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The Daily Dispatch: May 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Bridge of honor. (search)
of hospitality and does not like to keep his guests long waiting. There are many strangers now visiting the domains of Yellow Jack, and though they come uninvited, they will be none the less welcome to him. With an appetite whetted by a two year's fast, he must have gazed with greedy eyes from the swamps and bayous upon the pompous procession of war vessels and the swarming legions of the land, hastening to "seize, occupy and possess" the salubrious dominions of "Bronze John." Farragut and Butler, the Federal drovers, have crowded this plague market with a lot of fat Yankee cattle, and scarcely are they well installed in their quarters before the saffron-colored old gormandizer and gourmand makes his appearance. Three deaths in New Orleans already from yellow fever! Three deaths in the bright month of May, when the Crescent City is usually the healthiest city in the Southern clime. Well done, Yellow Jack! This gives earnest of business, honest friend. We have been disappoint
The Daily Dispatch: May 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], Col. John Morgan. (search)
Prayer Contraband. --It appears that Picayune Butler intends to regulate the religion of the people of New Orleans. Apprehending that they might do some obnoxious praying on last Friday, he issued the following order. Butler, by his brutal orders, is doing good service in the Southern cause: Notice. Headqr's DepartmenButler, by his brutal orders, is doing good service in the Southern cause: Notice. Headqr's Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, May 18, 1862. General Orders, No. 27. It having come to the knowledge of the Commanding General that Friday next is proposed to be observed as a day of fasting and prayer, in obedience to some supposed proclamation of one Jefferson Davis, in the several churches of the city, it is ordered tha in the several churches of the city, it is ordered that no such observance he had. "Churches and religious houses are to be kept open as in times of profound peace," but no religious exercises are to be had upon the supposed authority above mentioned. By command of Major-Gen. Butler Geo. C. Strong, A. A. General.