New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-16
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FpIDAy MoRNlNG AUGUST l6, 1861.

relatiye TO the retention OF their eottoA ulon a
plantations such. We doubt not, is the general
determination Of the planters all over the senth'
p1cAYUME BUTLER.
That b,ear.eved son of Mars, that devoted friend
ne th.. nuth who was SO much seandalized at me
conduct Of the Northern representatives IN the
Charleston Convention that he had to secede from
them and Join the Southern delegates IN new as
seInbiy. that illHstrious warrior who, smelihg
freshly Of Massachusetts, Goldfish, has for SO long
time dared afagruder to attack him IN fortfess
Monroe, tneed We say that we refer TO ficayuhe
Butlerso has addressed long letter % the iii
colnte Secretary of War, which, that ms hgnt may
not be hid under a bushel, he has caused 70 De
published in the congenial columns OF the New
York Tribune. We have read Buffers ist1ef from
top to bottom, and have been greatly moved and
affected thereby. III tale OF redinnoeehee,
more narrowing than the sorrows of Werter, and
an appeal against the deep damnation OF the
taking off Of four and a half regiments Z from his
command at the fort, that would melt the heafe q
an iron statue. Ii bristles with interrogatores,
too, like page Of problems IN Pixies Afthliasiio
the hero deferentially stating thecase to the sec
retary not a. Nv postiye assertion, but by vari-
an IF oneries Tie answers to which would neces-
sarilv be ascomplete justification Of Pieaynne and
/ cornnlete extinguisier Of Cameron. OF any
other man Il who should presume to argue the
point IN issue.
Id seems that at the time of having these troops
taken away from him, Butler was preparing for
an advance movement y by which he g hoped to
cri1,uia the resources of the enemy at Yorktown,
and especially by sezing large quantity OF ne
rroes who were being pressed into their service III
building the entertainments there We were not
aware before, that negroes were estimated py
squantity,s but Butler. says SO, and OF course ne
knows Probably he means to sell the nine hun
iredE that he says he now has on hand, at SO much
a ton. which is mot bad idea if they are all Of the
II sane age and physical soundness. Dealers IN the
Havana market, where it is proposed to send these
captured slaves, will please take notice and pre-
pare!ther scales accordingly.
But we agree with Butler that it was very hard
on hin to take those soldiers away, just as he was
q preparing for an advance movement Nor does
he conceal the route by which he expected to ad-
vance 4 Up the York or James riyera was the
programme he had fixed upon, all to be broken up
Il by that cruel order of Cameron, depriRing him OF
his four and q half regiments.
We venture to say, however, that deeply dis
tressed as Butler is at this deprivation, there is
another man on the Yorktown Peninsula whose
sorrow Is still more acute. His name is Magruder.
This blood thirsty fellow has been for three
months yaniy trying to draw Butler out of his hole
barking at him even as terrier dog barks at rat
under pile of railroad iron. He had force
his command double that of Magruder's, but,
by curious coincidence, it is just at the
exact moment that he was preparing to ad-
vance, that Cameron swoops down upon him
and takes away his men,. How is it, most IL
lustrious chieftain, Ito adopt your own inter
rogative style of argnment) that it required
three months for you to get ready to advance /?
How did ithappen that you discovered you were
ready to advance only after the order came for
the removal of your troops? Are you not afraid
people will liken you to the man in Pickwick who
trembled with terror when he thought he had to
fight the duel, but became excessively bold and
clustering when he discovered that it was all a
mistake?
The greater portion of Butler's letter, however,
is devoted to consideration of the disposition to
be made Of the nine hundred slaves be has stolen.
In respect of those who are able to work he has
hesitation; they are I" centraband Of war and
therefore forfeited to the captors. But the women
and children occupy different relation, and the
discussion Of this point shows how easy is the
transition from the warrior to the lawyer. If But
Ter were arguing case Of disputed ownership OF
onions or codfshin Massachusetts, court, he could
q not he clearer or more luminous g / confess,
says he, e that my own mind is compelled to look
upon them as men and women.i The confession
appears to be reluctantly extorted from the great
Butler. BE would gladly regard them in some
other light probably as horses or sheep, but bis
e mind = will not permitit His mind Y is 'scom-
PEELED to look upon them Gas if a mind could
look) as men and Women.i' Therefore they are
i TO be- treated as if they were deserters from the
rebels, and are to have their liberty.
This is the satisfactory conclusion which is
reached, and then with q modest apology for ad.
dressing the Secretary on the subject he closes his
episte. 1t is very evident from this letter that the
South under a weighty load of obligation to
Secretary Cameron. But for that, timely remova
: of IS four regiments and @ haif,n the valorouf
Butler would by this time be waving the stars ani
stripes from the dome Of the capitol at Richmond
and the trees in the surrounding park would BIZ
pendent with the strangled bodies Of tens of thous
ands of the Confederate rebels! -
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CAuPs or MsrRucrIoS. a skirmisher;s in to-
days paper calls attention to the utility Of Camps
OF Instruction for our soldiery, and enforces hi.
suggestion with some strong arguments. The sub
ect deserving Of consideration and the attention
Of our military authorities is respectfully directed
to ii. =
THE PANoPrIcoN.-This exhibition continues t
draw large crowds every night. Tomorrow ther
Will be a daylight performance, when the lttl
ones5wil hays = chance.
TIE AcADEAY OF MpsIc.7-H Harry Mccarthy gain
new friends and admirers every time he appear
before the public. His personifcations are mimi
able.