New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-04

We find, in the Mobile Register of Sunday,
/ very graphic and interesting extract from q pri-
| vate letter written by q lady, which we append:
SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON AND BALrIaoRE-ItTE-
1 RARy GossIP-owEN MEREDiTH's PoEhs, ETC
| FIrTg ayESfre HOTEL, March 2s.--We have just
returned to New York from visit to Washing ION,
| Baltimore and Philadelphia. In the first city we
i spent three weeks. 1t was very gay--too Huch
SO, even for me. Every morning we attended Two
4 receptions at least-sometmes three.
1 found society quite as pleasant as that OF New
i York a tr,ae more mixed" but that is inevita.
4 b,e in a nace like Washington. We were told that
| we, being Southerners, would not hnd IL at all
| pleasant, but the contrary was the case. In
4 society I never heard q word that could, in any
way, wound the feelings of the NEST ardent
Sontherner. 1 don't mean to say that such things
| are not said at all, but that they never were sad
was discussed but the niger" / went twice
| for curiosity, but was not tempted to go oftener.
You have been in Washington, of course. As q
city, isn't it the jumping of place of creation
The streets are muddy on one side, and dusty on
the other. defy Government street, in Septenl-
Der, to produce more dust than any street in Wash
ington after drought of a week. The hotels are
worthy of the streets. and think the proprietor
of Wizards deserves medal for not knowing
how to keep hotel"
In Baltimore we spent the first half of Lent, and
as the better portion of the people there are Ca
tholes 1t was very quiet We had 'ttea-hghts'
Gfoi HtSHt---tiO uullClHB, Ul CUurSG Iut yUuhG
| ladies are all engaged in sewing for the far-the
proceeds of which are to be given to the poor OF
the Southland the young gentlemen read aloud to
4 them. There have been also several private con
4 certs, the proceeds of which are given for tae
same purpose. The people of Baltimore are de-
4 voted to the people South, heart and soul. seVe-
raj of our friends of the Confederate navy were III
i the city, among whom were Admiral Buchaian'
| CAPT. Bennett and Lieut.. Mackall.
4 see by the papers that the small poA IS 1oahing
| fearful rayages in our city During the Waf She
| Yankees used to say that :" the war was sent BY
| God to punish US for our sins what a tear
| full set of sinners we must be to have pesh-
lence follow so close on the war, as an additional
| punishment. ,@y...
New York is quiet enough now, the only excite
ment is the Fenians After our failure at seces
| sion, l don't think they need try now.
| I've read good deal during Lent, but don't
think much of the books I've read. | have just
finished Owen Meredith's poems. Do you like
| them? They are very peculiar-some of them,
| confess, cannot understand. Thai may be want
of sense ON my part Perhaps the author 90 did
not agree to furnish reading matter and brains
toon as our talented townswoman is reported to
have said about Is Maearia.h
Some of the poems are very beautiful, but they
leave strange impression on my mind. When L
put down the volume, feel as if I had taken too
much champagne or smoked too many cigarettes.
and consequently l don't bother myself about
things in general a- ~
During recent trial at Auburn, the following
occurred to vary the monotony of the proceedings:
Among the witnesses was one as verdant a speci-
men Of humanity as one would wish to meet with.
After severe cross examination, the counsel for
the government paused, and then putting on a
look of severity, and ominous shake of the head
exclaimed: Mr.. Witness, has not an effort been
made to induce you to tell different story 2n
"a different story from what have told, sir?'.
THAT is what mean" /" Yes sir; several per-
sons have tried 10 get me to tell a different story
from what have told, bnt they couidn' tn "Now,
sir, upon your oath, l wish to know who those per-
sons are.n : Wall, / guess you've tried bout as
hard as any of them
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