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that Of the Northern women, nor have we ever
regarded them as equal, intellectually and NOR
ally, to the mass Of New England women but
We confess to having labored until lately under
great mistake as to their real character. We
did not suppose it possible for the women Of
any section Of the Union, nor, we may add, for
the women Of any quarter Of the world, to de-
port themselves in a manner so unbecOming
their sex as many Of those Of the South have
done, during this war; and it has not been with
out feelings Of modification, at the thought Oi
their being American women, that we have
chroncled, from week to week, acts Of theirs
which would degrade them in the estimation even
Of the cOurtezanS Of the Nor hern cities.
The brutality exhibited by the Rebel women,
even toward our wounded and dying soldiers
who have fallen into their hands, must have met
the attention Of every reader who has kept
posted on the progress Of the war. Their con-
duct has been so marked and so deViliSh-lar
exceeding in meanness that Of the men-that 1t
has been found really necessary for the Generals
commanding to luok after them. II they weie
boys would know how to reply to them; hut
gentle female" what answer could be made to
her tAunts and iusultSI In ST. Louis, Gen. Hal
leck imprisoned any female who Aauntcd a So.
rrsSion flag or inSulted soldier by expressions
Of dislOyalty; and in Nashville, Gen. DumonI
shuts them up in their houses as "common wo-
men," 10 NV Orlra 8 however, where thee
She.devils were most rampant, Urn. Butler met
their case with general order, which is charAc-
trristic Of that remarkable man. General Or.
der No. 2s," issued by him, is as follows:
HEADoUAKTERs DEP'T OF THE GULF, May 10.
As the officers aud soldiers Of the United States
have been subject to repeated insults frun the
women calling themselves "ladies Of New Or
leans" In return for the most scrupulnus nOn-
interference aud courtesy our part il is OFderCd
that hereafter, when any female shall, by word,
gesture or movement, insult or show contempt
fur any officer or soldier Of the United States, she
shall be regarded and held liable 10 be treated as
a woman Of the town plying her avOcatiun.
BY command Of MAJ. GEN. BUTLRR.
GEO. c. STRONG, A. A.G.
In explanation Of the above order, It need only
be snid that in New Orleans by municipal reg
uIatiOn, "wOmen Of the town" found plying their
trade upon the streets are liable to imprisonment
in the caIabOOse, and they are also prohibited
from holding conversation from the doors and
windows Of their houses with persons in the
street. The matter amounts simply to this.
therefore, that if any woman in New Orleans
shall so far lower herself as to behave like de-
graded cOurtezan upon the public street, she
shall be arrested and imprisoned like any other
woman Of the town.
Itseems that Mayor Monroe at aFst regarded
the order as an outrage upon the women Of the
South, and demonstrated against Il in an insult
Ing letter. to which Gen. Butler replied as FOL-
ows;
New ORLEANs. May 10, 1869.
STA: There can BE-, there has heen, no roam loF
misunderstanding of General Order No. 2s
No lady viii take any notice Of q strange gen.
tleman, and a Jorti0ri Of q stranger, simply IN
such ibrm as to attract attention. Common wo
men d.
Therefore, whatever woman, lady or mIsIess,
grntle or simple, WIN. BY gesture, look or word,
insults or shows cnntempt iof, thus attracting to
hers lf the notice nf my officers and soldier,
will be deemed 10 act as hecnnes her vocation %
common woman, and will be liable to b. lreat d
accordingly. This was most fully explained 10
yOn n my office.
shall no,, as have not, ahated 1 single wori
of that order; twas well considered; Il olieyed.
will protect the true and modest woman iromali
possible insult The others win take care of
themselves
You can publish your letter, Il you pdblish
this note, and your apology.
Respectfully, BENJ. +. BUrLER.
Maj0F 6. neral Commanding
The Mayor then recalled what lIe had Mii=
but af.erWsrd repeated his remonstanee, to
which Gen. Butler replied BY an order depming
The Mayor and sending him 70 Fort jackson.
This brought he Mayor to his senses, and he
Immediately managed to construe The order cor
rvctly. and begged Gen. Buffers pardon for bis
mistake.
A gentleman in New Y Tk. late from New Or.
leans, where he has resided ever since The war
broke out, says we can have no conception or
the indignities our brave fi0Wa were compelled
10 suffer at the hands Of these iirnds in petti.
coats. an sense Of shame and deceDcy appears
10 have departed out Of them. They rival the
most degraded street walkers, not only in rihal.
dry, but IN ohscenity. Women who have been
regarded o. the pattern Of refinement and good
breeding. indulge IN language towards our olIi
cers and men which no decent jour ialist would
dare put into print Presuming upon the privi.
leges Of the sex. they not only assnil them with
the tongue, but with more material weapons.
Buckets Of slopl are emItied uponthem a. they
pass; decayed uungeR and rotten eggs are hurled
At them; and every insult depraved fancy can
invent, Is offered 70 The hated FedrEals The for
beayance Of our troops, this gentleman says, Is
truly wonderful They endure the iibes and
prosecutions Of these unsexed wFetches with
philpspphy which nothing can overthrow Buf
tiIe nuisance was fast becoining intolerable Tie
01endrrs were pre- -uming upon the chivalry Of
the trcobs 70 commit physical assaults. Some