New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-14

Correspondents Of vvalf.
[Fron, iIs Natehez Courier. j

Iron tfa Natchez Courerl
NATcHEz, April, 1866.
Dear Sdhlsf-On the 18th Of March, this cit,
was illuminated by brilliant, though terrible
conhagratioB. The City Hotel, being one of tn
largest and most conspicuous buildings in til
place, caught fire on the roof. The original cos
OF the structure was about $4,000. Flieihl
situated, it ought to have been valuable pr(
perry; but unfortunately, the title became il
viewed q litigation. i became neglected, an
decay ehaeing ingern was deeply defacing it
iaIr proportions yet st, though in some measure
dilapfdated, it was an oFnaaent to the city ant
many felt sad to see its destruction. The builder
Noaa Barlow, hke Horaee, thought { hgegs allo5s
seeittsns perel4ss2is acre but, alas, Tor NUNS
calculationsi in a few hours the work Of iBtel
erunbled into q heap Of smoking r&lns. lgthere
was fsdolent Of historic assocatlols II u ks bril-
that Gen, Taylor received an oFaton fe rloriops
liant military career Fresh rolaaFont4Tev and
campaign of Resaea de - Iailssg crowaed with
Buena Vista, be retsrned ds.oafs Of grateful
flowers, and receive the plaarronnd him 70 taEe
peaple Thousands iiacksst fba oi5 Hi. ~ 80 80
him by the hand Hatil RSnIaisn- You l+naN, that
overwhelmed BY ee III me Presidency. and. ii
Ae w Of N, r Willis, he stepped
parapasass u pinnacle Of earthly greatness to
IT, Sisr M JettAf sphere Intimately associated
nth Hin that campaign was another hero, who
Sill surrxes,
The last single captivet to millions in var
W too was feted He too was elevated to an
ephemerai seat of greatness, but an adverse for
tune has depesed him from the chair of President
to the damp walls Of q dungeon. And yet ! doubt
whether in the height Of his fortune, be had half
the afectionate soicitade that now clusters around
him as captive. His christian dignity, under mis-
fortune, has intensified the affections Of the people
who were already grateful fer his past services.
From TIE christian temple irom ne heart-atars q
the wealthy and the bamlets Of the poor, prayers
are Offered for bis deliveranee. let us nope that
these spirit rays emanating nom 50 many sources
and f9calzed id the heart OF ne Deity, whose at
MI e ii mercy, may move him to whisper the
" Of mercy and kindness into the hearts of
on whom his destiny now depends.
Il In pen has wandered from my theme. 1t was
X ii d CITY Hotel that the hero of Belen Gate was
ted BY his friends and neighbors his return
l6gIa the Mexican war. wanderer then, as am
v now wen remember how he looked. Tall q
rerfeCt model of manly grace, his hair frosted with
gray he sat upon his war horse like Chevalier
Bayard sans psaf et sans repr0ete. a then young
man Who has since risen to distinction at the bar
and in the tented field, welcomed him In the name
Of the friends who now iiocked around.
0uitman was evidently deeply Affected He
closed his response to the youthful orator. bowling
gracefully as he spoke the closing sentence
ssThis fsIoweitizens, is the proudest and happest
When his address was closed saw gray-beaded
men grasp his hand most feFFenty and cordially
They had known him when stranger youth lie
came to carve out his fortune amongst them. They
saw hin nov the exposure Of all eyes.
He subsequently, you known, became governor
and then congressman Of the State of Mississippi
and last disd 10 harness. He sleeps quietly in the
graveyard at Monmouth. He died at Che right
time, fol- bis own earthly peace of mind. Had he
lived, he would. in oil probability, have been
prominent candidate for the Confederate nresi-
fencYs for he was an ultra States rights man 81
the Calhoun school, and had won distinction both
In the camp and the cabinet. Had he lived and
seen what his survivors have witnessed the desc
lation of his country BY an interneeine war, his
generous heart would have broken from grief for
The calamitea lie could not avert 1t Is a poetcal
motto Of The aucients +" Whom the Gods love die
young The Eouthrous could paraphrase the |
idea N The southreu whom the Gods loved died |
before the frat gun az SUMTER
AsIsso0d beiore the walls of the old CITY Hotel
On TIE night of tho burning, and saw the flames
sweep like glittsring seythe from story to story
ana cut them 10 aches aa saw the pillars fall |
with deadened crash upon the spot where Tay- |
tor end QaitnAn had stood, could not but moral
Inc upon The transitnry tenure of human glory |
ay WA s,,esisrs baa ,sassod @
The classical building was careening and groanine
like giant in its death-throe of final dissolution:
but above all, and more hardly to be endured was
the terrible conviction in the minds of the Southern
people that her heroes had toiled in vain.
The debris of the old hotel is being removed its |
material ID being worked up on another spot I
May it be typical of the fate of this people out
Of ths ruin and wreck of their political and pc
enniary fortunes they will erect another structure
It ianot to be expected that they at once for
get Or bury the memories Of the past, Like the
Hebrews at the building Of the second temple the 1
work viii be- one Of mingled joy and sorrow i
8 And they sang together by course in praising
and giving thanks unto the Lord. And all the
people shouted with a great shout when they
House Of the Lord was laid. But many of the
priests and leyites and chief of the fathers who
were ancient men that had seen the first house,
when the foundation OF THE house was laid before
their eyes Wept with loud voice, and many
shouted aloud for Joy. So that the people could
not discern the noise Of the shout of joy from the
a0lce Of the weeping Of the people.n
How expressive is this Of the fate OF any people
Nho are 70 be restored to former rights after an
unsuccessful revolt. ] cannot add one title to
1he pathetic description in Holy Writ Your Bib
neal knowledge will readily suggest who fills the I
place 0f lerubbabel Of this day, now nobIy strug-
gslng 70 build mp this southern wing Of the Temple
ghat mas been destroyed. And as Tatnai and She
taar boznal and other companions, the Apharsath-
entes stroye 70 defeat the holy object in the days
ri iae Hebrews, 50 il is here. Bad men, by false
Aood and error, for the sake Of political power are
siEt9lg - Keep alive discord by, enactng tyranny.
Negu9babei triumphed IN the time Of old while his
enemies sunk under the curse of God Letthe en-
emles Of the Political Prophet OF this day, who !
FOLLOW ~ ma tracks, profit by their example,
ma that my description Of the burning hotel
mas been IKE the chemical Pharaoh's egg. Ii has
spoated itself into oil sorts of ianciful shapes no
nneai feliglons and pathetic aud don't look much
nKe the sabjeeti but what I've writ, I've writ.
envy yon your happy home ID Old England Guar
aian angels hover around the domestic hearth and
sshty evoke all thai Is good in our nature II il
pesaiple may Writeyo again before leave. So. J
s'su' Tours, W4IF.
LoYAhry ~ TENNESSEE, As PHoroeRAPHep ny
AN ORIGINAL UNIoN MAN.--Coi Garrett dnrine ! !
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