New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-08
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Ed. erescealsince my last, the cotton has bp
gun 70 bring forth leaves and FORMS tile latter
OF which will produce nothing as the season in too
isr advanced for theforrn to mature !. therefore,
mere VII be no top crop. The caterpillar has en-
ufeiy disappeared in their worm-hke;s shape. and
nave donned the garb and the shape Of the candle
. esa nnsa sprlng up in quantities as you walk down
shs ooston u rows, he cotton crop will be gathered
early as ths effects Of the caterpillar forcsd evsr1
no,i, even tals early, TO open We hays some se-
.s yere rams which, with the worms have placed
MEX gons ~ snsa san,, CONDITION that is Impossible 10
will be more trashy cotton made fbis aeasan th
have been for years. q PsN ssf'ei es's .1&iA
In pursuance of the order Of Gov, Moore our
parish mas nobly responded to the militia reonIa
tions. All, aye, even the white haired sirss who
nave hVed three score and ten, attend Regularly at
the parade-ground, with their companion for years
,theF trusty rife. Though not being allowed is
drh on account OF their age, they are all attention.
ana M can even now surpass many of the younger
ones IN Performing the drill. Our Colonel made
ms appearance at the parade ground d few days
ago, and was the objeessof much surprise, as he
seymetar. He looked as if he was in q good con.
diuon' and could 'fride horse with ease. D Ha
attempted a. the parade to stand as the pivot when
Ins hs Gap.an issnea the order by file right into
lahe, mareh Eyes right Heads upl, He had
scarceiy taksn bis post waen private j., who is
punctnat IN chewing orders, administered severe
a snoek n our ooonels rear which led him to be-
TAKE him for all in al, 1--WE think be can Keen
The weather has been cool and bracfnp. hey.ne.
nag slght frost few nights ago. The river has.
lon ZOE Some time past, but IL now con
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Tae 70 --latest British Argunaen. il Favor s 81
~ ~ tine Rebels. gsi
a. a. The secession had been contemplated and
fnnSsS h ,or some thirty years past. It was de
advanced for national insurreetions, aud IA h was
in opposition to the dictates ot political wisdom
i was IN e conformity with the passion Of human
would perhaps have been more prasney,uss At
home, and certainly more Formidable abroad If
they had remained united but the same NAV, he
gag gag OF the states OF all the empires which have
everywhere, and the larger the population that
can be retained under these conditions the Greater
VIII be the result. But it happens that these con
siasrauons are not allowed 70 prevail against in
huences of more immediate kind. The unision OF
Independence is more attractive than the vision Of
power. The people of the Southern States are
sh,y aong hsys what s People q hundred other
hortsighted, but they are determined. They
may by mistaken, but they know their OWN minds Il
III they may ne wrong, but they are ten millions
rne Federalists themselves admit the right Of in
snrrecton but deny that nsurrectfon can be it1sti
he'd in the present instance. That argument how
ever, can never stand. It. ia absured to say that
rebellion s sacred popular privilege but thati it
can only be exercised with the assent Of those
against whom it would be directed The Emperor
OF Russia might admit the doctrine as thus stated
II people have a right to rebel against Govern
ments, it must be when the think fitting, and not
when the Governments allow it.
,75A57i''ls ..I.--a s.-L stLonaon Times, Oct. ..
I" REnErsG EscAPING THRouGH scANADA.-The
New Albany Qnd,) Ledger, of the 31st ult., copies
the following from the Quebec Chronicle:
Some Of the papers affect TO disbeIieve our state
ment that member Of the Maryland Legislature
who escaped from Baltimore, or rather the fortress
which commands it, was recently in Quebec Per- ;
haps they will also refuse us credit when we say
that Mr.. Ward, the American Minister to China.
was here a fortnight since. He made Ills way
from the South through the Northern States yerya
slowly and with great difficulty, the officials being
on the lookout for him, as the, telegraph an.
bounced. he is, however, probably safe il Eng
land BY TINS time. With him went another agent
of Mr.. Davis Government young man who was
at Bull Run. 1t is coDjectnred here that Mr., Ward
took letters Of ularque with him, to be given to-
privateers to cruise In the Chinese waters If not t
look after the California treasure ships on the Pa
cine side of the 1sthmus. gs Numbers of otfler
Southerners have come and gone this summer by
our steamers, and many more have been staying
here. stH AMI sg M @@7 V - N