New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-08

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CoruMBus KY, December s.. 1851.
M. Eaaof-Chrisimas at last les GENE art
gone ard row, as eyent.ot 1861 fickes eApirlrGiy
lie socket Of Times candlestich, i SIT me down
y, &C bible a lille, as Of yore. S's
& V aat t:aorshis crowd upon the mind as 1851
draws 10 close! Who, this night one year ago.
cotsld II We e-esmt Of The mighty event that was
II ope,,, .ie--se dis, option of perhaps the most
q msSkable naiion .uat ever existed. and the two
I c %, . wa sing a 7ar almost unpara,lelsd.-a
We whose geographical lines are measured by7
tho, saii Of m;'es, and whose opposing eohorfs
verge upon Milo IS "a war in which the children
Of i common ancestry are locked IN dea q
siapple; ones;de attempting rlercenary conquest
and sob;rgation he other resisting 'oraear life and
sweet 3e. u; the desperate anu wholesale atrocity
o. ,e uae, apd the pure pa 'riotism and death
defy is Dtsvery Of. he other, 9 We unmatched =
modern annals. A warwbose tsnge nect atnazes,
whilst, Is whole, it aislv stassers t'le caimest
scontamp,a. On. A war which Cannot now be
properly delineatcd, since we a, - all involved in
81 4 4 war whose most tpatbt, h tNriars mrst be
ffarniahed by re iuipre genera ons. Newborn
repub cs have always TO be baptlzed 10 bgaod;
and 81 as 1861 has. ven birth TO t1s proud yoang
/ Is a. nd 1T 1-aDdtU
sore, let rs hope that 1852 ~ Ut trout, et old it
in he wi 'te roDes of peace, ard, faFthe e'a"em
of -mpei;sbable honor OH its row; set IL } us
chair of srate around 7 e. CO leienfes Oh -
AS i said at the start, Christina has come and
gone. The day IVES celeba,ed here as far as g =
or instances worlo allow. what yearn.1qs dor
home-to spend this ore poesdaF W'''t ia.llhy anu
friends--may be known only /, ',,e Crest Com
ulalder above. irhe folly Of vain fepir ny,
coupled white stein SCI Sc o. duty, a'd The ieel-
r,g hat bv ST 'ying here a. wers best secr"rs g
saiety ant happiness OF the loyed ones az nome,
never peritteu the secret rings Of The heart
TO rufe any OF the manly aces, So bllthely SOIL
ing as the Christmas greetings were, exchanged.
Coaviyiality in camp being but another aaHe ior
whisky, and camp. conhivallty ITO irequently
placed complete embs go upon the sale Of whis-
ky the day before CT s't Is Z. Great was the vex-
alton of many poor eeyil who had hens eggs
and natmess on tlanu but couldn't get re maj
Christmas day Columbus was closed up corsidera-
bly, tighter than on Sunday, with bayonets in front
of every house where liquor is generally sold The
stores went on q tight 70 keep the soldiers ,iton
getting tight. For all this considerable of the
fluid appeared to be in cs-cula ON, and many a
brave soi1ierss legs berayedthe pressure of bricks
on the Uranium. On Christmas, eve, especially,
there were some high doipgs, attended with the
usual varieties, but uohody was Tiled On Christ
mas morning at dawn, the fusillade of small arms
in honor of the day. appeared to be universal
throughout camp. The waste Of ammunition is
prohibited; but the boys Mould salute Christmas.
showed that the sconndielly Hessians there were
similarly complinenting tlle day. though with their
big guns "a thing showing their complete callous-
ness to all sense OF honor or pride altes Their e.
in Memphis knowing, as they do, that the army
here, hears every shot they bre. lBy the way,
some of the officers here time their watches by The
morning gun at Cairo, which is heard here at pre-
cisely one minute and a nall after O'CLOCK !
joan Rogers, teamsterin the Kennedy Battalion,
took his Christmas the day before. A lot of leans
in our battalion, with lotof teams Of the Louisi-s
ana Eleventh, went some ten mites out IN the coun-
try, under their respective wagon-masters, to get
hay. Past the piekets they found whisky, and
proceeded to punish the same, and from hat to
furnishing each other tiatis, at least our John and
another teamster belonging to the mer.y billions lust
over and forninstt the Kennedy Battalion. John Rog-
ers is slghtualy Celtic and can stand under whisky
tlhe reaches that glorious state in which the true
Celt can understand nothing. The merry Dillon is
aCelt Of similar blood; and 80 it fell ont as they
came back with their loads of hay, that they fell
out, or had a misunderstanding regarding Their
partnership in a certain jug of whisky. One owned
the jug and the other owned halt the whisky in it
and as the whole crowd kept on sucking at the
cork, in the fear that the pickets would confscate
what might happen to be lett, the two jolly wagon
Yers proposed division Of the jug or what was in
it. They as reed we'll enough as TO the division Of
the fluid but mistake arising as to the ownership
of the jug, which no figures of arithmetic conld
settle, they resorted to figures of speech, the
whole finally resulting in a cordial agreement to
sdismount from ther mules and make prize-rng
figures of themselves. The others attempted to
arrange the difficulty, but as these attempts babe
fair to involve the whole party in one grand plug
muss, it was finally agreed that the wagoners
should have ii out The caravan stopped opposite
a clesr, space in a corD-feld, the combatants
bounced over the fence and marched chiyalrousy
TO the spot stripping as they went, whilst the two
wagon masters, one with an old jack knife in his
hand, and the other with an empty old revolver,
stood Just within The fence to keep the rest of the
crowd back and to insure fair play: The code, as
observed by Gallatn street and st. Mary's Market,
was set aside as unnecessary in Kentucky, State
celebrated for the rough and-tumhle or rootrhog-
or-die style Of fight. ae s.55 -yt5, .7l, ~
Y Tie Dillon, getting peeled first. went at John
rogers just as he was getting out of his shirt.
enemy BY the tllroat--the latter did ditto-and
they clinched and fell and tumbied. Without
having exchanged or being able to exchange blows,
they went to, hair pulling, biting and gouging.
Taey &C lged each other badly, but John finally
got The upper side and kept till the Dillon cried
sufficient. That ended il, though the wagon, mas
ters had some trouble in keeping the peace after
ward amongst tile rest. All got home safely with
their hay if disaster at the pickets may be ex-
cepted. 55 g 4&. VI yGAj G%,s% -
The Dillon went to bed, and was found next
morning on the sick list. John Rogers went to bed
too but he stole there, in wholesome dread of the
only person in camp that he fears. That is Mrs.
Rogers--a buxom daughter Of Hibernia, with
bright blue eyes, piquaDt nose, (piquant is the
polite word for turn-up) and laughing daredevil
expression ofcountenanceswhich with the knowl-
edge of her physical performances on several oc-
casions has Secured her the respect Of all classes
throughout the battalion. She tickles John gently
with d tck Of wood or her fists, when he doesn't
behave himself; but who ever says anything
against her or John, may count upon punishment
o. some sort, ending in blue marks and general
humiliation. At she same time, Mrs. R. capnot be
outdone in politeness or good humor, by any of
thosewho respect her position in camp as that of
a yirtuous married woman, who loves and stands
upfor her husband, be he drunk or be he sober.
She cooks for our mess; cooks well, and washes
we'll does all her hard work well, and without
complaint all she wants and will shave il polite
ness. Perhaps tire you with my sketch of the
Rogerses; but have given it that you may the