New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-09-19
Neh Orleans Dailp Grestfnt
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1861.
gUfaI Snttuiqente.

LETTERS FOR THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.-S5er-
geant Harry Douglas, of Company G, Continental
Guards, will leave for the headquarters of his COM
pany on or about Wednesday next, and will take
charge of any letters which parties here in this
city may wish to send to the Continentals or to
any other company in the Eleventh Regiment.
Sergeant Douglas is authorized to make coliec-
tions in aid of his company, and we hope that our
liberal citizens will remember their brave defend
Anything left at this office before 3 O'Clock
P. NJ, on Tuesday next, will be taken charge of
by him.
TICKETS On THE CARs.A-The City Railroad Com
pany have commenced the sale of tickets on their
cars, in view of the scarcity of small change ex
sting in the city. We have thought all along that
this should have been done for various reasons
but principally on account Of its convenience.
RECEIPTS FOR TIE TIMEs.-Tt must appear, even
to the most casual observer, that unless Gommun-
cation with foreign countries is opened at an early
period, stocks Of many of the articles now neces-
stiles among our citizens will run entirely out. It
becomes our duty, under these circumstances, es-
pecially as we no believers in speedy settle
ment Of the quarrel between Old Abe and the South
ern Confederacy, to give our readers the benefit Of
our reading and experience, so as to enable them.
to certain Degree to overcome the difficulties Of
their position, and if they cannot produce real ar
tice at least make substitute which will all
the purposes of habit and trade. We will there.
fore give them few receipts for the manufacture
of such articles as are consumed in every family 10
a greater less extent, remarking at the same
time that the ingredients to be had every where,
and generally are the production Of our own be-
loved South:
70 Make CQtee.-Take tan bark, three parts
three old cigar stumps and quart of water, mix
we'll, and boil fifteen minutes in dirty cofee-pot,
and the best judges cannot tell it from the finest
Mocha.
To Male Tea.-Take of dried dog fennel leaves,
three tablespoonful, a small scrap of sole
leather, and drops of paregorc. Boil twenty
| minutes, and an excellent imitation of imperial
green will be produced, which, for favor and
effects upon the nervous system far surpasses the
original article.
TO Make Choc0latc.-Take IS ounces of old
gourds ground to fine powder; add ounce OF
sealing-wax and 10 grains OF Spanish brown; boil
with clear water, fmilk is preferred add to the
water cup.full of cacined magnesa and boil
until the proper consistency is obtained. This will
| be found to be superior in many respects, to the
| best Nicaragua chocolate and is. best when takeI
| hot
| To Make Lager Beer.-Take 10 pounds of fresh
| y dried cockroaches, pounds Of stale cheese, a
pair of old boots, mix well with Mississippi water
|. in barrel which is well perfumed with decayed
onions and leave it four days to work. Then draw
of and bottle for use being particular not to wasl
the bottles, as nothing spoils beer so quick g:
clean bottles. This beverage is especially recon.
| mended TO students of German.
| To Make Uhisky.-Take oil of vitrol l quart
strychnine l gallon and spirits of turpentine 2
gallons. Mix with rain water, and allowit to settle
for three days, and then it will be ready for use
| This article adds greatly to the combativenes
of the drinker and can be given with advantage
| to qualmsh militia men who can't exactly make
| up their minds to go to war but who boast lout
| of an intention of doing 50.
| As these comprise the articles of which the sup
ply is just now the most limited, we would sugges
| that those OF our readers who object to paying
large prices for the real should make the attemp
| to manufacture by our recipes.
| IMPORTANT ARREST - P0sT. OFFICE THEE De
| TECTED.-Special officers Boylau and Miller, yes
terday afternoon. arrested young nance
Charles Bacherais, upon the charge of feloniorsl,
abstractng letters from the post-oflce. It ar
| pears that for several months the pronrie:ors O
| the Christian Advocate had missed receiving let
ters containing money whic! were mailed to then
by their subscribers and agents, and at last spok
| to DR.. Riddeil, the Postmaster, about the matter
who instituted inquiries for some time but with n
success. He at last applied to the Chief of Police
and requested that he would take it in hand,
Officers Boylan and Miller we're detailed for this
| duty, and for a week or two watched the ofje
/ closely but with no success They finally, finding
all others means failed, fixed up decoy letter an'
sent it on to Charleston, S. c. to friend, with tn
request that it should be sent back to this place
This letter contained fifty dollar bill on some ou
of the Georgia banks, and was addressed to tL
editor of the Christian Advocate. The number o
the bill, its date, ETC., were kept. and the officer
waited patiently for the result Of their scheme
| watching closely every person who called for LET
ters for the Advocate office, having instructed tn
clerks not to deliver them to any unless one O.
the other of the officers were present.
Yesterday morning, by some unaccountable ac
cident, the decoy letter was given out while botl
| officers were absent and it was feared that the,
would not bag their game after all. But they ha
taken the precautlon TO warn all the brokers c
what was on hand, with the expectation that the
would catch the rogue when lie attempted to pas
the bill. In this they were right, for late in til
afternoon Bacherais entered the Office of Mr.. } nc
Wood, on the corner of Camp and Common streets
and presenting the bill, asked to get it changed
The clerk recognized the bill at once, and immed
atey sent after the policemen, in the meantinl
detaining the rogue as long as possible by yariou
subterfuges.
He left, however, before the officers arrived
with the bill in his pocket, as change was refuse