The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-16
WAR ITEMS.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE BAT
TIE OF CARTHAGE.
General ScigeFs Command said to have been
Utterly kouted
Immense Loss of the Federal Tr0ops in
KILLED, Wounded. and Taken Prisoners.

Killed, Wounded. and Taken Prisoners
We published yesterday letter from st. Louis
under date of July 10, contradctng the telegraph
ic reports of the battle of Carthage and asserting
the defeat and capture of SeigePs entire command
The earlier dispatches of the Associated Press were
to similar effect, but later accounts stated that
Seigel had not only made good his retreat in the
face of superior force, but had formed junction
with other bodies Of Federal troops and was pur-
suing the State troops, which, in turn, had re-
treated in the direction of Vernon. The St Louis
Herald, of July 10Th, gives the following version
of the battle. We publish it, not because we are
quite satisfied of its authenticitv but as cnntirma
| tory of the letter to which we have referred, and
OF the earlier telegrams and also as being quite as
! likely to be correct the Federal account We
may add further, that private letters have been
received in this city, corroboratng the statement
| in the HerOid.
| From ieaky special messenger of the Boern-
slime dynasty, who came in on the train Yesterday
| morning from the southwest for reinforcements
we learned the following facts:-On the Sd instant
! Gen. Seigei, with his command, including ColoueIs
! Soion!Su,s, Browns aud his own regiment. we'll
as Col. Phelps Home Guards attacked the State
| troops at Dry Fork, in Jasper county.
| The centre Of the State troops gave wav at the
first onset, for the purpose Of entrapping the Fed
trDpnS
vanced along the ridges the centre fell back up
the ravlne. As soon as Seige was fairly hemmed
from all three sides, literally cItiing his forces ali
10 pi"orS. ou informant says it srn0u ted almost
! to hutchery- The remainder of the Federal for
cgs retTeated toward Carthage leaving about thir-
! teen hundred dead and wnuuded on the field The
! Federal force ran for twelve miles under most
terrible fire from the State troops The latter lost
two hundred and twenty men killed and wounded
as reported by them The night of the 4th the
State troops renewed the attack on the Federal
| forces near Carthage cutting them ta pieces and
taking nearly the entire command prisoners The
remainder ot them retreated toward Spring field
Ou the 9th, Gen. Sweeney, hearing of the en-
! gagement, marched froE near Spring field to he
rescue OF the Federal forces. Near Neosho, in
! Newton county, he vas met by Gen. Price and
| driven back to Springfield. When he marched
from Springfield he had two thousand five hundred
men and when he returned on the 7th he had only
eight hundred
The slaughter must have been horrible in all
| three ot these engagements. The above accounts
as gwen by the messenger alluded to- are fully cor
roborated by letters received in this CITY, AZ well
as by wounded men who have returned, and from
| persons who were engaged in the fight
Another regiment left on the cars last NIGHT for
| the seat of war.
The Louisville Courier of the 18th furnishes the
following additional particulars:
We learn from gentleman who arrived from st
Louis on the cars, that in the fight at Carthage
MO- ,lOo Federal troops were killed and wounded
and 2,I00 taken prisoners.
b. Gran;z Brown, Colonel ofa regiment, was
among the killed.
l. is ported that Gen. Lyon is surrounded by
5000 State troops, and he is ere this prisoner.
LATER.
Passengers from the southwest last evening
report Coils. B. Grantz Blown, Wolf and Soloman
aud Major Campbell, among the killed on the side
of the Federal troops, and that Col Seigle had
surrendered uncondtionally.
They also report fight at Rolia Yesterday
after the departure OF Colonel Wyman's regiment,
between the guard left there and some citizens in
which five Federal troops were killed the remain
der making their escape to the cars. This last
comes from one of those escaped.
1t is reported that Chas. &. Carr, o. S. Mail
Agent, has arrived from the southwest, and will
furnish the Democrat of this morning with a DIFF
ierent verson OF the battles in the southwest from
our account. Our opinion is, that Mr. Carr left
| the battlefield about the same time johnny O'NeiI
the drummer, did-that was, the first day of the
| races.
From Fortress Monroe
There was but little news by the boat from For
tress Monroe yesterday morning. soldier of one
of the New Y ork regiments who had been on pick
ct duty, after his return wandered out beyond the
lines In search OF berries, when a white man and
negro approached him, and conversation en-
| sued in regard to matters at the Fortress. The
white man made an assault upon the soldier who
drew his revolver, but Just ss be was IN the act of
using it the negro knocked him down and then
| jumped upon his face As the soldier fell be dis
| charged the pistol, woundng himself in the hand
The report attracted the attention of the pickets
who went in search of their comrade and found him
in an unconscious condition. He carried to
camp, when detachment of soldiers sent ou:
In search ot the aSsailantS, and captured half
| dozen white men and as many negroes. 1t is sup
| posed they have got the parties, bnt the soldier
was too badly injured to De able to indentty them
The Privateer Sumter.
The above vessel. whose exploits on the South
side of Cuba noticed yesterday, was formerly
the Marquis of Havana. Captain Raphael
Semmes, her present commander, is a native
of the State of Maryland, and is a person
of mach nautical experience, having entered
the United States Navy on the 1st of April, 1926
As regards the action of the Spanish Government
in the matter of the prizes which taken into
CienfuegOs, the Havana correspondent of the New
York Tribune says:
1t appears to be certain that after hearing the
Junta de AutOridades, his Exceency the SUPERIOR
Civil Governor, communicated orders to the acting
Governor of Cienfuegos, that he should Immediate
ly direct the prvateer Sumter to leave that port
and that be should retain the captured vessels until
the determination OF Her Maiesty's Government
should be known, which will be consulted as soon
as possible.
Sailing Ofthe Steamer Sumter.
The following is from the New Orleans Picqyune
of the Sd inst.
The first vessel of our little navy, the Confeder-
ate States steamer-ot-war Sumter, sailed Sat
urday last on cruise, having run the paper block
ade of Lincoln Abolition war steamers Oft the
mouth of the Mississippi. As she has now made
a good ofing, and is far out on the ocean wave, we
hope soon to hear of some dashing exploits in the
way of captures. She has a picked crew, and her
commander is known to be a most brave and chiv-
alrous sailor, and he has under him a most gallant
set Of officers. The following is the list:
Commander, Raphael Semmes; Lieutenants, John
NJ. Kells, R F Chapman, W. E. Evans, j. NJ.
Stribling; Paymaster, Henry Myers; Passed Assis-
tant-Surgeon, Francis l.. Gait; Lieutenant OF Ma
rines, Beckett K. Howell; Midshipmen, Richard F.
Armstrong, W. A. Kicks, A. e. Hudgins J. D.
Wilson; Gunner, Thomas G. Cuddy; Sailmaker,
N. p. Beaufort; Engneers-Fitst Assistant, acting
as Chief Miles j. Freeman Second Assistant, w
P. Brooks; Third Assistants, Mathew O'Brien and
| Simeon W. Cummings. She has a crew of 65 mer
and 80 marines.
Regiment of Sharp-Shooters.
The correspondent of the New York Herald
t writing from Albany, says:
J. Governor Morgan has just ordered Col. Berdan'
sharp-shooters, from this State, when enrolled. I,
d be equipped without delay, having received a des
:, patch from the President and Secretary of War
T. that they would be pleased to have him do So Tn
committee appointed here by Gel. Berdan consist
Z Stephen Martin. John Wilson and John C. Clark
and they to test the skill of the applicants ror
Albany, Troy and Hudson. The test was ten con