New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-31

There is the aacred soil of Kentucky, and Beriah
Magoffn bas warned the United States and Copfed.
ever, that Columbus will not be long unoccupied.
The kentuckianf opposite Cairo are very strong Sc
| cessionists.
At the rear Of the hotel, in the hollow between the
levfes Of the rivers is Camp Defiance" which must
be the baee Of operations Of any force proceeding down
the Mississippi On the morning after my arrival June
| 20l, was introduced to General Prentiss, whom
found In large room the ground floor of the hotel,
winch IL the headquarters Of the brigade. lie ID man
IN the prime of life about 40 years Of age with clear
liquid blue eye and very agreeable in manners smooth
faced except as TO the chin which is adorned by the
D0r6e Il Atrtqae or goatee, much affected In Amer
lea; over the middle hight, slight and active figure,
! ana speaking with what Is called slight Western
accent Although he wac aware had just come IRON
Memphis, the General had the good taste not to ask
any questions respecting the position, which Is more
than can say of all met on either side. By bis elbow
was his acting addecamp and nilitsry secretary an
! Engshman named Bnmore, who formerly
engaged as Government stenographer at Washington,
ana has now sharpened his pencil into sword.
number OF officers in the room, OF whom was
Hungarian, Milotsky; another German, third
ScOtehman, fourth an EngGshman. In converting
on various matters, Gen. Preutiss showed me- with
smile copy Of Il newspaper published ,i in
that cannot readily meet with parallel even in the
journalism Of this part of the world. For the benefit
OF your readers send it, that they may Judge what
sort Of people it must be which t0erates the use of
such language:
There is vegetsng at Cairo by Prentiss
who command Othe forces that point m qualifications
hoSn y d oc hHs .sc
regular hive years in the y and seeps biz hide ce1n
usyfu Cincinnati whisky which be buysby the barrel
ti's wants scalp We have objection his having
possessed Of that valuable sftkIc I. Is this Let LIN
select G Of his best dgh1s men ESQ Qfthe ge beer Dutch
given point where there viii be interruption Of the ,capng
the above propost.ol fair and equal"
These gems are from paper called The Crescent,
printed at Columbus, KY, and edited by Colonel
l.. c. Faxon Of the Tennessee Tigers" worthy
and accomplished officer and gentleman, no doubt.
In the afternoon, Gen. Prentss good enough to
drive me round the camp In company with Mr. Wash
burne member of Congress from Illinois, and several
officers and gentlemen. Among than was Mr.. Ogles-
by, colonel Of q regiment Of Illinois volunteers and
a. il shows of what material the commanding officers
OF these regiments, whose individual action much
depends, made, may be pardoned for stating that
this excellent, kindly, and shrewd oh man, who was
responsible for the position and efficiency Of 600 men,
is who raised himself from obscurity to compe-
ence by the drudgery OF lawyers office in spite OF
defective education, and that he never handled COM
pany in the field in his lie Apparently be is selected
to DO colonel because he can make good homely
telling speeches TO his men, and he may think he will
be good officer ast as he may imagine he is ex-
ceent artleryman because the first time he ever laid
and fired gun the other day the ball hit the tree
at which it aimed. The bulk of the troops are 4
sncamped in wooden sheds, provided with berths |
like those in q ship, which are disposed longi- /
tudinally so az TO afford the maximum of sleeping !
These sheds run continuously along the inward /
side Of the eyees the tops Of which broad enough
10 carriage roads. They answer well enough
for temporary purposes, but would not do for length
ened residence. There can be no drainage, as the /
ground on which they stand ia below the water level
The parade IL spacious and level en0ugh-the bottom
OF swamp which the troops have cleared cutting /
down trees and removing sumps with great diligence
and labor. Onr drive extended up the Mississippi shore.
past two field guns in posi- and infantry tents,
up 10 the camp Of company Of Chicago Light Artillery |
and Of Hungarian and German volunteers under |
Major Mlotsky. The guns fired salute on the arrival
Of the General, and the company were drawn up TO |
receive him-an unequally -sized body Of men, most
Of whom, however, were quite fit for any military |
duty. The Captain, Mr. Smith, lie, ] should Judge |
from bis accent, Scotchman, and he told the
in bis company represented million andahalf Of dol
lars in property The guns OF the company brass g.
pounderl, the horses aud equipments clean aud
in good order; the firing wac well-timed While seated
in his tent several Of the priyaes came forward out
side and sang " The Star-Spangl'd Banner" " God
Save the Queen" TO their words, and other airs
very pleasnglyi but severe reception awaited the
guests on going outside, for the whole Of the COM
pany were drawn up in line, and they then and
there set up shouting for Washburne" so that the
hon. member was fain TO comply and make speech;
and then General Prentiss made speech under similar
compulson; and next Colonel OQlesby and then your
own correspondent, who has had quite enough Of
speaking in America, in his first and last effort
forced to say he could not make speech; and after
other orations, in which the audience were always
called gentemenP We got off with three cheers
to the Hungarians who waiting for their turn-a
fine, solderlylooking act Of men, Of whom our Ken
lucky editor writes as follows:
When the bow.lessed wooden-shoed krout lsnin,
eating enroostrobbing Dutch Sons Of
from Cairo mp,hsd the brilliant feat OF taking downth
Secession flag the river bank they pointed 70 another
about two squares distant land WI their guns did covert
de6ed double big black dared used
sSs nsssns ianls dare not do because PIECES
artillery were mot s,ng upon it, And h;e are the people
The officer in command put them through light |
infantry drill advance of line of skirmishers |
charge, rally, retreat, &C., all well done, and they
marched back singing TO camp and gave three good
cheers for the General In our way back The party
stoned at another camp which was enlivened by
the presence Of ladies, who had come some hundreds
of miles TO zee husbands and brothers, and in the
evening the usual parade took place near the hotel
Four regiments Of about 200 each were on the
few weeks in the field look more like soldiers,
march more steadily in line, or present a better
apuearance in the ranks. When drawn up in line
the difference in uniform in various companies
struck the eve as disagreeable noyelty-one with
white cross-belts between two companies with black
belts for examples but the ine of bayOnets
unwavering and uniformly sloped- all the ordinary
work of very ordinary regimenta parade was per-
formed by each with precision and rapidty and the
men were as fine fellows as could be seen in any
infantry regiments of the line in any part of the
world. The officers however, did not seem very quick
orders were carried at a trot-the combined move
ments were slow, and little clubbing took place in
forming into line from columns Of companies march
inc 10 echelon Just as il was dark there into |
camp, with O good band at their head, remarkably |
stout.ookng set of FELLOWS, armed with rine and
bayonet very tall in heavy marching orief and Sep
n;n0 ont like men who knew their bu 'iness. Alas!
ibat il should be So But these Col. Schuttners