[Newspaper]
Publication: The Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati, OH, United States
vol. 22, no. 149, p. 1, col. 1-2
LETTER FROM CAIRO.
[Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial]
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CAIRO, August 24, 4 A. M., 1861
Capture of Steamer Terry by a Federal Gun Boat -- Steamers Eastport, Dunbar, Sam Kirkman, and Samuel J. Orr Seized by Rebels at Paducah -- They Must be Returned -- Rebel Force at Benton – Hon. Emerson Etheridge, &c.
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The Bell Creole, Capt. B. J. Rust, bound from St. Louis for Cincinnati, passed up on Thursday night, with a fair trip, including the following merchandise for Cincinnati: — 16 empty carboys, Allen and Co; 110 empty oil bbls., G. W. Donahue and Co.; 75 barrels sand, Gray & Hemmingray; 205 sacks corn, Dubois and Augur. For Louisville — 300 boxes candles.
At the urgent request of Capt. B. J. Rust, the gunboat Lexington followed in the wake of the Belle Creole, guarding her safety to a point one mile above Paducah, where she went on her way to Cincinnati rejoicing — the Lexington returning to Cairo yesterday morning.
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