Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-05
Correspond .nee Of tss eazasts.

NE" LEAN SAA- - 1919 r
MR. THOMSON: Yesterday was q gala day
IN the Crescent city. The glorious eighth
Of January has not grown triTia! enongl TO
pass without a fitting observance BY the Eood
patriots Of the South. None s4ge th..se
-despiceole Yankees" were cold bIood-ti
and sordid enough to remain in ,..eir co.It-
lighthouses on THIS remarkable anniversary.
Some light cannonadiug on the preceding
evening announced the coming Of the day
when the city was under martial law, ami is
warehouses burst open 10 furnish Ia ,fsr,aI
for the defense of the jewel of the S,ath;
and when, under the Command of The man
Of iron will, a iinie banj Of raw militia
routed a powerful British army.
The day was pleasantly cool. In the.
forenoon the variors military companies,
dressed in finest costume, appeared in thr
public squares. The Governor AMI other
high officers CT the State assaned ca:lanatlJ.
All who re;aain OF those engaged in the
battle, took pride in appearing in rabljc.
They are not many, however, AMI their
sallow faces AMI gray huirs pracl,itn Shit
this day eanno, BE- theirs many more times
A company of abou; two Dozen negrots via
sesyed in the battle. took ~nurifesi pride in
s1eir privilege of appearing in ths irappipgs
Of war.
The review on Canal street was a splet-
did spectacle. On arriving at the two cl.iti
squares they were s4lnted with heavy can
nouading. Thus wiki the msst inspirHlng
music playing, SEVERAL hours passed. Then
the old veterans retired 10 the St. Louis
hotel, where all of the good things Of tlls
life were iii sparkling abundance. Thsrr
the generous laugh, the Ugh, 'k4 AMI tbs
Yuddy juice, to the measure Of patriotic
music, went ga;ly around.
The night was cdnsecrated to masqned
bulls, Partisan suppers. and, in fl Inc, to ev-
erything which drives the fogs Of life away.
Very little speaking took place. A
southern population are stupid enough not
to fancy long-winjed TRADES OH patriotism
or on any other subject-their sermons must
be short. They prefer, to tho ideal, the
more palpable, the auditory aud gussatory
pleasures.
On the morn of the 9Th / should observe
thar TIE Deums were sung in most of the
churches.
New Orleans at present Is quite active.
The levee is crowded with ships and steam,
ere, and covered with heavy imports.
The river is quite well up. and rolls on
ntjestically to the Gulf; it is blackly muddy
and is full OF heavy driftwood. Being nearly
level with the streets, TIE steamers al Q
abort distance seem to be but a continuation
of the city. At five O'clock the departure
Of from twenty to thirty steamer forms g
splendid spectacle. For several miles there
il usually some close running, and when
they are fairly under way their smoke rests
like a dense black thunder. cloud over the
upper part of the city.
The health of the city is 6ne; none are
sick save THAT wfctctfed class of unemployed
strangers, of whom we have many hundred.
who lounge in drinking houses in the day
and sleep in the street, at door-steps, o.
wherever they can at night. Dozens o
these apply every night for lodging in his
public lock-ups.
The weather of the winter thus far ha
heen a tissue of dri. z ing days, windy days
and patches of glorious sunshine.
Very truly, ]. P. LACROTX.