New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-23

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movement down the Peninsula The Yankee pick
eta were driven in with great 8digmsg Two or
three days ago, email detachment of our cavalry
The snefry fleet is still at New porE News. and IN
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FreHTIyG 0a trHE poTomAc--THE RTyER Con-,
PLETELY BIocEA ADHD4~Ihte htelltgenee received in the
elty last evening reports heavy skirnshiHg on the
port and HaYperas Fefry.ssG easas ~ sils Il
1t is stated that Capt xshby, Cavalry engaged
aidetachrnent Of the enemy between Leeaburg and
asspsss asFry badly routed ss s Fed
prisoners taken Our loss is stated to have been
+ oneakilled and one wpnndsd.8 VI eHg .ss
large Federal feet Of transports il lying he-
the Confederate batteries, which now control the
I water avenue to Washington. ess99toa @s sgks}
The CoaaIssARIkT IN THE Army ON THE Pogg-
hAc.*-M hear daily sGonpla iatssof fse condition
4 9I me Gonniasariat in our army On the Potomas.
we are informed that the Connrnissary at Manassas
and Fairfax has failed for the last ten days TO sup
| ply either sugar or rice to the army. For two
4 months, we are told that there have been no can
dies even for hospital use, or soap enough to wash
! a change Of clothes. s{tiS5
| The Government has the unbounded confidence
of the people, and can; buy, for treasury notes,
whatever il pleases. Sugar and rice abound in the
| Southern Confederaey, and yet the army is not
supplied with either, while the officers and soldiers
are compelled TO pay to suffers and neighborhood
| venders twenty-five cents per pound for common
brown sugar, worth in New Orleans four TO FIVE
| cents, or certainly not over six. This happens,
too IN the face Of the most irlnaed dets and COM
plete facilities of railroad transportation, extend
ing from the producing region to the heart of the
| army, and carrying for the Government at hall
rates, payable in it's bonds.
Army ALLOWANCE FOR CLoTHIxa.- Large guan-
titles Of clothing are being daily received in Rich
| mond and sent forward as fast as possible to the
| regiments for which they are intended. These
Isupplies have not been sent forward a day too
4 soon. The Government makes an allowance of
fortytwo dollars per year for clothing the soldier.
but without the voluntary aid Of individuals of the
several States, the allowance would not have been
available for present purposes.
| This allowance for clothing was, we believe,
| taken from the regulations of the late United
States. 1nsthe time sof peace and in the absence
of bloekades and when the soldier is stationary If
might be sufficient. Rnt for our army in active
service, with our ports boekaded, and all kinds Of
clothing at an advance of nearly one hundred per
cent, the allowance is plainly and grossly insult.
eient The fact is that it requires nearly the whole
amount Of the pay Of a private to provide hin,
will show this: For two pair Of Blankets we now
pay lat the lowest figure, 81 for two winter suits
say SIS; for three pair of shoes, $40; for three
| caps, So for oVercoat, s12 for two summer suits
Il sl2, making in the aggregate S65. This ealeula
ton is based upon low figures, without reference
4 to undershrts, oyefshrts drawers, socks or hand
kerchiefs, which at present prices would run up
the amount to one hundred dollars at least.