Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-23
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CAIRO May lS.-There is a calm here, and every
thing is quiet. Whether it is not the calm before
the Storm" many would have US believe, / can
not pretend to say but do not believe that it is.
Being merely "a locker on here in Vienna, outside
of all parties and all factions, only a newspaper
correspondent, take cool and impartial (aS far
may be) view of affairs, and must confess that m
ideas not such are entertain ed by those in
authority have verTgood reasons for believing that
no parties in the South. Of any size or consequence
have hal. or now have any idea of attacking this
point. The only enemies the troops here have TO
fear are the diseases Of the climate and the mus
qutoes. The former ara certainly to be feared;
the latter have not yet made their appearance.
Considerable gunpOwder is wasted in firing blank
and ball cartridges across the bows of boats
and it was even carried so far to fire at
Tor towards) the Lucy Mcdonnell, q ferry
boat which plies Occa sionally between Island
10. l and Cairo The blockade IS strictly en-
forced but the officers to be in great doubt to
how far their instructions compel them to 60 Thu
freight for Columbus and Hickman, taken from the
Ii. Dickey, has been given up. and a fistboat load
ed with hay. from Indlania which was detained
here Thursday night, was permitted TO pass yester
day. The Denmark with a large lot of provisions
for Paducah Louisville and other points was not
interfered with. Two fatboats loaded with provis
ions evidently went down yesterday without be
ing interrupted.
The people of Southern Illinois are as a matter
of course, as they always have been. entirely for
| say that majority of them do not believe in the
necessity or propriety of the war in which the
Government is now engaged and are not of the
opinion that any amount OF fighting will save the
Union, thinking that States which must be loiippsd
into the Union are better out of it (for a while)
than in In the time of the French revolution there
were many terrible crimes perpetrated in the name
of Liberty" and now it occurs to US that there
may possibly be wrongs committed in the name Of
Union" Perhaps this may be regarded by some
) Il
Illinois have always had, and still claim the pri
v1ege of expressing their minds freely upon every
subject, and it is probable that they will continue
to do so.
CAIRO, May 2O.-The Falls City arrived from ST.
Louis Saturday murnng. She was, Of course
searched here, and twelve hundred and fifty barrels
of lime taken from her The lime was from Cape
Girardeau. and was consigned TO Newton, Richards
and Howell Gayle Z Co Captain Switzer thought
seriously of turning back but at last concluded to
go on, and the boat left for New Orleans in the
evening
The Fred Loren8, with heavy cargo of provi-
sons fer Kentucky, got down in the afternoon. 1t
was supposed that she would be allowed 10 pass |
with her load, but after considerable consultation
on the part of the authorities it was concluded to
hold the freight permit her to take it back to St.
Louis. understood that the greater portion of it
has been purchased by the Commissarat department |
here. The amount and destination of her cargo are
as follows:
For Paducah-2S casks bacon; 97S bags corn; 200 |
bags meal; Dbl. oil.
For ShawneetOwn-25 bbls potatoes; box.
For Cloverport-1l empty oil barrels; 68 bags |
potatoes.
For Louisvie-432 bags corn: 65 bbls potatoes
i3l bags do; 4OObags bran; Is casks ale and por-
ter 100 bags potatoes: 92G bbls flour; 46 bags /
bran; hhds suga".
1t is, as yet, undecided what the Lorenz will do
The reason for stopping her cargo, is stated to be-
hat it appeared to be ultimately destined for some
'eceded State.
The Charley Bowen, yesterday, brought down |
30 hhds tobacco, which she had receipted through |
% New Orleans but it was not permitted to pass.
1t is now understood that the blockade will here
lfter be enforced more vigorously and that no dis
elimination will be made in favor of freight destin
ID for Kentucky but that everything will be stop
bed. large lot of corn in store for Paducah is
rot permitted to leave.
Col. Payne, with several other officers and a to-
biographical engineer, went over to Birds Point, |
N the Charley Bowen, yesterday. accompanied by
company of Jagers, apparently for the purpose of
making military reconnaissance of the position. They
returned last evening Two of the soldiers stray
d of and probably lost their way at least, they
urned up missing. The boat had to come off with
tut them. leaving three others to hunt them up.
Mr.. Bird has been annoyed by receiving an anony-
nous letter from some scoundrel IN Chicago accus-
ng him of being secessionist. and assuring him
hat be would be put through"
According to the Medical Statistics of the United
,tates Army published By Congress- 1850 the |