New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-07
ana the oororea Troops Fought NoDry.

Some three weeks since the 62d regiment colored
infantry was mustered out of service in Texas and
forwarded to St. Louis to be paid, a portion if not
all, of the regiment reaching here on Sunday last
On Friday they were paid off, and consequently
tlourished an amount of greenbacks large enough
to tempt the sharpers of ST. Louis (of whom there
are legians) to begin the. work of fleeing them.
AS part, at least, of what appeared to be the
programme for this, some of their officers marched
the greater portions of companies B and D of the
regiment into the clothing store of J. A. Hart No.
80 Fourth street. and that Of ROsenield Il Co. at
No. 43, the second door above, on the corner of
Pine. They were taken through the street in such
regular marching order that bystanders supposed
they were in the service, and being taken from one
point to another, until they were undeceivad by
eeing them enter these st Gres. This attracted
attention ard caused some of the uninitated TO in
Lquire what was being done The doors OF the
stores, however were found locked, and no one
who did not give the cOuntcrsign could gain ad-
mittance. look through the glass doors showed
lar shocking of the old clothes, and fitting
themselves out with coats, pants, vests, shirts
satChels, ETC., etc, dd libit2tGg.
| OF course there was nothing wrong in selling
| clothing to disbandad negroes, any more thar
| there would have been in selling to disbandet
! whites. But the unusual circumstances OF sc
many being ied up to these stores, the locking oil
! the doors, the impracticabity Of gaining know
4 ledge of the officers names, and the mean LOOKS
4 of such as could be designated, induced numbers
of persons to believe the object was quite as muct
to swinde the negroes out of their gfeenbaclls 80
as to clothe their own backs with an equivalent il
proper garments Among these was Gen e. B
Brown, who happened 80 pass along and ascer
&ained that {" the boys" belonged to one of the
| colored regiments he had had under his command
and which he had left on the Rio &Irande when he
retired from the service there. With character
istic manness he at once cautioned one OF the
| coloEfi men who recognized him, that they were
lizTat9,o fall into the hands of set of rascals
WHIP only care for them would be to cheat them
and advised them to save their money and take il
home with them. AT this jancture the door o.
! Harris store was thrown open, ana a dozen OF
more of the boys were marched out in charge O.
q white lieutenant. To the generals inquiry
where they were going, they responded that this
white officer was taking them 10 neighboring
boot and shoe store to fft them out in that line
Boys" said the general, C don't you follow thai
fellow. He's thief, and know it from his looks
The cowardly sneak never so much as suggested
there might be mistake in regard to his reputa
ton. He admitted its corHs.stness, swallowing il
4 ALL and saying never a word. OF course, the
| Goiored troops fought nObly." But they didnf
follow the lead of the lieutenant any further
| Probably, however, they went elsewhere and were
| teeched by others. The only name of the officers
| having these negro troops in such suspicious cir
| enmstauces that we managed to obtain, was that
Of Charles Cantrenna, first lieutenant company
DIST, Louis Republican.