New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-29

n,s sa.,4 II,st.ls yssSssin the walls Nh ems has
been admitted into the faft. fsVel the eoshihs
antsiie Il sgas possible sken, and for some time
lassetwards, 10 have Garrett te Iofs ~ esVaa9e,
bat after great deal of ying ana diplo.
iaaiixiag, when thera YVES an ample ioroe 70 nave
surrender Ia in overwhelming force, which was
Hot grobab ie MI artnstice was agreed to. By.and
III the Haet came up, ard then the fort was made
segy strong. nv the powerful batteries of afrigGte
and sloop Of war and 6 small steamer. carrying
3ssventy3fTe ar eighty sEans Then it became
necessary establish strong batteries on shore Of
guns ef the isTgest calsher. no do this with die
resources Of the new CONS eracy has been slow
a4ld dfffionltsprocess. The guns had to be castsn
Virginia ard Tennessee; and to transport large
pieces, like eight and Observation-Disclosures, through
q country 50 badly provided with roads and means
of trAnspaftatiO az this has been an exceedingly
dificuit and tedious business These preparations
kave steadily proceeded. The reinforcements Of
she enemy hes rendered it necessary that these
preparations saould be made on larger scale thasi
was originally designed. That the enemy hes
greatly augmented his power Of resistance and
means OF assaGltis auite palpable. Such fort as
Riokens. with5tlie only land approach fanked By q
powerful feet, lying nearly 8 mile and half frem
the nearest of our batteries, and manned by six
hundred experienced artillersts with reserve on
the ships ofeeight hundred sailors, the best gun
ners In the Wolld, abunaantiy supplied with pro-
visions and sions, is Fery different Fertilization
from Sumter defended by seventy half-starved men
and liable 10 he slelled oat and set on fire BY
nlartars and howitzers. and exposed to the fire of
! powerful batteries, situated but mile distant.
Tereduce such sEortas Iiekans is purely question
aGf metal and zen. Bragg is taking every step TO
secure the advantage i'll such an issue His bat
teries are well established Every day new ones
i are begun.
ct IS surprising the amount of work which is
donein short time by raw troops from the country
i They spade, threw out dirt, carry sand bags and
/ BerforR every kind OF labef, with an alacrity
which Il never exhibited by hired laborers. They
are e2sodrilled % the batteries and are rapidly
beee ming excellent gunners. fy the time General
/ Bfagg will be ready TO open his batteries he viii
hare large and elaoient body afartiIlerists. This
eDeaRipInant9#ill, in fact. prove good school of
1 insssae tSon for our volunteer snldery. Some Of
tile regiments here were very hastily raised and
/ have great deal Of raw materiel; their officers
/ are, many of them, very green. Bat there are
among them many who have graduated at West
Point Of at some Of sur State military academies.
Tits no Injustice to the other trenps to say, what
| il universally admitted, that the Louisiana Regi-
ment ana the Battalion of zouayes are the best
| drilled, best selected, and best conditioned troops
in the array. When the fight commences they will
all display equal intregiaity and resolution but in
camp duty, in drill and discipline our troops bear
l off the ps3al. When the companies already on the
way reach tslis place, fshe Louisiana troops will
equal in number, as they exceed in, eEality those
| of any other State.
Mr.. EdWasda, the photographic has Seen busily
engaged in y8ar behalf en- the forts and camps,
and has executed some admirable PICTURES Of
various interesting localities. The picture of
Piekens is necessarily very small. being taken at
SO great distance, hut it is hoped that G nearer
view will be obtRined, which will be more satisfac-
tory. The several views of Barrancas, that famous
old Spanish fort which vas stormed by General
Jackson in 1914, and Of the new fort, which has
been constructed t2 connection with it, ara very
excellent; also the views Of the camps These
sketches have excited great interest here, and
when finished, there will be a great demand for
| them among the soldiers.
| No more for the present. My next letter,will,
| trust, be more interesting. Yours, sk.