New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-07
MUTEEY OF TEE ONE KINDRED
AND NETTXz IhEIYG7s BECzT.ENT.
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From Our Special Correspondent

From Our Special Correspondent.
CAIRO, Feb. Is, 1862.
The IC9ih Illinois Regiment, having refused to
fight on account OF tie Emancipation Proelamaticn,
Gas been placed under arrest, and is held subject to
trial by Cout.Mar;ial. AZ tbis s the ouly regiment
or part OF a regiment which has mutin;ed, history
Of Il US citizens before they volunteered will throw
light on tie sulject and ALEC hay bare to the world
the real position in which the Northern sympa,Eizers
with tho Rebellion have placed Themselves. Il Is
proper TO say that, instead of getting the facts from
Others. have them from my own personal krowi-
edge, since am personally acquainted with many
OF tho men and oGicersin fact they are my neigh
bora.
Union County, Illinois, lies on the Mississippi.
Jonesboro, the county seat, ID 81 miles from Caro;
Anna is one mile distant on tie railroad. Each
town contains about 900 Inhabitants The western
part Of tie county, 20 mi'es long and five miles
wide, Is bottom land subject to overflow, yet has
large good farms; the Ios Of the county 10 broken,
In sctne places very billy. 1t contains about 1900
Inhabitants, the frms pasiably well cultivated, fruit
grove we'll, and no better wheat is raised IN the
wohd. few farmers here are worth from =, 100
10 s. 000--tne msjot.ly from $500 10 $1,000.
The county is mostly set,led by North Caroinians.
Generally they are ldusrioue, religious, aud peace
able. They are plain and fIieadlyi great or small
crimes are uncommon, and they lead qaie, lives.
Doors are seldom locked by night.
The people come hither with lttle learning. The
few who eau read 10 so with difficulty; their child
reu have advanced zone, but not much. !; was 10
this county that tbe ll9th Regiment wac raised.
Tbofe who could read snd write were elected Ss o.
dcors. One company in tits regiment was raised IN
Pulaski County. II has not matiniec.
To people Of UUion County have always been
Democratic. Tie business men, living u tie county
seat have decided who were TO hold oi.c.s, aud rs
they dires,ed, tho people have voted in sod body
John Locnn used always to have IN almost ulanl'
nous vote. Tie people 60 10 JonesboFo to get the
news and to 20 informed Of political nl.irs, ana as
they nrs told, 80 thoy believe. The land IN the
Mississippi bottom is owned nor,ly b. tie buciness
men in JJnesbo,o, and they Ient /, a. ccIan NUM-
Ter OF bushels OF corn 10 tie acre, auG their influence
over the people from this fact is immense. There Ii
nothing Ike it IN my other part oi the Northern
States. 1t is equal 10 the power held by the cergJ
in Catholic countries. Tie Joastso Ga-e'ts,
wel-conductcd weekly pager is V1weress 70 with
ssud tits power. Two Moderate PAPERS We're
started few years ago, but thoy could not I've.
Ever since the Slavery agitation mmenced these
business men have been arnyed on the side OF tie
South, md d Republican, even Douglas Demos
cr.t, Or any one VINO Gid Lot lecye Slavery TO le 4
l. bic doctrine, was counled inllWoaa. Among the
most Influential Of these business men arc some from
Vermont aud other Esw-Eng'dnd States Yam
kee hue the ability 30 become the best or the mcaG-
&c, Of mankind.
There are about geo Republicans in to county
who are "truo blue" Some IRE Northern iner tie
most Of them ase natives Of tie South, who owp
llud ard can read. The abu tbey have received
Grd tie outsg.s they have suffered arc great.
Some day it Will he more proper 70 relate them all.
1t H. be said tia; il 10 not D.ea OF standiug AID
iroperty ,ylo have prosecuted Union meni 10 has
been done by young or irresponsible MGR. Bat the
property men have raised 10 voice Of protest.
The order Of tie Golden Circle was organized
more than year AGO, and resistance 70 the Govern
meut WIS proposed. Blu, the proapec: did not seem
encouraging. Last Fail, when drift wss proposei,
tnaso was great alarm, FOX the county Lad aoni but
very few volunteers. They did not think 1t enfe to
ress, drait-they would volunteer, ge.tae bounty,
d.
beet. Du, they wonIinever rgit to f.eo the blacks.
All ut once thl 20 was Il concerted move.
a. many rs 800 .aon came into Jopesboro' in
one day on horseback, and In IA few hours tho
Whole Of she l09,A Regiment, eSeep: Go. K, oas
raised. TIE Colonel aud Lis s,af officers all
belonged to tho town--tho captains werc Influential
iarmers in various parts OF the county. II fcme
settlements every Insn volunteered.
More than u month fass.d before tic regiment
was organized. The officers 70 nd great difficulty
in getting TIER commissions. To hclg rua ,eFt, they
called themselves the Philips lnvincbles, after
d. /. Phillips, United States Marshal, formerly
resident of Anna, man whom they hated. THIS
succeeded Mr.. Philips came down and presented
them with Il fine Aag.
For q month previous to ills the men had been