Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-22
OUR SPECIAL CAIRO DISPATCHES.
ALL QUIET AT PITTSBURG (!
COMMANDMENT OF FORT PILLOWl
Great Flood in the Mississippi !
GOV. HARVEY OF WIS, DROWNED
Special Dispatches to the Cleveland Leader.
OARo, April a.
SOLDIERS RHEITFAscus.

SOLDIERS REETFTAHOls.
On Saturday Adams Express Company
was engaged to the exclusion of ali other
business in receiving and sending Of money
from soldiers to friends at home. Over el2o,-
900 were thus disposed Of.
TRoN PlTFsRURG.
Recent intelligence hom the Tennessee
represent no change in the position Of Affairs
at Pittsburg We are neither preparing to
advance nor expecting an attack until the
roads become passable..
Per contra, the rebel Captain Polk, who Is
dOmesticated upon the hospital steamer City
Of Memphis, which arrived here last evening
with $40 of the New Madrid sick en- route
for Evansville and Henderson, declares that
to day the rebels attack Oen. Hallsck. If
beaten, they will retire to Oorinth and make
last stand there. We shall see.
GOV. HARVEY DROWNED.
The gallant, noble-hearted Governor Of
Wisconsin, Harvey, was drowned on satur-
day evening last at Savannah, whittier he
had gone on a mission of humanity, to look
after the Wisconsin dead and wounded
While stepping from the Dacotah to the Min
nehahs, lying along side, he missed his foot
ing, fell between the boats end was carried
out Of sight almost instantsneously. A sur
geou who accompanied him plunged into the
stream, and in his efforts to rescue the Gov
ernoF, himself just escaped a watery grave
The body was secured early on Sunday
morning, and will be forwarded 10 Obi
cAgO tomorrow tuesday, morning, arriving
at 81 P. n. Gov. Harvey, by his urbaniiy
Of manner, and the kindly gympsthies of his
heart everywhere expressed and e1hibiled
toward the wounded and suffering soldiers
from his own State and elsewhere, had great
ly endeared himself to all with whom he
came in contact, and great is the sorow felt
at his untimely deeeass. The Musleman
arrived last evening from shove bringing
the cody, but no later intelligence from the
armies.
Cairo still maintains its identity with terra
hrma. The waters threaten to overflow the
levee, but thanks to the energy of General
Strong the calamity has been averted to-day.
River men say the food will certainly reach
here Wednesday from all points.
By telegraph comes the intelligence of
the food from Dubuque. At st. Louis, Ev-
ansville aud Cincinnati the stage of water is
uncommonly high. Everything movable
has been placed in the buildings on the le-
wees: The Post Office has been located in
Springfield Block. The confusion which has
reigned supreme in mail matters for months
past is about to ceass under the intelligent
supervision of Mr.. Armstrong, the Assistant
Post Master of the Chicago Post oHlee.-
When he arrived he found over 10000 let
ters awaiting mail transportation. The oler.
leal force has been largaIy augmented, and is
now equal to the transmission Of 20, 600 let
ters daily. Letters from all divisions Of the
army of the West and Aotllla are des.
patched ct this Office.
The Cairo B Fulton Railroad is sub
merged, and the running of trains tC
SiketOn indefinitely suspended.
Birds Poin. is entirely under water. Moth.
ing from New Madrid. JEFF. Thompson Il
quiet.
From the feet there is no intslligenO,
Of interest. The last arrival represents th,
continuance of the bombardment. The reb
els have our range aud Ere with surprising
accuracy, but have done no harm sS yet
The firing on our part Is continued viii
great regularity BY both gun and mOrta
boats. Nothing decisive may be eIpsctsc
from that quarter at present.
The steamers Prima Dons and Aurora ar
rived from Pittsburgh, Pa, this morning
with ammunition for Commodore FoOte.
The Illinois wounded have been removed
from Pittsburg, and the steamer LOuislaDi
takes the balance from Savannah to-day.
Sam Buckmaster is here blowing Tor tn
new constitution. The value Of his service
in securing votes for the enormity may b
inferred from the fact that In ten regiment
he secured the entire vote In its favor, wit
the exception of less than = hundred.
The Ohio river raised u inchOS last night
The Mississippi river Is also rising slowly.