The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-02
TINE SEAT " WAR IN THE WEST.
IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO.

ass Isg,me.ts-7As suI Brigade Of GenyGa Prensis
s.svfsj-impor:tn: from Hswphis-La:e- from Na
OhS1s--lr0ops H1Uing po,oS Ne lt,stSsippi-B Bird
Psssa 20 Dc F0'::i,a-Era,ak Blair En- Ro,Se for nc
Lsue R.Nssis.ppi, &c.
1--WE hao rep from Capt 6awley'e thirtytwo pound
p-cAs. p ce tho point Al about s1nro Tits morn
h. had tho double ees OF ro,sng the town and camp
% Wlkti5tess, a13 bringing to ~ Cairo and coiomo
Sesne- Is Cheney. The Cheney W tne regular
PACKET mig between This Place and C'umnas - as
an unusual hour for her to come up, ara a. y
lad neglected TO sound her wni'tle capt. Ha"cy III
blank cartridge 70 remind her thss hev wh.sng Iesso
was not I, be omitted then ball was sent screaming
mast Ter bows rs to give har the Keynote OF what vas
see,yed This las. IomGor turned her bows shore ward
and sno rounded e. he wharf boa. in doups quick
aiuae mach the oohght Of three hundred ani
,y pssser gers whom she wss transprrtDg norInwayd.
The captain o: The Cheney SAID The reason why he did
act give the usual signal because be supposed his
known 10 the troops as the regular Socket aud
he bad that the shot intended for his
especial attention Bat ne viii take good ereaf
70 regulations there is exception 70 the
general rule in General Prentss' programme.
The Cheney brought up about three hundred deck
passengers mostly Germans, and come fsty in the cabin
principally mechanics, with few Northern who
Aso been in business W the sou b. but whc were obliged
10 come North for safety. As soon as the ssca ner
t~urhed the wharf boat went on board for news and
fortuna 70 od fugitive from soltherncaiv
ANY whom know, IN the person o James Brown, OF
Ghicsao who has Iesioed IN Memphis n-arly two years
M. Brown 10 q OF James Brown, Esq., OF Chicago,
md can vouch for abe accuracy OF his ssatemens &c
called upon By the chvary on Saturday, and pro-
sfnted With proposition, The terms OF which were,
either enlist private in JET Davis grad army
ieTfet all that due him at the South AMI cave
painless for tie North DO choso the Latter hSf Of the
prop sal
&ngs The is@s news We have here Re says there arc
neN Mteen buuored men, including the ogenization
Known ss the "Home Guard" enlisted IN Memphis and
ths work OF consumption Ia BEING carried on With vsor
he troops are very poorly arm oost OF thin haviog
Stint chs altered to percussion. ony gun
. twelve poun6er-is mounted there, ami there
Se , neither Ss tow'sT Or 6s,s for tbs th:t. s;s
fb are two twenty four poond guns and one
tnrty two FOUNDER with about seventy i've men, all
td but seceseiooists IN the city Complained that they
soOld set bal Tor their suLs Fort Hrs ani they
short OF Hder that they dr not 70 20 Ie
salute. Sixty six miles above Memphis al Fort Pan
doph, there four heavy gans AZ sgne, but Mr. Brown
Rss told there were eight more hid from
view the hl however tAs story, he thinks ~ he
the pa OF the secessionists TO hide their
weakness The nearly four THOUSAND five hundred
0o0ps u. Randolph and more arriving there daily
The one thousand rennesee troops which have been in
sanp At Germantown, eight mi)es easj from Memphis,
have removed 70 Ra doph ana the Mississippi regiment,
which were reported few days ago at Memphis, have
Memphis last week that fifteen thousand troops were
10 ncentratsd at RANDOLPH but for few days past
ing OF insecurity il Memphis be represents really tor
sariDy What with dread Northern invasion and naeeo
1ectiODs the town ia fast being depleted Of is
female and juvenile population, and unusual number
e1 business are hukng themselves OF their Nrth
srn friends and preparing visit them The people OF
Mem pbs place toeir whole reliance upon the tort and
amy At Randolph, and Mr. Brown thinks that decsye
blow at that point would turn Tennessee beok into u,
Onion without firing gun at any other point
large nun Der OF the other passengers arrived by the
hetney were from still further South, and they repre-
sent that there great want of goot at every pat
There plenty OF old musbets Of the flint lock pattern
but OF the Mimic To speak o. gentleman no oa
nved in New Orleans for The last ten years ami who left
thsre about week ago told me this mo ming that
Mere not word OF truth the report load OF
yies han arrived from Belgian he in New Orleans
when the report was started and visited every vessel 10
She river the lake TO ascertain if the story true
but he could neither lind such vessel az the Aida nor
bee any one who had seen her
The Germans who arrvei this morniog have, If their
stariee be been compelled to submit such treat
msnt as viii not tend TO Impress them their country
men with very eyatsd ideas o. "chivalryn Their bag
gage o7erhauled In New OreaDe and their sm Ill
taken away from them; they paid full fares TO st
Aoue, and were put ashore at Memphis; were charged
from Memphis to Cairo and landed again
Columbus and then had TO pay extra fare from Co
1mbus to Cairo and, 10 crown all they were obliged to
At New Orleans they were compelled TO pay tax OF two
dollars and halt for port registration (what s that?)
AID another OF dollar and fifty cents for passports
20 81, Louis These taxes imposed IL is sld by the
NonfSome- Congress in secret session The agent Of
shs German emigration, who has accompanied them
from &c, many iDforms me that there are about two
thousand moro below, who viii arrive here in day or
two.
The weather here Ia very hot and oppressive but the
health Of the town and camp is much more favorable
Man expected
Cen Prentss headquarters the scene Of rejoicing
this morning. at the recep ion Of despatch from Wash
ingon stating that six regiments Of Gen. Prentiss br
gade hid been accepted for the war You may lot be
aware Of it, but is fact nevertheless that the mill
taYy companies Of Illinois have had pearly many dis
agemens and besetmeuts as have boon thrown in
the way of some Of the regiments Of New York. This
success of General Prentss haied triumph OF no
sJenOusly striving TO make the present national calamity
IN engine Of personal and political aggrandzement.
The freight train Of the Illinois Central Railroad this
evening brought down three more thirty two pound
non with their carriages and ammunition AMI they will
be mounted to morrow and pracced. The ordnance de-
partmept of Camp Defiance consists Of Six thirty
two pound cannon eight inch siege gun, two bomb
msrsars four twelve pouna light artillery guns (brass
and twelve six pound rihed cannon with ammunition
sufficient 10 maintain Blk weeks siege.
The steamer Jatan ia momentariy expected here with
Colonel Bars regiment Of Missouri troops, TO occupy
B1d Point opposite here the Missouri shore, distant
one and a half mies. This will secure every point in
this vicinity.
The work Of filing in the low ground between the le-
wees below the St. Charles Hotel Will be resumed tomor
row The area 70 be filed 4S occupied BY the new
the charge or Capt Benha Of the On ted States Army
Some of the Eastern pagers have announced that Gen
McCeand IL to take command Of the troops at this post
but such is not the case Gen McCIeand has not been
Ia he expected here will he In any inter
fere with the programme already laid out by General
Prentiss.
The Cheney has just arrived her second trip from
Columbus, bring pg up about four hundred Ger
and Unionists, making about seven hundred and
Afty brought up today.
P.s-l2 M-Adjutant General Mather, Of Illinois Cap
tain B. Pitcher, Of the United States Army Ex Gov
ernor WOOD Quartermaster General Of Illinois; Colonel
H. D. Booth, of Illinois, and Major General f. Stanton
arrived here by special train this enng Capt Pitcher
10 muster in the officers Of the stafl of General
Prentbs he goes from here TO Springfield TO muster in
the reSnena officers and companies not already mug
tive operations in this quarter from the fact that Capt
Pitcher loses time in getting the troops upon
footing Look out for news from the Army Of the
West.
CAMP DEFIANCE INTELLIGENCE.
Compiled from the Camp Register, May rs
An old gentleman, Captain Long, residing in South.
eastern Missouri about twelve miles below Cairo stated
at thnt ~ L.