New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-28
Western Military Correspssnadeno

RVeSGSTn NA1AGs1Ty SoHEsSpr.SaldenG e.
Tort o. Tnes between this and
Island Treason In our Midst, etc
special v Tho New orsanss Crescent
Fissf88 ssg HI 8s MExPHrs March 25 1862
E1ito,si- Eennedy's Louisiana Regiment is
At Fort Pillow, and the other Louisiana Regiments
haze rome to Corinth, Of that neighborhood, to
sfake hand iii what may Offer am here for the
nonce, and ind ths Bluff City, under the existing
martial law az shut up and quiet as any city Of its
size could possibly be, under any circumstances.
The whole town shuts up att P. M, and after
INIT Ron. lie Sabbath.like stiffness Of the streets
u broken only by the hurried movements Of those
patriots who have joined the melish.n At night
the military patrol keep the city az silent and life
h Iess ~ Il cemetery. The general feeling Of the
+ people here amounts to suspense, and some CON
siderable depression, ID view Of the gradual ap-
r0ac of the bloody crisis in this vicinity, which
must Determine whether this part Of the South
shaIl ii shall not be free. The widest reports are
constantly in circulation and it frequently requires
III wisdom Of the Wiseat to sft the few grains Of
ruth from the much chat of flying rumor.
Ianeed not tell you how things are around
Corinth. The latest reports from Island No. 10
tt3s sAE 1AA1A1y A4SuN ulStduC0,
slaisurely containing the bombardment, without
damage to 0nr eide. AT Fort Pillow, bluffy
plaoe commanding 4 narrow turn 81 the river, the
deserted fortiAcations Of last summer are repeo-
Srled and being rsnonnted with Zig guns, and
0tterWls rapidly being brought to q condition Of
1nyIncihility y VII soon be as strong place as
I Island y, II not stronger.
Bat y y 4 shame that Island No. 10 il 90 nearly
1zcnt on from ~. II Is regular running Of the
gnAntlet ~ get there or to get away -Tiptonyille
+ being ne only avenue Of communication, under
guns 0f Hessian battery across the river. with
another battery On the river several miles below.
4 1he Tennessee side, from opposite New Madrid
down 70 Point Pleasant ana Tptonyil,e, Il well
spaxdsd by infantry, cavalry and some light art.
I - prevent the enemy crossi1g. The lake
hsek II Tiptcnyille u Hooded nom the overflow "A
u lhe river. now rising higher than eyer-in faot
We stftp q land along the river banks above
"A Msss1 snd even this Is submerged in many places
\ .na csnnot nov be ferried by anything like !
aolss, 80 that our only communication
Psonsh'e now y BONE ton miles along m
slssF Dank. rom where Hoinss feet ID nov NOR.
road AZ to travel and no bridges ov ..,sS,
slonghs 20 chance 10 get provisions T. Z,
snere y send across the isthmns to Island NJ Ia
except by some steamer stealing cautiopslv ~ Z
the daFkneas Of night, With two gunboats IL y =
fsct her boilers. 10 possible for The ens,., !. =
surronnd No az, 81 totally out Oh epr
ton Nth that post; but 70 take it VIM tbair ",
hect, az either long range OF close quarter. r.
" Lave 70 be totally Impossible Las iznpossibla d
II would have been for them to- take Columbus.
7s No have no idea how long we will remain j
hest 2Rilow. No use for infantry there now that
can ase g the fortiacations are being workaf, /,
neefoes. Perhaps We will soon be- sent Iwba,.
tneke Y some chance fol- our rides and nnska,s
q nope y may tnln ont ao. @ 49,
- pnr regiment has receiyad only one mail from
NeN Orleans sincs the 27th Febrnarv
month The back mails ~ piled up
~ ven get them some & thsss ~, =
hes peen 90 long since have seen q q
y tnas 4 .samsst forge how the paper looks. +
atsss in mphia, is in New Orleans. there s
Glass of people Hhs are constantly iienrecia,ir
5 gonfsd erats money not BY refusing Il. but i
l having 10 change when You offer 1 confederat
b and BY selling things cheaper ar moro IL m
+ fpr fha paper of the banks. This Il ! ornin
shame and pity 'tis that the strong az N If mn;
tasy lay does not seize such people and but thar
g work, not az soldiers, but as Iaborers witb M
negroes on the Notifications. No open treason !
the ordinary kind can ever be- more ipinriona !,
ons cause than this. There ought to be some wa,
Of reaching Il. Is ~ I = = = =