New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-14

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River Intelligence.
LOUISVILLE, May l3.-The Ohio river at this
point was swelling this evening with III feet 4
inches water in the canal by the mark.
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Louisiana Guard in Virginia.
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Special 70 the New Orleans erescsnt.l
RIcHaoEr, VA, Tuesday, May 7. led.
Ihf. Edttof-As you have, no doubt been tefe-
graphed of our safe arrival here after much fels
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VI you az s'teSehsoh, ', tennessee, Where NE were
overtaken by 1900 men from Tennessee, en- route
for Richmond. 1t would be surprising 10 those
whn Al not +rnlr, a,,,ra o;a+. III. I. III; g nc 1
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bofuef States Oh Inc SCUM, 70 Witness the NUM-
ber OF men pouring in from all parts, and the in
terest manifested along fta route. All evpyv
horsa IA
nouse "nu 1ioiis tae rous sle
Confederate nag IS waving always, and even on tops
of mountains, among the Aileghanies, many are
hoisted. Indeed, every one who is able, in country
town or village, decorates his house with thenl.
1t were impossible to count them here. In Knox-
vile, Tenn, noted heretofore for its Union senti-
ment, we were met by large concourse of citizens,
all anxious to let us know that Tennessee 0Hs.
Our whole trip (barring delay has been more Ike
return from victory, and SO impressed all with the
belief that we must and will conquer, that the
horrors Of war; are dismissed from the mind
| and g Old Abe y suffers the expense of d joks
from all. The majority Of the young ladies' viii be
satisfied with :" a lock of his hair, but some
ferocious enough to want his scalp. But to retrls
| to our trip. After leaving Stevenson Ra came by
the usual route, by Chattanooga, Knoxville, Rrisa
| tol and Lynchburg. At Brstol-on the line be-
tween Tennessee and Virginia-wa were detained
day, were treated with great rdiaiity by tho
mayor and citizens and made to \ feel at home
Capt. G. employed the time lost in cling to guad
advantage, drilling the battalion, much TO the eai
a ii Ypfnfr
llet to us after being confined in hox cara fhe "a
greater part Of the time. These cars are caled,
believe, by our Riehinond friends, Mississippi
coaches We arrived in Lynehburg Saturday
night and were quartered in 4 Martins Ware
house." used for storing tobacco and sufficient for
3000 men, and punked comfortably. The citizens
are IKE all Il, other glrginians as open.hearted as
the day. we paraded the next morning, anxiogs
Tor exercise and pertectlon IN drill and TO nse the
l4ynchburg expression, heard on AL sides. 4. took
the shine oil anything they had seen. would
mention that the company Of note quartered there
IS the battalion Of Mobile ftes, whose wealth Of
members is reported BY lynehburg paper to ex-
ceed four miion Ihe number of troops camping
near Lynchburg IS reported at 5000 and more com
burg yesterday morning, Some Of the eompanY ,s4
through mistake, coming ahead q Us on The ex-
press tram arrived Six hours ahead of Us and Nefe
compelled 10 wait Ia the cars our ARRIVAL which,
was at = O'CLOCK iast evening. gur trip hns BEEN
longer one than we expected, being eight days,
and making hardly u miles an honr. On our ar
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nall connected with the inspectors Department
and canvas kindly provided tor rs TO lie nnpn,sS
winch was quite q luxury After Tins commenced
the continued kindness OF eto most OF us1 an utie
known trlend-Hector DaVis--Who, believe IS
well knoWn1n New orleans and throughout the
scum. De IS engaged 70 W. aaetloh sualnesa, ant
is, suppose, friend OF Capt. GirardeY We suppea
at his invitation and expense at the Exchange
Hotel and Ballard House, and he has kindly volun-
| teered to take charge OF any letters OF packages
sent US, and conferred other faVors too numefpaa
to mention. Cases like this are many nowadays
| but few so marked.
We are under strict military dieipline here, but
| as we had numerous wants to supply. Capt. G.
kindly managed this morning 20 give us parols
| until IL O'Clock. Ihe Captain Is winning golden
opinions from all for his ndetatigable endeayoTs
| for our comfort and success. have seen many,
since our departure, but notone company in which
Captain is 50 much esteemed and respected as
| ours. His wish is law! We have had touch of
colder weather than usual here at this time, with
much rain, but it has been pleasant since we
arrived. Our destination y not yet certain bot
you Will doubtless know ere you receive this. We
have been Joined here by Mr.. VIM. Boyd, of New
Orleans and received applications (fiisnatehasSs
asking membership to ioif Us. have not bssIs
able 70 learn the exact number Of troops urarterel
near here but are told by several responsible citf
in this State are kept at home by the Goyernor's
utuels, ,Eeaay " harSh " y momentss NOTICE..