New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-17

4 . aE SHREVEPORT July 9Th, 1861.
Ed Crescent aupposeSit is contra bonos n.ores
70 question: the acts of the powers that be, nor do
wish to do so; yet it requires an infnity of faith
in the capacity Of leaders to enable one to re-
| Train. Though prone to skeptieism have that
faith, and, indeed, can conceive of no STRONGER
/ evidence Of the high estimation in which ,Jeff
Davis capacity to fill the place he occupies is beId
than the fact that although this war has been oon
dneted so far in manner repugnant to the IDEAS
OF, ! venture to say, nne-tenths of the Southern
people, yetthe confidence in him is unwayerino
We are here, as elsewhere, mpatientfy waiting to
hear the clash of resounding arms. Our popnIs.
ton is intensely military. Even the ladies FORGET
their harmless gossiping, Gf, indeed, the shreye
port ladies ever gossped) and talk of nothing bnt
wars Wlid alarums.' When they see young
man for the first time, instead Of con,menting as
OF old, upon his good or perhaps bad looks. the
only remark now ISL wonder why he don't on To
the wars" Owing 10 insurmountabie obstacles
peeaahary and otherwise, the writer hereof was
unable 70 leave, and he much doubts it the unfor-
inmate lady who owns hiln4-thepretically he begs
g ., say-TThas yet become recoaciled tilefeat
wilma voting population of only some four hun
afed, shreveport has sent off three hundred good
men from the corporate limits; the Shreveport
0feys anu Saodo rifles, particularly, being com
posed q as good material and gallant gentlemen
as , ever donned knapsack orsdrew Il sword
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nave contributed ever one hundred noble fellows
who will make their mark, if indeed Def3nssvS
SHOULD ever be fast enough tor their wishes Tbers
are portions of the parish that have as vet done
noIhiqg IN haen or money! though the police. Inrv |
neply q say 50, because most OF the members are |
large tax-payersl voted a tax of s40o0O for3 tbe
use OF the soldiers and their INDECENT fanai,fas
which tax will reach the pockets OF those miserable
Wfetches, who are amply able, yet too mean tn |
subscribe Voluntarily to this cause. am grati6ed
70 say there are but few of this class in our parish
III our forces should meet with any disaster. |
venture to say five hundred men could vet be rails
ed IN Caddo, and we only have voting population
OF aboutseleyen hundred. The Shreveport Senti.
nels and Shreveport Fire Company Comprising
and subject to call. = 1"NNN'
They have quite respectable Cavalry Company
at Summer Grove, a village eight miles distant. |
Wo Texas companies from Anderson comfy |
elt mere on the Texas Tor your city on the 9th.
me Reagan Guards, Capt Woodward canned |
within mile of here for two OF three DAYS: and
2 artclpate in the celebration Of the Fourth The
,Mcefs OF this company are clever gentlemen ana
70 we're such of the privates as IsInade the ac
Iaaintanee Of. * TTs', ~ zS
Gaps. IA. 7, Raney' i company came in the morn
ng that the boat left here. Capt. Rainey Ihaye
noWn for some years, and predicrfor him a bril-
ant career, II this war should last. Both coapa.
ies are composed OF excellent nlateriai-athIetjc ,
1lfJg-iooking men, who seem competent for any
iaeFgeney. 1t all our volunteers are such as have
sit Nerth Louisiana and Texas, and 1 have no j
sasa 70 doubt 1t, in ali general engagements, re-
afdless OF odds, it Abraham's hireliilgs are not
oatsd, horse, foot and dragaon Won can Ia Ike nv
ssa iora football for all coming time.
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