New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-12-21
NUMBER 24s.
Letter from Virginia
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~ RtcHxoFD, Dec. H. 1854.
i M. Editor Charleston is in ashbs. This is the
altperrading, sorrowfni thought id our minds and
hearts to-day, excluding even 'tiie war. Bat one
opinion prevails here in regard to die heavy caIar
ity of our sister city. In any event We must frat
help her literally. But, If it turn ont, as many
conjecture that the hellish deed Fas done by The
secret ernissaries Of Lincoln then The Black Flag
Rihemen Of your city win have a tnflon comradef
ina day. We have borne much but we cannot
bear everything: WigfaH was right when be aaid
il was for the Yankees ID choose whether they
would tight ns as Christians or Cdmanehes. They
have elected the latter mode, and we must in pure
weapons. ''tGE 9asss. sf# Es9sH 5Sf57 Fa =
They say we butchered them at Leesbure. and
Gaptain-Senator A.. g. Brown Gays that he had TO
threaten to shoot his men with his own hand. to
stop them from killing them. They have vet to
learn what the Southern patrick can be and do,
when the last atom of mercy is expelled from his
sfevehgefa soul, and when his captain no longer
stays hls death.dealing hand, but them on to
the work 81 pitiless carnage.
Mr. NJ. 8. Hite, OF your city, was found dead IN
his room at the spottswood Hotel yesterday morn
Ing. The servant says that on entering his room
the evening before he complained Of being unTell
He was lying across his bed with his clothes On
when discoveredg.a Apoplexy'' is the verdict Of
the inquest. He was properly cared for, and his
This Is the second death from apoplexy within
the week. man found dead at Judge Meredith's,
corner of Seventh and Grace streets, Is said to
have died of the same disease, though Others con-
tend that he was killed by a slang. g.shot--no great
improbability in these days, when Richmond SO
nearly approaches the condition Of Washington at
the beginning; of Buchanan's administration that
Mayor Mayo denounces the theatre as public
drivers for refusing to drive them out to their
acamps unless prepaid. ~ afs ~ 2f'@' I57F
= The report now is thatyan Iorn is to take com
mand Of the department of Missouri and that
H3eth, elevated most astoundingly into a Major
General, is to replace Van Dorh on the Potomac.
&gOne of Priee's officers has lust arrived with ex
eeent news. Price, with 22Noo men at Ibis back
and more coming, is mo wing north of the Missouri
ryerllke whrisind, sw eepiHg everything before
him. Two Iowa regiments ale On their way "a
loln nm and IT. is even said BIZ meditates the iya-
sion Illinois. This is TOO good for all of it 10 oe
trns " hnt we are profoundly grateful for any part
of Prince Edward, where PRIZE, tie o1lly osasjse
nero OF the war, was born. Judge Wilson the
father Of Capt Daniel "A. Wilson, of your CITY,
who has known Gen, Price from boyhood, pro
nounces bin the noblest, most unsefsR, and truly
devoted character he ever encountered. When
ms hand is once put to plough, he never looks
back but sticks to the straight furrow of. his duty
to the very lastcsreless ofYhis own aggrandize.
cause slst 34s4 @s3y 89&E l5 E14F H- E&bSTHf III
Another inspiring aspect d. the war is found in
7tne Wltherlng denuneiaton df the insidious eman-
-clpauon policy unt0lded iii Lincoln7s message
which appeared in d late issue of the Louisville
Journal. Prentice only wants another pistol con. |
tract they say and it must be confessed that he
IS slippery and undesirable ally. But the article 4
IN his paper is too plainsptken to be mistaken |
Lincoln has gone beyond tie Border State mark
IN his effort 70 rival Fremont on the nigger ques
ton. The Aboltionists have pushed him ahead Of |
aVast number of Northern, Southern and South |
ern-N Northern people. Southern Illinois can as
little stomach pro-nigger war as Northern Ken |
lucky ihere Is huge gaping joint visible ia the
harness OF our Yankee brethren, and now or never
IS the time to strike grand offensive blow.
We'll may the Nashville Banner exclaim that |
thei provisional Government of Kentucky is q 4
farce, if Johnston is not permitted to adyauce,tl
The Confederate Administration should remember
that there is tide which, taken at its flow leads
on to fortune, and act at ohee Shame, if the war
Is permitted to enc without one single aggressive
movement worthy of the Southern reputation for |
dash and daring. ~, ~ - /
Allis dead and damned at Centreyille. sixty
thousand Southern men are rotting dly there |
Whlie the Rappahannock region is overrun with |
7, ! ankees-negroes escaping, and people leaving
lhelr homes to be rayaged. As high up as Tappa-
hannock, the people are packing up for flight. |
Gen. Magruder, easily excited, ia expecting a |
grand attack. Huger is also on the mi cine From
Port Royal and Savannah we have nothing. Sher
man and Lee are well matched. Slow West Point. I
ers they ought to join in he gravediggers song in
Hamlet:ts ! y - .4 ~ 9lSfo 7sT@Fs 's'-s
H., 4 picfaxe and spade q spade, ,s.S q ~ 4
" For--and d wnliny. sheet.
Both seem to Be busy Ia shroudnp tkeir armies
in dirt and delay. Trenches and temporizilg igs
their forte. .ea ys In aF44s VI t457tG575 P7