Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-12-19
Extracts Prom q Letter From New

Orleans.
NEw ORLEANS, Nov. %, 1862.
DEAR Folks At lloNE: Its Thank.giv.
ing day here. hut how didsren, here IRON
what u WIS at home. Our dinner consists
OF fresh beef soup. or what We call swsgan.
The weather =. ,,ili mildh gathered DO.
quet OF beautiful nowers yesterday. Some
Of the soldiers who have attempted to conh''
cate property on their own accord. have
been sen, TO For, Jackson. by Judge Bell.
to spend SIX months. and wear tho ball and
chain.
e I attended q Catholic marv,in: service
the other day. I, ~as the most imposing
ceremony I ever witnessed To attempt TO
describe i, would DO useless. Their display
Of lights. the chanting and the organ. quit"
bc~ildcrcd the. Ny eyes aehed for two
hours afterwards. Such ceremonies mus.
tell strongly on the minds OF the ignorant
and .upcr,,i'lous.
have frequently attended tho negro re-
ligiou. meetings do no, believe they un'
dcrs,and one ball Of what they say. u,
seem. o. though they talk from Inspiration.
They will ,xpound the Scriptures IN q mus!
singular manner. and thu longer they talk,
tho more singular they appear. Some Of
them would talk NIL nigh, II the presiding
man would let them Tor At such meetings
they choose ono OF their numh,r 20 preside.
generally ono iha, they consider mos, lucid
IN explaining some OF tho harder passages
IN tho Bible. 81 excited will they get. that
they will all b, talking and praying a, once.
when suddenly they will all sink on TO their
knees. and everything will DO painfully 81
lent, oncc in while \ sob or an amcn
will be beard. then with q loud " Glory 10
Cod" they will all arise. and with pray.
cr aud singing, di'rer's.
Tho csmc,cris. here arc splendid NJ
pain. are .parcd 10 make ihem look hean'i-
iul, Several men arc constantly employed
in them. They lack IN ono thing. and thai!
i. their inscriptions. They arc all Of the
same class. Once IT. while you will SEQ
soma pretty thing One was. " Mother, y
another. " Bonnie. I, wa, Gods will. !"
and .ull another. Dear. Dear Father. Il,
va. God. will. and No will not mourn. .
The spelling !. miserable A line Of poetry
would commence with small letter, and
the name Ut person IN the same way.
have been on guard du,y a, the upper
part OF the city. over ono Of the many
house. that Gen Bu;lcr i. cpnG.cating. IL
Is, splendid residence. and richly furnish.
ell. The owner !. In the interior OF the
State. and "a. engaged IN burning cotton
when our Gee, arrived. Ill. vile still 70.
mAin-. and ahou, tho only real lady IN
the city. had order. 10 allow no one IN.
eide. Two ladies. At l,Ast - they called
Themselves. came along. notified them
,ha, they could no, enter. They aid II |
wa. afraid they would steal anything, thA,
might ~ with them into the rooms. !
told them as they had becn talking Of tic ac-
eompli.hmcn,- o, southern ladies. that u
va, considered an accomplishment, for q
southern gentleman 10 steal. hu, whether
tie Iadic. considered 10 90. did no, know
After relieving themselves OF sonc pretty
harl language in rrcNd TO Gen. Butler.
and the Yankee. in particular. they -taried
% enter the house. without az much as .ay.
ing. "by your leave" stepped IN front
o, them. and IN no pleasant tone ordered
them TO step back they again ihrowei out
something about tho Yankees, and .aid tina,
nigh, 20 with them. SIMPLY remarked
'ha, p.ol,G my company. and with a
good morning. ladies'. shut the door IN
their face. tn. will give you good idea
OF the state of feeling hero. Within, was
reminded Of homo. shali never hear
another instrument that will sound half so
swee, n. tha, dear old melOdcon az hcms.
How | should Ike to hear 5 play 4" The
Chiid's Wish" The Young lady OF the
house played /, on her piano. She played
i, a.. a farewell to the instrument. i. was
a touching sigh, To -cs her who had lived
there from childhood. 90 DO driven FROM
home fov the sin. OF her father. l. seemed
ru'y hard. Your son, Tux MAJOR