Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-05-10
From Cairo and the western Rivers

From Cairo and tine Western Rivers.
CAIRo, May Alt is rnmored that the Mis-
sourians are about planting battery Of heavy
ordnance on The Mississippi river, opposite this
point.
Gen. Pillow has been appointed hy Cover
nor Harris, of Tennessee, to supervise the erec-
ton of batteries, AID arrange other means of
defence along the Mississippi river, at aad above
Memphis. A point just above Memphis; Ranr
dolph, go miles above and Columbus, Ky, il
II be allowed TO bo occupied, will be defended
by batteries under Gen. Pillows direction.
From St. Louis to Cairo there is over TWEEN
ty feet depth Of water, and Cairo is much in-
convenieHced by water oozing through the le-
vee Threats are made By Secossiouists to cut
the leyee, and overthrow the place. Such an
act would cause an immense loss OF property
and great loss of life.
Every boat landing at Cairo from Memphis,
has great numbers of passengers every boat,
three hundred to four hundred The following
from the Memphis Bulletin explains the reaa
son:
"The Glendale, which left hero Wednesday
evening, arrived at CAIRO last night about s
o'clock, with no less than tWo hundred aboli-
taonasts from this city en- board, acho havs taU
ed here for gears, and sent away evef5 dollar
they made
awe were informed, that all tie way up 20
Hickman, they kept very silent, but as socn
as the boat came in sight of Illinois, ttey com
nenced rejoicing that they coutd then breathe
freer and easier. They heaped curses On Mem
phis, and wished it sunk"
Boats from New Orleans to St. Louis have
raised the price of deck passage to S25-for
mer cabin fare. The purpose is to prevent
men from escaping North, and to force them
into tho secession army.
The General Assembly of Tennessee has
just passed the following resolution, which
means something:
Resolved, BY the Geneeal Assembly of the
State of Tennessee, That, 10 Fiew of the past
two years, and the probable extraordinary de-
mand for cereals and forage, to supply the ab-
solute wants OF our State and of the ontire
South, that the agricnlturists of the State be,
and they are hereby requested to aRFsGe the
breadth of arabic land ia the State to the cul-
tare of grain aud grass.
At last accounts the river was three miles
vide at ST. Paul, while the Minnesota was new
er so high in the memory of the Oldest iuhab-
liant. At Chaska three thousand cords of
wood had doated away, and the town was en-
tirely under water.
Considerable numbers of troops are eongre-
eating at Memphis, and their purpose is, they
say, when stroug enough to attack. The Ten
uOssae and Cumberland rivers, which run
through the heart of Tennessee, and through
Western Kentucky, emptying iuto the Ohio If
ty and sixty miles above Cairo, can float out
heavy fotilla for aiding the attack iron The
East
CAIRO, Ill., May Ali o'clock, p NJ
Gen. Pillow, Gen. Ely, and three other prom
inent oficers Of the Confederate Army, With
large number of the Mississippi, Arkansas
and Tennessee troops, are a. Memphis.
B Heavy guns are arriving there dajlSs Coll
Prentiss, the commanding officer at this point,
has just received the following dispatch from
three prouineu, citizens of Ciocinaiti
'SGen Pillow has several steamers ready al
Memphis He meditates au immediate attack
90 Cairo"
To which Col Prentiss replied
"Let him come. He viii learn to dig
ditch en- the right side am ready"
Passengers from below continue 10 report
tde assembling Of bodies of men. Il is said
they lack arms.
The UuIon feeling is gaining ground 10
Western Kentucky. where disIoyalty has been
the most marked.