New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-01-08
Isrpci.i 10 ths New Orleans Cfsscentl &
ouw MEarHIs CORRESPONDENTS.

Il
wish Of your correspondent, as tbs no doubt OF
the very many others who glance over your nright
ana cheerful pages. May the blessings OF peace
sn,;la anon Is all throughout the coming
wear. NAV silently reward the efforts Of the indus
s,,ons ser, enabling MS 10 again experience that
indepan7snce we enjoyed in times gone by May
iii nst differences soon be entirely forgotten, and
an. hsarts be hlled, with Kindness benevolence
and christian charity towards All men,
eur Christmas has passed, aud all is quiet
among the darkes, The many horrible things
they were expected to perform duringt}e holidays
bv the tsmid and weak nerved white folks, has
been postponed for some future occasion, and my
own netion IS the occasion is too remote for con-
siderstion at this time.
Many thousands of 5arkes focked here to spend
the HOLIDAYS, and though the city was literally
crowded with them, yet there was no disturbance
Of any kind beyond few knock downs and street
Snhts usual On such occasions among those tkat
imbibe too much 'tstump water" Every conFey-
ance that leaves the city is now crowded to excess
with darlies either returning to their old homes or
| going ia search Of new ones. noticed the train
on the Charleston road leaving this afternoon, and
there was not standing room on any of tlic cars.
The descendants of Ham were largely in the
ascendant in point of numbers, and all the trains
and vessels leaving the city are filed to their ut
most capacity.
So great was the influx of teolored folks y
before Christmas, that the citizens feared trouble
would resalt; and as there was nothing but negro
troops in garrison here, the military authorities
were indueed to send for regimentef white sol
diers. They arrived on Christmas evening, ana
their appearance on the train as it came over the
road gave food for all sorts of terribte predictions
among the country people. Many declared they
| heard cannonading throughout the day In the
1 direction of the city, and many others knew the
Edarkies had es.riz.n All the country pesple
thought they would commence their bloody work
in the city and all the city folks thought it would
begin in the country. But all their fears were
! groundless, as the sequel has shown; and never
did the black people display a more docile spirit
than they have exhibited during the past holi-
days. AS an instance Of their humility, will re-
late that noticed crowd Of white soldiers, CON
siderably under the influence of . corn JUICE,
going along the street to-day and amusing them
selves by knocking negro draymen off their drays
and then kicking and beating them aboutin such an
nhurnan manner that it would have disgraeed any
Southern man to have acted so; and would have,
no doubt, been selected as q At subject for two
page cut il Harper or Frank Leslie, had such
things been done by any one else than Union sol
diers. The recipients Of the kicks and cuffs
seemed to submit to the thing without showing
any sign of resentment. and many left their drays
in the middle Of the street for hours, while they
sought refuge in some hiding place to escape the
rough blows of the drunken soldiers.
A To get away from the brawls and rowdyisms of
an over crowded city, as well aste pass apleasant,
quiet Christmas, your correspondent went some
thirty miles out on the Charleston road to Forrest
Hill, on Christmas eve and after partaking Of the
kind hospitality Of Mr. and Mrs. Miller, the princi
pals Of the Female Seminary at that place, he re-
turned to the city on Tuesday, feeling much better,
be imagines, than those who remained in town and
muddled their brains with egg-nogs and other
mixtures, generally considered by many as being
necessary part of Christmas festivities s
Col. Dill, Of the Appeal, whose health has been
extremely low for some time past, has been at the
& Hill for several weeks. At one time it was
feared he would not recover, but now he is con.
sidered out of danger,
The Daily Post is soon to make its advent among
us, and will advocate the Horace Greeley notion of
things, it is said. We will certainly not lack for
variety to enlighten our minGs and keep us posted
with the current events of the day. We have
surfeit of newspapers ready, and if one were to
read all that is issued here each day, there would
be little time for doing anything else.
We have been favored with variety of amuse
ments during the holidays. The Keans" have
performed at the theater to. crowded houses.
!" Howes Circus, q with Dan Rice as the leading
feature also attracted immense crowds, and I. Ar
temus Wardv delivered several lectures of an in
teilectnal and entertaining character on the Nor
mon subject to large audiences. Artemus CON
graduated the citizens Of Memphis upon the fact
of their possessing a Mayor and City Council who
didn't know the difference between a scientic lec-
ture and d common dog show. After exhibiting
his generosity by contributing largely for the ben
eft of MANNED Confederate soldiers as well as to-
wards repairing enc of the churches used during
The war by the military, he proceeded southwark,
and will no doubt soon give your people chance
to laugh over his quaint jokes and eccentrcities.
He is truly gay and festive cuss,'' and | have
no doubt ycu will like him wen after you know
him better.
4 The " Irving Block, 50 long used as a military
prison by the " s. authorities has been evacuated
by-them recently, and is now being occupied by
tradesmen, etc Natives of every State in the
American Union, as well IS almost every nation in
the habitable globe have been ncareerated within
its walls, as prisoners, during the last three years
4. Matt Luxton, = who was to have been executed
some two weeks ago, escaped from the Irving
Prison few days before his sentence was to have
been carried out. He has not since been heard
from.
+ But little business Of any kind has been trans
acted during the last ten days, and the telegraph
has been ont of order all through the holidays
We have, therefore, been obliged to depend on
Uncle Sans slow mail coach for everything per-
tafning 70 the affairs Of the outside world.
The river has been rising rapidly for several
days, and Is now nearly bank full. The weather
is now quite cold and our streets are SO muddy
that no Bottom can be found, nor can life insu-
rance policy be effected to secure one against the
dangers OF navigating them. Ex REB
STEAMER HAZEL DELL SuxK-@Seuerat Liues
Lost. Through the politeness of Mr. j. G. Gregor
sof the steamer Red Chief, who telegraphed us at
sonee, we are enabled to lay before our readers
the particulars of the dsasterto the steamer Hazel
Dell:
DEMoPoLIs, ALA., Jan. 5, 1866
& Htlito7s Tfibatpe---The steamer Hazel Dell struck
below Blacks BLUM and almost Immediately sunk.
The boat and cargo, it is feared will prove an en-
tire loss.
The officers and crew we're all saved and taken
to Moscow.
regret to say that Mr.. r. Clemens, citizen of
Tuscaloosa, Ala, and one passenger whose name
and place. of residence have Sbeen so far unable
IN ahtajn SiIanoSHd tn haNn efny1n dayyn with