The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
The Female secesh of New Orleans.


There are some people, even here at the
North, who are disposed to look upon Gen
eral Butler as an ogre and beast-a per-
son lost to all the decencies of society. be-
cause he has found it necessary to issue
stringent regulations with regard TO the
conduct of the people of New Orleans
men and woman. He has even aconjred
a European reputation for ferocity. and
Governor MOorehead of Kentucky, in his
late speech to the ''Southem Club" If
Liverpool, denounced him in the most wild
and crazy terms. Governor Moorehead
knows, though some others do not, what,
sort Of material General Butler has to OBJ
crate on in New Orleans. We will give
to those censors a specimen pattern Of one
OF the delectable ladies OF that city.
Mr. Robert 0. Clark, with his wife,
made q voyage to New Orleans last sum
mer, and spent some time there. Below
is q portion OF their experience OF life and
sentiment in the Crescent City, as furnish
ed by him to the Sunt}uy Dis0atch Of
Philadelphia, from which city they made
their voyage. The extract commences
with their arrival at New Orleans.
Learning that provisions of all kinds
commanded fabulous prices, and that no.
tel charges were proportionately high, we
determined to locate ourselves in pri-
vate boarding house, and set out, with our
better half, in search of one. In the vi
clnlty OF Lafayette Square We rang the
bell OF a fine old Southern mansion, and
were ushered into the drawing room to
await the coming of the landlady. Pres
emily large corpulent dame made her APP
pearance, followed by sprightly little
niger, and inquired our business with her.
We informed her that we were in search
of a boarding house
''Where are you from, sir ?" said she, in
a most authoritative tone.
"From Phi adelphia, madam we re-
piled.
'Out with you, you most miserable
Yankees We take no such scum to
board here The sooner You leave the
better it will be for you :"
The little darkey rolled up the whites of
her eyes and grinned as if she enjoyed the
scene amazingly, whilst we beat hasty
retreat from the amiable lady, and didn't
breathe freely until we reached another
bOarding-place, some squares distant from
this inhospitable domicil. Here we were
Informed by a miserable, cadaverous-lOOk-
ing woman, that she and her entire house
hold would prefer starving rather than sit
at the table with a Yaekee A little fur
Their on we saw on a plate over door
knob, ''Pension Franchise We deter
mined to try Johnny Crapeau and French
cooking, but found that, like the Diapers
sign Of 8 John Smith, Tailor, from Paris"
it was all American. \ distinguishing
Irish female presented herself. We ex-
planned our object in calling, and informed
her that we were from the North. She
worked herself into q furious rage, and
assailed Us with the most unlady-like cpl
thets, calling us cowardly Abolitionists,
&c. We assured her that we were not
Abolitionists. She replied that all North
erners were, and that, rather than be
obliged to board one, she would drown
herself in the Mississippi Thoroughly
disguised with our clearinghouse hunt.
we returned to the vessel, when we met
gentleman (Mr. Alexander McNeilD who
kindly offered us rooms at his house, and
with whose amiable and accomplished
family we spent most happy and agree
able time during our soiOurn in New
Orleans
Some of our Southern lady-neighbors
and acquaintance edited us on one or
two occasions with their views concerning
the North, which were quite refreshing.
One of them denounced all NOrtherners
as black-hearted Abo!itionists, who desir-
ed to desolate their country, burn their
plantations and free their slaves, for the
purpose of assassinating the women and
children. Another lady felt assured that
in very short time the New Orleans pa
pers would be printed in the blood of AN
KEGS. Quite a young miss hoped that
cold Abolition Abe " would fill the city
so full of Yankees that there would not be
standing room for them, and then that the
good Lord would send an abundance of
yellow fever to carry them all off! An
enthusiastic old woman remarked that the
Southern army would soon march through
the North, where she hoped their spare
time would be employed in taking out the
hearts of abolitionists, and hanging them
in front Of their dwellings,. When MY
wife rebuked one of them (who, by the by
claimed to be of British extraction, and IN
der the protection of the English flag) for
using such violent language, she was mott
fed that if she had the temerity to show
herself in the streets of New Orleans she
would be g carried home corpse.'' She
did, however, walk andrde out every day,
Notwithstanding this direful threat.
. Here is richness" as Mr.. Bundle
would say. The lives of General Butler
and of his officers and men would not be
worth a farthing, ifbloody termagants and
their male coadjutors were allowed to have
their own way in the city.
No rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law.
These would-be assassins and their SYM
pathizing friends think that all law and re-
straint at this time can constitute nothing
but an outrage upon their delicate feelings.
The New York Her0id says that
Stonewall Jackson is reported to have de-
livered to his troops, on Sunday before