The journal of Julia Le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863; . uld never think of Lee or Jackson atsuch a feast. Mrs. Norton once proposed to have some ofthem here, but we did not wish it and as shewould have made us the excuse for more com-pany, we refused to give her opportunity. Indeed,I would not like to be introduced to strangers andforeigners under her chaperonage. She is so veryabrupt and peculiar. Mrs. Roselius, our most in-timate neighbor, was very anxious to entertainthem, and she has so much taste, tact and goodbreeding that she could have made a pleasant af-fair of it; but her husband is
The journal of Julia Le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863; . uld never think of Lee or Jackson atsuch a feast. Mrs. Norton once proposed to have some ofthem here, but we did not wish it and as shewould have made us the excuse for more com-pany, we refused to give her opportunity. Indeed,I would not like to be introduced to strangers andforeigners under her chaperonage. She is so veryabrupt and peculiar. Mrs. Roselius, our most in-timate neighbor, was very anxious to entertainthem, and she has so much taste, tact and goodbreeding that she could have made a pleasant af-fair of it; but her husband is such a determinedFederal that she could not give the matter athought. He, like all the Federals now, hates theEnglish. The French and Spanish here are alsoour friends, and I hear a great deal of their vis-iting among our pretty girls. A handsome youngSpaniard from one of the ships made quite a sen-sation among them. I have no heart any more;no spirit to do anything. Anxiety, sickness andgrief have sapped the last remnant of merrimentor interest in MRS. THEODORE SHUTEOf New Orleans JOUENAL OF JULIA LE GEAND 297 Wednesday, April 1st [1863]. Mary Ogdenhere. She has been to see Mrs. Tutt, a lady whois just in. Mary Harrison called on her yester-day, and we had quite a laugh at her doleful facewhen she returned from the visit. ^^I have calledto make you all miserable,^ was her greeting asshe entered. Then followed a volley of disap-pointment. Mrs. Tutt stood sponsor for Jackson is not outside; he is in Vir-ginia. The Hartford is not taken; nor the Alba-tross, All of our gunboats are injured and un-dergoing repairs. We have lost are three fine gunboats in Mobile harbor,but only intended for its defence; last of all, theConfederates are not even thinking of taking thisplace. One by one we recovered from these ex-plosions. We began to take Mrs. Tutts char-acter into consideration. Indeed, she is not thesort of woman we could even expect to hear go
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