, 1861-08-31
Central Dl1nois-EAifo-.LAW Reg
4AneuE.


correspondence OF the chicago Tribune
CAIRO, August 23.
Having just passed from the north part Of
the State to this point, will tell you what I
Wapello, I found the crops On the ground
looking ep'endidlF, and if no early frost spoiis
the promise, Northern and Central Illinois
will have the best crop OF corn ever known.
From about Wapello to Pana the crops have
suffered little from the d1outh, and from
Paua to below Centra1ia, in that poorest p or.
ton Of Illinois, they have suffered greatly. Be-
low Tamaroa the crops Of Whest, corn, and in
fact Of all kinds, are good-unusnally 30. The
fruit crop is wonderful, and corn and wheat
much better than usual.
All along the route I found the Union feel.
ing strong, and Egypt is apparently much
more active than the north in getting into the
service Of the Goyernment- a cavalry com
pany took the cars On Saturday at Du Quoin
for Springfield. John A. Logan Is doing good
work for the Union cause- On Saturday he
addressed large crowd at TamaEoa- He will
take his regiment in q few days to Springfield.
At Pulaski there l. company ready, or
tons, j. sound On the' G6nlion question. III
non, Williamson county, Is said to be full Of
secessionists, and Union man is hardly safe
there. The county is, however, largely
Union I think Logan could do better ser
vice On the stump for the next three months
This city appears to be given over to the
military, Uncle 9am's uniforms being largely
predominant. There are but lew troops here
at present, and these mos 1y raw recruits.
Through the politencss of q military friend I
was furnished with 8 psss to Birds Point.
Every thing there, with one exception, looked
Rhip shape and Bristol fashion to civilian
like myself. The one exception Was the con
dition Of the 18th regiment, {Col. Laiyler's,)
was informed th2t 800 Of that regiment were
on tie sick List Or unfit for duty, and 1t is not
ut al to be wondered at. They have as get
received no pay, and have been furnished
| with no clothing by the United States
authorities. They have had from The
State, one pair thin linen pantaloons and
| one shiH each,s and one haiEblanket-th
blanket having been in use before BY the q 8
months men and WAS turned over to the 1StI
| dirty and some ragged. heard sergeant Of
the regiment say that cue Of the cold nights
about TWO weeks ago he had six men under
! him ont all night a. guard, and not one q
| them had coat or anything to project hin
from the rain. On being asked why they die
rot use their BLANKETS for 4 covering, the an
swer WAS, " "We1nd only them to keep as ou1
Of the mud while We were lying down. Is il
any wonder they are sick? Who is to blame
understand CcL Lawler Is himself sick anl
unable to attend to the matter. It Is mo-
alone from the sigtt Of the men myself ant
hearing their o1n story thst Learn the above
but heard 1t from 30 many sources th8t ther'
can be no doubt Of its truth It is hut justic'
to say, however, that the 18th regiment ap
pears 70 be the only one there not we'll sup
pied With sYery thing that could be expected
loud and deep were being hurled Ut the hes
of Secretary Cameron, and hopes expresses
that FTesidEnt Lincoln would so0n disrais
him. c.