New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-31
NUMBER 153.
Letter from Virginia.
Special to the View Orleans Crescent

cost SAT. 1t may be necessary to be more eX- |
ptl1lt in my statement, as the inference might be
Injurious to the ticket sellers employed by the
Jackson and Great Northern Railroad at New Or
leans. of the thousands who have Travelled that |
road during the present season. l can venture the |
assertion that there ia 10 one who can complain of
want Of courtesy and attention from any of the !
emplog6s between New Orleans and Canton. They
are patient, civil and obligng and the conductors,
baggage masters and others employed between |
Canton and the GraRd Junction might learn ad. |
vantageoasly something to their interest by OBJ.
serving the decorou3 department Of those en-
p1oyed oa the New Orleans section of the road
towards the passengers. On my upward trip the
baggage zaaster between Canton and Grand june.
u ton charged two officers, who had recently re-
signed their commissions in the United States
Army, for 5he purpose of offering their services to
the Confederate Staten, twenty-five cents freight
cash, for TWO Mimic p1uskets, which the gentlemen
had packed on their shoulders from New MEXICO,
, and charge3 one fifty cents on small case, which
had been checked at Canton. If Mr.. Goodman,
the Presideat Of the road desires the proof of those
charges theJ be readily furnished to his salts
faction. left New Oyeans on the I'd of August
4 and the you8g man who was in the Office declined
selling me ticket further than Chattanooga for
! which | paid s24, and paid from Chattanooga to
Richmond $&s, in all SAT, being difference of
: SO 05 between the downward and upward travel
Major Arnaid Harris is still close prisoner, and
there is nothing to Justify the assumption that he
will be released in any definite period. 1t may be
satisfactory 70 his friends to be informed that at
, this time there many who have not a doubt of
/ his loyalty to the South from the commencement
of our difficulties ap to the present time. IFS in
discretion in approaching our lines without flag,
and on a mission 100 from the Secretary OF War,
one of the Cabinet Of the Federal Government
! which had persistently refused to recognize rs
even belligereats, has aroused the Indignation
of President Davis and his Cabinet to an extent
= that jeopardizes his personal liberty, perhaps,
Z during the war President Eavis has declared
I that had MAJOR Harris been civilian ignoranf of
the rules and usages of war he would most rea Oily
I release him but as the Major could not plead
Il ignorance, having received military edueation
;, he considers his conduct culpable unbeco Gang
q and nexcusabla, and he turns adeaf and impatient
a ear to every appeal that haa been made in his
:, behalf.
the honor o& the Pelican State on the 18th and
s. 2lst of JelF, distinguished himself on both
e these occasions more than Capt. Daniel A. Wason,
L. of the Virginia Blues. His colossal size Was re-
a. marked h7 the enemy during the fight, and
IS amongst the wounded prisoners after the 5attle
the Inquiries were frequent as to the safety of the
At Big Captain as they callea Wilson,. When it was
ascertainad by them thaa he had escaped. unin
?, jured they expressed considerable astontshment
+ and paid compliment to his luck, wi;ch had
a. brought him through unseathed although he was
to made object of particular attention by three
y four Of the best shots in the Michigan Regiment.
We have avoided, and sha!l continue to avoid, all
SDeCME dsSlOLS NlalCn are QaLly haWkeG
u about at hotels and drinking saloons, for am ap
10 prsed that the moment they assume a tangible
=, shape character. they are received byyeu imme
% distey, and prefer yagT readers being msed by
Is' telegraph in preference to your special cores
IL; pondent. Sunday is always an eventful day il
u Riehm0nd-no newspapers no telegraph, no ju
ay leps, coZy hooks in the suburbs or beyond tn
Die city, where q few friends might congregate AM
1 spend few hours social ly-no nothing OF the sor
or, at Richmond. There is nothing left You but to
H. to church, tsnd you know how awkward tha
To fall An hp rot fha ha, ne
meeting house) drink James river water, red an
warm, without ice, filter or cooler and worse tina
| all, exposed to the tortures inflicted upon you b
mercless news makers, who will lose d battle an
give you circumsBantially the details of the killed
wounded and missing, or will move three or fou
columns of Federals from Fortress Monroe al
Newport News on to Yorktown, supported by fl
tas on both York and James river, thereby re-
dering the capture of Yorktown ,fGed fact, vii
9th rumors equally startling and absurd and
despite of your convictions of the mprobabilti
of the assertions, you find yourself during the de
and succeeding night in state of anxious dubiet
which can only be removed by the perusal of Il
Monday papers. | have one of the days to Ii
through tomorrow, and God only knows what C
lamities are in store for me it is severe orde
through which we must pass, but We must meet
like men,
made q great mistake in some of my former le
ters, in designating the Peninsula the theater
important operations. | was not alone in tn
opinion President Davis agreed with ne and Z
hold to that opinion yet. glance at the Peni
suta on the map will convince any one of its mi
tary importance, and personal examination W
confirm the opinion. Gen. Wool is in oemman
with Fortress Monroe in his rear supported by W
steamers stationed at the mouths of both riYel
and only thirty hours from New York, from viii
point large army may be transported and Ian
| ing effected without risk or hindranee within eg
miles of Yorktown. Gen. Magruder is very activ
and keeps brightlook out; there is not the sg 81
est danger OF q surprise.
An important and startling discovery has be
brought to light within the past few days, viii
must eventually, if INTERPRETATIONS cannot be fe
reted out, end in our discontinue if not in crus
ing defeat Traitors have been discovered in hi
places. The New York Times has published f
aud correct list of all our forces in the field, vi
their disposition; giving the names of the vario
regiments, with the States from which they ha
been contributed; their numbers, also that of b
talions and Independent companies with the nan
of the Colonels, their locality, the brgades to VIII
they are attached including those in Mssor
Tennessee, and the Kentucky Brigade not on
ting the regiment commanded by Col. Man
vile Marigny, giving the date of its arrival in Ri
mond, the place of encampment,, correctly spell
the ColOnels name, which is a hazardous exp,
ment to those unfamiliar with the spelling of FreI
names; also adding the information, " compo
Of French Creoes." This information could ht
been only obtained from the books in the v
office. The Administration are not only perpe,
but startled at this discovery. Congress has tat
the matter in hand, and, conjontly with those h
in authority, are giving the subject close
thorough investigation. The excitement, as
matter Of course, is unusually intense. 1t is kno
that in the clerical force, divided amongst
who were known to be competent clerks, fir
long service in Washington, have been invited
accept places in the bureaus; and there is no
doubt entertained but that this information
been supplied from some person who has free
d, unsuspected access to the books and papers of
Adiutant Generals office. Suspicion has attac
itself to sundry individuals, and if the investigai
can tasten it on the guilty parties drama will
enacted at Richmond which must exercise VIII
some influence for the future on all traitors.
Congress will adjourn sometime during the C.
ing week. they are engaged matters of V
, Importance TO the success of the COnfedor
States The COntscaton bill is completed,
has been reported back from the committee
which it was referred, and is now under discuss
and il it did not become law on yesterday
will be passed on Monday. gho enactments
provisions of the bin can only be subject of sp
uation, everything is kept very secret in
gress but it is well known that it will operate v
strongly upon all the ''shaky patriots in the Sot
The disalfechon and disIoyalty which is daily
ing developed OF men of Northern birth, who h
even married among us, and have sOjourned in
midst for years, has had considerable agenc
tightening the provisions of the Confscativn
,ro,a | am told that it is a "bnder." AS the coul
tl,o trbnn ,,;ph