The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-06-14

TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT The PEOPLE
IN ARMS REPORTED BLoopsHED About.
half past two O'Clock yesterday morning two
men reached Cairo in a skif. and announced
that an American camp on Cache river six
miles from Cairo, had been attacked by sever.
al hundred Irish, and two Americans killed.
The rews spread like wild FIRE, and BY sun
rise the whole country was in the highest
state of excitement. Messengers were DIS
patched from Cairo into Kentucky to solicit
the aid of arms and men, while in Cairo the
old and young took knives and guns, and
stood painting for the command to wasch.-
In Kentucky the sober christian farmer &C.
tually forsook his plow ard hoe, and buckling
on his powder horn, took down his rife, and
hurried to the mouth Of Cache where the
troops were to meet. Atten O'Clock one hum
dred and forty men armed with riAes, shot
uns. swords, scythes, knives and slung shot t.
had assembled at Cache river ready to pros
coed to the field of blood. While there the
woods fairly shook with tho LOUD huzzas of
approaching reinforcements, and while a
shout, in answer. was ringing, eighty men,
collected from the surrounding hills, came in
view and soon joined them. There was a
sight then that made me, at last feel that ev-
cry drop of blood within me was American.
Two hundred and twenty men, collected for
the avowed purpose of punislling tho foreign
horde that cared to shed American blood on
/ American soil Every man felt himself a
mighty host--blood-th determined
conquerable.
Will the reader believe it! question it
much, but il they will take the eviden CO. oil
all the people of this region of country they
will believe that this great excitement was
occasioned by two mischievous boys enter.
ing an unoccupied hut in the vicinity of the
aforesaid American camp. striking the walls
with clubs and crying murder! Such as.
sure you is the unvarnished fact.
The camp had been threatened by the
Irish, and while the few Americans there
were waiting almost in expectation of an at.
tack, the cry of murder, horrible at any time
but most horrible in the hour OF midnight
fell upon their ears. Thinking they could
render th"ir dying companions no assistance
they fed into the woods and wading through
swamPs, and thickets the balance of the
night, by daylight they had the country
aroused to the pitch have imperfsctly de-
scribed in the onset
The troops separated at the mouth Of Ca.
che, somewhat chsgrined at their dissppoint-
ment--as perhaps every one, had made up his
mind to prove himself hero in the engage.
mentwhich then seemed Inevitable.
OF might give you some laughabls Incl.
dents connected with our recent excitement
but prudent care for my carcass will proba.
bly, prevent. | will say however that one lit
tie wife blinded herselfwith tears % her hus'
band left her to 60 to mar! And some littl.
wives more patriotic, plead hard for the privi.
lege to join their husbands in their expedition
so that when the smoke of battle had 90 died
away as to reveal the dead and dying. they
, like ministering angels. could perform the
p IT women are 80 well calculated to perform
1t. 6. weep over the dead and relivs By her
soothing presence the dying. But they
didn't 90