New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-19

-, 7, ouobt to have been done Last Spring. II
'ts..IEer needs spirits The Government ought to
.,ory a and am firmly of the opinion that after
aoidty bas endured uncommon fatigue, and particu-
Iarly ia this climate be should have glass OF COED
liquor. Bat az for drinking while doing camp duty,
il is TO the utmost demorazing. These Cairo grog.
shops, before the war commenced, did the place I'M
epse injury, fer though they ran clearinghouse IN
connection. it ia almost so much the worse, for their
beds contain bed-bug for every dropA liquor they
have in the bar; and to go higher, Snd speak tho
truth as il rs, / doubt whether stranger can find
good clean bed in the place. This, in part, arises
from the crowded condition Of the town, and 10
want OF additional aud suitable buildings by which
wholesome competition would be created. lougbt
to ada that Cairo contains many enterpEeng and we'll
informed business men, who would adom any city.
visited the gun-boats now partly completed, at
Mound City, and my inexperienced eye they appear
az they should. @ey present 20 the enemy hcform
of tortoise, whose upper and lower shells have an
angle of forty.Gve degrees. They are quite roomy
and built exceedingly strong, and when plated with
non cannot zee why they should not be perfectly
shot and she'll proof. Although the Sabbath, over
100 men were busly at work; but don't think they
can De finished in less than month. From thiS iact
you may Judge at about what Time an expedition
.outhward is likely 20 start. There may be partial
battles, in which several thousands possibly may
blunder into action, but am confident that il is the
rebels plan to wait our attack, whilo ours will be TO
wait ill we get ready. From Columbus and TO
within sixteen miles of Cairo-ihat Ia, for four miles
they are terrifying the Iron banks, and here, OF
course, the first batlle is likely TO take place.
On Friday two of our gunboats conveyed a steam
boat down to Lucas bend, and guarded her I'LL she
nus Oh board about 100 cords Of sawed "conirabaud
wood This was in full sight of their war ship,
Jefferson d." and their batteries but somewhat
out OF range of their guns, and they looked on but
did nothing.
The health Of the men in the different camps is, on
,Le whole very good. There some cases OF
fever and ague and other diseases, but not more than
what will be the average among the old tettlcni
indeed there have been few seasons for several
wears so healthy in The Southwest as this season
has been. Those young men who, Of first took
eamp.lie very hard, now being used 70 IT, feel quite
a, home; aud noticed several Of my acquaintance,
who look as fresh and IS rosy Gs they could II they
lived among the mountains. The men are all we'll
led and clothed and presume three-iourihs Of them
are in these respects better of than they have ever
been before, which lie, l know, saying much. The
nights are getting COOL but there has been no frost
The mercury ranges at about 90 during the day,
and about i5o during the night.
One is oiten pleased on the arrival Of the cara, Of
glinpses of domestic affection. The passenger train
now runs but once day each way, and every night
bIingg from fifty to hundred Of the friends and reis-
lives of The soldiers who come in cases, ns lar
as three or four hundred miles. One sees old ladies'
wearing old-Hsshionod gold beads attended by their
husbands and young wives, and sometimes sweet
hearts, and whenth stop crowded. soldiers ush
in, and on every hand one hears subdued and happy
exclanalioDs they immediately pair of, and seeking
the place previously prepared, there are joyous re-
unions Thus one sees much true happiness, and II
regrets minge, il s when they reflect that they did
not know how happy they should have been.
Among tho 30, 900 men who have been in the army
here, many deaths took place. not because they were
in the army, but because men must die. One oi,en
secs a coffin containing o young man sent to bis
friends, LIES fighting and all other fighting ended
Some young men, intelligent and amiable, have died
who would not tell who were their friends or where
they were born. What was the bistory Of their lives
may hereafter partly be revealed, the future novelist
m0y imagine the res'