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at he city OF Lexington is rom vest to east east,
as ls marked, tn city lying on the south bank.
Old Lexington is the early Settlement, situated
back on the bill. It has been superseded by
New Lexington, farther up the river, where
the steamboat landing nov as. New Lexing-
houses along the bluff between the two, aad
both are now united under tbs one name Of
lcxi-gton.
Col Mulljgan'e fortihcations are between
the two locations, consisting Of heavy earth.
~orks, ten feet in height, with ditch of eight
college building, which has been used IS
quarters for the soldiers, and has also been
strengthened to resist an artillery attack The
Lines OF the tortifcatons are extensive, and
We haEe been q su@rsd, @ are capable Of contain
ipg force Of 10000 men.
The maln body Of the army Of Gen. Price is
located at Old Lexington, from which paint
the attack has been made, though the Fort
has BEEN aseailed on ali sides, The occupants
OF the Fort had q skrmish on Thursday Of
eSer, nnder Price at the time, who sheltered
themselves behind the houses in Old Lexiug
tcn. To deprive them Of this advantage, tie
old town YES afterwards ehelled and burnt,
by order Of Col Mn1iigan. New Lexington,
or Lexington proper, is IN possession Of the
theater Of conflict- Col. Mu1iigan could easily
shell aud destroy it, but this, Of course, he
will lot DO, unless under some contingency
which is not now spparent.
The line Of The Notifications TUES down to
tle riEer bluff, and from the bluff to the
waters edge there is vide, shelving beach.
The boa's reported to be captured laid at the
Eatet'6'edge, within the directions Of the Hnes
Of the Fort, and On this beach is where &C.
7t1c struggle e1 sued on Tuesday, for the pos
Session OF the boAls.
TILE SITUATION AND TIE PROSPECTS,.
Cor. MuHigan's force consists Of his OWE
regiment, Col. Marshhn's cavalry regiment
| and Peabody's command Of about SIX hundred
| Home Guaros and Kaneas troops, the whole
| amounting to from 1850 to {, Geo men. As to
| bt'1e is known. The ASSURANCE Of an abund-
sncs OF both would set the question Of the
| result at rtEt, for Mulligan cannot be taken.
whatever the force Of Price GO Ainst him, TN
1css Lis powder and shot or his provisions
gIow short.
| Gen. Price'e strength Is not asce1tained, but
may be pnt down anywhere between fifteen
! and thirty thOufand men. He has plenty of
| artillery, but must be short Of powder and
EEot, for he has no adequate stores to draw
| utNA 6uC Natl1Es
I As was stated yesterday morning, the Thir~
! ty-ninth Ohio, Col Groesbeck; the Third
Iowa, Col Scott the Sixteenth Illinois, Col
| Smith, with force OF Missouri State Mlitia
! ard lows State Troops under Co1s. Craynor
and Edwards; about 500 irregular aud regu.
)ar cavalry, and six pieces Of artillery, left
St JtlepA aud Chlliicothe, IN two divisions
early Sunday morning, and according to OUT
best adTices. arrived on the banks Of the nv
er opposite lexington on Wednesday night or
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boats BY tae rebels, Of course prevented them
from at once crossing the river, and If they
EHve Colonel Mulligan any assistance at all on
Thursday, it WAS from their artillery, the riye1
a. that point being only q half q mile in Width
The character Of that artillery, ws learn, does
! not include Rny mortar5 CT hoWit2ers with
which she'll might be thrown over into thu
midst Of Price's forces. If this bs
true, the only service that could hnys
been rendered, VIA the command q
fcri1cations, and the obstruction Of thu
three boats in the hands Of the rebels should
they bave attempted to hold or use them, We
| les1ned yesterday, from high sources, tha
these 1ell1orcements Would be augmented On
Tbu1eday or Thursday night by another di
vision unGer Gen sturkis, who had been lyibf
at Hudson City, and thst the whole f.:rco OF
> tie north side Of the river opposite Lexing
ton would, on yesterday, number about si1
thousand men. Beyond mere qualification as
! Lit eElt VI AlELHbs Nt4- 4l4111Iau A1u, up u
YESTERDAY, derived no benefit from their near
LEES, except that it stirred his heart, stif1ene,
| up the sinews ot his gallant little band, an,
encouraged them to hope and hold fast.
Our readers will remember that late Jetfer
: son City advices noted the departure from TIM
: place, On "Wednesday Last, Of three steal er
l for Lexington, having on board the Eighteenth
Twenty s. cond. TweIty-tourth and Twenty
sixth Indiana Regiments also that the steam
e1s Deemoines and White Cloud, with troop
. from St. Louis, had passed up in compan
with them, making the total force under VS.
Thousand men. The boats left Jefferson CITY
= | we learn, ut l o'clock P, NJ, on Wednesday
They probably reached the vicinity Of Lexing
ton On Thursday night or yesterday morning
They would not, Of course, attempt to Ian
the hoops at Lexington, nor would they b
:, the largely preponderating forces Of Price, I
u the absence OF aI information, We are onl
q left to conjecture their movements, and til
probabilities seem to be, that they will nc
communicated with Gen Stur,is, transporte
bis command TO the south side Ut the river, an
with a coljoined force Of at lea!
t.refre thousand men, marched to the relief I
Col Mul}igan. These troops are fresh, vlgo
ous, and enthusiastic, and we have no dou'
that In a1 encounter under Gen SturSes Wit
the rebel forces, at the odds Of even three
ore, will prove gallantly and glo1iously yict
1io1ls~
in this connection we purposely omit me,
titn Of the four or five thousand troops q
g. proachipg from the West under Gen. Ian
because We arc not reliably informed Of the
moyt nent6. Whether these coDjoined fore
:. save tie gallant Colonel Mulligan or not, Y
i think they are bound to have victorious el
coulter with Gsn. Price. Let our frien,
keepa good heart: The sympathy for Colon
Null gan and his forces ia intense III our cit,
but We do not consider his situation SO vel
alarming. The only matter Of concern is b
ammunition. Has he got enough? N
while the1eis q +" shot in the locker will
surrender to the rebel hordes. Not vii
there remains the fsintcst hope of succor "
he eiEe up. The Federal forces arc in sig
" Of Kim. Across the river he descries the va
r. ing fields Of his country's dsg; he hears t
=. cheers OF his friends knows they are maxi
at every effort to relieve him; feels sure that
n. lief viii soon come. Win he hold out?
ts will.