The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-10-04
Great Victory in Missouri.

the following:
Gen. Johnston received by special en-
press from Paducah, st. Louis Republi-
can giving full account of n battle Mt
Lexington, Missouri. General Price with
lls,00o men attacked Lexington 4wliere
Col. Mulligan was strongly fortified with
5000 men, Afterfthree dNs fighting or
siege, the Federnlssurrendefed with their
sarins, ammunition, artillery and $1,000
in specie which Mulhgan had stolen from
the Banks. Price used hemp bales as a
moving battery, thereby cutting the enc
my off from retreat by the river. snT
The Republican states that the Federal
loss was 60 killed ard 100 wounded, and
Prices loss several hundred ......
The Federal privates were released on
parole and the officers detained TO retail
ate against Fremont's threats.
Dispatches from Quincy Illinois state
that 1900 of the released prisoners had
arrived there. - ...l
The Republican says 90 pieces of nrtil-
arms, perhaps more. The victory was
complete, evidently fully worthy the sac-
rifce.
thieogo. Sept. o. Drafting for the ar.
my begins in Iowa tomorrow. Orders to
A special dispatch to the Times, from
Quincy at II o'clock this morning, says
the mail agent on the Hannibal and ST.
Joseph Railroad. who arrived at o'clock
on Saturday night from st. Joseph, states
that Col. MulligaD- and his whole COM
mand ut Lexington surrendered on Fri
day morning alto o'clock. The seigc con-
tinued from Monday until the time of
surrender Col. Muliigan's men were with
out water all Thursday and Friday, and
completely exhausted. They fought gal
lantly and desperately, but were comptll-
ed to yield 10 vastly superior numbcrs.--
The Union loss in killed and wounded is
said to he from eight to nine hundred
while that of the rebels is between three
and four thousand, with q pyopoitionatc
number wounded. The report of the bat
tie is confirmed bv passengers on the same
train. The news was brought by stage to
Hamilton, which Is the nearest point on
the railroad to Lexington, being distant
forty miles. OF the fact OF the surrender
there can be no doubt. i..
81. Lois, Sept. 23.-All the officers Of
Gen. Fremont's staff have been ordered
to-day to report themselves at headguar-
ters forthwith.
Gen. Prentiss's dispatch announcing the
surrender of Col. Mualigan at Lexington,
says the Union loss was thirty-seyen kill-
ed and no wounded. The rebel loss is
supposed to be about 800 killed and
wounded. (Qunc lkely tnle.)
A c0rrcet report from jefferson City
says, instead Of 800 men en- route for Quin-
lcy, 1900 OF Mulligan's command was sehs
over by the rebels. released on parole, and
are IN route for Orltcy
I Claiborne Jackson is at lexington with
the lebel'fo ar .I.r'.., I......
The account Of the battle at Blue Mills,
forwarded last night, is derived from Off
cia! dispatches written on The spot, and
therefore cnn be relied on.
Col. Smiths command was 10 leave
Blue Mills for st. Josephs the day after
the battle.
Gen. Price and his army will move
down the river, and, unless checked or
defeated, attack Bonneville, and then JET
feson City. ...... ..
from the New York Herald, Of the 24th.]
Official mformation Of the capture of
Lexington, No, and the surrender of the
gallant Col. Null gan TO the rebel forces
of General Price, reached the War Depart
ment yesterdays and as no contradiction
OF the report comes from any other quar-
ter, We are unwillingly compelled to re-
ceive it as authentic. Gen. Prentiss has
dispatched to st. Louis q statement of the
surrender, which reduced the Loss on both
sides considerably below the FIRST reports,
Col MuSigan held ont bravely for four
days arainst inmeDse odds; and it is said
only snrreDderedfor want of water, with
out which hismen had to maintain thenl-'
selves for two days; but there seems to be
something in this statement not quito
consistent with the position he occupied
in close proximity to the Missouri river
According to our advices, his fortifca-
tons were erected between the old and
new towns, and extended down TO the
river bluffs. at which point, as far as our
intelligence extends, the defences were
not assailed. How, then, his water supply
could have been cut of, we are at loss to
determine. ir,fNuurg 10 .p.
The latest accounts from Lexington,
previous to the announcement of the sur
render, report the movements of rein
forcements to sustain Col. Mulligan. both
by land and water. The steamers White
Cloud and Des Moines went up the river
on Saturday with three regiments to assist
! the garrison at Lexington, and a force of
$500 men, infantry, cavalry, and artillery,
had lett st. Joseph and Chillicothe, on the
18th inst, for the same point; but it. up
pears none of their reinforcements arrived
in time to save the garrison, which un-
doubtedjy was compelled to yield to the
immensely superior force of the rebels.
1t is said that the Cabinet expressed
considerable surprise, and some indigna-
ton, that Gen. Fremont did not reinforce
Gen. Mulligan, as he has plenty of men at
his command. Gen. Fremont is reported
now as about to take the field in person
against Gen. Price.
All was quiet on the lines of the Poto-
mac yesterday. W 4.F
Speaking on the subject OF Lincoln's
proclamation about Fremont, the Herald
says: ."ufI isH ~ FL ..r
General Fremont ought to have aided
the President in Missouri. Instead of that
he became source OF weakness and en-
barassment to him. When he entered
upon his duties in that State the rebels
had been swept out as chaf before the
wind. But now more than half the State
has been reconquered by the Confederate
arms. Disaster after disaster has befallen
our arms there. The death of Lyon, and
the retreat from Springfield caused from
want OF those reinforcements which Gen.
Fremont ought to have sent, are now fol-
lowed up by the still more disastrous CAP
ture of Lexington from the same cause,
including thelo of $500 Of the best
troops, whowere sacrificed by neglect, the
gain Of all their small arms. artillery, am.
munition, and equipage,l together with
: three thousand horses to The cause of the
rebels, to say nothing Of the moral effect
OF such misfortune. 4sui htu1S BIS iol
Itis very evident thst there mSst have
!, been terrible mispans cement u 81. Louis;
! otherwise the brave Mulligan and his de.
voted little bands would not have been
thus left to their fate. 717H diG'~ N
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