, 1861-07-23

Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunal
QUINCY, ILL.,, July ~, 1861.
did not 60 on to st. Joseph as proposed
to do in my letter Of this morning, and am
Just back from my tour into Northern Mis-
eouri. ! an sure more dfsordered, unac-
couEtable state Of things cannot exist than is
to be found there. The people, I think ma-
jority Of them, are in arms aga;ntt the Govern.
nent, but they have no regular military OF
ganjzation. and to have no settled plan
or purpose they expect to adopt or accom-
Ili=h. The Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad
is under the control Of strong Union men, ana
that fact 2cconEta for the destruction Of prop.
erty along the line. The Northern
Missouri Railroad, am informed is
under the control Of the secessionists, and
the reason for the same destruction Of its
property is, undoubtedly, to prevent Federal
troops from passing over 1t. These roads
may be repaired, IS the Hannibal and st. 10.
eePh road has been, with remarkable energy
snd promptness, for which its officers and
men are entitled to much credit; but they
must be coDstantly gnarded BY an armed force
to keep them so. These worse than savage
foes are lurking in every belt Of timber, await
iDg the favorable moment to apply the torch
or shoot down the pickets. There is nothing
60 much needed in Missouri as cavalry and
artillery, particularly the former. Most
little trouble in outrunning infantry.
Ore company Of cavalry left here this a. IL.
tt.r sunle point In Missouri; it8 exact de5tina
tscn is not known. There are two other COM
l,a1ies here being drilled and equipped a Ia
tiGl5 as rossible.
Tie whole country along the line Of the
m la MI
sentiment prevails to considerable extent in
tie Villages, but in some Of theee there is
tcarce1y nouee Inhabited. New aod then @
man is eeen working in the deids, bat most
| cf the farms are in the same condition they
were ten days ago; grain is ripe aud Aac1: or
! no1e since. The loss to theee farmers
| must be very great, and no man
can tell what gain they can hope for to COM
! penEate them.
There is some fault found with the Federal
| t1oopE-.or the disposition some Of them have
dwell, temporarily Some Of your Chiclg
!! Zouayes have discovered thew kind Of wild
bird' in Missouri, the flesh OF which they
| think nny be tsgood to eat" These birds
| bare four legs, and the feathers have Q very
! l,istly aprearance. Gen, Hurlbut has issued
| very stfiot orders to the officers and troop7
| under their command In regard to ia terterinE
|
! a1d think there will be . commendAhls de
gree Of etrife among the officers OF the differ
int regiments to zee what regiment will con
form most strictly to these orders.
You have received ere this the proclama
ton issued by Brig. Gen. Pope from st. Loui!
today. 1t is direct and ITO the point"
hear little "spar1iug" among the friends o
the Brigadier Generals as to i" (which is great
cst" among them.
The I1ie6 Brigade received marching order
1T 10 o'clock this forenoon, for the st. Lout
Arsenal visited the camp at noon aas
"struck and packed,' ready for the march
He very kindly showed me through the camp
| Thtre is fight in that regiment, End it viii b
t no hard matter to get it out
II was sad accident, by which Lieut.. Job
Of Co. F, Capt. Allard, Lost his life, Jest2rda
morning. 1t seems a member Of the compan
i vas tpkirg his musket from a stack, nea
Lieut.. Jobe, when il some way the hamme
caught, and the contents we're discharged int
the abdomen Of tile Lieutenant LIE live
about two hours. He had gained the respet
| end estcem Of his own company and Of th
entire regiment, and there are many nh
T mourn his ultimc1y death.
The boys of the 18th regiment are no
!, wearing their "Gew clothes" but those "Mtnl
l | mrekets have not Yer arrived. They hay
, | Lad TO wait with great deal OF patieace #
their equipments, and they are not comple1
= yet, but they nrc not boys who wear len
: faces shout anything. They know well ho
! to make the best Of what they hive The Of
= GERS If the 10Th .re deseryedly popular, and
G am under mary obligations 70 each aud all I
;. thtm for tayors received. I went across Il
river this afternoon, expecting to take t
: cars for Palmyra and eDjoy the hospitalit!
E OF their camp, but was told by the superi
tendent Of the q. d P. r. R., as have be-
|, ence before when l went over with the sa1
II intention, "The regular train will not go o
i Tonight" Regular trains have been very
1egular in Missouri for some time.
: must not ltaye Quincy without sayiI
wLat every one who las trayel led this v
, lnows perfectly we'll, that this is one Of t
f. meet beautiful cities Of the West, and MI
also add that no one knows better how
minister to the comfort Of his quests tt
In, tnr hnsto Of the Quincy House..