Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-26

Prisoners.
ST. Louis. Dec. i9.-Dispatchcs received
at Headquarters from Gen. Pope. state that
after A forced march. Yesterday. he got be
tween the enemy encamped six miles from
/ Chil howee. johnson county. twenty-five
|huSdfSl strong. and The enemy 1t Citation
Henry county. but is som as they Heard
his approach they beat q rapid retfeat to-
wards Rose Hill. Johnson county. leaving
all their baggage. army Ii &nitions, papers
&c. in 'ouf possession. 81 Cen Pope then
threw forward ten companies Of cavalry
aado q section Of srtiliefy in pursuit. fol
lowing with the nsin body Of the army
At johnston. Bates county. the rebels be
ing so closely pursued. scattered IN all d.
rcctions. but mostly towards the south.
70 Pope then forced a. strong cavalry re-
connoissance through TO within fiftcer
mites OF Osccola, and intercepted and cap
turcd . hundred and fifty OF the fleeing
rebels. with all their baggage. horses. DC
Other squalls Of from ten to fifteen, wer,
taken. making the aggregate number 'oi
prisoners about three hundred. No fight
ing IS reported TO have occurred. 90 lD1
Gen Pope saysthe whole Of the country
between Rose Hill. IN the west. and Crane
River in the south. is clear Of rebels. 'is
Gen. Price has only eight Thousand
troops al Osceola.
) OF" hsa ANOTHER ACCOUNT 80 Z
ST. LOUIS. Dec. lathe following
from official Sources. are all the particular,
received Of the fight at Clinton:
Yesterday. our army. in several detach
ments. under the general direction of Gen
Pope. made series of concerted move
ments upon the enemy at Clinton and the
surrounding country, which resulted il
driving the rebels into common centre
at or near Clinton. when they were all Ia
ken prisoners of war; l50 of them were
captured in body. Other little squads
of from ten to fifteen were duly cared for
The total number of prisoners is not fal
from 400. All their baggage. arms. mu
nitions and papers were safely secured.
The whole rebel force at and around
Clinton. which has recently infested that
country between Carrolionl and Clinton
was dispersed. Our troops have fall pos
session Of the entire country between the
points named. ,.-.. 4. -..., ..,...e., ,.,.sf
This brilliant maneuver was planned by
Major General Halleck. and executed In 9
brilliant mannor by Gen. Pope. The loss
of life on either 81 e is not known. TIL,
whole country. Gen. Pope states. is now
clear OF rebels "a far west IS Rose Hill anf
as far no tn as Grand River. The Gen
will return to Sedalia with his main body
after sending q cavalry force to Lexington
to destroy the ferry boats. 4a.', saH
Price has notat present more than 5000
men. More of bis soldiers are leaving thar
are obtained by his recruiting system.
Gen. Sigel left this city to-day for Rolla
ST.. Louis, Dec. 20,--Further informa-
ton has been received from the west thi,
morning. to the effect that in addition to
the expedition under Gen. Pope. agains'
the enemy at OF near Clinton. another part
OF his force under Col. JEFF. c. Davis and
Major Marshall surprised another camp o.
the rebels on the afternoon of the 18th inst.
near Milford, little north Of Warrens
burg. A brisk skirmish ensued. when the
rebels. finding themselves surrounded. sur.
rendered. Col. Davis took 1900 prison.
ers. ss.si4 lfe - i'ini' ~ 'ifi
Major Hubbard captured 60 rebels day
or two since in johnson county. t.
The troops in Kansas have been stirring
during the past week. and good news il
expected from them daily.
SEpAIlA. Dec. oO.-Col. Palmer's brig
ade arrived here last night, and Gen. Pops
is expected to-day. All information from
the west and north is to the effect that nc
efforts hsve been spared to send Price al
ample supply of clothing for the winter
All OF nearly ell Of this has fallen or vii
fall into our hands. Nearly 200 heavil,
laden wagons are, already in our posses
sion. together with large quantity Of am
munitiou, arms. q thousand horses. tent
and camp equipage. &C.. and between 1891
and 1000 recruits have been tsken pr's
! oners. I4f 4cI .rlt.!
Mai. Hubbard. OF the lst Missouri Cav
airy. has captured over GO rebel recruit
within the past few days. and killed sew
oral others. taking a, considerable numbe
of tents. several wagons quantity o
baggage and arms. and burned q mil
which had been supplying the rebels 70
some time past.
Altogether the rebellion has received
terrible shock in this section Of the countr,
within the present week. II is thought b.
many that Price will cross the Osage q
assist his Generals. Stein and Slark. VIII
are now in the river counties with 4. 1000 O
5 900 men to escort recruits and supple
to their main camp al Osceola. II ID
fdoes he will be compelled to stand a gen
sral engagement. in which event there !
no question whatever but that he viii b
badly defeated, AMI his army entirely scat
tered. Ati.- l.'E ~ 9"'A vac !.
sEpArrA. Mo-, Dec: 20 EARLY yester
day morning orr scouts brought in infoI
nation that large rebel train and rein
foscemeuts which we had marched sout
to intercept. had divided. and the lar q
portion were marching south toward Wa
verify. intending to camp 1t night nea
Milford. Gen. Pope brought the mai
body Of his army in position : few mile
south of Waverly: sent Z scouting fore
under Oh. JEFF: @. Davis through = FEY
miles south OF Warrensburg and Kno
Kno<ter, 70 come on the left and rear z
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