Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-04
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"UEAsT ESTEER.n
His snhUnon SnnSuct Toward
Southern Ladies'.

1t is, perhaps, unnecessary TO remark
that Gen. Butler was once in commend at
New Orleans. Equally useless is it TO say
that little good OF him was written or
thought during MS administration. and
that his "treatmentn OF southern ladies'
was described by adjectivcs Of Il very Sc
we're import.
81. Mickael's is the name Of q pretty IT.
tie village not hundreds Of miles north oc
New Orleans, on the Mississippi, which
in war was limited 10 q Convent of The
sacred Heart, that formed ityorite school
lor the daughters Of the -cbcls of that sec
lion. Perhaps dozen Of dwellings sur
round this main feature OF the nlace, and
st. Michael's was rebel from rim to core.
Mother Shannon WAS the abbcs Of the con-
veEt and superior of jhe school. She apl
her 'daughtcr ia religiono certainly eilar.
cd the anti Yankee sentiment but, hold
Ing o!d-tlme notions sphere ia political
brolis, they were not loud in the uttcrance
OF their thoughts, This did not keep fam
ine from the convent door, however; there
came day when the store house war oar
ren as Southern field trodden by Nor
gan's CavelrY. lfthe nuns uttered q bon
mot that night, it must have been exQui-
sltely spiritual.
and messenger appeared, startled and
breathlcss. y deputation from Donald
sonviiIe, dozen miles northward on the
river, lrom the house Of the Sisters of Char
lty, waited TO know if Mere shannon would
receive the sisters and their thirty orphan
Slr!s, whose asylum had succumbcd 20 the
fortunes OF war, aud who we're houselcss
and hungry at DoualdsOuville. Mother
shannon is q brave woman, but che blauch-
ed q little.
Mon Diea, i. it impossible. We have
no food New Orleans is under G. neral
Butler, and communication with the city.
So far as the supplies are concerned, is be-
yond my power. Much as l may regret
lt-.n
But she could not send The refusal. The
Sisters and their whole flock of orphans
were soon within ST. Michae's walls.
Mother Shannon sat at her desk and wrote
something like this:
''Sir We have 10 food, but have Or
phans. lnciosed is draft for q, 900 and
an order we desire to have tiled, with yoyr
permission, st New Orleans -
y faithful colOred man was the deputa-
tion who bore this document to Beast But
Ter. The General asked few questions,
the eontraband proved intelligent, and the
Beast learned the situation. A day or
two later II supply train reached ST. Nj
chneFs aud the messenger WAS iutrusted
with note from the Beast which read
something like this:
MADAM | am sincerely sorry you and
your charge should sullci inuocently by
this cruel war. Should other misiortunes
reach you, please inform uie at once"
The supplies sent were found TO be just
double the quantity Of each article order
ed aud although the draft was not return
cd, $1,000 in cash came in its place, aud
supported the thirty orphans through later
and more bitter time. Few knew OF this
action OF Gen. Hutlcr, aud hc never told
il. On many succeeding occasions he was
called upon IN the same straightforward,
wOmauly way for aid aud protection, aud
in every instance We're both given, Justly
aud with the courtesy Of the gentleman.
The children OF rcbVl soldiers, fallen on
the wrong side OF q cruel war, had reason
To know what strange kind ofa "ljcastn
Butler was ~ New Orleans, aud the nuns
notions Ot "lankeesn were materially
modified, Muther Shannon's idea became
gradually, "Whcn Geneml Builrr finds
southern ladies who do not forget that
they are such, they lind Genrml bul.eg q
gentleman. - th,eag, L,eHU,g Poet.
\ "HANE Clergyman waa once Nlsllng NJ
the house uf an vsteenel illeud, who had a
bright little girl. lltllo Anna watched
him closely, aud finally sat down heside
him and bcsan % draw uu heg slate.
what afe yVu drawing, Auna - asked
lho elers} 80 nlakln youT plc1ur', "
answered lhe child. 80 lhe gtnlcnan sat
tery slill, and she worked away sagneslY
mF "a while. Iheu sho slupled, e0m lltred
her work y "a lhe original, Aiid shoas hrg
hAls head, II dpnI llhu ID uueh,n shs
said, Hlsinit great dsallike you d,s'
.ll pas q Al tQif and call ia dog, iancy
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