Indiana State Guard, Volume 2, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 June 1861 — Page 2

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SATURDAY, -------- JUNE 8. $1,00 A YEAR. Let it be remembered that subscribers to tlie Guard will be tiiken at one dollar a year, while it is continued in Hs present size, nnd they will get tlie advantage of tlie increased size, when it is Hiram enlarged. . The News. For the news of tlie umns of our paper. week we refer to the colThere has been a little fiehtini'. between some vessels and batteries on 3 shore, but it does not amount to much. Our Indiana troops won laurels in western Virginia, under Col. Morris. The Zouave regiment, Col. Wallace, passed through here on Friday morning, on their way from Evansville to Virginia. The other two regiments of U. S- troops, now east of the city, are expected to start for the same destination in a day or two. The public pressure on our military commanders for an early light is very strong, nnd we shall not be surprised tv hear of a bloody one any Kv. :. School Fund, . We are under obligations lo Prof. Fletcher, tsupcrinlendcnt of Public Instruction, for a copy of his report to the Legislature of the Apportionment of the Common School Revenue for I8G1. The returns from all the counties were in but lwoso that this distribution is made closer and fuller than usual. The total number returned between the ages of 5 and 21 years is 512.572. The total school revenue collected for apportionment is $555,550 83. The distribution shares amount, in the aggregate, to 8553,577 76. This will leave a small balance in the treasury arising from infinitesimal fractions of a cent to each child. Marion county pays this year (a fair average), 813, G53 29, for the schooling of children in other parts of the State is this right? is it just? Our county pays over ten thousand dollars more into the school fund than any other county in the Mate, while we only have about 1,900 more children than Wayne county. We are inclined to believe that this is in consequence of the very high assessment of property in this county higher, in proportion, than in any other county in the State. If we ever feel the necessity of electing members to the Legislature who have business qualifications, nnd who will look exclusive!? to the interests of their constituents, in all matters of this kind, instead of electing mere parly hacks, and political drill sergeants, our people may perhaps get some of their wrongs righted they never can in any other way. Taxes. It is the duty of the County Commissioners, at the meeting of the Board now in session, to assess the Tax for County and Township purposes. In doing so, we hope they will take into consideration the condition of the country, and make the levy as low as possible. Let them continue no expense that can possibly be avoided, and commence no new ones, until business and commercial prosperity is again established, and the people can mnlfe the money to pay them. Hieie are some classes of business that have been improved by this war, but all kinds of mechanical anil general business is almost entirely prostrated, and thousands will find it hard to get bread for their families before the next pay day of the tax list. 'I he State Tax has been already doubled, lo meet the interest on the war debt, and from present prospects, it will take more than double the labor, and double the produce, to pay the same amount of taxes that it did last year. Let the Commissioners render all the aid in their power, by a light levy. X"The Republican Convention of this county, at their meeling on huturday last, nominated William Wallace, Esq., as their candidate for County Clerk, and Samuel Moore as their candidate for County Commissioner both wooldyed Republicans. We are in favor of holding the Democratic Convention for nominating candidates for the same offices, early in September, and We are further in favor of presenting the very best men in the counly, in every respect, for the suffrages of the people. We want to sec no more candidates nominated by a Democratic Convention, of doubtful principles, or of questionable morality. Annoying. We are constantly receiving complaint of a failure, on the part of our subscribers, to get their papers regular on Saturday. The complaint occur most frequently from Post Offices on railroads near the city, which leads us to believe that the fault is entirely with the route agents. We hope this will be remedied, as it ii a great disappointment to our subscribers, and a wrious loss to us. We can assure our readers we bare never faihd getting our mail in the Post Office in this city by six o'clock on Friday night, and that we are, therefore, nut chargeable with the failure to get their paper tlie next day.

English Interference. We have fcalxd.froni.the,first (lint England and Franco would interfere in this war between the North and South. The whole tone of the press, nnd the debates in Parliament, have indicated this, nnd what was at first only intimated, is now more broadly staled. It will not do to shut our eyes to these things, but it is best to get all the light we can, nnd thus be prepared for events as they take place. Wo have heretofore pul lished extracts from English papers, indicating this course. To-day we publish an ed

itorial on the subject from the Mew iork Herald, and a letter from the London correspondent of the Herald, on the same subject. We publish them in preference to the debate in Parliament I on the subject, as they convey the points more I direct than the guarded debate. There is nothing will avert a war with England, in our judgment, but a speedy and complete crushing out of the I Southern rebellion, or the most decisive action of lour administration with foreign powers. We j hope Mr. Seward is equal to the great emergency. Army Worm. The papers in Northern Kentucky and Southern Indiana report the Army ' Worm very bad, and destroying all kinds of grain : and grasses, The Louisville Courier says that a train of enrs on the Nashville road was stoped . by them they were on the rails so thick that the wheels killinsr them would turn without friction : enough to drive the cars, and the train could not ! proceed until the worms were shoveled from the rails. Wo have not heard of their being in this i county yet. Since the above was in type, Mr. A. Smith, ! from the Northern part of the county, informs i us that they have made their appearance in his i neighborhood in countless thousands, and ali ready have mowed patches of grass, wheat and corn, as clean as the floor. They appeared first on Saturday and Monday last, ahd will soon com- ! mence traveling. This is another terrible calamity on us. Verily we are in troublous times. I Cut Off. By direction of the Post Master i General, all mail communication between the ! North and the seceded States was entirely suspended on the first of June. This being the i case, letters and papers cannot be sent South.We shall, therefore, from this date, discontinue I sending our paper to all our Southern exchanges t and subscribers, in seceded States, until such ! time as communication is opened. iTSTAs the word " subjugate " is now very frequently used, both by the papers, and in conversation, we give below its full and proper meaning, as found in Wedster's Unabridged Dictionary : ; SUBJUGATE to subdue and bring under the yoke of power or dominion ; lo conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another. Can eleven sovereign States, with a population of nine million of free-born Americans, ever be subjugated ? Jtd' The Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois, died at Chicago, at 9 o'clock on Monday morning. In this city, guns were fired by order of Gov. Morton, every half hour, from sunset to sunrise, on Monday I night, in respect for the deceased. The follow-. i ing brief statement of the history of Judge Douglas, is copied from the Sentinel of Tuesday. Mr. Douglas was born at Brandon, Vermont, April 23, 1813. In the fall of 1033 he emigrated lo Illinois and taught school at Winchester. In 1834 he opened a law office, and was admitted to practice in all the courts of the State. A year afterwards, when twenty-two years of age, lie was elected by the Legislature Attorney General of the State. In 1835 he was elected to the Legislature. In 1837 he was appointed Register of the land office by President Van Buken, which position he held for two years. In 1840 he engaged in the Presidential campaign with all the ardor which afterwards distinguished him.The same year he was appointed Secretary of Slate. In 1841, when only twenty-eight years of age, he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court. In 1843 he was elected to Congress, and re-elected in 1844, and again in 1846, but having in the mean time been elected to the United Stales Senate for six years from March 4, 1847, he took his seat when not quite thirty-four years of age. He has since served in that body fourteen years. His memorable canvass with Mr. I Lincoln in 1858 for the Senatorship, was one of the most remarkable in the annals of American I poliiics. For many years Mr. Douglas was reIgarded as a probable candidate for the Presidency. As early as 1844 his name was mentioned in that connection. In 1852, at the time Gen Pierce was nominated, he received in the National Democratic Convention on one ballot 92 out of 288 votes. In 1856 be was again a candidate before the Cincinnati Convention, which nominated Mr. Buchanan, receiving on the 16th ballot 121 votes, 168 votes for Mr. B. and 4 for Gen. Cass. In I860 he was a candidate before the Charleston Convention, and after its disruption nnd adjournment he was nominated at Baltimore by the adjourned convention, nnd Mr. Breckinridge was put in nomination for the same position by the seceding convention. - The division in the party made the election of Mr. Lincoln almost a certainty, but Mr. Douolas made a vigorous personal canvass in both the Northern and Southern sections of the Union, and received a small electoral but a large popular vote. Cnpl. Wm. J. Robinson, of Indianapolis, has been elected Major of the 11th Regiment, vice O. Wood, resigned. Military Appointments. The following appointments were made by the Governor: Seventh Regiment Miles S. Haskell, Colonel; John W. Wilder, Lieutenant Colonel; Geo. W. Gorman, Major. Cavalry Regiment Conrad Baker, Colonel; Scot Carter, Lieutenant Colonel. Second Brigade John Levering,. Quartermaster; Miles Murphy Commissary. Regimental Quartermasters 14th regiment, T. C. Bunlinc; 15th regiment. Sale Fry; !6lh regiment, Lewis Burk.

TELEGRAPH. REPORTS. Wednesday's Reports.

Washington, May 3. Marshal Bonnnfant returned to Baltimore this morning. He is instructed by Secretary Cameron to nrrest all persons plotting against the Government, nnd to seize all arms, and amuiiition in the possession of such persons or which may have been secreted by them, nnd to appoint an additional force of deputis to enable him effectually to guard nil the highways leading from the city. Marshall B. will, under these instructions, hold himself accountable to the War Department only. Lieut. Col. Elynrt and Capt. Cahill, of the 2nd regiment of Kentucky volunteers arrived here to-day, and have had a very satisfactory interview with Secretary Cameron and Gen. Scott. The object of the visit is to obtain arms for the Kentucky brigade, which is composed of the 1st and 2d regiments, numbering 1,200 men. It will be commanded by Col. Guthrie. They were assured by Gen. Scott that Gen. McClellan will be immediately instructed to supply the brigade with arms and accoutrements, and that orders were issued to Col. Guthrie to report at Colonel Anderson's headquarters at Louisville, forthwith. On Capt. Cahill remarking to Gen. Scott that this order would lest the potency of Gov. Magoffin's proclamation, and that in all probability a collision would ensue at the outset between the brigade and the secessionists at Louisville, the General replied: "You shall be sustained, sir; we can send you 20,000 men in three days." Capt. Cahill nlso says Col. Anderson was quite ill when he left Kentucky. He confirms the statement made by Ethridge that eight in every ten in Louisville are loyal, but says there are many there professing loyalty were really secret ly conniving with the rebels, as they are at Baltimore. Louisville, June 4. The New Orleans Picayune, of the 31st, says: The Brooklyn captured the bark H, J. Spearing, from Ilio Janeiro to New Orleans with $120,000 worth of coffee. The Powhatan captured the Mary Clinton from Charleston on the lstinst., with a full cargo of rice, peas, &c. Gen. Twiggs has been put in command of the Military Department. The Montgomery Post, of. the 31st, says: A portion of the Confederate troops have been ordered away' from Pensacola, and there is little prospect of a fight there at present. Hon. John J. Crittenden consents to run for Congress in the Lexington District. The Louisville Journal's editarial says: Col. Andorson will take no military command here, but goes to the Mountains of Pennsylvania, on account of failing health. New Yojik, June 4. An article in the London Times says Jeff. Davis, while making a studious display of moderation nnd endeavoring to conciliate the good will of the European nations, s perfectly aware that his theories depend for acceptance on the rifles of his fellow citizens. The tribunal which decides questions of international law is usually a stern one. If the North prevails, it will prove that' the Union was a nationality; if the South makes good its independence, it will prove that the Union was a partnership during tlie pleasure ot parties. 1 his is wnat is to be de cided, and we must bide the event. The Times thinks movements will be postponed till spring. The limes publishes a lengthy communication on the causes of the American war, and has a strong editorial on Seward's letter to the Ambassador to France, which it says sounds very much like insult, and ridicules his prophetical ideas. : The French Ambassador to London had returned from Paris, and is reported with instructions of a conciliatory character.In England the American question was paramount. Clay's letter attracted considerable attention. The rumor is prevalent that vessels were going out of Liverpool for privateering. Chicago, June 4. The Tribune's Cairo correspondent says that the secessionists have 5,000 troops at Union City, Tennessee, another regiment having arrived on Friday. 10,000 troops between Memphis and Cairo. Beauregard was expected at Union City on Sunday. The Chicago Tribune, of this morning, declares in favor of a Douglas Democrat to fill the vacancy in the Senate, and urges .Gov. Yates to make such selection. It says it becomes Republicans now to prove their faith in unanimity of the North by this recognition of patriotism and fidelity to the Union of former nntngonists. J. D, Pulley, member ot the Legislature trom Williamson county, has been arrested at Caroondall for treason by order of General Prentice. Ho will be sent to Springfield lor trial. It is be lieved ample evidence exists that he is a leading traitor. Washington, May 4. A special dispatch to the Commercial Advertiser says Contrary to expectations a movement was made on Fairfax last night. for obvious reasons there will be no renewal of the action at Acquia Creek. When Gen. Seott is ready, the place will be Carried. TheFawnee lies off the creek, and will see that no more batteries are erected. Gen. Butler has refused to be put in the reguar army establishment, prefering to return to civil life when the war ends. High military authority states there will not be any forward movement of our troops for a few days. Colonel Lander has offered his services to (jen. McClellan. It is ascertained by a careful inspection of the projectiles used by the rebels at Acquia Creek that they are unlike nnv in common use, and it is be lieved that their cannon and projectiles are from Europe, but how and when Ihcy got them is the question. Lieut. Col. Farnham has been appointed Col. of the New York fire Zouaves, in place of the late Ellsworth deceased. Six hundred men are at work to-dny extending the railroad track from the depot to the bridge. A theological student of Richmond reports 100,000 men under arms in Virginia, 20,000 of them at Harper's Ferry. Ben. McCulloiigh was in Richmond. St. Louis, June 4. The 12th Illinois regiment. Col. McArthur, from Caseyville, embarked on the steamer City of Louisiana at East St. Louis last night for Cairo. Col. Cook's regiment also left Alton last night, for the same destination. It is understood that four regiments from Iowa, others from Wisconsin and still others from Chicago are moving Southward, bound for Cairo. The Republican learns that an application was made yesterday to Judge Treat, of the United Stales District Court at Springfield, Illinois, for a writ of habeas corpus, commanding Colonel Mc. Arthur, of the Illinois regiment stationed at Caseyville, lo produce tlie body of Capt. McDonald, before said Judge at Springfield. Colonel McArthur declined tooboT the writ, alleging that he had no instructions from Gen. McClellan to

J. - . - .. - - . 111 ' -.' - - ... . 11 . m deliver up the prisoner. Capt. McDonald accom- the firm, dignified, hut temperate tenor of the inpnnied Col McArthur's regiment to Cairo. structions from the Department of State to our Iu the McDonald case, this morning, returns Diplomatic corps, has convinced foreign cabinets to the writ of habeas corpus were made by Cols, j that we have courage, spirit and resolution at Boernsteinr 'Brown and McNiel, substantially the home, and will vindioale- our rights, honor andsame ns those of Gen. Lyon and Col. Blair. An territorial integrity. attachment against Capt. Lyon has been applied j The World's dispatch says a large amount of for by the petitioner's counsel, which Judge Treat ; rolling stock from the Pennsylvania Railroad has declined to issue on the ground of insufficient . arrived hero to be used in transporting troops r . i ' . .1 . . 1. . . 1. . ... I ... 1 .. : .

prooi snowing mai sucn n siepoiigin 10 ue uinen. Here the case rests for the present. Ciiamdersiiurg, June 3. A person from'

Sharpshurg, Md., states that the rebels have sent ! un"er ule 'P'' ..tendency ot Mr. Alfred v. Tal500 sick back to Winchester-the diseases being ! C?U' commenced to-day erecting lines extending small-no and diarrhea. . along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and

The general belief is that Harper's Ferry has j been evaeualed by the rebels, the evidence being the loading of the cars. Philadelphia, June 4. The habeas corpus case of the bridge-burners came up before Judge Cadwallader. Mr. Ilorton, one of the counsel, stated that the prisoner had been discharged by order of the War Department. No interest was taken in the case. Baltimore, June 3. The steam-tug Yankee left for Norfolk this morning with a flag of truce. Heavy firing from Sewall's Point was heard as she passed. Baltimore, June 3. A report prevailed today of a riot here, growing out of the fact that there was no train on the Baltimore and Ohio road. The detention was caused by a boat on the Susquehanna taken use of by the Government. Frankfort, Ky., May 4. -The Border Stale Convention adjourned yesterday sine tlie, after adopting the National nnd Slate address. Thursday's Reports. Washington, June 4. A special dispatch to the Herald says there was no forward movement last night as information was received by Gen. Scott, late in the evening, that several thousand rebels were at Centerville, ten miles from Alexandria. The result was that each of our regiments on the Virginia side was notified to be prepared for a night attack. .', : Praparations are going on in several Commis sary Departments for six. eight and ten days ra tions for many of our troops, indicating lorward movements. Slaves continued arriving in considerable mini hers at Gen. Butler's camp, and are put to worl in the trenches. They nre said to comprehend the position of affairs very clearly, and report that their masters are very much alarmed and are tly ing from their homes every day. The World's dispatch says, that portion of Maryland lying along the river between Indian Head and Piney Point, is tenanted with rabid se cessionists, who are constantly sending supplies to rebels in Virginia.'... One thousand men will be dispatched to pre vent any communication with the enemy. A field battery will be sent to this point and one of the river flotilla will be stationed there It is also contemplated to occupy White House Point ; the channel there is very low, and if the rebels should get possession there, it would cost valuable lives to retake, it commands the channel for several miles, The Tribune's dispatches say it is not confirm ed that the rebels had advanced from Harper's I'erry to Leesburg. It may have sprung trom the presence of the line of disunion pickets from Fairfax Uourt House and .Leesburg. Marshal Kane is at heart as bad as Merriman against whom there are strong proofs of treason He is still at large, and boasts that the Irovern ment is afraid to arrest him. His friends threat en to rise if he is touched. Reports received in Richmond recently from rebels at Manassas Junction, boast that there posi tion is now impregnable. Ihey were nnticipating orders to march upon Alexandria. John P. Sanderson has been appointed Lieut Colonel in the army, and will be second in com mand to Colonel Anderson. The Slar says that certain information from Leesburg has been received, which states that Gen. Beauregard was positively at the Junction ; also, in the aggregate, twenty thousand rebels were at Manassas, Ccnterville, iairtax fetation and Fairfax Court House. The people at Waterford, Loudon county, Va.f were ordered out on Sunday last by an officer to be at Harper's Ferry next Monday, with their teams and wagons to move the material ot the troops there. It is believed that 2,000 rebels will move up the Potomac to opposite Williamsport. They nre known to be without means of army transport lion. The Commercial Advertiser's Washington dis patches savs it is understood that Gen. Scott dis approves of landing forces at Aquia Creek, as he regards that point unimportant at present. The Post's special dispatches say that nil dispatches announcing that hostilities would soon occur at Manassas Junction or Aquia Creek, or reports of an advance of the rebels from Harper's Ferry are incorrect. No movement of the kind has been ordered, or likely to take place soon. A band of telegraph operators has been ordered to accompany the Federal forces. Offices will be opened in every direction back of Arlington Heights, so that troops an be instantly concentrated at any point. Several members of the Maryland Legislature recently visited the rebels at Harper's Ferry and Richmond, doubtless to confer with the Confederate leaders. There is a decided secession feeling lingering in Maryland, and needs watching. Six Dahlg rcen bronze 12-pounders have been fished up by the rebels near the navy yard, and eight luns of gunpowder is said to have been taken from the magazine of the Merrunac, perfectly dry. The Merrimac, Dolphin and Germantown, it is said, will be in seagoing order in two weeks. Cincinnati, May 6. The engagement at Phillippa took place at five o'clock Monday morning. The plan was well laid for a surprise, but the impetuosity of a few of the troops gave the rebels warning. They fled in haste, leaving their baggage, ferry horses, four wagons loaded will, provisions and five hundred muskets. Col. Kelley, in charging in advance of his men, was shot with a revolver by a rebel who had charge of a provision wagon. The secessionist numbered 1,500, and were well armed and equipped. Friday's Reports. Washington, June 6. The Tribune's special says, a person recenlly from Richmond states that troops march at night without music Journals are forbidden-to chronicle these secret movements. , A man, whose assumed name was Williams, an agent of the Government, was arrested at Harper's Ferry yesterday, and immediately hung as a spy. Dispatches from our ministers abroad give gratifying evidence of better feelings towards our Government. The nnited sentiment of the North,

mm inuuiuoua oi war in tlie contemplated ad-

vance on Manassas. , . c"" ' ul 'BP"' engineers A n ., - . r . i , . it.,c jiiuuuugu .o in. no VIUUII a IMIJIS, 11UOUI IOUT miles from Alexandria. Washington, June 9. Col. Bartlett, of the naval brigade, states that Gen. Butler now has orders from the President and Secretary of War to accept the naval brigade with the full compliment of 1,200 men and 80 officers as ordered by the President on tlie 22nd of May. A special to the Past says: Marshal Boncfant, of Baltimore, has begun a thorough work against the Maryland rebels. Yesterday, large quantities of powder and other contraband articles, also a considerable amount of specie, evidently intended for the rebels,, were seized, and put in a safe place. The government has approved of the Marshal's act. A citizen from Baltimore says he saw and conversed with Gon. Beauregard at Manassas Junction last Sunday. It is understood here (hat the rebels have sent secret agents to Brazil to form an alliance with that power. Two brass guns belonging to the New York 7th Regiment, were found to'day aboard a rebel schooner at Alexandria, the captain of which refused to hoist the federal flag, when a member of the New York 9th Regiment shot him in tho hand. Notwithstanding Southern reports that tho rebels had made great preparations to attack Fort Pickens about May 20, previously Capt. Adams had informed Gen. Brngg that the port was strictly blockaded. Bragg replied that he considered the notification a virtual ackdowledgment of the , independence of tho Confederate States, and told Adams to consider the port closed against all United States vessels. He would not permit any to enter except the dispatch boat, with a while flag. It having been reported that a quantity of arms were stored at Havana under tho British flag, for the Confederates, a letter has been received from the Consul, which says the matter had previously engaged. hi attention. He says it is impossible to land time 200,000 rifles, as stated. Tho Governor of the island will not permit an illicit importation of such an amount. A Spanish house had ordered from Belgium 70,000 for speculation, but the house has failed, and the order will not be filled. Our Consul is under the impression that 10,000 rejected Spanish muskets have been sent to Southern ports. The Prize Court was in session to-day. Several vessels wi re restored to their owners. The Post Office department has received a copy of Reagan's Confederate orders, instructing the Southern Post Masters lo return all mail bags, locks, keys, and stamps, and all other property connected with the postal service. The ledger accounts up to May show a final balance in their possession. , Military matters to-day in Washington wcro conducted wiih unusual caution. Reliable information unattainable. Louisville, June 6. The Journal of this morning says that the proposition in the Mayfield Convention for the First District to secede from the State and join Tennessee, was negatived 130 to 30. The plan was abandoned A circular addressed from Nashville to the Union men of Tennessee condemns the course of the Governor, deprecates the raising of troops, deplores secession as a curse, urges them to place iennessec by the side of Kentucky, to keen out of active participation in the war, and savs that late information leads to the hope that by manly effort they will succeed and a large vote be polled in Middle and East Tennessee. A special dispatch dated the 4th says that John Bell spoke at Knoxville, urging war to tho death against the North, and declaring that five millions cannot conquer the South. At Montgomery much dissatisfaction was ex pressed at the removal of the seatof government to Richmond. The Richmond Whig of the 1st says that a Vir ginian will be put in the Cabinet, vice Walker, becretarv ot War. Fortress Monroe via Baltimore. This morn ing the Harriet Lane exchanged about fifty shots with the Big Point battery, nearly opposite Newport News, on James River. She received two shots and had five men wounded. She was about throe-fourths of a mile from the battery, having seven embrasures which disclosed heavy pieces. Two of the Harriet Lane's shells burst immediately over them. 1 he night before last five com panics went nearly to the Half-way House, between Hampton nnd Yorklown. General Butler has spent the day at Newport News. . Ciiamiierrburo, Pa., Juno 6. All news con cerning the proposed advance of troops is strictly prohibited by the commanding general. Several regiments are hourly expected. The troops arc eager to meet the enemy. A forward movement will certainly begin to-morrow. New York, June 6. The City of Washington brought more Whitworth rifled cannon for the Government from loyal citizens of Europe. A dispatch to (lie Jribune says those who wit nessed the firing from Newport News, with good glasses, believe that shells from the Harriet Lane took effect within the works. The battery is ten or twelve guns. The Harriet Lane's purpose was merely to feel their firo nnd determine the character of the works. She received one shot through her bulwork from a rifled gun. . A large number of rebels are engaged in throw ing up fortifications in the neighborhood of Pio Point. Springfield, Ills., Juna 6. Col. McArthur arrived here this evening, having in charge Capt. c.mmet McUonald, ot bt. Louis, who was brought before Judge Treat, of the United States District Court, this morning. Time has been given the District Attorney to examine into the case. Cairo, Ills., June 6 Gen. Prentiss, having learned that some Kentucky secessionists had established a camp at Elliott's Mills, Ky., ten miles from here, sent two companies to that place. When they arrived the enemy had fled. Col. Wykliffe, who represents Kentucky in some official character, visited Gen. Prentiss today for the purpose of protesting against this invasion of Kentucky soil. Gen. Prentiss showed several letters from the western part of the State, asking protection from ruffianism, and declared it his intention to send troops in whatever direction and npon such soil as the Governmet of the United States ordered.