New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-22

the South, and crush it. All this will certainly be
done, provided 'sfhe weather don't RAIN II # |
hasnot rained, ,it hath showed and it hath bowed
MeGlellan'svast armyjs constipated Bith'mnd, ana
Harnsiae is bnfeted back into Hampton Roads by
ne atoEn PEoyidence has naed the elements az 4
Iy mensy Eowel 70 plaster Yandse Doodle in his
Fl Miserable sDeodles He has backed down in the
most nauseatilg manner sbut France and England
are going to stamp him while he is down. He
has got great big army, but il is all stalled ain
the mud. .s He has got big fieet, but Eolus and
Neptane have zccmbined to pun 1t bnrk into port.
He hiss got A great: many banks sbut they have
honor ID gone his army Is nired, III navy il hung
mp 10 dry, and shisq credit is busted Wrstehed,s
wretched sinefably wrstched lDupdlei' hse -
hs. as nost zsjs;cs ossr zee, pessls III
we are not yet out III The woods, by long, w2y;
and, second, the wisdom Of the Gohsefipt Fathers
of Congress is meditating censorship Of thepress
This s aaid to be q fact condemned 70 sRpinely
in our trenches for half D year, We. must not open
our mouth against the defensive policy, lest we be
immnrsd insa Confederate Fort Lassyets9. aEgad &
{ When the Mechanics Institute was turned into
the War Department, the pitch of the great COZ
Accordingly aoor wasIaid some sIx d eight leet
below the hall ceiling and the room thus formed
iss the, present Patent Ofice "A vast low-pitched
apartment, with q few glass eases at the further
have been patented, the greater partof which are
improvements inafire arTnsi great and small the
most notable being continuance for ascertainings
at once, and without calculation, the distance Of
= ftsis not the Confederate Patent Office only
which compares gunfavprabiy with the gigantic
edifice in, Washington built by Southern money,
and now owned by onr enemies. The chamber ham Of
Congress liz situated iii the northeast corner 0 the
Virginia capitol, is q long; narrow room, with q
plain dais al one end for the President and table
n front for the clerk and his assistant number
Of chairs along the walls, with little Bits Of tables
before them and other chairs arranged IN parallel
rows sinsthe middle efthe foor HeYe the Elem
sinan mystereso of continuous secrst sessions Y are
Laws, lie wisest and best that ever s1mranated
from any delIbsratiys body f. any ags q ths world
do y 70 obey them; Il We approach the, authors
Of these laws, we discover that their mouths are
sewed up and their ears irnpenetrably plugged, as
ifsby dentist skilled III gold foH. Thus We are
,rnled by rulers yasa Communicative as 30 many
al dolphfns show their III most brilliant huea, and
swans give forth their sweetest notes when dying
and asFfowerss emit their most preciouss odors
when crushed, 80 people stricken with the Gala
nifty of war produce their most melodions poetry.
1t cannot be said that the present struggle has
produced anything quite equal to Collins' How
Sleep the Bfage;' yetit has certainly given birth
to many verses of greater merit than any We confd
boast before tho war began. Nothing can be finer
than Randall 4 My Maryland ", Dr.. Tisknarai
knights of the Yaley'' is beautiful ttlethipg;
and the oass On Mapassas bg, Susan Archer
in literature. There arehundreds VI other songs
ssf the warwbich are eminently worthy of ipresery
yaton. Scattered as these are avarions! news
papers II was feared That many Of them would be
loverof Southern literature 10 know that they are
beingsearefully coliated by Prof. Chase and John
r. Thompson, Esq, Of this eity-the latter gentle
man, as. Is well known, being himself poet Of
very considerable fame, and his aOn to Rich
mond'' deservingno mean place in the collee etion
f. very curious and inexplieabe disparity IN
State generosity may be found il the list Of Goa.
States; and published a few dayssago by Mr.
Jones, the Passport Officer, who is fatiguing HIM
self yainy in the attempt to defeat the generous
system Of i1dnlgences devised by Gen. Winder for
the adelectation Of released prisoners and Yankee
spiea Mr.. ,Jones' statistics prove that Alabama
has given about $37 900 worth Of clothing TO it's
soldiers in the army Of the Potomac, Mississippi
nearly as much little South Carolina upwards of
$3.50 600, and Virginia. the largest State IN the,
Confederaey, ,sonly $50 OQ0. Itis impsssibletto ac
count for this seeming dsgraeeful stinginess ex
cept upon the hypothesis that the donations made
To toVirginians do7not 60 through Mr.. Jones' office.
This is, possibly, ,thetrue xpianation. sg IA
Winter quarters, as you may have heard, have
been erected here for our This was under
the supposition that there might be a suspension
of hostilities OF this there s as yet no prospect
and therefore the huts will remain almost unoecu
piee Those who have been inclined to scensure
the able and untiring head Of the War Department
for what appears to have been an unnecessary exs
pense, shonfd remember that there may beuse for
these huts in the fntnre. 3S&ss9 W n slv s@4
m The number Of soldiers now, quartered here can
not exceed i've M six sthohsand -Four hospitals
outside Of the city contain Thousand patients and
tits fairs to nfer that the other hospitas public
and private, contain as many more. The sick are
not as nnnerous,s by hall, as in the summer and
early autumn and the mortality Is st less, proper;
tionably.; The spring viii tell another tale. sS'
With regard tohthe report @ofstlle intention oi
Congress 70 repeal the tariff laws during the war
deaniteiy. Jackson, t of Stone val fame, has
returned from his expedition, not to Romney, bu,
10 Hancock, ahaving accomplished the temporary
destruction of dthes Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Shoes a aRd Woo Hunter W b so
the Senate, ,and hope he may be elected; but bis
friends are not sanguine Should he sueceed, It is
not impossible that Mr.. may be selected to
is said to be great faVlorite with lie President
The Heth. Price imbroglio fs at last settled. Con
gress, refusing to ratify his appointment as Major
General, he becomes Brigadier, and goes TO Ken
! lucky in preference to Manassas. Ben, McCnlloct
is still here Report says he will be assigned
cavalry command in the army OF the Potomac
Col. Blanton Duncan is about to turn photographer
| on large scale, Pr. Mereier has fitted up biz
"Secesspn Club Restaurant y in most sumptnous
| manner, and is doing things up brown generally
Owing to the snow youwill get this letter rathel
earlier than usual, say about the middle of April
Yesterday the Wing received the New Orleans
Delta Of the 10th Of December, and a letter from
correspondent in county some one hundred miles
lSorsso off dated September 10, 1861 There was
money In the letter. sss5t III $50 Is aMALoU.
IGf Postmaster-Gsneral'sR sReagan's Report. w.
The following facts relating to the Post Office