, 1861-09-03

a Deferred hut Interesting Letter.

correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunel
CAIRO, August 70. 1861.
The authorities are practicipg one of the
secrets OF success, that Of keeping their plans
secret. To day the Fourth regiment Of hi.
nois troops were landed at Birds Point Of the
q: "; Graham, and tonight sometime, the
knows where. The officers Of the 18th reei-
ment have been all day busy as bees, and it il
matter Of keen regret with them that they
still lack about 800 men Of being full. They
suppose that about two hundred Of
join them here, 1t is expected that the Rev
Mr., Grant, Of Lockport, III, will be the chap.
1ain to this reg i.nent. He has been among n
some Two or three times and has impressed all
Of Us very fayorahly as to his qualifications for
the post The 18th has been moved up to
mound Clfy, IN me hope that the exceedingly
comfortable qusrsers there will prove instra-
mental in bringing the regiment into good
eanitaIy condition. The unusual amount of
s:ckEess in that egiment has been matter Of
surprise, in view OF the fact that they we're sill
properly acclimated, from long residence in
THIS portion Of Illinois, the msjority in fact be-
ing natives aud to the manor born" But
lew ct them were accustomed to the Mississip-
pl water as q constant beverage, and in tie
first two weeks Of their stay on the Point. thew
did surprising amount Of hard work On the
entertainments Ct their camp, BESIDES keeping
up regular daily drill. Add to this the fact
that the most Of them are Of that class who
paJ no attention to regularity OF habits, and
have never been taught the necessity Of CON
forming their habits to the changes in their
circumstances, and you have the secret Of the
extraordinary amount Of sickness in that reg
iment. The 22d are now encamped within the
defences thrown up by the 18th, and the 41st
are to encamp juet below tEere-so am In
formed. Col Doagherty Of the 22i is stu
quite Ill from the injuries received in the fiat
EHF L
blood caused by the internal injury from the
bloW he received on his breast He is now
doing quite well The rest Of the wounded
are doing very well.
One OF the pickets Was shot the ether night
o7eI there, and scarce night passes without
the White county cavalry, told me that he had
bteome quite familiar with the whole county
for twenty miles round, and that ev> n at the
Ecnses OF eecessionists, our scouts were treat
ed to the best they had to eat, and up
10 ms th TINE 4ns his sn.s company were Just
Of their men, aud three Of their horses, and
they having the same number each Of his,
His Second Lieutenant, Frank Lindsay, Of
CaImi, Was out scouting With twenty-five men
the ctheE day, and became hemmed in BY 15o
mounted rebels in the rear, and $50 on foot in
front OF him. Without the slightest hesita.
tien they charged through the rebels in front,
and came off with the loss Of only two men,
who were captured in consequences Of their
horses falling with them. Not a man
was wounded, although many Of them had
plenty Of rents il their clothes, as the results
of tie fray Capt B. remarked thst the boys
had. as lief be shot at as not, now, Il the or
dels Of the War Department. would but per
nit it, our boys on the Point might be relieved
Of everything In theshape Of labor in the camp
By the runaway blacks, who are said to be ii
great abundance in the woods over there-a
n9es measure that would greatly increase the Ell.
esencs t OF onr troops giving them all their
TINE Tor drill and all their strength for the "a.
i!guee ct marching and fighting. Enough Of
1lem might have been had to have dug every
ditch thrown up every brsastwork and mount
ed every gun, hauled ey ~ load Of wood, and
groomed every horse, just for their yic}uals
and clothes. with the assurance that after
helpIng The Goysr1nent ont Of It's peril they
wsges for their labor hereafter.
This thing vas done in the Ear of the Rsyo-
luticr, the war Of 1919, and in Florida, and
received in each case the approval Of Con
gress; while in this contest, torced upon Us
By the upholders Of slavery solely fos the ben