New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-22
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,



dreamed that the scenes witnessed in the citadel
would be repeated here this winter Yet it is even
so. There, Irish hrengs were drilled morning,
noon and night. Irish soldiers are drilled daily
here. The whole town Of Quebec seemed to be Il
harrack 1t is the same case in Washington to. day.
Soldiers are quarteCed near the Capitol, at the
Navy yard ut the Arsenal, at the War Department,
at the City Hall, in the Treasury building, and
Heaven knows how many other places Two large
houses street are filed with troops As I
passed along this street on yesterday evening" the
| windows and doors of these houses were crowded
with men in undress uniform, smoking talking,
splitting and ounging. fancied rank odor came
ont of the rooms crammed with beds and baggage.
Asoldier, with drawn swora, paced up and down
the pavement, permitting no one to i6jter about
Further on, i'll the open space back of the City
| Hail. there was an immense stable, lust from the
carpenters hands. Six cannon were arranged
near this stable ready for use at a minutes warn
ing. A soldier stood guard over these instruments
| of death. The ground was all miry and cut IN by
the hoofs of horses. Some planls were laid down
for the benefit of Cen SCOTS friend with the gun
on his Celtic shoulder, and there he strobe back
and FORTH allowing people to pass by and admire
his personal beauty, but not to stop and look at
represent force of ten thousand infantry. From
| time to time, we are treated to a parade The
drum and fife awaken in the morning, and the
bugle lends its warlike lullaby to peaceful citizens
who go to bed by o'clock. The mighty chief
who brought this army hither keeps himself Sc
cluded from the public gaze. Sarcastic people say
he is ashamed. H ought to be, not only on his
own account but on that of the soldiers. many of
lrTrbo ha, had
grog-sellers, unwilling to part with their goods
without some more rcmuuerative coin than n
dr lnken Irish oath,
The agony is over, so faras the border States are
concerned Virginia has declared for the Union.
and Tennessee has voted "no Convention" The
Botts-Andy johnson party are iubilant. The Abo-
htionstS will burn heap Of gunpowder in glory
of their triumph at the South So be it. Disheart-
ening as the result is to every true Southern man.
nothing is left but TO permit the people to have
their own way. If they will have an Abolition
master there is no help for it. Those who prefer
to govern themselves can go elsewhere.
For this very reason, We rejoice exceed nglv that
the Southern Confcderacy is Il complete living
power among the nations of the earth Constitu.
tonal liberty has found habtation beautiful and
sumptuous, with millions Of brave men to defend
it, Refugees from Abolition tyranny have shelter
prepared LOT thelh' Ihey may leave the border
states 10 me horrors OF emancipation and Yanllee
cation, and find home among gentlemen in whose
S0'S 'e sense Oh ILonoF ana the spirit OF ndepend
e"ce sun ives W t ou6ht TO be, and We are, de-
'oly 'Ha"h'''il"r HIlS' PRESIDENT Davis and Pres
iuehE Llneoh! LOOK on this picture and then on
Inal' Alex stephens ana the mulatto Hannibal
haihhh contrast them. Why the mere iuEtaposi-
tloA OF names Is hohie VhGlcaton OF the Southern
Ooh'ederacy.
Considering the Peace Congress as little better
'itN huh0u9' got'eh up by the submissionpo iti-
Grams to delay and eventually defeat action, feel
no Inc'IHaIIoh 70 a"eL upon Its proceedings Out
sluers say that Gnthfles dintion Of the Crtendcn
VIII be the upShot OF the Congress.
neither know nor care. Satisfied that nothing will
De aohe winch would justify the Gulf States in re-
turning dismiss the whole subject as unworthy of
serious thought.
All the big bugs in both Houses have had their |
buzz, and naught remains but the droning of the |
swarm OF gnats and gaditles Snlms of Kentucky, |
made good speech day Or two ago, in which he |
administered heavy dose of inyective to the Re
PuoheahS' IL dld ut seem TO set so mighty well on
theT stomachs, and they pitched into him on all
SIDES tie came out OF the "Wrastle " in good
'0HuiIlon' anu ready ior another, Ii occasion
Se[Feu
~ 10 e,i"''' '' '"' 1S ratslaH ana as
coWaruiy' mas maze an open declaration OF war.