New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-06

|;ng the bride Of chose who might not be detalled
Tsssa III nugzfed the officers 1t was, therefore,
agYeed to draw lots for this pese OF danger. This
was done ana Ihe was t 1san Se Il.
most dissatisfied and gr1nbling heroes you ever
saw, FIRST the holders of blanks only regretted
their bad luck, then whispered suspicious of I'M
fair play, then murmuTed loudly, and at length
openly charged thai they had been cheated in the
draft. Such IS the class of men the North has to
deal with Ia this war it has so rashly provoked.
They may be defeated--they can never be sub
dued. The FIRST gun that thunders over the bay
will wake their willing hearts to glorious deeds OF
vafor5 and not man will fail to gather glory from
every sFick that piles the parymtd OF Pickens.
Let the 5 900 saaried Fuss and Feathered Gene
Eal-5taat Dngald Dalgetty of warriors-that hire.
ling soldier with his prostitnted patriotism--meet
suaa men upon the battlefield, They will soor
rife from him all his ancient honors and return his
/ blasted laurels.
| Having given you oil of serious interest in the
| transactions in this quarter, trust may be par
doned for d little gossip.
I BY your last monetary article, i see that oul
friends on CaFondelet street are thinking more d
4 the price of our cotton than the power Of can
1 non, which forcibly reminded me that the flags
must be somewhat relieved of the long, rapid ans
i quick gathering strides of our friend, w r. Starke
4 He is here here did say He is everywhere
A anxious, wafchful, and enQuiring; his Southern
i predictions and Virginia pride but spur q tenn
4 permanent that was never a laggard, aud makes
i hope with him a " blameless parasite" that will
Il follow him throughout the world. But Starke
i you know, is hard to find and harder to hold and
reminds me of ball Of soap that one lets fall in
Il the bath-tub you can scarcely ever find it, and
4 when one touches it, it beunces away IN another
4 direction, and we are not sure OF holding 1t even
4 when in our grasp. But which of US are without
cur faults, though he be the most @preeeas porce-
i lain of human elaysn In him, however, the fault
Of femperamentis forgiven, when We consider his
I urbaaity, politeness and graceful hospitality
4 which he extends with as mach medesty as high
i born pride.
By-the-way Walker, too is one of our mess
/ Judge Waber-Walker of the Delta = secession
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Waiker-he who did as
4 mnch TO arouse to a sense of wrong alike the
/ affiuent monarchs of our Southern farms as the
/ shirtless patriots that peddie on Perddo street.
But he is certainly an interesting man to all here.
His familiarity with the detail of American history,
his association with and knowledge Of all living
4 men Of national renown {many Of whom are here)
i gives great interest 70 his conversation; but
/ Waller, you know, is lazy and luxurious in all
/ things but writing and taIkings he is, however.
| particularly Industrious in this last accomplish
/ ment; he makes an audience of me every night.
1 We sleep in the same room, with matrass for
4 each, but no sheets indeed, A have not seen a
i pair since I left home. found and appropriated
4 one pillow case, and he actually wanted me 10 cut
I that and divide it. Walker is certainly very
4 useful man here; he is perpetual and universal
reeonnoiterer, knows everything progressing, and
proadest may be glad to consort as in corners and
places where the modest may blash to be seen In;
| but more particularly in places where he can
crafty the gustative nature; for believe it, the
| ravn eroaks not louder for its famishing young
| than Walker for his breakfast, and he enjoys it
with an appetite that Gulouston might have sighed
/ for and a raven enyied; but, alas on yesterday
/ He had but Goldfish and potatoes. Still lie ate.
passed itby, not liking it, from political prejudice.
4 close this in haste that it may reach you early,
as bearer waits. N.
Special 10 the New orleans orescent.l @
STEPHENSON, ALk, May !. \
4 Mr.. Editor. As some Of your readers would like
to hear our' first experience ia soldier life Tsend
4 you few items. Ours, Individually, commenced
with duty not expressly that of soldier, in hay-
| ing numerous uniforms made up to supply our great
1 increase Id numbers. Obtaining the services OF
fseveral small specimens of the German tailor, who
promised (with the help Of lageri) to serve us
night and day for small compensation, and as,
sisted by several kind and patriotic ladies-the
ladies of the fair-and the employees of the sewing
machines, we soon accomplished our object though
not without some trouble to all. Not being versed
in the sewing department, we must have been 8
pest to the one and our departure good riddance
to the others; but as our appearance in uniform
among the ladies employed by the Wheeler & Will
siderable merriment, we felt somewhat repaid in
having relieved the monotony of their stitch, stitch
stitch and il is understood that fatigue uniforms
| are more for use than ornament. After few de-
tentions we were able to set off at noon Sunday,
and after being reviewed by Col. Blanchard, who
paid the oft-repeated compliment of being g the
best looking set of fellows he had ever seen,n we
were politely invited (by the Captains order) over
to the Jackson Railroad depot, not however, until
we had been allowed to 6 SUM- ourselves for few
nj o.nFs hTatu pocir,
arrival at the depot, Capt G. gave us short
speech, in which he kindly told US while on duty
we should be under strict discipline, but when off
duty Ito use his expressiopl as brothers, He
also gave US the cheering news that our company
"A would meet us at Grand Junction, which was
met with three cheers for the boys,n three for
Capt. G., and three for Capt. B. of the active hon.
orary number, and we took leave of the latter and
embarked. For some reason which your com
planant knoWeth not, the train reported to have
been engaged was not on hand but as we were de-
termined to start on our way, train was procured
and we started for Kenner, to camp there. The
cars furnished MS were dirt cars but they bore
a troop of & dirt eater5' that would have scared
Horace Greeley and his minions from their darling
propensities, I. or any other man."
We have true cause to- be proud Of our corps and
its officers When we join company we will
! number upwards of $50 men, commanded by Off
GERS we all respect, love and obey. We reached
Camp Kenner Mt sunset, and proceeded to spread
tents, and in less than half an hour the clover
ground on the right of kenner was covered with
some thirty, and presented quite pretty appear
ance as seen from the road with the camp fires
burning and sentinels on duty. Nothing occurred
Of interest during the night, except the arrival of
Capt. WingieId's company from Tangipaho. The
Guards and Rifles Kept up a great cheering back
and forth, in which we could not join, being pleas
antly situated near a miserable table discussing
chicken, Cooked in the egg) and some splendid
| ham recommended for its Strengthening qualities
the morning there was repetition for the worse
and we We're wellpleased to decamp on the arrival
lof the cars, We noticed several scared faces, oc-
easoned BY the sting of an insect quite plentiful in
those parts called The galinipper; something diff
ferent from our pet mosquito in that they don't tell
You when they intend making charge Our trip
| up to Canton, whore we arrived Tuesday morning,
(quiek trip was one continued cheering, the in
haDitants III and about the depots having congre-
gated in large numbers. The ladies Of Amite met
us with bouquets and Confederate Government
flags, and seemed more eloquent than others,
whether from personal interest or not, we can't
say. AT Canton we breakfasted in good style, at
the house Of Collins Pierce, who can't be beat.
From here TO Huntsville, Ala, we were received at
all points by cheering, hnzzaing and waving of
handkerchief.
noticed a greater number at Granada, Holly
Springs. on the mississippi Central, and at Iuca
on the Memphis aud Charleston Railroad, than at
Eotherpoints, antiiwe reached Huntsville, Alabama,
where our reception was beyond description The
fact of our being from New Orleans and SO large
a number (being over 800 men in all) passing over
the road for the first Time created Intense excite
ment, and will no doubt, prove beneficial to the
cause. Every hamlet on the road from mansion
II tn hut aprnyu dnd tln