New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-25
NUMBER g5I.
Letters from Rapides Parish.


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Special to the New Orleans cresespt1 n sszEs sss
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Mr.. Edaorl lTiais town is at present fairly alive
with gentlemen Of the cIeth. full battalion of
Min;sters of the f,sr,el arrived fa,v 8aye aoo IL
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alteha tHe SESSION e tae Epfscopai Con
ference South and regret to say that the price Of
chickens has advanced distressinaIy phenome
! non nat a,tooatber ,aarnee,es 4;
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| aicate that they ars dofng some good among the
/ SINFUL population Of Alexandria; twice or three
1 tiraes A 6ay their ypices can be heard in The
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gospel or singing the praises OF God and those OF
their meetings have attended are unconlfortabIy
| crowded. A dozen or 20 lodge at the lee Hopse.
hn ssr ,,,,,,,., arc ona,tered s,nona
h III sne @ ahsa @ saa,a sas
ths eilAssfa, .ne ~ sos. -. as %
me tIsiae vi . openfns 'neH uoofS
10 .nem. ~, ,s "a 80, =, tto
Last WesH ne ggnieEsnes IL o,.s " m
members 1or ne onease a q ns.sl,ng Aooilhon seq
tilnen.s ~ nos s.aa IsaIn ~ .e saa,.
H., rart "a Martn T. daua ~
&c py ~ n ~ ,,sa Z
Lhey Wsre sNS ny ~, =. tt; 4;
moun.ea' aa petiorheu tns faa.os t.us Tsa Srosa 3
h,ghly ereaitaoie mahnsr. i a sp aaa,
nopie leL9W ,tDIaSe as hen, hsryed "'Si u,sie.
o y ~ sae ~ nyess b can
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an e,ephap1, q VI ~ ,,.a
striaing some saen aninf, ssay an s ~
nonrsnng ae ne I.aa ,i., s
own ample dmenslons his VAT morse, WIN lott nolii
zohtal tan and trunk upihea Ior .ne nrst awiul
bioW, ne Woaia pfeseht, chaYsihg FOWL upon .ne
enemys Lhe, lha ssry i5ohs \, y. ma's' an "spoes
10 sntsateh ana - .taso a.,a.ol
besiaes tnls cavalry company siseIe als seysas s
Pounteer lnIaalI{ eolapaG.es u w paIiyn, @
ed lor service Within the oaase wnsn eaIsa upon.
Ihere Is no spscal M .afs pa. y. .a0 .
| Try ~Cotton plchlne ana uaie euts,hg s,e a5ouI
hnshed. Nsvigauohl Is alscouIasfhgiY pao' anu "
/ nave warm Gays ana. .cooi hights. o. W. 81
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M''. Editof- 1esterday \ VISITED loi tne ntst
4 time the extensive Government beef packery,
/ about two miles bebw town, I saw but one of
! a. 80 sIorrh,ar ba,ses sna fonnd n a. bo,rid
naos a s.sains ,s.h n,esd areass and lth While
4 the atmosphere about it was loaded with villain
I oua comnound 'of smells which reminded me of
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"has haVs heatu VI 1eaa " aug elsses " H.A'l1
burg and Cologne in that respects8 The slaughter
of the beeyes t25O day1 is a shocking spectacle,
4 YETI the manner in which the killing is performed
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is an Improvement upon former methoas. ne
cattle are driven from an enclosure into; the
slaughter pen the exeoationers stand upon pianks
Nv haama above ,ham armed With Iona. .barr3Ied
spears, with which they strike Just back ot n me
head aiming 10 seveptne splnai nerve ssouiu me
blow succeed, as ~ asmost inSarlaoly ices, sne
vietlm iats withoat sense OF paln aug WIN sotnng
more than priei hlscaiar s.Iussis, aha ny III, +
= hardly down before his throat ls CUT, ms SKIN
: stripped off bis various members cut INTO Ordinary
sized chunks pachea INTO 1arfe De.weeh iayeft
OF salt headed up, ana foilea Gat Q, eas euiIaing
camp. lass saianef, saw ". neaIas OUT :a1
OF the flrsI IeS.hent peIioI upon sui5 snish
ems somewhat similar operationZnot me skihhins
. and saang, ont tne Hhsng pesiaes ne useu son.e
kind OF surgical sto0l 0 ~ , scalpei, pernaps
! Science like blood Wlll TELL Atter seeing TINT
speed with which throats were slashed IN tnat pen,
: did not surprise me 70 ma laTge trouga Maae 9
planks, leading fromthe shambles out to the nigh
. steep bank OF the river and from there DOWN t.
the waters eaRe-hof 70 s l9u lushins Gown ~
n trough perfect torrent OF fresh blood smoking
:. and sparkling in the sunlight, and making Grim