New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-19
! yVTTI,NEspAY DioRN1Ne, MARCH 10. 1859.

4 Nsiasy y fhe aid Of the suggestions Of common
MAd the eoassities of our position and leave
ixcnse for pursuing contrary course.
Ihe gond sense If not the atriotisnl, of plante
may well be questioned who will disregard this oh
slgati0n. NC cotton IL raised as before, and tw,
erops thrown upon the market at once, the price
sEill necessarily be depressed, and probably nc
more money he realized from adouble crop than
single one. On the other hand, If provisions BE-
neglected and become scarce, their price will
rise, and the planter win DO forced 10 pay enor-
nous prices for them at q time when he cannot
convert his cotton, into cash. t .33ts
The South IS essentially m agricultural region
and capacity to feed ten times its present pop
ulation enough. But that capacity is of.ns
value ~ ua We disregard the duty Of awaiting
ourselves Of it, and neglect the supreme obligation
III prpvding fol the sustenanee Of our soldiers il
the field and the families around onr iresides.
When TIE lies o. breadstafIs from the North
Hests Wereseut Of from rs BY war, We relied upon
tfe lstatssr Of Tennessee, Kentucky end Missouri
5fo make up the deficiency but Kentucky, Mis-,
souri,. and II portion Of Tennessee are M the pos
icn of the enemy and the cotton States must
y ssssss end upon their own generous soil far
I n .. VI nd the people must abandon cotton
4 nTn, wheat, cattle and poultry.
4 shd So1acsp EST termined TO do ~. And M
Many Of them have ts. 800 49, ~ 49, i sAe
ofliers nught so I'd deteYfn,ss 4 n "
planter o mississippi receiving iion, ohs q
his oyarsacrs about three weeks r. ~
Held Of thousand, acres to put ID cotton tn.
\ started the next morning to order the whole Re,-
til be planted With corn and to personally that
itwas done and a. advise his neighhors "a pursue
the same course. The price Of breadstnhs in this
market aione at ent time, enough to ad
thu planters o The Stat s ich trade here
of their duty and their interest. Nh
The planters of the South have Shown a lofty
patriotism since the war began, and will continue
ID show it In this case, both patriotism and in
terest combine with an Imperative necessity, and
appeal 10 them ID q way that they cannot disre-
4 gard. Whereyer there is a planter who continues
to cultivate cotton and tobacco and othertthings
not ft Tor human food. the hope that he Will get
i higher price ID conseq fence of the failure Of
others to raise these crops, let iim be marked as
one whois more lash than patriotic, and ~ will.
ing 10 adyancs his own interest exclusively, while
biz country il ID danger and distress. Nor is it
enough that planter make food enough for his
oBn use Our soldiers IN the field, and the inhab-
itants Of our towns and cities must also be fed It
III spirit 81 grasaitous interference ia their
planters, bna because We regard it al matter Of
he first importance, and one the neglect Of which
may entail distress and suffering If not danger,
upon the Confectionery.
ARMY Corresp ondenee.
Roash Times VIVA he Crescent egsmentA New
for Fneay 10 lie Vicinity Of Cornsh
THREE spuisianiats 4 iled. si 8-
gspas HI fofbe Neyr ~ Isas.
coalsTn 5Miss March u, 1852
" Some account OF the experience of the Crescent
Regiment and partic ularly Of the Crescent Blues,
during tic past three days, may be Of interest to
thasoEdiers in New Orleans, who have not yet had
tls trinity of seeing sact tive service. To-day
s Saturday and the rain has been falling almost
inSessanty since Tuesday, and IL still coming down.
although the air is very cold. On Wednesday we
received orders to prepare twenty four hours "a
tom, accompanied by an intimation that we might
expect ~ nave very soon. On Thursday we were
told cook two day rationss but our eompany's
eompiissar lreceiving the storesi in time, the
order amounted to nothing. Lite in the evening
just AL hIr. Todd and myself were arranging our |
beds ii anticips of refreshing nights siam5er
snddenly q tremendous shouting commenced at /
HE farther end Of the encnmpn,ent, and was fol- I
lowed nv cheer on chs from every street of our
canvas city What IN thGnder's broke loose n,
was answered by the satisfactory Information that
sye were ordered To- strike tents and take up the /
line N march Within an hour. The several com I
nanies ycra drawn up and briefly Instructed by |
taeil ptails and item such scene as folleWed.
1upacking their knaps aeks many discarded articles
Sof clethng that they might afterwards need, but /
sNafe wiling To carry while il was imperative /
that al heavy private baggage be left behind. The
tents we're hastily taken down and rolled up, and
the snoW bite town disapp AIRED like magic. The
beds were emptiea " their straw and leaves, and
ii few moments the whole forrest was Itun by
hundreds of bonGtes, III the lightof which The !
soldiers fitted I'd and fro, shouting, singing and
yelling. was nearly midni ghr when W. took n,
lhss line af march for Grand Junction, over the
Innadiest Kind of y road il III which the baggage
Wagons were eqnently stalled. Most Of us passed
Of tho nigh after orr arrival rolled
ia0ur blankets, on the depot platform, in tile OMEN
aud II The yagaries Of the brain are controlled
during sleep BY the condition OF sensations Of the
hg1ys M ought tn have dreamed Of nothing hut
polarssn ows and icehergs.
latta ins thes day the rolling stock of this
road and has been for aome time, occupied il
conveyin lug troops and munitions of war--we were
put il cattle the only class ct cars that
cQHa De Hau ahu stafteu Tor this Mace which "
reached n ~ pouring stornl, snakjng 4 Journey of
oEty.ons miles in about seven hours our slaw
time being III con sequence Of the road benp oye,.
stocked with trains. This village Of Gorinth may
~ and probably II d very pretty place in peace
and dry weat her, hut last night, when the train
came ID y ppeared 10 me d very slough IL des
pond full of mud and surrounded byswater.. The
Wlite tents n every direction, seemedto be float
Ing aDoit through the mist and rain, and the town
swas faifl awarmed with Gonieaerats soldiers So
that almost despaired Of getting either food or
hsing quite cut Of the question to think
of pitching tents in the midst Of torrents OF rain
WITH the ground ywliere covered with water,
Or q the consistency Of soft musl: That portion
I of the regiment in tight cars remained where thew
4 WERE but the open ears would not do to sleen IN.
4 te rain coming In atth top and both sides. and
therefore, We ransaek ed The town II SQUADS Il
search of dry spots for our blankets, Wa we've
more Or less ccessfui but all this time a. md
nothing oeat save what little a faw Of - had
managed 20 pick up at Grand Junction, whers -
fee, hardly anything gan be pnrshased, even with
specie. That place Is under martini law. ofa peoa
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