New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-08

d sHe Tlipr ID ca; 'ng. she didn't Ike ous al
serce much or she wssl oua OF he b q and ae
var 10 he. ,eoked I3'eaer ", Job g r y.
oMia a, fef of preyoss days gor.'r~, 4, ne
mery Dalon,) ssie hof; of faceto g'ace Gu ms
s%nsrtsbs job vs. pe:.ant ero"h Ard
by tie sould. lie rascal told hs " %, i, tie
morr'oG, when she fs.,t beheld WHIST a coun'
nance he had brorcht in no N the WOODS, that he
setscd in f's eyes. She knew HIM well enough
low that he was living; bus, bav . heard
through oilers lat he nad 5wripped his man, s 9
'orgate him, and went 20 doct 3r 6 hin ssnde~ly.
b ave.. @9s .tSs II
Is Without the least contempt of .Lr,. Ro.ers
goose, l pa, ok Of turkey aud gooseberry JIM
9Th Capt. Trask on board tile stear'ey : ce.
Whilst on board, nre ot,s to tue dinner, i receiv u
IN ;.nita. onto dre with Gen. Polk or Csn. 7 J.
low, or some otlec nna Of my hiehly supe. or fl
&c here. was not inv ted as Nie We 7.ern NJ" :
teiy Corresponds 10 of the New Os'iea*r DEFY
Crescent or ss all plG friend, Or PC ony BIT dy, CT
any other thipg 10 particular. But 'ae 'ns talon
was Il this way
q Some days previously, the steamers Charm and
Prince, hay' ng finished out their oha,lels, W.
purche aed by Government. the owners reserved
aud took away the pianos. m stovs- and a few
other things properly mentioned in the acis of
SALE as not being necessary to steamboats, in he
war transportation business. A ter IA. reqr'ss.
Gle Of COR ,ort or]n Try, more betting Geue-
RAILS headqrar rs OF re cabin cf wa, steamer,
'au; mere tTa' "'oit s. amer, no matte what
D'ight have been TIE former state or elegance of
the latter. High baok chairs, wite sp,ingy sea ),
fancy pitchers, slices or hunks of .urkey carpet
glassware crne' s"oe', y =, nnd 60 on, ~
appeared rv dc. aAs ~, Sc Crews Of -'Ie Two
boa cp llet3 ow into cuaL ng stakes or shaking
ruakers - : seized WI i ,resh terror everv
/ ne they saw s'.tedged o derby ga lop to he
bank and come aboard. And so you may Judge
the CONSERVATION Of Cant. 7. on lbs ccca -ion,
upon receising al, officia, v'st vii. an orlsr rom
headquarters for turkey and a few liens.
The capt.4;o politely replied that he hao no chick
eis aboard, ant, Dry one trrkey, ard lat VIZ mt
aboard wifNlher at Hickman, and thai it wes now
being cooked, and lie vas extremely sorry, and
all that. Theorderly politely ret ed without the
5t'nkey; for which the caotril declared he YVES
Gentleman, a nan OF feeling, whom he sbor'd ever
Aold in most grateful remembrance. Tie al YVES
what 1 copst led ITO an invitation to Che with
!. lie General for lie hor' wss growing leie, and
had SO far set my heart on tue capf rs u rkey,
that had IL gone up TO the Generals, wo Il have
gone with it, mosi assuredly. rs
That right the Kennedy Battalion Mh.lrel Bard
were out, giving performances on board 'he steam
ers Bracelet and Prince, and serepading peorle on
Some of the lstrumen Of t''is band are the most
comical things Imaginable For irstance, the be
Vol, or" cross. fddle,n IS made Of a irumheaG
nailed over hal. whisky ksg, with rough pine
Friday night, here was Il pleasure party on
board the Charm, andyof course was in. a crowd
of Columbus ladies and military gent danced
down to Hickman, where party Of t'le ia" Hick-
martes came aboard, and the fun went on glo-
Iiousy. Atthe residence of Mr.. B., in Hickman, /
found the piano Of Of the young ladies, Miss
Hattie B., the following, which sine was rehsarsng
to sing at Forthcoming concert:
NEW RED. WHITE AND BLUE.
WRITTEN cor Mss BIrfg s.-Bv " J. T. ~ O
Missouri is the pride OF the nation
- =, The hope Of the brave and the free;
The Corfederaey will furnish the ratiors,
But the fighting is trusted to thee.
For brave boys your soil las been noted,
:, And orr flag has been tr7eted to you;
For freedom you have not yet voted,
But yon fight for the Red, White and Blue. .
.s'@ GHorus-Tbree cheers, etc. go
= The STARS still shine bright in the heaven,
But the STRIPES should be trailed in the dust,
For'f'ley are no longer the sign of the haven
: OF the brave, of,the free, or the jrst.
The BARS now in triumph shall wave,
Der the land oftlle faithful and tvue;
0'er the home of he Southern brave
7 Shall float the meu Red, White and Blue!
r-. Cto1WS-Three Cheers etc.
ON. ]. T." is Gen. NJ. JEFF. Thompson; and crr6a
as the song is, il will be widely sung, as coming
from the gallant and daring ranger chieftan of the
Missouri swamps.
But fear tire rou with my account of orr
Christmas ,rolics. have had nothing better o.
more interesting to write about.
Gen. McCowns division, including our brigade,
had ssand review and inspection on Sunday,
Which was supremacy lovely day. The varioss
regimen Of infantry, and companies Of artillery
ana cavalry made most imposing display Of more
than mile in length. Our battalion (kennedy's)
was as usual the observed Of all observers for is
correctness and precision in the manual and on the
march. IT, z-.
No news iIom Cairo worth making fuss about.
The gunboats and the troops are there, but when
they intend coming down, no man can guess.