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The, ,teieGrephh haa fis16s1En nd ~ of tae 1at~
tie at Athens, No. aa fhe BIB ~. and y tnoM
propcse to de.ai1 :the ieSg1sznh Which preceded
and accompanied IL =. =
I. For Dc pit thfeets Or reeks ths north:
east eorner. .of MIseouitS been u = state o. Il
anarchy: There has baei sno security fof me
:snd property, and 10 ta5tt .1nade to enforce
the 1aNB and to: restore order. Thss retase ot
things originated from ths att*mpts OF secea:
eionieta 10 drIve Union men cut Of the eonn:
try. TO effect this, they did not use actual
force; but they collected in squads, Visited the
houses Of :UuionistBs=7uustly in The ahsenee
of the n,eurlneulted md abused the women
and. Threatened Tint pn1esa the aa1na8 Aeae Zoe
men would be shot or hnng Union men and
their tanrf1ies IN EBtate Of con.
etart dread and apprehension, sl1 which in many
instances became unendarable, and the conse-
quence has been that 4oany Union men nave
abandoned every thing and left the STATE. The
, Unionis formed Home Guards, but these
" ere pow erlees to protect from assassination;
and besides, the members being -scastered, in
mary instances, miles apart, were useless in
eudden emergency. Finally, the rebels be-
coming more bold and threatening, the Union
ibts resolved to 60 into camp This they did,
TO the number Of about six hundred, at town
called Cahok1a, is miles from the Mississippi,
in Clark county. Their commander is rough,
not over bright, but Bi1hal, a we'll meaning
and brave old soldier, who has seen service ii
MS9 sesn g fsf e6g gstan1 a19 re-
In the meantime, the secessionis:s had
fo1meda camp, under Martin Green, q brother
Of the Ex-senator, at Monticello, the county
seat of Lewis county, which is about thirty
miles south Of CahoEls. 4 few days after tie
Union camp Has formed, word came that
Green wse marching on 1t with force Of 500
men. The Unionists Immediately sent to
keuknk and Warsaw fa1 aEaistancs. Keokuk
| cid not respond; but the Warsaw Crews,
Cspt. Coster, fifty in humber, went oVer to
Ing Union camp, intending only to act on the
ceieI siTs. bqt Ehen there, az mo- enemy .ap=
| various bands Of eeCess1oulsiH RhichWere
p1oWliDg about the country. Accordingly,
fer three days he kept his msn on the tot;
/ completely worrying them out; but in no iE-
I stance could they compel the enemy to make
STAND. The only work Performed was the
arresting Of numerous 6eces5ionists who were
liberated on taking the oath. Moore with his
command then retgeased to Athens, small
town On the Des Moi1ea river, about twenty
eight miles from its mouth. Here the Greys
LIT and returned home. This was: about two
weeks ago. Soon after retiring to.Athens, the
$E$e e1>rr -aI 11%.F,
many Union!sts vent INTO council with them
TO bring about q restoration Of order; but
tie more wary said the object Of the rebels
was only to get {heu1- to disperse and then
they would disa1m ths1u. The effect, ho6e7-
er, Of this proposition, Was to yery much
found his force reduced to less than three hun.
dred men.
In the meantime, Green had been making
large additions to his numbers from all the
adjoining counties, and ten n-Gays-ago he had
under his command from 1900 to 1900 men
ring out Unionists, insulting and abusing
their families, and committing ali sorts ol
Gepretations upon their property. On Satnr
day 1ast it became evident that be was ap
proaching the Union camp at Athens, with ::
view Of Attacking it, Tho Unionists sent tx
Of the Keokuk military weaf up to Croson
"a small town On the Iowa: side Of the De-
MONIES, Immediately oppoalte to Athens,) bu
would not paes oveE the river. Moore, hoW
ever, received some rsinforcements On Sun
day, so that at the time Of the attack he hal
J nearly 400 men. MaOr6's camp was in tn
toHb, which is situated at the foot of aud o.
the side ct high bluff. The main busines
: street Is on the river, and the second sTee
Tuns parallel with the river, on beach, ashor
| | distance up the hill. Moore stationed his mai
force in this second Street, his right and lei
! ri1ne srtur5 5f,+rrh habtr ta*E Har
, was this little band, attacked on their entir
} front and both Hanks, by a, force Of 1200 o
: l5G0 nien, with nc mode Of retreat out by fozd
IGg river 800 yards vide. They wera Withou
, artillery, while the rebels had three pieces
; one an eight Pouna:ezz ghich WAS placed o
5 street entering the toEn-the other Two piecs
: were Imitation cannon, made out Of the cyli1
! de1s Of cid steam engines
s. The attack commenced between five aad si
o'clock IL the nornfeg. II the very begil
s ring Of the action Iieat Col. Cal1shau, Wh
r commanded q company Of cavalry, retire
a with his company across the river, and it
: said That ibis gallant officer, who claims to
! graduate ot West Point, never stopped nut
l. be reached MontIo5e On the Mississippi Rive
II Through the country over which he and fe
}. Gf bis comrades paced, they spread the repo
+ that the unionists we're cut sli to pieces, al
]. the secessloIists were advancing into Low
d The Consequence Was that the widest pan
e selzEd the pcople-some flew to arms az
r scme to the bush.
q cd with the panic, and fed ACROSS the rive
y bnt sec5rg their. companions standing fri
le many of them afterwards returned and tot
lr part in the hgat. The portion Of Moore
men which remained amounted to only abo
q 800, yet they stood .f1rm as regulars and deli
=, After al' SORTS Of fight, regular and irreg
4, lar, which ]asted for An hour and q half, G,
n Moore led his center to 8 chnrge which "
q executed in fine style, upon which ths reb'
ct broke and ran for HE. Most Of the ene1
e. had horses. but they d1smounted and fous
u on foot. The result Of the battle was
20 Union.sts killed and ten wounded, two
ct I these mortally, Tho hare since died. T
r, 1ebe Is left nine dead and four wounded On t
e. field, ald they have since admitted that th
ch Il Gate City, ol this morning states that it
Il. been definitely aecertained that the rebel L
nd 1 was 43 killed !; hut it is hardly credible Il
~ there vas such havoc in such = battle. 7
Cd Unionists also captured shout 10 horaes
:ee wagon loads OF supplies, the neck cannon q
nd Col. Moore pursued the fugitiyes fer thl
1t miles; he then returned TO his camp, but {
Ltxt dey beirg reinforced, he started in p
rus suit. TIE un1oniEta docked to his stands
en while TIE rebelsl being discouraged, were {
ely banding. When lsst heard tfcm Moore '
LII N%"t&tIA SOAA'J AA- A12VAS ulA1
7as Apo,tien Of lie Keckuk military perform
an gccd service during the fight, b; forming
ou tie Iowa side and pouring CALLING fire il
OBJ IKE fla1k Of the enemy right wing, across
Dur river. 1y;th their Miufe rsfffs
fill Atthe time Hits action 7Fas fonrht IL,
u5t Ysre two Recommended 8. 8. lows y0lunte
an in Keeknk, twenty FIVE miles from the se
Ar ef sctieu. A portion Of these vera dlspatci
aer to TIE a;d Of the Unionists, but the battle
led been fought and won before their arri
ar Thus lave the Union Guards Of Clark
W, ! Scotsard ccunfie5 almost praidtd mi
MS | Hight tie combined secession forces OF la
len oGzln counties, ard for the present, at le
Eae So:d TIE complete aacandency.
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