, 1861-09-23

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22-Tht following aecozat
Of the battle At Blue Mills is derived .rom 2n
autheBtic source: Lieut.. Col. Scott, With $40
men Of the 37d Iowa and one piece Of arttiii-
lery, left Cameron on Monday il pursuit Of
the rebels who left st, Joseph On the Friday
previous. Lieut. Scott arrived ut Liberty,
Clay county, on the morning Of the 17th, and
moved trcna that place It F. u. II 5 O'Clock
occupying strong position. Our skirmish-
ers receivcd CALLING fire, and slowly retreat
ed to our main body, when the action became
general Our slX-poundef w28 brought to
bear on the enemy, and few ehots fired,
which proved destructive. At this time i
enc gunnsr and wounding, two others. On
this several other guRners abandoned the gun,
Carrying Of the primer and matches,
rendering the pieco uAelsss. The
action was continued N hour, when cur col
UNI Was slowly withdrawn to move to open
grounds, bFir giDE off the wounded and drag.
ging away the gun BY hand, al our horses
having been killed or badly wounded. About
this time Col Smith, who left St. Joseph with
atsut 400 men about the time Scott left
Cameront Tor the same purpose, joined the
latter, haEirg pushed for@ard his mounted
ing message from Scott, ten miles back, that
be vas advancing On the enemy; but it being
night, their men completely exhausted aud
the enemy reported strongly entrenched in
tEicket1 impossible except by narrow road,
. further attack was postponed until morc-
Early on the following day az advance waa
made BY the co1nbir ed forces, but on arriving
at Blue Mills they found the enemy had
creased the river before daylight, taking the
toat toward Lexington
The following il partial list OF the Sd Iowa
Ecunded.) Co. A-Capt. O'Neil (slish.l7,)
Lieut.. Duane (sesereiJ,) p1ivates ". e. Nun
ser, E. ". Cr4tchfeld, P. J. McCaff=riy {se-
veTely,) Andrew Murray {risslEG) Co. 8
L;eut. Hobbs, Sergeant Woud. {serious!y,)
pri7ates Robbins, Hart and Woodra Il (.erieus
priyates Droaae, Maddox and squlres {miss-
hg:} Co. D-Capt- Wnlet {seriouslgD Lieut-
Anderson (mortally,) priyaEes Mills (seFerely)
sEd Frank (missing) Co. p Corporal Me-
Ccwan (seriously,) privates Guthrie and Hill,
('eye1e!y} ! Co , f-L,eqt Brown (slig|hsly,}
ell, isham, Lonhds1r, and Aamel, (serionsly},
and Nolan, {kllled.) Co. G-Pri1at-s Oven,
Mccullough, {seriously), J, Michael, Lalley, Nc
Cuilough, (nitsiug.) 20. H-Capt. Warriag,
Lieut.. Fuil5r, (eeverely), private. Gamble aud
Nj clu1e Ses5e5s5) B7rnon5 1 a:S Wsrasr {d:a-
Knight, Sergeant For7ty, Corporal Bur1ick,
musician Balcou1be, {keriously< Privates Buell.,
Carter, D-lph, HAwks, Pepper, Russell,
Stocks, Wilcox, Wally, Wilbou7ae severely,
Lawisp, Merrifeld {daagerou:lE,) Wash
burHe (mcrtally), Darlsn, B.a=ll, Mix,
BzoNnen {h,lied), Da9enport {severeiy.) ]
Total Killed, s; wounded, 81 missing, s.
Three sf the missing are supposed to be in
the baacs Of the enemy, and the balance kill
ed. II addition to the lo:s Of the 3rd 10 "A,
there were six Home Guards and oae a7ti.ler
i.t killed, amang them Capt CQpp, and about
tea wounoed. -Four Of these Home Guards
.ere killed in the skirni=h about two hou1s
before the battle.
It il perhaps proper to sfate that Gen
Pope's orders to Scott were to remain at Lib
erty until joined BY Smith, but learning on his
arrival q: that place that the enemy we're Hye
miles distant, he sent messenger to Smith
with word to that effect, and pushed on and
paye thu, rehe1e hattie