, 1861-09-05

| t4an running when tAey mobbed him In Cairo
sh about yfsr ago F9s 41 4fing ~ Rspuelleaa
Illinois Conference, is on hand as Chaplain to
Col Rearden's Regiment, row encaupad Iust
above the quarters Of the 9th Mr. Clifford
Was largely instrumental in getting up two or
three Of the companies In this regiment, and
to give force to his preaching he enlisted In
one of the companies, and The officers have
justly and handsomely acknowledged his ser
vices By promoting him to bis present posi-
ton.
| Gen MeClernand is On hand, and rides the
finest looking horse in the camp and has a
quiet, pleasant, and not urmilitary look. Col.
Buford looks ike one Of the regulars. Col.
Rearden is ss little Of stature" but If he hiss
| not the stuff in him for superior officer,
there's nothing in the indication Of face and
eyes. The physiqt.s Of these two regiments is
9s sd p TheR +dhiP PFeRsIea p tey dsu
now hard at work clearing of their camping
grounds, digging up stumps, burning logs,
and pulling up weeds, of which there Is IN
abundant crop.
send to some Of the ownerB Of outlots In this
city, for they leave the ground clean as floor.
Tires companies Of Col. Logan's Regiment
are here, and the rest are expected daily. 4
company OF fly OF sixty came down the Ohio
OF the Brown last evening, and went up by
railroad to Camp Butler this morning at four
|
there, Recruiting is still going on quite &C.
lively. Col. Morgan left on the Mem mphis last
| evening for st. Louis, in order to get his regi-
ment filled mp. The 9Th. now lacks about
alxty men, and is nearer full thaa any of the
other regiments in the brigade, the 3th, 9Th,
Eth, l1th, and l0th following as to members
In the order mentioned. They will all fill up
fap1dly, IS soon as it becomes generally
known that the recruits vii. net have to lie IN
Cairo, with nothing but drilling to break the
| 1n1nGf1nE aT1r1 ri rrr S,f
the 22d, WHO was wounded in the Charleston
| affair, is able to get oyer here, but not suf1-
GENTLY recovered to go on duty yet. One OF
Tie he members Of the sth Regiment, who
since by the falling and discharging Of q load
ed musket, died On yesterday. The ball en-
tered his heel or thereabouts, and came ont
| just back Of his knee, and being Of highly
nervous organization, the symptoms showed q
constant tendency toward lockjaw, Of some
ne 1oth regiment is represented as truly piti-
able mcst Of them sick nnd all Of them verz-
lrg on nakeGuess, afflicted with officers who.
TO judge the tres BY its fruits, are utterly In.
f%@mpeaent t9 the task OF taing ppr ears Of
e. mmiseration tor the sufferers, and indigna
ton against the responsible authors Of their
| condition. This regiment, as The first one
from Egypt, ought to have had special attention
pa1d to It's Wants as premium upon their pa.
| rrio'iEm foT enlistiDg ana remaining in the ser
| vice against formidable and bitter opposition
| upon the Fart Of those who ought to have en-
| eouraged them. A rigid investigation ought
st once to be Instituted into the causes Of their
present condition and the authors Of their
needless priVatious be visited with summary
| punishment: Their patriotism il above ali
| praise and all they ask is to have chance to
do something for the cause, and while many
OF them would like to see their friends once
more, they are ashamed to let their friends see
them in their present plight.
| Get Hlcks's regiment came down and went
y .h19 T}op camp yesterday on Birds Point; The
hand, epgsged in tier labor Of % love- s's assaa y
glng the sufferings and cheering the spirits o1
suffering inyalids. No records but these Of the
great day" will ever contain 4 1.-THE OF the
good done BY these noble, seIf-sacrifcing wo
men, and Congress intends that Heaven shal]
have all the honor Of paying them. Uncle
one ration per day! And in addition to this
whenever they wish to increase their facilities
tor the accomp]ishm Of their work, the1
are promptly reminded by the poWers that bs
that there's no authority to do anything, &c.
&c. They have had enough of this from SON.
Of tie authorities to have driven persons lest
unselfsh, from their pests but on the othel
hand, others have extended every facility il
their power, and stretched their prerogatives
to the utmost to aid them in their noble mis-
sion: you could only pass through the hos
pitfalls after they have been through, as have
repeatedly done, and heard the Blessings pro
nounced on them by the patients, and see1
the happy smile that always greets them, yor
wouldn't wonder that they are not willing tt
deeeEt their posts.
The report has just come into camp tha
Gen. Prentls6 has resigned his command be
cause Of some difficulty with Gen. Grant, VIII
it seems outranks him as BrigadieE. Thi
greatly disappoints US here. We were listen
ing every day for the report Of some achieve
merJ which would distinguish our Brigade
General, and We still hope the report is no
true. s. H. E.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.
CAIRO, septembet 2, 1861.
There Eeems to be 2 continued change "a
ing On in regard to forces at this point. Wheth
er it is the intention, as is generally suspected
to remove the regiments formerly composin!
II part Gen. Prentiss's brigade, to Missouri, /
is impossible, at present, to tell. Indication
to that effect, however, would seem to justif
that opinion.
That there may be some changes in relatiol
to commanding officers, is rumored around q
present. How this will be it is useless to SUI
mise, even as there is nothing tangible where
by conclusion could be arrived 1T,
Gen. MeClernand, who has been here 70
several days, will probably take command Q
this post. The troops Of his brigade continu
to arrive in respectable numbers, and thin]
few days will find them, nearly oil at least
at this pest.
The Hon John 4. Logan isibnsy in matter
relative to his regiment, and much credit !
certainly due him for the energy and interes
he displays in the work.
Unusually quiet is the chiya1,ous Pillow c
late; although for this reason there is Il
cause to believe that he is engaged in any yer
important operations. Il Is rather to be sur
posed that he is 'nunaerous1y'' scared, and
he can manage to be "let alone,' he will b
perfectly satisfied To be stlet alone!" ho,
sweet that sounds; but if mistake not, "
are engaged in war, and to not interfere wit
the enemy would be conducting it upon ver
peculiar principles,
By the n. O. Delta, I see that the G. 8. gu1
boat Grampus has been to Cairo and defie
the whole force concentrated here, -gunboat
and all. Interesting news truly; but fa
more interesting would It have been If th
presence Of said boat had apprised us Of tn
f,ct. The crew Of that boat may have been
character Of beings bordering on the supe,
natural, and able to see the troublesome Cair
at distance Of fifteen or twenty miles, but j
Was actna11y Impossible for us poor mortal
to discover her, though the trifing distanc
above mentioned was al that separated us.
This boat Grampus, which the rebels CLAIM
to have an undivided interest In, is the on
which the captain protested against thel
) robbing him Of at Memphis, during the earl
Part Of the summer.
Smith, who Eas wounded on Saturday b
the premature eischatge of cannon, is still
lying at the hospital in preca1ious situation
: did net les1n whether there is any btame a,
tached to any one in the matter; it Yves, hoH
ever, undoubtedly the result OF carelessnest
The 10Th regiment Illinois Volunteers, Col
Hicks, arrived yesterday by steamer from s
| Louis.
Another regiment, Or at least the larger pa,
| Of one, is expected this morning from sprin!
think I can safely say that there are troo1
enough here at present to rid Missouri of q
cry rebel within her borders. Yet with thi
large force, others are continually arriving
and will continue to arrive for co1Eiderabl
length Of time to come; and the figures whic
were mentioned several months ago as indie
: ting the number Of troops to be con centrate
at this point, will undoubtedly be reached.
One fact is already evident, viz: that 70
ward movement from this post will be mal
: with numbers sufficient to insure success.
L. c.
Iowa Democratic Convention.
The Dubuque Enion says the Iowa Dem
cratic Convention, held at Des Moines on Il
10Th u1t., broke up in row. The secesie
Democracy were the etrnnoeet ard +ho rTn4.