New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-04

eeryents have caught toe naval - pi1f''"' !
The other evening one Of these cable MINISTERS
was playing on The guitar and singing, wnenn
broke down from too high pitch. Too much eie-
vation there raid he; " must depre's q lihe' \
yes" replied one Of his auditors, start Spain On
he gun-Jeck;" and under bis aayi"e hi- euei bin-
meni became ,necege. Exchanging sho's Win 'he
enemy has grown es monotoDous az q MeNcan TeVo-
lu,i, \. n TIE Nar1room we hear o ieIor hom
one Of bis batteries, and an officer from iro deck
walks IN remarking There was another" where
did !. striker" some one asks cars'cssly. - be-
tween us and tho Mound City, "Jpst over Us, in
The woods" and The idlsrs rceume their reatins'
writing, or checker.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
o. Sunday morning, the men appear in clean blue
Shire and dy clothing throughout, and ,le od.cers
in fun uniform, with all their bravery OF gold CHI
cpd brs 30 bn.tuns for weekly muster. AZ 10, they
assemble EFT or the gnn-lcck, for religious service.
never saw a more attentive and serions ccDTega'
lion Than the 30 men who stood bats in hend, IN
balf-circle, around the Fag.OHlcer, This mornHg
Joining lin in the comprehensive petition for oil
who gre afflicted "n mind, body, or estate and the
acknowledgement ave have done the things which
which We ought to have done" Commodore Footo,
laying aside his cruchss, supported himself upon
carstan over which The national ensign vas thrown,
and hid his prsycr-book upon IT, visible among he
men were the wuzzes OF the black guns, which peer
out Of their ports and hs Of grape and canister,
resdy for use while once or twice the boat wae
shaken by tie discharge Of mortar, ard the woods
resounded with It's lOug-roling echoes. lie made The
service very brief, for he believes, with Dr. Em-
Mons that there are few conversions after the first
halfhour," and with q sinple Ineligible addrets on
Christian life sDd dirty, il was concluded, and the
men " piped down TO di.pene
AQUATIC CAIIo.
CAiAo. Monday, March 81, 1862.
Cairo continues largely under water. i rihe OF
two seet more will be likely to submerge the eVee
itself and bring le-pIesofyers into requisitioni FOR
Cairo, IL medium sage Of Nster, il lower than the
Ohio and Mississippi, and only saved from overflow
by q levee or embaBbment, which incloses il on al
sides. Even now, though the steam pump used TO
throw toe water back into he Ohio is kept cop-
slantly at work day and night, many Of the back
streets are submerged. Attempt 10 go from the
hotel to tho post.5dics, and you find the plank side
walk foT whole sqUare ehoat Oh three feet Of
!
slurian monsters, moving slowly along Tie surfacei
on closer inepector they prove TO be yoke OF oxeu
and cart, GUIDED By AL adventurous negro. Oua
Ambitious native, with his wife and three tow'hesdsd
clldren dispolis himself in q skf upon ths extern
ported Dead Sea, in sigbt Of ny window, every
afternoon. Wheeler he dreams himself Venetian
goudoiier or anticipates another great delnge ard Is
adopting precautionary measures, ON at loss 10
determine. Some psofane pl6ndeTer declared that
Gabie would never sound his final cgll in Cairo,
because the natives would steal hF trumpet "tefofc
he could give a single toot." think thos Is a lab
rication, but naval o.l,er assuNs ne upon his
honor that heavy slip suchor and chain Jeff upon
the evee, have actually been stolen. do not tbiak
i. was appropriated for tase purpcee5 Of mere eain
Int infer ,ba; tie ,pkeg ov ned .a, estate bers aud
wanted 10 lnchor q before Il should be trinseaed 10
Memphis or New-0rleans.
EFFECT UPON HEALTH.
The swollen riveis bear upon their current great
amount Of deromposng animal natter which, in its
pur,aive effect, II producing great inconvenience
among the uaaeclinalod Soldiers and eyiars
Frustrated by darrles are constantly arriving from
New-Madrid, Island No. TO- and Gen. Grants Ex.
peditioni and we hear that nearly 1000 OF ,oi-
ciers up TIE Tennsssee are sufering hom tie same
disesge. lie form tbGs far is generally mild.
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR.
/ Mr. Tbonas 4 Scott IL egsin here, after brief
visit 10 Washington. lie seems TO hunger after
" tile h,s4.Pots Of Egypt" Judging from his early
return aud trust be iiDds something more paatellc
IN them than my other stranger has ever been able
10 di,covef. Yesterday be went down 10 No. TO-
and spent few Lours With Com. Ftoe. 1t 10 under
5000 .i he DESIGNS 10 remain for time, the
representative Of Mr. Stanton, gyisg his personal
ateu,iOn to the conduct OF The war in toe Mississippi
Valley.
THE TENNESSEE RIVER EXPEDITION.
Regiments from S.. Louis arrive daily end pas.
up 70 the Tennessee River where, you have already
learned, We have large army concentrating near
Savannah end Pittsburgh. Our lines are within 20
miles Of those Of tie enemy, at Corilth, Miss The
Rebcis are there in srotg force, under Boauega;d,
Pok, Chcath4m, and oilers Of their beet generate.
We shall have Gems. Grant, G. 4. Smith, Lew.
Wallace, Bnell, Piendsa, Rad Surges, and il s
mifeG that Gen. Haeck will take tie field in person
That is toe road itat leads to Memphis; it Is only
! 10 miles across the country, from Savannah TO $40
metropolis Of West Tenneseeo. Present indications
are that tie great taite OF tho Wet if not OF the
war, will Le fought near Coiintb, bliss Tie enemy
confonts us with bis best soldiers and bis ubest gem
eralsbipi but our banner 10 bono BY The men who
made Lexington immortal, BY tLose who etorned the
| higAls Of Donelson without firing guu, and those
who have achieved victory on every battlefield UPON
! the soil Of kentucky.
! 49,
FROM THE TENNESSEE RIVER.
| The Cairo correspondent Of Ihe 81. LOnis Re-
pubicaa, who recently lett our forces near leland
No. 10, to make tiip mp TO Savannah md FIG
burg, on tie Tennessee, writes az follows Of the