New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-28
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In a Ne,c Camp Hostile Beasos o5sgsss Gti,s-
noadding Our Batteries The k,ltfsg Reatese
| Gag---A ToTced Might March ~ lf5;o1lefaon of
COT Bsa1ehard ard afefo'. Beard istsicids Of a
Captosn.
Special u fhe NV otlesas cFsssent1
II C6ar, PeREsNoErHI Gas rs sset
/ Mr. Editor. We have lately been hustled about
70 rapidly and 20 ofsen from one place ID another
that have had little time and less opportunity to
! write. We have been here bnt ten dags, and are
now III our third encampment, about soar mies
southwest of Portsmouth, in q beautiful pine
I (donit put that 4 beautiful faaes again) grave.
much like the one sur tents were pitched in nsar
Richmond.
i Matters here begin to assume an exceedingly
warlike aspect. Your readers have probably al-
ready learned some particulars Of the rather haraa
less cannonading between the Confederate bate
ries at seweH's Point and The Federal aeet en-
/ gagged in the blockade. It Commenced on Sailir-
day last BY the steamer Monticello fFing uppn
some labofers engaged in ereetiJg q neH batteTY,
and the shots were promptly replied 70 BY neigh
| boring masked battery, which the WaF.gessel had
4 not counted in the game After a fem harmless
exchanges the ship drew off, but on the following
day Sunday she renewed the sport. ia company
with the tugs Yankee and Young America ail three
being beaten off, the former it was said, with
some damage. The booming Of heavy guns on
Tuesday told us that they were again at it witH re-
newad vigor, and as troops and artillery of large
caliber had in the meantime been sent down. the
result was looked for with much interest, thoHgh
no apprehension on our part, whatever the people
Of Norfolk and Portsmouth, may have thoaght I'll I'LL
This time it appears the heavily armed ffgase
Minnesota took part in the conflict and il ID conf
IDENTIFY stated by those who Witnessed Il, that alae
was ruck several Mmes by the panderoua Goinm
bad balls. Certainly, though at long taT, sbe
fused to come near enough TO do ang ether haFm
than to make the sand and sods fy about the bat
teries, and finally withdrew beyond range with her
Il consorts, one OF which, the Monticello has since
disappeared from Hampton Raada. Psppls Hare
say she has gone North TO repair damages.
IL Sewell's Point is q sandy beach IN Hampton
Roads, situated about nine miles north IF Norfolk,
and about the same distance south of Fortress
Monroe. It's strategcaI Importance consists IN the
fact that its batteries greatly assist vessels i'm
running the blockade, while as military depot it
is necessary to the defence OF Norfolk. II the Fed
| erai Government intends, as the movements seem
clearly to indicate, the recapturs Of the Gcsport
Navy Yard, and the occupation OF the narrow neck Df
land between the James and IeTkriveTs. aa 1bass
of land operations it is OF the first 10
the success of the movements that neither troops
nor batteries should be left in ther rear and HotE
ing now appears more probable than that the futile
efforts to destroy the SeWe Point battery Will very
soon be followed by most determined and conn
) bined attack by land and water. If movement
upon Richmond, or an attack npon Norfolk and
Portsmouth, be not intended at en- early day, what
can the rapid concentration OF troops and snnff-
tions of war at Fortress Monroe. Old Point, mean
Three thousand men could defend that fgTt thcation
i for an Indefinite period against almost any force
. not assisted by navy but at the rate troops are
now arriving there they will soon have fweiEe or
fifteen thousand, provided, suppose With erery-
n thing necessary for field service was told this
morning that there were. yesterday morning, six
d steamers and some thirty other craa at anchor IN
If and of Hampton Roads, and that during the day
4 several other large steamers arrived. Eariy yes
terday morning. rapid hiring IN the difReton NJ zig
Point led rs believe that another attack upon the
batteries was taking place but the Of the
a reports soon made it apparent that is Eas only
\ salute. AS there were thirteen guns, these ae-
"a quainted with such matters pronounced it salute
in honor Of the arrival OF general ofieer ant q
q the opinion here that thai general officer il bonn
bastc old Wool, who it s stated, has been ordered
3 to the command of the fortress.
a few days ago, Lieut.. Collier, one Of General
o Gwynn's aids, went down to the blockading squad
ron under flag of truce. to pass out certain snip
"a wrecked Norwegian sailors, and during Ilaif
y transfer held q conversation with GpnfInsslnfe
s. stringham, who, for some reason q his oEgn'-
Colorado and Wabash would be here ih 2 few
Il days. The lieutenant, who " digEhea, lnfe w
,g gent gentleman, made no direct reply mt slmpy
,iis | asked by what authority the GAInTod0Fe was
ve bloekading this port, since Virginia Ras n9S ye
,ts out of the Union. stringham answered that y
to oheyed the orders Of his Government, aud tha
the propriety Of those orders was not A. qnestio
10 for his consideration The conversation lasted 10
he some time and in the course of it Stfngham shoH
M ed himself to be as rank Black Republican q
il can be found anJ JWhere. lE
,si. In consequence Of some confession 10 the or
rangement and disposition of the troops noH her
and arriving, Col. Blanchard has been placed /
command of the whole division On the ioFass s
side of the river, which, l beeves ranks him
he Brieadier General Lieut.. Col Vincent s ~ char
of our regiment, and is unqnastionably Az home
the discharge of his responsible duties. Safgeof
at Major Beard has been appointed Medical DirectG
of this District, position OF high respohathititl
u and his former assistant DR.. Bel. nov has eharg
me of the health of the regiment Whether shese a
oi rangements are to be permanent, circumstance
na alone, probably will determine.
5e The friends of the First Louisanians win be GLAD
ol hut not surprised to learn that the utmost miiar
20 zeal exists among them, and that they have had
10 excellent opportunity Of proving iii ate Snt
IN day night after they had learned that the sopn
a of cannon they had been listening to meant aelnf
lab fighting orders were received to march four Gen
panes to Sewell's Point; and the Montgaiaer
. Guards, Capt. Nolan; Davis Guards, Capt. Ande
yS son; aud the two companies Of the Lausian
Guard, Captains Grardey aud Rawle, wore promp
,.+ ly detailed for the service, Lieutenant Colonel VII
Ihs cent in command, and marched cut under petn
on shower and the blackest canopy Of clouds that
aI. have seen in this latitude. The enthusiasm
~ ~ camp was immense, and If it could have been pc
~ mtted, there would not have been d man nor
boy let to guard the tents and baggage Those WI
remained behind afterwards had reason. hesgeqs
'rt, to congratulate themselves, for the march as
Is retreat that followed 1t were OF q character
'uu test the stamina of an old campaigueF AMI
OF take the starch completely ont Of holiday snlie
r. The troops cared little for the rain but the af
ere ness and mud were very soon voted au utolefab
his nuisance. The darkness was of suea an exal
on, gerated Egyptian character that their guide ma
ing who knew every foot Of the gronnd, was conf
in ually losing his way, and at one time they fcui
$ themselves plunging into q thieket, then lato
we'd ploughed field, and finally into q shallow part
was the river itself. Those who had gone On tht
of Gown hook,n among whom were Captain Nellg;
the and Quartermaster Murphy, were taken all abat
when on arriving at their destination they learn
re- that there was nothing to do but march ba'
ged again and, still worse, the command were fort
TO with taken to the new camping ground and not
ip. having yet been pitched, were obliged to sta
LIN for several hours in drenehing rain. They sto
it, however, like good men and true. #
te. This morning, at 8 O'Clock, Capt. G. r. Fisht
of the Petersburg Dragons, committed suicide
lng blowing out his brains while horseback, ridi
Mo M with his troop. He had been deranged in inteile
nus nus for several days. q. ". s.
the s..
ib kets and ammunition arrived here yesterday frs
n is the South. There more to come-in oil. eneu
ton to Paeo Sie F2sAte III Y op'eun 1 ~ us ~
hts. against any lorce ene Alaeo,n