New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-13

made Salss i lH the PapaFs, osty III mol al, of
which were quite unfounded. What eonId he do
with the materials hs iiad except as the presidens
said drive the foeootiye as he found 1t 2f Grant
60 bravery. herois, devotion and all that kind Of
iaag, wat could be- expected Of regiment thus
described in New York paper?
" In one Of our regiments, while the Colonel was
on trial for drunkenness the Major lay drunk in
hls tent and the Lfentsnant Colonel was so intox-
Gated at evening drill that he had to stsgger up to
the Adlutant and request him to give the orders.v
Tne PRESIDENT is now vested with the most ex-
traordlnary powers and were never heard of be-
fore, except under virtual despotism, because by
recent bill he is enabled to dismiss officers at
pleasure without giving d conFt Of inquiry. But
the evil was enormous. Everywhere Is the same
story At Newport the troops have been ID state
OF nntfny officers have shot soldiers III seIf1e-
fence. Decentralization prevailed largely in Buffers
force, and THE men had burned down part ef the,
pretty village of Hampton. tsgtsz.zt
The day before yesterday e soldier shot COM
rade in the street, close to the spot where was
standing--one Of many similar cases. The officers
may be responsible for all this bnt they are to
be blamed for good deal Of the disorder.
PENCE NAPOLEON AT rHE WHITE HOUSE, As
treat, Prince Napoleon, who is passing his time
mere very qnietly, the Washington papers propose
t.iatsh shoald be invited to review the army by
Zen. Mcclellan bat I Dc not think he will be
hence the suggestion woHid be less distastefuf.
Apropos of the Prince it may be yvorsE, mention
ing that when the PresdentS entertained him the
ether evening at the White House the hand treafed
him no less than twice 10 the Marseillaise. Lord
Lyons, N. Mercier and all the Ministers were pre-
sent. bat, owing tor some unexplained reason the
Gheyalier Bertinatti Minister Of the King Of Italy,
was not invited which Is all the more curious On
account Of the Princes connection with the honse
Of Savoy. On Sunday, the French Minister, NJ
Msrcier, gave q dinner at bin house, where the
Prince is residing, to the Cabinet Minister'S at
which lord Lyons and Tie Cabinet representa-
tives were present, as we'll as Mr.. Sumner and
other distinguished persons. The Vapid air of the
capital is scarcely rnfffed by the Princes pres
ence. s. E5
GENERAL ExAGGERAFIos OF THE UNION RUaoRs,
As proof of the grand abs which are manufac-
tnred here, and of the way in which they succeed
it may be mentioned that Cen Scott was deceived
desecrated Mount Vernon 50 far that he issued an
order. not remarkable for excellence Of compo-
ston, though full of feeling, calling the United
States troops to respect the place, in case they
should be called on to occupy the grounds. The
Confederates were never there at ALL and Lady
Georgiana Fame and lady who is travelling with
her had no difficulty in going and returning re.
Gently nnder the escort of a. British subject. The
tendency, or rather the habit of saying the thing
which is not, and of putting out of all proportion
to the truth the thing thatsis had been 50 devel-
toped by the war that one Of the most respectable
journals in the city grayely and seriously lectured
the whole nation on its Indifference to truth and its
inveterate1oVe of exaggeration in language which
would be resented with acrimonya if it were used
bysa stranger E.fees llstt--5s x551a%9
{ EuRoPEaN CRITICISM ASB4 AMERICAN EEEIINtf
AGAINST Ir.--C Criticism is always resented by the
criticised, unless t.be all sugar and ueacle, and Of
all people the most difficult TO please are those who
vain, irritable, Unfortunate and coReeited The
voices which come mthe other side ef the At
lantic cannot be agreeable to a race above all
things emulous of military prestige.4 e Optat epasip
pd bos.3 He will get them and have to pay for
them presently, but in what will President McGleI
Ian differ from Napoleon LII, except in tenure of
/ office ~ Gd4 is+5as q. F8
The United States army andnaEy viii be made
worthy Of the young Repablc, and in their hearts
men rejoice at the prospects of a. strong govern
ment y which must come, though they cannot see
how, oat of the present conflict. Il am now quite
certain that the silence which has obtained in Eu
rope in reference to the conflict will soon be re-
sented as impertnence and an insulting Affect
alton of indifference to that which Americans re-
gard as the greatest contest the world has ever
seem. No one can honestly be Indifferent to the
results, for they must affect Europe, just any
great disturbance in any State must produce an i'm
preston on the rest of the world. s gsys
1t is useless to say that we are not Jealous of the
grandeur and glory of the United States for the
| national vanity would regard the thing as impossi
BILE. 1t is, indeed, impossible to regard with indf
ference the fight which has saeh enormous interests
and great principles involved in the issues, but it is
unfortunate for the United States that it has by
| turns afronted nearly every Governmentin Europe,
and left itself only the natural symPathes of the
people for those who appear, before them, as the
| friends OF liberty There is one thing to be said
| about civil wars-they do not last long, 1t is
| probable that the . exceptionalismo if one may
| use the word, on which the Americans rather pride
|
| gle between North and South. Each contendng
party, however, believes it Is sure to win.
The voices from the South are, to be sure, rather
deadened, and those Of the North are swollen and
| blown ont through penny trampets and brass
whistles, but there is still to think that both
are bent on having it oat.h And, indeed, the
North must do so, even if separation comes, for
! there would not, aud could not, be an honorable
peace, if it followed an unaVenged defeat in con-
test wherein the victOrs had announced before
hand that their opponents We're destitute OF cour-
age and manhood. 1t would not be possible for
the North to live on terms of decent amity with
the South if the leaders on both sides wera to
! agree to a peace tomorrow The violence and
triumphal jubation of the eonquerors woul3ren-
der it a mere armistice of short duration. Those
who can see the reconstruction of the great Re-
public in the warning eleRents of this great con-
yulsion must believe in soIae new atomic: theory,
and in some novel chemistry of political sAnities.
T s., Mr.. RUSSELL SEES THE; RUINS OF THE 5asDERAL
GoyERSMEST-As passed the State Department
the other day, observed on the ground great col
(! umns of marble in wooden eofin,like cases lying
by the roadside; near the White Housatshere waE
| similar food for ruins. Above the unfinished dome
of the Capitol rises great machinery of scafolG
age and leverage, motionless and sneless aud
| ground the very building in which Senator anC
! Representative keep high debate, lie the vast frag
ments which at some; future day are meant to sup
plement arch and deme-the ideas esa conception
not yet brought into being. There are, then, two
sorts of ruins-these of the thing Ebich has been
and those of the thang which is not yet, and may
effect OF the work pf years conld DO prednced b!
II the materials Of work unaccomplshed. The pub
I lie buildings OF Washington are surrounded befor'
they are completed by the evidences OF what the,
must be when they shall haYa been destroyed
Before the Repmhfic has finished its temples, tn
;, worship of the de- tiles to WHOM they are erecte
/ is assailed by teEr ibs heresies. The Capitol ca
, never see within its dome the Senators and depr
ties of the Unior. of which it seems inapt typ
in its aspiring iacompleteness.s Can any even Q
; the Powers mo st meDaced and affronted by th
Republic re5oe in its researches among the frae
ments Csftf Lnly England, has not, by word .
deed, within ler borders, eXhioited trace Of til
passions attrj buted to her by Taany bitter enemies
THE BlBC' &ADE AND TIE sGoSFIsC ALTON oFfoCTI
ERN PPGaH iTy.-The reports industrouslg circl
. lated in 81 me American Journals that Great Bri
ain has der handed Or sGlieitsd The absshment
free gor to the exit for cotton are untrue.
There Is no foundation whatever for such stat
mensa, hich arc prepared by tire same peop
who or ginate the, stork4s of Admiral Mines di
patches and views in reference to tho blockade
The indiffer snee to foreign politics which hi
, | marke the proceedings of the Congress has bas
| q suitable commentary on the mode in whit
: Anne rican Fairs have been treated in Enroa
N.Y. Sumner, was severely rebukeay for alluding
the probat de effects of the increase of the Moyr
tariff ON ne sentiments OF France and England !:
), It the Sc nate regarded such an allusion as &C
Il fession weakness or an indecent introduction
s en- unsp liable element of consideration.
Il The n;ll tinn obaIc,