New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-07
VOLUME XIV.

VOLUME XIV. ,5
Mr.. Mallory is being nobly seconded in his efforts
to build navy by the patriotism of the ladies'.
The fever, which began in Mobile and extended to
Savannah and Charleston has reached Richmond,
and produced a very large and very enthusiastic
gunboat- meeting, which was electrified by an ad-
dress from Mrs. EbIcCord Vernon. She did not
speak in public on the stage" but read her ad- |
dress from the manuscript. Its effect, am told,
was thrilling; and had collection been taken up
Just after its perusal there is no telling the sum
that would have been realized. gunboat is no
cheap matter, to be cut out and stitched up in g
day-more's the pity. II takes 900, and deal
Of time, when there is little or time left But,
"better late than never as the old lady said when
she got to meeting just in time to jiue' in the
doxology. 4 .H ~
No one seems to be certain when Congress will
adjourn. There is great deal of unfinished bust
ness before the Honse-some of it q legacy from
the Provisional Congress-. The subject of foreIgn
relations, involving the rights Of Consuis remain
ing at our ports has yet to be definitely considered
How long these people, accreditedto Lincoln, are
to be suffered to remain Is nnterrogatory Of great
moment It is hoped that this, and all other press
possible so that the President and number Of i'm
portant officers-our Colonels from Virginia alone
are in Congress-may take the field. NAIoU.
| ls.4, Rrcuuosn, March 29 1872.
\ Mr.. Editoy--McCle Clellan is at Warrenten. John
ston's army is stretched along the new defensive
| line some 20 miles or more from "arrenton.
Johnston says he can hold Mcclellan in check for
| ,-t;+L o;,f,,1 bo bV
| him. 1t would be good thing to whip the @ young
| Napoleon" on many accounts. He is a man of
4 ambition, and It will be no light task to head him,
| if he has anything like the force he is said to
have-lO0, GOO men. His advance will be materially
retarded by the exceedingly heavy rain which,
beginning with sleet yesterday morning, fell at in-
teryaIs until long after midnight. AS to whipping
him, I believe that can be done in good time, for
he knows that Johnston is no mean antagonist /;
and if there is a man on earth of whom he stands
\ really in awe, that man is &. W. Smith, who com
mands one wing Of Johnston's army. This is what
/ Ihear and am inclined to believe from what Gen.
Beauregard said last summer Of Smiths abilities.
We wait anxiousIy for tdings from Corinth,
Island No. 10, Arkansas and New Orleans, for, if
the Yankee papers are to be believed, the great
mortar fleet is at this moment assaulting your
much coveted city.
L The conscrption message exctes deal OF com
A ment. Itis opposed by some on the ground that
while there may be need for all the arms bearing
men the country can afford, this bill will call inte
the field thousands who, for want Of timely notice
Ihave made no preparation. Preparation! What
preparation does man need who is called on tc
defend his life, his honor, his wife and children,
and all his worldly goods? II is stated, as coming
from Gen. WigfalI, that half of every army in the
field is composed of youths from 18 to 2l--a fact
which has been ascertained by the elections which
have been held from time TO time in various camps
This is doubtless an exaggeration but if it be any
l where near the truth--ss am inclined to believe
from my own experience in the army, it is--ther
| the men from n to 35, who aoil not volunteer
| ought to be forced to serve their country. Whel
the life of nation like is at stake, shall it b.
sacrificed for want of preparation on the par
, of towards and sneaks? Surely not.
IL Whileitwould be unwise in US to suffer the lat
j pronunciamento of Lord John Russell, in regard II
the ending of the war within three months, t,
diminish in the least our own personal exertions
there can still be no improperly in basing on it
t degree Of hope that will cheer US on. The Cres
cent is right in saying that the expectation O
: foreign intervention once generally entertained
but now so universally secuted, was well ground
: ed. Ihear people say that "none of US will liv
+, long enough to see the close of this war-"i
will be the longest, the bitterest, the bloodies
war recorded in history" and all that. Nonsense
: Grant that England can do without our cotton, an
that she can raise it elsewhere; grant that Yanke
paper will hold ont like the French assigndts, st
this war cannot last long. War against the Sout
: involves the total cessation of the culture of pro
| 1,,ota ip5s- 30
: and to the revenues of the two greatest powers i
$ Christendom. Nay, more-it involves the tota
stoppage of the trade with ten millions of people
and the interruption Of the industries connecte
with that trade. -J
The argument is sound, or else there is n
5 sound view in logic. Why are our enemies making
= such desperate exertions, but for the fact tina
9 they know that the wer cannot last long? Comtt
. the French philosopher, said, five and twenty year
y ago, that modern wars could not last long, an
every subsequent war proved the truth Of hi
= assertion-as witness the war in the Crimea an
= . in Italy. have said before, and say now, tha
this war cannot last longer than the present year
= Hence, we may listen with some complacency t
? = the big rumors Of a million of Yankees landin
: here, and another million there, and still thir
= = million yonder., They may capture our cities
= :. they may occupy all our strongholds-but we wi
fight them Guerilla fashion, until they are wearie
= out, and we will make their conquest so barre
and so bloody, that they would not keep it as
= gracious gift. Let us take heart then, and fgt
Z on manfully. q r.
I hear no news worth telling, which will nc
> reach you through other sources. Indeed, for
y day or two past, we have been compelled to pit
: up with rumors SO monstrous that even our ow
dilated and capaeious outlets were unable to swa
u low them. We expect the Virginia to come on
tomorrow, and hope she will play the duce for tn
J. second time and that is all the good news W
= have even in anticipation much less in possession
Sod 4z MALOU
k A DROVE OF IRISH BULLs.-The following wa
l. written half century ago by Sir Boyle Roche,
IS member of the Irish Parliament The letter Ms