The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-04-11
An CnrepOrtcd Incidemt i'm the Secession
Programme.
from Fornes's Press, J

G FROM ForncSs Press.
A WE'LL known merchant of this city.
who was in New Orleans on the day
Louisiana passed the Secession ordin-
ance, and who witnessed the illumination
in honor OF that reasonable act, has re-
lated to us, with request that We would
suppress names, the following racy incl
dent, which illustrates the traditionary
saying "when woman wont, she won't
characteristic Of the sex, and the fact
that the Union people of the South have,
at this time, no voice in the newspaper
reports of the disunion section. 1t so
happened that on the day Of the illumin-
alton the captain of Mississippi steam.
boat and his lady were stopping at the
St. Charles. and occupied a front room,
on the third foor--the first floor Of
chambers-exac'ly in the centre Of the
hotel The captain was Union man,
aud-as the sequel will show-so was his
wife. All the city was agitated during
the afternoon in prospect of the grand
gala night The st. Charles was to be
illuminated, Of course. Accordingly,
somc time during the afternoon a ser.
want Knocked at the door Of the captains
room. carrying all tho necessary trap
pings for lighting up the chamber win
dovs. Mrs. - opened the door when
he following dialogue ensucd:
Lady. What have you got there
Servant. Candles, Misses, to light
your room for de Illumination.
l. Well, you can return them to
where you brought them from, as shall
not allow them in this room.
S. mot to be folcd so easily, rcsum-
ed Oh. but massa told me to put up
de lights, and so Is got to put EN- up.
j.. Can't help that this is my room,
and | shan't allow the windows to be
illuminated for what am opposed to
50 that ends it,
This closed the first act. The servant
reported to the proprietors, who imme.
diately proceeded to the lady room with
view Of convincing her of the import
ance of permitting the servant to make
ready for the grand evening Ii cht.up.
Said they, "This room is the most cen.
trail in the entire front, and not to illum-
mate it will be to mar seriously the effect
of the WHOLE to which the lady replied:
I" am sorry, gentlemen, to cause you
any Inconvenience, but l believe this
room for the time being is ours by right,
and must positively decline, in any
way, to add cclat to great outrage, as |
conceive the whole disunion movement
to be. My husband who was out at the
time) is Union man, and am Union
woman, and this room cannot be illum-
mated \ few more words were cx-
changed, which ended by the lady po
litely requesting the proprietors to leave
her room Determined net TO be outdonc
in a matter Of such grave Importance.
the captain was next found and appealed
70. lie heard their case said his wife
had reported him correctly on the Union
question, nevertheless, he would 90 with
them to the room aud see if the matter
could be amicably arranged. Scene third
ensucI. The captains disposition to
yield was not to be seconded by his bet
ter half. They next proposed to vacate
WV DSoI ShdulcSl III Hti IhNpFJ III some
other part ofthe house, If that would be
satisfactory, bu: the lady's "No' was
still as neremptory SIS ever. Her point
was gained, and thu st. Charles was
doomed to have dark front chamber.
Pleased with this triumph, Mrs. -
devised the following manpuvrc to make
the most of her victory. Summoning a
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 fifth il always indispensable, it had
il place here. When evening came, the
streets, animated by merry throng,
were illuminated, but ala. the s. Charles
was disfgurcd by its sonbre chambnr,
when suddenly succession "f lamps,
suspended on both sides Of the hag, Ic-
vealing the stars and stripes, were lit up,
and the ensign Of the Union waved frou
the centre Of hotel illuminated in honor
Of its overthrow. The effect was. to
give the impression that the whole house
was thus paying homage to the Amer
can flag; and what is more significant. is
Tie fact that the latter was greeted by
the passing crowd with vovi!crous ap-
p'auso 50 much for tie flrmness If a
true Union woman