, 1861-04-27
FROM CAIRO.
anotber Steamer Stopped-t-Mere
Munitions Of War Setzee.


AAIHu, AtAAA ~" |
Va are eoipg en- here swimtnlngly. ifis
morning our guard boat brought to sud seized
the fine, fast, new passenger steamer T. =.
He1mIck, and We found her loaded with large
amounts Of powder; lead, shot; aud other tnu,
,,t;ons of var, She bad also heavy load 81
nroy,sions. Her officers, passengers and crew
cs,er1sa u5. IL great haste, probably feaflns
that re hal learned our manners N 3es X i
treme South.
We also seiz:d and retained another assort' |
meut Of military goods and arms In charge o.
Adaus's Express, bound SeceSsionWard-
There ere quite number Of visitors here
today from Chicago and other places. sples
are contiuually around, but as We do noth1ng
to bs ashamed Ct, and are strong enonGh 10
repe! attack, they look on undisturbed.
Rumors are af1oat here of an intended night
attack from down the river; but they have no
effect other than to cause greater vigilance on
the part Of the guard r:
From below we hear TINT when the Mem.
pits people heard Of our arrival here, they
commenced to throw up batteries and mount
them with cannon, probably afraid that we
we're using this only as the basis Of operations
against them. Tho excitement thereawny Is
said to be Intense ...
We have no orders to selze p1oVifione-=o4z
II munitions of wnr. CAR1o
Letter frcm the Cairo Camp.
| {Corrcrp ond=nce Of the Chicago Tribune.1
THURSDAY EVENING, April IS, 1851
But little Of any interest he's transplred
since my telegraph last evening.
By eome Of the passengers who came up on
| the boat, however, I learn that the accounts
! from Memphis, Randolph, &c, ara en1J too
true. At Randolph they have something over
one hundred men. My informant did rot
speak Of them as being formidable, physically,
he speaks Of them as etfaminato and sicksy IN
appearance and quite considerable number
Of taem being very young
At Memphis he says they have taken men
out Of the calaboose, and chain gangs, paid
their fines and pressed them into military ser
vice IA says three men came up from Ne"
Orleans on the same boat who had enlisted IN
the S, G. Army and received their pay, and
then put OF for the North. That Northern
AID Union men dare net express their opln
ions Is well known, and this statement Is only
the more satisfactory to me, on account @
hearing it myself. Our position, condition
: aad financial affairs, 1t appears, are quite as
vel! known down there as in Chicago. Sena
| tor D Douglas, it seems from his report, has b.
/ his patriotism placed himself in an aWkwar'
position for southern visit, as large nun
b=r of men who habitate somewhere
: around near his plantation, have band
: cd themselves together, and have sWor
. TO mob and tar and feather the Judg
} 20 coon as he may set foot within the State
: They look for him in about three week.
Therefore the Judge will take warning in tim
>. NV informant thinks the better class
men arc too well informed and ecquainte
with both the men and the force Of The Mort
i to ex3eSt anything but cefeat, they reaa12
+ however that . fight only can now settle tt
i differences.
n The boys here are hard at work drilling
every day striving to render themselves pc
= feet in their duty. Col. Scott haa nude
y greet many friends by the manner IN whis
20 be has taken hold Of and performed his dutie
to Col. PeentiEs, who has superseded Gel
Swift, Is very much liked, and is regarded
to an excellent eommandaDt.
Tie ground occupied by the men is spa
n of come five acres, JUS at the junction Of t
:al Ohio and the Mississippi. The levee rlf
I'd above the camp grounds to tho height Of
so teen or twenty feet, "brlck shot dirt' as it
oi called down here, = very compact hard Ii
Of earth is Il hat II is made Of It is capeble
rd withstaading en- immense amount Of canne
la- | aaing. They have TWO cannon mounted
ba the leyee, and men by them ready constant
Just opposite there, at the Junction On I
5as Missouri shore, rises the highest point OF Ia
he for aqFeat number Of miles, and It is there
led anywhere, that q fertilization could be put
It is psrhaps (higa tide EoT) mile and az
across, and the current for navigation aea
that shcro than this. No fears are entertain
M however, Of this.
us The utmost vigilance is used to prevent
advantage, and with euca wide awake b
lee there is bat little If any danger. There are
lay. quarters arranged yet fof the nurses, mi
ary they take rooms at the hotel, tha st. Char
:gl. large brick house that stands Just ct
hy' outer edge Of the camp grounds, well k
and good table. Yours, CARLO