The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-09-28
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Latest from Lexington.
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1 Vro0 the Missouri Demrerat Of the <3r9A
Je6-rsos City, Sept. IA Mr.. Fiel,
arrived from Lexington to-day. He lei
there on Thsrsdsy morning, and report
hearing heavy firing there on wednesd.,
and Thursday. Our forces are suppose,
to be reiaforced BY Lanes brigade from ST
Joseph, and the troops sent from here.
There y % nevs from or forces Il Can
bridge, going up. They have certainl
passed that point which vas supposed to b
occupied BY rebel batteries or Ne shout,
have heard.
/ There are reports here that Gen. rbons
L. Price has been appointed Brigade
General, and 10 in commend. This appoint
neot gives immense sasisfscsioo.
Areport to-day says shas Ben McCullocl
Is in the Osamquia hills, twenty nilss .hi
side Of Warsaw, and is marching rapidly 0,
Osaee and this place. The report 10 no
entirely confirmed yet, but is ,houghs to b,
true.
Latest news just received leaves no doub
Of its correctness.
Jefferson City, 23i, midnight.-A dis.
patch received here so-nighs says the Fedora
troops at Lexington surrendered Friday
afternoon for want Of water.
Ben McCuiloch vas 10 Benton county
Monday last, marching on Lexington.
Maj. Tanner's wound, it il feared will
prove mortal.
The greatest activity prevails here 10
military circles.
The steamer Sunshine was brought down
here to-day. She 10 not disabled, a. va,
reported. She will doubtless be con6.cs,ed
as il is said her captain Vac paid in Con.
federate bonds for bis services in ferrvins
Green's forces across tho river At Glas-
gov.
FULL ACCOUNT OF rHE sURRENDER.
Chicago, Sept. PA special dispatch
to the Times from Quincy, at one O'Clock
this morning, says the mail agent on the
Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, who ar
rived at O'Clock on Saturday from St.
Joseph, states that Col. Mulligan and his
whole command At Lexington, surrendered
to Gen. Price on Friday morning, At Eve
o'clock. The seige continued from Mon
day until the time Of the surrender.
Col. Mulligan's men we're without water
all day Thursday and Friday and we're CON-
plesely exhausted. They fought calamity
and desperately, but were compelled to
yield to vastly superior numbers. The
Union loss in killed i. said to be 800 or 900
While that of the rebels is between 5000
and 1000, and proper, tomato number
wounded.
The report Of the battle and the result is
fully corroborated BY passengers on the
same train. The news vas brought BY stage
to Hamilton, which is the nearest point on
the railroad to Lexington, being distant
forty miles. OF the fact Of the SUR nder
there can be DO doubt.
A special dispatch to the Tribune from
Headquarters at St. Louis this evening
says the surrender Of Mulligan is not be
lieved there, but that reinforcements were
ushing towards him from four dlffereu,
directions.
BATTLE or Blue MILLS LANDING.
The Third regiment Iowa volunteers, on
their way to Lexington to reinforce Null.
gan, date not given, suddenly and unexpecs-
eddy came upon q body Of 1900 rebels At
Blue Mills, NO., when battle commenced
and continued an hour and half.
The Iowa regiment wss about to retire,
whsn the rebels retreated and crossed the
river just in time to fall into the hands Of
Lanes brigade { 900 s,rons,) who wer also
marching to reinforce Mulligan. The
Unionists captured between 100 and 800,
and killed 200 Of them.
The rebels fed and recrossed the river,
when the Iowa regiment started in pursuit Of
them. In the 6rss encounter the Iowa troops
lost 10 killed and 80 wounded.
Ten or twelve rebel prisoners we're brought
70 Quincy, from 81. joe, % Sasarasy, tive
or three Of WHOM are known to have bees
concerned In the bursting Of the Platte river
bridge.