New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-24
snssInfsFs II ADVICE.


sHSsInAE4 ADVICE.
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Under the caption Of Z False Reporss,s the
franklin Planters Banner Of the 2lst makes the
suhioined judicious suggestions
III the present excited state Of the public mind,
people should not be too hasty in believing living
reports. We often hesr wonderful statements
about enemies on our coast. Nest of these re-
ports are utterly false. The Dart and H1ntsytlle
are about all that have been upon the Attaaapas
wategs and these have e far been aomparstv,e.y
| lantiy. We doubt if blow will be struck ON the
Gulf Rnder month or six weeks. II may not be
struck at all if we make ample preparations to
meet the enemy. We hope to see the Police Jury
and the people act vigorously in preparing to
meet the foe Every man and every gun should
be in fighting order by the LIST of October. Let
us clean up our guns and examine our cartridge-
boxes. "a nag s53S
We agree to al Of the foregoing, and particularly
to that part which relates to flying rumors Not
one in q Thousand of these reports is entitled to
the slightest credit When traced to their original
source, they are foand to be wholly baseless-to
have no foundation in con,mon-sense or anything
else save foolshness. But in the excited state of
public feeling their every tendency is mscheyous.
And the mischief thus produced is two-fold in its
character. In the first place. it is alone calculated
to keep the community in continual ferment !;
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Or less extent, upon our civil and military author
ties, At all events, it leaves q lingering, long
drawn out suspicion, or shadow Of an idea, in the
minds Of the people, that something is not pre-
cisely right when those charged with the admins
tration Of public affairs stranfng every point,
energeHcally and faithfully to promote the general
safety and secure the largest protection.
Eaying this confidence, We hope to hear Of fewer,
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zeal Of those having in custody the protection of
| The city and the State. We know the absorbing
anxiety of our citizens for detailed information re-
lssecting movements in progress, and we fully APP
| preciate it. This anxiety IS natural but, every
intelligent man must be aware that there are mat
tiers which cannot be dyulged with safety. We
have spies in our midst-Taitors in cur midst-and
there are those in custody who circulated freely
among us only a few days ago, who at the very III
sstant they were enjoying our hospitality were
coolly plotting the destruction of our liberties and
the eonfseation Of our property This simple CT
tation Of fact is ample proof of the necessity which
exists which presses upon us with overwhelming
force that our civil and military authorities should
keep their proceedings as secret as possible. For
onr part, we cannot commend them too highly for
THAR silence and closeneEs. If il is in their power
to draw the curtains of secrecy closer let them do
SO by all means. But, while We are thus frank in
these expressions Of opinion, we are equally free
to say that any important omission in the discharge
Of duty which we hope never to would re-
esive public and decided apprehension at our
hands. S,gs
That the Lineolnites contemplate striking blow
upon the lower Atlantic and Gulf coasts Of the
Confederate States, we have not the shadow Of a!
doubt. With many the particular object Of attack,
for which they are gathering togethera great fleet
of war and transport vessels, is somewhat ques-
tionable. So far as we are concerned we have
never, as these columns demonstrate, expressed
any misgvings the subject. 10 US the intent of
the enemy has ever been plain; but If the future
should demonstrate that we have been mistaken,
we shall be highly granfed- The feet and trans.
ports, the troops and munitions of war, the Lin 4
coin Government Is now gathering together are 4
intended to operate upon the coasts of Louisiana,
with the single view to the subjngation and oecu.
patton efsthe city of New Orleans, and through
such subjugaticn and occupation, to obtain the
control Of the great Western valley, as high up
as Memphis, by means Uf steam war vessels.
Their preparations enthusiastically indicate that
they intend to deal q mighty blow some
where, Why should they make New Orleans
the especial object Of attack? Simply because
its possession is ten times more important to
them than would be the possession of every
port from the Chesapeake Bay to the Rio Grande,
throwing in Maryland and Kentucky as extra
weight. The conquest of this city would be open
ing that cotton port, /" and controlling, to GER
tain extent, an important cotton country, for
which occupation and control it has been more
than limited on occasions almost nnumerable,
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power has semi-oficially consented to wait on
Lincoln given number Of months. The period Of
delay is about expiring it is buta few weeks dis
tant- and the Washington tyranny is putting forth
every eNertion to meet its implied obligations,
knowing full well that delay or failure will eventu
ate in the unqualified and early recognition of the
Independence of the Confederate States by the
leading Governments of Europe.
Well, let the myrmidons Of the e Gorilla u DIES.
potism come on. We are getting ready for them
with all possible dispatch and by the time they
arrive we shall be fully prepared /" to welcome
them with bloody hands to hospitable graves'' |
We will have another '.Glorious Eighth,n al |
though, perhaps, in adifferent month and day, on
larger scale, but equally magnificent in its effects
and consequences. FtsS.89 4
Yet, while we are persuaded the proper authori-
ties are making all needfuls preparations, we
heartily endorse the suggestion Of our St. Mary
contemporary, that " every man and every gun
should be in fighting order BY the first of October
Let us clean up our guns and examine our cart
ridge boxes.n This issensbe advice, and ought
to be universally adopted. g.s.z. ....g 4
TALK ON CHANCE. }5ss.r ~
@g The week opened yesterday with fine weather
In fact, we hope we shall have final clear-np of
the rainy weather which prevailed from the first of
August to last Saturday night. The habitues of the
Tags were out IN good numbers yesterday on