New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-12
Meh Orleans DaiIp Crescent
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE u, 1861.
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SERE&ADE-We were honored with delicious
serenade last night, from that gallant company,
tn" Nelson Guards, Capt Jacobs.
The Guards were escorted by the fine body Of
jackson Guards, Company A, Capt. Mabe, and
had been serenadiDg S. O. Nelson, Esq. and
Capt DeVeuve, before honoring this office. Sue
cess to them and their noble cause.
THE WAR NEws.-rhe reception Of the news by
telegraph last night of the battle at Bethel Church
created great excitement, aAd unbounded graft
fication The Southern rebels likely to be very
widely - DISPERSED" even to the very gates of
Washington. Gen. Grivot informed US that there
were none Of the Louisiana boys in the fight. The
forces on our side were one Virginia and one North
Carolina regiment, and the artillery force of Col.
Bankhcad Magrudcr.
FCRLOTGH AND FOE LOyE-Captain Thomas F.
Walker, Of the Mercer Guard and one Of the cev-
crest citizens and bravest soldiers that have left
this city, has, for time, been troubled wifi
conflict going on in his bosom, between the re-
n0wned God Of War and the fiery little god,
Cupid. He has been for some time " engaged - to
one of our fair and lovely daughters late Of our
neiGhboring city of Jefferson, and being, on the
other hand, engaged for the war, and about to de-
part with his company Zone of Col. Scymours
regimenD for Virginia, he naturally became very
10th to take his departure, and leave the girl so
loved behind him. He had been up at Camp
Moore, where for the life of him and his loved one
he could not help admirng the manner in which
Mrs. Lieut.. Colonel Lay seemed to share the dang
ers and trials Of the campaign, in her determiua-
ton to follow her gallant husband to the seat Of
war So Capt. Walker obtained furlough and
hastencd to the city and, as the result of his mis-
sion, his affanced, the beautiful! as well as accom-
pished Miss Collier, has gone with him. his brave
and blushiDg bride. They were married with the
promptest ceremony, the Captain standing, up with
her and taking the sacred vow while in camp uni
form. May the God of Love be the unceasing
attendant Of the God of Battles in their protection
VIvASD1ERNEs.-Th seems to be quite dis
position On the part of women, having fancy for
the hardih0od, to serve rjrHndeTeS, both in the
Southern and Northern armies. number Of the
companies from this city have gone with at least
one Of these female Adventures in the ranks of
each corps. They appear generally to be char
acters capable Of standing the hardshps of camp
life, and to enter into the work con dnl0re The
mendacious journals of Lincoln, as if to make us
believe the whole population of the North are
gorously enthused for the stars and stripes, pub
hsh accounts of dozens OF riJGnUl@Tes going in a
single company, most Of them they say as wives
of the soldiers. One girl, under the rule of a com
pany that the tira1lQie1TeS attached to it must all
be married to the soldiers was so determined to 60
that she Immediately mamied~in the ranks of
company a man whom she had never seen before
We would n2t care to see romance so far outrun-
ing circumspecton in the South.
CANHoN CARRIAGE>.-Nessys. Mulliken 4 Luster
Of l05 and l07 Tchoupitoulas street, have been
awarded the contract for making d large lot of
cannon carriages and other war appliances for the
of the Confederacy-- They find plenty of white
oak timber for their purposes in this State and Mis-
sissippi, and lave a pro ess OF seasoning it by
steamng in such manner as will enable them to
fulfill their contract in short order.
ASKEW GrARps.-Capt. Andrew Brady. Of the
Delta Office, one OF those who served under Cen
VIM. Walker in Nicaragua. $ actively at work Or
ganiHing company for the As5cw Guards under
which caption battalion will no doubt be speedily
formed for immediate active service. There is not
more clever Of Ger to be found than Capt. Brady.
This reporter would not want truer commander
in any cause
THE NELSON GCAR- Sin compliment to our
worthy and popular fellow cit; en- s. Q. Nelson,
Esq, this company has been formed, and duly or-
ganized at a meeting at which Col Gerard Stith
presided, by the election of the following officers
Captain, J. L. Jacobs First Lieutenant, J. H.
Williams: Second Lieutenant, Hy. Pradcauy and
Second Junior Lieutenant Thomas p. Bowler. |
The company will shortly be attached to the Jack
son Legion, under command Of Col. Hy. de Veuye !
a most excellent officer.
ORDERED Orr.-The ship Union, Capt Adams, |
ordered o. from the Southwest Pass by the Pow
haitian, arrived ) esterGay II tie Lake by way Of
Ship Island. No vessels ot war were in sight.
FIRE. At halI pa O'Clock yesterday morning |
a one story brick building No. 1879 Rampant street,
was slightly damaged by fre-how occssIoned not
known. The building was occupied for O dry |
goods store by Il. L. hIcDun.e.
ARRESTED FOR EAPF.-A man named James |
Keete was arrested yesterday by acting Lieutenant
n orel of the hird District police, charge of
being one Of the three parties concerned in the
rape which Mrs Mary Burns complains was com
mitted upon her person one day last week, at the
corner of Marcny and Greatmen streets. The
arrest of two Of the parties has already been pub
lished. Mrs B. says the villains accomplished
their purpose by the aid of chloroforn, admins
tered while she was asleep. keefe was held for
examination with the other prisoners before the
Recorder of the Third District.
HIGHWAY R0DEERy.-A man named Tom Walker
was arragned before Recorder Emerson yesterday
and held for examination charge of having,
on Sunday last, Knocked down and robbed Hy.
Jenkins, fleeing him to the extent Of SIS, at the
corner Of Foucher and St. Joseph streets. In de-
fault of bail of $500, Tom was sent to prison.
DANGERoC>LY Ctr y THE WRIST man named
John Moore admitted into the Charity Hospital
having been cut in the wrist, nearly
seyering the, artery and causing him to bleed to a
very dangerous extent before he was dicoyered--
all in daylight yesterday on the !eyee, and without
his being able, he says, to determine who cut him.
Cow STEALNG.-Bacchus, slave of Eastman, and
4 free woman Of COLOR Bette Boyd were arrested
yesterday on charge of having in their posses
sion COW belonging to Recorder Adams. The
bovine evidence of their guilt was restored to the
owner, and the accused locked up for examination
looking rather cowed.
DEATH OF A SOLDIER FROM IHJUnIES-The
member of the Turco Company who was wounded
in the serious a!fray which occurred last week
among the soldiers in the Lower Cotton Press
died yesterday from the effects of his wounds at
the Charity Hospital The particulars of this affray
have not been ascertained yet by either civil or
military tribunal. From all we can learn, liquor