The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-10-10
surrender Of Lexinton.

| account OF the seigc of Lexington is fur
nished to the st. Louis Republican, by III.
Bradburn, one of Col Mulligan's soldiers,
who leE Lexington on Saturday morn
ing:
The rebels procured large number of
hemp bales and rolled them In advance,
and, under their cover, gradually succeeded
IN securing position in the rear. They
then cut off the supply of water, and had
the tort completely surrounded.
They made but few charges upon the
breast-works during the entire scige. Their
object seemed to be to surround the fort
cut off the supply of water, and, having
succeeded in this, they waited Until
Col. Mulligan was compelled to yield to a
foe more terrible than II 900 rebels who
surrounded him.
Previous to his surrender, he offered to
take position on level spot of ground
and give General Price the odds of four to
one in fair and open fight, but no atten.
tion was paid to it.
After the surrender, tn, rebels mounted
the breast works and seemed mad with Joy
and delight.
As soon as the surrender took place, The
rebels took down the Union flag and trail.
ed it in the dust.
An immense amount of gold, supposed
to be about quarter Of a million of dollars
fell into the possession OF the rebels. Ii was
taken from the banks and buried by Colo
mel Mulgan, in the camp ground, some
time ago but the rebels speedily discovered
and unearthed it.
Col Mulligan wept like child when
he found himself compelled to surrrn-
der.
| The mc"ni-g af;cr tie surrender, the men
across the river The officers were retain
! cd.
The loss OF the rebels is not known but it
is thOcghtto be not less than a thorscnd
! killed and wounded
The first attick Of the rebels proved to
be more disastrous to them than the long
seige which followed.
For a day or two previous to the last at
tack they were engaged N buryiog their
dead.
! THE SIEGE OF LEXINGroN.-The siege
! o.! Lexington is over. According to the
vague rYmorS we have rccci, ed, it common
ced on Saturday, Sept embcr II, 1861, on
which day the rebel General Price inform
Acting General Mulligan, the comInaudant
OF the Union works, tha, he "oud give
! him till Monday afternoon TO surrender nr
take the alternative OF battle The object
that Gem. Price had in delaying the attack
| upon the works was not 50 much Tor the
! purpose of giving the MON troops chance
q surrender rs to enable Gfn. Rain ard
his rebel forces, together with numbe~ of
! smaller bodies OF maraudcrS under Martin
Green and others, all of whom were
marching from varions sources TO Join
. him.
Thus We tind that Prices forces were
! enlarged for, at the commencement of the
Scigc, he is said to have had bat 5000
men, while in later reports the number
had been Increased gradually to l1,CO0,
and one report had even higher estimate
: OF the strength of the rebels However
ON this part of the question, nothing def
mite could be aSccrtaincd; but one thing
is very certain, that the uumber of the
rebels exceeded that of the gallan, 3eGen-
ders by many thousands
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF IFXINGruN.
The painful suspense attending the amx'-
ETY. for news from Lexington, Missouri, is
greatly enhanced 10y a consideration of the
size and wealth and of the place, and its
! importance as strategic PORT. The popu-
latIon OF Lexington and vicinity was made
! up of the best class Of the early cmi"rants
from Kentucky to Missouri, is generally
wealthy, and probably more refined than
that of amy other section of the State, ex-
ceptng the city Of St Louis The
carly settlers in that region were attracted
by the similarity Of much of the country
| to that Eden OF Kentuckians about Lex
ington, kentucky, and they not only made
their selections of land according to the
standard of old Fayctte but carried the ana
logy to The naming of the county and
principal town OF their location in Mis-.
souri,
The city of Lexington is about one hun
dred and twenty miles trcm Jefferson CITY
and contains, probably, twelve thousand
| inhabitants. IL is situated on high. roc
KY bluff, which has its course on the
South side of the Missouri river and which
! slopes almost prcc'plto.:sly directly dcva
to the bed OF the river making steep very
ascent from the landing up into the city
From the rear OF the city the land rcccdcs
slightly IN alternate SUGGESTIONS of bcauti.
iul prairie and choice timber, and is well
occupied by finely cultivated farms, yield.
ing first rate support TO this hirhcto
thriving place. Lexington has formerly
had all active trade with the caravans of
Santa Fe and the Great Salt Lake. The
great emigration to California, which has
passed through the county for several years
past he's furnished n market for grain, cat
tie and horses at very high prices. Ex-
>ensive beds of coal are found on the river
banks here.
The surrender of the city, with its beau
tiful residences, to the wanton deviltry of