The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-01
OUR CAIRO CORRESPONDENCE.

CAMP Dz1IAseE, CARO- Ill.,, Ju}y "a 1851.
Th'ee Mo"NT Volunteers Peenlifia3 foT he Wharf.-The
Soldiers Bfrg Paid og-fseseasesioa Of Ssoord to
Captain Cormic-Dnioniss in East Zn>ssce- Governor
''eSs'n apoted 70 ts in MahisLoss Of re Rebels in
r's Engagement with CoIos,s, .siegrl, d., dc.
Last night largo number OF troops Of this brigade
appeared upon parade for the last time months
oil enlistment having eyrred. 1t Tho r dress parade
The troops Of Colonel ogosrys regiment were drawn up
in body and addressed ~ thar Colonel anu General
Prentiss. Some four hundred them had refoe s,sni
fed their willingness to rccus Cor the war and later in
the evening the Colonel Informed that nearly one hun.
dred moro had signed their willingness to return after
they had had couple Of weeks visit home Probably
majority OF the brigade will re-cnlist and such Is the
general belief.
To day the United States Paymasers begin 70 pay off,
and two or three days will the most Of the troops
flush again Ia view OF this fact there tho very best Of
feeling the camp Thesoldcrs have been without money
80 long that many OF them have almost forgotten how
half dollar iooks The payment Of the men viii greatly
facilitate business IN Cairo, as the business men have
Giants have been Seriously ncomnodcd by the laxty of
the government In paying on tho soldiers.
did sword sash and belt by few OF his od rriens #
his quarters ut Birds poiut Sam Hall, ESQ of Cairo
delivered himself Of neat Misrepresentation speech full
Of good will patriotism and good sense and Joe replied as
wen as swelling heart and tear-;isd tongue wonld
let him. The Captain had spread himself for u grand
surge In the way of reception talk just as he had
said Friends md fellow cltizsns Ed Willeit OF the
Cairo Gazette sang out "Tickets (loe used TO be con
ducter)-which completely took the Captain of his
reckoning in the speech making limo. Then lin Mcguire
surprised the party by donation Of two three baskets
Of old vino, and all adjourned in good spirits.
/ have Just been having lengthy conversation with
Mr. William Houston, Of Memphis H. staunch
Union mar brother Of g Old Jacinto and is now
On his way to the pan handle in old Virginia He tells
me that in and about Memphis there very large
humber OF strong UBioHists who viii hail a Northern
army dclivcIers. He thinks that fully onc-hrd Of
the East Tcnnesseans Uniopists the number
daily Increasing gentleman from New Orleans says
that people In that city talk in favor o the Union
now with much more safety than they secession that
tho change Of sentiment in favor Of the growing
beyond the hopes of tho Unons most sangune fricnis
and that iow months Of severe letting aloel viii care the
"vi' entirely. This COMFORTS with what had previously
heard.
Gov Claiborne Jackson s again reported to b. in Mem
phis Mr.. Green, Of St. Louis info, me yesterday
that he saw him there and conversed with him Green
says that Jackson informed him that the loss % The
troops IN the engagement with Siesei four hundred
and fifty men, jackson has great admiration Tor gel
and says that II will require odds OF -four to
meet HIM. and ten TO to whip him jackson may be
IN Memphis but don't believe il. noswitbs AN ing Mr.
Green's story.
The three months Tennessee troors encampei at Union
City commenced mastering out Of the Monday
and reports say that but very few viii enthusiastically
not more than one out Of five. This il Union account
Tho army received today another boat horses
anu fnuics--ab0ut one hundred and City.