New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-20
From the Hnsnr,.

Courier Of the 17th, from which we extract the
following:
INSANITY or CIV. wrLLfAa T. snFRnaN.-Ths
ia,s commander Of the Department of the Cum-
peTiand e7ineed evidence Of insanity before he left
Lne NE CITY, and these lead to his supersedure The
Cincinnati Commercial states that al one time he
teiegraphed to the War Department three tiues i'm
one aay Isr permission 70 eVacuate Kentucky and
fetreat INTO Indiana. He also, on several ocea-
Aons, gave accounts of the Overwhelming force Of
pnckner and asserted that louisville could not be
defended. me retreat from Cumherland Gap was
command in Kentucky. he vaa sent II Missouri
and placed at the head Of brigade at sedaIia.
where the shocking fact that he was 1rfadrr1ar,,
was developed, by orders that mis- suborsinates
knew to be preposterous and refused Ia s,ise., He.
has, Of course, been relieved altogether from copa
mand. ..ssHN
!. AN ApvsvcE-We are assured that three brir..
ades OF the grand army Of Kentucky, Commanded
by Generals Resseau, johnson and Negley, crosaed
to the South bank Of Green river on Tuesday ~;
ARRIVAL or TRooPs.-The Forty-ninth Indians
Regiment, Col. Ray, the First Ohio Cavalry, Col.
hansom, the Eleventh Michigan Infantry, Col.
May, with cavalry company attached, and the
Thirteenth Ohio Regiment, Col Smith, passed
through the city yesterday, u ~ e,s5'N -4,5
The Eleventh Michigan Infantry. twelve hundred
strong; commanded BY Col. VIM. .. May, arrived
once dispatched to Bardstown Kv.Ss ss p
W Monday last the number of letters received
AZ tne city post-oace for distrbutoa from the diff
ierent camps on the line Of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad exceeded twenty2theusand, Of
which number the great excess were from Camp
NeVin. On Tuesday and yesterday, however no
lettersIWhatever were received from that camp.
The infefenees fair that the troops were occuuied
in more active duty than that Of letter wiring,
and that, having exchanged the pen for weapon
Of lesser might, namely the sword have solved
the problem OF crossing the Green river.
Hogs at Louisville are quoted at s3 q to Sc IS,
On the llth $40 head were killed and $500 re-,
mained in the pens. ,s.E IN a5-.s- 4 3se. ~
y The following are the teiegraphie items we find
of interest: 9 s.,s.gs.s,s5E5.s.,. II
q PRISONERS TO BE EXCHANGED. Wdslsfaqtoz,
Dec. 10.-The question of the exchange of prison.
ers seems to be fairly settled. The New York
Executive Committee had several lengthy and in
teresting interviews with the President, Cen Nc
Clellan, and Senators and members of the House.
all OF whom favor it. The interview of the COM
mittee with Gen. Mcclellan was especially gratify-
ing. He spoke OF the subject briefly but warmly,
and, from his conversation had evidently given
the subject much study. 90 S o., ! q
The Military Committees in both Houses have
reported favorabIy on the subject and joint reso-
luton, which passed the HOUSE, requesting the
President to make an exchange, will pass the SEN
ate to morrow. s,s ~ ~ -s.
FRoM PoRT RoYAI.-Eeso York, Dec. 1.-THE
steam transport City Of New York, from Port
Royal on the 8th, has arrived. Gen. Stevens, with
1000 men, had occupied Beaufort.5 The gunhoat
Pawnee, several transports and a. number of
troops, left Hilton Head on the 4ih for Tybee.
7Gen. Sherman had appointed superintendents for
the picking and securing of cotton at Hilton Head
and adjacent islands. The health of the troops is
good. No lighting had occurred. Gen. VieIe,s ex-4
pedi'ion would probably sail about the 18th.
=: ESCAPE OF CHAs: ANDERSON MEXICAN F FEELISG.
Nelo York, Dec. H.-The steamer Columbia, from
Havana the 9Th, has arrived. The rebel steamer
Vanderbilt, 1888 tons, arrived at Havana on the 3d.
five days from New Orleans. Chas. Anderson and
family arrived on the Columbia. He is a brother
of Gen. Robert Anderson
He escaped from the handstof the rebels atSan
Antonio and walked to Monterey, Mexico. He
was treated with great kindness by the Mexicans.
be sailed on the British steamer Clyde to Havana.
He reports that, though British subjects whom he
met were violently indignant at the seizure Of Ma
son and Slidell on the Trent, he and family were
treated with kindness. ~ .,.sg - In d,
Andersons family were sent originally by the
rebels to the Mexican frontier, while he was held
a prisoner of war. ~ at4 sa && gSf-.
The Clyde met the Spanish fleet and army within
thirty-six hours sail Of Vera Cruz, with fine
weather. ~ Hs % -s
The Mexicans were daily expecting the allied
feet The general feeling appeared to be hatred
Of SPAIN - '-,ss-g-
All feuds were giving way to sentiment of
frequent remark was, 'Ifthe Spaniards come alone
they will be heartily ywecomedJ'a No resistance
however, was to be made at Vera Cruz or Tam
pico.
The guns Of the Castle Of San Juan de TJlloa were
being carried inward. If Mexican symptoms can
be trusted, a decided resistance will be made to
Spanish invasion. Is sr1.yt 5ssrz 5.4@a. +
YANKEE ACCOUNT OF THE FoRr PIcKENs FIGHT
The FEDERAL VESSELS badly DAMAGED.-N Ne,o
York, Dec. n.-A private letter from Martinique,
dated Nov. %. states that the Iroquos il of that
port, waiting for the Sumter. Another, dated the
25th says: The Iroquois arriyedalast night, but
the Sumter has escaped.H a =g4t .,us E5sg54
/ A private letter from on board the steamer Rich
mond, which took part in the fight at Fort Pickens
dated Nov. %, states that the vessels commenced
bombarding Fort McRae at 10 O'Clock on the 22d.
oto fhafh kNIk
the Captain of of the guns on the accuracy Of
his aim, when a shell bounced through our bull
Warks and took his head off land wounded six more
men. This Shell, on exploding, raised the ship out
OF the water, and made her stagger like q drunken
| man. Another shell burst six feet below the wa
| ter line, causing bad leak but the steam-pumps
kept the vessel free. The firing continued all day,
| and was resumed by the enemy the next morning,
when we moved out of hs range. The frigate
Niagara still kept at it, but being outside the bar,
| she cannot be much damaged Fort Pickens had,
up to date, lost killed and seven wounded.
| Fort MeRae is much damaged, but we cannot de-
stroy it with our smooth bore guns as they are no
| match for the enemy's rifed Cannon. The bonn
bardment was to be renewed the neGt day, the
2Sd with the determination to whip or to be whip
ped. ca. ~ -
| Since leaving the passes of the Mississippi sew.
| eral rebel vessels had managed to escape. A
| Spanish vessel had come down with number of
| fugitive Spaniards, to escape imprisonment, who
report that the rebels had three iron-clad batter
| ing rams ready to repel attack, each carrying
| eighteen or twenty OF the heaviest guns. and
| additional steam rams and fre.rafts we're being
constructed. H. s5 s,t..-- 49,. r.,
ANOTHER YANKEE PANIC Washington, Dec. II.
There was an alarm along the lines last night and
| the enemy was supposed to be approaching in
force. All night seven divisions Of the grand army
were under arms. The alarm proved to be false,
1 and at noon to-day all was quiet.s
| The President has declined to Communicate to
Congress any communications addressed by the
| Governments of England, France and Spain, in re-
gard to the armed Intervention proposed by them
in the affairs of Mexico. He deems that it is mex.
pedient at this time to do SO. ~ @
i FoRT PULASKI, Neto York, Dec. live learn
! by the steamer City of New York that jthe 49th
New Y ork regiment were to embark for Tybee,
1 with view to storming Fort Pulaski by land. A
4 feet was seen off Port Royal few days prior to
the 9Th, which doubtless has since arrived at its
destination, and startling intelligence may soon be
| expected from further South. -
| The WAR IN MISSOURI OHerGine, No., Dec. IL.
| Union men from Lafayette county report that roo
rebel recruits left Lexington yesterday morning to
join PRICES army. aT 3.
A., band of musicians, sixteen in number, from
4 the rebel army, were captured near Eunkesons on
| Monday. - - ~
| A son and son-in-law of Col Magofin has also
been taken. They were the leaders of the forag-
ing party on our teams near Georgetown on Sat
urday. - r.
| The scouting party which left here bont ter
days ago is said to have surprised g rebel camp il
| Saline county, capturing large numbers of wagons
| nd tax al fty