, 1861-08-02
Correspondence Of the Chic.so Teibune.I

EsosrespcHGenee Of the Chicago Ttibune.I
CAIRO. Jaly 81, ISL.
lelcgraphic dispatches have been pouring
IN for the last fcrty-eigh5 hours, from all par:s
Ct the West, rendering the services Of nan
and arms to assist in the defence Of C.Irs ard
Birds Point.
GoSerncr Yates telegraphs that State troops
arc at the command Of General Prentizs, anl
proposes, in case Of necessity, to ACCOMPANY
the expo ditoD.
Lee gFeateet anxiety eeems everywhere to
prevail concerning the menacins attitude Of
the rebel army.
Our good friends, however, throughout the
county, need have no apprehepsions Of an
IMMEDIATE attack en- Birds Point I am sat-
lsf1s the rebels a1c net purposing at this tins
to march against that place they know too
we'll the strength Of CUR defeuses and the
preparations fer their reception.
They are not gathering at New Madrid,
however, without pnrpese.
Clalh. Jeckscn is without doubt st the bot
tom Of this Southeast Miezour; movement
He has BEEN, fer the past week, at Memphis.
and you will notice that almost immediately
following his appearance there, the Union
City force were Oh the move. jackson has
Lyon In his eye. Lyon and sigel are tho.ns
II the ex.Goyernor's eide; they ara traye1aing
the southe1n part Of the State with large
amy Of loyalists, and Jackson'e onIv and enH-
stant Prayer 10 for their annihilatlon. He
would give his soul (What there is left of fl
10 me devil, Ter successful fight with thnsa
brave othcers- Hence the trip to Memphis
a ano lne lmmeolate ~ subsequent breaking up Of
tuTftHn
There Is 10 question but that this encamp-
Ment Is broken up. a gentleman Was here
On yesterday direct from Union CITY. wno
Eia!es thaf LEO regiments hare gone to Viz
einia snd eight to ,MiEsou1i This gentleman
ee'taates, furthermore, that just prior to the
the troops; they stacked their arms, declarinSS
Gbat they would never again serve in that en.
camrment and deMa1 dug to be ;tam ediateIv
LED somewhere agsinst the Unioniats.
H. gns wm; J, Mansfield, formerly citizen OF
Bloomfield, Mo-, was arrested here On vast ysster. y.
day. Mansfield is printer, aud formerly
worked in the Cairo Gazetk Office, He VA
on visit here and wss arrested On the
strength Of his own declarations that he pgs
an orderly N the secession army. When ex-
formation concerning the rebel army or tbeir
movements, bnt contsnted himself with the
assertion that he had been an Orderly simply
In the Home Guard Of B:oomfeld-thouxh
admitting that the officers and most Of tie
men Of this Gnsrd were now In Watkins's en-
eSmlnent- Befere his arrest, however, h
had told that the Wa.kins encampment was
sone 5,Ceo Etlocg, that it was being daily re-
enio1sed By the rebels from Madrid and the
e@nl,onnstng Eur country, aud TIA: their purpose
"sa 70 Wcrk against Gen Lron.
r. fnttnE to take the cath Of ALI Ifpinuce. Mr.
Ecuse. ~NsAe1 ~ ene s"afo
Vuf econte report mounted bodies Of rebe,s
si!;2 sai;S psssing :lon, Madrid through SYKES
Ean Wath hirs IL, however. no mare &. 1enas 1a,s
sh1aime of that grand rabbls, haviuc beos
tncceea: d BY Gen. JET Thonapaan. Tu1mn.n.,
Them yen y u remember a tha notorious S.
!, qu7ttesE, Oh Vt:tay lAss, With 100 A,tan.s.
seteis, md raa innediatey elsetsd to H.,
eo1Hs, d Gf tie army '-''
an tf1lcer u Tie Hamburg, .Uaioa eacauo.