New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-08
Letter from NIissouri.
Special TO the New Orleans Crescent.I
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Special 10 the New Orleans Crescent
Planters HOUSE, ST. Louis, No. June 20, lSGl.
Mr.. Editor-A citizen of louisiana a strong Sc
cessonist, and, consequently a sympathzer with
the gallant Jackson, of Missouri I left your State
on the 23d inst. for Missouri with the intention of
lending my feeble assistance to "a gallant people
now striving to protect themselves and their homes
against Government which is but another name
for despotism. knowing that the Geographic com.
munication between the Confederate and Federal
Governments is most unreliable, and the difficulty
attendant upon the smuggling of mail matter into
the Confederate States have taken the liberty of
sending this communication to your extensively cir
culated paper aware that through the medium of
your columns | adopt the best means of fulfilling
| a promise made to my many friends in the South,
viz to keep them posted with regard to affairs in
| Missouri; and shall from time to time be happy
| with your permission) to communicate whatever
| of interest transpired in this stormy latitude to
| ny o,c'l certain k1l0lc!edgc. have no sympathy
for sensation articles, and whatever assert. you
may rely upon it, is, 10 the best Of my belief, tie
truth, he 1chole truth and nothing but The truth.
left Bayou Sara on the morning of the sd, en-
route for this place. Upon our arrival at Cairo,
number of the troops were on parade, and We had
good opportunity Of observing them and witness
ing their maneuvres. There are said to be some
5000 troops stationed there, and about 1000 at
Birds Point. They have batteries thrown up at,
each place, and on them guns as high as 32.pouud-
ers are mounted, which pretty ettectually COM
| mand the Mlsslsslppl and the mouth OF the Ohio
river for about i've miles. The men are, as gen
erai tnlns, nne-ooklnS ana aole-bodied set,
wen arllied, oNt armed Tor the most part with the
ola u > musketS with rusty oayonets' Yet l IN
derstood they were beng supplanted with the
Mime rife as last as they could be obtained. Col.
Prentlss the commanding ofHcer, Is small, plain
looking man, Ciad IN GlVl!ian rs DRESS and MS MIL
tary talent, as lar as l could learn, IS not very
highly appreciated elther by citizens or soldiers.
| There are ABOUT II "oJ other soldiers IN the state,
| stationed at Mound city and two or three points
| along the central Goau. was told by n commas
| SION merchant, whose lace was as " blue " as
| " hard times could make it, and whose manner
was as serious as II he We're relating an account Of
the death OF dearest Trend, that 1.-The blockade "
| was suicidal poEcy. NO business. Wheat was
| selling at 40c, and corn and potatoes We're not
| saleablc at any price, etc. We left at o clock,
A. M, on the morning OF the 18th inst, via the
Central Ral.road Tor 81 Louis \ number of sol
olefs, some SICK, some on furlouSh, and others
| whose term Of enlistment had already expired
| were returning home. From them learned that
| the majority OF the troops had enlisted fer only
| three months, and: upon the expiration OF their
term OF enlistment, put few would leenst. Ii was
thought to be slight rebellion y that they were
| to crush but II haq assumed more gigantic dimen
SONS than they h4d mad any idea Of. We reached
ST. LOUIS ABOUT y 0 clock Z. M, and put up at the
fianters house, snperannuated hotel above
Whlch wave me stars ana stripes" II there ever
was deaa city, TO all lWents and purposes, St.
Louis IS certainty one understand, from reliable
authority that at least 10000 citizens had left al
ready on account OF the GarbaroIs violence of the
Dutch mops, VINO parade the streets in the U. ).
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