New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-24

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, Florida in forced connection with repudiated
/ Governments at the same time that these acts Of
extraordinary rigor in aggression practeed to-
:. wards the South the Northern populace Of Penn
sylysna are permitted to defeat the action of the
Federal authorities at Pittsburg by forblddlng the
transmission of the public property to its desgna.
ted points in the South, grounds OF hostility to
the South to which dictation the intlmidated
authorities suecumbed Warned by these acts,
aud the uniform tenor of hostile language en-
ployed in Congress against free action in the SOUTH
and the uniform assertion OF the doctrine OF pass
i've obedience in the manifestoes of the Executives
of Northern States, and the open menaces that the
incoming Administration would carry out the same
tyranDcal purposes with even more rlgor, de.
termined that the State OF Louisiana should not be
/ left unprepared for the emergency. She has a
long and exposed frontier, on which the Federal
4 Government possesses fortfesses capable of being
used for the subiugation of the country and to an
! null the declared will of the people. Near this
capital, where the delegates of the sovereign
people are about to assemble, was military
\ depot, capable, in INSCRIPTIONS hands, of being
4 employed for the purpose of overawing and re-
4 strainng the deliberations of free people. On
| these grounds, respecting the manifest will OF the
4 people and TO the end that their deliberations shall
| be free, and their action supported by the full
| possession OF the whole territory of the State
decided to take possession of the military posts
and munitions of war within the State as soon as
l the necessity of such action should be developed
| to my mind. Upon information which did not
leave me in doubt as to MY public duty, and which
| convinced me, moreover, that prompt action was
i the more necessary in order to prevent collision
/ between the Federal troops and the people of the
| State, authorized these steps to be taken, and
they were accomplished without opposition or diff
hculty. In so doing, was careful to c0ntine my
self to such acts as were necessary to effect the
object with the greatest certainty and the least
| risk of violence. "
In accordance with an arrangement entered into
| with the commanding officer, in the presence
of a force too large to be resisted, Baton Rouge
Barracks and Arsenal, with all the Federal
w IN ma
18th and 18th inst, and on the 18th the Federal
troops departed. About the same time State
troops occupied Fort Pike on the Rigolets and
Forts Jackson and st. Philip on the Mississippi
river, and such other dispositions were made as
seemed necessary for the public safety. Receipts
were gTenln all instances for the property found,
in order to protect the officers who were dis
possessed and to facilitate future settlement. For
the necessary expenses have drawn on the ap-
preparation made by the last Legislature for mill
tary. purposes: detailed report of these pro-
ceedings and of the expenditures incurred will be
laid before you in a few days. n
With q full sense of the responsibility have as
sumed, the whole subject is respectfully submitted
to the Legislature.
Soon after taking possession of the Arsenal at
Baton Rouge, lreceived an application from the
Governor OF MISSISSIPPI for aid in arms and mu-
nltlons fwar in support of the sovereignty of that
state against an apprehended attack of It similar
character to that against which Louisiana had pro-
tected herself The interests of the two States are
so intimately associated in the common cause of
the South that / deemed it my duty, not only from
considerations of courtesy to sister State but in
further execution Of my duty to Louisiana, regard
ing the approaches OF Federal troops from above,
to comply with his request-upon the assumption
on the part of the State of Mississippi of the same
terms of responsibility taken by for the State of
Louisiana [ accordingly directed to be forwarded
to the order of Gov. Pettus, the following munitions
of war;
5000 flint lock muskets.
5000 percussion muskets. Co..
l. 600 Halls rifles, flint locks
200 600 cartridges, buck and ball
1000 pounds of rifle powder. g. !
24pOunder guns and carriages.
.A 500 24-pounder shot
I..a.. COO pounds cannon powder.
The supply of material of these descriptions re-
manning on hand is ample for the wants of the State.
In this action trust to meet with the approval of
the Legislature. ..
In all these movements for the defence and pro-
lection of the State, am proud to say that have
been supported with patriotic cheerfulness and
alacrity by the volunteer soldiery of the State.
Upon the arising of the emergency deemed it
eNPedent to avail myself Of the services of the fol-
lowing corps, which were assigned to duty at the
points named
FOR BATON ROUGE.
East Baton Rouge Regiment, Col. L. Hebert, com.
Pelican Rifles Capt Tunnard, com.
National Guards, Capt. Kaufman, com,
Creole Guards, Capt. Eremaux, com.
Attached to the above regiment:
Louisiana Fencibles, Lieut.. Stith, com.
Crosse Tete Rangers, Capt. Keep, com.
Delta Rifles, Capt. Fayrot, com.
Carter Minute Men, Capt. Fuqua com.
A portion of company from Manchac Volun-
teered with the Louisiana Fencibles.)
New Orleans Detachment, Capt j. B. Walton, com.
Cool G. de Choiseul Acting Quartermr.
STAFF. DR.. G. W. Cross, Acting Surgeon.
Lieut.. Isaacson, Acting Adjutant.
Washington Artillery, Lieut.. 0. VOORHEES,, com.
Orleans Cadets, Capt. Dreux, com.
Louisiana Guards, Lieut.. Grardey, com.
Crescent Rifles Lieut.. Metcalf com.
Sarsfeld Rifles, Capt. O'Hara, com.
Louisiana Foot Rifles, Capt Meilleur, com.
FOR FORT JACKSON.
Battalion Orleans Artillery, Maj P. E. Theard CON-
cr,pr P. f. de Gournay, Adjutant.
t DR.. Mitchell, Surgeon
LIST Company Orleans Artillery, Capt. Gomez, com.
I'd Company Orleans Artillery, Capt. Hebrard com.
5th Company Orleans Artillery, Capt. Newton, com.
Chasseurs of I8l4-'l5, Lieut.. Honidobre, com,
Yagers, Capt. Peters, com.
Lafayette Company No. 2, Capt. Riehner, com.
FORT ST. PHILIP.
LIST Company Foot Rifles, Capt. st. Paul, com.
55s.g FORT PIKE.
Continental Guards, Capt Clark, com.
For the permanent holding of these Notifications,
have replaced the volunteers by the following
companies, which have authorized to be enlisted
and mustered into the State service, viz
Company A, First Regiment Louisiana Infantry
Capt. G. M. Bradford in command of Fort Jackson.
Company B, First Regiment Louisiana Infantry
Capt. J. A. Jaquess in command of Fort st. Philip.
Company G, First Regiment Louisiana Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel f. NJ. Kent, East Baton Rouge
Regiment, was placed in command of the Baton
Rouge Barracks, with Company d, First Regiment
OF Infantry in command OF Capt. Fl. NJ. Pierce, and
Company e, First Regiment Louisiana Infantry, in
the process of enlistment, in command of Capt. f.
II. Farrar.
In closing this branch of the subject, cannot
withhold my warm expressions Of admiration for
the zeal, promptitude and patriotic devotion with
which the volunteer force responded to the call of
the couutFy. It is an earnest Of the ardor and
unanmity with which the honor of the State will
always find defenders among her citizen soldiers.
| am, moreover, deeply gratied to be able to
announce that the emergencies Of the times have
elected in various parts Of the State the strongest
proofs of patriotic zeal for the public safety.
These have been manifested by spontaneous offers
of loans for the service of the State in produce,
goods and money, on very favorable terms.
Among these the cash offers are by Major Francis
Hayne, of one hundred thousand dollars at S per
cent. interest; the Branch of the Louisiana State
Bank at this place, one hundred thousand dollars,
without interest; Southern Bank of New Orleans,
fifty thousand dollars; and Messrs. B. & A. Soulie,
OF New Orleans, ten thousand dollars on time and
interest, at the convenience of the State.
+ The same dispositions have been so frequently
expressed that cannot doubt that the individual
means of our citizens will be brought forth with
alacrity whenever the occasion shall arise for a
call upon their patriotism in support of the honor
and independence of Louisiana. h-
1t is not within the province of the Legislature
the Executive to forestal the action of the State