The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-02-13

As we pass the streets they cast on Ne lookso
disttnst and hate.s They circulate every kins
OF calumny to our discredit. The Picayun'
haspandered to this mean and ignorant hostili
y, in order TO promote its home circuationj
and i, is not the only paper here which has on.
deavored to profit, or been overawed BY this
senseless prejudice. Suppose some msdcmea-
nors were committed by the troops, is il any
thing. very stranges Living in luxuryand ease
themselves, the people of this place knew not
to what lengths men will be driven by suffer-
ing They had shivered in the rain and mud,
until they had almost lost their humanity
The city never offered even an empty ware-
house to shelter the troops from the unprece-
dcnted inclemency Of. The weather They
were very willing to do SO, provided they were
paid six prices for rent. The humane and en-
hghtened people of the place were catching at,
and ready to believe the most ridiculous ana
improbable falsehoods.
On Saturday night, the Goth ult, hefeeing
against the Volunteers had reached its climax.
about 6 o'clock in the evening the tocsin was
heard peaing at the Place d. Armes, men in
uniform were seen rushing In every direction,
and an immense multitude, jabbering, mutter-
ing and suffering vengeance, were congregat-
ing opposite The Old Cathedral. felt az. il /
was III Paris in 1889. The Louisiana Legion.
and the Washington Battalion had been order
ed out, and were TO be Immediately marched
to the old battle ground, six miles below the
city, TO put an end to the outrages of the
Volunteers. The deeds Of the immortal 9th,
at the same place were to be obscured or OBJ
had killed their Col and Lieut.. Col, had cut
the masts out of the ships to prevent their sail
ing, and finally had turned loose on the plan
tations in the neighborhood, numbering and
destroying every thing in their way, from pure
love Of bloodshed and Inurder. Can your rea-
ders imagine, in the meantime, where were the
damnable perpetrators of this mighty ruin?
Quietly cpoking their suppers on board the
transports in the Gulf Of Mexico. They had
sailed in the morning, and were all uncon-
scious of the fearful scenes their shadows were
enacting, or the awful castigation they hades-
capped About ten o'c' ock the scouts returned
from the battle ground and brought the damp
ening news Of the departure Of the ships.
had been amused in the first instance to see the
motley military at the square, French, Spanish
and hybrids of every nation, scarce half the
size of ordinary humanity, bur 4 was still more
amused to see them sneaking hume. They
would have been little more to The hardy Mis-
sssippians than SO many Mexicans Governor
Johnson tries to get out of the difficulty by
saying, his troops were net called out to re-
press mutiny amongst the Mississippians, but
to protect the citizens of Louisiana. What
better does that make it, when the Volunteers
were gone? and an officer of our regiment
who accompanied me tosthe Place d. Armes,
knew the ships were gone, but in vain we as
sured them so, they would not believe a word
of it, An fndividuafeyen cautioned US TO Be
silent or We would be taken up. Slnceth the en-
actment Of this best farce of the season, the
people begin to see that the volunteers were
slandered from the beginning, and the feeling
among the better portion of people has been
going the other way.
The steamship Edith will bear away to-day
all that remains Of the Pennsylvania and Mis-
sissippi volunteers. II.