, 1861-08-31

We have latc and reltadle aosicEs 1Vn
Missouri. It is believed that McCulloch is
vet il sprin cic1d; that Price with a con
s;i:crablc body Of MissouEans, is at or near
Eys'al:a; ,1:at Gen. Rains, with 5000 men,
is skiIl;1g 1he border OF Kansas harrying
lrion men as he goes North. 1t IS given
Out that &c is al.er Montgomery; but the
e,ject Of the expedition is believed to be
the possession Of Fort Leavenworth, where
the Government has accumulated 3 very |
large amount Of military stores, the capture |
OF which would be Of material advan- |
taee to lie rebel army. At Rolla there is |
q force sufficient to hold the post,
mainly of nlinsisans in Wyman's
Palmer's and Turner'S regiments.
Tic lst Missouri, and 1st and I'd Kansas
regiments, Dabols' end Totten,s batteries
Of Lyons army, together with greater
part Of the regular cavalry, have been
Ordered to St. Louis-tht Misson1ians TO
be transformed into artillery regiments, to
which the two batteries will be attached.
One Of tl4c Kansas reg inents goes homo,
aat: the other is compelled to recruit TO fill
u, its broken ranks. Sigels and Salo-
,non's regiments remain at Roua. The
p!sce is ;,eing cn.-eachcd, and the cannon,
,i1ncn1 them number Of 32-pounders, are
being mounted It is not believed that
is il darger Of attack 4 couple Of
expeditions are out Of the camp-one Of
which nc spoke yesterday loohiog up the
enemy at Lanes Prairie, and the other on
similar scalch at Salem, 16 miles from
the I,st.
Gen. Prentiss. Us our readers know, has
left trenton. On Thursday he was at
Frede1icktown, in an adjoining county.
C11 Tuchi.' 5 regiment, the 10Th Illinois,
.a= t. set cut On Thursday to join him.
i is net believed that an enemy viii be
found nearer than New Madrid, if there !;
though not enough is known Of their
movements to enable us to divine thsI IN
1enticns. The coulmissariat Of Prentiss'
almy j. il q wretched condition, and the
means Of transportation very scanty.
Nevertheless the boys Of the command are
II fine spirits. eagerly expecting q chance
fcr & dg ght-
Norzhcrn Missouri is virtually abandon
Ell to The enemy. The Hannibal d St
Josepa road is in their possession; anl
CONT unication with the West is thus effect
uaily cut of. The whole of that country j.
IN dangerous and distracted condition
neigbDor fighting against ne;ghbor, squad
against squad, with animos.ty sharpene.
by the recollection Of what has been give1
ard received. Il is feared that our friend
IL Kansas will suffer the most by tie de
s;ruc.Ion Of the lines Of communication
being dependent for arms, ammunition
equipments, &-c, for the new regiments
oE the Esst. Lane has lot Jet got his CAL
airy horses no1 hi5 armz. They are a
Quincy. and would have soon been sen
ever. So, taken all in all, the affairs Q
Missouri seem 10 be in anything but a pros
Iero7s condition.
L3TER.-1t will be seen by the import
ant Ercclana,ion Of Gen. Fremont, in al
other column, that the eIgency is full
Ctmpre hEnded and tna1 the means K
meeting it aTe short, decisive and ampl
Tile whole State OF Missouri north
Lexington, Jefferson City, Rolla, Ironte
and Cape Gnardeau is put under marti
law, ard the purpose is declared Of shoe
ing every nan found in arms against t.
Government, or engaged in marandil
expeditions, and Of confscating his pro
crty and 1iberating his slaves, if he has AZ
Thank God, the bottom has been reach
al last, and { basis laid down for suppres
ing, actually s"pp1ssias, the diabolc
cu:rsges tl1at hare been perpetrated
months past BY Green and his fellow luz
tics n North Missouri