New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-13
FROM CAIRO.
Neutrality in Kentucky Ended 49, Cairo
Threatened from the q" DARK and RIoody
Ground'-Hissouri Probably Given Up
A Struggle 10 get Kentucky cut Of the


Ftom Oar Special Correspondent
CAR DkuAycE, CAuo, sert.s, lSel--s P. m.
Cairo is excited tonight; and !, looks little this
time rs though there mig be Tie condition
Of things is abont as follows:
Gen. Prentiss has diycn Pillow aud Eiardee out Of
Missouri-tbeir troops have crossed the river into
KeUtueky. New-Madrid and Union City, as well rs
some other minor camps, are evacuated and united
aud the report this hour is that they are advancing up
the Kentucky shore Of the Mississippi, in order to
attack this place in front
A few days ago. il was known that they bad crossed
into Kentucky, and thai they had fortified Columbus
and Hickman, which are respectively % and % miles
below this. Our gunboais have been down 10 the lat
ter place and had skirmishes with the Rebe steam-tu
Yankee which is of great power plated with railroad
IRON, aud has been used az NewOrleans 20 TOW ships
4, aud ON sea. The Yankee kept under & shore bat
,sry AID refuse TO come olt and give an even fight
thoaeh she has an Si-gun on board This afternoon
tne Yankee was seen from Birds pon, 70 come sroand
the bend aud take pcopa. Cairo; bui wien our gun
boats started after her she reiterated.
We have q camp of regiment or 70 on lie Rebels
route 70 the opposite shore and we have another camp
OF the rivers bank just below the junction, the Lights
OF which we plainly see and there also, lie several
steamers, with steam up. Here also, planting
come little guns 10 welcome the Yankee, should she
c me along.
few day ago Il was reported that Pillow was
within sixteen miles Of Pajucah AVID We felt six or
seven thousand troops there perbaps under the mis-
taken dea tlat they wolld bc needed there We have
quite little army 40 CaFs Sire lean which raridy ia
being brought hitler. YOu see our forces are some.
what divided, and tLa wc ore IN some doubt where
the enemy really is, b1t certain TO find ont. and
it seems highly probable lu we ,iall have a battle
ICON.
One thing is certain, and Ills is while hey posses,
the river 50 near rs they viii be able to and a.
tack vi encver they chose, and attack either a,
Birds Point or from the opposite shore. They have
large quantity Of artillery az Memphis, and plenty o.
boats to bring Il up, ana il viii NOT doto Jet them IN
trench themselves anywhere ID this vicinity.
Thus It is seen that Pow expedition into Missouri
was failure, and il was sgnaiized only by tie iue
bse Of Charleston and The robbine Of the bank there
ofS1 5O0 the President o; which institution is m eli.
Tor and bachelor, who Is 10 the hab, Of printing ,hot
articles about all the h0ndsone ladies' he secs.
PSducsh q town Of perhaps 10000 people, Is = hot
"ea o. Secession, and since troops arrived ilcre the
principal par Of what IN civilized times would DO
's.led The best people lave LETT the place in disgust
'onen'y determined 70 listen To reason.
Eleven o'elOcS and no encuy, bat everybody seems
aspo'ed 10 BIT uphill morning.
i"Gy mind, II seems species Of madness fQr them