The weekly Butte record., 1861-04-06
Southern Items.

The New Orleans Crescent, of late date,
says:
The wife of the Southern President, Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, arrived in this city few days
ago on her way to join her husband at Mont
oomery. She is still here, having concluded
to stop few days at the residence OF her Ia
ther. Major Howell. On Saturday night, not
witbstanding the rain, the Louisiana Guards 5
battalion. under Major Todd, turned out and
visited the lady. and complimented her with
military serenade. Mrs. Davis appeared, and
returned, in few appropriate words, her
thanks for the honor paid to her husband ID
this manner ; and when she concluded she pre-
sented to the soldiers beautiful bouquet, with
ribbon streamers of red, white, blue and yellow,
the colors of the flag of Louisiana.
A palmetto flag was displayed, in conjunc-
tion with the State flag of Virginia, at Ports.
mouth, on Monday. Objections being first
made to the State flag being used in such a
connection it was taken down, and public SEN
timent becoming excited against the exhibition
of the palmetto banner, threats were made to
tear it down, when the party by whom it was
raised in order to avoid a serious difficulty,
involving his friends also, who had sworn to
resist the threatened attempt, wisely withdrew
the obnoxious bunting.
The orchestra of the ST. Charles Theatre.
New Orleans, were reckless, or indiscreet
enough on the night Of the I'd instant, to give
at different intervals of the performance several
patriotic old airs, Yankee Doodle included
all of which were vociferously applauded. AT
length they struck up the dear, and now thrill
lingly suggestive strain of The Star Span
gled Banner"
The same paper says:
1t is not without reason the faithful Democ-
racy of Louisiana are daily more and more de-
plorng the success of the nefarious schemes of
unprncpled office-holders and corrupt polit-
clans, who, through the juggles of a Conven-
tion, deliberately and faithlessly disregard the
popular wish and attach the State to the car
of the provisional abortion at Montgomery
Already the mutterings of the distant thunder
are making themselves distinctly heard and it
is not in Louisiana alone, but in all the other
States precipitated blindly into revolution, as
well, that discomfort, disappointment and dis
gust are everywhere expressed loudly and in
telligbly. Even in the Lyceum Hall congre-
cation which daily dminishes in numbers, the
precipitators themselves begin to see the ig
norance, folly and presumptuous arrogation Of
power of the PROFESSIONALS at Montgomery, who,
having assumed to themselves the right of dis
tributing all the offices amongst themselves
and their retainers, are now as ready as the
free State monopoists to impose upon the peo-
pile all these grievances redress of which
they fraudulently allege as reasons sufficient
for the destruction of a great Government and
the overthrow of republican institutions.
| We knew it would not be long before the
instructive sagacity of the people would sane
tion and approve the warnings we have per-
sistently addressed to them; we knew they
would not allow themselves to be duped for
any great period of time, and while determined
to exact every right recognized as just and
honorable which the free States denied or
withheld, they were also resolved hot to per-
nit their liberties to be sacrificed, their prop
erty wasted, or themselves made the mock and
jeer of every intelligent community. We have
differed in the past as we still differ from the
conscientious consistent opponents of the
Union, because we agree with one of the abest
and boldest of them-Spratt, of South Caroli-
na-in holding that a separate Southern Gov
ernment such rs they desiderate is utterly in
compatible with democratic institutions. That
gentleman like all others of his school, clearly
comprehends and honestly and frankly main
taius the incompatbility of slavery Confede-
ration with equality of citizenship, which we
agree with him in believing consequently, he
is as disappointed and disguised as we or
others of our creed can be at the pitiabe ex-
hibItion made by the Office hunting and power
getting imbeciles at Montgomery, who, self
aggrandized, stupidity believe the people will
allow them to dominate over them and dispose
Of their lives, their fortunes and their honors
as their cupidity, their thirst of Office or their
silly ambition may inspire.
The honest nulHfers of South Carolina and
other States are beginning to get very sick of
their selfconsttuted masters for while the
latter are violating every principle cherished
as sacred by the former, they are also allying
themselves with the hybrids of every faction to
secure to themselves a continuance of the pla-
ces they have usurped. 1t is the eleventh hour
men of disunion-your Memmingers, your
Cobbs, your Tcombses, your Yale and Hou-
mas Benjamins-that are now brought forth
to carry out the programme made last summer
at Charleston, where the disappointed agreed
to break up the Government they found they
could no longer control, and establish another,
which would constitute them permanent mas
tiers Of the situations. 1t is clear
that there are two parties badly deceived by
what has taken place, namely: the legitimate
and consistent disunionist, who believed that
in the overthrow of the Union was the only
hope of the South and the unrefecting Demo-
crat, who unwisely shut his eyes to the medita-
ted war upon his political rights and equality,
which the authors of our political trouble
steadily contemplated and are now trying to
| consummate. From all sides however, en-
couraging tidngs of the awakening of the peo-
pie reach us, and our confidence daily increases
that come what may, democratic republicanism
can not be overthrown by any conspiracy
against if.
The st. Louis Morning Herald keeps flying
above its editorial columns For President