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On the 13th June, 1861, I accompanied Gen. Buckner, Judge Bigger and Col. Bullock to Cairo, Illinois. It was the day after a Confederate flag had been taken down in Columbus, Kentucky, by somcollection of what occurred at the interview between yourself and Major Gen. G. B. McClellan, at Cairo, III, on the 13th ultimo. In reply, I state that I was present at the time alluded to, and hearndersigned, were in company with General Buckner in the private room of General McClellan, in Cairo, Illinois. We had gone to Cairo in consequence of a fonding made at Columbus, Kentucky, by some of Cairo in consequence of a fonding made at Columbus, Kentucky, by some of the Federal troops from Cairo on the previous day. In a conversation between General McClellan and ourselves, which was marked by unreserved frankness and great courtesy on his part, he did distinctlCairo on the previous day. In a conversation between General McClellan and ourselves, which was marked by unreserved frankness and great courtesy on his part, he did distinctly state that he and General, Buckner, a few days previous, had agreed upon terms for the mother governance of each in respect of the neutral position of Kentucky. He did say that he had agreed that
l vessels. We make the subjoined extract from a letter in the Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal of Sept. 11, dated Hickman, Ky., Sept. 5th. I suppose that long before this reaches you, the telegraph will have informed you of our movements in this direction, and, also of our little semi-naval engagement of yesterday, between one of our gunboats, Capt. Hamilton's and Capt. Jackson's batteries, and two of Lincoln's practical craft, which of late, have been cruising about from below this point to Cairo and Paducah. As this incident was initiatory of what may prove a bloody conflict in this section of our military operations, and withal was somewhat interesting and exciting, I will endeavor to relate the circumstances of the fight as correctly as possible. A little after 12 o'clock yesterday, General Chestham, who has command of the forces here, received a telegraphic dispatch, from Columbus, stating that two gun-boats were below, and would, in all probability, pay us a visit before t