Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-03
Life IL the Cresc cent (ity.
How Army Officers are Enjoying Them.
selves.

COffeep0r uencc OF the St LOuIS hcFuUtICeu
New ORLEANS, Sept. 10.
Your correspond Mt does not pretend
to lie eaiDt. do not think that any
enlightened synod weuld consider me, in
an eccleslas lea, sense, u tirst-cla 8 pi'iar =
and yet in my more pensive IN 'ment.,
there are things in the Crescent CITY
~hich look little queer, and not en- i,e-
ly vlrtuous.
do not aude to the tact that Qnar-
termasters live in pa aces here. A Quar-.
termas er does not make himself
entirely comior, able ought to be dis,nls-
sed tue service. Qnarterma tiers ge,
neither glory or credit Tor honesty lei
tn IN have goo times.
Nor d, | allude to the fact that officers
on duty have been known to make q
good deal OF money. An officer on duty
IN large city leeds good deal O
mon to pay his creditors.
But what | would cite as curious, and
to m, rthern-,red mind even start ing
IS such scene as this, for example
lime, 7, z. NJ; placs-stree, atm, s.
phcre pleasautly cooled by snEse,
b eeze; whit. marble house larg.
street door vide open windows open
nymphs in VIII tic muslin on the b ,lcon
music Of piano ap pof u cnnmpaignt
cork two carriage at the door.
LIE, us 20 in. d cs it strike you as
being rather ol to walk in with ut an
invi attn or acquaintance ! By n
means. Madam, the prop'ietress. is en-
chan,ed 10 see us. She never SAW us
before, and do not til nk she will ever
ee us again. She is fresh, nea', jolly
person, not a bst Of harIiiau, and talks
like own meeting. The n,mphs n
the balcony ale also loite, affable, eve'
~itty-and are s, exceed ngly corteous
as to overlook the tact that be we caue
without invitation or acquaintance.
THIS is what the word calls very
bad pla e "a house Of doubtful, no, very
d. .dcd, and ,ndubitable character. Il
would he We y IMPROPER of me to give il
any dis inct name, for circumlocu ION /.
nec- ssary to the preservation OF virtue
No~ these ymphs are not alcne.-
hey have choice lot of fr,e' DIS 10 chat
With, and 70 drink the festive champagL.
~i,ha'. here Gen. Asternk IN Iul
uniform, and Col. Lillypod, and Majo'
Hollyhock, ad t.oud Of Others
de- ble rows Of buttons, aud singe row
Of butt ma.
The winde~., as | sa d, are wide opc'
and the st'eet is full OF passers by, sol
d,ers, citizens, honest women, and 9th
ers. They know the status OF the house
they have heard Of the social cvl, III.
yet there they see ten. Asterisk, Coz
LII ypod, Major Holly 'ck aud the res'
AID he nymphS, aud he.' the jingle Q
the p am, and fus'lsde or corks.
Perhaps it is the custom Of he county
to parade o"e's wees IN this way. Som
one tells us that IN sn African city 70,
mign, e,joy yourself by walking nakr'
10 market, tuying watermelon, cut
ting it in two, scooping out the pulp
sitting down in one-half of the rlnd
pulling the other over your head. AM
,a,i g the pulp. Pc. haps in Timbucto
4 ch an amusement woud meet w,tl
public encouragement. Possibly in New
Orleans The utter absence # s.crc-y o
shane; the putting aw y IF fig leaves a
O d-fash on, d formalities may be *
used by the Gus ON OF the courtry. Blu
as have sad. though l ella IN no me'1
OF my wn, this hiIandering Of .fiice'
.f rank, in uniform. n daylight, in publ
seems Just little odd. Officers in day
past, have been cashiered tor such col
duet, but then. We live i" DAYS OF progre'
aud the .ge advances rapidly.
1t seems jnst little sad, 90. to kno
that many OF these philander'ng tok
double rows and single rows, stars, eagl
leaves aud bars, have sweet wives {
home in Massachusetts,, New Yo k, Il
, diana. Illinois, who ATE watchlug III
p,ayi z, p, rhaps at the time when the
husbands ., ,e under the fierrest fire
cork who hive great faith in the
husba. DIS honor, and will be very indi
nant when they read thi. le.ter-if the
ever d. read It
: But ~ill not preach anv more to-da
!. bel z m, self but ind, ffe. e. honest.