, 1861-05-04

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Es5| s=HpAMfNa1oa. SSiao, May i, iii:
Matters To-Day aook m}Esi as thouehaahs
st6fcts collected h&apr m aMfsNear tho TkNgps-
fa6linA, are prafihg fdENdm eshlng 4atdas
mere defence. Troops afe daily poufhK n
naost Cases but indiderently armed, they are
slowly but surely getting hold Of arms nnd
ammunition. Afraid to send 1t down the Fiy-
nov. de- 80 RoEoss tina eoontE9 by raaA~
SAD btsora re9al eomnaT9 ;san 1hat f s.
point quite es important to them as to us.
Some four or five Captains, or other officers
Eufecomp&uies -inrA Afiesonrt, ,casno &&ho.nAtyt
to-day and were very anxious TO be allowed
the pivsgs e galPg lnalde e. es Of onF
masteF md Commits issariatt Department., In Or
der:3hey alleged; ;,tb gainn i knowledge Of tha
reouiremeuts Of a Qunrtermaster's and Com. :
!, missaxy's positjoH Iinaglue that the kuoVfl-
edge they acquired here will not particularly
benefit them.
Fortunately gentleman who was driven
ont Of tile e7ne1gh ghboFhoo from where these Of.
fcers came, Wae here and recognized, them
and they were conseq queatly watched. B i,te
people coming up the zayer al eoncur in nv
Ing that at Columbus and: Randolph, they ara
arEnihg and raising batteries on the rive and
that troops: are constantly arriving A. id one
gentleman gcing down. the RIVER: :int:,, ,,i1ns us,
TINT last night {Monday) no less .th an seven,
teen hundred stand OF arms WI re, With =
squad Of twenty men ,olanded at that place
Tne aama -gsntlaman informs ~, mr., thai thous.
ing there to come North, and <that but few o4
The companies drilling are N-mea., ,nr e1s9fh a.;
drill without displaying f.neir arms. In iii
public drills however, ar. f.ns sue scarcely t0 ha
Ioticed n one company ont Of six. -:
Ihe Chlelgo noYar Companies a and b:
Chicago FLYING .Ar.illery, Captain James
Smith; Harding Light Guard, Captain Fr.d
HaEdingi with two or three Zoaays Companies
in Springfield, ayid one, in Chicago, are deter
mined to form 4 regiment By themsel7es to be
styled the Catcago Regiment
The Q1iney boys, OF Company a. Captain
G: :. ssufey, nave been not little dIsappoint.
ed in not having received any share Of edit
or mention In the taking Of tbs steamboat
HiIlman. They are entitled to zttle Of i at
least. The boys wo1kfor "glory, as thsy said
to me this morning, and like to haye "just q
taste" W e." "a eace II while; even i they do not
A very great improvement is already notice
able In the drilling Of the soldiers, and also, &
visible improvement in the goa1l duty, at all
LIAttet *u4 EAlElu1 A4tGlb10u.R given every cav
to the drill Of the various companies.
QaaFtermaster Mitchell: Is hard at work
erecting building to: use as q magazine.
Capt. Mckay in thus department. is gradually
bringing order ont OF chaos. Matters look q
little more systematized. J. J. Richards E=q.,
Of the Chicago committee, hss been here ali
day, busy in getting report from various
officers Of their needs, and what they have re-
celyed from that city. DR.. Sip, Of tbs medical
department., have been told bY number Of
gentlemen, has proved to be- real prize to the
army, but q very few that came under his
care are compelled to remain Id hospital more
than q day or two which considering all, things
Is very eceepEable report. Probably about S
per cent there hare been sometime or other
under his care, not more than twenty alto
gether however at Ill seriously enough to be
compelled to remain there more thaa q few
days. Do you, know that We have among us.,
oae Of the medal heroes Of Sebastopo1, vets.
ran, war worn and scared. His days of BIege
aud b2tt1e experiences are not yet over, 10
judge from the aspect Of affairs In this re-
There il desire hero fot the presence Of
Cavalry company for patrol duty, the extent:
0Ethe 1eVea that requires close watching,
belag about ten miles, and eoaaequ uently se-
we're Iaak for infantry unless Hany are en-
ployed., Efforts are making to. equip Capt.
Barker's Chicago Dragons for this important
service -, !: CARLOS.