, 1862-07-09
FROM CAIRO,
The Fugitive Slave Case.
The Shiloh Prisoners and the Treat
ment they have Received.
From Vicksburg.-Butler's Canal
Nearly Completed.

Lspec1al correspondence OF the Chicago Tribune
CAIRo, July g. 1862
Cairo is just now very dull, the news both
from the feet and the army at Corinth be-
ing rather meagre, and the city quite barren
Of items Of interest.
The attempted kidnapping case Of which 1
made mention in dispatch LAST week, WAS an
Interesting affair. The man Maulaly isa stout,
burly individual residing some six miles down
the river On the Missouri shore, near Point
Fleasant. He had been watching about the
city for some days, and On Tuesday last seized
TWO negroes, claiming ownership OF them, and
attempted to take them from the city. The
provost marshal being informed of the fact at
once toos the negroes from him, at the same
time advising him to be cautious Of such
transactions in the future. Nothing dauuted.
however, the next day he seized two more,
and had them conveyed before Justice Han
non, one Of the class who thrive by such busi-
ness, where sham form Of trial vas zone
through with, and This title to the z,roDe7tv BE-
ing pToptd," the negroes we're delivered III to
the claimant. The next thing was to Get
them from the city, which was not an elsy
matter, matte and the services Of Mayor Webb we're
NAA@o
atoms obtained from tie Provost Marshal the
passes, and but for suspicion being aroused,
and a watch put upon the man MauIsly. few
iuf houfs more would have seen the negroes SAFE
y out Of the city. Such was not to be the
case, however, Tor much less time found the
pIoperty holder, property and all, iguomn-
lously bnt safely confined in the guard mouse.
Enere they remained about two hours. unt;i
mayor webb again coming in and entering
eat eato ponas 1or his appearance, Nau1sly was
~ t;a, At! a. hpGIty. %; In the morning the par
ues we're all brought before Gen, Strong. Who
as once released the negroes, and strongly in
11matlng that ncgro-catchers we're not safe
within bls lines, advised Mr.. Mau1sly not to
2e caught here again He boldly claims tint
me negroes belong to him, and that they cs.
eapea from hls farm near Point Pleasant. I
am informed, however, at the Office of the
provost marshal, that they were captured
down the river upon the steamer Red Fox.
Ihe released prisoners who arrived here Inst
week complain sadly both Of their treatment
fnred Ge P11SChers and si5ee they hare been
Feyed to Corlnth, thence to Memphis, Mobile
and Macon, whence some SOU were taken IA
tuscaloosa and Cahawba. At the two latter
places their treatment was most inluman.
1ney being thiekly crowded on the two upper
Hoors Of an old manufactor7, allowed no r5nn1
for exercise, and with no facilities for cleanii-
ness, their food consisting Of spoiled beef and
bread made from corn ground with the cots
Ihey were thus confined four weeks, those at
macon, meantime, being comparatively we'll
treated. At the expiration Of this time they
FL came together again at Chattanooga, and
from thence were taken to Bellefonte 10 be
delivered to our officers. and here there
those men were obliged to wait two days, win
no{hing to cat except parchcd corn, for some
one 10 receive them, Gen. Mitchell was alb
having no orders, dare not take them, an3
would not have done SO but for the strenuous
eXertlons and representations Of the sufT;.rinrrs
OF the men OF the rebel Col. Vane, who ma
tnem III charge, and to whom they all accord
mueh pra1se Tor the kindly manner iu which
As it was, two train-loads we're received ty
nl1h al brldgeport, and a third, numbering sos
nien, was to come, when Gen. Mitchell ~
turned, and at once forbade the receiving OF any
more, and Col. Vane was obliged to return
lhem TO Chattanooga. From Bridgeport, the
released proceeded to Huntsville fioln where.
worn and broken down BY their long continc,
meAt, many Of them sick and without shoes,
they we're obliged to march eighty miles. nm.
der brolllng sun to Columbia, Wills . wagon
tram, large enough to have convened the
Wnole number, accompanied their march,
loaded with cotton. Quite q number sickeued
on this march, some died. From Columbia
they proceeded On to Nashville, where thew
we're detained four weeks, expecting to be
pau on and mustered out, but disappointed
tnere, 1hey were sent on to this place, where
theIe lE likelihood Of their remaining four
weeks more.
Altogether, there seems to have been dis
regard OF the wants Of these men almost nm
accountable. While at Nashville, many Of
them we're Without blankets, shoes, cooking
Or eating utensils except Of their own manu-
iactuTe, and here they are in the same Situa-
lion. Some Of them have received no nav for
nine months. ~
Ihey appear to have made the most of their
slluanon While in confinement. Many ofthem
are hne-looklng, well informed men, and to
Prevent demo1alization they formed bible
spent much Of the time There are no OIL
GERS, commissioned Or non-commissioned,
among them, they being held for exchange.
Al the men are loud in praise of Gen. Prem
tlss. They say he did ali q general could have
gone, and that if other officers on that day
bad performed their duty as well as did Gen,
Prentiss, he would rot now be a prisoner.
among them is J. II. Pike, private In the Sd
Iowa. who for long time previous to his cap
lufe mad acted as hospital steward, and since
their release as medical director Of the priso-
ncrs, furnishing nearly all the medical trrat-
ment they have received, and in many cases
supplying medicines and other necessaries
from his own private purse. The men give
him great credit for the kindness and spirit
OF set-sse1ifice he las always manifested to-
wards them.
= FROM Elcksburg VIC nave news to-day to the
"a inst. Dayis's fleet had arrived, and the ca
nal across the point was so far completed that
Water vas expected to be let in on the third.
Inere had been no second expedition up the
1azoo River. No news whatever from White
River.
Transit now to Corinth and other points in
the vicinity is safe and easy. Good boats run
from here 10 Columbus, in connectio~
trains each way, and the wh~'
road from CoIun,hre :
guarded r. =
- " -, LIE
J. coaches, PAS
e~.. 10 travel on box and flat
: III makes it anything but agreeable
= The hot sun and dust Of summers day.
The Fourth was passed very quietly here,
The 6sv xFae infanra11- hot or1 A.