, 1864-04-27
FROM CAIRO.
Gen. Nray1nnn--TEsat He Ems Done.
And il Try1n. 10 EJu-

Especial Correspondence Chicago Trlbunc.1
CAEo, April ~, 1854.
Tour paper Of The 21st, contains brief
editorial paragraph which docs injustice to
the character and acts Of Gen. BraTman, the
present commander OF the llstrlcs of Cairo.
including IS 1t does, Paducah Columbus and
1sland No. Ten. &c. In alluding to rumor
that Gen. Prince WAS to take command Of
this district, it is stated that something
should be done to change 1natters for the
better in the vicinity" 1t was brief illu-
sion to the matter, but carried with it, an
idea that was not deserved BY General Bray
man.
h. In the first place, the stigma attached to
Fort Pillow must not be put upon the shoal--
dcrs of Gen Brayman. His district extends
no further South tlau New Madrid and Island
No. 10, while Fort Pillow is only ninety miles
this side of Memphis. And even had General
Brasman command there, then he conld not
be held accountable for ahe affair, Us he has
not had troops enough within the time he has
been In command to protect PROPERLY his im-
mediate vicinity. twas only bE the keeness.
kind of strategy and the hardest sort Of labor
that enough We're sent to keep Paducah from
capture Had the rebels been successful
lHNIC% LIE ulEfAE1G "UEAu uA$E NHAuSGA ~"
catsons. Furt Pillow would only hare been
threatened and the actual attacks would have
been made at Paduca}l. Aided By Col. Hicks,
Who fonsht noblY until reinforced, Genera!
Braymnn IVES successful in rcpulsing Forest
ut P.ducah. At Columbus be tAoagnt 1t not
| best to attack. HE'D be done 60 he must also
| hare been beaten there, for troops were all
the time shifting bel ween here and that point,
| and gu11loals were in readiness to aid aud as
eist. Ill Of this did the commander Of this
district do with ut one time not exceeding
a,2o0 men, Part Of them colorcd. But he has
| more NOW.
There Is another reason VIII! Gen Brayman
should he sustained here. When Gen. Reid
| was here he WAS constantly iulporsuned by
residents Of Southwest Kentucky to go into
so1ne measures 70. ar1sing eompauies Sf of
be easily raised The General wor!d do
| nothing Of 1lc kind tor fear Of huriin. his
| interests with the knogu disloy4l portion Of
+! that State So the committees which camc
| to hin, went homo without gaining the object
| Of their desires. Since Gen. BraynaH has
had command lie has also received several uf
the same ccmmittees. lie has not turoed a
| dcaf eur TO their ent-eaties that they he IL
| lowed to help themselves. Brayman has re-
Gently ordered Col. Lawrence and Cot Hicks
| the luttcr at Iaducah, the totmer Mt Colun:-
bue, Ky.-to detail men to 50 into the tnts-
riot and organize military companies, giving
the Home Guards thc greatest liberty as TO
the injury they may intlict upon gur:il}43 a;'d
horse thieves NTH which tue country has
more than once swarmcl since Forrest gave
them such powerful countenaDce By his
bloody presence. The General having no
arms for these Home Guards, Hc has author.
izcd them TO purchase for themselves, aad
they are to levy tax upon known rebels and
! rebel s}mrath{zers to pay for the same. In
this manner, IT, Ec is allowed to carry cut bis
p1ane, General Draymau will be able, within
short time, to clean the vicinity Of que
rillaF.
Il is now the boast of tue rebels in Andcr-
eon's district that no Union man vii!
dare chow his head at the polls when the
elect ion shall como of They boldly threat
en- that should one be found sufficiently rash
to do so, he will be taken home corpse
This state Of things is gradually but surely
being remedicG. Already hare several ar
rests Of Eueriltas been made, and the parties
brought to Columbus for imprisonment.
Already have one or two guerill1s been shot
by the newly organized home rangers OF
Western Kentucky: I anu satisfied, II the
organization can be kept going, that when
larpe Union majority pol1ed in Andersog's
district, us well ms in other portions Of the
State. Should the plan be blocked, nothing
can be expected but the reign Of disaoyalty.
the triumph Of rebellion, the punishment
ard death or banishment OF any truly uniou
man in the same localities. :.
That matters haye been dreadfu!ly mis-
managed in this military Department hayS
already written you. You are also wei
nostel rs to the author Of the mssm mage
mcpt. The change in corps commander:
will probably produce change for tue bet
ter. I. Il. ".