New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-28

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| pie and the wants of the Government must be sup
allied. Taxes must be paid to the State and the
Confederate States; our slaves must be clothed
and ted, and whatever can be spared must pc
given to the needy. The entire community wall
be without means to pay taxes, clothe and feed
the slaves and supply the needy unless money
| can be had from the accumulated capital OF our
banking institutions, and in my opinion this can
only be had by relaxation during the war of the
! rigid but wise rules of the banking act Of 1872
| The extent of this relaxation must be determined
| by you, but cannot too urgently invite your at
tenton to the subject. You may confidently rely
that to whatever reasonable extent you relieve the
banks from the operation of that law will not be
abused for in times like these the instincts of cap
| ita always lead to great caution. The new rules
| you may think proper to enforce will be such as
| your discretion may consider consistent with
| the perfect sOlvency of these banks, and these
rules may be enforced by the supervision of the
| Board of Currency, under such conditions Of pen
| atty or forfeiture of charter as you may regard
/ jndcious and salutary. recommend your early
and earnest attention to the subject.
| In this connection | desire to suggest the pro-
priety Of authorizing the banks to issue notes of
less denomination than five dollars. The almost
| entire disappearance of coin has flooded the coun
try with corporation notes and the notes of private
persons, all of which are positively forbidden by
| Jaw. 1t is much better to legaljZe the issue Of
small notes by the banks than continue to close
| our eyes to the daily violation Of the laws. Be-
sides, if the present system of irredeemabe paper
money-by municipal orporations-prvate cor
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| permitted, it will in all likelihood end similar
| departures from law have ended, in the utter
worthlessness of the paper. hope it will be
promptly stopped by you. -a..t.
| No reports have been received from the public
officers, from the various public institutions and
corporations, except the New Orleans, Opelousas
| and Great Western Railroad whose report is now
| laid before you. ....
The State Convention, on the 9TH of February of
| this year, provided by ordinance for raising and
| equipping two regiments, one of infantry and one
OF artillery, to constitute regular military force
| for the protection Of the State. The same ordi-
| nance empowered the Governor or the Legislature
to transfer this force to such Consederated Govern
! ment as the State might Join. .... .. ...
A few days previous to the passage of this ordi-
nance, viz on the 26th day of January, 1861, the
State had resumed the powers heretofore delegated
| to the Government of the United States of Amer
Ca, and had declared herself in full possession and
exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which
appertan to an Independent State. Other States
| had preceded US in seeding from our former Gov
! ernment, and more were confidently expected to
| follow, all of which, it was believed, would CON-
bne in the formation of a new Government. The
| intention of Louisiana was early expressed by an
ordinance passed the 29th day Of January, pro-
vding for the appointment of delegates to meet
those of other seeded States and form Provision
al Government. The Convention wisely determined
| to make timely preparations for whatever results
| might ensue to Louisiana from those acts and the
| rapid succession of events since has demonstrated
| these preparations not to have been commenced
! too soon.
The regiment of infantry was rapidly formed,
| and under the command of Col a. H. GLADDEN.,
| has been serving at Pensacola. 1t numbers 1888,
rank and file. The regiment Of artillery, number
| ing about $50 rank and file at first commanded by
! Col. Paul 0. Hebert, garrison Forts Jackson and
St. Philip and Pike. Before the infantry regiment
could be entirely filed by the regular recruits it
\ became necessary from the position of affairs at
| Pensacola that it should have its full complement
| of men. Accordingly six companies of volunteers
went into service in that regiment and remained
until the required number of regulars was obtain
ed by enlistment. These SIX companies are now
popuarly known as the DPeux Battalion
The sad realities of war were first brought home
to the hearts of people in this contest by the
news of the death of the gallant officer whose
| name is associated with this battalion. Many brave
spirits are destined to follow Kim to his bonored
| grave before this unnatural strife shall cease. The
list of I4ousiana's fallen heroes in this, her first
| war OF independence, begins with DreuX and ends
but temporarily with Butler, herOcally fallen. But
| the next battle may add new names, for her sons
are at every point of danger where foe is to be
| met or a victory wOn
| | am laborng under the same disadvantage in
impartng to you information of our military affairs
! that | have before mentioned concerning those of
| the civil department. The report of the Adjutant-
General has not been received but shall give you
| as accurate q statement of the condition of the
| Military Department as can from my own knowl-
| edge. Having been compelled to remain in New
| Orleans, the center of our State military opera
| tions from few weeks after your last adjourn
of my presence at the same place with the Com
manding Confederate General, have been almost
| exclusively engaged in the organization of our
military force, and am therefore able, with the aid
of memoranda from the Adjutant-G Generals office,
to give you general statement of the number of
troops furnished by this State to the Confederate
| Government.
The Secretary of the Confederate States made
his first requisltion me for three thousand vol
unteers in April, 1861. Before that was filled the
attack on Fort Sumter was made, and the unholy
war being waged was inaugurated by the
duplicity and treachery of the Government Of the
| United States. The designs of that Government
being now upmasked and their purpose to prose
cute against Us war of subjugation being demon
strated by call for a large army by Mr.. Lincoln
| the Secretary of War of the Confederate Govern
ment made q second requistion on me for five
| thousand men. Later in July third was madt
for three thousand more. The brave spirit of oul
people responded promptly to these calls. Com
| panies poured into the camp which had caused
to be located for their reception, and rapidly
organized into regiments and turned over to the
Confederate service. Eight of these regiments ant
| two battalions are now in Virginia; one regimen
is in Missouri, three in Kentucky, and five within
our own State. There have been, besides, and in
dependent of these regiments, fourteen companie
of infantry mustered into the Confederate servic
for the special defence of this State, and four com
panes OF artillery. Thirteen other companies ar
now at Camp Lewis, camp of instruction estab
lished for the discipline of the troops and :thei
better Instruction in the duties Csa,soldier. Tles
| make Sn aggregate OF twenty tuOuShuu LWU nun
dred and two, including rank, and file, raised b.
the State and now in service in Florida, Virginia
Missouri, kentucky and on her. own territory,
At the same time these acquisitions wsse mad
upoH me as Executive of the State for tgoops, an
while l was employed in filng them, numer0u
| persons were engaged in raising independent CON
panies, battalions AID regiments, which, were pre-
) posed to be rendered dreatly to the Mar Depart
lssent, and which have since learned have bee
rendered and accepted. The Congress had aatho
iZed the President to accept companies formed il
aependently Of State authority, and under tn
| power numerous companies were raised in til
State, composed almost, if not entirely, OS our cit
zens, and were mustered direct into tlla Confe(
! crate service. OF 2Onrse, we kave record
such companies, aad therefore do not know IL
number Of our citizens who haze been thus enliste
2 in the Confederate service. believe they nuI
Der about thirty. eight hundred and ninety one me
If this be q correct estimate, the whCae number
Il troops furnished by Louisiana, and those derive
D by enfistments from her citizens aad rendered !
$ rectly to the Sar Department, amount to tweni
] four Thousand and ninety three men.
L 1t early Became subject of anxious rete 2tlC
and inquiry with me to provide some means #
d furnishing our soldiers with suitable cloth;ag.
| large nuEber of our troops were in Virginia, ar
e reports, and even more authentic representation
It reached me Of their suffering from sickness al
a the Increasing rigor of colder climate than tn
q to w45ch they were accustomed. 1t 7@as certa
q that the COME Ierate Government Would not
< able to supply vast an army promptly WI
< shoes. blankets and warm clothing, and in L
Of hain DELAYED great sDfpri1