, 1861-06-12
FROM CAIRO.


% CAAr DEFIANCE. cA1Ro, Jnae 10, 1851.
The ncnrcceipt by the train this morning
q Any Chicago papers, Was the cause Of con
elae1able excitement for brief period, espec-
&uy as word was brought BY. one Of the EN-
p1oyete of the road that the sending OF the
papers Of Sundays issue had been interdict ID
b the government authorities of your city,
The ahsu1aity Of the story did NOT at first
strike those who were very anxious to get the
news after thirty-six hours, fast, caused by an
Intervening Sabbath, and speculation WAS rife
as to the cause oEthis unusual caution On the
part Of Uncle san's hired men. But dispatch
IRON Chicago, in reply to one sent for in1ot-
NATION, put down the excitement In the
twinkline Of clam.shell. The papers run
short, aud mono could be obtained for money
the fc,ce Of lore was not applied. II your
iety with which the boys here look for The
daily adrent Of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, I am
quite Eurc 1t would never miss, except from
causes orer which printing machinery has no
Tte Iouisrille Ry) Courier Of Frtday last
contains en- article Of despica5le Character,
State on tof the Union, because, az 1t says, the
neutral sovereignty Of Kentucky has bten In.
Tuded by The Government troops at this Sta
ticn, by order Of Gen. Fre1tss The main
pofnts in regard to this !" "invaaion" I have
already sent you; but In order to make the
cd from headquarters the following points:
Some time during the carly part Of list week,
= band Of armed rebels, mostly from Colum.
bus, city filed entirely with rebels, estab.
nshed themselves at :Ellfcottz Mills, some
ten miles below this, and set up in the busI-
Ing refugees who were nying from Tie South
to the lind Of eafety. They also eerYci the
Union men In that vicinity in much the same
Eay. a day or two after their establishment
in camp, q petition, signed by twenty-five
citizens Of that vicinity, was received by Gen.
to drive off the rascals. Gen. Prentiss at first
hesitated to comply with the request Of the
Petitioners, hoping the State authorities OF
Kentucky would give the matter their imme.
d:ate attention. This they either. refused or
neglccted.to do; and finally committee came
from ktntucky- and begged Gen. Prentiss
would either send force of supply The Union
men with arDs, in order that they might pro
tect themselves. Gen. Prentiss concluded to
take the 1oImtr course, and sent two com.
panies 10 EEicot's Mills on Thursday ntrht
Of last week. :. The rebels, apprehendIng
darger at Aand, had disappeared soma two
hours before The troops reached there. Our
men were received BY the, Kentnckians with
maDy mi, a. demonstrattons nc, Of jo{-a handsome
sies offered them. Since this event number
Of Union families have been forced from
kentucky soil by the miscreants. These facts
are all we'll Known to Gov. Magofiiu, and to
tie editor Of the Courier, and yet they hope
hysppea1 to the bad passions of men to carry
Kentucky cut Of the Union, because her
Neutrality has been invaded BY Federal au-
thority." They will probably both be doomed
70 disappointment, "a they have been many 4
time end oft.
Information renctes here from undoubtcd
sources, that large amounts OF provisions arc
shipped across the river into Kentucky ut
maDy points above us, all cf which are In.
tended fer tie Confederate army. Itseems to
me, 1t would be an act Of wisdom on The part
oil our State authorities, ii they should, in.
stead Of placing our State forces In camp at
Dfcatur, place Them at differ mt points on the
Ohio river, between this camp and the Indiana
State line. It this were done, itwould be tho
means OF cutting off an Immense quantity Of
ccnt1atand articles which are now daily pass-
ing from our State into Kentucky, intended
for tho rebel army. Indiana has also work
10 Go Of this char3cter, which It's to be hoped
will not much longer be delayed
The force which WRs sent mp to Mound City
yesterday, are intended to remain in that po.
sitton, at least for the present. The baud of
rebels who we're driven from Eilicott's Mills,
ard WHO threatened to burn Mound City, have
net ventured upon that undertaking. It may
be regarded as extra hazardous, and that class
Of risks, experience proves the rebels have no
affection Tor.