New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-10
From wa.i,ington---ssars,sns Dlsclo~urss


The following are extracts from Che specia J
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Bx-
change Of August 1st:
There are number of suffers row here who
were unable to cross to their regiments to.day,s
their old passes being of no account Forts Cor
coran and Ellsworth are fine earthwork structures
and strongly garrisoned- The former vas com
strEeted by the G9th New York regiment, and the
latter by the Fire Louayes. Fort Ellsworth oCGn-
pies an acre Of ground and ia surrounded by q
moat forty feet vide and iTe feet deep. It's aFIna
ment consists Of three heavy guns, Oahlgren) and
four field howitzers Is lbs).
f war between the negroes of the District is I'M
pending and, should the Influences which have
caused this enmfty not be removed, there will pro-
badly be pugnacions contest which the mere
police cannot qaell. Thisfeud has been cansedb by
jealously, induced BY the superfuoaa intervention
Of the northern solaiery, and exists between the
free blacks and the slaves Of this city. The soldiers
have petted the free negroes here, by promising
them protection and better times when the war
shall have ended, that they have become exeeed-
ingly saacy and impertinent.
These daFkies go into their camps, work dill
gently, and are fed with the soldiers. Many Of
| them expect to go North with the regiments
Many Of the Federal troops treat those negroes as
boon companions, and in many instances, the most
| disgusting intfaacies arefoFrned.
Ins slaves q the District bitterly hate the troops,
and those OF their own race with whom they are
familiar, and avoid their presence. The result OF
the feelings on both sides has been the generation
of vildictiye feud, which becomes more general
every day, and if the discipline of the army is not
amended in this particular. there Is every reason
| to believe that a serious strife will ensue
sixty-four clerks 10 the departments, who were
arraigned at the nquisorial tribunal CIR. PoteF7sJ
| sitting in the "Star Chamber {No. 81 have re-
fused to take the oath of allegiance.
! Ex-Gov. J. j. Stephens, former member of Con-
gress, and President of the National Democratic
Executive Committee during the last Presidential
campaign, has accepted the command (Which was
forced upon him) OF the 10th New York Regiment,
vice Col. Cameron, killed at Bull RIM.
Recruiting proceeds but slowly here. The hearts
Of the people are not with the ruling powers, and
doubt if single full regiment can be raised in
this city with its population Of fftyeight thous-
| and
Not only will there be great difficulty in obtain
ing the necessary recruits to supply the place of
the three months volunteers, but the army now in
the field will be considerably reduced by dessrtion
I am assured by perfectly reliable gentlemen from
Anne Arundel, that as many as three hundred men,
who have managed to cross over from Virginia into
Maryland, are now in his county alone. They pro-
| fess to be very much dissatisfied with their treat
ment, and have been deceived. Several Of the
soldiers told my informant that they had enlisted
under the positive promise Of the extra pay OF elghf
dollars month to their wives, during their ab,
sence, but they had only received one dollar, ana
| their wives only three, during three morths. ihey
| said besides that they had been each promised q
| small farm in Virginia.
| An officer who was in company with them, cor
roboTated this statement, and said ne was sorry 70
confess that four ffths of the in his regiment
| had enlisted with this expectation. Another gen
tleman from Prince Georges county states that at
least three hundred have passed in the neigh
borhood OF Buena Vista. These have ehected tneIr
escape from the district. They were swapping
their coats and uniforms with the negroes for plain
clothing, and taking from them anything in e, ex-
change that would cover their nakedness. The
| brilliant display of darkes n full dress Uniforms,
next Sunday, will be unusually attractive.
Private information has been received here that
barbarous plan has been arranged by some oih-
GERS of the United States navy to arm and provide
1000 negroes with knives and torches for the pnr-
pose OF landing them from boats at some point on
the Southern coast, where they can proceed inland
to ravage, burn and destroy.
You nav well think this too infamous to believe
but the source from which receive it, leaves me
no room to doubt its perfect accuracy.