, 1861-05-07

cthce Is 70 N1loGtN4 13 TO send them, ASe being !
read by great nanbazs, who find In them some
Rev. Dr. Eddy is to address the troops this 81.
teInoon at the request Of Col Prentiss. ;ATn~i
NOR was prevalent this morning that. seces- |
sion f1aZ had been faised on the Missouri side |
3ust aoovs this point but no authority far II, |
could b. found After someaeonalders h1a tnqEt
r. learned that q man who hsd cou1e over in |
a skiH, haa reported having seen . aag that t
had three broad stripes, and small circle Of !
eta.B, and thought It Was secession fag. Tbs |
boys wera terrible excited aud wanted to 60 |
oses then and there, but were pseihsd soma. |
what when told that It Was only q tunoF, ".
Authentic. - - :t:-s.-s i.'>::-ss
A rumor Of an expected stack o. Caho |
gained some considerable ereasneeaa ths city |
yesterday. Rumor had It that the attack Vas !
to be made at miduigas It two different points,
under the command Of Gen. Pillow Of Tsnnes.
see. There Is aa abundance of eTsdeac to jusu.
fy the suppeBt1o of sn esf!y attack upon
Ibis point P<Ihaps not for = few days But
think Yon may safely consider Cairo booked
far lively brush some time the last part Of
this week go.
A gentleman who vas passenger on The
Crescent City, from Nsw Orleans for St. Lon1s,
ars looking every day u Louisiana Ito hear
from Gen. Pillow snd hiA Tennessee boys at
Cairo" The Crescent City had some eight
hundred passengers, aad among them were
the officers Of the stesnbo2t OHIO Esl1e, CAP
tured aad taken possession of By ths Napo-
ms 10 up Of the refuse OF the worst Of era
atiou, are particularly exercised -sbout
Cairo, and Its occupants, who they
profess to hare profound contempt for,
e belleyett} Aad dasire to dear It out-{yeEy
like3y.)' Tos seizure OF tie contraosnd stuffs
on board the Il llman is = continual them In
their sides, i gentienaEn who was stopping
At the St. Charles yesterdxy, but Just arrived
from q. years reSideuce tn Terat, sssd that
while riding from the interior to Galveston be
met with lady, young and pretty, travelling
towards; The same destination, and ~homl1e was
versation on the present troublesome times,
she remarked that s'Nothiog would give her
greater pleasure she did not expect to be
able to take mp arms, and was willing tosield
up hex Life martyr to this good q her
e'aa5ssaa ut ; 81, + St iasas r. ~ P Mes
| IL tnal ovent ara obvious,
| This gentleman related to na an incident
| that is worldly Of mention, and will give it in
| his words as nearly as possible: " at the time
| the soldiers Of the S-utuern Confederste
Army took possession OF Fort It. Phi3fp,.
| they found there IN old corporal who had been
/ In the q. g. service for great number Of
| years. Thy ordered hin. 10 hanl down the
STARE acd ssripee, aad run up the Pelican dsg+
The old 1an.1ooked at then, then the fig st MS
feet, and then remoEing his hat aad looking
| up to the Stars and Stripes said guset'y, 'Ne9>
man, aud an old mans loves ~ strong; and
my lave for that aas GOES ont only when my
| Ia1p of life Ct ases 20 hurD.sn
| Another incident Messrs ]. L Ls9gwur.hy
q Son OF Danleita yesterday sent 70 Colonel
Preatiss car load-sotne 500 bush--of beaa-
may rest assured their ksnd doratlon WEB
gratefully received BY the to:natsexE.
youz readers would possibly b. not Little
| surprised a. The figures, should give you
them, Of articles giyen out from tue commits
saTy's department. every day. I have few
which viii give. We have three full reg1-
| mens: Col. Prentiss, 1=t regiment; Coi.
Raiaes, {not Raynor, ror Raymond, as has
been puolished) Sd regiment aud Col Csles
bSs, 8sh regimeuts Capt James Smiths Co
Chicas 20 Flying Artillery; Capt, Hawle5's Co.
Loekport Artillery; C:pt Kobota's Go, Unioa
cAde1s, Cap. Ainatotzy's Co. caicsgo Lin
coin Rifas-ln al! over three thousand men.
TO th=ss man th=ra ara Issued each day three
hundred and twenty pounds Of broxp sugar !;
one hundred &1d sixty Eoands. OF coffee !;
t~enty i've handled pounds of fresh. hreaa
t1o thousa.a pounds Of sat neats; aadtwen.
: prop orin9te snaonnt Of butter, vinegar,
! tnd pfeslesr- Candles ara allowed In small
Quantities, and I eaw yesterdays hugh box OF
ssSss at the connfs :aris. depastai aat.. Tneas
hoFever think aru hot tactuded IN the army
! regulation Subsistence.
Our brigade po=tcfice Is another feature
/ thst Tou' d interest you to see. 4 city Of five
Thousand inhabitants probably would not be
troubled with as many letters, papers, rack.
| agzs, d. as Il our brigade po:t-olHce. Efforts
, arc being naa!e to have permission given to
) : our brigade postm astef to make up separate
mail bag every day, and to have ls,terz des
tined for the troops directly posted, b5, III
! different post-0Ec=s, t. him. Tie present In
: cuEabent Of the Giro post-ofdcs Is terribly
slow cozcn, who insists On closing tbs mail 9
| t O'Clock in the afternoon Ehsn the train dos
not go until o'clock the next day It wouls
ment could be brought about Tne cf1icer
. ! aud men are quite aaxsous ahout it, and l un
| ders:and application has been made to th
> Genera, Dela-tment for special privilege t.
: the: effect.
l It has ralned 60 heartily sincs ten o'c!ocl
! that I sm afraid the proposed serrice for II
l. troops will ba deierrea, the ground. not beln
. In Is condition for musteriag the troopa I
dafarlt, therefore, OF notes Of Sunday servics
III M gSs yoa the follsng i1 Siia masts
= now stationed here and mustered into tt
a United S.a.es service:
n Illinois yo1uuts er mH1tI&-Camp U<
= h.nee, Cairo. Iiltnots-EzoH Of Com
+ Mlsskvned OmcerH.
EEa En- III hEGlAEAV.
8 Colonel, B. u. Prenti.s. Lieut Colonel, Jane
cosr1sY 10 i.-csptsin. Charles sheely; L
Liens, William AlateF; 21d Lieut., James Shor
cosrAST y: a-sapsain, John Tilsop: !:
CoxpAxr No SC plain. F. a. Dallau; l.
q Lieut., Benjamin Edison Fad Lieut., Samuel ,
o coasAsr No. +-:srta.n. Ne1ain F. Wood
G4s1 No. s.-spt..n, L. + CAT; /
it CoxPAST No. a-.ap1sln. Charles II. ADAM
e 1st Lieus-, John ". King, ead Lieut.. Thomas
= = co1r4sr No. Captain, D: q. Gi!ner; /
n ). Lieu! Caris. c. Bsyaat; md Lieut.. James Y
i .cosr.sr No. 8, Gisht A1,tuerg.,. c.ptat
v c.lso ASPsine II Ldsat.. 1aaiss P. Flood; .:
It eo, eoxtxS Wsf Ne: ssFn; s. t1,snt Arezyc,p..1
= ghsI!Ts asteR 4 III vi Lieut., .. T. Campbell; ::
sas T. *Sed e. fs, $h$ e.
4. ' EIGHTH REGIMENT.
(. FIELD orT1cEss;-2elone1. Richard ]. oglssb
sq. asa isaa Pas:
ia QuartermhsteE, r "; Hatch Commissafy:~ -
- =; sarEs92, 81 st!s. F. GsowestdGe; Assist.
g e9s,a co1axIA-c.pssin, x = ch.sies E. Dennfson;
j Lieut. Price Ksith ead IeGt.. Thomas Butler
coxr4sr BaRRtsia, {;sR g., 1;sa: In: c; PnSh ~
= CorAx1 c,-csptsfn, J: N. Hanna; 1st Iieu1
. James ). Barnard; Ind Lieut., Charles Roe
u Eozr4xx D.-cspts1n, ]. u. A.hnors; 1
es Lieut., John Wst1el; and Iient:, Thomas doc
ly coxr4x4 -cept.in, John 4ew1flI.n.: !
s.ss r. Eessf: rRnts & nxs ps9't &C. 1st ls'
49, CoxPAS1 G.esptata- q. 81 We4ee1nsld;