The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-30
An Unreported Incident Of the Secession
Programme.


An Unreported Incident Of the Secession
Programme.
4 we'll known merchant OF this city,
who was iD New Orleans on the day Lou
i>ians passed the secession ordinance, and
Who atncs ed the illumination in honor of
tbattfeasonable act, has related to Us, with
arcquest that we would suppress names,
the following racy incident, which alike IL
lustrates the tt aditonsry when q wousn
won't she won't characteristic of the
sex, and the fact that the Union peo-
PIE Of the South have, at this time, no
voice in the newspaper reports Of the dis
union section. 1t so happened, that on
the day of the illumination the captain of
Mississippi steamboat and his lady were
stopping at the St. Charles, and occupied
front room on the third hoor-the first
floor of chan bers-ezactly in the centre
OF the hotel, The Captain was a Union
msn, aDd-as the sequsl will show-so
was his wife AL the city was agitated
during the afternoon in prospect of the
grand gala night. The St. Charles was
to be illuminated, Of course. Accordingly
soue time during the afternoon servant
Knocked at the door of the captains room,
carrying all the necessary trappings for
lighting up the chamber windows. Mrs.
--- opened the door, when the follow
ing dialogue ensued:
Lady-What have you got thereI
Seryant-Candles, missus, to lie bit your
window for 90 Illumination.
L.-Well, you can return them to
SheFe you brought them from, as l shall
not allow them in this room.
S.-(Not to be foiled so easily, resum-
Cd Oh, but massa told me to put up de
lights aud SO Is got to Put em up
L.-Can't help that; this is my room,
aud shan't allow tue widows to be illu-
minated for what l an opposed to; SO
that ends it.
This closed the first sct. The servant
reported to the proprietors, who immedi-
ately proceeded to the lady's roon with
a yie8 Of convincing her of the import
ance of permitting the servant to make
ren5y for the grand evening light-up. Said
they, This room ia the most central in
the entire front, and not to illuminate it
will be to rar ser;ouzly the effect of the
whole" to which the la3y replied:
IL am sorry, gentlemen to cause you
any Inconvenience, but believe this room
for the tine being, is oura By right, aud
| most positively decline, in any, to add
ecldt to great outrage, as | conceive the
whole disunion movement to be. My
husband (Who was cut at the time) is q
Union nan, and | au a Union woman,
and this room cannot be Illuminated. y
4 few more words were exchanged. which
ended By the lady politely requesting the
proprietors to leave the roon. Deter
miued rot to be outdone in a matter of
such grave Importance. the Captain was
nezt found aud spPealed to. He heard
their ease: said bis wife had reported him
correctly Cd the Union question; neverthe-
less, be would 90 with them to the room
and see if the matter could not be AMIGA
bly, arranged. Scene third ensued. The
Captains disposition to yield was not
to te seconded by his better half
They next proposed to vacste the
best chamber in her favor, in some
other part of the house, if that would be
satisfactory, brt the lady's "No !" was
still as preremptory as ever. Her point
vas gained, oDd the ST. Charles was
doomed to have a dark from ehau Der.
Pleased with this triumph, Mrs. -
devised the following maD@gre to make
the most Of her victory :-SuOmoning
servant, she sent hin out to procure for
her an American flag. which, at dusk, she
suspended from hcr window This made
the fourth act 10 tue play. and as the fifth
is always Indispensable, i. had its place
here.-When evenipg came, the streets,
animated b. merry throng, Fere illumi-
mated, but, alas the ST. Charles vas dis
fSered by its sombre chamber, when sud.
denly succession of lamps, suspended
on both sides of the flag, revealing the
Stars and Stripes, were lit up. and the
ensign of the Union waved from the GEN.
tire of hotel illumined in honor Of its o.
verthroR The effect was to give The i'm
pTcssion that the whole house was thus
paying homage to the American flag; and
what Is most significant, is the fact that
the latter was greeted By the passing
crowd with vociferous applause. So
much for the frIuness of true Union
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