The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-08-14
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Startling News f.om Mo.
GEN'L LYONS ROUTED
AND KILLED. ~

Dispatches from St. Louis Of yesterday, saga
rumor. are current on the street, in which some
reliance is placed, that Gen Lyons command
in the Souht.W Vest h Is been totally routed by
the rebels and the General himself killed, and
that Cen, sgel was in full retreat with the rem
is said to have been received here by secess-
ionists last evening, the messenger who brou ght
the new~ having killed four horses between
Springfield and Rola in his haste to outstrip the
Government Messenger. It is reported that
Gen. fremont receive dispatches about mid
night corroborating with the above but their
contents have not yet been divulged. Great
anxiety IS felt by Union men here, and most
Sc ious aIprehensions are INDUCED for the safe
~ Of our army. In The meantime this inteli-
gence must be taken with much allowance for
cxaggeration.
John Bigelow editor Of the N. i. Evening
Post has been appointed Consul at Paris.
Prince Napoleon has been at Manassas, and
thousand rumors are on wing concerning the
object Of his reconnaissance.
Gen. Mcclellan has cut reporters down to
facts and says they must uae thpse sparingIy.-
The repor.orial nose Is therefore badly out Of
joint.
The rebel camp at Union City, Tenn, has
bern broken up and most Of the forces there
have j,ined Pillow at New Madrid.
Several big guns have lately been mounted
At Birds Point, Mo, AMI the tr,'pI are pill
Is cents per day extra for working on entrench-
ments. Hi RgN @0FsEE
Troops in Missouri are. lively a ases. aud
moving in every direction. 1t is impossible
Tor anybody to keep an intelligent idea Of their
movements.
he National Union Of Winchester, Kv :,
has issued an extra stating that between two
and thr e thousand r..bel troops have entered
Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap aud
are m,rching Oh B ,r,,oarsv,lle with the sup
posed intent Of c .pturin. SOD lbs Of b,c,n
which is stored there. The Union men were
r'llyng to repel them.
The Quak.y City Oh the 10th brought in to
Fort Monr, the prize schooner George v.
Baker, and her Confederate crew in ir,ns-
She was first captured off G ,lvrst,n bva U.
s. vessel. and sent to NV York with United
States crew ab nrsl. Atterw ,ris she WA c,
t"reL "f CAGE Hit.sra b. the P,iv,t,er Y ,rk
and four r. bells put aboard. Meanwhile the
York WIS seen h, the gun boat Union, which
chased and burnt the York, after the pirates
h,i bcach'd her mi escaped.
The Schooner Mary Alice arrived ut NV
York on the li'h. She had been capture by
the pr,te SIP . xie, mi her Capt lin and
three m"n were taken aooad the pirate vessel.
She was afterwards re :.ptured BY the Wabash,
and the pirate crew transferred to her.
The Wab ,sh also captured the brig Saral,
Starr, viii h Ind no papers.
Til: Spanish Min ster announced to Secre.
tary Sew I'd on the 18th that the seven vessels
captured by the privateer Sumpter, h,l been
discharged by order Of bis government.
Isisreporsed that the. Secretary Of war Of
the confederate st,tes hid recommended an
increase OF the army to 100000 men.
N'vig.tnu on the Potomac is not yet inter.
ferel with
TIL" gun boats built for service on the Miss.
isSsipli u e timed on the bur about New
Albany on the Ohio. and cannot pass down on
account of the low stage Of the water.
great battle has been expected at Spring.
field NJ =, for the last Ave or six days but none
has yet taken place.