New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-05-08
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Ed. 0rescene-A 1sng thy and fateresssng skessn
Of the dnties, watchfaIness and Ut
corps Wonid be before your readers had auy one
of them the reportorial faculty AsiS IS the writer
will furnish you with The prominent features of te
expedition for the experience, and may Say, 81
some instances, for the example, Of others to be
employed on similar service.
Capt. Clark had not received tEc order for a tags
taehment Of bis company to take charge of sbs
| stsahlshlp texas, over two hours, when the fsiE
coihpenent r. was "a attendance at the arfacry. NOT
one q thefn had less Important business enHa
menfs or family ties to retain fhefn III t4 iS4
the Captain, yet what on other Occasions y.essa5
require several DAYS 70 arrange, was Disposed os
sumn1ariy, to obey tie Important csls rsaal@ sss
them. With some, the pain of parting roT
family had not been experienced so absoyi,ssS
were they in this duty while. in several
a mere verbal message was lefg with ernpIever rs
clerk, Of the intended departure. Thia s. SrIv as
it should be- and as it will be, when the ay If
worse trial comes upon every lover Of his
Qulek obedience, to moments notice III tie char
actefstic Of the soldier, and under the anthusias
now firing the South, reyengefuf swords are eagerly
biding the instant to leap from their sca5bards
We left the landing at 6 O'Clock p. M. Tuesday,
The stth ais Gaard vas inlrsdiateIy detailed
different parts of the boat each watch being fwD
hours. OF duty, the men were permitted the
ilege of being better acquainted with each other
by social conversation social smoking and social
hall diversions generally. The strict rules of ttss
boat required lights to be exiting gEf4ted All Jg
There not being many passengers, We were Do
liteiy invited by Capt. Fowler q install oursslgea
in the cabin. Besides Capt. Fowler anosher Catss
| tain had been put on board, for prudential xYfY45
poses, by the Governor. No one, Rows VIZ
acquainted with Capt. Fowler and his
with the South, would !, doubt III III fidelity to
her; and ~ is hoped the preeaHti0H I'LL sehaissg
out an additional command Ter viii BIZ slised it
hereafter.
We arrived Il the Balize at All eyas
scanned the horizon, to iooE after thAs expected
Mohawk, who was to intercept us, aad carry Hsg gss
the North to be hung as traitors. BY way 81 test
ing the peculiar sensation Of the rope cellar
eral members were knotted under the left Oh snE
required to express their feelinks. twas any tAn
but satisfactory. The extended toHgne, the pF6-
jected eye-bai, the agonizing jerk of given
by r. II, could only be dispeiled by clo5eting for d
few minutes with the steward. !. and reading 0gnF
| the labels on bottles of antiseasiek proevifies
During that day the sea was calm, and eur N es-
/ sci gained snartly on time. Every now and then
some wicked-dsposed one would cry n a. sail hi
| to bring back the emotions partially obscuress
As night approached "a heavy Well was On fIle Re
and, right and let, the pitifal cry Of the ssasiek
struck the ear. These were danced around by tie
experienced exempt, with Indian yell ana Dixie
ha and kindly assisted in their efforts ID better
themselves by the usual proximity Of b piecadf
pork on string. On Thursday noon Vie were in
sight of Galveston presenting its curved linz oa
shore, with high rolling surf to the south aasSa
dotted with cottage-iike residences. Twenty fonT
and thirty-t Founders projected their bsleosa
mouths from every available point, perfectly com
mandng the channel for six miles Within the 5ags
On the sonth side, bastions are being oIngslsfa
/ and mounted with guns of like CALLER. On the
wharves lay seven or eight guns, waiting trans
1 porfation to the d3 sired parts,
4 The sound Of our gun Brought clis an Immense
mass of citizens. We eonld see them seam erinss
| from every highway and bywaY. We were a RaE-8
| def 70 them, because they had been apprised os
the continual movements Of yessels-nf, #ar lii sie
| Gulf. They were glad. too. Provisions we're get
ting scarce, and promised, by long interference
| with communication with New Orleans, to be AZ
| panic prices-four selling the day before we H.
rived at SIG, which our cargoof 5000 bbEs reaacea
| to Sc.
Our Captain gave permission to onashaf Of thA
detachment to land and look at the soHns We
were soon surrounded by thewell known al 4ens
and made to partake Of the Warnlest h0sp;talfyss
By Friday evening, we had all explored It's no table
resorts in the city and on seasbore, accompanied
by officers and members Of the different faiiitaFN
corps.
On Friday evening" the detachment was invited
to collation. by the Galveston Artillery, of whii
| Malone, the companion of Major Van Born to Ias7
| dianola, is Captain. shall not give nv opinien
OF Captain Malone for the mere appfcationE6f
good fellow, brave, whole-souied, is not
| the expression. He is all and all IN everything
that becomes man, ard will be ever remembered
4 by every one OF us as specimen Of ront bfiek
or leading trump. Every member Of the ecrps
iraternzed with us to an extent that kaBlendeared
them to us individually, and we hopefully look for
| escorted us from the ship to the suppersroom at
| the fremont House. Abont sixty sat down. d
| prominent citizen, DR.. Massey, presided. Taata
were drunk enthusiastically to sentiments appiiea4
| Bile to the stirring times Every man vas bronght
| out for his quota of entertainment Many
maiden effort astounded its utterer witt, bumper
! and round Of applause. Even he who, upon
being called upon to give q sentiment, d song or
tell story, knew not the electric effect Of biz Te
| peated protestations that he knew no story and
| never told story in his life. An officer OF the
corps who, from meeting 50 many Mahilians i,sis
Galveston, for the moment thought he Was in Mos
bile and when all attention was being paid, in e
want of standing toast, he gave out, & The Gfty
of Mobile and the Mobile Artillery He Was
kindly excused by the President vine vonebesa
that they had diaed together, and that the officer
was excusahle, as lis boots had beeg1 lel be-
fore he came among us. We were at fault TO
know the meaning OF the term, and learned soon
after that it is provnciasm, To Wig fy the full
| capacity of a man in his boots. As humorous
stories and anecdotes as ever graoed cornwall
party fell thick around. Songs followed, winding
up with s Auld Lang Syne.'' I'd fact tseyeryhodys.
forgot himself in the universal sentiment of unas
| Unity of feeling and fate that awaited us.
On Saturday, at noon, we left the wharf Sa-
lutes were fired from the cutter, and citizens from
every point cheered Us. On ourreturn, nothing as
| Importance transpred, except the overtaking hy
| sea-sickness of many who had escaped outwaralys
The sea was rough, barely enabling ons tn stand
without support.
On Saturday night, smoke was seen dstant3p
south OF u.s.. Had We been interrupted. it was the
intention Of the Captain to make landing iii
| Pascagoula
The officers Of the boat particularly engaged
themselves in making us comfortable apropflatlne
separate table to us at every meal supplied wiki
every delicacy Of the season. ..
Yours, PBIVATEs
Louisiana Intelligence.
RICE CRoP OF PLAoUEMlNE PARrsH. THE Pofnte