, 1877-01-02

srst ne9tmsn. 1,, At M..teon; Eest, .nothsr
eat Of lie Thirteen, 70 which vein odd Fosters
GAllatin County Cavalry, Orlando Russcll's
m.n: Ms's Sf9sss SS%eesY % ioa etty
we'll for Egypt and Logan still not heard from.
10 May, June, and July, the Twenty-tl!r,l,
Trent{.ltth Th!fty.fouttn, Tht5tyai1th, TIT
third, Thirty.flftl, Thlrty-serenth, Forsieth,
Fort second, Forthwith, and ifty-sccond Reg.
mss Tsss mgfssd Y s % Fa s 4Pom Ea,o o
under Stephen U. 1!icks, July &,.and Logan
4 Washington voting With Den Wo9d, yatian.
dichan, and Sam Cox tor submission. Besides tho
sna Ss III ss e. a ss
ment Of Southern Illinois men bad been crowded
out, but wonld not be kept out, and went over
and into loyal Missouri orRanizations. ,
North contributed IN ail Of tho kebeillon went
South in the same spring from about sfasIon Will
tamson County. twas NJ Logan'e home. They
among them hla wIfc's only brother, hilbert
Cunningham, subsequently Captain of tho cosu-
pany. Further on, after 1cn.. Logan hal won
bis stars In the Union army, he hal influence
enUugh To induce tho young man 10 return
North, although be had become IN officer In tho
Confederate service. II seems, however, that
lie did not have influence enough 10 keep him At
os u IT, +,s Losaa n'Ss fssufssa from Washington
about Aug. s, 1907, over 1000 soldiers were nj
ready in the field from Egypt On tho 10th lie en-
listed as Colonel Of the TnIrty.nrst, but did not
gctit ready for muster the 6th q September.
n the meantime ". X Morrison {Forty-uinthb
Haynes (fostv.elghth), Rearslon tTwenty y-ntnth),
aud Fouke tTh!rttethl alt Democrats Of the
ftnctest sect, and at least three Of them Logans
peers In Influence. were authorized to raise
regiments in Eouthern Illinois, and did, two OF
which were mustered ia before Logan'A.
McClcrnand, although like Logan, an eleventh
Logan for raising trooph IN that sectiop. llc
had lived long at Shawneetovn, and had repre-
sentcd the district IN Congress several terms BE-
fore he moved to Jacksonville. He WIS widely
sx saas aG" Z s soss saa Of xss H.
ninth, ThIftetl, and Thirty.iIrst Regiments were
tlle result, and they were iatscd and known a.
at Belmont one of the drst battles fought in the
Southwcst.
From al OK which submit that Gen. Logan
Is entitled 10 no special credit for hts course In
| tho carly days OF the Rebellion. He followed
MS constituents, many Of them after nearly fire
treary months, into the Union Army, wli!o
ihose who wsre ncarc,t TO him went into the
.an Aee Il a lsbe St bne s III sk rs Tie
shoulder nj nonelson wcaned him from sucl
company as Ben Wood md vallaut1!ghaln, and
convinced hiu' that Douglas was right. ''The
sIccl.cst way to peace was by the most stupcnd-
GUS prcparatIous for var" hare nothing but
pratsc for his military career. It is by far the
l'rtgtcet page III h!s history. As to Ills civil
rerurl before the War silence Is mercy. lie lla.,
ncl7i to be gallant soldier with suclt record
behind him. And utter all he was no better
soldier than Ferry, 10 uawley, Palmer,
sclurz,, 0r osteraus,, all OF whom were
from civil life. Since tho close of tho War,
except few months a. a sharp claim
MID cotton agent about Washington, he has been
constantly In Congress. II be has at any time
brought forward u wise or sound measure OF
statcamaushtp bis friends will do well to recall
4, ll.stcul OF talking wildly aud rccklcksly ubout
hls converting Southern Illinois froln dIsloyalty.
lie votrd for the sn|ary.Erah aud took II, and.
what Is more, he Kept It.. lie put lu two mortal
weeks on finance and graspcd tho whole
subject. but he studied very liaEll. lie
was for The aG:bahy yesterday, and
! IL SAIL to lie LOT lAru.fnQtcy aud h(Iycf