, 1861-10-28
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
Price Mixing his Pest Time in
a Tropical Di* ection.
REPORTED FEDERAL VICTORY.
FROM WASHINGTON.


by the regulars from the fort, aided by some
Of his men, and driv.n into their boats with
great slaughter. Had the steamer McClel-
Ian not delayed to tow the Potoma: to the
scene Of action, it would, as ordered, haVe
cut eff their retreat. Col Brown says, when
1t is considered that less than 200 regulars,
with some fifty volunteers, pursued five times
their numbers four miles, aud expelled them /
under heavy fire from the island they had |
desecrsted, it will, trust, b5 considered
evidence Of ttelr having gallantly performed |
their duty. The place Of attack Of the enemy t
VAS judicious, and II executed With Ordinary !
ability, might have been attended with serious
loss; but he failed in al, save the burning of |
one.half Of the tents Of the 9th Regiment, |
which, being covered with bushes, were |
very combustible, and in riltug the trunks |
OF the officers. He. did not reash |
within five hundred yards Of either |
Of the batteries, the guns Of which he Was to
tpike; uor within mile Of the Fort he was
to enter pe1l nell with the fugitves retreatlng
before his victorious arms. have now inmy
possession uine fpikes taken from the bodies
Of the dead, designed for our guns. Our loss
is Of regulars, killed and 20 wounded, most
Of them very slightly, aud missing, among
whom il Msj. Vodges, Of the 9Th regiment.
OF the New York volunteers, is killed, 9
wounded and 16 missing. Tbs enemy lost, as
far as ie Known to US, fourteen killed, inelat-
ng l Captain, seven wounded, iuc1ud-
ing Lieutenant, 2 E1ncs dead, and officers
and twenty-five enlisted men prisoners and
as he Was known to have carried of some Of
his dead and most Of his wounded, those IN
our hands being severely so, and unable to be
removed; and as the heaviest loss is supposed
to have been in the boats at the re-embarka-
ticn, it Has probably three times as grea: in
killed and wounded as I have named. We
estimated the force Of the enemy Of 1900 or
1900, having closely obs r.: them through
fine telescope as the5 =<tseated. Their two
large steamers a large barge Of equal size, and
five Or Elk launches, we're all crowded with
troops, and the almost unanimous estimate Of
the officers Is 1900. From personal observation,
clost y at VARIOUS points, it Is evident that
Wilson's men did themselves little Credit.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy Fox, has
returned from Fort Monroe, where he
delivered sealed orders to the com
mander Of the naval expedition. To day
he Fcame by Way Of the Potomac from
Smiths Point he came by land. Where the
foti1la lies there are no batteries. At Matthias
Point, Capt. Harrel, after exploring with shot
and shell, landed and found no enemy. There
was firing thence the other day from do1d
| pieces. The batteries between Smiths Point
! aud IL dian Head close the river. New ones
are going up at Eyarsport, off which the
| George Psge lies. No five hundred rebels
crossed here, but only 8 few, who went to Po-
aey's house. The country consists of sand
| and scattering pines; no grain OF cattle. No
army could be subsisted there.
The arrangement concerning the Baltimore
g. Ohio Railroad, mentioned yesterday, has
been suspended for the present ct the Instance
Of the President Of the road.
The Adjutant General, in general order
calls the attention of officers to the supplying
of subsistence to volunteers in process Of or
gan1zstion and the exorbitant prices demand
ed and paid for ratlens. Hereafter whenever
cooking facilities can be furnished to troops
whether in squads or large bodies, ration
cannot be contracted for at reasonable rated
subsistence will be procured in bulk All
Issued to the volunteers. In no case 6houl
the cost Of the ration uncooked exceed 1
.. cents and at most points in Western State
| it should rot exceed Ia cents, When cookfD
facilities cannot be furnished. contracts 70
t rationB cooked may be made at REASONABLE
rates, aud the necessity for the sa.ae must b
: | clearly stated in accounts. When board an
lodging are contracted fer, prices tor sue
t should be stated snd the aggregate Of bot
Q must not exceed forty cents per day. N
bands for volunteer regiments will In futu1
r be mustered into the eer7ice, and vacancls
= that may hereafter occur In bands in servit
will not be filed. Ali members Of bands no
in service that are not musicians will be d1
= charged On receipt Of this order by their I
n spectise regimenta1 commanders.
/. A depot for prisoners Of var Is to be esta
2 lished at Johnson's Island, sandusky Bay,
short distance from sandusky. Seventies
buildings to accommodate 1000 prisonel
!, are to be erected at coat OF less than tWen1
,, five thousand dollars by December lot
1e Lieut. Col Hoffman, 18Th infantry, Comnfsss
-. General of prisoners, who has been 1ooki
Is for proper place recommends this, aud t
oe recommendation Is approved b3 the Quart
q master General and Secretary OF War. FL
- Lieut.. Read, 9Th infantry, now on parole,
be Acting Assistant Quartermaster and Go
III 1nieeary Of Subsistence for the depot.
:as TIE 18th regiment Of infantry, Of viii
Or | eo,ne a 70 cnrnnanfes have been raised nra
he sees t,o-, rb1o,,,o n f.o1n.nhns Ohfo VII,
lgs ceIso noa. 1T'..N 1neos " ~.,s
pt- camp OF tnSttuellou W. 10 io'mea.
at Oa Thursday, st Budd's Ferry, shell thro
'm, m from rebel battery at schooner WAS pic1
~ NJ On the beach and taken into Sickle
en-, Camp, A man, sfter pouring out as
to thought al the powder, pushed In live c
~ bss when It exploded, and wounded ten Of
en- tenow soldiers. He died in two hours, and t
way othera te1iously injured.