New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-16
NUMBER 24s.

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70 late hours Of the night, in their hoIes in the
ground, rehearsing the history of The -Four Kiilas
nne Of the boys, fond Of this study has given me
h.s plie 70 Keep for him, fearing to get oyer4ex-
CITED and lose his all he draws z from me when
ne goes Of an evening TO join his class he GOES
GOWN to the foothe quits, and IL he gets np 10 the
aead ne comes to me and makes another deposit
I zap: GeWmans company, in this battalion lKen.
nedys Fifth Louisiana) have sent 10 tl,er fasnIes
\ NO less than $3.50 and other companies have dome
correspondingiy well. I 42775s+ ~
The Liquor law Is necessarily exceedingly severe
IN this vicinity for, with many Of the soldiers 10
get drunk is to get TO fighting and riotinR No
sutier or storekeeper ID allowed to seIi a.ior TO q
soldier or an officer without an order from his
Gaptaln, conntersigned by the Colonel of his regf-
ment and the General Of his division. Generate.
before common man gets all these si9natures he
gives up the idea Of whisky. There was great
bopbery kicked up. around camp = few days ago,
WHen numerous soldiersin different corps appeared
On parade quite drunk, it being well known that
they had not obtained their liquor legally The
military Chief of Police Cor Provost Marshal) held
grand Inquisition oyer the storekeepers and SUIT
Fhonorably acquitted. Some malicious persons,
who were down on Satier Randolph of this (Gen
MeCoWn's) division, because he had refused to let
mem have quor on irregular orders, reported that
ne mad Issued the surreptitious whisky Straight
way Randolph was arrested, and all bis wines and
liquors seized and hauled away; but he showed. as
clean bill as any, and was released with his
thulds, under 40 honorable aequittal land a full
in virtue OF bis position, had few days previously
sent an order to Randolph for little Of the ardent
not supposing that R. would want any better sig
nature than his own What was his surprise,
when X. IS pa apers were oVerhauled to find his own
order countersignea by Gen. McCownt r., not
wishing to refuse SO respectable an order and vet
aetermned e to protect himself had privately sent
the order over to Gen. MeGown, and had it ceun-s
teraigned by him. before sending the Chief his
liquor 1T Is now believed that r. understands his
business; 70 catch him mapping, one must rise
very early ln the morning, and then he won't sue
ceed- should liquor seller be caught mapping
the penalty would be the confscation of his LIQUORS
and his own expulsion from this military com
munity. .ssd Es sSs;4s ssfy7TH
- It was finally discovered where the drunken sol
diers got their liquor. A country distiller had a
barrel OF whisky in his wagon fetching it into one
Of our grocers as sample, with view to the sale
OF more. Il W hen inside the pickets, and not yet:
cone Y . camp, party of wood emitting soldiers in
with the horrid od0r, they confiscated the barrel
on the spot, as contraband of war; and rolled it,
on to a safe place in the woods. or course they
kept on smeinng at the barrel and filling their can
teens with smell, and giving all their messmates a.
smell ETC. the whole finally resulting in the great
bebbery, which have described.
The Kennedy, or Fifth Louisiana Battalon, with
winch am now connected, gets on swimmipgly
though debarred of all benefit from the State Of
Louisiana, the companies having gone directly into
the Confederate service upon organizing. The
companies e ,, are as follows, all being from New
a. III. u,
Newman B, Campbell Guards, Capt. r. M, Soria:
Q, Noel Rangers, Capt Dressed: D, McClelIand
Guards, Capt. B. Moses; 3, Whann Rifles, Lieut..
~ Aaaeoart % t;s! sommanding and Askew Graya,
with the for all their clothing or any
extra comforts they may DESIRE whilst those COM.
panles or regiments which were transferred from
the Louisiana State to the Confederate States
service are in almost constant receipt of State
and private donations, and have to draw but little
at their own expense. As the men of the Kennedy
Battalion are all from New Orleans, where very
many Of them have families needing all the money
they can spare, and as they are as brave, indus
trious, wen-Iisciplined, and in every respect
deserving as any corps here, ] think it would be
out Just and proper for those engaged in collecting
regiments Especially do our men need blankets.
SOCKS, and oyercoats, which are not to be had of
sthe Qnartermaster in one-tenth .the quantity
desired. The things, il donated, can very easily
be sent here without cost to the donors Major
Winnemore, Quartermaster in your city, being eyer
ready to furnish Government transportation for
such goods. 5i 5i,5 M Il 3ss5s ,ss;3it5 gl5s5
/ Speaking of our Battalion / must mention The
stew our worthy and esteemed Surgeon, DR.. Mo-
Dade, got into the other evening. His mare took
the coiic; she Topped down, and was propped up Il
and If the Doctor did'nt put that mare through
course OF sprouts, then I'm no Judge Of sprouts.
Before he got through with this piece of business
one OF our teansters, Healey came running to him
breathless and begged him for Gods sake to come
quick The Doctor.wen Mrs. tHealey has some
unle ueeH mere WIN Ner nuSDanQ, In the cooking
and washing way. The tent of the Healeys next
morning contained a third inhabitant; small, red
and quite yociferous. It's boy, and has been
named Daniel Jefferson Davis Healey.h Col. ken
nedy, though willing to take recruits, objects to
their coming along in thism The mare the
mother and the baby, are all doing well, and the
Doctor has recovered his former equanmity. So
uniform has been the success Of DR.. McDade in the
treatment of his patients, that at no time has the
hospital contained more than ten PATIENTS out of a
battalion of over four hundred men.sr ,s.s 5sl s.
=, Now for q few words about my old friends the
Gontinentals, in the Eleventh Regiment, with whom
first left New Orlesns.H You know, of course
how well they behaved at the battle of Belmont
Even If you had the patience to hear or the room
to print them, could never hope to narrate half
the stories the boys tell of the battle. Dawson,
Bostick, and others of the slightly wounded, are
well again and at their posts of yore. Bosck, who
is tall and handsome man, had the end of his nose
shot OIL but the piece, fortunately hung by Shred
not perceptibly dsfgured--ap which / congratn.
uate him and his family in New Orleans James
Mahar and Delaney, seriously wounded, are well
enough to be now in New Orleans on furlough.s
Little Ettinger, who was shot through the body
from breast to back, has recovered almost BY i
miracle, though yet quite weak, He does mt seem
to care for urlough; he only wishes to get strong
enough to shoulder bis musket again. The two
dead of the Continentals- Ensign Joe Ihrie killed
in the battle, and Mclaughlin, since accidentally
killed. whilst on picket duty-are sdecently buried
on the very spot where they used to roll on the
grass and read the papers during the warm Sep
tember afternoon. q ss5TE+ &37;5l ~ "a y =
( One other of the wounded / must specially men
Croly. the particular hero of the Cont
nentals.; He is q boiler.maker, from Agiers;
stout and sturdy old man, over so years of age.
Ihey did not know what sort of man he was till
they saw him in the BATTLE He loaded and fired
with the greatest GOODNESS and rapidity. Whilst
running home a Il cartridge, ball from the
enemy shattered all the four fingers Of his
right hand - leaving only the thumb Coollys
remarking to his hand, g You're done for
finished the loading with his left hand, rested
the gun across log, aimed and fred,
and, almost Incredible as ii may SEEM several
times afterward loaded and fred, holding the gun
between his legs to load and resting it the log
to fire. When, at the hospital DR.. Hart proceeded
to amputate his shattered fingers, Croy asked him
to save the forefnger if he could as he wished to
have a few more shots at the scoundrelly Lin |
eolnites. But the request could not be granted
all the fingers had to go, the hand being amputated
across from the crotch of the thumb. Still cheer
ful, Croly says he will be able to make living |
with his left hand. This brave fellow, ineapaci
tated as a mechanic for life, left yesterday for
New Orleans, carrying the God-speed Of his com
rades in the shape of purse of Sl27, made up |
alone by the Continentals, after having already
divided their pay with their families. Ii the Con-
tinentals here, straitened as they are could do |
this much for John Croly, what ought not New Or
leans to do for him? Men of this. STAMP are ent-
tied to the highest gratitude that a country can
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