, 1861-11-08
WAR BEGUN At CAIRO.
AZ; Expedition Moves D0xyn 10
Attack Columbus.
LUCK GUT FOR the SPllK!ERS :!

Liz c:.1 AA5 StsI1CL TeEIC1ulj a.tesaool |
VIII t:e s@1'czt that an expedition had moved /
Gown lit 1i111 from C.s:zo, ard waa briakiy
ta0uc1.a3:nS lie rebel stronghold OF Colu1-
lus, hent1csy. After go 1uary months of
ii1acs;cu 81 Cairo, broken on}y By c,valsy skIr-
;::.:sl~Ss, tte exl':oiss Of JEFF. Thompson, aad
z1;aols oI Attack that 1t Last becnae stale for
!:.lsr ySry 1epetitscG-it T7e5 gra.cfcl s3r-
}sr:Ee 70 Il: to whom f1e 2cEs ca1ae thai
formidable sd7ance had been made dawn The
-i1vr % iay ssiee to the first CT the rshel posi-
::ois Ixtaeen Cairo an3 Memphis.
Columbus is about t.enty-fyc miles b3.ow
Cs;-c, and was ftst made important as The
t;:1s1i5s..s CT the Mobile and Oaia railroad.
E=21n 9 yillsge Of hundred Inhabitants it
t.::;: arasS to something mere than q thousand.
Upcc thc outbreak of the war it further be-
czne ;n:,,o1ttaa sad famous a5 almost the only
-cn.e:.,9 deer Of inter communication be-
.,5esa lis Ncrl ard The Solta. For several
z.:r;ls, indeed, sf.gr Gu. occupation Of
Cai,e, tie beats TN regularly between
mat ,S:aec @n5 Columbus. Nothing
but tic sensitive anEuifality" Of Kentucky
hs15 hack our troops, N the earlier part
ct tlc seaso3, from the e3veted capture IF tho
r14:ce. 1t nigh. have been done at any time,
z-d H;;z:yut less sf .ife, and &c should have
t:s1 ,;aet 50 r.ueA further a!o2g CT the road
Gcun the river. Bat t;.e ting 7w7as not lene,
e.d Columbus continued to hold out the
.a.Et Ct battle to cur boys & Cairo natil Gen.
PIX 2saac sure Of il i, tie 1aEac of the Con
G:dtz2ie Sizes. Tals wa :go z:cntEs ago;
azG caro :aat t:,e Federal troops have taken
p.5ucc!,, a2:; lave fortified themselves It Fort
Holt, orrc=ite Cairo, the relative pcsi1ieu Of
!hsnEz las hesa uGcaa,gcd- We hare sor.c
25,oC0 troops st Cairo, Birds Pc!rt, Fort Hclt
end Pa11eai, TIC Edole commanded b: G3a.
L. S. G:aai; while Gen. 1leCl5rnhnd com
1as1ds at Cairo, Gen. Smith st Padncah, Col.
| Og.cEhy at Birds P4int, ia.i Gel. CoDk 1t Fort
Ic1t- The troops :scc s;l 7g:ll equipped, an6
ate the veterans Of the Western ser7ice. They
1,sye jong ueen in iced cf EomstEikE to cali
| tAsm Gn!~
/ F.nm q gentleman E:.e left Cairo as4 o7clocl;
arrived Iere last evening, we learn that
tie present movement WAS adcaifa51y planned
| and was as much . surprise TO oGr troops 81
I to the euemy; vs1y agreeael7 q surprise tt
| the one, and perhaps Got so to The other. He
.sys that Gen. Eicazer a. Pa.le, commanding
cre Of Tic b-;yaacs under Gen. Smith ct Psdn
cat, 11o7ed overland towards Columbus, Q:
Wednesday, with 5000 men, leavirg Psdueas
at IL s. n. Tic distance is sonae s. miles, ant
tEe read is g.o5, although several bridges l,ay
heen burned a1cal; ::he way. 4. o'c1eeA II
s:sne {NeaaeEda=) evening, Gen. Mcfiernan,
a:arscd t:an, Cairo ago with five thousac'
:i::n, @: fcuG 'rsrsr r21 STEAMERS, The gua5cat
1y.sr and Coaestcsga lsai.ing tie wzg. I'll
transport steamers Eez5 the Chamberlain
: | CnaneelIo-, Key st9ne, ana Aasz. Scott. I'll
/ KY Stone carried 500 u.e1 On h5r sarc
dzckz; while tie others, ef less cacac:t.
| l!.eycl}v sEaTmS5 With ni:l. Tnsce WEE q!
:i:le7y a1d c:valsy in each d:Tjzic7, ana It
: :,rcuab.e La. both c11Hns:-1:<s VI the Chie:E
5 Artilic'E, A ard B, aze slc1g. Company l
t ;-srt. willard. vas z. Bi7i's Pciat, at Last Z
zo:r:s :1 .c;,ll 90 with ct!:* sis1lt
:. 71i1t Csa:1r:4a5 : Has ct paducah, ami sF:-@
- sc with Gen. Paine.
Il 7*4s expected i nj: both s;v:ai.as woI;
" L. ready io GO operate 4 Eli attack CT THU
= cay no-2:rgG, aud tie telegraph. :s.1:.op.c
L. :.,st a heapy canncnaEe YES beard 1t ca:
- 1LA EE~f%A.4 AIE SlAAN.-.S3 49, E.N
IL t eas1S 7eeounoitfeG Tho river, and tt.o whit
is cur officers to Columbus, On the Mission, !
rs :a sxclasGe Of prisoners, gave some yal,la1
ta EnoEletge for such n attack, TIE r=b
nj Es7c zazac sixty .aoar.ed guns 81 Co!znab'
oc c.yerEl Of thtm OF large s:z:, ana IL
:neEs1icl formidable 55:E; 1!o
= tbs lcT=c. They layo not exceeding 10,t
IL irucpe at Columbus, Though tie enti.e 5nl
c1,5l: GsE- Polk in Nest>sn Kentucky
Il n,es:riy 2S5,06e. oGr gln.ocats had foa
u !l:! they cel!a take petition under Shelter
to :. Lend in t!te ,i.er, ont cf the raoge Of I
Is rebel ca-inon, ard a;itU LIE toEa until
IF slopld be un.1Danla. Tiis they Ua1:i: prc1
- BIS dc, While the troops Tezt 1aadiog t.s
he Transports, to oco.ops:ate With Tic diy:si
Of General Paine.
Columbus is TO i,e taken, if, Indeed, it
IL 7et bsen already. It must be taken beft
Is zry progress can be made dof7z- the river.
4e need be, another ten thousand men cal
le | aert to back up the srr2y that Las made
n attack, ard etiu leave . s!zoDg garrison
r. .2eh Of OUT Positions. There were Z Ii,
~ number Of transports at Cairo ready 10 ta
them il Inee9ed.
Tie Cincinnati Commercial has the folio
ing important ten il its Indianapolis
- patch, Thursday morning:
u Positive Intelligence has reached here Il
Gen Bucki.er ha< been reinforced uy G
;c- johnson from Columbus with $4,000 N
,ct k5nIS leaving 1000 st Tie LITTER place. T;
,,, | contemplate forward movement spo1,
I'LL tbs purpose Of rebuilding the bridge .
= Gsesn River, which thes DECLARE uas d:stse,,
IN | tS mistake.