The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-06-01
Current Events

tire AFTERNOONS. Nv t'""AAN'
South. have not vet, been gratified or hor-
riGcd by collision in which forty OF NIFTY
thousand men in the aggregate, were des-
troycd for some special purposes Of strate-
,,v. or what not. We have, however, news
from the New Orleans papers, to 'hc effect
that there has occurred small squabble
in which about 600 Yankees and other
foreigners were killed and some so or 90
Of our troops put hers Or cOmbdt. HIS OF
course unless there are some near and dear
relations and bosom friends Interested will |
only create momentary excitement Old
Abe will probably push his hands little
deeper into his pantuloons pockets upon
receipt Of the news and in juggling his
"copprrs7 curse the Confederacy-Jeff
Davis and the balance Of mankind, and
sneak under the coat tails of old Fuss and
Feathers; but otherwise the world will
wag on as usual, and leave us awaiting
and anxious for the future.
We have watched with no little anxiety
the indications of favor or preference, OF
foreign nations, in this contest and AZ yet
we can gather little. The Organ OF all
the patriotism, has been filed tor couple
of weeks, with the twaddle of a stray I'm
glishman, but the bearing of his ideas OF
men and things, wars, and the future des-
tiny of the land are probably as correct and
reliable as if the aforesaid Johnny Bull OF
the Democrats intense admiration, had
been raised in The cotton growing business,
eating mean time, picked pork and corn
bread, instead of feeding upon roast beef,
and pudding, and playing the subserrient
to some royal gentleman. Mr.. Russcl''
letters are probably gotten up for the sub
scribers of the Times to cape over, without
his possibly having any more knowledge
of the real condition of things than w
=, have, here in our country, from the mani
II festations from ahroud. We have rs W
i soid. watched the tone and character O
- transatlantic sentiment and a. yet we So
+ nothing indicating any decided policy /
8, this fuss Of ours. The Great Bear seem
d TO be reposing,--with jaws extended, II
r, doubt, careless for the time being, but read
II to hug and cary of any advantage whic
S, may accidentally accrue from the QUAR-
rs berwccn "ncar AID dear relatives Spai
is has made manifestations of keeping Ii
no tie better lookout for her interests in Il
Oh Gulf; Mexico is as badly split up al
in down, as we are. louis Napoleon h
We done nothing in favor Of "thc intense Ma
i'll seillqise" popularity on this continent, T.
te, seems to be quietly attending to his oy
IN business, yet very possibly as he twil
ls his roval moustache. of an evening he mi
'or throw now and then, a very self-su6icc
lat glance towards us and our affairs, and
en- n good grin" signify that for the INN
zen date time being he will put no craw II
the claws upon the troubled iamily's donna
her As for the very modest Old gentlem'
'us anti-graspug and content within his o
Fad domains-J. Bull, Esq, he is looking o.
in the blue sea, towards us calmly dignii
.. with an evident satisfaction nIat
"rrbes"--as old Abe calls us, and As
,. are y. regarded by the "board of the
'''' pervis Us" of the worlds affairs, are
'''' their plehian foolcry fixing the tn
e"- for his nav. We have had growl fl
~ the old lion at New Orleans, in REGARD
~ the stopping Of the vessels at the mo
wv y" of the Mississippi, loaded with
W ton, and outward bound, but upon
'" whole the venerable old beast has not
" a wrinkle, twist or twinge Of visagc, 81
- sign MS to the portion Of this little co
ncnt which he wishes to put his We
wv paw upon. From the debates in Poi
$3.50. ment however, we think that the fee
r,o, prevails in favor ofkceping the cotton b
,Lo ness existing between "Bull' and
,4h Southern self, alone. Abraham and
len animal in question, will ~ trust, get
vice some difiiculty,g4Sout this matter of pa
the bIockaGes, in which event we hope
~. -, ne paw of the lion pressed lovingly ar
,i,d the throat of the Black Republican
, tbc may strange him, to our advantage.
ri, thing is certain-the South il united
cou resolved to carry out her views in re
Serve. to her own peculiar institutions; and
,u.d rs she now is, al independent Rep"b
ot 20 Government.
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