New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-20
. Terribly Deceived.


..a;. sad that the Captain of the Congress. IN
nsdags ns Virginia bear down on his ship. on Sal.
beaps5sa ls men and addressed them thus:
ern 5ugaboo, got up tofright Is ont ~ isa
stand to Your guns, and let me assure von that ms
sOoa ~ Dfoa9slae rom our gallant rgate and she is
Virginia, the Captain in dismay witassaad ~ ~
Effects and seeing it did not even faze tte a,nar
OF the Virginia, he again addressed his crew md
said Well, my hearties, that was o terrific. are
but have been mistaken. They have rot IIs. m.
less we can give 'em Bull Run.n This is said to be
POSITIVE faet as reported by one Of the prisoners
On rnoard the, Congress.
a, on board the Cumberland we learn that many ar
dn5 gisw were looking at the Virginia as she bore
risiye apd pdn and making a manner Of de-
aloud and within hearing Of those nn hoarS sII .ha
Virginia, such as, "Weif, there sha coa..n
(" What in the hill is she after71 Lets 1ooE -
were cut short by discharge from the Vjrsiuiais
bow gun, which swept from one end ef the Cum.
,srland's deck to the other, killing and woundinR
lew sinutes after the most Of them found watery
sh ION the effects of the terrible work 0f the
'Dyss1 w. 10 ho,,aeir merrinent and contempt.
u;u ba maze 20 doubt that the Northern journals
,ha VII os snaolsd By patting ON an extra head Of
thei yus powez. 70 keep the terrible truth from
snslr lesaels. pug ye are grated in the fact that
81. u Iue acsouat q Ih particular instance Of South
ern courage and proWess will 90 abroad to the.na-
tions of Europe from eye-witnessas. on board n
foreign vessels, as we lesrn the Whole onerasions
OF Saturday last were Witnessed by the officers and
Roads, if not two, and possibly an English vessel
also. y,
This successful and terrible work Of the virsinis
on Saturday will create a revolution in navai war
fare, and henceforth iron will be king OF the sea.
The nations of Europe have been discussing this
principle for q number of years past, but il was
left for the people Of the South battling for their
Independence, to develope It's feasibility and sue
cess. The ingenuity Of Southern mechanics will
henceforth receive its proper need Of praise from
the world at large; and the master mind that con.
ceived and executed the plan of the Virginia win
occupy q proud position among those whom the
people delight to honor. He has with his own
hands, it were, created an engine of destruction
army Of one hundred thousand men. He has given
his country the command of the enemys navy,
which has been onr most terrible annoy yance, and
il our rulers are wise, they will hasten TO agail
themselves Of the power thus rendered them, hy
building at least dozen more just such vessels,
varying their draft 30 as to suit our various rivers
and harbora. fss@. ~ ss
changed her forward and aft pivot guns for two Of
| the celebrated Armstrong guns which lately f0nnd
their way into this yicinity. She is. now ready,
u..ee coce. . work our folks may conclude 70 put
a aae joo q. much ease, facility and dispatch aa
sbs d ar a. Of Destroying those three
Sunday last. Norfolk Day BOOB. l..n inss.
Tr,vrs,,. p---;5, = Fedei.sls have made q
ltEh.-- fhp Tennessee river,
LANDING at three points upoL ~ three columns to
with the object Of marching vii ssd--wtth view
the Memphis and Charleston Railro " both the
q commanding Corinth, and there. -rbiie and
Aemphls and Charleston Road and the M, Es-tes il
ONO Road. The number of the eneny's arm
not certainly known, but the force Is believed
be large. The three points from which the Feda
rails land on the Tennessee river are Eastport
Savannah and -, making base of thirty a.
forty miles for their operations. We are glad d
lind the temper of the popular mind in this muend.
ing crisis, IL one of entire reliance upon our com
manding Generals. We predict a total rout Of the
enemy by our army. The enemy are moving On
with spirit and determination doubtless encoQr.
aged by our reverses Of late. These disasters do
not discourage or dsparage our officers or soldiers
but serve to stimulate both to the highest achieve.
ments attainable by the strategic skill Of COM
manders, and the courage and endurance Of q
patriotic soldiery fighting in of all that is
1t is supposed, in consequence of heavy rains
upon the Tennessee, that some days must alapse
before the Federal army will strike any decisive
blow! They are the assaiants and will regulate
their own movements to suit their own views of
| advantage. Our Generals will eqdeayor to anti
cipate the enemys movement, and successfully to
repel his assaults. memphis Avalanche.
MOVEMENTS ON THE RIvER.-From passengers
on boats from above, that arrived Sunday evening
we have our latest intelligence from the upper
liver.
reports from scouts had been made at Island