New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-18
VOLUME XIV.
and his character gone forever. Then there is
John Black, whose father encouraged him to join

"oihShs az hohlt Ht mds CUlSlutTeQ ILIl6 Deb-
ter than gentleman thief, whose career was
bound to end in the pententiary. In camp he has
turned out to be most reliable man. He has
never been known to appropriate even a pair of
shoes or kill chicken. His acts Of self.sacrifce
are frequent, and there are hundreds of men who,
in spite OF his past history, would now trust him
with uncounted thousands"
Skweeztck's says that camp life deyelopes char
acter in every way. He has known men who, at
home, were models of propriety and gentlemanly
department, become dirty blackguards after two
or three months trial in camp He has seen
dandies cschew clean shirts and soap and water
altogether, and become as filthy in language as
in person. The cause of all this he says has been
the theme of deep study on his part, but, up to
the present, he has never been able to get at the
secret.
Skwcezicks thinks that every man who aspires
to places of public trust should hereafter be re-
quired to show clear camp record--that mer
chants would do well to look to the same source
for references from persons desiring employment,
and last but not least, young ladies should refuse
to marry any man who had not gone through the
trial in the tented field, clean and unsullied.
Skweezicks, while philosophizing thus upon the
character of his fellows forgets, perhaps that he
offers in himself another proof of the theory Since
he has been in the army he has returned home
twice on business. The first time was only a few
weeks after his joining the army, and on that occa
sion he was kind and accommodating, and before
starting back for Virginia, advertised that he
would take to his comrades, with pleasure all par
GELS, letters and packages left al his Office. On
the second visit, however, his course was entirely
ua mt br;p Iat+
went back without telling even his nearest relation
of the day Of his departure. We wrote to him and
asked the cause of such a singular course. He re-
piled that it was the result of experience. When
he first came back he brought with him three
trunks of letters, which took him week to de-
liver, not to mention the labor and bother and
when he started back, he found that his advertise
ment had collected together, for him to carry to
his comrades, lot Of plunder which almost
equaled that taken from the Yankees at Manassas,
and certainly quite as mixed and various.
He had to take charge of beds, blankets, cover
lids and iron bedsteads. muskets, rifles, pistols,
swords and owiekniyes, demijoh jugs, bottles
and TASKS of liquor, boots, shoes and leggins-in
fact everything that man could want. He had
taken all those things in charge, and after an i'm
mense deal Of trouble had carried them on to Vir-
ginia On arriving there he had found it mpos.
sible to deliver all in person. and had to leave a
great deal at headquarters, where many articles
were lost. This had been the cause of his being
accused of thieving in more than one case, and he
had been abused in private letters and public
prints. i" l therefore determined never again to
let the public know when | left, on any other oc-
casion Of visiting your city,
All this looked plausible enough, but we think
that he has grown mean and selfish since he has
been campaigning, and being pretty smart fellow
trumped UP this story as an excuse.
We are afraid that Skweezicks' theory will be-
come popular with the world, and that if Skwee
zicks himself is subjected to the trial which he
advises, he would be found wanting. We used tc
think him clever fellow, but must confess VIC
think him sadly changed.
LETTERS from our absent volunteers to the fol
lowing addresses may be had by parties applying
in person or by written order at this office:
F. Adam, George B. Beham, George Bogous
Mrs. Kate Barton, Miss Mary A. Batounge, A. Du
mas, Miss NJ. f. Conklin, Martin Conway, NJ. Cliff
ford, A. P. CleayeEand, John Condor, Mrs. Beatty
Mrs. NJ. j. Finn Thos. Flanagan (2D Thos. Green
Mrs. Georgina Graham, G. Heno. Mrs. L. A, Howe
Miss Lizzie Hooper, Mrs. Margaret Haughey, Mrs
Anna Higgins, Miss NJ +. Harrison, John r. Jones
Gaspard james, Capt. J. Jacobs, P. Regan, T. J
Langdon, Mrs. Mary Laughton, Mrs. Mary McKer
SON. Mrs. Francis Mead (2) Tim Moroney, VIM
Moore, Terence Murphy, Joseph O'Brien j. F
Purcell, Jas. Pierce, f. Pickand, Mrs Annie Rior
dan, Mrs. NJ. Ryan, Hugh Reynolds, Mrs NJ. Ran
ger (2,) Mrs. Joseph Range Joseph Reklausy, Mrs
j. Ser a. A. P. Stevens, Mrs. NJ. L. Latterly {2,)
q. W. Sheppard Miss Emma Summers, H. NJ Sum
mers, Laurence Turner, Jaques Usnen, Miss Jane
Wise @,) John Wagner
A FoUNpL1NG.-Ye Yesterday morning, about 4
,1, A.
of the Female Orphan Asylum on Camp street
heard child cry near the gate Of the Asylum, anG
on going up and institutng search, found newly
born infant on the banquette, in front of the gate
wrapped up in an old blanket. He took it rounG
to the upper police station, where it was kindly
taken care Of by Sergeant Hale. Nothing was
found upon the child to lead to the identity of it:
parentage. 1t is doubtless the offspring of some
guilty wretch who sought TO provide home fol
her offspring, which her shame or her poverty
denied.
GRAND JURY FNDHGs.--The Grand Jury re
ported on Saturday, having found true bills in thu
following cases:
Philip Martin. member of the Lake Providence
Cadets, for murder, in killing comrade by stab
bing him in the abdomen.
Mary Donohue, murder, for strangliug her nfan
| and throwing ii into a water-closet
James E. Simpson and James Z. Daniel, fo
breach Of trust.
CHILD STEALING.-Lousa, the negro girl who wa
| arrested a week or ten days ago upon charge o
having stolen Madeline, a little daughter Of Mmt
Brunei, and kept her in the swamp for four day
and nights, was arraigned before Recorder Gas
tinel on Saturday. Her story was that she foun,
the child crying in the Streets and was III the ac
of accompanying her home when she was arrested
But as the child had been absent from home fou
days, and as she was arrested down at the fortifi
cations below the city, her story of course, is no
believed. The inference is general that she fount
the child in the street before her mothers door
and being o runaway herself she thought it woul'
be q safe thing for her to steal the child for th
purpose of pretending to be its nurse, and tho
warding off suspicion. She must have kept tb
poor little creature in the swamp four nights, dur
ing the coolest weather we have had this seaso II
She was committc for trial before the Fourth Jus
tice of the Peace, and bail was given for he
appearance by her mistress, Mrs. E. c. Hunter.
CUT WITH RAzoR.- Yesterday afternoon Pete
Nader, the keeper of an oyster shop at the corne
of Girod and Franklin streets, was dreadfully Gu
under the left arm by Henry Peterson. Tt appear
that the two men had some trouble together som
| davs apo and were on bad terms Peterson yes