The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-06-20
Doimgs im Missouri,

DOings im Missouri,
JEFFERSON CITY, June 15.--The Capital of
Missouri was taken possession ofat Two o clock
this afternoon, on the arrival Of the steam er
Julien, by five companies of Col. Blairs gegi-
ment of Missouri Volunteers, under command
of Lieut.. Col Andrews, and Il company Of reg
ular artillery, under Capt. Tolian, all under the
command of Brigadier General Lyon.
The balance Of the force remained on board
of the G Swon until further orders
! A company of regulars under Major C0naut,
thoroughly searched the country fox contraband |
articles, and found some wheels and other parts
! OF artillery carriages. No violence was offered
but, on the contrary, the troops We're anthusi- |
asticaly greeted by large concoprse of citi-
| Zens.
Gov. JACKSON and other leading secession
! lists left here on the steamer White Cloud for |
Boonvlle, at 2. NJ. on the 18th Mach dis
appointment was manifested by the troops on
finding that the enemy had fed. The officers
however, expressed no surprise, they having
been previously informed of the evacuation
The troops under Lieut.. Col. Andrews are now
occupying the State House.
St. LOUIS, June 15-Arrangcmebtg have
been made by which dispatches from ali East
ern points can be transmitted to Kansas, Ne
braska, and all points in Western Missouri,
lQuihcy and hannibal, during the interruption
along the Missouri River The California Ges-
Col Solomons Regiment, with four field pie
ces and company ofcavalry, go out on tue Pa
CHIC Railroad tonight, and another force Of 500
or l,OOO strong, leave III tbs morning. They
take five batteries of four guns EACH mostly II
Founders.
Two eight inch howitzers, one 10 inch NOR
tar, and two companies OF cavalry accompany
Gen. Lyons expedition to Jefferson City. 81
gels company command the Southwest branch
of the Pacific Railroad,
/. Two 6-pounders and about 300 balls. MANN
featured at Hannibal Mo-, were captured by 9
company of the Hannibal Home Guard under
Lieut.. Crandall, near he town of Lirens. On the
, night OF the 18th, and taken back t. Hannibal
by railroad, These cannon were ell route tor
Chillicothe, for the use Of the secessionists.
The Democrat learns that $500 troops, COM
| posed of two Iowa regiments under Col. Cur
tlss, and battalion of Illinois volunteers from
Quincy, are expected to form junction with
Gen. Lyon at Jefferson city tomorrow.
Two regiments OF the reserved corps went out
on the North Missouri Railroad yesterday, to
protect the bridges on that route.
Major Mcclellan addressed the troops at Cal
70 on the 18th, promising them that they should
be the leaders of the great western division, and
that ere long they should have an opportunity
to meet the rebels.
Eight hundred left Hannibal on Thursday for
some point in the interior, supposed to Chilli
cothe.
Quincy, Ill, June 16.-By the return of a
/ messenger from st. Joseph, Mo, last evening,
, we learn that Col Curtis, of the Second Regi-
4 menE Iowa volunteers, had made his head quar-.
tiers at st. Joseph. His force is distributed
over about hundred miles on the Hannibal IL
st. Joseph Railroad Col. Bates First Rcgi-
) ment are distributed along the same road, each
side OF the Hudson. He has taken locomotives
A from the North Missouri road to preven5 their
falling into the hands of the rebels.
There are no troops at Hannibal. About a
, thousand are stationed at the Bridge, near Pal
! myra. Fears are entertained Of an attack.
f Last night some of Col. Curtis force had a
difficulty, at station 20 miles east from StJ o.
, seph. The Station AGENTS son, who had some
8 words with one of the soldiers, drew pistol,
declaring that he would have no sauce from an
aooltlontSt. The soldier Immediately shot him
dead
e st, Louis, June 15.-Eight regiments Of il.
llnOls troops TO be stationed within two hours
t OF st. Louis, four at Bellville and four at Ca
/ SEVILLE Camp. -Four regiments viii also be
stationed at Quincy.
+ We have undoubted information that there
+ were 1900 State troops at Bonneville, half Of
them well armed and equipped with quite a
a number OF cannon, entertainments being thrown
, up. Troops are constantly arriving, and pro-
, vision is being made for determined stand
j. Secessionsts have tull sway in all the counties
: along both sides of the Missouri Rvea, from
:, the Kansas border to Bonneville, and the indi-
l. cations are that shey are pretty well provided
d for
It The report of a skirnish near Independence,
/ in which Federal troops were repul3ed seems to
l. have some probability, but the telegraph, being
entirely under the control Of the secessionists.
= reliable news cannot be had
Il ST. Louis, June l6.-Two bridges at Stur-
geon on the Ohio, Centralia q Northern Mo.
e Railroad Were burned last Friday night.
Saturday morning Col. SoloDou's Regiment
It went out on the Southwest branch OF the Pacific
!, Railroad, and Col. Browns Regiment with 4
pieces ofartillery followed this afternoon. Three
J. companies Of Col. Talman Regiment of Re
e sorve Guards, went out on the North Missouri
h Railroad yesterday to protect bridges on chat
e route, and cooperate with the forces already
i sent in that direction.
J Special from Jefferson City to the Democrat
It says the steamer Louisiana arrived this morn
It ing with Col Boensteins regiment; a battal-
ion OF which is now stationed at the Capitol
P Judge Morrison, State Treasurer, was also taken
d prisoner, but has been released.
i Several tons of sheet lead and large quaint.
Il ties OF potatoes and bacon have been seized as
t contraband.
t jeff Rogers with $I45,O0O in treasury wal
rants, designed to pay soldiers employed in the
southwest expedition last winter, and the steam
er MeDOwrll, lying opposite here, are also III
a possession Of the Federal forces.
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