New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-12

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| From the Memphis 4 valanehs 1esbinst.1
! There was much discussion in the eitv Yesterday
particularly among Missourians about the reported
| appointment Of Colonel Heath to the Command of
the Department of Arkansas and Missouri. Bat in
order that all apprehensions may be allayed. We
may state that the following private dispatch was
received in this city from President Davis last
| night:
| ~ RtcHHosD De. g. 1861 5
To Major W. A. Broadweil . 7IIs
malignant not received tendes of Missouri oeps
them or to control ther organization. JEFF DAVIS =
The Camp Jackson prisoners, some sixtyfve in
number, accompanied by Gen. Frost reached the
city on the steamer Kentucky. from Columbus,
yesterday morning. They left st.. Louis on the I'd
December, and according to agreement they were
to be sent directly to Gen. Priees army: but on
getting them at the Pacific Depot, they were in
formed that they had to go by way Of Cairo, and
after requiring each of them to take an oath as
long as the moral law, they were marched aboard
the latan and taken to Cairo, and thence, under
flag Of truce, to Columbus. They say before the
prisoners left St. Louis the ladies of the city, all
OF whom are warm sympathizers with the South,
sent an abundance of provisions besides little ar
ticles OF clothing, such as socks, handkerchiefs,
etc., for them. But the Federals true TO their in
stncts took their little articles of clothing as
boat at Cairo.
When the Camp Jackson prisoners left, four of
the new gunboats had been nearly finished, and
two followed the latan to Cairo. They are called
,he st Louis, Carondelet,, Louisville, y and,
"Pittsburg" They were made very durable in
some parts and rather limsy in others. The iron
on the sides and at the stern of these boats is u
inches thick; at the bow and on the top they are
very vulnerable-the top particularly, which is of
two-inch pine, which the bursting OF shell would
shatter. The Benton and two others were still at
St. Louis, but not completed sufficiently to enable
them to be sent to Cairo for final completion. The
reason of sending these boats to Cairo is the fear
q kInsu
down the river at ALL It is said that the river for
two hundred miles this side of St. Louis was filed
with floating ice on the I'd inst. The only gunhoat
which had been completed and manned drew six
feet Of water.
The Camp Jackson boys designed raising bat
talon of Missourans for active service. and have
already received considerable accessions since
their arrival here.
A dispatch from Roa Missouri, dated Dec lst,
says that Price, with an army 1000 strong, is
moving North in three divisions The same dis
patch says that Price's intention is to march into
Kansas and make that the field of his future
operations. He commenced his march on Kansas
on the 18th ult. The st. Louis Republican Of the
I'd says: E"1re% ts&. - @-s -~s ,-a% ~
Cen Price at Greenfield Monday With 600 men,
He was marching for the North aud no doubt reached osceo
We earn t%a on i5nTsy as from Can
army in the city yesterday, gives his opinion
that Gen. Price Will go to Leayenworth and cap
ture enough arms to put gun in the hands Of all
his army, take tne ST. Joseph railroad and thus
cut OFF all supplies to St. Louis, compelling them
to surrender at discretion. fus.l !" IL. ID ,
We conversed last evening with gentleman
perfectly familiar with army movements in Mis-
souri,, and from him CLEANED many facts in the
highest degree credtabe to Gen. Price as gen.
eral and hgh.toned gentleman. We are perfectly
satisged that General Price had done all that
a good general and brave man could have done
under the circumstances, and trust that his fu-
lure may be like the past, only more abund-
hat
there has never been any difficulty about his pro-
curing men--the only obstacle has been arms
These he is now getting in abundance, and with
them his career will be prolific of happy results.