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paclty, have been added to the hospital, md
from this cause most e1cellsnt results are an
1icipated. :. Let me here cay that the rumors
oloat Ct the appearance Of yellow fever here,
health Of cairo ii every respect is most excel
'eut, probablysnever better.
Iyisited Birds Point yesterday. Col. Schultz
ne1's 81. Louis regiment {the 14th] are now
fully cstabllshed In THEIR position, and itwould
require force Of full: four 'thouqand well
AIMED and disciplined men to disturb them.
; This regiment is made up almost entirely Of
.Germans, Who now have to fight, and tolA
dght., I may add In regard to the owner Of
this point, that he tods at first secesaionfst Of
tho hardest type, and regarded the invasion Of
his OWL eoil as m insult not to be tolerated
and pleasant as summer morning. and looks
upon the presence Of tte sturdy Teitons with
something like complaccncy.. lie has not lost
u chatt1e since they, occupied his ground.
r5dytS9s'y l1s n{{ they disappeared "n'any time
orc Of the annoyrnces, aad perhaps, the
hardest to be tolerated, committed with the
occupation Of this Point, Is the seemingly
malicious aud continued Misrepresentation Of
newspaper correspondents Of the position
Of es;fs ~ heFs e. betn sa,,;a as regards ths The
Yast :: mportance- Of our surroundings.
|.' 4 case in point l." q statement made bf !.
corfee epondert of the Chicago Ibst, md pub
isl Ell in that paper Of the 81 inst; to tho ef-
feet TINT Birds Point; now occupied, ,.es above
stated, Is ID bluff rising thirty to forty feet
above the levees at Cairo. Now such . state
menr aa hts, were it true, would tend to I'M
peach the Judgment, capacity aud efficiency ot
the: gentleman Who has charge Of the engt-
neerirg department. Of, the army stationed
here, from the fact that he allowed that point
to II main unoceupied for full fourweeks after
cur troops had taken possession Of Cairo, and
thus leaving what Of coEsse would be really
the most Important position heroso long open,
subject to the occupation OF the enemy, II
they SO wiEhcd. We're the statement really
t1ue, mud had the enem; chosen to take pos
session, they. could have driven our: forces
from Cairo In q few hours, for they could not
only hnTe used shell, but could have delivered
q rakipg Ere Into the midst Of Camp Defiance
inside The leyee, without any power on our
part to respond ,IcIctpt with shell. alone, the
mears Of aie charging which were not within
weeks after its arrival here. Now the
est position On Birds Point Ia six inches
lower than either the Ohio or Mississippi levee,
and not thirty OF forty feet higher" as stated
By the IbR correspondent, No person questions
the importance Of holding Birds Point Is IN
outpost Of Cairo, but II the enemy had posses
sion they would in no way reach us except by
shell, and that is game which our boys are
stated above, Birds Point is now held by
about 1000 as sturdy Germans aa can be found
in the United States. Almost every man among
them has seen ee1vice In the Fatherland, and
1t will take five thousand Of the best troops
that Beaurega1d. OF his fnyorite Pillow can
bring into the field, to begin to disturb them
in their position <.
, 1861-06-08

SO much wonder has been expressed hero
away tbat Lieut. Bartlett's Naval Brigade was
cent back: from Fort Monroe, that we print
lie following explanation from the N. 2: Can'.
,nere;al Adpntiser: -. ~.
Tho whole history Of the Naval Brigade,
-lattly ordered home by the Coatzaeos1coe,
from Fortress Monroe; furnishes glazing
example Of the 1oose manner IN which the for:
nation, Of some Of our regiments has been
:: lieutenant Bartlett; patriotic and well:
'dlsposed citizen. when The & R1eMsentts M tsss FaF y
forming Naval brigade, which, composed Of
both landEmen and sailors, should be ut hons
on either element, and able to carry On coast
'rorFarc, alternately on ship beard and On
shore
/. and personal friends, In the undertaking, the
Lieutenant opened recruiting Office for ell
/ rollment In his brigade. When he had ,col-
lectcd two OF three hundred men In his corpe,
be applied to the Union Defence Committee
| for aid. who at first assfsted him BY the loan
| ofteyern1 hundred 7dollasa-
| But afterwards becoming convinced that
| the brigade would ultimately be d failure, the
committee Withdrew their assistance. Lieut..
I Bartlett then, through tho interest Of his
personal friends, procured supplies OF rations
| Tor his brigade, and went to Washington to
/! procure the acceptance Of bis corps by tha
Government. He gained q pclsoual Interview
with President Lincoln, represented to him
| that he had q thousand men enrolled; that
they would be armed, equipped and Uniform
| ed. without any expense to the Government,
and By this Statement procured from Nj. Lin
coin Q letter of acceptance
Similar interview with Secretaries Seward
and Cameron gained him the endorsement Of
these officials, and with these names he 1e'
| tnrnefl to this CITY.
, 1861-06-08

lately We believe one Of the proprictorb Of
The Philadelphia 1orth .dmeriean, one Of
the ablcst and most dignifed Journals Of
the country. In that position, he. attained
a higl, reputation, among newspaper men
especially, for tho excellence Of his letters.
Lattcrly, say for two years ,>or more,
he las been in the pay of:tha New
York Tribune as its telegraphic cores
pondent at the Capital; and so far as
we know has discharged his duties,
which were often difficult and delicate,
with satisfaction alike to tho proprietors
aud readers Of that influential tournal.-
lis position in relation to those two lead:
ing papers kept him so much at Washing
ion. that he made TINT city his residence,
whcre: he acquired for himself and his
la1nily IN enyiablc social status. When
h1r. Lincoln arrived there, 11r. Harvey be-
came . supposed fayorite with him and
lis family. His po]iteness and his wido
general information, particularly lis fanni1-
iarity with the usages Of Washington, po-
Gtical and social, ,nnde him specially use
full; and it WIS thought that: in: co Sc
quence Of The: confidential relations in
which he stood to The President, he re-
ceived The appointment which all agrefd
was fully up to his personal and political
merit. We knew, last winter, thatalthou3h
he was in some sort the representative of
two influential journals, he was not entirely
in harmony with either, and that he often
was constrained to send matter to each
that he would glsdly: hare Suppressed
In other words, he was not up to the fight
ing standard. His notions, perhaps his
feeling for his native State, made him look
with great favor upon propositions for
compromise BY which the honor Of the
Government would have been betrayed
and the usefulness Of our institutions de-
stroycd. But VIC are rot aware that he
WIS ever suspected Of carrying out his pa
ciflc policy to the extent Of treason.
The ac.s ofthe Administration will soon
show how serious the proof against him
is If he is compromised, he will unques-
tionnbly be at once recalled; and II his
importance warrants it, will be put on til
nj for treason.
, 1861-06-08
All Quiet-xhe, ,.we1x3oE-the- General
G:HeAlkh~~Cpndtt1on OF the Hospitals
Bird's Point = Misrepresentation,
Especial Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune, ]
: . CANT pEF1AHcE. CA1ho, june d. 1861

Z
Especial Correspondents Of tho Chicago Ttibuns,]
CANT DEF1AHcE, CA1ho, June 8, 1851.
+. AL Is peace here. You can hardly realize Is
you Sit IN your room, with scarcely d sound
from without to break the silence, that within
n-radius- Of two miles ase gathered well
equipped and disciplined army Of nearly seven
the summons to, bsttlo; abla to- resfst. four
tlmes their number, OF to nttack, man to man,
the very choicest Of the eons Of chfvnlry.' Yet
beneath this peaceful surface. there are whis
pe1ed tigns and manifestations that events
full Of Pi'h and 'moment-wil coon be devel.
oped, events that viii tell well In history, not
only LOT our common country, but for those
who take part In them. Il Is intimated that
the enemy VIII soon draw nigh unto ug, aud
II they do not, then We MuSt seek them. Wa
begin to think here that wn have waited long
enough for their coming. and IL taere Is any
fighting to be done between the armies Of
treason and loyalty, that It must be- done on
the soil Of Tennessee and .Arkansas. So be-
lieying, doubt not measures win BOON be
taken to give the rebels csl in the vicinity
Of Memphis. This movement cur soldiers
an1touxly look for, and no order. would fall
more eWeetly on their ears than "forWard
Graad Army of the United 8tstes.n -. !:
health Of the soldiers e1cellent. This will be
readily understood, when state that there
are now only twenty nina cases under treat
ment In the Brigade Hospltal,, "a smaller mum.
ber than tas bsen there at any one ttmo since
the army has occupied this point: Not: ons
man has died from, disease, and there IL not
one patient whose case Is considered danger
Gus. Two men hare died from gunshot
Fonnds-one not connected with the army, q
reeldent here-And the other Gefmnu By tbs
| nsne Of Geisele, soldier In Col Oglesby's
regiment, and resident, I believe, Of Decatur,
Both cases we're accidental. The whole mum.
Der Of cases treated ut the Hospital Aince 1ta
establishment, on The 21st OF April, has been
9s3, This docs not include msny who have
e!uply received prescriptions without being
inmates Of the hospital I may add what I
know will be gratifying to the ladies' Of Chi.
csgo, That thetz kindly efforts IN supplying the
wants OF the hospital haye been 80 generous,
vel timed and discriminating, that there Is
cow no seeming Hant ofauy srtlcle to render
the comfort Of he patients complete. I may
also add that seve1l female nurses Of triod Cd
, 1861-06-08

Hon. Schuyler Colfax, who heT Senator
Douglas well, haa the following In his psper,
the South Bend Register:.
:. Though widely eepaated from. Judge
tons viii him, dnring ths many years W.
have known him, were alwnys personally cor
dial. But this was only in accordance with
his usage. : lie would Invita- to his table the
very man with whom he had had the sharpest
political encounters, and perhaps the next day
enter the Lis sts again With them IN NIL the acef-
hltite Of controversy, He ;weuld often remark
that he tried to pay up bis, political debts -
he went along, SO that he would haye no
trouble with item In social intercourse, aud
would leave mona for his e1ecntors to settle
He so rarely attacked OF denounced any one
In social conversation, that We were struck,
years ago, with remarks Of his, addressed to d
Massachusetts, Congressman. and our:elf, in
rtgard to Jefferzon Davis, whom be declared
then. with apparently prophetic forecast,
would prove Himself utterly dislo5al 10 bis
!, country before lie died.
, 1861-06-08
Baltimore Women Aiding the Tra1-
90 ';'';' ''.'''.:'' = tors.
The HarpeE,6 Fe17Y correspondent Of the,

Louisville Courier writes: -
Yesterday two ladies' reached here from
Baltimore who deserve remembrance for their
to bring friends hero something useful and
it is With the extremest difficulty that any-
thing can escape the espionage established
oVer:t1ayelers 1t the Relay. House; 1ovely,wo
man herself not being: exempt from prohne
examination by these Northern ,rowdies. !. But
successful. One of them e daughter Of Judge
Thompeon) atti1ed herself In tWo full suits Of
uniform, over which Bhe wore her appropriate
female garb; while the other 1ady concealed
beneath her crinoline, twenty-five Thousand
percussion eape, which are Of lnestimable VAL
ue to us just noW.':' 80.
The only sickness at the post Is confined TO-
the MississIppians, among whom there arc
over one hundred and forty caaes Of measles.
, 1861-06-08
:&Az@ E. HARVEY

4 special Dispatch ftom washington to
this paper, yesterday morning, aaitonished
gA b. saying thst~ 9AxEsE: HAKyE:4:: i ii, I
newly appointed Minister Resident q: :po,. ~
tugal, is a,tmd,, By. an examination o3f tha
copies Of messages sent seized IN tha ttele:
gfsph eace&at the Capital, to haye been Ii
teasonable 'ooursp pondence With the sae.
NY r::: Hsr1ey: though: ~ South
esNhnian p birth hnd connected by.ms.,
: = :>fFirge:Witsh:: s!: p North Carolinh family; hns
afWnys'. been esteemed; an honest: trust
worthy: and patriotic. man ~ For man,
years be was the correspondent, and. un,i
, 1861-06-08

The North is fast drifting to anarchy
fptech Of Aler. r. Stephens.
Yes. About twenty-five thousand North
erners have drifted into Virginia already, and
the current In that direction sets very strong
hereabouts. We observe similar currents 81
the West. Where is Prot. Maurys Won't he
give MS his theory Of this extraordinary s'set''
OF the tide 7 It has rather q bad look for
AIeck, that's fact.
, 1861-06-08

MuS1F1cEST DoSAT1oSs.-We learn tha!
Dr.. William ]. Walker, Of this city, who Is
one Of the most opulent surgeons in the coun-
try, has given property estimated to be worth
mates in three Of The colleges Of Maasachu.
sets. These institutions are Williams, Am
heEst and Tnfts Colleges, each OF which will
receive $780, GOO for the purpose above named
DR.. Walker is a g1adua!e Of Harvard College,
and Unitarian, but in the hestowal Of = por.
ton Of his property, has e7inced . wise and
comprehensive view Of the needs Of these In:
stitutlopek-Boston Iranuript
, 1861-06-08

Theeteamer Peerless has been tetzined at
Quebec In sccoEd4Qce With tbs. wish Of ME.
Joshua r. GlddingB, tho American Consul.
It Is suspected ahe has been sold to the Con-
federate states. Before she left Toronto, we
belleye suspicious Of . like nature were enter
tained, but Inquiries were made through the
Collector Of the port Of Ogdensburgh 81 to
the character, Of the parties towhom the Peer
1ess wis to be delivered, and satisfactory e7t.
denee Wns given, We were told, that they Were
soon -bo allowed to proceed On hg voyage.- :.
Toronto Glo5e, 6G. ~ -
, 1861-06-08

On I1alsine portions Of The Atlantic tel.
eg1sph cable In Trinity. Bay the iron: wires
were found partially coated In, many places
With copper, supposed TO bare come from
of the Newfoundland coast. Portions ,of tho
cab1e ahow not the, slightest: symptom OF de-
cay or deterioration in the gnttaperchA; Il
has been subjected to-, seyeSe electoral tests,
and On comparison with the tests Of the cable
as 1t left The gutta percha works three years
ago, Ills found that there bss, been no actual
Il
, 1861-06-08

:, The First Regiment last evening received
fnstr new arms, enough Tor every man IN the
reeimcnt- They are Of tho Mimic pstent1 and
Ee1e manufactured 1t Hazper's Ferry. They
a1eo received $4,000 rounds Of bau cartridges,
Raen NeEe depoaited In the pow der ho1se.
"boJz" were to be kept 'at home. d the
contrary. It is an indication Of speedy service,
notwi1 standing the order received blythe
GoveinoS.-.Aasea@kes Wisaonsi,,, Gkh.
, 1861-06-08
Latest Of Secretary Floyd.
lBy Underground Telegraph

R1CH80ND. Jude D. I56l.
E1 Secretary Floyd, 1t is rumored, has &C.
copied the eolonelcy Of regiment Of Rtfemen.
They are to be employed In riflng the pockets
ofthelr dead eo1diery. Floyd is said to be
drilling his men In his approved tactics, lately
used By him in riaing the Treasury Of the o.
, 1861-06-08
4 Petition for the Extinction. {
:. Slavery :

:: a petition to the United Btates Oongrees hsg
been left at the MefchAnts' Exchange room
fer s!gn.tnses; 1ssyioE s tast t., ths geys19ms9i
aware; Missouri and Kentucky, at $500 each.
The reason given for Buch q request Is that q
rebellion Agalnst the lswe and government oi
the United States has for some time existed
and doea;:stm exist, kcalling. for great expen'
.dtture Of treasure, and impeHling our nation
whitS slavery lies at the foundation Of ths
i5otu1es; and that It. Is -eminantly desirable
that slavery should be removed Il possible
safely and with the greatest benefit TO. 4
classes in the community and to Ill pasts q
the country. - ..,
, 1861-06-08
Gen, Ecotass Plan to Capture HicA-
mpIid.

MoIid.
Some curiosity hunter went to Gen. Scott
the other day to ascertain his p p@aus IN regard
to advancing the troops on Richmond. The
General informed him coLfitentiAlfy that tha
+: dyauce, Of course, would be very rapid. The
Fire Zcrayss would lead the way as soon os 1t
vas i. te11nircd to take Richmond, and they
E.pld employ some one in Richmond to ring
the fre.bells, and the ZouaTes would soon be
upon it.
, 1861-06-08
lnyeterate Thieves. =: , :,
Remaining upon the stoppage Of the sonth-
un mails BY the Roat 0ace' Department., the

cn mails By the ,Poat Office Department., the
New York 1ex says:,: = +: =: ~: =; =
The mail service in the seeded 6tatee hss
been. continued at rnlnons expense. It Is
stated that In one particular alone, indepead-
ent Of the money which 1huuid be received
for the postal 'servict, the; Government has
been GREATLY the loser, 10 mail bags sens to lae
Confederate &tdtes G7e 4etusned On one occar
sion; some time ago, abont two hundred Were
sent from single 1ocality-as msuy ss should
have accumulated therein two months. There
which to send the mail matter South; ordinary
sacks and packets have .lately been used Ia
stead The mail bsga With valuable locks
which have thus been stalen nom The Govern
menf ore = very important item IN our aceoun,
current with the confede1ates. 80:
, 1861-06-08

=, From the Richmond Qnd-) Prcss.1
Chicago has been suffering immensely Of
1ate from deprecated currency. The pape1a
state that ali attemps "to doctor the sickl7
Illinois currency, lave beenito no purpose =
the Wisconsin currency has also failed, and,
are now divided In opinion whether to bring
every thing to a specie basis, OF depend on
arrangements which the Indiana banks are
making to supply that great want with their
Il the Chicago people Will still persist IN
the folly Of using The currency Of distant
become, astump tsil.h They ought to know
thnt our Ind{ana paper has all the character
ist1cs Of " stump TALL" and al1 should be well
aware that no currency can continue to bs
good for any great length Of time, unless
mostly confined to the ne1ghborhood Of its
issue ...:
Before the Chicago people determine on the
Introduction Of Indiana money there, and
thus depriytng our people Of the great bles-
sings supposed to flow from It here, it may be
Wel for them t. know that they have nothing
on earth to rely upon for the redemption Of
this currency but The honesty and capacity Of
ptzience Of the financial world has shown to
be generally very unsafe security. !! .
We alluded TO the peculiar characteristics
Of stump tail currency, possessed By our
bank Of the State Of Indiana, and, for the In.
formation Of the public here and :elsewhcre,
J. The Indiana banks can issue notes, ad
li6dlnsn, without any reference ct all to the
amount Of specie they may have On hand, as
per their charter, Sec. IS, "three timea the
amount Of The capital paid in and the amount
3. They arc not required to seeure onedo1.
lar Of their issues in any way whatever, mol
hare tie nn1herA A r.nrf1c1a nf heruYitv fYf anu
, 1861-06-08

ney saddled upon it-that the Constitution
carries Slavery into the ftee domain be-
longing to al the people," Shorn
Of these distinctive features what
becomes Of it Without q recog-
nized leader, without 3 great CEN
tral principle cemensing It's organization,
it must be dissolved in the great Union
party Of the loyal States and, when the
peril which now besets us shall have pass
ed away, it's members will emerge in new
parties and divide On new Issues, having
little or nothing IN common with the plat
forms Of Baltimore or Cincinnati. Practi-
cn1y, the party to which Iii. Douglas lent
his great strength, and which in turn de-
voted its great energies to his advance
ment, Il entombed with him.: It's dissoln,
hon, if not in terms admitted, was dis.
tinctIg foreahadowed In that overpowerine
speech Of his: before the Legislature~ II
April last = From the chaos- Of pplitica.
organizations presented to his View hi
aaw q party pf RaFr4qYa arising, who's
prosperity ! was n I'D the chiefest desire of hi
heart and among whose leaders he wpul'
have been perhaps The most honore'
Champions: : Y: II
Let the dead past bury its dead 81
Whom Ne have placed in. the, sepulchr
Nin:nve' ve'long in hls:: ::oonnnty's history, AMI ii
the words which he spoke almost in hi
dying moments will: be eneriven upon til
, 1861-06-08

Especial Correspondence Of tbs rrlbnne.l
FCAIuo. "Wednesday Eyeninu Jnne + 1eai

Especial Correspondence Of tbs TrIbuue.1
u: CA1no, Wednesday Evening, June s, 1891.
To attempt to describe mlnutely all the in
teresting incidents that are daily occurring
here, would be an endleast task. Before motto.
ing other nattels, it Is but Just to Cairo, md
necessary TO quiet the fears Of thousands who
have friends here, to contradict as:e3aphatlcal]y
.ns i langgagc can do It, paragraph in recent
communication In: the; Tn1puNF, signed "s,p
to tho effect that there Is among .tAe troops
Immediate danger ofsepidemlc' diseases. a
pretty thorough miogung among them, gene
nj inquiry among officers and leading citizens
Of Cairo, and tour through the hospitals, and
full conversation With Doctors Sim and Haven
have convinced us that there is no more aick-
ness here than thers would be among the same
number Of troops almost anywhere In the
State. Ii regard to health, Cairo, like Chica.
go, In years gone by, he's suffered severely by
the reports Of those who did not stop to In
quire carefully into Its sanitary condition
Though the climate here Ia warm, being about
the same as that of Southern Virginia, the cur
rent Of the two noble rivers that units here,
both coming from a. colder latitude, causss
1uQlb GFlEE5 uOFFl0CuE1 III Tue Ntuo5pItfe, s4uu
scarcely an hopr has passed since We hnYe
been here, without d fine healthy breeze, The
river water filtered, with Ice Is really rs heal
thy and fine as spring water, and yet persons
may drink too much Of TINT and bring disease
upon them. Since 1855 tho corporation have
constructed sewers which at this stage Of VA
ter in the rivers, drain the city, and when tbs
rivers are too high fol them to act naturally,
TIE Eewage. Is collected In tanks and thrown
over t,e levee by q steam engine The con
riction expressed years ago that Cairo ia to be-
come at no Hstant day a great city, becomes
stronger at ever. visit, and the more ne study
the resources Of ths-vast,' fertile country that
borders upon these mighty rivers, the more arc
re Convinced that Chicago will within the
next quarter Of q century be justly proud OF
her noble sister at the: mouth Of the Ohio.
This Of course implies that she will be 0 healthy
city, and both the testimony and the physiqae
OF her people afford the best possible evidence
that Cairo Ia now as healthy as any other city
in tie same or eimilar latitude. Epldemics
will sometimes prevail everywhere, north rs
well as eouth, but 1t Is certain that there Is
not now tie least approach to anything Of the
As to the quarters Of the solne live In bar
racks and somo have tents. The comfort or
discomfort which they experience will de-.
mend verY 1nuch uupn a ChnarfD1 (ffspoafEfnn
, 1861-06-08

PIRD. CAGES.--10o Patterns.
11Aleo, Ps1zot md Squirrel Cages, Cups. Roun-.
=, II 1:1ls!ss '1ss EiKa i III; srHEEr, ai; =:
an1Ffn1v ~ .,., =. RARyIJM BRDa