Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-04-19
An Unreported Incident.


Awell-known merchant of Philadelphia,
who was in New Orleans on the day Lou
isisna passed the Secession ordinance, and
who witnessed the illumination in honor
of that reasonable act, has related to us,
with . request that We would suppress
names the following racy incident, which
illustrates the fact that the Union people
Of the South Lave, at this time, no voice
in the newspaper reports of the disunion
section. 1t SO happened that on the day
of the illumination, the captain of Mis-
sissippi steamboat and his lady we're
stopping at the ST. Charles, and occupied
front room, on the third foor-the first
floor Of Enthusiastically in the centre
of the hotel. The captain was for Union,
and so was his wife. All the city was
sgitatcd in the afternoon in prospect of
the grand gala at night The St. Charles
was to be illuminated, of course. Accord
ingly, some time during the afternoon,
servant knocked at the door of the Cap
tain's room, carrying ell the necessary
trappings for lighting up the chamber
windows. Mrs. opened the door,
when the following dialogue ensued:
Lady. What have you got there!
Servant. Candles, Missus, 20 light your
windows for de Illumination.
L. Well, you can return them to where
you brought them from; l shall not allow
them in this room.
s. (Not to be foiled so easily, resumed }
Oh! bu. Massa told me to put up de
lights, and so Is got to put 'em up.
L. Can't help that: this is my room,
and shap's allow the windows to bc illu-
minated for what am opposed to; SO
that ends it.
This closed the first act. The servant
reported to the proprietors, who immedi-
ately proceeded to the lady's room, with o
view to convincing her Of the importance
of permitting the servant to make ready
for the grand evening light-up. Said
they, "Tbs room is the most central in
the entire front, and not to illuminate it
will be to mar seriously the effect of the
WHOLE" to which the lady replied:
81 am sorry, gentlemen, to cause you
any Inconvenience, but believe this
room for the time being is ours BY right,
and | must positively decline, in any way,
to add eclat to . great outrage, as l con-
ceive the whole disuuion movement to be.
My husband ise Union man, and | am q
Union woman, and this room can not be
illuminated"
A few more words we're exchanged,
which ended BY the lady politely request
ing the proprietors to leave her room.
Determined not to be outdone in a matter
of such grave Importance, the Captain
was next found and appealed to. He
heard their case; said his wife had report
ed him correctly on the Uuion question;
nevertheless, be would 60 with them to
see if the matter could be amicably ar
ranged.
Scene third ensued. The Captains
disposition to yield, was not to be secon-
ded BY bis better half. They next pro-
posed to vacate the best chamber in her
favor, in some other part Of the house, if
that would be satisfactory, but :be lady's
"No! was still as peremptory as ever.
Her point was gained, and the St. Charles
WAS doomed to have dark front chamber.
Pleased with this triumph, Mrs. --
devised the following maneuvre to make
the most of her victory: Sunmoning
servant, she sent him out to procure for
her an American flag, which, at dusk, she
suspended from her window.
This made the fourth act in the play,
and as the eth is always indispensable, it
had its place. When evening came, the
streets, animated by merry thropg, we're
but, alas the ST. Charles
was dis6gured by its sombre chambre,
when suddenly succession of lamps, sus-
pended on both sides Of the flag, revealing
the Stars and Stripes, were lit up, and
the ensign Of the Union waved from the
centre of hotel illuminated in honor Of
Its overthrow The effect was, to give
she impression that the whole house was
thus paying homage to the American flag;
and, what is mos. significant, is the fact
that the latter was greeted BY the passing
crowd With vociferOus applause! So much
for the frmness Of q true Union woman.
Good Behavior of an Oil Well.
The Titusville Gazette gives the follow
ing account Of an oil we'll at Rouseville.
i, belongs to Curtis aud Hickok: "Tbis
we'll is 102 feet deep. Its largest oil