New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-31

presently General Prentiss came ronnd ~ seI Wv
anu mounting on railing proceeded TO addye..
soiuiery IN energetic terms, but In suhs,ana sis
rernonstrance would have been considered In re ny
or English army, az much breach of disc;ni,n iehsn
act IL bad censured. These men Ind brots. as We
oarracks aiter hours forced their officers and tbe VI
.ries ana came up shouting 10 the headauarta sen
General TO complain Of deficiency az Vs. 'neir
nenerai addressed them as Gentlemen. 7, Inc
hs iaut they wanted water. II was tbe, wa hot
were 70 plane, not he. He would see thew baJ VINO
come distnrbna line ne contractor, but they must moi
iheir conduct was demoralizing 10 tbeoso1 night:
70 their comrades. Having rated the sal, ana
sounuy ne ordered them back to their opas,.rs
lar line of ara iof the General and retired in re1
ar me Oh march with their officers Tba IN an fega-
mat me men on returning from bot ord =. seI was
GnI .ne WaIeroarrels, which ought 10 bavs S u'lu
nIeu py the contractor, empty and No. o.. S zen
anu so 'iey look the quartermaster's bnsna
INTO thelr own hands, Their officers J;J -, business
be very strict, and whyl The term f III no wsh 10
untary service Is nearly over thew have NO. en- VOC
enrolled for the service of the State, tharas ~ oeen
were aggreyed they might be disposed 10 di,bsrd
not renew their engagements aud 40 the a9
be eft without any regiment TO offer 10 he S,"t"
but they went of in an orderly manner ara 90
Prentlss, though much annoyed by the occurrence On
dcrstands volunteers better than we do Tbers I, a
doubt but that the Quartermasters Department i n
Dad condition IN both armies. Mr.. Forstall has -
posed 10 the Southern authorities 10 hang anv -
tractor who may be detected cheating. There I'LL
probably be few contractors left if the process wiz
carried into elect at The North The Medical Derart.
menu better In the Northern than 10 the sonthen
armies But even here there is not an eYobnian-o =
Caeolet, or mule litter When Gen. Scott made Il.
hrst requlsoD for troops ard money or ratber uban
ne gave IN his estimate of the probable reonir.ment,
70 carry on the war hear the Ministers laughed his
eenhahds. .Ihey would be very glad now to cOndone
lor the original figures. Little do they, North or
South, know what must cost In money in life in
misery. Already they are suffering, bu. Il lie b1t
1.-THE OF what Is TO come for the life and misery have
not been expended and felt. In the Memphis papers
two days ago saw notification that dra 1obs wond
be issued by the magistrates TO families left 10 dsres
by the departure Of their heads and supports IN ,ha
seat of war; In the Cairo papers to-day observe an
appeal TO the authoptes to do something TO aid the
citizens reduced to pauperism by the utter staQnaon
of trade
m SATURDAY, June o.
The information which Bigadier-(en. PrenIi.s re-.
celved OF movements on the part of the Missouri Ne.
cessonlsts induced him, in pursuance presume of IN
structions from the headquarters Of bis district or nos
sibly, on his own responsibility to send out an expe
don secretly this afternoon 10 break ND thor earn
and dsperse or make them prisoners. IL il in that
sort OF guerrilla enterprises that much of the time and
strength of the Federalists will be consumed A GOOD
map of the States may fail to show the little village OF
Commerce, on the Mississippi but il is about sixteen
miles east Of the town of Benton, and il about two
hours steaming from Cairo. Here the Confederate.
or rebels they called in my present latitude
have collected in two or three small camps in numbers
to which report adds and deducs cph,rs at pleasure
But Gen. Prentiss does not think they can be over
few hundred men, judging from the force be cen,
against them IL s supposed these bands are the dJrs
Of Gov. Jacksons followers, who have been encouraged
by promises Of support from Memphis TO assemble a,
rying centers for the Secessionsts of Missouri who
would no doubt, collect in considerable numbers IL
hey were permitted and would summon their defeated
Governor, now an exile in Arkansas TO their head.
But the position they occupy is very important In a
,tratPplClI IL commands tho
above Cairo and If they succeeded in getting few
guns they could stop the navigation of the river and
cause serious embarrassment TO the right flank and
rear OF the Federasts posted the junction OF that
river with the Ohio, well neutrazing the work
At Birds Point In despite of their great violence Of
speech, the Secessonists like other men in most parts
Of the world abae their rage in the presence of armed
Iorce-!rtr arma 'aeHt and the process which il 20.
ing ON in Missouri may be equally successful if il can
be applied elsewhere ANY way, the results mus, show
he Government at Washington that if thew could
have acted on the same principles elsewhere thew
would now be In a very different position. The
,utcry which would have been raised against them
ould not be louder stronger than il is at present.
Why Cairo itself center of dsaffection and se.
esson till the Illinois Volunteers occupied it militaly
With artillery and strong force of infantry For
lays they were threatened with an attack, and wers
ubjugated TO abuse and insults. All that has died
WAY, and outwardly, at least, Cairo is Unionist
although Southern Illinois is by no means OF the same
mind and General Prentiss finds necessary station
roops along the RAILROAD at the bridges prevent any
,Iayfnl pranks in saving the timbers or setting them
N fire. II was nearly dusk before the expedition
tarted. II consisted of about 700 men and one six.
FOUNDER field piece, under the command Of Colonel
Morgan, officer who cav service duringthe Mexican
var, and who has the reputation-I should
md prudent officer. l saw the companies
,araded,. and l must say their appearance
was most creditable to the officers and the them
elvcs Making allowance for diversity Of arms and
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stout powerful infantry-lOoking, cheerful and full Of
and among them were many old soldiers,
particularly Germans and Hungarians. The field
pieces was very well.hoed, probably provided with
umbril, spare wheel, and a full compliment OF we'll
equipped gunners. As they marched ON board the
huge river steamer-a PeOn Of light carpentry on an
Dssa Of eugines and boilers-the men cheered in the
Did English style, and gave three laundering (" hur-
abs" MS the steamer backed out and SET her bow
against the stream. But now comes what seemed
o me little of the recklessness and want
4 foresight, at least Of precsutiOn, which has
,een evident in moro than one Of the Federast expe
itions with the usual consequences of disaster and
oss. These men and horses and the gun were put on
,oard this big Undertook all fire and tou:hwood One
mail boat capable of carrying a dozen men nj most,
lung at her stern Imagine explosion, and her
lines are high pressure; shot from q masked gun
nto her boiler, and her boilers are exposed; even
eavy musketry fire opened suddenly from the wooded
ank on the beehvelike deck where the solitary gun
ould scarcely be worked, and the men could not be
anded and see what catastrophe might ensue. To
lse homely simile, there were "too many eggs
n one basket And there was no necessity tor
loinp this, inasmuch as many steamers lay al the
lsnosal of the authorities and the steamer could easily
ave towed ND flats or boats for the gun and men.
handful of horsemen would have been admableto move
IA advance, feel the covers ana maze psonos Tor po
tca or other purposes in of fight but the Amer-
ans persist in ignoring the of horsemep, least.
IN deprecatng it, though they will at last find that
hey NAV she'd much blood and lose much more before
hey can gain a great victory without the aid OF
artillery and charges after the retreating enemy.
From the want Of cavalry, suppose i il, tho
nnmltary practice of scouting" as t is called here
bas arisen. II was all very well in the days OF