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The Daily Dispatch: May 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
ns to touch anything on board any boat that passes, except articles resulting in war. There are said to be about 2,000 men at Cairo, and the number is increased by every train. The officers said, when the Perry left, that they already had about 25 guns mounted.--The Swallow, when she went up to meet the Perry, had two guns mounted, with a large lot of soldiers aboard. Later.--Since the above was written we have conversed with a gentleman who spent two days at Cairo. He says Colonel Prentice, the commander at Cairo, is kept perfectly posted as to the cargo of every boat leaving St. Louis for the South, and hence it is impossible to get any arms through there. But what is singular is, that no steamboat destined for the Ohio river has yet been stopped at Cairo. Even boats for Louisville are permitted to pass without molestation. But all boats coming this way are closely watched, and whatever guns they may have on board, it is almost certain will be captured. There are abo