, 1861-06-10
OUR CAIRO LETTER
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Trlbuac.1

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago TrIbunc.l
CANP DEFIANCE. CAnaD. Juna7 1851.
Oh Wednesday night last, authentic fEfoFma-
ton reached General Prcntiss that band Of
scme seventy or eighty ruf1an1y seceasioni.ts
bills, some ten miles below this point, On the
Kentucky side, and that they Here ind1leing
In the secession privilege Of either robbing Of
compelling to join their ranks, all the Union
men IN tha: part Of Kentucky. Il was thodosire
cf the Kentnck!ans Who sent word Of these
outrsges, that Gen. Prentiss should send down
there q force sufficiently large to drive of the
rssca1e, end consequently, about II O'Clock at
night the scouting steamer employed here
was made ready and received on board two
companies Of choice men. The steamer
dropped down as quietly rs possible to Ellio.t'a
Mills, but when our troops disembarked aud
pa1aGed to the camp of the rebels it was dis
covered that they had taken haaty departure,
leaving their camp fires burning, and mach OF
there equiprage behind Our troops took
poesesston Of the camp. through eentinels,
rebels appearing they returned to Camp De-
fance.
Inforration Of the sboye tacts having
reached Col Wickliffe, who claims to repre-
sent the sovereignty OF armed neutrality Of
Old Kentucky, and who Is the right bower OF
Cor. Magof1in, that gentleman Waxed wroth,
snd st1aightway came across the Ohio to Camp
Defiance, to protest against the invasion OF
that eunuch sfato By The Federal troops. Ho
claimed to be the official representative Of his
State, but in this interview wished to act In .
demand--of Gov. Mngofin, md also Of Col
W1ck1i1e, that the offence should not again,
under any circumstances, be repeated. Men
t1ality was the bow Of promise which Ken
lucky oyrhlpped-Which~ was to lead them
out Of their captiyity-end it mustbe respect
ed. A pleasant ditcusalor, lasting for nearly
Nt1h aY1Sund ha{rVaar Tan -RrAnffaa
Col. Wick1I6e, which ended IN the General
distinctly giving. the EARNED neutral" diplo.
mat to understand that !: he intended TO
march the troops OF this branch Of the
Grand Army Of The United States, In whatever
direction, Over Whntever soil, or into such
Siates, as the orders from the Commander-in,.
Chief required. After which tue Colonel SUBJ
| sided, and seemed ready to return to old Ken.
! tucky's shore with heavy heart Before 60
ipg, hoNcyer, he acknowledged to General
the rufjans at Elliott's Mills, and Of tho OUT
| RACES they were committing. He said it had
| Teen his Intention to proceed to that place aad
request them to retire. When Col ". was
about to retire, Gen. Prentiss informed Col
Wicklife that be WIS in tne daily receipt Of
Letters from the Western counties Of Kentucky
asking him either for the protection OF tho
Federa1 tIoopa from the. outraEges Of the se-
ceeeIopiets, or to be furnished with arms to
protect themselvea- Among these letters were
several from Col Wicklife's Own county, and
even his own neighborhood. Whsrent the gal.
lant Col let with an e1phantine flea In either
6uraculax Development. It is hoped here that
this is The last Yisit of these "armed ueutrall-
t." diplomats. I think they can hardly re-.
ceive another recognition from Gsn. Proutiss.
t 4 equad from Col. Shuttner's regiment, 10.
ested at Birds Point, made demonstration
which is locsted only few rods from the
Camp, and captured thirty or forty rifles, shot
guns, reyolveIs, dc, snd also about fifty kegs
Of lead They were hidden IN different paris
The fact Of the possession Of these contraband
articles by Col Bird, who, Jou ara awaIs, is q
rshid eecesslonist, Was INSIDE hWn to the
officers Of the regiment by his own negroes
Col. B. viii ot course hive his revenge on hi
1srkeJe, which are-includlng the master:
| worthless set. -...
! completed, md ready to recelre formidable
enemy in manner that viii prove anything
but Interesting to &ny. rebels who may maxi
N assault upon the sturdy Germans Who holt
them. -
Word comes to-day from st. Louis, and from
that Birds Point ts to be. attacked, md that II
very few: days, BY 3 hrge force Of rebel
from below, led by Gen. Beautesard. On
J. men arc ready for them. and ,w1u be glad Il
welcome them with "bloodJ bands to hospita
: below has been repeated % maay Tina before
and the pronatse never fulfilled, that va he's
: it non with liberal grains Of Allowance. An.
| yet It may come, and If It does, VIC ara pre-
/ | pared for 1t. --' -
} Capt Emmet Mcdonald one Of the seceasfo,
I officers captured st Camp Jackson, st. Lo4I:
: ON the occasloa' of the recent surrender ct an
! beautiful Institution to Col Frank F. Bi2ir
and who refused to take tho oath Of allegiance
sn1Was2 Transferred "a prisoner Of Wor t
COL McAthurs regiment at Caaeyville In thi
: State, was brought hera d few days since, q
, the occasion Of ihe removal Of that regimen
to tllia camp. Tho treatment Of MeDonal
. since he has been under the charge Of. Co
+ McAIthur, has been more like that Of CUES
! thaa prisoner, both st Caseyvillo &aa herr
+, This kindnesa and consideration On the pa1
OF Col Macarthur hAs becn met 5;the prisone
, By continual manifestations Of the dtstrut
. characteristic OF traitor. For kind word
= be has responded in the language Of q blacl
i guard, nnl1 hfa insoleuce finally becznn III,
q Eeala able, SID he has beed sent to Bprinzhe]
t for trial. Mcdonald Is a blaekgaafd of ii
Pryor schcnl-nea.a long hair pfofcssos to
. ofchi!aldc. antecedeut5,: boasts thai he hl
= Killed bis man In an affair Of honor, and .oths
Ike deeds 'of daring. It IL to be hoped th,
. the se'erest punishment the laH will perm
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