Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-04-05
OonrmNl aItn AtateanIam.
Friday Morning, April s 1861.
AN UNREPORTED INCIDENT IN THE Sc
CESSION PROGRAMME.

0EHpluN IhOuhAmhlEs
A well known merchant Of this city, says the
Philadelphia Pres, who was in New Orleans on
the day Louisiana passed the Secession ordi
nance. and who witnessed the illumination i'll
honor Of that reasonable net, has related to us,
with a request thnt we would suppress names,
the following racy incident, which alike illus
tratcs the tradilonary "when woman wont,
she wont" characteristics 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. II happened that on the day
OF the illumination the onptain of a Mississippi
steamboat and his lady were stopping Mt the St.
Charles, nnd occupied front room, on the third
floor-thc first floor Of enthusiastically in the
centre of the hotel The captain was Union
man, and-a4 the sequel will show-so was his
wife. All the city was ngtated during the af-
iernoou in prospect OF the grand gala night
Tho 81. Charles was TO be Illuminated, of course
Accordingly, some 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 following dialogue
ensued
Lady. What have you got therei
Servant, Candles. Misses, to light your win
dows for dc Illumination.
L. Wei, You can return them TO where you
brought them from, ns | shall not allow them in
this room.
s. mot TO he foiled 80 easily. resumed. y
Oh but inassA told me to put up de lights and
so rs got to put em up.
l.. Can't help that; this is my room, and |
shan't allow the windows to be Illuminated for
what Inn opposed to 80 that ends it,
This closed the fist act. The servant report
Ell to the proprietor, WIN Immediately proceed
cd 10 the ady's room with view to convincing
her of the Importance of permitting the servaut
to make ready for the grand evening ight-up
Said they, 'This room is the most central in the
entire 'front.' and not to illuminate il will be to
mar seriously the effect of the whole" to which
the lady replied;
al am sorry, pontl, men, to cause you any in
convenience, but believe this room for the time
being is ours by right, aud | must positively
decline, in any way, to add eclat to great
outrage, as | conceive the whole disunion move
ment to hr. My husband (who was out at the
time) il Union man, and am q Union woman,
and his rom cannot he Illuminated" A few
more words were exchanged, which ended by
TIE lady politely requesting the propreters to
leave her room. Determined not to he outdone
in matter of such grave importance, the captain
was next found and appealed to. lie heard
their case snid his wife had reported him COT
rectly on the Union question, nevertheless, he
would 90 with them to the room and see II the
matter could be amicably arranged. Scene third
ensued. The captains disposition to yield was
not to be seconded by bis better half. They
noxt proposed to vaoate the best chamber in her
favor, in some other part Of the house, if that
would be satisfactory, but the lady's mo !" was
still as peremptory Ms ever. Her point was
gained, and the ST. Charles was doomed 10 have
u dark front chamber
Pleased with this triumph, Mrs. - devised
the following man~uyre to make the most Of
her victory Summoning Il servant, sue sent him
out to procure for her an American flag, which,
ut dusk, she suspended from her window. This
made the fourth act in tho play. md the fifth
is always indispensable, it had its place here.
When evening CANT, the streets, animated by Il
merry irong, were illuminated, but, alas the
ST. Charles was disfgured by sOmbre cham
Der, wheu suddenly succession of lamps, sus-
pended en- buin des Of the flag, revealing the
stars and stripes were lit up, aud the ensign Of
tie Lnion waved from the centre of hotel
Illuminated in liuuor of its overthrow | The
effect was to give the impression that the whole
house was thus paying homage to the American
flag aud what Is most significant, is the fact
that tho latter was greeted by tho passing crowd
with vocilcrous applause. Su much for the
1rluuess of "a true Union woman.