The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-14
THE MISSOURI REBELS.

correspondence vi tue tInClnnAtl Gazette.
49, CAMP fulAscE, CAIRO, july TO- 1861.
Night stack on Birds loftt-fnRa16- otnta-A
@uttoct dkota, dc, &c,
laet night san evVhtiul ono Mtairo About eleven
O'Clock rapid uNsii; ge Of muekctry al Eiris Pos,'
warned the soldiers this side OF the river that
thing was up" and instantly tho drums bss ~, s some
ro,i' TOR rally. 'he "fons
In marvv--s--ry short space a time every man in
camo was MP with cartridge 'e ar a',ry s %s IN
hand Regiments were y" med in marrh,nr column. the
mn resting oh INV" in mementary expectation Of
Delhs oroo.e"" ~ the river
Nothing lore being heard OF the alarm however, and
no me epgcr coming over, the dismissed, after
~.ne hall hours anxious waiting
This morning II turns out that the picket guard OF the
Eleventh regiment fred upon by party OF mounted
cbcis The gard returned the fire with double interest,"
and the maraudcis fed No trace Of them can DC found
to-day, mount party having secured the wood IN eve
direction The fellows are organized undoubtedly for
tho purpose Of harasslng and assassinatng picket
guard They have courage for no Drawer work scouts
have tracked them for week past but their game Is
to lie in ambsh and assassnatc rather than openly
especial accommodated = Il his coSwarrdy eus,
shortly after the excitement u this alarm rad subsidized
and everybody IN quarters there swept over the camp
and town most terrible tornado was asleep nj the ne
and got first warning of its coming from promiscuous
eommo,ion generally. The women Of the hotel made
hurried and unccrcmonOus break FOR the lower
oors screaming at every step that The "honse was fall
ing Such hubbub as for short time roghed the
halls W The 81. Charles was funny enough 10 laugh at
when over, but somewhat streaky at the time.
ten mies below VS. The scouts are said TO have disco
vcfed late last night but yet nothing Is Known 70
its character intentions (Iakc this last with mere
| than the usual grams Of allowance.)
II is aSccrtaincd that the steaMcr DNcOtah, which
passed here last week from ST. LOUIS, bound up the Ohio
and was stored with provisions stopped ut point
the Illinois shore nearly opyCsAte PaGcah and dacirged
her CARGO the clerk Of the boat going into the latter
place collecting the freight bs and the cargo was
afterwards carried 10 Paducah ferry boat The facts
az narrated have pretty well authenticated To Gen
Frcntiss, and should the bac0,ah this way again she
l.Ia for .leubt Al.t
more than one time, down this way by the same boat
| Correspondence Of thc Cincinnati, Gazette
CAM DEFIANCE, CAIRO, July IL, 1861
The Biy,is Po Asssslas Wmae-Stase I,ssasaeeaioa ia
| MissiHtT1i.
Union men from Rush Ridge, Missouri, eight miles be.
low here, at headquarters to- with the report
that the skrmish at Bras Point on Monday night
| serious affair for the attacking PARTY
They say that three rebels moraliy wounded ut
the FIRST Afe of The guard and another very taueh ia
Jured Tho three badly wounded have since died.
The crippled "bd belonged Point Pleasant where he
was taken yesterday.
lhc assasslaa,lpg organization 10 which these fellows
belonged wi, very likely hereafter be cautious
their manner VI attack Cold lead, IN the shape of
ounce nusket bali, is, perhaps more than they anci
Iaed when laying their plans
Direct niOr lion has been received from Bloomfield
Mo, Of the passage OF two three hundred Cape trar
dcau county rebels, under General Watkins through that
place, bound for point twenty Aye miles bclow
Point Pleasant where the rebels said ~ be gathering
iii force.
air Warren Beckwh direct fron Washington county ,
Texas by way Of the Mississippi Central Railroad reports
rising ~ the slaves in ia2oo county, Mississippi He
says that ten negroes were hung, and large number
under arrest
Some Dulchman had been detected distributing poison
to the Slaves and an intense excitement Was The conso'
Qucncc
The cheney is reported hard aground on tho Grana
Chain, ly miles up the Ohio She has making day
trips to Paducah Tor week past