New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-17
Letter from N-iroinia.

Special to the New Orleans Ceseens.l . a5s...-.
RICHMOND Aug. TO- 1851.
1fl.. Editor-Egerything is kept very secret al
Manassas, and it requires powerful influence to
obtain permission to visit the encampment.
forward movement is not anticipated, and many of
the best Informed believe that it not the wishes
of the Government nor the intention of General
Beauregard to have followed the routed Federalists
across the Potomac # he had had a large reserve of
fresh troops at Manassas on the 2Ist 1t his troops
had been fresh the would certainly have been
more perfect and disastrous, but he would not have
| followed them to the river. The glst Of President
| Davis two messages is contained in his repeated
! desire to he =" let aloue.n He Intends no in
| vasOn Of the Northern soil whnut persistence is
eginced on their part Ia invade our territory. He
considers the Confederate States oniv bower.
full enough to defend their rights, hut able to secure
those which have been wreated from US.
Congress has authorized the President to in.
crease the army TO 400 O00 men, which viii! be
speedily accomplished and The Confederate States
Government is in a situation 10 m1intain and sub.
sisE ahnndantly twice that plumber, We have al
ready in the field about 2i0 900 soldiers and every
day brings fresh arrival to Richmond, armed and
ready for immediate service. The military feeling
| of the county, instead Of waning, grows more
| fierce and irrapressble, and the forthcoming re-
| QUESTIONS Of the President will be as promptly
MET as at first. Maryland and Kentucky are fur
plshng accesslofts to cur ranks daily squads
arriving from those States continually, who attach
themselves to other companies, and wait the ar.
rival Of numbers sufficient to form battalion.
This process is going on now with the Kentucky
troops at Richmond. But few days ago. a com
pany of heutnckiaus, who had been serving with
Col. Blanchard Of the FIRST Regiment Louisiana
Volunteers a Norfolk arrived here and Joined a
battalion of their own cizeus, and will move to
Beauregard's camp on Monday next. Maryland is
doing the same Many B4ttimore8ns have arrived
here during the last wtrk, Who have walked the
entire distance, crossing the Potomac at such
points that are least liable TO BE- watched by the
enemy. | saw two who arrived Today they in
formed me that they creased iato Virginia from
Matthias PoinT, and we're fortunate enough to meet
none OF the Ftfiefailsls.
The telegraph has already Informed you that
correspondence has taken place between Lord
Lyons and the State Department at Washington,
relative 10 the blockade of Charleston. | have
reasons 10 believe thar this correct, and that the
Cabinet here have been furnished with copy of
It. called ut the Attorney Generals office on
yesterday, just after pthe. AID whilst there
notice was brought in informing Mr. Benjamin
that there wonld he meeting of The Cabinet at
10 O'Clock. The hour selected for the Meeting
was nnusua, and it tair pre- p,ion that some
extra1Fduary necessity rendered The meeting ill.,
dispsn- able AT that hnnr. ilurWg the day, it WAS
rumred that the btncFaile ,lupstint was diseussea
Nothing further has transpirtd 30 enigh,en the
pubic mud ON TN. SUBJECT US ID his time.
met Col, Walton yesterday, lntkIng very
well. He has just arrIvsr iu aissiits,sts aud re-
ports everything we'll There 4fa J. number OF cur