New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-15
Movements of the WASHINGTON Ar
tiilery.


FROM NEW ORbgAHs RICHMOND June g. 1861.
Mr.. Edjtor-T have washed my shirts cleansed
my sabre, besides fulfilling other duties " ih which
our Jealous officers find it necessary to an1use u.s.
and still find a few moments unoCCupied. Not far
removed from our tents is long range of at sbles
and in the undistuFbed tranquility Of this retreat,
stretched upon an immense pile of stray | write
this letter should like to give you detailed ac-
c0Ent of the varied fortune that has befaslen rs;
ant my lab0rs are liable to be disturbed at any
moment by the imperative summons of the bue1er~
TO &c fall in,' and unless am on hand near our
COOK, with my TN cup and platter at meal sine,
ready TO seize upon the fried bacon which falls to
| my snare might run some risk of starvation.
| YET line OF march from youE city occupied
nearly eight days; and seven Of the Intervening
nights we slept on the cars, packsd fEe sardines
WIN If$y legs resting upon an opposite comrades
shoulders, and in return for this eomplaisancs
with his feet bearing very heavily upon the pit Of
my stomach we were however, all in high:
xIoDg, we gang, fldled ana thrummed banjo ::
We danced eaacnns and polkas on the taD of the
cars: and occasionally tfor there was pack of
cards in somebody's knapsackl we played very
MID game Of poker. Smoking eating anG drink
ing you may BE- sure, called fer prncipa9 share
of osr attention.
There was restless class who amused Them
selves By wandering like lest spirits from os part
Of the sran to the Cher, wiso always il come
one eiaes seat, ana who were continually csfafng
the temper Of the more quiet soldiers by knocking
| down tie knapsacks' and DEtnocles swords that
| lS-
| You would aee them getting the COW catcher in
| oae place but on looIing baGS few moments
atter into the remote cars which transported our
arTNlery- distance Of some half a. IniTeas likely,
as aot you woald find them qaietLy reposfng be-
| tween the wheels of the cannon, and apparently
rocked into slzsmber by the swinging and gnglng
! of the chains overhead
The sides OF the railroad as'a1host every village
| and tewn at which we stepped ware lined by
| swarms ofpretty girls with Jouquets, and to win
these was" the ambition of most of the Lotharios
OF the battalion. The ladies cTeryWEsre seemed
l,anxious'to to make oar acquaintance, and we never
| had to wait for Introduction Any one who had
| sufficient assurance to commerce. conversation
vas in danger of being overwhelmed with ques-
| tons, COMPLIMENTS bowers, and eemetimes-What
| Te'priZed still moTe-wth cakes and cole meats.
Ohr fare at the hotels, was generally of the most
| Indifferent sort. We had heard that vast prepara
| ticas had been made at certain town, and we
knew that the citizens had generously paid land
lQrd to give is a good reception ] leave yon to
| imagine our indignation when we found that he
had prepared nothing but coffee, which was az IN,
| settled as the present state of the country, and
cold ham which had been standing out in the night
air some ten or twelve hours, and of which; Heaven
knows We had had enough already.
| Our reception at Lynchburg was the one for
| which we had most occasion to be grateful-the
citizens inviting us. to teir houses to dinner, and
| providing US with acGoEaEodations over night.
! We were not greeted at Richmond with any re-
| markaEle outbErst Of enthusiasm, and, perhaps,
| from city that hos Witnessed the arrival of SO
many troops. nothing of the kind was to be ex-
pected, e7en for the Washington Artillery. There
| was scarcely handkerchief waved, and no shouts
or huzzas rent the air. One enthused individual
proposed three cheers for Louisiana, but the appeal
fell to the ground. Bat we begin to understand
this thing now; they come in great numbers TO our
dress paradea in the eTeningto the neglect of every
other camp land we are constantly assured that no
corps has yet passed through the city that excited
more admiration. either in the splendid bearing OF
their leader or the drill and discipline of the men
Our time thus far has been spent in organizing
our camp, besides going through the double daily
drill. We will probably remain here some two Of
three weeks longer, until we become sufficiently
familiar with our pieces to go into battle. por
ton of the requisite zumber of horses have beer
received; the cannon which we were to have OBJ
tanned from the Government have not yet come tt
hand. Our probable destination, from all cal
learn, will be Manassas Gap. The weather thu
far has been rainy .but the health of the men, not
wthstandng, good. The water penetrates ant
descends through our tents like a shower bath
Waking up last night found a little-pond of wate
upon my Inda-rubber coat. An interesting cir
cumstance. The bugle is sounding charge t
dinner will try to finish the sentence in my mex
FISHBACK.