New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-14
NUMBER 265.

ment5 around US nave mad their winter Guartefs
finished for weeks with their stables ana every
thing complete, the Louiaianians are stiH With
ont stables and other camp necessities, have re-
eeived so far but miserable remnant Of lumber,
the leavipgs Of the Tennesseeans, and that only
ever, throw the whole d this upon Gen. Pillow.
Gen. Cheatham has charge Of the 1nmber depart
ment now and1 believe is trying to DO his duty to
whist upon this subject cannot refrain from
abiding 70 q thing which, CRATES rather harshly
upon tie feelings Of the Lousianans at this post.
Tnis b the disposition, pentfuly evidenced, of the
correspo ndents, as well as the general prose and
Posfs wFissrs of The Tennessee e szs las
triumph. Poor little faf-of Lonisiana is never
mentioned, and believe hardly ever thought of.
On the eventfuf 7th Of November, Louisiana stood
shoulder to shoulder with Tennessee, and shared
with her The early reverse as wei as the fnal
triumph of the day. The Watson Battery was
beaten back with the Tennesseeans in the morn
ing and In the evening the Louisiana Eleventh
divided honors with the Tennesseeans in achieving
the victory. So closely together we're Tennessee
and Louisiana throughout that battle that It Was
little less than an open insult for any one to speak
Or write OF tie victory as an achievement Of Ten.
nessee prowess without any mention of. Louisiana.
Clannshness, or disposition on the part Of one
portion Of an army to claim the henors to thesex-
cusion of the other portions, is, think, the worst
evil sthatcan sbefal an army and much GO Tfes
gret to see this spirit manifested by portion*of
the Tennesseeans here--0r, at any rate, by the
correspondents and poets Of the Memphis and
other Tennessee newspapers. We are all here to-
gether, fighting or waiting to fight m a common
canse; the stake s desperate one, involving all
our hopes Of liberty and happiness hereafter and,
instead Of drawing State lines among ourselves
and stimulating petty jealousies and ilfeeling, We
shoud rather cIeave togetherlike blocks In q wall
O. granite, solid and impregnable through the pGe4
@, menf 81 q brave and generous spirit OF brother
There is reason to believe that, ii many parts Of
Tennessee, lit is not known that any Others than
Tennesseeans fought and won the battle Of Bel.
mont. Louisiana is ignored; Mississippi is forgot
ten; and Arkansas, Tennessee's near neighbor,
Just over the river, might as we'll be in Greenland,
Kamschatka or the dark splotch on the moon. Poor
little Arkansas-Tz4 4i;s ss ~ s8aa5ay9H *Y4# -
az..5.r+ oh no, never mention ier.n So. sJs-t
/ Tappan's Arkansas Regiment was one Of the first
to sustain the shock Of the battle. The gallant
Arkansawy yers fought long and fought brayely, but
were compelled at last to fall back under the
pressure Of greatly superior force Of the enemy,
as to numbers In lact, they were, engaged With
side Of the river what al the racket was about It
was their misfortune to let themselves loose in the
beginning Of Ythe battle, and thus disable them-
selves from joining in the final rout, when the
i My remarks may possibly be construed as ifldis
cative of a. little share, Of that jealousy on behalf
Of Louisiana which gently object to in some of
the Tennesseeans: deny this before the accnsar
see, as a truly great and noble State, fun aof
patriotic fire and exhanstible as to- soldiers
nobly sustaining her proud name as the Yolun.
teer State,n and her numerous regiments here
challenging the admiration Of ALL cannot acn-
sent that they, aor those writers who assume to
represent them, shall forget that there are other
States represented on this ground, by patriots as
pure and soldiers as brave as any that ever went
forth to battle; men claiming no superiority over
'rennesseeans, and yet yielding to them only one
point TO inferiority the inferiority of their
lesser numbers. Bnt have said enough on this
subject Let me turn to matters less delicate and
more agreeable. - .fs.s'f Fiz''5s ~
jeff Thompson is around ii, spots, as usual.
4 few days ago the steamer DeSoto left some ninety
barrels Of sugar, molasses and turpentine, at 8
| landing on the Missouri side, back of Wolf Island
a few miles below here. That side of the island
| or the chute on that side, was formerly the mair
channel Of the river; but it is now deserted, AMI
1 steamboats, go round that way only when on ape
| cial business. JEFF. Thompson, who seems nevel
to sleep, sent word here that the lot of freight wa
| destined for Lincolna, and was to be hauled VI
| through the woods in wagons. Straghtway tbs
steamer Prince, with company of soldiers OF
board, was sent after the goods and brought then
| here, as contraband of war Neither the officers
of the DeSoto nor the man at the landing had the
slightest idea that the extracts of the pine and the
sugar cane were intended for the enemy. In course
they had'nt How JEFF. found out the fact is know
| only to himself. sse So 10 a.. .z-ay . 81
| A few days ago, at an early hour several negro
| hands of the steamer Magnolia took French leave
in the boats yawI. They were found at that same
suspicious settlement back of, Wolf Island, and
| brought back>to duty and common sense, The
white rascal who decoyed them off, and intended
checking them through by the Underground rail
road, was not found. There are many suspicious
characters in theycinity of Columbus, South5of ii
as well as North. gaf .ts 1, !. 81 $50 ,LG.