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Correspondence Of the Chicago TrIbune.1
CAIRO, August 16, 1851.
You have been told Of Sergeant Ca.son's
capture OF the rebel cavalry men, and Of the
infos nation obtained through them, leading
to the belief that Pillows movement down
The river was intended for faint. :
We are pretty well satisfied that Pillow did
come back with part cf his force, but the im-
preston NOW il that the m.jor part Of his
command went to Point Pleasant, sir mites
below Madrid, frcsn. where a p1anksa road
cuts aeroEs The Little River swanpa, and that
Ills intention is to Pase oVer to union with
Hardee's command, which no longer s::s,n than
Wednesday NOR ming we know to have been
st GreenTille.
This matter is all rumor, however, and lam
not able to state wor to day, which can xe.
liab1y indicate the whereabouts of Meior-
General Gid.
It waa rumczed Or yesterday that his arny
were encamped On Missouri eoil, but twenty
five miles below here, having been the day
before brought up on s.eamers- Bat hear
Ct no EeonflrE news in Confirmation Of il.
The fact Of the Use is that Pillows maueuYess,
for 2 ~eek ItetE, hare somewhat 1oysti6ed our.
military authorities, and they are, 10 my opIn
ion, completely 'o2ftscated regarding his pres"
The Louie;sna, down from ST. Louis to-day,
reports that Hs1dee Is In possession Of Pilot
Knob, Elth six Thousand troops, and strongly
entIenched. II this is 30, you may next hear
of Pillow having formed junction with Har-
GQa haV1r1 Whifss fhH%f ~
they hold the region Of country round about
Je6: Thompson's marauders have been
circulating" somewhat extensively for two
OF three days past At frat it VAS thought
that it Was Pillows men who were hoyering
abont Charleston, but aimee the brush OF last
"Wednesday morning, in which Capt. Burrin's
men were engaged, We know certainly that
JEFF IhompeUn's men are entitled to what
noioriety attaches to this matter.
The little slirmish at Charleston, By the
way, was credited BY telegraph to the wrong
Noltman's cavalry that cid the fighting, but
twenty-five men of Captain Burrilps White
county cavalry. This company, let me say
here, (azd say it in The best kind OF faith ana
CT ny own molten, is made up Of about the
staIneheEt set Of MI n l have ever seen. Tney
sre, indeed, splendid fellows, and as their &C.
t:oEs Of Wednesday morning show, game to
| The bottom.
The circumstances attending that brush
| will bear ci1cnmktaEtial relation.
The woods about Charleston, and the town,
! and the country between there sud Sykes
ton, we're known to be swar1ning With pIoWl
! irg rshele-tkcEght to be Of Pillows, but, as
| ! hare Eaid-of Jttf. Thompaon's command
Immediately alter CarEon came in with his
| 1ebel prisoners, On Tuesday evening. this de-
tacbment from Capt. Burriirs company start
Cd cut. One Of the Ll5utenants, whose name
| have unfortunately forgotten, WAS in com
mand. They went to the near neighborhood
| Of Charleston, whe1e, during The hight they
lay in concealment. In the early morning
they were On the move, and mils or twt
beyerd the village encountered superior
Eody Of rebel cavalry. They OF course tu1nei
about fer retreat through the town to Col
LawleI's camp. Riding rapidly along tn,
main street, they were suddenly confronted
By a large force Of TIE enemy's infantry. Til
boys now had nothing to do for it but t.
make daEh and cut their way through. Be
ing poorly armed, the undertaking was doabl,
hazardous and Of somewhat doubtful! result
but with Wild yell they dashed along and il
moment were engaged in a hand to hal'
fghr with the enemy.
Several h0rEes were shot down, and two q
three ii The boys made marvellous escape
from death; but for wonder not one Of thei
was killed, and with four exceptions thsy al
made their way safely into Col. Lawler's caml
Of the four made prisoners, three afterWard
escaIed.
Aseceesionist who was taken and brougt
in BY the scents, yesterday, says that none {
| the Tebe1s Wa1e killed, but that several
them were badly hurt BY the plungiug horse
Yesterdays scouts say that the enemy ta.
all fallen back 10 sykeston, where they 81
throwing up Notifications. They have c&a
Ion, and seem to be making preparations Il
stand
While the camp was all excitement over Il
CEa1leston ekirmish and the ne;
approach ct the rebels, the wo1
gained circulation that an order b:
! been received from General Prentiss, wi
for week past has been Of "cn leave" COL
manding the immediate movement Of 70,
T regiments up the river. And sure enous
> fuch an order did come to headquarters, Al
r Wednesday night the four regiments were e1
ha1ked Oh board the steamers Uncle sam,
!: a. January, etc. The 18th, Col: Turchin, can
1 up from Norfolk Wednesday night and By da
? light were all en- beard the January. The III
!, Col. Roes, and the I'd Iowa, Major Crocker
y command, went Oh board also. The 7sh, Ct
r Cook, embarked on the Uncle Sam, togeth
d With Capt. Buelpa battery.
And By 8 o'clock yesterday morning &
whole force was stssming up the Mississip
r river. know nothing certain regardil
+ The destination or otjecis Of this e1peditiu
!. Gen. Fremont, Of course, originated the mot
= ment, and it is thought that the objectis to
= ! 3uI0ICt NDl. bs&AAS Qu&it1pU HI l1uuklA.
They will likely go TO Herculaneum. 3 Pc
9 twenty-five or Thirty miles this side Of
:. Louis, from there by the Ison Mountain ra
way they move directly to Ionton-
This il mere conjecture, however, and, p
i 6aps, u6e1es6-for before this reaches you, =
n will likely know certainly regarding the M
= ter
{ Be the case as it may, the four regimen
IS named ere gone from here, leaving the pla'
l. according to the approximations of some Wez
# minded brethren, in an iMprepared co1diti
Of defense.
e But the truth Of the case is that Birds Poi
s if not so strong as before, is, neverthele
L. sbunaant!y able to whip off perfect host
n LEhels.
IL Col Mckrtbu-'s Twelfth regiment wento,
':F yesterday, and Col. Lawler's Eighteenth
II hack to their old camp behind tue entren
mente. The tCrce EoW there is full 81
strcrg, made up as follows: Col. MeArthu
Twelfth, Col VILLAGES Eleventh, Col. Dou
e1ty's Twenty ysecopd, and Col. Lawler's Eli
L. tenth. Then there are seventeen pieces
"a artillery, under command Of Capt Taglol
to Company B, Chicago ARTILLERY. The artill
en six 6.Fcunder brass cannon, and TIVE 12ppu
NJ er brass hoWitzrrs.
- Capt. Haw1yy Of the Lockport Artil1s
1o with eet tiGn OF men, is in command Of
Is, Of the "a pounder guna, on the extreme
he Of the f0rIiffca!iOrs.
Nv
come, you ard your readers need have no
W Of the resnIt-we will fax them out cas-
is Recruits are every day coming in for
IN brigade; 3 few days more and We will N
III tie old time appearance on thepsrade Of Ca
:" Defiance.
1e- Two Of the gun boats went down the ri
On scouting, On yesterday evening. What a b
n bub their appearances in Southern waters y
~. create! They will likely not 60 farther do
U. than Columbus, or q few miles below, but
he | Southern Iapers, you will find, will rep
of Gen Fremont on the advance down the n
isslppi, with E hundred gun boats and Il
81 eand steamers! See if they don't.
'-r- Capt. SteEart Of the Q. s. Navy, cam
:he last night with thirty jolly tars foI the e
,,+ boat Gesh-Water service
ass The steamers Empress and Graham C
sa' down yesterday, with large shipmer
uf- mules and wagons
10 Gteat activity charaetefizes the mi1itar
southern Illinois just now. All over the c,
VAS try, regiments and companies are forming
1m- Capt Hemetreet, the aid de eamp to G
per mi Prentiss, is buckling On his armcc for
vice in more active feld than is open
s'aid.' He proposes to raise compao,
,,,o attachment to Col. Morgan's 10sh regia
Lit which, IS every body know, ia one oI
zn- crack commands Of the Brigade, Capt T
}nr- street will receive applications for men
:. ship personally or addressed to him by
! !" at this plsce. He will have choice comp
Late and young men, in any part Of the Ssate
yer, | string membership in a first class: com
the and In splendid regim entwin do well +
III mediately communicate with the Captain
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