New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
rur LATEST wAR NEWS.

The President, Secretaries Cameron, sewara'
aud Chase. and General Mcclellan sestero" VS.
"a all tbe camps on the Virginia side OF 0p'
po4omoc They were received with tho ho"oi'
ornropriste 10 tho occasion, and the presence
Of Gen. Mcclellan called forth the iouu op.AO
asm Of the troops. The camps were ioun' v
IN exce,lent condition, and the army, rs "nc'o'
showed /, state of complete organiZa'loh "NV"
:. ,,cst cbeerinp. The largest Rebei lorce
ho.,.Oon Manassas and our lines is believed now
20 bs in the vicinity of Fairfax Court-hou'e'
from which place they made preciplta'e "''n'
drawal, perhaps with the design 10 leaa ou'
troops into IN ambush.
From Missouri we have interesting aud i,n'
portant Information relating to the recent battle
4 sergeant of United States dragons, who was
captured by the Rebels and who succeeded IN
making his escape, states that Ben McCuIloch
was mortally wounded and died the morning al
ter the fight His body was placed IN colin
which was filled with whisky, and thus cent 10
his friends. Tho sergeant thinks that Gen. frlce
also was severely wounded. On Saturday nghl
after the battle, the Rebels were re-enforced by
9 900 men under Judge Mcbride. IL was cur
rently reported among them that 10000 OF the
army were at once to make forced march upon
Jefferson City. The last charges OF the hansas
and Iowa regiments in the fight drove the Rebels
back three miles. and it was believed that two
more regiments would have forced them
into Arkansas The sergeant thinks that
| &, 900 is low estimate OF their losses
Gen. Price in Lis official report of the battle
saws that the number Of lis Missouri forces was
! 522l; Of these 1876 were killed, and 5l7 wounded,
many of them mortally. The loss among the
officers was heavy No mention is made OF Ben
McCulIoch's army. It appears from tins report
that the whole rebel army had been ordered 'o
move on Gen. Lyon i'll four columns on Iht
night before the battle, the purpose beng 70
surround Springfield aud make slmuit"heou'
attack in tie morning. This design was rus
,rated by the threatening aspect OF the weather.
Gen. Price does not state whether lie experienced
any return of the illness which sent hun
from the battlefield some weeks before
800 Secessionists have collected IN Saline COun
| ty. and 600 or more, from Charlton County,
! crossed tie Missouri River, all Of them prepar'
| ing as il was thought, to join Gen. Price al
once. From st. Louis, by way of Washington
we learn that Col. Dougherty set out on Monday
| from Birds Point with 800 men, attacked the
enemy at Charleston, l,200 stroBg, drove lin
back, killed 40, took II prisoners, captured lS
horses, and returned early the next morning
having lost one mao, and having six wounded
A good days work. We noticed yesterday tn
Sact that a railroad train was fired upon b!
| concealed Rebels between SyTacuse and Jefferson
City. party of soldiers we're sent IRON tn
train in pursuit of the enemy. They killed two
wounded several, and took five prisoners.
From Kentucky We learn tLat the Union mel
are rapidly organizing, receiving arms and equip
ments, and that in few days 10000 loyal citi
! zens will be ready TO fight against traitors.