The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-30
INT kREsT,No FROM CAIRO.
AT CAM DEFIANCE

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GIRO, Nav "A 1861.
The rivers Mt this poin, have q do .d.diy ,ans rd
ieLceIcs sEd ar, nov falug ~ rate Oh Gu WA 90
put below The Cairo iewei The wsa.h !, 80 iar
the teasoa and decidedly pesf ant
The heath ~ Camp defiance cun,naes rer ars.e'S
eooo asfd there Ia a, n-cn oeash among 40 aa'o
since tssis afhvI saGh 6lA u health, aong fur
thousana men ought " dms,Pate the iSsa geaessh
entertained OF The Anheaiibpess OF Clirs fuee ar
dspgerovAy ~ in tAe hospital.
ise Argopaa. ~as permtttet 70 oass 90 her way TO
fitisburg, aisr schargiG her Paducan freight the
Il loickey IRON St LOUIS for Columbus had sixty gal
sus Of y,,r,oi for Memphis wh,ch she hsd 70 leave
afcre Tao tai boats iosdsd With hmo, were per mitsi
20 whs 200 barrcs taken from the Fs City are
still held.
The Hetly Gilmore sdl Arkansas river boat, came
her tue dead OF the creek fer sign proteosej
her al Nenph,s She hAd NJ freight or pssseosers
The work OF hlng no five acYes within The egoeS, n.
the point, has bet recommended che DIRT vii DC brougoi
from tue Ist high ground by railroad, and from utshe
the iesees. beturc long We shat see the ''heigats
Cairo overlooking Bnds Point, 70 the exteat Of ieS
feet at lesst
rhe ~ ms taken from Paducah TO the State iue be
longea The state Of kentucky, on bs
esuse . WINS ioard they would DO seized BY force from
Caro-
we bear all sorts Of reports frem the South counern
icg large bodea VI men tennessee and the
border; continual arrivals Of cannon and other
ing rpecly sting calculated 70 excite apprenen
Sons OF an attack upon this post
From the best Information gain, the purpose OF
General Pillow appears 20 be 70 occupy aud fortiy %
lumbua, Ky ano IL NJ highly probable that II
go south 70 light their wok VIII con@eaae at Columbus
when the "Hon Baoka' once fortified it wll DO
esay matter 10 gain possession Of them, and they com
pletey cmm,nd the river. II seems strange thai
port ~ such inpcTtsnce especially the terminus OF
the Mobile ONO Railroad has not before ths been
occupied by y federal To- CO sufficient to hold 1t
Between uunion City and Jackson on The Mobile and
RAllr Y nd tFpD
within q few hours Of Columbus.
From the Cairo Camp Register, May "a
The freight train Wee nesday night brought three
twenty Founders, with the necessary ammunition
for st this post. When the ooumbads and thirty
Founders, which have been so long on the way win
reach Cairo have definite idea. Tue coiumbiads
we learn, passed Indianapolis four DAYS ago
ci,izen OF Cairo, who was passenger on the Prince
Of wsles from New Orleans TO Memphis reached here
Wednesday evening" and reports state of confusion and
excitement in the South OF which the North mas no ade
quate conception After leaving Cairo he did not see
be again returned Cairo Blsness in New Orleans is
utterly prostrate and the city, compared with Memphis
Napoleon and Humboldt, Is exceedingly quies.
The blockade OF the rivers here has added aty 10
the OF the whole people South AMI he gives
1t his opinion that II Cairo s attacked from below the
increasing effects Of the blockade will drive them to IT,
NorheILeTs leaving all parts Of the South in perfec
streams. The Prince Of Wales crowded TO Memphis
and there half the crowd who had tickets to
North could get the railroad although toe
tram numbered eight or ten passenger coaches. AT
Humboldt, the northern terminus Of the Memphis and
Ohio road all passengers searched and their baggage
0verhaued by mob At this point the excitement is
almost ungovernabe ptch-mlitary companies
young rich ana poor, white and black try TO excel in
the violence Of their expressions the government
and these no have rallied to support IL.
At Humboldt our informant learned that large body
of tennessee troops would be quartered at Union City
to-day This point twenty or thirty miles distant from
Coumbue and this movement is made, we are assured
In anticipation OF the occupation Of Columbus by troops
from Cairo.
The Prince OF Wales took on board at Baton Rouge two
two nj forC
These will be sent forward from Memphis and their
arrival at their point OF destination battery will proba
bly, be at erected as the Memphians say, to wei
come Northern fleets into Southern waters"
At Fort Rector and Mound City, Arkansas 1t is re-
ported there fifteen thousand troops This report Is
doubtless exaggeration, but there undoubtedly
strong forces there, with sufciency Of arms and all
necessary munitions
our informant corroborates the report that no
steamboats, southern supplies for Northern ump
ton Will be permitted TO pass Memphis
Kentucky State troops had left Paducah join Colonel
Cheetams command, the Tennessee line, has been
confirmed. Over hundred left that city Tues
day evening" taking with them thirteen hundred stand
OF muskets Blk pieces OF artillery with all the mum
Sy be that three thousand mem 70 be- d
tailed from Cairo 70 secure these arms and take posses
sion Of the town The citizens there are said to be in
the constant expectation Of the arrival OF Northern
forces and many OF them preparing to leave con
ndent thsy that this expectation win speedily be
realized.
Colonel Cheetam's command Is expected to move to-
day 10 join the West Tennessee forces at Jackson and
the whole BODY Will De kept IN readiness 70 meet any
Northern force that may attempt penetrate the South
by way of the ohio and Mobile Railroad. Pillows divi-
sion viii be divided II is thought between Union City
and jackson for this purpose and the detachment de-
signed for Union City likely the force that
pccted there
Business OF all kinds perfectly sagnant In Paducah
and many houses said to be closed from one week
end to another
The editor Of the paducah Herald Claiming to forcsee
the occupation OF Paducah by government troops has
stopped the publication Of his paper
CARo. Nav 1891