New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-29


are fond of little fun, and Of them are not
slow to indulge in it. | have heard OF a great
many royal nocturnal proceedings on the part OF
officers around this % neck Of woods" which 1t
would hardly do to relate. must mention, how,
ever, one capital thing which occurred few nights
ago, in our close vicinity. Out Of dehcacy as well
as propriety withhold the names, except one
Lieut.. Col. John B. g. Kennedy, OF the Kennedy
who came Off winner. party incud.
ing colonel, an adjutant two majors, and several
captains and other officers, got together at night
for little fun. They extemporized an orchestra
with cracked drum, wheezy clarionet, trumpet,
banjo, and other discordant instruments, and eht
to serenade, or rather "shiyeree,,' Col Kennedy |
Entering his camp by means of the counterslgn |
they surrounded the Colonels tent, and gave
performance which would have done honor to the |
Internal regions. Kennedy came out good-natur..
edly, thanked the party for the compliment, and
invited them to smie-an invitation which was
readily accepted. The Colonel passed around a
bottle OF whisky, which all hands tasted and fin
ished. Then after good laugh all around, they
informed the Colonel that they intended serenad-
ing certain Brigadier General, and invited him to
accompany them. He went, of course. .. .
But before they reached the Generals, first one,
then another of the party, lodged of behind the
trees and fences, and soon the echoes of their
voIntirgs, accompanied with curses, not loud but
deep, could be heard in all directions. The whole
party, musicians aud all, were taken deadly sick,
except Col. Kennedy, who stole laughing back to
his camp. He had treated them with bottle OF
whisky and ipecac, which had been placed in DR..
d
stealing liquors from the hospital stores. The
trick bl oke up the whole frolic; the General
missed receiving the intended serenade, and there
were number of very severe-looklng pale. laced
officers on duty next morning. Whether the in
qury why no reveille was sounded in a certain
regiment that morning lowing the sickness of the
musicans) was fully answered not, is more
than can tell. The serenaders own up, that
Kennedy fairly beat them, and they have threat
ened to get with him if it cost thousand dol
lars. Bot think they'll let him alone hereafter
Last night by invitation | was present at an
officer ffolic Of polter chara cter-a refined and
decidedly pleasant iroc-a ball, shenld term 1t,
at the hospitable mansion Of Mr.. Moss, several
miles back in the country. Capt Dick Mason,
surnamed the "Tycoon of Columbus and he Is
coon to tie to-was at the head of it ALL Heis as.
sstant Quartermaster Of this division knows every
body, has business with nearly everybody, and
dashes his business, whenever the opportunity
offers with the most charming sprnklings of
pleasure. When Capt. Dick says Let's have a
party to night!n everybody lets; the ladies, far
and near, get ready: some country mansion is
ready with its eVer-open doors, and the officers in
vited straightway clean their boots and put on
| their buttons and % billed Shirts Capt. Dick
| finds the transportation, when it is needed, finds
the music and is collectively and individually a
ltteam," as well as frst-rate teamster, as he
| showed by his management of the mules in the
| woods last night. The splendid brass band of
Walkers Tennessee Regiment furnished the music
they near not furnishing it, however, as their
mules ran OF with them when they started 'Dixie,
and came near sending them to the Happy land
| of Canaan ---.., g.. '.. IS.
The ball was delightful affair; the only fault
| was, the gentlemen outnumbered the ladies-and
| of the latter must say, that some of them were
perfect queens Of beauty, grace and loneliness
| whilst all contributed by their cordial reception
and uneeasng vivacity, to the charm Of the oeca
| sion. The Kentucky girls are hard to beat.
| mishap to one of the ladies, who was thrown on
of a wagon going to the ball and was helpless ant
| in great pain when she got there. spread dsmpe
over the festivity for time. She had to b
carried home, and is still bed-fast. l may stat
that she is the wife of Mr. Trask, of New Orleans
and fortunately had her husband with her whe
the accident occurred. Mr.. Moss and his goo
lady have shown their kindness in a better wa
than ball giving. They have been boarding an
nursing sick soldiers ever since the army has bee
here, and many grateful memory will revert
| their pleasant mansion in the woods.
/ I regret to state that serious difficulties hay
: arisen in the Watson Artillery, from New Orlean
2 Owing to treatment which they explain at Length
! they have repndiated Watson and torn the lniti
W from their caps; and since this difficulty hi
occurred between the company and their ne
Y commander, Capt. Bezhoover. So far as ca
| get at it, the men complained Of the Cap
n rough and unfesng treatment of them; open e:
i pressions of dissatisfaction led to altercatic
S between the Captain and one of the non-commi
stoned officers, which resulted in the latter dra1
:, ing a dagger, and the Captain using his sword.
The inferior officer had his hand badly cut
l. grabbing the blade of the sword which the Ca
e tain aimed at him, and is now under arrest to
/. court -martaled. Meantime, about one hundrt
| of the men took sides against the Captain az
: made an affidavit of their grievances, which Ge
y Polk declined receiving, but offered, instead,
e transfer those who dissatisfied; this otfe
If however, rejected, the men wishing to ket
| together under some new Captain. There Is a b
| trouble about it, and have no means of predit
| ing how it will be settled. I. G..
Reported If JEFF. Thompson He Sends for Re
forcements,
s Spe isl to The NV Olleans CrescentF
CoLuMBus, Ky Oct %, P. NJ, 1861
" Mr.. Editor-I hear tonight that this event
i news was received here of disaster to Gen. Je
" Thompson, coupled with call from the Genel
for reinforcements.
r, The report is, that Thompson met and engag
" " a superior force of the enemy at Frederckstown
Of the precise locality of which town am unable
give-and that after hard fight, in which
of enemy lost 800 in killed and wounded, with pl
lie portonate loss Thompson's side, the latter h
to fall back leaving two of his field pieces on
field and Col. Lowe, his second officer in commal
le among the dead, he being shot through the heat
le This news, coming with the Generals call
"a reipforcements has created the liveliest anxi
d. here. The reinforcements will doubtless be Sc
as .,..- LG.
nr =
~ An Unlucky Scouting Expedon-The Watson Batery-N
~ from ST. Louis, eic
or Special to the New Orleans Crescent
COLUMBUS, KY, October 26, lGt
Mr.. Editor-Ths morning eleven men of Va
e. tines cavalry company, of Tennessee, went
j., on scouting expedition toward Cairo, on
an Kentucky side, This evening the party return
bic four of them wounded-one Of them dangerousl
and minus one horse
They report that whilst passing through del
. ly wooded bottom, fourteen miles from this pIg
ny they were caught in an ambuscade of the ene
ct body of infantry, supposed to be 100 stro
- sprang from the bushes on both sides OF the re
o1 with leveed guns, and ordered them to surreni
raj Our scouts finding themselves in the very cutc
tly of an overpowering force of the enemy, Whet
D 1 their horses and fed; and as they did SO, the {
=, 1 nv fired volley after them, killing one horse
AT, wounding four men, one OF them dangerously.
urs The man whose horse was killed jumped up
ne hind on comrades horse. Three OF the Woun
o,s we're able to keep their saddles and ira
g.: one being shot through the side of the nj
llft another through the arm and one through the
the and groin The latter, however, had to be LEI
But a farmhouse five miles from here, and was al
full, ward brought to town in wagon.
81 In 8. previous letter mentioned the trouble
hat isting in the Watson Battery, of New Orle
ard The trouble seems to be settled now, by the tr
the fer of some 40 of the members to Col DICK 5
eticz arts Pointe Coupee Artillery.
k With this send you copy Of the st. Louis
md publican of yesterday. For this paper viii
can suppose will be rarity to you, am mdebte
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