New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-17
NUMBER ia.
Letter from Virginia.
Special % the New Orleans ors.e.nt.1

special 10 Iife sew orleans CFeSesnt.1.
RtcHMosp, July 10, 1851.
Col. DeRassey has resigned az Colonel of the /
Second Regiment Louisiana Volunteers. and it 7
supposed that Harry Marshall, Esq, of Desoto |
parish, will be elected in his stead. pcRassey
goes into the staff Of Gen. Polk, as Qaartermaster-
General, who is assigned to the command of the /
Tennessee and Mississippi troops, stationed at /
the State line ard on the river. It is now ascer-i
tanned that the cause Of the resignation of Col. |
DeRussey from the command Of his very fine 7egi-
ment was Of entirely private nature, and the reg
irnent sustains him fully in his course and he parts
with his brotheF-SOldiers without leaving single
enemy at Yorktown. His aekno 1ledged ability as
military man has been brought into active and
satisfactory requisiton since he has been stationed
at Yorktown. His plans for the defense of that
important point have been carried out to the letter.
and the engineer corps of inspection pronounce it
in perfect and admirable CONDITION to resist attack
The elder brother of Col. DeRussey, to whom the
Colonel is more than fFaternaly attached, is in
command at Fortress Monroe, distant about twenty
miles from Yorktown, and the probability of hos
tile collision at no distant period DetTeen the
brothers, the principal and really only cause of
the Colonels resig ignation. There are at this time
many cases of the same character, and must occur
very frequently before this unnatural war is brought
to close !; and it will take many sangunary CON
fticts and considerable time before the wree of
blood relationship and kindred affections will be
worn oil. 1t is dreadful to cofstsnplateth the newt
able estrangement that must take place between
relatives in this pending contest. The precepts in
the holy Word Of God will be thrust aside, and the
gentle and Christian teachings Of mothers to their
children will be forgotten and despsed Fathers
and SONS will meet aTrayed against each other
the field of battle, and brothers will seek the lives
of brothers with the vindetiveness and blood
thrstness of infuriated enemies. @7g,s st
1t is believed that Capt. Fisk, OF the Crescent
Rifles, viii succeed the lameRted Drenx in the
command of the splendid battalion. The choice
could fall on no man more deserving of increased
rank than Capt Fisk. The kindly he has
eYinced, from the day of his march from New Or
leans to the present time ,,fpr the comfort and
well-being of his company, has endeared him to
his nen, His ample means have been used with
ont stint in purchasing such luXures for his soldiers
as money could command-all needful articles of
apparel, such shoes, shirts, socks, etc.,
promptly supplied by hin from his private means,
without subjecting the proud volunteer to per-
sonal application His Watchful eye detects all
their wants; and his men love and honor him.
The Confederate Government has learned that
lhe master and crew of the privateer Savannah
who were captured by the Federalists, have been
landed at New York, and are now under trial for
piracy on the high On the receipt of this in
formation, the President withdrew the parole
which had been granted to Lieut.. Col. Baughman,
Major Chase, Lieutenant, and some fifteen or
twenty private soldiers, belonging to the Federal
Army, who had been taken prisoners of war at
Great Bethel, and they were taken to prison on
Friday morning last, under the escort of the Pro-
yost Marshal. If the crew of the captured pri-
vateer are hanged in New York, Col Baughman
and officers, with the same number of prisoners
now confined in jail will suffer the same penalty.
That would be heauy on Baughman and Chase.
There is no doubt but that the poor fellows who
were taken on the privateer will be condemned,
but it is to be hoped, for the sake of Baughman
and the poor devils here, that the sentence will be
commuted. ,g
Dr. Louis Max Rosvally, of New Orleans street
contractor, ETC., is also rood bound here. He is
supposed not to be sound on the goose question.
He had in his possession pass from the Federal
authorities likewise pass from the Confederate.
He was certainly in very bad luck if, with
those two certificates, he could not travel unmo-
Tested. For some reason or other, his papers
| failed him, and Max was bagged. went down to
Twenty.sixtl street on yesterday to see the pris
| oners who have just arrived from Martinsburg,
| and ! saw DR.. Louis Max amongst them. He
! looked anything but happy. He has too much
white in his eye. Ny practical teachings in physi-
| ognomy convince me that where white predomi-
| mates in the eyes of men, women or horses, they
will one and all slip the bride when the chance
offers. There are exceptions of course to my
| theory, but they are rare. t.;<gse
The anxiety felt for the position of Gen. Johnston
remains unabated. As predicted in my last, he has
| been forced to fall back on Winchester thirteen
| was last encamped. This places him twenty miles
| from Gen Patterson's forces. Gen. Mcclellan is
| moving with his command for the purpose of form
| ing junction with Patterson at Martinsburg, and
his arrival at that place is looked for daily. Gen
Johnson it is surmised will retire from Winchester
when the junction between Mcclellan and Pat
terson is effected, and take up his position at Ma
nassas Gap, near Strausburg. 1t is the opinion o
military men that Gen. Johnston can hold the Gap
against force five times as large as he now com
mands, but this movement would leave the entire
| valley of Virginia, from Cumberland to Martins
burg, in the hands of the Federalists, and likewise
give them undisputed control of the Potomac from
| its junction with the Shenandoah, TO the long
| bridge at Washington. Reliable information has
reached here, that the morning of the 9th, and
during the day on the 7th fourteen full regiments
crossed the Potomac to the Virginia side, from the
| city OF Washington and that decided movement
| is being made towards Richmond, is unqueston-
ably certain. There is great actively here in the
| various departments, troops are arriving daily
and every twenty-four hours one or more regi
ments leave the city for the seat Of war. Their
destination is not at all times easily ascertained
but Beauregard's Camp is designated by public
opinion as the point to which they are directed
The most profound secresy is observed by those
in authority, consequently you must receive, cuD
grano Sails not only the opinions, but the positive
statements of your correspondents. l consider
my opportunities, to say the least of them, fair fol
the accumulation of correct information but haye
| found myself very much in the dark on two nota
BILE occasions. was cOnsiderate enough, however
| to avoid selling you or your readers.
Beverly Tucker, Esq, our late Consul at Liver
pool, arrived here last night. He succeeded il
passing through the enemy's country West unde
assumed names, DISCUSSES, incognitos, etc. | an
disposed to think that he brings nothing of import
ance to the President although rumor asserts th
contrary. Bev. Tucker has too much kindness o
Geaft, loo ulucn generosity OF character, LOO Wuc
liberality and candor, to be the possessor of muc
reticency. He is the last man to keep GOO
thing all to himself. President Davis Cabinet
though differing from Gen Jackson's in more thai
} one particular, are dark as midnight they re
sist successfully the most approved Artesian augur
and are alike proof against all cork screw. ap
proaches. The subordinates appear to have beel
born dumb, or to have only acquired by enuncia
ton and practice the of few monosyllables
If you ask an SSO0.clerk the simplest official ques
tion be will tefore answering it, look around a
his brother.clerks, to see if any one of them
? working his arm like pump.handle. 1t woul
, take a sharp one to pump one OF them. The Blu
Book of the new Government will resemble in Il
more than one particular, that of the old Feders
: Government, Virginia. Maryland and the Distris
of Columbia are again appropriating some of tn
: first class and majority of the minor appoin
ments. The selections for the army, however, ar
= taken from all sections of the Coutederacy Nil
tary education, capacity and services are inyar
bly, rewarded.
Major Hal Sibley, late of the United States DR.;
goons, has received the appointment of aBrigadie
General in the Confederate Army, and is ordere
to the State of Texas with instructions to form
brigade of cavalry. He leaves tomorrow. Brig
i dier-General Sbley is a native of Louisiana, ha,
ing been born in the parish Of Natchitoehes. b
has been upwards of twenty years in service, an
| has the reputation of being irst-rate cayalr