The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-07-31
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
pr IN the y Y. World, June 5thl
Secesh-Taming as a Fine Art.


War. like nearly every other sort Of human
experience, has ITS cOmical side. Old Ben But
Ter management Of New Orleans l. a. good is
u play While nothing could BE- more earnest
and effective, there l. Yet a spice Of huInpr i'm il,
u certain apt Righteousness III turning the tables,
that must make even Its victims smile while they
WIncr- IL will be remembered that IL wH- the
New OrlednAI=e who gave the general his souJri-
guet ut - PIcayun- Butlvr"-trat being tine we'll
known appellatiye uI the cJ.Dred barber in the
basement vi the St. Charles. The fuurpence ha'-
penny epithet Of Course implied how very cheap
they held the Commander Ut Ship Island and the
little si1-by-nIne sheets of that quarter Of Dixie
were never tired OF rIttlIng the disdainiul little
nickname. lame wears ON. One night, thun-
der - heard down the riyer-Lwiul thunder.
Lowell the warrior listens, girds on his sword,
and skedaddles. Tine next day COMES the typhopn
Ut gunbUIts. Monroe the mayor behDld-, mounts
his high horse, blows the faniIrrUnIdc, and
knocks uadcr- An evening or TWO bring, another
sight y boat heads up u the levee, and heavy
pLTtDUns march up the street with Il fife and
drum, playing what had long been the layorite
air uf the fdcetIuus Xix, = PicIyune Buffers come
10 town" IL proved 50. The tOurpence Ina pen
ny general was actually ON the ground. He Was
u regulate them. However, twas nobody but
Piclyune, and, as the philu.uphic TuOts remark
ed, :" twas ut no consequence Well, what
came Of IL?
The Yankee General fesched up at the St.
Charles. Twas empty and barred. Where Was
tAt 46l4lJEu : Ou. " bOuSE ulu~l ne Opened
Impossible IL shall be- forced. Well. here are
the keys. 81 the fret thing was u show he could
Keep - hotel. Next he sends word u the mayor
that ne must SEE him ut his pIrlor. Back comes
word that his honor doe, business AT the City
Hall. Straight goes i p-remptUry message by an
orderly, and Mayor Monroe and u whole bcyy Of
dignItaries make their appearance hats in hand.
The hOrel-kecIer 10 induced 10 draw IL mild, and
arrGnges that the civil government uf the city
shall Remain IN their hands ON tine condition that
Ill fl. H. .-V -. - -I.III l. -
fully performed. For u little while matters 20
ON smoothly. But il SOON bcclIne apparent that
che streets were neglected., as ii On IuTpuse To in
wife Yellow Jack To come and make short work
oi the - liessIans.' y sharp word goes from the
1T. Charles 10 the City Hall To start the hoes,
and. ut - jump, the hoes were started. But il
went against the grain. The aldermen could not
sleep y nights. Yellow jack out Ui the question.
they thought they would try Ia belle France. 81
they passed II resolution rendering the officers Of
the French irigate CdtHet the freedom and hos
FATALITIES of the city. Up comes word from the
II. Charles that this sOIt OF thing don't answer
that 1.-THE Freedom Oi q captured city by the
captives would merit letters patent for its novelty,
were there not doubts Ut Its usefulness as an in
ventiun," and that the tender of inequalities by
q government to- which police duties and sanitary
regulations only are Intrust.d l. simply AN invita-
ton to the callboose OF the hospital. The women
bride up They ARE not content with leaving
our quiet soldiers to themselves, but must needs
insult and abuse them. The general determines
that this unienIinine practice. so PROVOCATIVE; of
Ill blood, shall stop. Tie proclaims that all W.
men guilty of IT shall be treated as disurderly
women Thereupun Mayor Monroe steps again
upon the scene, and IL = chief magistrate OF this
city. chargeIble with It's peace and dignity
protests against an order "su extraordinary and
astonishing" The immediate reply is that
- John l.. Monroe. late mayor of the city of New
Orleans, il relieved from all responsibility for the
peace ut the city, and committed u For jackson
until further orders" Strlightway tire mayor
hurries down 10 the St. Charles, and makes u
written retrIctIon, To wit: This cummunicI-
tIOn having been sent under = mistake of fact,
and being improper in language, | desire t. apnlo-
gize for the slime, and u Withdraw it." The
II accepted, and the mayor rrtires but
on the next day, having been taken u task 10y
his clique. he again presents himself. with several
hackers, To get a modification of the order about
che women, or To- take back his apology. lie
receives the reply that Il modification is impoSsi-
Bile, and with IL an argumer, from the good
natured general showing Its Iropriery and neces-
sity. The mayor bows. convinced, and leaves.
Two days afterwards again ne comes down with
his friends and Insists upon having hack the
apology. The general hands il hack, and. At the
same moment, gives an order committing the
whole set To Fort Jackson, and there they now
Mine host of TIE St. Charles, like a
true landlord, makes no distinction of national
tiles. The - British Guard" made up Of born
subjects Of Queen Victoria, A. Il part of the
foreign 'gipn which kept the peace of the city,
after Lovell'S leap from it, On diSbandius sent
their arms and equipments % Beauregard' : army.
Gen Butler hears of it. and orders the members
of the company who were guilty of this breach
of neutrality To leave the city within twenty-four
hours. The British consul protests. He Il an
swcred These people thought it of sOnse-
quence that BeauregIrd should have sixty more
uniforms and rifles. | thought It Of the same
that he should have sixty more of
these faithless men, who may fill them If they
choose - and her maJ-Stys fuEctinnary makes
nothing by his motion. The consul of the Neither
lands secretes in his vaults "a large amount of
confederate specie. The general aids make their
appearance, and demand the keys to the vault.
The consul protests against the invasion of his
consulate. and refuses o. give the KEYS. Hi per-
sun Is seized and searched, the keys are taken
from him, the vault is opened. Il hundred and
sixty kegs of specie are discovered, and removed.
The Consul sends 4 vehement protest To the gene
raj, and IN reply II told no person can exceed
me in the respect I shall pay u the flags OF all
nations and To- the consulate authority, even
while ! do not recognize many claims made under
them but | wish IL most distinctly understood
that, IN order 10 be respected. the consul, his
Office, and the use of his fIg must each and all
BE- respected" The irlte official. and 4 dozen
others Of the same grade from different nations
who unite with him in the protest. don't succeed
in getting the slightest apology OF satisfaction.
The secesh of New Orleans have found in this
picayune something they did not count on. and
are fast revising their ideas Of Yankee small coin.