New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-23
NUMBER 119.
Latest from Cairo.

The Cincinnati Gazette of the 18th has letter
from Cairo, under date of the 18th inst, from
which we make the subioined extracts:
The forge now at Birds Point Camp Lyon
consists Of the Eleventh Regiment Col Wallace;
the Eighteenth, Col i'awler; the Tweuty-second,
Col. Dougherty; Company b Chicago Artillery,
Capt. Taylor; Cavalry company under command
Of Capt. Ratter, and a detachment of Capt Now
LENS Centralia Cavalry. The command numbers
in the aggregate three thousand men-well armed
and well drilled.
Their quarLers-arny tenfs--dot the common
fronting and below Col. Birds residence, for half
mile along the river Shore The original fortffca-
ton consisted Of two entreuched lines Of defense,
starting at points on the river some three hundred
yards apart, and converging back to point of
union about one hundred yards from the Shore the
whole constructing what ia technically called a
fanked redan. These entrenchments are of the
strongest construction, deep ditehes bordering the
embankmeEts, which are five to six feet high, and
pierced with sally-ports, embrasures, etc.
Parts Of the llth and 18th regiments were origin,
ally encamped within this enclosure, but owing tC
the eneroachment of the river, gradually washing
away the upper section Of the camp, and the hor
deling line it became necessary to erect new for
tifications. Accordingly, some days ago, Coone
Webster laid out the new ljnes, giving them very
much such shape as the old ones had, and ioca
ton below and directly adjoining-the old and new
making, in fact, continued lines OF defense, uL
military parlal1ce, teDaille lines) enclosing per
haps ten acres. When completed, it is intended
that the whole force at the Point shall encaml
| within the enclosure. Night and day the boy.
have been at work on their new protection
having in the course of eight or ten days thrown
up and ditched over four hundred yards OF EN-
| bankment.
And though the work has been exceedingly Ia
borious they will in very few days have the salts
| faction of feeling absolutely secure against the
| successful assault of any attacking force.
The river seems to have stayed its inroads for Q
while. The shore has, perhaps, concluded tc
/" dry up for a time, having decidedly run the
'' caving" business beyond the point Of a " joke
Major ]. II. Eaton, United States Paymaster, i:
here arranging for the payment Of the troops o
this brigade. The money will be along during the
week, and in, say six eight days frona now, tht
| payments will be made. 1t is intended to pay OF
the men on mastering out rolls, so as TO avoid tht
| labor of making out two sets of rolls. 1t make
one happy to think of the very exceeding joy th
boys are having over their anticipated money
| now that the thing is reduced to certainty.
| For weeks and weeks they have been pronlise
this good coming time, until at length the majorit.
| of them had come to believe they were never go
ing to get their pay. But yesterday the word wen
over camp like wild fire, '' the paymaster ha
| Gomez and such satisfaction as was depicted Of
every couutenance, was worth ones while 10 see
A very good proportion Of this money will go
however, to citizens of this place and to the CAM
suffers.
Company B and Company A, Chicago Artillery
were yesterday mustered into the United State
service for the war, by Capt. Pitcher, U. S. A. c
the first named company seventy, and of the las
forward aud took the oath Of service. These BRAY
fellows will do good fighting, whenever they hay
opportunity-mark it.
Tie ". H. 3. is If on an expedition up the rive
in the neighborhood Of Thebes. It is expecte
that important arrests will be made.