Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-10-08
The warm MissonrI
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Times.
81 I,n;s Oct

The War In Missouri.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Times.
St. Louis. Oct. 4.
Captain Reed, of the Lexington Home
Guards, who was in the battle there, and
was put in Jail as prisoner, has arrived.
He escaped, and was fred at three times.
lie says that, On Saturday last Tom Har.
ris' division. six thousand strong. crossed
the river, and went north eight miles there.
from.
In the prairie, Harris encountered the |
Federal forces under Sturgis and SCOTT,
fought battle and was defeated.
Harris fled back to the river, with the loss |
of his baggage train, reached it about mid
night, and commenced crossing
Next morning the Federals came up be- !
fore all Harris men had crossed had at
tackled them with shot and she'll, caus
ing Reed thinks, considerable loss.
The rebels, in their hurry to cross, swan
the river, and scattered through the town,
looking like drowned rats.
On Sunday evening Price commenced
evacuating Lexington, the rebels contnu-
ing to move cut until Monday evening.
They went to hill near George Bakers
farm, eight miles southwest OF the town,
which it is believed they will fortify.
Price has, all told, fifty thousand men,
/ and more are coming in every day.
More are armed with scythes and corn>
knives, and others are ragged and bare
| footed.
Captain Seems. Of the Thirtieth Missouri
Regiment, was arrested and locked up in
the Military Prison. for shooting the Ser
gean. of the Second Regiment
r
/ for JEFF Davis has been discharged
1t was ascertsined that the burrahing
was done by young lady visiting the
house.
Capt Charles A Pomeroy, of Groesbeck's
Thirty-niuth Ohio Regiment. is dead at
Cnillicothe, Mo.
Large quantities of material were ship
ped tO>day to the Federal troops at Padu-
cab.
The company Of thirty soldiers, arrested
while trying to desert from Camp Benton,
have been discharged, it appeared that the
Capt. gave them an order to leave the
camp.
Major Breeker, prisoners to the rebels,
has escaped FROM Lexington and reached
Sedulia in safety. He represents the Fed
eral troops there under Sigel and Davis as
formidable body. and very anxious to be
led against the enemy.
Price, before evacuating Lexington, had
martial law declared there, wath a tyranni
cal fellow called Sewer as Provost Mar,
shall.
st. Louis, Oct f.
A special to the Republican, Jefferson
City, says:
''This has been day of extraordinary
animation in Jefferson City. All day long
troops have been going through the town,
companies of cavalry, artillery, and in
fantry marching through the streets with
all the pump and pageantry of war, and
leaving the capital by land, rail aud water.
Many of the tents that dotted the adjacent
hills have disappeared, and their recent in-
mates are now miles away.
Further intelligence from Lexington con
times to corroborate the fact that Sterling
Prices rebels have entirely evacuated Lex
, ington, and that they have probably fallen
back to some advantageous position in la
fayette county, with the expectation, in
which they will not be disappointed, OF
meeting our combined forces under Gen.
Fremont
Gen. Fremont's camp is all hustle and
preparation, and no doubt he will move for
ward in a day or two at the furthest
Mrs. Fremont, her daughter and two
sons, have been at Camp Lille for several
days, and will, it is said, go forward with
the army. Mrs. Fremont appears quite al
home i'll camp, and to enjoy the martha
scenes daily paraded before her. She il
energetic, determined, patriotic and ambi-
tious, and well fitted for a soldiers wife
Sterling Price, it is reported, has sent of
within the past two or three days some ten
thousand horses, reduced his cavalry force
! proper to 1000 men.
A fight is reported to have occurred neal
Georgetown yesterday, in which 500 FEEDER
ais were killed and wounded, and Gen. ST.
J gel had fallen back on Sedalia. Every one
, here regards this story as in the highest de
gree improbable.
The Emily arrived here this afternoon
having met the Clara Belle rear Blonvilie
with our wounded from Lexington, anC
taken them on board About seventy o.
them died on their way dOwd.
, Coils Grover and W hi:e were LEFT at Lex
ingtOn-the former in critical condition
and the latter likely to recover
/. The Clara Belle left Lexington on Mon
day. and reports about loo scattering rebel.
In that neighborhood.
The story of Sturgis arriving at Lexing
ton, and Smelling the rear guard of Price,
retreatlng army, is without foundation, as
is also the report of large amount u
loaded shell having been dug up after the
surrender of Mulligan's intrenchments
Lexington has been thoroughly plumber
ed of all the stores that can be of use to the
rebels, and wagon loads of provisions and
merchandise have been for some time con-
stantly going south.
1t is the impression among intelligent
men 10 that vicinity that the rebels are go-
ing down to Arkansas, if they can, with
the intention of wintering in Memphis
but the secessiunists gave out that they
were going to Rose Hill, in Barton county,
with the intention of terrifying themselves
The rebels cast only two cannon at Lex
ingtOD, and their entire pieces Of artillery
do not exceed fifteen.
There are still 600 wounded rebels at
Lexington, 300 in enc femals seminary
and it is generally supposed that their loss
at the battle could not have been less than
1000
Mr.. Star, bearer of dispatches from Gen.
Fremont to Gen. Lane, who was captured
at Westport after having destroyed the dis
patches, but was released, is passenger on
the Emily.
The Clara Belle, with some 81 Of our
wounded, is now aground ten miles above
here.
The Clara Belle was stopped near Glas-
gov by 80 armed rebels, and compelled to
carry them over the river They were on
their way to join Prices army, under a
Captain from Illinois
The rebels declare that they are soon to
be reinforced by McCuiloch; but many
persons here declare that they have already