon the balcony.

many cheers
made his

at length,

general shout was raised

that must liave been audible for a mile distant.

Ladies from

every window within eye-shot waved their handkerchiefs,

and rapturous shouts re-echoed from the entire front of the

square."

suggestion

made by
Academy

is

journals that the

a lady in one of our

New York

of Music should be secured for

the occasion of General Butler's public reception, so that

New York who

the thousands of

women

(ieneral's course,

and honor him

to participate in

it.

in

for

it,

may

understand the
liavc a

chance

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

The next
be assigned

of operations to which General Bntler

field

for it

seems to be admitted on

the country cannot dispense with his services

])rofound secret,

255

is

to

sides that

all

is still

kept a

indeed the selection has yet been made.

if

The newspapers, however,

are

still full

of rumors, surmises,

and suggestions touching the matter. Several destinations

have already been selected for him by newspaper correspondents

as you may already have gathered from my

and, what perhaps, very remarkable

Tuesday

of general fault-finding with

is

letter of

in this

is,

all

our jjrominent

ofilcials,

age

there

not one of these destinations, diverse as they are in their

responsibilities

and

duties, for which the

to be pre-eminently fitted.
to be talked of in

General is not declared

War

The

some quarters

Department continues
but for the rumors touch-

am inclined to think there is not the least

Among the new rumors is one to the eftect
take the command of the Army of the Potomac,

ing that matter I

foundation.

that he

is

to

New Orleans,

and another that he

will return to

his old duties, while

General Banks enters upon active opera-

With regard

tions in the field.

of the

York

and assume

rumored assumption

to his

of the Department of the South, the New

Herald says "
confess to having experienced a

command

We

decided pleasure when this conjecture was put forth. Charleston, of all other cities,
miliation.

most deserves chastisement and hu-

General Butler, of

men

all

in the nation,

best calculated to administer the needed discipline.

experience in just such work.

officers can, the
city,

seems

He

of our

mind of a captured

rebel

exact frame of

and the various ingenious modes of escaping the just

inflictions

of penalty for treason.

No

veteran pedagogue

ever understood the tricks of truant school-boys better.

is

has

He appreciates, as few

with decided regret, therefore, that

we

find

it

It

now given

out from Washington, that General Butler is not going to

South Carohna. * * * * -pi^g people will not be content to
see General Butler

withdraw from the public

service, for


BEAUTY AND BOOTY,

256
"wlucli lie lias

As

developed an aplitude the most remarkaljlc."

a pendent to tins eulogy,

it

may

be added, on the au-

thority of a "Wasliingtou dispateh, that a prominent senator

told the President the other day that General Jjutler had

shown more brains

in the service

than

all

the rest of the

Another Washington

three hundred Generals he had made.

dispatch says the General, dined with Secretary Chase on

Tuesday evening, and on the following day had a long

inter-

view with Secretary Stanton.

In the House of IJepresentativcs, on Thursday, a resolution,

introduced by Mr. llutchins, tendering thanks to General

Butler for his "able, energetic, and

humane

administration of

the Department of the Gultj" was passed by a vote of 83

When

against 28.

Wed-

the resolution was introduced on

nesday, the Yallandigham-Wood faction intimated a design

to resist

passage, and an excited debate over

its

But the malcontents seem

ticiimted.

to have

it

was

come

an-

to the

conclusion that they would gain nothing by a factious and

wordy

and so they contented themselves

oi)position,

simply recording their names against

Tlie nays

it.

Avith

were

all

Democrats, with the exception of Bullinton, of Massachusetts,

and Conway, of Kansas.

HIS KECEI'TIOX IN BOSTON

AND SPEECH

IN FANEUIL HALL

PROCESSION, ETC.
'J'lie

reception of Major-General Butler,

Boston, took

gaUant

i)lacc

ollicer to

depot from Lowell

by ]Mayor

Avhom
in

by the

citizens of

and was worthy the

was given.

He

a special train at 12

arrived at the

>r.,

Howe, Marshall and Barnard, G.

I'resident of the

guests.

it

inst.,

accompaiiiid

Ilorsford, ex-Speaker (ioodwin, Beprcseiitalives

llollon. Hill,
son,

on the 13th

Common

portion of his

staff,

F. llichard-

Council, and the

iiivileil

consisting of Lieutenant-

Colonel Kinsman, !Major Strong, Captains Haggerty and

Puffer,

and Dr. McConuick,

also

accompanied him

At

the

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

depot, in Boston, he was joined

stafi Colonels

Whelden and

257

by other members of his

Major Bell, Captain

Shafter,

On

Davis, and Lieutenant Clarke.

the arrival of the train,

General Butler was greeted with prolonged cheers by the

crowds who had assembled to see and honor him.

General

Butler advanced to the front of the depot, where he was

met by GeneralTyler, Chief

]\^rshal,

who

briefly

addressed

him, announcing that the citizens of Boston, approving of

his

atlairs at

New

Orleans, Avere desirous of

in Fanenil Ilall.

He

concluded by introducing

management of

meeting him

him to Mayor Lincoln, Avho conducted him to

As he stepped into the carriage, three hearty
given for " The Hero of New Orleans."

a barouche.

cheers were

procession Avas soon afterwards formed, in accordance

with arrangements announced in the Journal of yesterday.

It was under the marshalship of GeneralTyler, with Colonels
N. A. Thompson, Robert I. Burbank, Francis Boyd, and
William W. Clai>p, Jr., as Aids and Messrs. Carlos Pierce,
Eben Cutler, Lester M. Clark, James Dennie, J. Tisdale
Bradlee, Samuel Hatch, Henry Crocker, and S. A. Stetson as
Assistant Marshals. It was formed in the following order
Chief Marshal General John S. Tyler, with aids,
Police
;

mounted

Hall's

Band

the

first

battalion of the National

Guard, Colonel George Clark, Jr., in coirimand, numbering

one himdred muskets; citizens; Gilmore's Band Commitcarriages. In the front carriage, Avith
tee of Arrangements
;

General Butler, Avere Mayor Lincoln, Mayor Ilorsford, of

Lowell, and Major Strong, of General Butler's

staff.

In the

other carriages Avere ex-Governor Clifford, Hon. George B.

Upton,

IIoJi.

McKim, and

John A. Goodwin, Dr. WiusloAV Lewis, Captain

the following gentlemen of General Butler's

Major Bell, Colonel Shaffer, Lieutenant-Colonel Kinsman, Surgeon McCormick, Captain Haggerty and Lieutenant

staff:

Clarke.

The procession moved from the depot through CaussAvay,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

258

Trcmont and Deacon Streets, to tlie

it was joined by llie niembi'rs
of the Leg'islature, under the niarshalsliip of Hon. George
A. Sliaw, member of liie Senate, and one of the Committee
of .Vrrani^emeuts and from thence the line of march was
continued througli Park, Tremont, Winter, Summei-, Devonshire, Franklin, WasIiington^State, Commercial and South
^larket Streets, to Faneuil Hall. There were numerous decoLoveictt, Green, Court,

corner of

I'.-irk

where

Street,

rations and patriotic displays on the route, while crowds

At

lined the sidewalks.

tile

certain points, as in State Street,

demonstrations were exceedingly enthusiastic.

These

were graciously acknowledged by General Butler.

The

was

h;ill

tastefully decorate<l,

mottoes were displayed

were oi)ened

Avhich

Avi're iilled

The

guest,

galleries,

The greeting

was enthusiastic,

if

officials,

body of the

ters of note first entered the

trance,

jjatriotic

The

for the benefit of the ladies, at

by them.

the multitude.

and numerous

in diiferent directions.

formal organization
spoken, and

its

is

This

m.,

followed by

hall,

to General liuiler, on his en-

This ovation

not tumultuous.

over, General Tyler took the platform

Fj:i,i.ow-Crri/i:Ns

11a.

and other charac-

is

and said

when any

not an occasion

The

necessary.

lieart

head, our lionored Mayor,

of ]]oston

lias

present to

Avill

you our distinguished guest.

Cheers were again given for the General, at the conclusion of which I\Ia\or Lincoln spoke as follows:

We
to

have assendjled,

fellow-citizens, in

welcome a distinguished son of

old Faneuil Hall,

JNTassachusetts.

j\rany of

him from his intei-est in

llic! local affairs of our l>eloved Commonwealth.
For nearly
two years ho has been away fi-om us, and has achieved a reputation and t'anu', and come back to us crown(>d w ith the lauri'ls
us have been long acquainted with

of a successful soldier.
to

tlie

mi'iit

One of

the

first

Governor of the Commonwealth

to olfer
at the

liis

services

commence-

of the rebellion, he led our gallant volunteers to the

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

South
teras,

and

and

make one

at

liis

services at Baltimore, at Annapolis, at Ilat-

New

Orleans, are

is

known

to the woild,

and

will

of the most important pages in the histoiy and

annals of these times.

ism

259

shown

in the

The proof of

(Ai)plause.)

his patriot-

that he has periled his

fact

life

in the

and when we remember that for

months $50,000 have been offered for his head, we know
service of his country;

liow the rebels appreciate him.

our Chief Marshal has

peoj)le.

said, a

know you do

But, gentlemen, this

is,

as

spontaneous occasion of the

not wish to hear me, but you want

any
him that we

to hear our distinguished guest, and, therefore, Avithont

fuither preliminary remarks, except to assure

with the otlier

vie

of the Atlantic border through

cities

which he has passed,

in aj^plause for his services, I

Major-General

}leasure of introducing

have the

l)Ut]er.

General Butler responded as follows, as reported

in the

Jounuvl

SPEECH OF GEN. BUTLER.

Mn. IMayor

MY

Fellow-Countrymen

Your too

dial greeting impresses the heart so as almost to

word.

Your welcome

merits more tlian

gratitude

man can

so

cor-

choke the

kind, so heartfelt, so applauding

words, yet merits and has the deepest

feel.

Nothing

in

life

can be a higher

am] holier motive than the love of country and the desire to
Nothing in life can be so great a reward as the
serve it.
})laudits of one's

plause.)

At

this

feeling gushing

from

me any

countrymen given from the heart.

(Ap-

hour of our friendly meeting, with the hot

up

in

every vein, you

discussion, for the

mind

is

will

too

hardly expect

full

of the recol-

crowd upon me of
left
behind,
who,
alas! may not
soldiers
whom
have
those
I
your
plaudits, alnot
receive
your
welcome,
may
receive
though they may have more nobly deserved them. (Cheers.)
lections of the past,

and the thought

But you may ask mo why

am

will

here, instead of being in the

260

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

'

To

field.

lie will

of war

be

have

lliat I

answer: The pawn on

tlie f^iinple

llie

know when and wliere and how

moved next by those who have the great game

cliess-boartl has

no

I'iglit

to

(Applause.) But whenever and wheiever

Government may need my services, be it to start tonight or on the morrow in the direction of South, East, or
in chai'ge.

the

West

there,

am proud

to

am

as a soldier, I

bound, and as a

answer and to go.

i)atriot I

(Loud applause.)

And

words because I feel like apologi'^ing

lest some of my comiianions in arms may say, " Why stand
ye here idle';"' I wish to assure them and you that this idleness will not continue longer than the service and the good
have said these

last

of the country re(piire.

wiio
tiiat

your soldiers
AVe

I desire further to say to

any one

may doubt on the issue that is }tresented to the countiy,

there is much more doubt at home than there is among
feel

in

the

lield.

(Applause, and cries of" Good.'')

and know our strength

weakiu'ss of

tlu;

eiu-my; and

we fet'l and know the

we do not doidjt of the result
;

because of that kiu)wledge, and becaiise of the justice of the

war

which we are engaged

in

a war the

never before been waged on earth.

lias

Xo

of which has

like

rebellion heretofore

been against so kind a Government; no rebellion here-

tofore has been carried on without cause and almost without

pretext

and no rebellion heietofore has been

treate<l

with

the leniency and kindness and clemency with which this rebellion

ternal

and these rebels have been treated by the most paearth. (Api)lause.) In my judgment,

Government on

we have exhausted
mensi' cheering.)

conciliation.

(Cries of "Good,'' and im-

And whenever any man

out the olive branch of peace, ask him

be accepted

brothers, but

and

until those at the

now our armed

to accept peace in the

if

asks you to hold

he

is

sure

it

Mill

South, heretofore our

enemies, arc willing and ready

Union and

as a part of the

no man talk of conciliation and compromise.

cheering, and cries of " Good.")

Union,

let

(Enthusiastic

When, acknowledging

the

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261

sovereignty of the United States over every part of

tory, they ask for peace, then I

am

forgive and forget, as far as the blood of

tlie

my

graves of

is

The men

until then.

war

thousand

day, but their

men

of sixty,

field.

where are the men

Where

is

another set of

are springing up irrthe South this

army can only be

lentless conscription of

man

and

kindred and

Some may ask

(Applause.)

to be prosecuted

are already in the

men ?

this

my

brothers will permit me, the wrongs they

have done, but not

me how

its terri-

willing to conciliate,

increased by the most re-

every youth of sixteen and every old

and covering

all

the intermediate ages.

But,

might further recur to a question that has been a thousand times asked me since I arrived home, how is this great
war debt to be paid? that speaks to the material interests.
How .shall we ever be able to pay this war debt ? "Who can
if I

pay

Who

it ?

tions?

Shall

shall [)ay

it ?

we overtax

as a citizen to citizens

we tax the coming generaFor one and I speak

think I can see clearly a way in
Shall

ourselves?

great expense can be paid by those who ought

and be borne by those who ought to bear it. Let

which

this

to i)ay

it,

us bring the South into subjection to the Union.

them

We

have

them have it.

Ijut, at all events, they must come under the power of the
Union. (Loud cheers.) And when once this war is closed
by that subjugation, if you please, if necessary, then the inolFered

equality.

If they choose

it,

let

creased productions of the great staples of the South, cotton

ami tobacco
]>ly

of white
as

with which we ought, and can, and

the world

it is

men

tliis

shall sup-

increased production, by the emigration

into the South,

where labor

here (applause), will pay the debt.

shall

be honorable

With

the millions

of hogsheads of the one, and the millions of bales of the

othei-, and with a proper internal tax, which sliall be paid
by England and France, who have largely caused this mis(Cries of " That's right," and
cliief, the debt will be paid.
loud cheers.) Without stopping to be didactic or to discuss

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

2G2

the

pound

for cotton

has demonstrated that, even by the uneconomical

i)ast

use of slave labor,

can be prolitably raised

it

aye, proiitably
at ten

conception of agricultural profit here

all

A single

cents a ))ound.

matter for a moment.

tliis

are willing to pay 50 and GO cents a

beyond
will

examine

here, let us

juiiieijilcs

They

increase

it

imj)ost

often cents a ])Ound, which

twenty cents only,

to

war debt double what

more

i>roiitably raised

laboi-,

no

man who

it is

will i)ay

the interest of

to-day; and that cotton can be

under free labor

under slave

tiian

has examined the subject doubts.

men who

the imposition of this tax, those

]3y

out the

litted

Alabama, and sent her Ibrth to prey upon our commerce,

will be comi)elled, by the laws of trade and tl'.e laws of
pay

aj>plause.)

So that when we look around

wliieh has just

for the

begun

in this

to put ibrth her strength

country has ever come to her

jLions

(Loud

mischief they have done,

jiations, to

full

countiy,

because no

strength until her institu-

have proved themselves strong enough to govern the

count i-y against the

jieople
ilsell"

when

this

to be the

will,

even the voluntary

will,

of the

Government, which has now demonstrated

strongest

Ibrth her strength as to

Government in
men; and when

the world, jnits

this

country of

and more abundant in its harvests and in its

])roduction than any other country on earth, jnits forth her
liehes, we have a strength in men, we have an amount in

ours, richer

money, to
oi'

battle the world lor liberty,

Anu'iiea

lliat

which Ciod, when lie sent us ibrth as a

ir.issioiiaiy nation,

:;llow

me

words
cheer!
as an

struck

and the freedom to

the borders of the United States and of the Continent

lo, in

ol'

to return

intended we should do.

welconu^, w ilh words of

God gave

aiul

your

cheer.

IJe of

good

s this continent to civilize and to free,

exami)le to the nations of

us in

good

So,

(Cheers.)

your words of congratulation

tlie

His wrath, because

w oik, let us Itegin and

go

on, not

earth; and

we have

if

He

lias

halted in our

doubting that we

shall

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

liave
clieer

His blessing to the end.

struggle

we

what

feel

it

of good

V>e, tlierefore, I say,

there can be no doubt of

263

tliis

We

issue.

feel

the

costs us to carry on this war.

Go with nie to Louisiana go with me to the South, and

you shall see what it costs our enemies to carry on this war
and you will have no doubt, as I have none, of the result oi
this unhappy strife, out of which the nation shall come
stronger, better, purified North and South
better than
ever before. Now, Mr. Mayor, allow me again to express
my cordial, ray heartfelt thanks and deep gratitude for the
kind reception you have given me. It has answered every
calumny from abroad it will be a balm for the sores of a

thousand points of the poisoned arrows of those

who

circu-

lated base calumnies against the instrument in hopes to

injure the cause.

my

lection of

It will

life,

have no doubt

in

be to

me

the most grateful recol-

and with your kind approbation,

can

the future of the path of duty which I

ought to pursue.

He

General Butler closed amid tremendous api)lause.

stepped upon the stand again with a silken Confederate flag,

and continued

Mk.

Mayor In

to present to you,

behalf of the
sir,

Army of the Gulf,

as the representative

allow

me

of the city of

Boston, this Confederate flag, taken from the City Hall of

New

Orleans.

from

it.

your

l)alls

have not brought

have brought

as a

memento

it

it

here as a trophy

here that

it

may be

in

far

one of

against the evils of secession for-

ever (loud api'lause), and that Ave and our children

may

see

would reduce any portion of

our country, when they see the flag under whose folds the
fair ladies of New Orleans, having embroidered it with their
own hands, sent forth their brothers and lovers to fight.
Keep it, sir, that it may be a warning forever against any
attempt upon the integrity of the Union not for a new in-

to

what extremity

secession

centive

to

patriotism to the

cili^icns

of Boston, but as a

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

264
those

\v.ii-ning to

a l)aniier

oiiglit

avIio sliall

to

but to be given as

come

liore,

of the fate that such

meet to be raised not over brave men,

a warning to the traitors to tiie country

(Loud applause.)
The Mayor accepted tlie Hag

forever.

offered, the

in the spirit in Mliicli it was

band jdaying " Oh, dear, what can the matter

be."

As

General

tlio

left tlie

platform he was greeted with an-

other demonstration of enthusiastic aj>})lause and vocifei-ous

cheering, wliile the band played "Hail Columbia."

General Tyler

liere

anniiunced

th.it

the rece]tion

was

ended, and gave notice that there would be a serenade to

General J>utler at the Kevere House

Three cheers were called

and given

witii a will.

for the

in

the evening.

hero of

The audience

New

Orlean.s,

dispersed, the

band

performing "Dixie."

SEREXADi: AT TIIE REVKRF, HOUSE.

General iMitler was hoiioi'ed

jierformed by<olmore's Band,
This took place at

10?,

in

last

evening by a serenade

front of the Ifevere House.

o'clock; previous to M'iiich the par-

of the Kevere were thronged with well-known citizens

lors

and exch.ange a word with

The band having j)erformed
scN'cr.al pDpiiI.ir airs, iii('lu<ling "Home, sweet home," General r>utlcr appeared upon tlie balustrade and briefly ad<lresscd the multitude in front, which nearly filled the

who

called to jiay their respects

of

the liero

sfpiari'.

He

New

Orleans.

was exceedingly grateful lor the maniwhich the cheers he liad just heard
He would be most ungrateful were not these
said he

festation of kind regard

indicated.

somids pleasant.
f

>r

He

this manifestation

foiined,
to the

desired they should accept his thanks

of interest for the services he had

pei'-

which he took to be an evidence of their devotion

Government

a Government that was worthy of their

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

respect for

equal and just laws

its

claim to be an American, was equal

a Roman."

The

rebellion,

he

said,

2G5

and beneath which to

in

other days to "I

must be quelled

am

rather

than

it should not be he would be willing to go back to

Plymouth and Jamestown and start anew. Treason must

be put down

at all hazards.

In conclusion, General Butler

again thanked the multitude and retired amid cheers.

About
Lowell

11

o'clock General Butler

and

staff

returned to

in a special train.

General Butler will partake of a private dinner at Par-

to-morrow afternoon, tendered him by a number of

ker's

his friends.

CHAPTER XXXIII.
The

following advertisement, taken from a daily paper,

speaks for

itself:

FROM THE BOSTON ADVERTISER, JANUARY

Below.

" Three

ships,

Tliese vessels will arrive at

o'clock.

are

is

two steamers, and one

Long Wharf

l)ark."

to-day, about nine

They contain the immense wealth accumulated by

General Butler and

which

11.

staff, Vv'liile

stationed at

New

estimated at about six millions of dollars.

two boots

full

Oilcans,

There

of diamonds, one tea chest of cliildren's

mugs, one cradle full of ladies' gold hair })ins, two

bandboxes of pincushions, one coal hod of mosaic brooches,
silver

two

clothes-baskets of altar ornaments, seventeen valises of

gold and silver watches, twent}'-one strawberry boxes of

gold rings (stolen from the ladies while M'alking in the

BEAUTY

266
two

streets),

gold

silver

door plates nnd knobs,

of decanter labels, sixteen cigar boxes of

full

and

jiens

boxes of

sugai-

one stocking

EOOTY.

ANJJ

silver ever-poinled jjcncil cases,

twenty-one

pianos (one for each of the stalf ), two church organs (a

out of tunc), one

liack, live poodles, six stallions,

numerous

fither articles, too

niention.

t(j

bring the remainder of the

his return, will

II

Col. French, on
lot.

APT Ell XXXIV.

Wr. take the following from our note-book.

one of the daily

in

though

it

little

and various

It

]iai)crs.

It aj>peared

pungent, and reads as

is

came iVom the heart

B.\XKS .\XD BUTLER.

Too

late,

done by

we

undo

fear, to

his predecessor,

all

the mischit'f that

but not too

late,

we

lias

been

trust, to clear

the national honor and the cause of the Union iVom the

cloud which has been cast over the one and the other by the

conduct of General Butler and

Orleans, ]\[:ijor-General IJatdcs

which
been

this journal

his

lias

subordinates

in

New

assumed the command

many weeks ago announced

called.

"While

the

olllcial

disgrace

of

Ibitlei-

K'uds

:i

certain

countenance to the allegations put foi-ward against him,

nomination

his jilace

in

statcsmaidik(> a
tial

to

that he had

man

liope that the

in tlie

Southwest,

government,

may

as General lianks, holds out a substan-

damaging
ol"

tlie

of so honorable, high-ininded, and

llutler's

bo

inlluence upon jiopular teeling

outrageous and indecent mis-

meusurably

count'-racted

by

an

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

2G7

administration at once temperate and firm, forbearing and

honest, of

The

tlie

New

unfoilunate city of

alarm with

Orleans.

Avhicli the parasites

of the

deposed General have met the unexpected advent

of.liis

ill-conccaled

successor,

is

latter enters

The
diately

an excellent sign of the temper

upon the

in

which the

ditHcult task assigned to him.

by General Banks immeupon taking formal possession of his post, indicate

following orders, issued

very clearly that the ignoble army of })eculators, confiscators,

and devastators,

is

have serious grounds for

likely to

something more positive than alarm

iu the

presence of

tliiti

Daniel come to judgment:

Ge'neral Ordeks No.

108.

IIeadquapvTers Department of the Gxilf,

Now

Orleans,

All military and civil oflicers of

engaged

who have assumed

vate or })ublic jiroperty, and

all

10, 18G2.

deimrtment,

who

are

of public works, of any

in the sui)erinteiulence

character, or

December
tliis

to direct

and control

pri-

other })ersons engaged on

such works or charged with the direction of such pro])erty,

will report to these

headquarters forthwith the character of

such works, the number of persons employed, a description

of the property held, and the authority upon which proceedings have been based.

No claims

compensation for such

for

services will be considered from this date, until such reports

have been received at these headquarters.

Uy command

Major-General Banks.

of

IvicuARD B. Irwin, Lieut.

Col., Assistant

Adjutant-General.

General Ordpjrs No.

109.

Headquarters Department of the Gulf,

New

Orleans,

December

16,

18G2.

All public sales of jiroperty on account of the United

States are suspended until further orders.

By connnand

of

Mnjor-Gcneral Banks.

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

2G8

Banks iniglit easily have acliieved, had

good genius of the Union i)rompted the Government to

All that General

tlie

lake a year ago the step

his tried abilities

and

has taken to-day,

it

his

worst form of popular hostility

hostility

New

lie has to contend in

accomplish.

will

it

now

tax

consunnnatc tact to the utmost to

the

Orleans with the

and dangerous

sullen

bred of deep distrust and passionate alienation

in

community which has been taught to identify

Hag of ihe Union with the wanton oppressions, the arbi-

the liearts of a
llie

trary exactions, and the irritating petty tyranny of a venal

The course of General Butler

proconsulate.

was that of a man who had no

cause he represented.
his

power

as

if

New Orleans

in

faith in the future of the

lie dealt with the city connuitted to

he believed himself to be the temporary

tenant of an authority which nothing but the sword could

maintain, an authority foreign to

of the place, hostile to

all

all

the permanent interests

the habits and institutions of the

people, and destined, therefore, to be as ephemeral as

oilious.

after

To

call

to

do

all,

his

some among

number, did on the

their

})^u^inces

over which they pre-

sided into the permanent liumau dominion.

and exemplars )nay bo more

inllieted

the

(lecre]>it

upon the

districts

fairly

sought

Government

(jf

His models

among

of their em})ire, and of

in

New

what

(piiet

tcrrilde ri'actions he

ment of the

nation.

of the

to his

whom
wis;'
i'li.^ter

city

in

his

lime, careless

might be

and

honest

whom

admirable

I'esolved to

keep

future and

])re])aring against the

own

i)roiit

Govern

and that of the clique by

instea<l

of using

administration he might

ilevt lop

his

Like them, he abused the conunerce

he surroniuled himsellj

and

those

Constantinoi>lo

Layard draws so iaithful a picture

b'Miks upon the Ivist.
Like them, Butler
i\rr.

Orleans

is,

who, whatever the

whole contrive to weld the

^\h<lm

was

injustice to the rulers

excesses and fully of

pa^lias

it

system of government proconsular

the great and

it,

as

by a

have done, to

permanent

interests

by

BEAUTY AND EOOTY.

2G9

which alone the loyalty of iSTew Orleans to the Union could

liave been fortified and secured.
As a pasha, he has earned
a pasha's reward.

In a general order of farewell, addressed to the

"Army

of the Gulf," and of which the swelling- and bombastic

terms contrast most forcibly

witli the dignified

and earnest

simplicity of General Banks's contemporaneo'us order, issued

upon assuming the command of the department, Butler thus

excuses himself for forbearing to exhibit himself in person
at all the stations of his troops

" Relieved from further duties in this department

under date of November

tion of the President,

you by

I take leave of

this final order,

it

by

direc-

Otli, ISG'2,

being impossible

to visit your scattered outposts, covering hundreds of miles

of the frontier of a larger territory than some of the king-

doms

of Europe."

more imperative than any consideration of tlie

may be supposed to have had their
due inlluence upon the mind of a ruler who has armed
against himself the hand of every man Avithin this " territory larger than some of the kingdoms of Europe," whose
lleasons

space to be traversed

blood runs

warm

in his veins.

Glad to have any change, we received General Banks as

kindly as any invader could be received. lie was a gentleall.
As comparisons are
make them, but we must say that
with the quiet, unobtrusive demeanor of the new "Commander of the Gulf" we were quite pleased, and saw ^dif-

man

dignified

we do

odious,

and respectful to

not wish to

ference.

Walking around the

city as a private citizen, without pa-

rade or show, and appearing to

once issued, that he thought

peoi)le,
[/I'.ard

feel,

by the

we had been

" orders" he at

much abused

he gained the confidence of the community.

was necessary

to protect him.

No-

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

270

General Ordeks

No. 111.

IIeadqu.UvTeks Department of the Gulf,

N.'w Orleans, Dec.

17, 18G:2.

All sales of property on account of the United States

be and are hereby suspended

By command

will

until further orders.

of

Ma.tou-Gexeual Uanks.
Richard

B. Ira^tx, Lieut-Col., A. A. G.

General Orders

No. 115.

IIeadcjuarters Department of tre Gclf,

New

Upon

Orleans, Dec.

consultation M'ith Major-General

2:],

15.

1802.
1'.

liullcr,

and

with his concurrence and advice, the Comnuindinii,- (jeneral

directs as follows
1st.

The

foUowini^

arrest immediately
at

named persons

be released from

will

upon the receipt of this order

which they are confined, and upon their

at the [)osts

givinsj^

parole not

commit any act of hostility to the Ignited States, or lender any aid or comfort to the enemies of the United States,
to

during the existing

\\

ar

AT

siiir

island.

JaMi:s C. Batcuelder,

1 1. ]\I.

"William

J'.

E. "Wiltz, Jr.,

]'..

F. I'kRUV,

FkIM).

11.

Suei'pard,

boSHKUG,

Aaiion

II. I).\Li;,

..

Eugene Morris,

DoDOE,

Joski-ii

FORT
Martin Fallor.

L. J.

"Wright,

ST. rniLir.

Bloom.

EEAUTY AND BOOTY.

FOUT JACKSON".
Peter Kevenv,

W.

J.

(t. II.

L. Delpit,

Delano,

J.

Stewart,

Charles IIoudv,

Michael Bowex,

M. AVest,

John

IIickev.

foi;t pike.

Dr. Tjieodore Clai^p.

FORT TICK ENS.

J,

Dacres,

II.

W.

E. N. RossEY,

J.

Dr. Booth,

J. If.

0.

Morse,

C.

D. C. Lowlser,
C. B. Metcalf,
11.

Crosby,

A. N. Baker,
1.

BORTEI;,

CORBIT,
IlrCKINS,

Bacon,

AV. Kelly,

A. FoilSYTH,

N. Baurer,
AV. CusH,
E. A. Hamilton,

Creex,

G. T. Grinnel,

J.

D. Kermey.

PARISH prison of PARISH OF ORLEANS.

Donahue,

IIermogene Berry,

J.

Leonard

C. IIORAN,

AIarins,

L. Collis,
(jiRL

of Mrs. Cornes,

R. Allen,

Sam. Peters,

John Louistella,

J.

N. Bonaparte,

V. FouiN,

FllEMAUX,

g. morgenstine,

AV. E. NiLEs,

James Cuxninc!HAM,

John Newillr,
Peter Finn,
James IIaiierty,

Thomas

Riley,

Andrew of Reed,

271

QTQ

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

John Short,

James Doherty,

K.

J.

Derricicson

S,

J. J.

Mitchell,

Sheridan,

J. J.

Foley,

M. CONDOX,

J.

DlDUI,

D. Graig,

F. M. c.,

Capdeville,

George of Williamson,

S.

Jim,

William Buckley,
John Denis,

Capt. Maurin,

Boydet,

A. Catching,

A. Reider,

T. IIargis,

John

John Williams,
William Miller,

W.

G. King,

Pulton,

D. Scully,

M. Eagan,
William Jones,

W.

P. Sweet,

Hamilton,

A. Bllgeh,

Tim. Haley,

James Gariltaldy,

John Mooney,

Nelson

1'elise

S.

(slave),

KOGERTS,

Aa.] All

C.

Boyle,

Wilcox,

N. DOYLK,

OF COSBV,

Joseph Raffle,

J.

Levy Keys,

Ed. Green,

IIerod,

A. LuCOTTP,

Joseph Levy,

IioiiERT Phillips,

Tim. Knight.

W. Hunter,
2d.
firrest

The following named persons Avill be released from

upon taking the oatli of allegiance to the United

States

at ship island.
James Beggs,
Michael Murphy,

FuEDERicK A. Taylor,
v. E. WiLTZ.

AT FORT riCKEXS.
Jon. M. Monroe.

By command
Richard

H.

Irwin,

of

Major-General Banks,

Lieut.-Col. A. A. U.

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

General Orders No.

273

118.

Headquarters Department op the Gulf,

New

Orleans, Dec. 24, 18G2.

Applicalion for the suspension oftlie order closing certain

cliurches in the city of

New

Orleans, Lave been presented to

the Military Governor of the State, and by

him

referred to

the Major-General commanding.

An

omission in the church service, assumed to have been

made by

direction of the church government,

is

understood

Where

to liave been the

basis

of the State

head of the clmrch, an omission

is

also

of this order.

the head
like that

would be in contravention of political authority,

but the Government docs not here assume that power, and
the case presented does not seem to require a continued intervention of military authority. The order is, therefore,
provisionally rescinded, and the churches will be opened as
heretofore, on and after Christmas Day.
This decision is
based upon the negative character of the ofleuce charged.
referred to

The Commanding General desires it to be understood,

however, that clergymen are subject to the restrictions imposed upon

all

their privileges.

They well know the extent of

other men.

No

appeal to the j^assions or prejudices of

the peoj^le, or to excite hostility to the Government, whether

in the

any

form of prayer, exhortation, counsel or sermon, nor

whether open or covert, can be

offensive demonstration,

allowed.

As

public teachers, ministers should give

some

guarantee of their purpose to the public.

The Commanding General

is

indisposed to interfere with

the rights of others, or to submit to the interference of

others with the rights of the Government, which relies upon
its

justice

and power, and not upon the consent of its oppo-

nents, for the success of

By command
RiCHAKD

of

its

measures.

Majok-GeneRxVL Banks.

B. Irwin, Lieut.-Col., A. A. G.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

274:

General Orders No.

117.

Headquarters DEPARTsrEXT of the Gulf,

New

Owing

1.

Orleans, Dec. 24, 18G2.

and to pre-

to llie necessities of the service,

serve the reputation of the army,

wagons,

horses, mules,

all

and other means of transportation, in the possesof ofticers, soldiers or employes of the Government in

carriages,

sion

and throughout the department,

this city,

will

be delivered

to the Chief (Quartermaster, or such officers of

ment

as he

may

Horses, wagons,

designate.

have been purchased

in tlie

State

reported and registered at the

A certitied

master.

office

copy of the

of purchase, from

jilace

by such

bill

depart-

liis

etc.,

parties,

Avhich

must be

of the Chief Quarter-

of

sale,

giving the date,

whom bought and amount i>aid, with

a descrij^tion of the property, will be deposited at the same

Officers entitled to liorscs,

time.

session, as

for

above stated,

by getting

All

and having them

may have them

in pos-

appraised and paid

proi)er authority so to do.

commading

aiul other military

enforce this order.

officers,

provost-marshals, quartermasters,

agents of the Government, are directed to

Every

violation or evasion of

it

will

be

rej)orted to the Chief Quartermaster.

2.

The Chief (Quartermaster

will cause all seized or coniis-

cated houses not assigned by his authority, to be vacated,

without delay.

Regimental

officers will

bo provided with

(piarters near their regiments.

3.

All general ami stall-officers, regularly assigned to duly

in this city, will

provided

be paid commutation of quarters and

fuel is not issued in kind,

and that no such

fuel,

officer

occupy a seized or confiscated house, or other building rented

for the
4.

svill

(Tovernment.

All houses, irregularly seized, occui)ied or confiscated,

be disposed of by the Chief (Quartermaster,

who

will, as

far as iiraclicable, deliver tlicm to res})ousible persons, to

be

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

lielcl

by tliem

ment.

subject to

tlie

275

future disposition of the

Tlie Provost-jMaishal will give

Govern-

any assistance neces-

sary to carry out this order.

By command
EiCHAKD

Major-Geneeal Banks.

of

B. Ikwix, Lieut.-Col., A. A. Q.

General Banks tried his utmost to revive

of the inhabitants of the

spirits

tlie

drooping

city.

Public places of amusement were opened

concerts given,

public and private balls, soirees, and dinner parties, but

all

to

no purpose the iron had entered too deeply into the Southern
soul to be expelled by aught that any human being could
;

devise.

Time

alone could heal the

wounded

heart.

gayety seemed a mockery of woe the

ISTorthern element with which tlie city was infested enjoyed
Mrs. Banks was quite " a bright
itself beyond measure.
All

eftbrts

at

particular star" in

We
gance
wives

it.

heard of all the excitement

the feasting and extrava-

a good deal of " the shoddy" about

v.'lth

the Flag,

their

diamonds and

etc., etc.,

satins,

it.

The

and the entertainments given

mansions, which had

been confiscated,

Sutlers'

the ladies dressed in

in palatial

and their owners

re-

duced to beggary!

The dark browm-stone

residence standing at the corner of

Prytania and Fourth Streets, the mansion of Pierre Soule,

Esq., on Esplanade, and mun)/, many others, if they could
speak, could tell tales which, perhaps, would not be so pleasant for some persons to listen to at the present time.
" The rooms were filled, but nobody was there."

There was one exception. One Northern lady, whose

sense of propriety was such, that rather than live in a confiscated house she returned home, leaving her husband, who
was one of the officials, to attend to his supposed duty. She
could not brook the idea of being " de trop."

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

270

At
filas

last

the old ostablislied " ^lardi Gras" day arrived

its

pleasures had

had from time immemorial been

but

in Fi-ance, it

day of amusement

kej)t as a

but under the clouds which hung over us few

and

jollity

felt

inclined to indulge.

The

Here, as

departed.

all

following beautiful lines were found in a daily paper,

written by a

young Southern lady

A TOUCHING ArrEAL.

"We give

i)lace

with pleasure to the following feelingly

expressed thoughts, suggested by the approaching Mardi

Gras

festivities

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but

God also
man should

versity consider.

to the end that

Your country

is

desolate,

your

cities are

your

in

it

Rise up ye

women

that are at ease

careless daughters, give ear

For death

is

come up

unto

my

hear

men from

List

fire,
it

is

of your land

and

they

sacrificed

who

their

to the wail of anguish

households,

now

voice ye

is

entered

from without, and

the streets.

and drop a sympathetic tear

altar,

my

our windows, and

into

Pause, gentle maiden, ere you whirl

the

and

speech.

into our palaces, to cut off the children

women

burned with

jiresence,

overthrown by strangers.

desolate, as

])leasure,

the day of ad-

find nothing after him.

your land, strangers devour

the young

in

one over against the other,

set

stricken

the path of

men and

liave laid their victims

on

sons for your protection

which

low

down

for the old

in

arises
grief.

from once happy

Wcei)

for

the

gentle wife Avho liad so fondly hoped to catch again the

falling footsteps of

country's cause

"Weep

him who

left

her side to battle for his

now Avidowed and desolate.

for the lonely

mother who, with Spartan heroism,

repressed the rising sobs, and sent her

fair

boys forth to

fall,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

nlas

277

glorious martyrs on the slirine of liberty.

Oh

the cold winds alone chant their funeral dirge, and

bedew

alone

Gentle

shall

their graves with tears ?

sisters

and loving wives, who guard your brothers

and husbands near you, lend a

suspense of

Heaven

all

who

Dance not over

listening ear to the agonizing

wait ai'ound you.

these victims, but on the

day which

pre-

cedes the season of fasting and prayer, let no sounds of

revelry be heard.

In silence

calm contemj^lation of the

let its passag'c

now desolate

and the dangers which beset ns on every

Tiie "

be marked by a

aspect of our country,

side.

Old Dominion" stands pulsating,

for the cry of vic-

tory comes not from the old North State.

Brave and

fear-

less

Carolina clasps with her right hand her flaming sword,

and

links her left in that of the

martyr State of Georgia.

Once smiling Florida now frowns defiance, and through the

flowery glades of Alabama there rings a cry for freedom
the vibration strikes the hill-tops of Mississippi, and from
the lowlands oi Louisiana every heart sends forth a bold response.

"The

lone star" trembles, for through the silent

swamps

of Arkansas the roar of battle and the sighing wail are

heard from suflering Missouri.

affright, for the

Kentucky cowers

in pale

brave sons of Tennessee have shed a river of

blood, in freedom's cause, upon her recreant

soil.

War, with its horrors, is in our midst then does it not

better become us to lay aside at such a season all tokens of
mirth and festivity, and hallow it by heartfelt supplications
to the King of Heaven for Ilis protection in this our day of
;

trial ?

Let

it

be said that by every public demonstration

we

claimed the strength and power of God's protecting hand.

And
one

here, in our city, let

his

couraere."

it

be

said,

"

They helped every

neighbor, and said to his brother, be of good

"

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

2TS

"Awako, awake,
awnko, as
Oil,

])iit

in tlie ancient

my

on

stricken country

miglity Washington

strc'n2;tli, oli

days

may

come

in tlie

furth

hover over you, urging us

all

arm of IlieLord;

generations of

from

resting-place

its

Racukl.

The day passed off more quietly than

were made ii\ the evening.

The

ft)olishness

and

to deeds of i)atriotic virtue

and wliispering words of good cheer.

he tolerated

old.*'

of the good and

tlie Pi)irit

Sr)mc arrests

usual.

of the masciuoraders in the streets could not

was not understood by

"

Who,

Deacon John Auricular.

wulked perpendicular.

in tlio riglit road,

This year, 1SG7, has lieen very dillerent

to be revived.

old times

"jNIardi Gras" passed off as usual,

seem

and the

" Mystick crcwe of Comus" was as splendid as in days

gone by.

ClIArXEU XXXV.
TiFKHK was a great

and intense excitement at one

stir

time during (General lianks's administration.

" IJebels"
iViiMids,

chiltlren

to see

for

the

^V

numlier of

"Confederacy."

I'heir

to some 20,000 persons, women and

](iiiicipally, wended their way down to tlie Leveo

them

Such
wi'ic

were to
amounting

leave

off,

and to

a (luantily of

(.\asp( rated

at

taki- their last liirewell.

women
their

loiul (alhiig to their friends,

the vicinity

frightened the oflicials; they

waving of

lia

idkerchiefs

and their going on to

their

vessels in

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

279

Orders were given to "stand bade," but no heed was

given

the bayonets were pointed at the hidies, but they

were not
view an

to be scared.
officer

A lady

seized her

At

leaving a scarf in his possession.

orders to do

The

arm
last

but she escaped,

the military received

duty.

its

aftair

ran across to get a nearer

by the

was

and has been put

called tlie
in verse

" Pocket Ilandkerchief ^Yal,"

which

is

quite comical.

TUE GREATEST VICTORY OF THE

"LA BATAILLE DES

WAR

MOtJCnorRS."

FOUGHT FKIDAY, FEDF.UAKY TWENTIETH, 1SG3.

Of

By
Of

all

all

From
Or

the Lattlcs, modern or old,

poet sung or historian told

the routs that ever was seen

the days of Saladin to Marshal Turrenne,

the victories later yet won,

all

From

Waterloo's

field to

that of Bull-run

must hide their fading light,

In the radiant glow of the handkerchief
And a Pciean of joy must thrill the land,

All, all,

When

fight

they hear of the deeds of Banks's hand.

'Twas on the Levee, where the tide

Of " Father Mississippi" flows
;

Our gallant

Won

lads, their country's pride,

this great vict'ry o'er her foes.

Four hundred Eebels were to leave

That morning for Secessia shades,
When down there came (you'd scarce believe),
A troop of children, wives, and maids.
To wave farewells, to bid God-speed,
To shed for them the parting tear,
To waft them kisses as the meed
Of praise to soldiers' hearts most dear,
Th(>y came in hundreds thousands lined

The

si

eets,

the roofs, the shipping too.

Their ribbons dancing in the wind.

Their bright eyes flashing love's adieu.

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BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

280
'Twas

tlion to

But uobly

And

dangor

came

along.

waited long, our aching sight

^^'as strained in eager,

At

awoke,

unarmed throng,

beat tliom back with hearty stroke,

Till reinforcements

We

%tc

faced- tlie

we saw

last

anxious gaze.

the bayonets bright

Flash in the sunlight's welcome blaze.

The

cannon's dull and heavy

roll,

Fell greeting on our gladdened car.

Then

fired

each eye, then glowed each soul.

For well we knew the

Charge! rang the

Upon our

cry,

female

strife

was

near.

and on wo dashed

foe.'!,

As seas in stormy fury lashed.

Whene'er the tempest blows.
Ijiko chaff their parasols went down.

As our

gallants rushetl

And many

Was

a bonnet, robe, and

gown

torn to shreds or crushed.

Though

well

we

plied the bayonet,

some our cflbrts braved.

Defiant both of blow antl threat,
Still

Their handkerchiefs still waved.

Thick grew the fight, loud rolled the
When charge! rang out again,

And then the cannon tluindered

And scoured o'er the plain.
Down, neath

th'

din.

in,

unpitying iron heels

Of horses children sank.

While throngb the crowd the cannon wheels
Mowed roads on either flank.

One startled shriek, one hollow groan.

One headlong rush, and then
Huzza the field was all our own.
For we were B.VKKs's men.
!

That night, released from all our

Our dangers jiat-t and gone;

toils.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

We

gladly gatbered up tlie

Our cliivalry Lad won
Five Imndred 'kercliiefs we

From Rebel

281

spoils

liad suatclied

ladies' bands,

Ten parasols, two slices (not matched)

Some ribbons, belts, and bands,

And

otber things that

forgot;

But then you'll find them all

As tiophies in that hallowed spot

The

cradle

Faneuil

Hall!

And long on Massachusetts'

And on Green Mountains'

shore.
side.

Or where Long Island's breakers roar.

And by the Hudson's tide.
In times to come, when lamps are lit.

And

fires

brightly blaze.

While roiind the knees of heroes

The young of happier days.

Who

sit

listen to their storied deeds.

To them sublimely grand

Then glory shall award its meed
Of praise

And fame

to Banks's band.

proclaim that they alone

(In triumph's loudest note)

May

A vessel
ladies

The

wear henceforth, for valor

lying beside

Eugexte.

steamer, having a

tlie

on board, was started

ladies

slioicn,

icoman's petticoat f

were on board

all

It

the next day without food or extra clothing

was considered a "good joke,"

was quite the fashion at Washington.
jSTo

doubt

it

number of

was impossible to return.

night and the greater part of

off!

as "joking"

REAUTY AND BOOTY.

2S2

CIIAPTEIl XXXVI.
"

The

Hod

was tlie grand finale of

Department of the Gnlf. It is said
tliat tliis ex})edition was underlaken to drive the Confederate
army out of Louisiana, and to purchase cotton (wliicli was
ITivor oxpctlitioiv'

(n'lioral r>anks in tho

Btowed away

in large quantities

on the dillerent plantations)

at a very low price.

The

.Southern

army, under General Smith, was concen-

trated in Louisiana.

IJanks's

first

attack

was

at

Yellow

where the Confederates were forced to retreat.

General Banks and his troops scoured the whole country.
AVe heard of him in Le Tcche, La Fourche (where Butler
had confiscated cvei-y thing), Bayou Kapides, Bayou de
(daise, and liayou Cotile.
This was the wealthiest i)ortion
of the country. There was sad destruction wherever their
footsteps were heard; houses robbed and burned; cotton,
J]ayou,

negroes, horses,

etc., stolen.

large

wagon load

of silver;

another of cut glass, and the most elegant table furniture,

followed in the rear of his

army

After the attack mentioned, General Banks retired to

Alexandria, where he had a ball and quite an entertainment.

The Yankee army advancing and the Confederate retreatwhere another cntcrtaiiilacnt was given.
Another attack was made at I^lcasant Hill the Confeding, until arriving at Xachitochcs,

erates

still

retreated.

A slight skirmish took place at Robinson's Mill. Tho

army then fell back to ]\[oss's field, one mile from Mansfield.
Here an awful, bloody battle was fought.
It was tho
closing battle of the exi)edition.
The Confederates fought

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

have fought

as they ever

bravely.

and many wounded on both

sides

283

Thousands were
but at

last the

shiiu

Confud-

were victorious
Banks, " as usual," had the choicest viands and confec-

erates

tionery in the rear of the army, to enable

them

to have

"ball and entertainment" when again tribut " the race is not always to the swift, nor the

country

their

umphant

battle to the strong."

Ho who

has said " Vengeance

threw the

invaders.

is

mine, I will repay," over-

Great was

their

discomfort

and

mortification

What
quet"

feasting the poor Confederates

fell

into their hands

and what rejoicing when the

cut glass, ^;^>cr collars^ and stores were

wagons of

silver,

captured

They were generously

had when the " ban-

distributed round in the

community.
General Banks was at ISTachitoches during the battle of
Mansfield, and, hearing the evil tidings that his
beaten, he

leave

left all,

jumped

into his carriage,

army was

and took F'rench

not stopping to look back.

The Confederate army followed

in close pursuit to Pleas-

ant Hill.

Many will remember that lovg^ straUjld road from

Hill

the Confederate cannon planted

rakintr the
at

in

Pleasant

the rear, and

whole extent where the Yankees were retreating

breakneck speed.

Looking back, the " negro brigade" could be seen standing

motionless, Avhile the doctors, generals, and privates were

" skedaddling."

The Confederates pursued them

there General

Banks returned

to Nachitochcs, and from

to the city.

The "lied River expedition" reflected no credit upon

him it seemed to finish off General Banks's career.
;

BEAUTY AND BOOTY,

2S4

y I X A L E.
After passing thvougli such dire events,

our

lierirltc'It

miglity God,

emotions, joincil
I'or all

war was ended

dered

Avitli

Ilis blessings to us,

that

v,-ho

cnn imag-ine

thanksgivings to Al-

when we

lieard tiie

General Lee had honorably surren-

Not

wc

to I^orthern foes;

always thought

liave

we

could

But we could not stand before a

combined army of German, Irish, Dutch, P^'rench, Spanish,
llussians, and English
and, rather than have any more
bloodshed. General Lee, so soon as the authority was vested

have vcniquishcd them.

in

" surrendered"

him,

retiring

gracefully,

amidst

the

of both armies.

l)laudits

For some time we have had com|)arativc peace

but our

destroyed
And now, there are rumors of other
biekerings " borne upon the wings of the wind," about

country

Avhich

is

we wish

We go

who

Father,

to have nothing to say.

on our way rejoicing,

still

trusting in our Heavenly

has brought us through so

many and

great

trials.

Although there may yet be troubles

although magnates
assured,

rellecliufj^

be
Let " Nil

]>ath will

may

in store for us, aii<I

be an-ayed against

us,

yet

we

leel

upon past mercies, that "some unforeseen

oi)eiu"!d for

us

among

dcsjicrcuuhiiit''

the

hills.''

be our motto.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY,

285

SKETCHES OF GEiXElULS LEE AXD JACKSON.

The fullowing

sketclies of Generals

Lee and Jackson are

very ably written, and are interesting

GENERAL

LEE,

COMMAXDER-IX-CIIIEP OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.

General Robert E. Lee, called

tion"

by

"The Hero

of the Revolu-

his Confederate friends, was, at the

of the war, and

erate army.

still is,

This

officer

earlier j^ei'iod

commander-in-chief of the Confed-

was born

in

the State of Virginia,

about the year 1808.

His father was the distinguished General Henry Lee

(called

by

known

friend and eulogist of the Father of his Country.

In

the whole family of Lees always, until now, devoted

fact,

his cotemporaries,

their energies

and

familiarly,

Harry Lee), the

ability to the cause of the

young Re-

public and to the union and integrity of government.

The
this

present General hee, whose

name

memoir, married the daughter of Mi:

sentative of the AVashington family, and

became the proprietor of the Arlington

]\[rs.

Washington, of large possessions

the subject of

is

Ciistis,

by

this

the repre-

marriage

estates, and,

in the

through

County of New

Kent, among which Avas the famous and recently-destroyed

"White House, on the Pauiunkey River, in which Washington and his family passed

many

day3.

])ossessed a high order of ability,

in

The young man, who

graduated at

West

Point,

the year 1829, standing second in his class of forty-six

members, among whom we find the names of General C. P.

Buckingham, acting adjutant-general of the United States
army; O. M. Mitchell,- and others now in the service of the
Union, and Joseph E. Johnston, a general

army.

in the

Confederate

BEAUTY AXD EOOTY.

28G
Sliorlly aflcr

lliis

the suLject of our sketch visited Europe,

manner and acquirements secured him an entree

to tlie best society of the European capitals.
During tlie jMexican Avar ho was entrusted by Generals
wliere

liis

Scott and Trotten with the imjiortant charge of the en-

gineering department of the army in Mexico.

General Lee was formerly a colonel of cavalry

United States army previous to

who made

in

the

his joining the Confederates,

liim a major-general.

General Lee graduated with great distinction in the year

1829. lie was next, on the lirst of July, brevetted as

second lieutenant of the engineer

corjis,

receiving his com-

mission on the same day.

Among
all

of

the public duties assigned hini in his career, in

which he exhibited

talents of the highest order, are

the following:

In 1835 he was astronomer for fixing the boundary be-

tween Ohio and Michigan

183G; captain

Woofs army

in

lirst

July, 1838;

lieutenant in Sei)tember,

chief engineer

in

General

in

the Mexican war, in 18-17; brevet major

for the battle of

Cerro (iordo, April, 1847; brevet lieutenContreras and Cherubusco,

ant-colonel for the ])attle of

August, 1817
in

brevet colonel for the battle of Chajjultepec,

which he was severely wounded, Se}>tember, 1847; Su-

jterintenilent of the

West

United States Military Academy

Point, 1852; lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, 1850.

the loth of Mar(;h, 1801,

lie

was promoted

at

On

to colonelcy of

the First United States cavalry, and on the 25lh of April

resigned the service and joined the Confederates.

Of

the personal api)earancc audp/n/si'/ue of General Lee,

liis admirers and

laudators thus spoke not many
months ago
"Speaking of General Lee, ho appears to be every inch a
gentleman and oflieer. IV-rsonally, in many characteristics,
he is a seeuiid ediliun of General IJcauiegard, bound in a

one of

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

large volume

being, perhaps,

287

or four inches

tliree

taller.

lie has a broad, expansive forehead, which loses itself in

locks of iron gray hair

well-developed intellectual organs,

especially the perceptive faculties; a fine profile; a keen,

expansive, dark-brown eye, whicli, undisturbed

behind

aroused, looks as
iu repose,

smile,

might penetrate a two-inch

it

Roman

if

one

style

which,

may judge from

and determination.
lioninie of a

man

the lines around

it

full

for

it is

of spirit

combining so nicely the hon

refined,

of the world with the dignity of position

you can hardly

He

Beauregard, his manners arc

Like

and

aflable, courteous,

of architecture, and a

concealed by a heavy iron -gray moustache

tell

where the one begins and the other

dresses in plain black clothes, wears an old black

hat, which, in nine times out of ten,

and

up with a

lit

seems to contain a sort of intelligent benediction

mouth,

ends.

2)lank

has an air of military rigidity, but

nose slightly on the

that

by any thing

not be unbecoming to a Quaker, but

Avould

it,

man

in this attire, is the last

be taken for General Lee, the

knocked in one side,

world who would

is

in the

first

commander-in-chief of

the Virginia army."

GENERAL

Numbers
following,

R.

LEe's

E.

FAREWELL TO

of our readers,

will

be

who may

gratified,

at

its

HIS ARMY.

not have seen the

republication in our

columns

General Orders No.

9.

Headquarters Army of

N. Virginia,

Apri] 10, 1805.

After four years of arduous service, marked by unsur]iassed

courage

and

Virginia hns been

nmnbors and
I

need nut

fortitude,

com})elled

to

the

Army

yield

to

of

Xorthern

overwhelming

resources.
tell

the brave survivors of so

manv

hnrd-iuiight

288

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

battles, wlio liave

remained steadfast to

tlie last,

that I have

consented to this result Ironi no distrust of them.

But

feeling that valor

and devotion could accomiilish

nothing that could compensate for the

loss that Avoulil

have

attended the continuance of the contest, I determined to

avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose

})ast

services have

endeared them to their countrymen.

By the terms of the agreement, the ofilccrs and men can

You
tlieir homes and remain xmtil exchanged.
Avill take with you the satisfaction that i)rocceds from the
return to

consciousness of duly faithfully performed, and I earnestly

pray that a merciful

and

God

extend to }ou His blessings

will

])rotection.

Witli an unceasing admiration of your courage and devotion to your country, and a grateful

remembrance of your
I bid you an

kind and generous consideration for myself,

affectionate flu'ewell.

GKXERAI.S

A Xorlhern

E. Lee, General.

II.

LKE AND JACKSON.

co)-resi)ondent thus writes of these

two Con-

federate Generals:

Lee
and

is

loot,

believed to be the brains, as Jackson

of the rebel army.

Lee plans

is

the liand

Jackson executes.

In their marches Jackson leads- the advance and Lee brings

!!]

the rear.

always

silent.

him any

Lee

will

l'^\eii

talk to

some

his IViends are

clue to his plans.

Jackson

very ])eculiar temfter and habits.

is

extent, but Jackson

unable to obtain
described as a

]Ii'

man

He

ot

dresses in the com-

monest maimer, wearing no badge that can indicate

rank.

is

I'roni

his

lives entirely in the field, sharing the half rations

of his men, and disdaining the elVeminate luxury of a house-

At a recent stopping- place he was induced to occupy a dwi-Uing-housc as his headcpiarters, but
he became uneasy at such unwonted comfort, and was prcsroof or good bed.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

289

among his soldiers. His

baggage is his Bible and a few maps and when not
on the march he spends his time reading the former or lying
on the ground studying the latter. lie is of intensely religious habits, and would seem more a type of the old Puritan
ently found in his old place again

Avhole

soldier than

any other man

in either

army.

lady thus describes the appearance of Stonewall Jack-

son, as she observed

While the

officers

him

in

Maryland, on his

late raid

were dashing down the road, and the

half-naked privates begging at every door, General Jackson

stood sunning himself, and talking with a group of soldiers

at the

pump

across the street

a plain man,

with an iron face and iron-gray

hair.

could he be distinguished from his men.

commonest of

in j^lain clothes,

Only by

his

bearing

lie stood as

if

the

marked only by the mysterious insignia

of individual presence by which wo know, instinctively, the
genius from the clown. No golden token of rank gleamed
on

all,

his rusty clothes

too

many of our

of the shining symbols of which, alas!

so ridiculousl}'' fond, that they

officers are

seem unconscious how disgraceful is this glitter of vanity.

They were nowhere visible on old Stonewall's person.
When General Jackson had drunk at the pump and talked
at his leisure, he mounted his flame-colored horse and rode

down

the street at the jog of a comfortable farmer carrying

a bag of meal.

"

Have you

STONEWALL" JACKSON.

ever seen General Jackson

readers, at least, have not.

portraits,

but I cannot

resist

am

not

much

Many

the temptation to give you a

short and rough sketch of the hero of the Valley.

then, a

man

full chest,

about

of your

at pen-and-ink

Imagine,

five feet ten inches liigh, rather thick set,

broad, stalwart shoulders, and, indeed, the M'hoh


BEAUTY

290

iiulicarmc;;

2')Jtyslq}(i',

man.

lie

is

what

the pictui'e

ANJ)

connnonly calluJ a " well-made"

is

ol"

health, yel there appears

His face

diiiulaney of llesh.

BOOTY.

is

constant cx])osure of his campaigns.

It

no

rc-

bronzed from the

sligiitly

was

said of Ciesar

had not been a conqueror, he would have excelled

cotemporaries as a boxer or athlete and so I should

tliat if lie
all

his

say of Jackson, he would be a dangerous antagonist at

listi-

you with the idea

of great powers of endurance, strength, and elasticity of
His

cufts.

ai)i>earance at first impresses

The expression of

frame.

his

face adds to, rather than

diminishes, the general ellect.

There you sec self-command, perseverance, indomitable

seems neither to know nor think of any cailhly
obstacle, and all this without the least admixture of vanity,
assumacy, jiride, fool-hardiness or any thing of the kind.
will, tliat

There seems a disposition to asseit

its

pretensions, but from

the quiet sense of conviction of his relative })osition, which

sets the
liarity, I

vexed question of self-importance

would remark, of great minds.

at rest

a pecu-

It is only the little

and the frivolous who are forever obtruding their j^etty vaniHis face also expresses courage in the
ties before the world.
highest degree, and his plirenological developments indicate
a vast

amount

ol'

His forehead

energy and

activity.

broad and i)romincnt, the

is

sincipital regions are

occii)ilal

both large and well balanced

and

eyes ex-

pressing a singular union of mildni'ss, energy, and concentration

cheek and nose large and well I'ormed.

connnon gray

His dress

suit of liuled cassimer, coat, ])ants

ifj

and hat

the coat slightly braided on the sleeve, just enough to bo

]>crceptible, the collar displaying the
eral.

Of

his gait,

it is

mark of

a ^NFajor-Gen-

sufhcient to say that he Just goes

along, not a particle of the strut, the military swagger, tur-

key-gobbler j)arade, so

common among

ofllcci's

of small rank

and small minds.

It

would

lie

prulilabic

study fur stnue of

oiii"

military

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

291

hour each day to the conlera2)lation of

the magnificent plainness of " Stonewall." To military fame,
swells to devote one

which they can never hope to

attain,

he unites the simplici-

ty of a child, the straightforwardness of a Western farmer.

On last Sunday he was dressed as above, and bestrode as

common a horse as one could find in a summer day. There
may be those who would be less struck with his appearance,
as thus accoutred, than if bedizzened with lace,

and holding

the reins of a magnificent barb, caparisoned and harnessed

lor glorious war.
Ihit to

one who had seen him, as I had, at Cold Harbor

and Malvern

Hill, in tlie rain

of shells and the blaze of the

death-lights of the battle-field,

when nothing

mountain would serve as a breastwork

than a

less

agairist the thirt^'-six-

inch shells which howled and shrieked through the sickly

General Jackson
ei'al

Jackson

noni)areil

in

he

is

in tatters

would

1)0

my simple view he is a
He has enough energy to

In

gilded xmiform.

without a peer.

supply a whole manufacturing

district

enough

military

genius to stock two or three military schools of the

West

air,

the same hero as Gen-

size

of

Point,

Probably

at

no

jieriod of the

war has the

religious element

army been more predominant than it is at present.

In many instances chaplains, army missionaries, colporteurs,
in the

tracts have accomplished great benefits; but by fir the

most cogent influences that have operated upon and subdued

and

the reckless spirit of the soldier, are those which are born in

the heart itself upon the field of battle.

It is not strange,

therefore, as

you go through various

camps, even on a week day, that your ears are here and there
saluted Avith the
full,

sung with

votion

melody of a choir of

all

voices, rich, round,

and

the seiiousness and earnestness of true de-

or that, before the lights arc out in the evening,

manly tones arc heard

in

thanksgiving for the blessings

the day, or that the Bible and ])rayer-books are

oi

common

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

292

upon the mcss-lable or tliat, when Sunday arrives,

stand from wliicli tlie eliaplain is wont to discourse, is tlie centre of a chister of interested and pious lisl)ook.s

the

little

teners.

In
is

many

of the regiments

much

of this kindly influence

due to the pure and elevated character of the

AVherevcr those arc found,

you

well-disciplined, orderly, quiet

command,

camp as they arc brave upon the

may hear

a taunt

oflicei-s.

invariably also find a neat,

as

prompt in the
and then you

Now

field.

about " our praying captain," or " colonel,"

come from men who

and would follow them to the death.

but even these thoughtless expressions

venerate their

oflicers,

As you know, some

dro]>ped the gown

of our ablest generals are

men

wlio have

of the Christian for the apparel of

tlie

soldier.

General Jackson never enters a fight without invoking

The dependence of

God's blessing and protection.

strange
his

man upon

this

the Deity seems never to be absent from

mind, and Avliatevcr

lie

does, or says,

it

is

always pre-

faced, " IJy God's blessing."

commences, " 13y God's

blessing, we have to-<lay defeated the enemy."
After a battle lias been fought the same rigid reinembrancc
In one of his ofticiul dispatches he

of Divine ])0wer

is

observed.

The army

is

drawn up

in line,

the General dismounts from his horse, and there, in the

])resence of his rough, bronze-faced troops, with heads un-

covered and

l)cnt awe-stricken to the

ground, the voice ot

the good man, which but a few hours before

out in (piick and fiery intonations,

calm, as
in

if

overcome by the

is

now

])resence of the

holy api)eal to the "sai)phire throne."

have been Avitnessed

in

lieard

modern

times,

was ringing
subdued and

Supreme Being,

Few such

and

it

is

spectacles

needless to

add that few sueh cvainples have ever told with more wondious ])ower upon tlie hearts of the men.

During the war many

beautiliil pieces

of prose and poetry

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

appeared
think

in print.

nom

''

they

We

will

293

placed them in our scrap-book, and

be appreciated."

EVILS MOST TO BE DEPLORED.

War

is tlie

greatest of

all

calamities.

It contains in itself

the most direful evils mortals are subject

to.

It is the fruit-

manner of sin and misery. Its course is

marked by tears, and anguish, and blood. The heart of
wife, mother, sister, is tortured by anxiety for the objects
of their love and pride, who have gone forth to the conflict,
and tlie agony of suspense is often changed for the keener
agony of actual bereavement. The rich are brought down
to want, and those whose prosperity is still untouched by
the hand of the destroyer realize painfully the uncertainty
of worldly substance. Those blessed with a competency,
accustomed to generous living, now find their income barely
source of

ful

adequate

all

for the stinted

maintenance of their households.

This judgment develops the baser jDassions of

ture.

na-

sad fact

might suppose, overlooking for the moment the

of inborn depravity, that a war waged in defence of

natural rights, of liberty, land, honor, virtue,

as

human

We

life,

appealing

does to the noblest and strongest feelings of the heart,

it

would call into active play only the better qualities and traits,
and that we should witness no exhibitions of selfishness,
But while the strife in which we
falseness, and sordidness.

numerous and bright instances of tenand courage, its course, has

been marked by manifestations of the vilest and meanest atWo have seen the healthful and
tributes and instincts.

are

engaged

afiibrds

derness, generosity, fortitude,

strong choosing rather the delights of

tions

and

perils their

and confront.
urging on

tlie

home than

the priva-

country called upon them to endure

We have

seen those toko tcere foremost in

movement

that led to this war, refusing to

take

vp arms, under

And

infinitely

the false plea

worse than

this,

of physical inahHity,

these troublous times have

BEAUTV AND BOOTY.

294:

broiiglit

prominently before

.a

suflering peo])]e a race of

who, dead to the

and glorious cause, arc devoting all

heartless, unprincipled, avaricious creatures,

inspiration of our lioly

and energy to the increase of

their cunning
It

is

to these

human

cormorants,

tlieir

who prey upon

substance.

the neces-

of the needy Avhose straitened circumstances call for

sympathy and assistance, and who are suffering because they
who maintained them are fighting for independence, that wo
owe many of the evils that grievously try our })atience and
sities

fortitude.

The

with heavy

evils of this calamitous disjiensation fall

weight u])on our noble soldiers. We talk about the discomabout scantily furnished boards and diminforts we sufl'er

ished incomes

made home

about

plaints Avhen

we

who

enforced separation from those

a joy; but

we should be ashamed

of our com-

toils, privations, and

whose obedience and valor
Performing the most arconflict.

consider the hardships,

sufferings they are enduring, on

depend the

duous
is

issue of this

labors, subsisting

on the coarsest

fare,

whose sameness

unvaried for months, exposed to heat, and cold, and

sleeping on the

damp ground,

rain,

with no covering but the blue

arch of heaven, kee[)ing watch and ward while footsore and

weary with

toil

cause, against a

and marching, these gallant defenders of our

numerous and ruthless

foe, are,

by

fir,

the

greatest sufferers from this cruel Avar.

And

these noble spirits are exposed to greater evils than

any of the multiform

ills

we have glanced at. Vices grow

camp life. Temptation to sin

rankly during the inaction of

lurks in the houi's of idleness

weary of the

dull

and having nothing to do,

tempter finds easy access to willing

dulged

in

aiul

moiuitony of the unvarying routine, the

ears.

And

the sin

in-

again and again, the remonstrances of con.scienco,

tiaiued and enlightened

by the teachings of

l>iety,

put to

becomes the victim of

vicious habits whose power can be broken only by divine
silence, the youthful transgressor

;;

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

295

Lips unused to profane words in a short time drop

grace.

oaths and blasphemies, unclean stories are listened to with

increasing interest
I)leasures,

and a

will

These moral

itself.

plore,

which

and

taste

is

formed

for the

grosser

be indulged when opportunity presents

evils are

the evils

we most

heartily de-

more deeply
make war the

their existence causes us to regret the

the existence of this

greatest of

all

strife.

It is these that

calamities.

ROLL CALL.
" Corporal Green," the Orderly cried
"

Here

!"

was the answer, loud and

clear,

From tlie lips of a soldier who stood near

And "Here!" was the word the next replied.

"Cyrus Drew!" then a silence fell

This time no answer followed the call
Only his rear-man had seen him fall,
Killed or wounded, he could not tell.
There they stood in the falling light,
These men of battle, with grave, dark looks.
As plain to be read as open books,

While slowly gathered the shade

of night.

The fern on the hill-sides were splashed with blood,

And down in the corn, where the poppies grew.
Were redder stains than the poppies knew
;

And

crimson-dyed was the river's

flood.

For the foe had crossed from the other side,

That day, in the face of a murderous fire
That swept them down in its terrible ire
And their life blood went to color the tide.
"Herbert Cline!"'At the

Two

call there

came

stalwart soldiers into the line.

Bearing between them this Herbert Cline,

Wounded and

bleeding, to answer his name.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

296

"Ezra Kerr!" and a voice ans\\'ered "Here!"

" Hiram Kerr !" but no man replied;
Tliey were brothers, these two tlie sad Tvind sighed,

And
"

a shudder crept through the corn-fiekl near.

Ephraim Deanc !" then a soldier spoke

"Deane carried our regiment's colors," he said,
" When our ensign was shot
I left him dead
Just after the enemy wavered and broke
;

" Close to tlie roadside his

I

body

lies

paused a moment and gave him to drink

lie murmured his mother's name,

And Death came with it and closed

think

his eyes."

'Twas a victory yes; but it cost us dear;

For that company's roll, when called at night,

men who went

Of a hundred

Numbered but twenty

into the fight.

"Here!"

that answered

UNRECORDED HEROES.

"When the present war

tory

may

be

histories of

it.

But

sliall

Not

Avritten.

be over, wlint a glorious

his-

that the "world will teem Avilh

I speak not of generals

and contnianders,

who, under the inspiration of leadership and with the magnetic eyes of the M'orld upon them, shall have achieved their
several triumphs
})lough,
press,

but

of those

who

and stepped from behind the

liave laid aside

anvil,

the

and the printing

and the counter, and from out the shop, and with

leap-

ing pulses, and without hope of reward, laid an honest heart

and a strong right arm on the

altar of their

country; some

to languish, Avith undressed wounds, di'fying taunts

insults,

hunger and

tliirst,

and

their places of sepulchre even

names remembered only at some desoby a wcejMng Avidow and orphan.s, and
whose last pulse-beat was " for their country," By many a
cottage fireside shall old men tell tales to wondering childtmknown, and
late

their

hearthstone,

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

that

lioocl

bring forth

shall

tlieir

sometimes of those who, inclosed

woven

own

in

297
precious harvest;

meshes too cunningly

wore hated badges over loyal

to sunder,

hearts, and,

with gnashing teeth and listening ear and straining eyeballs,

bided their time to strike

tyrant might reap

and

shelterless, that

woman

Men who

he might be housed and fed

was

fight the battle of

life,

only her country

with no other weapon than faith in

Ilim who feedeth the ravens.

war

whom

and turned bravely back to her lonely home, to

dearer,

of this

Nor shall

be forgotten, who, with quivering heart and smiling

bade God-speed to him than

lip,

planted, that the

whose wives and children Avent liungry

not alone they

All these are the true heroes

who have memorials

presented,

pompous monuments erected, but the

thousands of brave fellows who know, if they fall, they will
have mention only among the " list of killed and wounded."
Who, untrammeled by precedents, shall write ns such a
and,

if

they

die,

history ?

THUS

WE

GO.

"We have heard of several occurrences

with the Federal troops
for

by

now

lately in connection

our city which are vouched

in

responsible parties as entirely reliable.

incidents are laughable, others grave

will relate

Many

of the

affecting.

We

but a portion of them.

A highly respectable

lady was called to her door by the

ringing of the bell the other morning.

by a handsome
stretched

and

officer in

She was there met

hand out-

a neat uniform, with

me ? I come as a friend."
Here he was cut short by the lady starting back
"Aunt, don't you know

as

from

a fiend.

"I know you not in that x;niforra

begone this instant."

blood of mine

The

officer

you are no

friend or

suddenly retired

the lady, withdrawing to her

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

298

cliamber, gave vent to

Iier feelings in

so all'ected as to border on alarming

a year or two since she

own blood

her

and bitter

womanly

was on

relations,

realities

bitter tears,
It

illness.

and was

had been but

a visit to the officer's parents,

and the fond memory of the

past,

of the present, entirely overpowered her

sensibilities.

An old gentleman was sauntering along the

street, his mind

upon the present troubles, when he was brought to a
sudden halt in front of a Federal officer, with the remark
" Give me your hand, old friend how do you do V"
and
The old man gave but one look such a look

intent

placing both his hands beneath

liis

coat-tail, replied in

but emphatic words, " I don't know you,

Two

sir,"

simple

and on he passed.

splendidly uniformed officers Avere enjoying a ride in

our street

cars,

and "were greatly astonished to

find that al-

though they Averc frequently stopped by ladies, yet not one

had got in. This occurring so often, they at last inquired of
the driver

"

Sir, wliat is

the meaning of this

why

is it tliat

the

la-

dies never get in the cars?"

" Sirs," replied the driver, " you are Federal

ofiicers,

and

they don't exactly like your company."

Each officer stared at the other mute and grave astonisliment at last their risibilities could be contained no longer,
and they burst into a wild laugh. Their merriment in part
subsiding, one of them spoke

"

We

are not Federal but French ofiicers, are entirely too

gallant to deprive the ladies of their ride, and will therefore

retire."

And

suiting the action to the word, they left the cars

proceeded on their way on

of

human

foot,

and

meditating on " the course

events."

carriage

trict, Avhere,

was driven rapidly to a house

on stopping, a Federal

in the First Dis-

officer alighted

and

in-

quired for the house of a brother of au officer in the Coufed-

BEAUTY AXD BOOTY.

299

his directions

Xo one knew of course they did not. But

enabled him soon to suppose he was " at tlie

right door,"

He was

crate service.

slightly mistaken,

He

however.

en-

tered the yard of a house wherein resided a lady whose son

is

The

with General Beauregard.

at her door, sprang

from a

long confined, and rushing to the door

the officer's hand and arm.
apart,

whose husband

in

great alarm, seized

with the General, reached the

spot in very few bounds, and seized the officer

hand and arm.

" Wliat do you here? tell me of my son."
" What do you know of my husband ?
Quick, quick,

alive?

The officer stood

some say trembled

sir,

he might.

lie

he dead or

Gathering

and

self-posses-

am

does not live here, I wish to

He

Is

speak!"

" Ladies, for Heaven's sake,

your son or husband.

by the other

perfectly affrighted, turned pale,

well

sion at last, he spoke

had been

Another lady, but a few doors

also

is

who was

lady, on hearing

sick bed, Avhereon she

did not live there

let

me go

know nothing

looking for Mr.

know

and

if

of

he

it."

and he retired more suddenly than

came.

TUE DETERMINATION OF THE SOUTH

WAK.

We are delighted with

THE

PEOPLE AND THE

the displays of patriotism of which

our exchanges continue to bring us the evidences from

parts of the Confederacy.

The

all

contributions for the relief

of the soldiers, and the soldiers' families

the readiness to

endure all manner of privation and loss when necessary to

the indomitable spirit which cries never
resist the enemy
give up, and Avhich is but energized by disaster all show
;

Oiat the courage and resolution of our population are, if

possible more unbending and enthusiastic than when the war

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

300
upon us was

first

our

Our

endurance keep

clieerful

soldiers will be
is

u})oii us

ply.

Our

let

cities

Let those manifestations

coinmcnced.

abound more and more.

privations

full

may

increase

let

The wants of our

pace.

more numerous and urgent, now that winter

every dwelling be a workshop for their sup-

may be summoned let Fredericksburg be

They may be bombarded let glorious

quoted for answer.

Vicksburg be the animating examjile.

Our

soldiers in the field

or to cherish too liigldy.

it is

impossible to praise too

It is

that they are not soldiers from their love of

but from love of country.

much

one of their highest merits

Some

war and carnage,

of the most gentle-spirited

and modest youths of the land are among the bravest heroes
of the army.

They

all

long for

home and

its

sweets.

But,

obedient to the voice of duty and the instincts of manliness

and patriotism, they are braving the hardships and discomforts of a soldier's life and the perils of the terrible field of
battle, and they have won amid those bloody scenes a renown for courage tliat has drawn the praises of the world,
and will prove a heritage of imdying fame for their country.
A foreign ofiicer, who was at the siege of Lucknow, and
who has seen much of fighting and of fighting men, says

men

that the Confederate soldiers are the best

who

in the world.

nowhere but here

are raw troops seen to fight with the courage and efticiency
of veterans. Surely, if any stimulus w^as needed to prompt

Another,

Avas at Sebastopol, says that

towards our soldiers those deeds which an

inspires, it

and

in

is

abundantly furnished

in

aff'ectionate pride

their

noble

their pre-eminent fixme, worthily Avon in the

sj^rit

most

glorious of causes.

But, to the credit of the people,

the soldier

him
no day in
loves

he has

is

never forgotten.

truly and dearly.

Avhich he

left

is

it

can be truly said that

The homo

There

is,

Avhich he loves

perhaps, no lionr in

not in the thoughts of

all

those

whom

behind him, and whose prayers constantly ascend

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

301

fov his safe return.

It Avill be a clay of mutual transport
and joy when, tlie battles all fought and the grand victory
won, the broken families shall be reunited and bask in the
sunshine of peace. May the day soon come

Meanwhile

us

let

camp and

all, in

in council, in field

and

at fireside, continue the display of those qualities which, un-

der the blessing of Providence, have brought us safely to

We

the present stage of the war.

London

following from a

j^aper

the utmost confidence, was there

quoted on yesterday the

" Never,

known

so brave, so prudent, so devoted."

we

assert with

a people so heroic,

Superlative praise

We

must not fall below it now. We must not prove unworthy

of it. Rather let us, by new deeds of virtuous heroism and
new manifestations of prudent counsels and patriotic devotion,

add additional brightness to our present

stimulate each, and

road whose length

all

encourage

all,

as

flxmc.

Let each

we travel

the rough

we do not know, but whose end

APRIL

20, 18G4.

Three years ago to-day

We raised our hands to heaven.
And on the rolls of muster
Our names were thirty- seven
There were just a thousand bayonets.
And the swords were thirty-seven.
;

As we took the oath

With our

of ser\'ico

right hands raised to heaven.

Oh, 'twas a gallant day,

In

memory

That day

With
Shrill

still

adored.

of sun-bright nuptials

the musket and the sword

rang the

And beneath

fifes,

the bugles blared.

a cloudless heaven

Twinkled a thousand bayonets,

And the swords were thirty-seven.

is

certain.

! ;;

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

303

Of the thousand stalwart bayonets

Two hundred march to-day
Hundreds! lie in Virginia swamps,
And hundreds in Maryland clay

And

other hundreds, less happy, drag

Their shattered limbs around,

And envy
Of the

the deep, long, blessed sleep

holy ground.

battle-field's

For the swords

one

The remnant,

night, a

week

ago,

just eleven,

fathered around a banqueting board.

With

scats for thirty-seven

There were two limped in on crutches,

And two had each but a hand
To pour the wine and raise the cup
As we toasted, " Our flag and land !"

And

the

As

room seemed

filled

with wliispers

-we looked at the vacant seats,

And, with choking throats,

we pushed

aside

The rich, but mi tasted meats

Then in silence we brimmed our glasses.
As wo rose uji just eleven,
And bowed as we drank to the loved and
Who made us thirty-seven
;

the dead

L. V.

Private

5t7i,

Co. Bat. Waf<Jdnfjton Artillery

oflfew Orleans,

killed at Joncsboro, Ga., September, 1804.

" Dulco et

decorum

est pro patria inori."

With night had ceased the fearful

And naught was heard along the

struggle.
liiu-s

But the carriers' solemn tread,

As they bore to the surgeon's glittering knife
The wounded, or to the earth returned
Those Aviiom she claimed the dead.

BEAUTY AND BOOTY.

Aud among

Who

the latter a comrade dear,

in his country's cause

Facing the foe

A woman's

had

fallen

face,

but a

lion's heart,

lie had, like a warrior, in the breast

Received the blow.

And far away ou Georgia's soil

He awaits the last roll-call of

Ileaven

Calmly, without dread,

Whilst

And

the

o'er his

grave the birds are singing,

murmuring

Requiems

pines are softly chanting

for the dead.

THE END.

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