New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-31
From Nashville.

NASHVILLE Oct. d, 1861.
Ed C'eScent-I reached here, direct from New
Orleans, on yesterday morning, after q continuous
ride of 43 hours. Ny journey, on the whole, was
a pleasant one, though a cold snap, which set in
on Monday night, made me somewhat uncomforta-
BILE under the light clothing with which started.
For the first SO or 100 miles of the route could
not divest myself Of the idea that was still thread
ing the streets Of New Orleans. At every crossing |
7 was assaed by the omniprescient Moody. On |
the corners Of almost every shanty, and scattered
over the line Of telegraph posts, the inevitable |
proclamation, Buy your shirts in New Orleans Of |
S. N. Moody met my vision Even the tops of !
the lofty pines heretofore only reached by the |
eagle. have been compelled to succumb to the en- |
terprise Of the great Shirt King.
| found the cotton crop under full pick; in many |
fields, however it has been seriously injured by |
the heavy rains Of August. On the high lands |
generally the yield will, Notwithstanding, prove a
splendid one, and in mississippi and North Ala
banla particularly So. The planters, / an pleased
to notice. are needing most religiously tho recon-
mendation of your factors, and as yet throughout
the long thoroughfares of railroad nor at single
station is bale of the new crop to be seen. This
is indeed wonderful, when we recollect that always
at this hundreds of thousands Of bales block
up the depots, and embarrass every channel of
transportation and we find therein renewed evil
dence of the patriotism of onr planters, and prac
tcal illustration Of the sacrifices which they
solved to make in behalf of the independence of
the South. ] must not however, omit to mention
that at one station solitary bale OF cotton greeted
sight, evidently representative OF the crop of
1860, as plainly appeared from its threadbare and
ragged aspect. It's appearance was cordially
greeted by the bosterous crowd on the train, most
of them being soldiers route for the various
seats of war One of them, as much wag as SOL
dier, grayey addressed the crowd as follows:
"Gentlemen, have the honor to introduce to you
bis royal highness, King Cotton, the sovereign of
tI,n,r npSf rlnNp fail nynn natth h
coming, kings and potentates rejoice, and their
people also; but when he hides himself, there is
lamentaton and wailing throughout every land
His power is boundless and sway nTincbe, since
| nothing can shake the stability of his throne or
faint the loyalty of his subjecs.h At this outburst
there was a general shout Of applause, and with
three cheers and tiger for the autocrat the crowd
dispersed with the train.
The appearance of the people everywhere on
! my route indicated the presence Of grim-Visaged
| war. Each man and almost every boy approach
| ing to maturity wears the appearance OF soldier,
and the women, without exception, appear to ap-
| precRte the crisis. At every station | saw many
Of the latter either bidding adieu to their husbands,
and brothers, or dispatchlng letters and com
forts to those who had gone before. There was no
| weeping and wang the part OF those gentle
| ones, but each looked as if she had part to play
and duty to perform in the present struggle, as
| high and as noble as the sotdcr citizen who has
| bncked on his armor. The whole scene was IN
| striking contrast to that which witnessed in The
month of January last on the first call to arms here
| in the South. Then the men We're lurried and eX-
| cited, and the women alarmed almost to terror,
| moving wildly about, wondering at all, and afraid
| to inquire into particulars which might, en- dis
| closure, indicate the ruin and destruction Of their
| happy homes. Then it represented the flush and
| excitement, commingled with wild alarm, which
preceded the first conflict Of the revolution in '76
| when amidst pressing thoughts of danger and dis
| aster, vague ideas of @ speedy settlement of all
difficulties, and the restoration of peaceable rea.
tions, would intrude. Now, all wears the resolved
aspect of our ancestors at a mere advanced period
of their struggle, when eXhilarated beyond proper
bounds by successes, or dsleartened by no re-
verses they marched with firm and steady step to
the music of the revolutiOn de etermned on return
| to their much.loVed homes only when the lnde
penaence of their country was achieved
| hope, before my departure from the neghbor
hood OF our lines in Kentucky, to fall in with ON
friend Gibbons of the Contnentals, now at Coium
bus he is learn, doing good service with shove
and pick, and ready with bis percussion for the en-
emy at any time. Israel Is not much gwen to al
understanding of the Scriptures but understand
that he appreciates most highly the quotation
To your tents, oh Israel! " and is ready to &C
in obedience whenever he can. In connection
with the presence of your local, the aforesai
Israel, and many other employees of the Crescent
, now in camp, all must appreciate Iuoat highly, i
addition the patriotism manifested on the part g
others of your editorial corps in the great cause
hand. Your principal, as Lieutenant Colonel,
now actively engaged in the drill OF his splendid
mounted regiment at Baton Rouge, whist the mex
in place and i'll name the veteran OF the quiz, Col
Adams, will soon, as devoutly hope, be called b,
, the good people of the Second District to watch
= in the grand council OF the Confederation, owe
those great interests of the South which he wa
amongst the earliest to proclaim and.to advocate
= Major Bartlett, at the head of his weli-drlied bat
- talon, is prepared to cope with the Toe at an,
" point to which he may be ordered, and your dash
A ing knight of the scissors, having performed III
+ tour of duty in Virginia. is ever on the qai vVe TO
= | anything which contribute to the comfort an
u | welfare of our gallant soldiers One only of tn
:, | old attaches of your editorial sanctum remains
y be noticed the grave and most potent Judge, who
u methinks can even now see slowly perambula
h ing, and with saddened voice musing to himself
,, feel like one who trends alone,
= Whose light are fed, whose garlnnd's dead
j. And all, save one, departed
t. or, perhaps, even more melancholy, under th
it changed scene, he quotes from Moore
The harp which once through T4,a's halls
+ The soul OF music shed,
$ NIE Az '9 ht x son ,i';S were Z" fsa 1S.'
a But am too fast, and must say there is music i
n the old hall yet, for " Talk on Change as We a
i know, is ab0lt-that ubiquitous individual, who
with optics far from keen, is never at fault, an
n who though he cannot always hear thunder, neye
!, permits the slightest whisper within the precinct
i, | of Orleans TO escape his ears.
n must now close this rambling epi5tle, and IT
i. serve for my next an account Of this city and il
p beautiful cnyirons-ts solid h"nses and still MOI
+ | solid men-its lovely and accomplished women
its many and well-regulated raroads, md its gel
II | cral thrift and enterprise. Il.
It New !EFIHHART.--Dr Reynolds, the famous ca
Ger ply cnu, opecd ndrary in the spacious
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l. eli. his Eeiknnan >itl and en,n. The locality i
H 1d p'"s c"r erd 'arcsrs AID 6;nhred disea
4 form .tiJy with Decor; mary yeasa OF study
l. ! practice la-i, been devoted 10 hem
+. =
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