New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-17
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Letter fro,sa the t1os, ssSsese Capitol
Ths following interesting letter u ID the Mem.
R1aHpoSp 5. April (, Two spies tried, con.
v;cfsi aaa sentenced To- death by court martial,
we're to hnyeS been hanged here to-day. Ihe ar
rarrsTaents for the execution had been fully per-
she Fresident. The convicted men knew more than
they had M to to this time, admitted, and seemed
dhposed to give the government the beneht OF
U The hope Of seltlng sneh ~
parties who have supplied the authorities OF Wash.
ingson with official ihtellig from Richmond y
was thought best to stpone the hanging IoF q
The so far given ~ ne sP1ss 4
plicate persons in position never sbsr
pacfad of disloyalty The only 81
have heard as having been made ~ oonssY Tg,
these disclosures, is thatpi man sshf nnnths
psst Ing flS
and the Northern States seale9 o I, I'M
sealed were left na,sa
N eat and we're carried off in some mys,
serins Wavfo desiring ansW
were bia Is rsqnest their to direct
ii acme street md number "a Baltimore, here the
apesfs n Wehster would call SSss,
ri mai upon the arrival OF the enter
nfisia CONDUCTOR in Richmond, was dropped ~
I'LL and ia egaIar manner
Tfibnne, and Baltimore AInerlean, were
bfough iii this way tosour neWspap per fees. Y
a now supposed that Y ebsten's underground man
ns ssWas and anas sne
ahmed 10 " ashingt for the double purpose OF
from the Gonfed capital
and Of eliminating Southern sympat hizers OF the
q ne spss T. sna. sns
lHetgrs Richmond had their actions to conf.
Innnicate with Webater, and that he carried OF
peripdically what they were able to plek Up during
81 our sfortlcations thus the same Journal was
to give afaH and toerably accurate list
The officers IL the Confederate army thus the
EToEefnenf# of Gen. Jackson, in February, upon
Bath and Hancock, was known ID Washington be-
fora he left inchester, etc., etcin oil these
cases, the g milk in The 0coannt = ID fully ac-
counted for, always surprising that there are
traitors in the departments, as rumor to day as
ssrts the spies TO declare We may look for start
H ling revelations ID two or three days, and the
scafold erected at the Fair Ground for the two
already under ndemnation may have to be en-
larKed. s# .sS5l5
me dashing partisan fighter Of Kentucky, Jack
Morgan {speaking Of hemp reminds me Of the
proprietor Of the Licking ton rope iactory,1 WHO
arrived in town last night and is at the SpotsWood
/ derat0od hut II ID surnsed that he comes 70 con-
/ suit Tie officers Of the Government upon the pro-
pEiety 81 the operations OF bls guerila
RasW sin as sa1a
Il before his elevation ID power1 IA can say with
that brave Jack Morgan could not con-
any one who more heartily admlres ms
IIaz now ride behind him, and he will sweep Ten
Enessee clear Of the Yankees
Another arr val J, which has given great gratifs
Ication TO- hosts Of friends, is that Of ~. @Gwyn,
| Iate Senator from California, who reached town
yesterday from Baltimore via the Chesapeake and
4 the rotomacs Dr. GWyn reports that an immense
force has been sent by Met lellan from ashington
down the river, and the belief now is that the ads
Vance npon Richmond will be attempted in heavy
column from the lower wa tiers of the Ra ppahan
1 npck. The enemy has already Ia appeared in the
fPiahkatank; which III near neighhor of the Rap
eraBle ono, ana IS Known u the DID field school
rs the boys insa ridiculous
Pankatank IAN katank 8 U
Where tie bnll -ffog jumps from bank to bank sS
Bnt spite OF this yricaI assertion Of Its mar
ness there Is water enough in its channel for
some miles from its mi nth to bear SMcGl eilans
transports tosa landing someW There IN the county
of Gloucester through which his troops would
probably march 80 uniteswi another body from
Tampa hammock, in5the county Of Essex. The COM
lmanding general. who sleeps with his eyes open,
hassof course, not neglee 70 provide against
quite possible that THE musical Piankatank may
soon become as familiar and as disagreeable q
name to the Yankees as Bull Run. I. ".
tsA letter was received this morning from Turner
Ashby ID which, writing to- an intimate friend in
EGongress, he says that be has been fighting the
lseneny sixteen successive days. and that as soon
5as he had finished writing he should lay down the
pen for the more accustomed sabre. That very
day he engaged the enemy in q hand TO hand en-
jeunnfeg, running and firing, near Mount Jackson,
I'm the county OF nd there s rnfilor
IN town to-day that he has since come success
ont pfs g more serious engagement and that
he has been reinforced since by two thousand
men from Jaeks3n's commanI5 but for the truth
/ of this assertion cannot Houch. sss;
The Iadiasa gunboat is to be offeredby the fair
donors, upon IS mpletion, to Lieut.. Ap Gatesby
Jones; the gafants officer who was second in COM
Inand of the i, in the fight with the Con-
srsss and Curnber land and afterwards with the
Al bili III before Congress for bringing all the
railroadH the Confederate States under military
\ autheTi and giving rank to their officers, who
will Thus bold scomnissio from the War Depart
ment. Each President Of q road iilbe Captain,
land each Superinte ndent q Lieutenant the con-
i dnetors, suppose, viii be Corporals or Sergeants.
Over there IS to be- Supreme Controlling Di-
rector, whose rank win be that Of Colonel. The
zeal diTec tors upon the various roads to
be- lieutenant QolOnels; and these higher officials
Il ID be pointed by the President Of the Confeder-
States AID offence against the military disci.
piine 0 theroads to betried by court martial COM
SEpoaed equally Of members chosen BY the present
Boards of Difect tori, under appointment Of the
and OF members named by the Presi-
4 dent, md with the adYicea and consent Of the
Asyate ID more absurd thansflfis, more likely to
III lead 40 all manner sof misfaps, break Towns,
onisioas explosions, and general id,
teFrnp lions could hardly be devised. Far better
si1tthe abroad men manage matters in their own
do not want corpofala to collect tick:
4. cts nor Lieutenants to manage the switches The
engine driver will conduct His machine more safely
Isl, ish0Ht being converted into an imaginary
soldier, obedient to real stern military law ana
there can be doubt that lie the plan on foot Ii
carried Int effect, our soldiers will be Id greater
danger pn the Failroad thanili the field. DIXIE
CAM IN TRUE b.. find the following an
Enounce ment in the Louisville journal Of the 4th.
CAN'T 81 possible that Tennessee has another re.
the tale one IF Prentice fabrica:
# tons
Major W. HIP OH, Of Tennessee, IL ii our city,
on his way to Washing ton. His name which has
become historic Id our coafttyis annals viii never
chen ef IL her great and glorious hereafter
a With more respect than in connection with his
heroic stand for the Union Id the midst 81 dsloY,
"a Atty, and his nnflinchiBg patriotism which brayed
u TINT terrible suTgAin native State, which sWeut
81 osmany away tosthe black abyss Of secession ii
past political divisions of our country We have
II opposed Major Polk honestly, hui We now, witt
the greatest Gordiality and sincerity, extend thu
II gtasps of Union fraternity to him, and wish him
Tod epeed Ia his noble endsavors to reclaim Ten
II nessee, We know no party and we forget all for
4 mer political eoptro yersies when we meet under