Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-10
MORNINGLEADER.
TaURsDAY MoRSING. DEC. 10. 1853.
General IBuaer in New Orleans.

lsr in New Orleans" in which he gives q
complete history Of the capture and oecu-
nation Of New Orleans by General Batter,
In the spring Of 1862. We copy herewith
the chapter relating TO the Generals eel
sbrsted order concerning the women Of
the rebellions city, which it will be remem-
bsred, was made the excuse for 80 much
buster on the part Of the enemies Of the
United States, both ct home and abroad,
and which doubtless led to the suppressed
ing of Butler by Banks. Mr.. Parton says
-r Tae women ofNeW Orleans by no means
confined themselves TO the display Of min
ute rebel flags on their persons. They |
would laave the sidewalk on the approach
Of Union officers, and walk around them /
into the middle Of the street, with upturn-
ea noses and insulting words. On passing |
privates they would make great ostenta-
tion Of drawing away their dresses, as if
from the touch Of pollution. Secession |
colors we're conspicuOusly wCrn upon the |
bonnets. If Union officer entered a
street car all the ladies in it would fre
auently leave the vehicle, with every ex-
preston Of disgust; even in church the
same spirit was exbibited-ladies leaving
their pews entered By Union officer
The female teachers Of the public schools
kept their pupils singing rebel songs and
advised the girls TO make manifest their
contempt for the soldiers Of the Union.
Parties Of ladies upon the balconies Of
houses would turn their bicks when sol
diers we're passing by; while one Of them
would run in to the piano, and thump out
the Bonny Blue Flag with the energy that
lovely women knows how 10 throw into
performance Of that kind. One woman,
very fine lady, too, swept away her skirts
ON one occasion with so much violence as
to lose her balance, aud she fell into the
gutter. The two officers whose proximity
had excited her ire, approached 10 offer
their assistance. She sPurned them from
her, saving that she would rather lie in
the gutter than to be helped out by Ysn-
KEGS, She afterwards related the ciroum-
stances to q Union officer, and owned that
she had in reality felt grateful to the Off
GERS for their politeness, and added that
order No. Is served the women right. The
climax Of these absurdities was reached
when beast of a woman spat in the lace
of two officers, who were walking peace
fully along the street.
II was this last event that determined
General Butler to take public notice Of the
conduct Of the women. At first their ex-
hibitions snd afectations Of spleen merely
amused the objects CT them, who were &C
oussomed to relate them to their comrades
As the Jokes Of the day. And, so fsr, no
oficers or soldiers had done or said any
thing in the way Of retort. No man in
New Orleans had been wronged, no We
man had been treated with disrespect by
tbs soldiers Of the United States. These
things we're done while General Butler
was feeding the poor Of the city By thous-
ands while he was working night and
dey 70 start and restore the business Of
the city while he was defending the peO-
a pie against the frauds Of great capitalists;
while he was maintaining such order in
New Orleans SIS It had never known be-
fore while he was maturing measures
designed solely for the benefit Of the city
while he was testifying in every way, by
word and deed, his heartfelt desire to ex-
eFt all the great powers intrusted to him
for the good of New Orleans and Louisi-
ans.
~ Il cannot be denied that both officers
and men became, at length very sensitive
to these snnoyances. Complaints to the
General were frequent. Coionels of regi-
ments requested 10 be informed what or
ders they should give their men on the
subject and the younger staff officers Of
ten asked the General to save them from
indignities which they could neither PRE-
vent nor endu: e. Why, indeed, should he
land soldiers TO be insulted by these silly,
vulgar creatures, spoiled by contact with
slavery? And how loag could he trust
the forbesrsnce of the troops? These
questions he had already considered, but
the extreme difficulty of acting in such an
affair with dignity and effect had given
him pause. But when the report OF the
splitting was brought to him, he determin-
ed 10 put q stop to such ontrages before the
provoked retaliation.
Il has been said that the false construc-
ton pat upon General Order No. 28, by
the enemies of the nited States, weg due
to the carelessuess with which it was com.
posed. Mr.. Seward, in his conversation
on the subject with the English charge,
regretted that in the haste of compost
ton, phrsseology which could be mis-
taken or perverted hsd been used" The
Secretary Of State was never more mis-
taken. The order was penned with the
utmost care and deliberstion, and all its
probs bic consequences discussed. The
problem was, how 20 put an end to the in
sulting behavior Of the women without
being obliged 10 resort TO arrest.
So far, New Orleans had been kept down
by the mere show and presence Of force;
it was highly desirable for reasons of hu-
msnity as we'll as policy, that this should
continue TO be the case. IF the order had
said /: Any woman who insults a Union
soldier shall be arrested, committed TO the
calaboose and fned,-there would have
been women who would have cOurted the
distinction of srrsst to the great peril Of
the public tranquility. II any thing at sll
- could have reused the populsce to resist
the troops, surely it would have been the
arrest Of a well-dressed woman, for SO
popular an act as insulting a soldier Of
the United States ~.
Il vas with the intent to accomplish the |
object without disturbance that General |
Butler WOrded the order as we find it. |
The order was framed upon the model Of |
one which he had read long ago in an an
oient london chronicle.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,1
New ORLEANs, May Is, 1862.
GENERAL ORDER, No. 2S-As the ofiicr =.
soldiers OF the United States have be - and
70 repeated insults from the Wo gu iblect
tnemseves laolesl Of New orlee- ,s in r calling
TIE most scrupulois nOn-inte- , Is ~ eturn for
:, auy female sha'' nv word = L~ hereafter
movement insult or sbaw conteno3 - - sute, OF
Ger or soldle5 o. .he United Stat es, she shall be
regarded ana I-eld liable to be treated as woman
Of toe town plying her avoeston.
By co.nmand Of MAJOR General BUTLER
ESQ. C. sFHose, A. g., Chief Of Staff
That IL, she shall be held liable, accord
ing 30 the law Of New Orleans 10 be ar
rested, detained over night in the Gala
bOOse, brought before magistrate in the