New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-22

There is no occasion for any very lengthy report
Of what took place in this city yesterday. The
event was one which absorbed the attention of the
entire city, for it was not only interesting, but i'm
| portant and portentous.
| 1t was nothing more nor less than the unfurling
to the breeze of the Pelican Flag-the new flag Of
| Independent Louisiana.
| brief announcement in two or three of the
| morning papers that the Pelican Flag would be
| spread to the breeze at MONDAY, from the Head
| quarters of the Southern Rights Association, No.
| rs Camp street, Gust above the Crescent offce)
| had the effect of filling the street long before
4 hour named. @
From the central window Of the second story of
the building obtruded board, on which was a
bust of John G. Calhoun, begirt with blue ribbon
and the cockade Of Independent South Carolina.
This attracted much attention, and contributed not
little to warm the feeling Of the multitude long
before the hour arrived for unfurling the Flag of
Independent Louisiana.
At IL o'clock, Camp street was densely jammed.
We may here state that the crowd was of re-
spectacle and highly important character; it was
one of those multitudes which cannot assemble at
midday without very extensive suspension Of the
heavy business Of the city; it conspicuous not
only for its genteel appearance and demeanor, but
: for the wealth and business status of the grea,
part OF it.
The solitary telegraphic tap on the bells indica
( tive of MONDAY, had hardly died away, when from
! an upper window of No. 76 Camp street. white
flag shot out upon mast previously prepal 3D. ani
gracefully spread itself out on the warm Soutl
breeze which was blowing, disclosing in its center
large red star, in the center of which star wa
! rno
her young.
The heads of the whole multitude uncovered a
this first sight of the flag Of Independent Louis
ana; and the cheers and huzzas that arose, we cal
n liken only to the roar of the sea in gale
As the flag came out, and as the people shouted
e a brass band in the street greeted it with tina
y stirring air which recent events have made SO POP
ular in the South the Marseillaise.' AT the sam
" moment the Washington Artillery at the foot o
Canal street, let forth laundering jubilee salut
$ Of one hundred guns.
An incident which aroused renewed enthusiasm
1t was this; AS the flag came ont on its mast, the su
IF was behind one of the white clouds which wer
ieeting by. The flag had hardly unfurled itself an
e spread itself out on the breeze, when the sur
2, emerging from the eopd, shone vertically throug
it, rendering it as bright and transparent as
bridal veil. The flag with its scarlet star pctur
IL floaed nearly horizontally just at the moment th
III the sunshine fell upon it; the suddenness al
Us beauty of the display struck ALL and the effect
is well expressed in the still more lusty roar
Is cheering which followed.
i Speakers were called for, and the call was Al
le swered. Gen. W. R. Miles, Mr.. Daniel E. Adam
Ks Mr.. W. G. c. Claiborne, Mr.. H. Il. Chalmers, NJ
g. ]. o. Nixon, Mr.. B. S. Tappan, DR.. Austin AZ
Mr.. H. ]. Leoyy eight in all, made brief but fel
Id and stirring speeches, in less than an hour and
ae half.
y, Each speaker was forcibe and eloquent aecor
ne ing to his style,r but the same sentiment was e
as pressed by all the long forbearance of the Sout
ed under Northern aggression; the right and duty
Ks the South TO stand to her rights and to do it no
5" or never by seeking that equality out of the uno
of which she has been deprived in it and the du
to ofevery citizen standing to the flag Of Independe
ID Louisiana, though fire and blood be the ordeal.
he The different speeches were uproarously a
aie plauded by the multitude, with, here and thel
IA such Interruptions as 6 We Wilt aWe won't
NJ "Yes!n Noii' "Never!n "To the death
his ETC., according to the propositions questions
" the speakers.
nd When the eighth speaker concluded, the mu
nd tade refused to leave, SO anxious were they
es hear more. But, as most of the speakers had s.
y, ~ "action was now the thing, "appea u and
be. gumenth with the North being exhausted forey
in the multitude gradually dispersed, and allowed
Ge, omnibuses and other vehicles to pass through
p street, as before. In every point of view the me
ing was astonishing, in such city as this, held
md it was at MONDAY, and in the middle of such ru
th, ing business thoroughfare as Camp street.
A. Before the meeting over dispatches arriv
ap- announcing South Cardinals final and formal II
on, fcation of the ordinance of secession from
'ad North American Union.
er At 2 o'clock, the Washington Artillery fred
in guns more at the foot of Poydras street. and at
be same time the Orleans Artillery fred 100 guns
eel the foot of Canal street. Three hundred guns
all, for Independent South Carolina and for In
TX; pendent Louisiana, the independence of the at
Rob State to be ratified in Convention next month.
er. It was event which stirred the city eve
ck- where. The number of men wearing blue roset
ap- and badges was astonishing yet these were
more than one-t third of those who intend to V
ST for secession. M
ont Last night the Pelican flag coquetted gaily
ies tween the breeze and the moonlight; and ther
to will continue to wave, defyng all sorts of weatl
of until il shall in State Convention be formally
nal fed and confirmed as the flag Of Independent
he isiana.
ust @-az TALK ON CHANGE.
-. The movements on the flags yesterday ope