Spirit of the New Orleans women.
--A patriotic letter from a lady in New Orleans, dated April 30th, alluding to the Federal commander's threat to bombard the city, says:‘ No one doubted his intention and ability to carry out his fiendish threat, and yet, thank God, not one woman, (much less a man,) flinched or wavered from her allegiance, but the fire of patriotism burned more brightly (even wildly) then than if no danger three ended. All law on heard said, "No, never surrender, and an almost universal prayer went up that the first map or woman of our community who should dare to touch the stored flag should meet an death. And now we can whisper to ourselves the sweet, comfortable thought that in the hour of danger our women proved themselves worthy of their blood and their country- that no fear no wish of theirs trammeled the authorities in the discharge of their duties, that our voices rose in a simultaneous cry, ‘"Never surrender, though they kill every man, woman and child."’ There was no weakness or excitement, no weeping, no lamenting, no running about for a sensation; but every woman's face was as calm and stern as though no great event was near.
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