, 1861-09-30
FROM CAIRO.
Excitement Along the Lines.
LIVELY TIMEs WITH THE "sHOT
GUN CAVALRY,"
Personal bdvebtnfes--Haifb "a sdth Esel elpes, &e.

Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribuoe.1
CAIRO, Sept, 27, 1s5t.
Inc past four or five days hare brought
around but little change in the condition Of
affairs ut Ca:so. Tfoops hayo been marcairg !
and remarchirg aid countermarching and |
ie1MlnE new e1caEpEtcnts. Scouts have |
been securing the enen3's country, aud hay
i1g dai1y slirn,ishes, bat today the grand !
"Fcrward Movement" which Is to be the be. |
ginning Of 8 t1unphA march toward the city |
Ct New Orleans, seemR no nearer accomplish |
meEt than at tho time Of Cairo's first cccnpa-
ton. The division is strong for defense, but |
not strong enough to fight the barriers at CO.
lumbus, ard along the Tennessee line. Aud
no etep toward clearing Kentucky Of mob re-
bellien can be taken from hsreabouts till LIE
effective tcIce Of this army is very materially
Strengthened. And now that the rebels have
been permitted to obtain such footho}d On The
upper Missouri, whareaTa5 the larger part Of
The troops of this department will have to
concentrate, there seems still less probability
Of an early movement from here
Men 6;scnss the news Of Col Mu!lgsan's
surrender with satdened countcnances. But
the clenebed hama and mGtsered oath speak
the verdict 1.-THE loss nust be retrieved, and
1t erce." People Of the West lave Fremont
and lsre reasonable confidence in his military
ability, but they lave their country more.
| Another such n1ishap SIS at Lexington, and the
public mind will be fully prepared for his re
| noyal.
Siuce my last, OFF troops, except at Fort
| Eolt, have been Withdrawn from this quarter
| Of Kentucky, We hare an encampment at
| Fort JeisTeon, eeyen mlzs below, the 18th
| !llilois, I'd Iowa, ana 7tA Iowa constituting
| ::;e force Fran this enc.npment Elk OF
| eight compa1:ies were daily detailed tor occu-
miles tcioT. Tuesday, dia2atches were ra
ceived frcm Col Oglesby, commanding at
Norfolk, that the enemy were advancing il
| 1Grce against his position. lmme.:iatciy tie
Col. OE!eshy's reinforcement, and on Tuesday
night. The time Whea al attack seemed mcat
imminent, there were nigh ten Thousand well
aimed men quietly waiting the coming Of the
rsbelliouE devils eeaiusr Norfolk.
Subaequsat scout reports, however, led to
| the cenc!u1io1 th@t the eEtn7 we're nat Ecr!-
ously threatening that po.i1icD, and ch:nges
we're consequently made III the disposition ot
the military force Of the pl=ce> desire. III
ny correspondence, to conform strictly to
lie eni1it AID letter Of the government order
regerdirg the publication Of fac1a likely 10
give aic to rebellion. I cannot, therefore, say
What il the rrese1t strength Of Norfolk; but
| it viii, PERHAPS, be no Infringement Of the
| EtEFEUEiHE!A EitEl W Say b1AL tA0
!. frccpe there statIcned can be found the 5:h
SIC the 22d Illinois and the 7th loHa, Capt.
S1ewa11's Alexander County and Capt. .Solt'
f n*-' Centralia CaTalry, aud the eplaneid!y
dr,lIed Artillery CT Capt Taylor There a.e
enough b1ave Union troops there to vaip OF
fed of the safety of the po6itlon. The post
however, is net intended far pe1manent Dc
e tense, Is in case an overwhelming force shouis
be brought against it, the troops will fall hacl
:, to The in1renchments at Rird'a Point.
have told you from Gay to day, by te1e
E g1aph, Of the scouting adventures Of dif1erep
h equeds from Camp Norfolk, and there are nj
. detai]s to give By letter that can praVe
9. much interes,. Our scouts have daily rencon
of trte with mounted pickets Of the enemy an
IA have never yet lost man. the rebels gen
~ ~ e1*i;y scattering for timber 1T the tirs
's onset. This "shot gun cavalry" IS CaI
n tain Noleman taceiouely styles ee'
If Missouri adventures, ragged and armed Wlt
~ shot-gurz and ordinary rifles, undisclptine
es ard without camping equipage: They has
P no regular organization and live around - (
A. "eerfleuen Of the road" depending on stea
lnes and the charity OF rebel sympathizsrs II
subsistence. And it is against this class
as men, Of whom JEFF. Thompson's army Is mSi
an ]y composed, that our pickets and scouts
il the daily practice Of engaging They
give 10 battle unless outnunbering our nj
- Ten TO G1e, anu u Llt AIet euDH VI A0tE4 4Au4
'an attack will fly for the swaIaps and woods vi
which the country arouHd Norfolk is coVere
,n+ The other night fifty men OF Capt. Stewar
~ Alexander county cavalry were ont scoutlr
ON when they came suddenly on big gang
ier thcEe fellows. The rebels toek to the tint
nit and formed for fight Capt. Stewart I
backward, pitched in, his men firing their r
tols and cutting right and left. Tie rebels
ll7ereG one fire and btoke, every man for hi
self. There ie no telling what damage ?
H.. Inr =
TIE timber protected the cowardlJ devils ffe
sight, but Judging from thslr frequent elscu
MO tions, I" Oh, Cod oh, God" it Is fair to P
sumo that few of them must have been /
I'll il 1air way to join their condemned coIapee
d. the other side Of Jordou. One man of Ca
~ ssewa1t's company was shot il the hand,
flr- only da1nuge done
Wednesday afternoon thirty two men Of
|c6- Centra1l2 cavalry were out under Capt. NJ
< man. They went to the Hunter Farm, n
miles below, where they came on noun
ard. tquad cf rebel pickets. Capt. Nolem2n tn
just ed back, and about two miles this side Of
,sh farm, encountered a force Of about fifty ''sl
gun cavalry" The Federals imm ediate1y fo
ed and charged, when, as usual their het
}en. oppoeers took to the timber; Capt. Nolems
boys gave them = hot chase, though, rum
m them good distance md capturing any nj
= va ber Of hats and caps.
There IL, In my opinion, no reason to ap]
who bend an advance against the Norfolk posi-
at ali reports to the contrary notTithsEand
:" ~ Rumors are floating about to-day that
enemy we're yesterday crossing the Mas5ss
He from Kentucky to Belmont, Mo-, and Sc
tienists ere disposed to construe the nj
10 ment into preparations for An advance aga
70 Norfolk. But the fact Of the c&se il, the
Inc els know well enough that our Birds P
II be entrenchments are proof against any ASS
.pen tney can maze upon tnen1, anu tney
Kel oea;n.{ nnr ~ e1 sdVanca ooint at NorfoiE ~'
neat, troops could easily fall back to Birds p
aents and there would be certain termination
aring mose 9 a9I anotptpseot9gr"se tnaa
staCd well enough that all concentratio
Federal troops at this place is but ia PREF
tion fer the grand movement SouthWar
3Eare movement, too, that they we'll enough k
ioner eeraarn ~ pe Maae~ana :sin tas{
New ontratsors at Co;nmhus. b7 ma
n, on Wild assaults sgafnat the impregr
o the eutrenchments Of Birds Point. The like
:no,t. tonirg will apply to alt r1mors Of attac
unset going to sacrifice certain for uncertain ai
prob tages, and Columbus will nereF be left al
ond mercy o. flank movement, for the preca,
:, ~N possession Of position Of no more strate
't1pu importance than Paducah.
diB- But truce to speculation that at bes
be Of little interest and far less importar
H. afloat.
nday, noted for its peregripations, is At last pe
oples' nently eHcamped At Norfolk. The rsgt
II nar- has been newly clothed, ach man getting
-. Uniform suits complete Company D,
no'n1" harper, has been put in charge of q t'
M no pouI hoHitzeT, with which, end the t
New ueket, the brave boys Of the Iowa 7th q
n,or. testless as Tam O'sharter with usqE
.ioie They fear nae deyn' OF rebel
1azge Cspt. Taylo1's Company 3, Chicago
n the lery, as have said, are in camp at No
a RON. Tbie fine body Of men have no Ruperio
A+$311 +3T41t Thnr 3rT 1orfr r.,1or
u pas telling hcw quick they can nnlimber ant
lly the ber their guns, Sc, &c, the story is toll
The their discipline understood, when T eaJ
y, -, q Cannon, In the hands of q squad OF
~ LIE Taylor's Chicago boYe, can be fred with
day, IL rapidity and greater certainty than can a
cdrew, ket IN the hands OF the best drilled sold
ernor, 'nT taess o. 1,ca psc;,o.n+ o,,co,,,,ad a.
shades Poinf. is now compietelY organizsd. full
Of officers, field and lire, and fully equ
having new guns, new clothes, &C. Thi
-rs7-1 imebt, it will be remembered, is the {
gbich Hon. Samuel r. Curtis was &c
eenan After Col Curtis's promotion to Brig
red her ship, Lieut Col Tnttle was commissioi
FUNDED Colonel, MsJor n N. Crocker takin
<, Who Gt.;s,.sa ~. Wa;aTsh{1 s1nca ne nror
emeatS ~ Hfiutant Sfiuman. LIeut McKeu,
reeman Keoknk, Iowa, very worthy gen1em*
tiptop soldier, has been appointed Ad
Of 1he regiment by Col. Tuttle~ Th
best feeling now prevails among the {
1eha and men, and predict brilliant car,
RS, aud the boys Of the 81 Iowa. under the able
7;saster ship of Col. Tutt1e Certainly 3 more
-. s;aa | set Of cfficerS and men are nowhere