Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-30
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI BRIDGE BURN
ING BY THE C0NFEDERATES


ment was made last night By the rebels song the NorL
Missouri Railroad. The rebels who returned from Gan
Popes camp destroyed about 100 miles Of the read or
at least rendered 1t useless Commencing eight miles
south OF Hudson, they burnt the bridges, woodpilef
wateranks, ties, tore up the rails for mil ben. them
and destroyed the telegraph line. This coDtnuso
to Wauentown where the work Of destruction 'ed.
H)w many coroerned in this yiIlainous work j.
yet known, but there is doub but that 1t was pre-
erted and Simultaneous movement Of the ctz ms
aong the road, as no single party could have accom-.
plished so much in one night. Three hundred Of tie
VII ns arc known TO have been engaged in the des.ruc
toa OF the bridge track at Warentown.
sKcoSD DESPATCH
.WARkEsTOwS Mo-, Dec. "A The damage TO the North
Missouri Rnraad may be summed up az follows: Brdges
at Centralia Mexico, Jsftown and Wsrren.own, burn
cd asc station aud perhaps twenty cirs from fifty
to sixty culvers large and small; three four water
ataens, .ie-, from 200 300 telegraph pc.v5
and i've miles Of iron destroyed and ten miles Of wire
rendered useless.
Two trains, one having eight car oadI of hogs and
several car loads of hemp, sud two cars Of mec lands
are In the possession Of the rebels Four engines are
lying where they can be seized by them.
Some Of the men who belonged 10 the traios have ar
rived here, from whom learn that the persons who cid
the dmigs are ye. encamped along the road, about five
hundred being at High Hill, and other bodies at neG
hartinburg, Mexico, Centraa, Sturgeon and Allen. Al
CentraIa, they went within hflf mile OF the BerSe
Sharp Shooters and Destroyed bridge and water sta
ton Two freight trains captured within four miles
Of camp OF u detachment OF the same force.
At Rsnsick the work directed by practical raj.
road men, and the right always taken 10 make
the destruction complete. Whers the track taken
up the rails removed the ties gathered in piles and
SET on f;e and the rails thrown across the pile 50 that
when the OF tho rails became heated the weight
of the cold ends bent item 10 render them us less
In destroying the bridges the rss kndled around
the corners, where they would throw the bridges
down, and the treste guides which splnned the open
cuyerts we're bcrned also the frames on which
the water tanks stood usually
The houses Of railroad men and Of all Uuion men in
the vicinity OF the road surrounded and the inhab
auts assured that no harm was iatendsd tten while
siey remained indoors.
We bear Of scarcely any piage, any other Outrage
beyond the destruction OF the road and teegrsp1 line
The d,mage to the rold cannot fall short OF 5000
aud at least month will be required to repair IL SO
that trains can rass
ST LoUIs Dec. 81 About o thousand Of the rebe!
prisoners taken by Gen. Pope arrived here last night,
and were allowed TO remain in the until this morn
ing when they escorted by their capurers under
Col Davis 10 DR.. AcDowes medical college, where they
will be taken care of for the present.
WARREsroS, No, Dec 2i.-By arrivals from Mexico
we learn that the bridge over Sal. river which is tht
rges and most costly on tn, road except that at Pr
que, which the rebels previously sdarei Friday night
Was entirely DESTROYED on Sunday night. The station
house n. Jacksonville also burned, together viii
four or five cars.
ST LOUIS Dec 23.-Gen. II ileck has issued al order
frng the penalty OF death all parties engaged in de-
stroyirg railroads and tcsgraphs, aud requiring tae
towns aud counties 10 which the destruction occurs TO
re oair the damages and paw expenses.