, 1862-05-15
FROM GEN. HALLECK'S ARhAY.
GOV, YATES VISITS TIE ILLIhOIS
CAMPS.
The Trip Of the Hospital Steamer
Champion.
Especial Correspondence OF the Trihunc.1

tAhf oa1loA, may ., 1os*.
The seventh Of May was not only q pleasant
but profitable day to the Illinois regiments
i'll some Of the divisions of the army near Cor
nth, Mississippi.
Gov. Yates, Tith number Of surgeons and
nurses, besides his staff Of ssate officers, in part,
arrived at Pittsburgh On the 9Th, and on the
following day, leaving his Aid, Col Moses and
Major Alt.n in command of the boat, the Gov
elnoT, in company with several others, rode
out under escort. to the headquarters Of Ma
lor General McCle1naad. ..
alter pleasans, eoof nlght, III enc OF Lie
"pecul:ar Institutions" (log cabins) Of the
South, the party set ont for the front. On the
Wv tl,er missed l,x Can. O,,1eahv,a he,don,r.
"t' '@e' F'oss0 - oo"' o5S ns1oa0@
,els "'lu epen' Hs''4 III noul' Ao3 oHe "Ao
knows Dick Oglesby, will know that he has
not lost the mar, in the General.
half borr h.r;no M ead rar~ n,a,sa,+1z
We RODE on to"aru lhe quarters OF 6en. Hurl-
but. The roads had become pretty good,
and learning that this division was abort to
49, .,ns.,,-os,, 1.,s -.
mo'e' us pafts Aanheo aullous on h1s
left, and, having passed beyond his lines, en-
tered The woods in the direction of his drums.
r-,,;o1, 77,,, 1,ootinrr ,;,7o1r -, H,1e :.
"n1~s .i's4' 0'ep' A4A1' >n
hours brave horsemansh1p. brought us out ex-
actly in front Of. Gen. Hurlbut's line Of march.
1,1,;s rbo,e d;ris;on r,s met nv tho ,,,o.,o f,r
n.s tavs-s ra...,, '1'' ~ sn0 1'-''' A't
"ofu o"nu eo'lntn" .--..
The Third Iowa regiment was In 'front.' Be-
ing informed Of the presence OF Gov, Yates,
+ba f,o1,na1 bo1to5 b;s r,oa o,,a ,o11a5 f, +tr,s
sue ooAo'e1 Ae1'No -4s Ans al" e'iaeu w M 'nteo
cheers lot Lne hooie governor OIL lIlu0ls; ;
they rose with . will, and made the for
oct of Tanneesaa ri,o az thar norar had hafnra
%. " .ns 90 '"7s ne'eA a''1 oelol0
an 1HFltaslon 1rom Inc officer, GOV. Yates
o1,aorin,r 7naa,ar rr,,a ca1o,o1 49,. ..4..-.,.s
S01es n1oAAe4. @ne so1onc4 enen 1etufneo
the compliment IN no less handsome aud no.
BILE style, alluding to the fact that when lows
vas out Of clothing for her brave sons last
"ln1eF. she vas pountlfuny supplied BY llla-
nois Nothing could have been planned more
| opportuneiy, nor executed more happily than
thls 1otIuttons meetlhg.
lne alFlslon pe1pg on tue move, the regi-
meuts we're all drawn up in line, and passing
down the same road AS the Governor and
| suite reached the several regiments of Illinois
troops he was called upon to address them.
| This continued till noon, when he had ad-
! dressed some nine or ten Illinois regi.
| the Governor with the most Eociterous ap-
| p1auee. The speeches were short, and the
circumstances elicited from our patrio1ic and
able Governor the most happy efforts Of his
oratory. II WAS the purcst eloqueuce because
it came from the deep 1ecesses OF his noble
! heart.
Having passed this division and visited some
! other regiments in Gen. Davies column, Gen.
| McClernard's quarters were the next point
| reached. There all was in the fullest bloom Of
military parade. A e1a1d reyieR Of the WnoIe
con1mand Of the eallant and victorious NcCler.
nasd had been ordered, in order that the Gov
| ernor might see how Te3l tbe sons of II,;nnis
could move in order Of battle. Ana most
thoroughly did they nroye that thrY are ,,aen
whether on the field Of harvest or of hatue.
After all had passed in review. ahout fva
thousand infantry, i've hundred cavalry and
twentr-sfx pieces of artillery, they were drawn
up by regiments into solid square. General
McClefnand introduced the Governor, who
again spoke to the army before him, telling