New Orleans daily crescent., 1862-03-18
Letter frorn virginia.

1 Special TO tie New Orleans crssceni.l Is
1 s,as4 RicaxosD, March g. 1sss
Mr.. Edtor--The dead silence ef this tcwn ops
! presses me. Martial law is felt but not seem The
moon shines coldly down, and there's not drink
| to be had from Rockets to Screamessyiile. Woe
| is me. Where aro-ai the soldiersg Even fheyare
| not visible, exeeptin the day time. Would Iwere
the head of barrel of the best old Bumgardneri
! Oh that the Yankees were in Hades, and was in
Washington at Klomauts or. Benter's, or that
Cluskey was Postmaster of the House and this was
| the last nightsof the sessions / want a glass Of
ale. A fellow could get a very good hot whisky
punch at Brown's, or ut the cerner backof Brown's
II the old days j; and Green, who kept the Co,usl-
| bian-l think it was the Columban-there BY the
GeneralP ostofhce, was not bad hand for refresh
ment Higgs and / have had many drink in that
basement. But ehere--Morals. think hear
/ you say good morals, and nethnks you mentioned
the peace of society and the health Of the army
But what is good order compared to good liquor.
III tell you want drink, and It is not to be had
| for love, money or blarney.
1sympatbize with you in the matter Of a scarcity
ofpaper.s think all our disasters may be traced
directly to- scarcity Of paper. If the Crescent
had had more paper, things would have taken
different turn. If 1 had had more paper, I would
have written better letters, for no man can write
good letters on scraps ofFpaper. Behold the Iiad
Of all our woes-a scarcity of paper. Pegram has
come to the rescue, with a vast pile of Treasury
paper. 4s 4S .sy$5 9:s
To relieve the President, and at his suggestion,
as understand, the Office Of Commanding General
has been created. Gen. Lee will be rendered tie
postsso every one believes He viii have Military
Secretary to rank as a Colonel of Cavalry four
Aids, to rank Majors of Cavalry, and four clerks,
tn
energetic and untirng. !" Indefatigable,' was his
sebriquet in the old army. He has not genius. but
talent he has. His charaeteris eminentiy upright
and elevated, for he has made Washington his
model. Perhaps he, can come as near OF nearer
than any other now in the Confederaey to Garnet,
and "organze victory" for ns. Lee holds ID the
military idea of absolute unconditional unauestap.
ing ohedienca-and il be has fair field, think
we shall march on slowly, indeed bnt very snrely,
from yfctorysto victory, and to ultimate triumph.
IT, in addition TO this the President would taksthe
field 1.-The South woulie feel new heart within its
bosem-a fire and inspiration that would carry
everything before them. The war would then
really begin, and the world would understand thats
tire South is really power.,E sg T.. 1, al
We expect daily to hear of baainess done at Win.
chester. s",Stonewailn writes that, with TIE help
OF God, he intends to advance: He4has force
enough now to deal a hard blow. Suffolk is being
rapidly preparedfor an entertainment to Burnside,
who will turn it, as Buell. did Bowling Green. The
Committee on Foreign Relations is said to be in
possession of good news from France. Look out
for commercial treaty. You people and papers
of New Orleans, and indeed of the le.S.nth,
have an imperative duty, before which all other
duties sink into utter nothngness You must stand
up toy0ur own true hero, Beaureear 1. who in