St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-10-24
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Tie President aud hia constitutional "A.
viscys sre dete, mined That that dereatment
Of the service shall b managed with pru-
dencc % tor as they have aud can excr-
ciss the power tc control it wh le the eteps
necessary to be taken may effect the sts1-
ding or position offon,c few individual,.
1t is considered better that such changes
should be made rather than the great ID.
te'ests at stake should suder.hy hesitation
or inaction on the part ofthc Government.
Pl1oT KNOB, Mo. Oct, %.
The following dispatch was received
here this morning aud forwarded TO head.
quarters. Is -
FIELD OF BATTLE, FREpER1cKsTowx,
Oct. 22-In@ conf with Col. Plum
mer's command. we have routed the reb-
els Of Thompson and lowe, estimated at
5000. Their loss was heavy. Ours small
and confined principally to the First In.
diana Cavalry. We captured four heavy
guns. Lowe, the rebel leader, vas killed.
Major Gavitt and Capt. Fl yman, Of the
Indiana Cavalry, were Killed in a charge
." u battery. ..-- ea> .rao-- 40
The command ofsCol. Plummer referred
to above was, On Friday morning last, or
dercd forward BY General Grant from
Cape Girardeau with instructions to move
towards Fredcrickstown and cut off the re-
treat Of Thompson and loves army.
From reliable parties who witnessed
the fight at Frcdcrickstown yesterday,
l gather the following particulars Col.
Car!!n, with portions OF the 2lst, SD and
3sth Illinois Regiments -; 9Th Wisconsin
Col. Bakers Indiana Cavalry Maj. Soho.
fields battery reached Nrederickstown at
8 o'clock in the morning, and At l P. NJ
was joined by the llth, 18th, and Goth
Illinois and 400 cavalry from Cape Girar-
Geau. F., .-~...
They then advanced in pursuit. Of tho
rebels under jeff. Thompson and Col.
Lowe, who had lett the place twenty four
hours before, and were reported to he rap
idly rct:eat!ug south. But about mile
from town they disc overcd the entire force
Of 'he enemy drawn up in line Of battle,
partly posted in an open field asd partly
IN the adjacent woods, with four iron Is
Founders we'll planted in their front.
Major Sco6cld Immediately opened ERE.
At the fourth round he silcnced one Of
the rebel guns. The engagement then BE-
came gen. raj and lasted about two hours
but after the first halt hour the rebels let
the field in disorder aud took to tho woocs,
closely followed by both our infantry and
cavalry.
Before leaving the Geld the rebel COL
onel Lowe was shot in the head and in
stantly killed. Major Gavitt received Eve
bullets while leading charge thirty yards
in advance Of his command. Captain
lIixhman was killed in The same charge
Our loss is reported Eve killed, Eve nor.
tally and twenty slightly wounded.
Tho encmy's loss has not been ascer-
taincd but is supposed to BE- considerable.
At last accounts tie rebels were in
Fu! retreat, with tneir baggage train and
our troops in pursuit ..
LEx,xoro!x, ~, Oct. %.
A courier arrived at camp Dick Robin.
ION early this morning, reports 6 Citing OF
he 2lst, bctwscn Zo!licoHcr and Col. Gar.
arr. The latter WI, cnca,nped ut camp
Wild Cat with 1920 men. Zollicofsr
lad 5000 or 1000. ~
Z,liicotfcr made three different at,acka
during the day upon the camp, being re-
'used each time with considerable l,:s Of
killed aud wounded. The federal losa
vas tour killed and wounded
just as she courier left camp. Wildcat
he li:h Ohio regiment and force Of ar
ilcry arrived u reinforce Garrarl.
-.a. F7. MONROE, Oct. g.
Two hundred and fifty men Of the Mas
achuset:s battalio, who were sent out
rom Newport News. this morning for fu-
i, were attacked by rebels and stood their
,rcund. The lss~- and 9TH New York
regiments had been sent out to support
hem when the steamer left for Old Point.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. %.
The following is an extract from the
Of the Philadelphia Ex-
:hanyc The steamer Flag was of
Charleston on the 10Th. Yesterday We
aw ship standing in intending to run
he blockade. We pursued her. She
vas run ashore and all hands escaped be-
Gre ovc:takioy her We boarded her,
md found her to BE- the Lewis Watson,
ormcrly Of Philadelphia, but now owned
n Charleston, from Liverpool, and laden
With salt. flannel and blankets. The la;-
er. articles we're taken out and the ship
ired, and was noarly consumed when tho
'a"dalia sailed. Well on the Flag.
CAPTAIN 1NMAN's COMPANY Mr..
Webb, Of Fair Haven, called to say that