New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-21
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI
SURPRISE or ANOTHER REBEL CAMP.
oAF@yaI cE 1,sco REBELS.
All their Baggage, Equipments, and
Horses Taken.
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6r. LOUIs, No, FIilay Dee. 20. 1851.
Farther information received from she West tais
morning is to the effect that IN ADDITION to The expe-
diiion Of ZEN Pope against the cseuy st ald near
Clinton ano sher par Of HE forces, nader Col Davis
and Major Ma@'S.all, surprised anOtter camp Of re
rebels on the gre of the 18th int. near Ill
fad, little liori OF WsuersJuIg. briss s'ii-
mGh eususd. uheyl tbe rebels, ndlag themselves
surrounded suiTeadsred.
Col. Davis took a o prisoners, incInsag 3 o'''-
nels, II captains, so stand Of aras' 81 wagons,
l,O0Choses and etg qTlCty Of tentn baggage,
and supplies.
Our ,oas IS two killed ant eight wounded. TIE
Rebel ioss II TO. yet moan.
Information from G.asp)w states that or troops
capturce about two tai ca powder buried o. claib.
jackson lfarrA.
Major EGbbad captured sixty Rebels day o7two
since in johnson County. The troops III "a 5as
have been stirring during sas past week, au'i god
news is exr ccte3 from thea ally.
SrDlIrA. No., 81 iday, Zee. %, 1854.
Col. Palmsrs Brigade ar.1ve Legc !ast night aod
Ger. Pope q expected to-da-f
All information from shc gfest and North is to lie
effect that 10 eflcrx have been spared 10 send Gen.
Price an anpie- srpply Of ,!g)hig lCY the Winter
our hands Nessly 300 hea Why lsden wagons are a.
ready in our possession, tog ettr viii large guam
thy Of amu.uniiiJg aud arms. 4 thOu1ad horses,
tents. camp equgsge, 6c nd between 800 aud
coo recruits have been takei prisoners.
Major Hubbard Of me !ss Missouri Cavalry las
car,urej over 60 rebel recTub Ahin the past few
days. and killed seTeE4. others. liz has also taken
coutilcrsb'e number 81 TENS several wagon,
quantity Of baggage ana arms an5 burned mil
which had been supplying the teoe1 Tor soto time
pass.
Altogether the resellion has recered terrible
shock in hs section 81 tho count ry within the Pres
ent week.
Il is thought BY Iassry tha5 Get. rice VIII cross
the OsaSe TO assist hiS General. Sttn and SLACK.
who ere now in the ryer c9uates with four or five
thousand men to escort recruits ana SUPPLIES 10 their
main camp az Osceo,a. Il he d0es, lie will be COM
pelled to stand genera, engagement which eecIit
there i no question whatever hut he " al be oadiy
defeated, and his army entirely seattle red
Early yesterday morning our scouts Brought in
information that the large rebel train an sTc nfoe-
ments, which we bad marched south to intercept
had divided, and the laT0er portion w:lE smasealng
south, toward Wavery, intending 10 can az night
near Watiord Gen. Pope brought the naio body
O! bic army IN position few miles south OF "aFery,
md seai a scouting force, under Col. JEFF. e. Dayis.
few miles south Of Warrens5urg end Kn~b
Noster TO come on the Jeff and rear OF tn eaemy;
at tie sane tue ordering MeFriIls cavalry 70 march
rom Warrersburg and ceEas EsoEi she rjstCS'
Col DAVIS pushed rapidly forward ant Game mp
with the enemy in the afternoon, drove K,hD pick
cts. carried = strongly defended bridge by lRe'saut.
and drove the enemy into i timber, who, dndins
himself surrounded, surrendered 200 men Including
two Colouels, one aforementioned, oae Major,
and seventeen Captains. Sixty wagons. heavily
laden with supplies and clothing, and Largo aniAJer
Of horses and mules. fell in,o cur hands.
Our loss WAS , killed aud ii wounded. That OF
he enemy Is considerably greater.
THIS was the best planned aud execute sac;'on OF
She war, and rejects great credit on tia Geucrd
commanding, and the officers and men WHO 30 iith-
fully and promptly carried on. bis plans.
I,FtvFNwoRrI Fridsv. De- 20. 1861.
Tie Conservative of this city las adyices from
Mound CITY, of the 18th, stating that portion OF
the I'd Regiment, under the coamarS-of Nsjor
Wiarns, made das. into Missouri onthe l''hiand
burned the Yillages OF Papesyille ara Builder the
la.tee is the county seat OF Bates CoGn'll and re-
turned with a LARGE number of refugees quantities
of stock, Sc.
They had two men killed at Butler.
These towns have for 4 long time beSo the resoi: OF
guerrilla bard of ebes. Price Yves at Osctoia at
TIE time, and it was said that he desgaed making IN
attack upon Sedalia.
Two companies OF the ith Cav51y regulars. ar
rived az Fort Leayen worth on the 18th, il twenty
,wo days from Fort Wise.
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