The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-03
TIE WAR IN the WEST.
MpOR-ANT NEWS FROM CAIRO.
,AyYusE OF STEAMER WITH $l76, 900 WORTH OF

ARMS BY TIE LOYALl6T6.
fFraxn the Memphis Bulletin, April 28l
we regret 70 lean that the steamer O. u Gilman,
vra ai75 900 worth OF arms purchased in st. Louis and
destined far Nashville was captured a; caTs this morn
that the commander Of the NJ .ary foroes q.
aAhc having been made acIgalnses wsh the large
Of cntion board the VEln, started INC
steamer Swallow, steamer which h.s been htsea up "a
sAe y. D. Cheney az sort OF man sfwr, vas psosasa
vim toicieIs ad cannon, and started W lhe Iof -
saeel Tho Imam Abo1t four ociook his morning tho
DwAilcw met the ALTMAN abcrt eight mics above So,
S,cm tho swallow, sai supposDg that they
merely wished to make some cpmmnnfosssou, pvl-
ss,sry n,sasned hrssef and demanded possesston OF
the boat C,lsD Go oit. biviog M means 70 aciena
$500 81 CsIo but did Byrds Point on the Missouri
,ioe an tho M threatened 10 cpsn me battery upon
a. 10 Destroy the boa, they might DO so but he
you'd never Ind at Cairo AterEafds tho soldiers had
ae Sapan csssttt Was sold Z he would walt I'm the
nrlns and ammunition were taken oni he might have hie
But he refused 10 take the boat rDess tncy would
hi him have rs contents THIS ressed HIM, and he
all bs left his boat and took The rst train for
Nashville. This Information comes from Colonel H. Ii
HARRISON, the agent Of Governor Harris who was on The
Rlhnan Tho time, and who has sphed the sub
stance Of the above 70 Nashville.
Tbe Ei'lmane cargo consisted Of aboot 100 kegs OF
posder, $50 900 blank cartridges and go tons Of sa1,
sesdes corn, oats and hay eaptlin Harrison Of Nash
Vile ,he agent Of Governor as,r,s was On the r,ver
'earo with Instructions from tho Governor to run the
lsaa close % Boyds Point on the hissoof Shore % pass
ne sups, ano they ind they 70 be taken 20 set tho
boat On h-e, and thus prevent this ammunition fALiog
mo the hands OF the enemy.
We that every hing that passes thYo1gh Cairo By
cypress opened By the military, and everything reA-
eng TO wGr is appropriated.
Up 10 thursday mora rg the military Cairo had cap
wed fourteen cases or arms destined For tho South.
TIE boat B. Cheney, which formerly run n con-
junction with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad has been 1T
sed up 18th guus sort OF Of war, 70 chase and
IRE upon all searers tina. may shace 70 get beyond shs
reach Cf the battery.
me tountry from Cairo 70 Mound City hes been pre-
pared for the operation Of the tying artillery that II
al ether means a thoy can chase AMI ire upon steam
Us from, land.
As an illustration OF the vgiisncc Of the soldiery
azpsng every thing that pases Caro- may state thu,
box tho express, adore ssSd to lady in hssisspp
opened, though il contained nothing but bunting
fsS making days. It seized upon and appropriated by
Ne Cairo soloioTy
CAIRO, ILL.,, A STRATEGICAI POINT.
The Natche2 Courier 81 the oath ut slys:The proba
binsy that Cairo is 10 mado seategscl point by The
Uxtheyn fore with view descent upon tho valley
- The Mssisspp strenstbers the boef that the conpa
Mrs ordered into Service will be sent 20 Memphis.
Ass,ssppi has organ zed fc~ tIoops for the defence
Of the "bis water and they fearful they viii have
% Sight.