Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-20
Importnnt from missouri.

RoLLA, Oct. l3 The correspondent OF the
st. Louis Democrat furnishes the following
items: l
A scout has just come in from the west, and
reports that Price has made stand at Carthage,
sixty miles from Springfield,
The Legislature is to be called together on
the 9th Of November.
The rebels at Vienna have dispersed-a por.
tion of them going home, and the remainder
will join johnson. .-.,. ...
Johnson has been placed in command of all
the rebel forces in Missouri, and has issued
proclamation forbdding the transportation of
any more property, meaning slaves, from the
State IL is not stated whether Johnson super
sedes Price.
The following letter is clipped from the Fort
Smith Times;
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, PARK HILL, C. M
August "a, 1861.
Maj Clark, Asst Quartermaster in the G. S. A.
Sir: herewith forward to your care dis
patches for Gen. McCulloch, G. s. A., which
have the honor to request you will cause to be
forwarded to him by the earliest express.
At mass meeting of about four thousand
Cherokees at TahleQua, on the 2lst inst, the
Cherokees with marked unanimity declared
their adherence to the Confederate States, and
an alliance with them. In view of this action,
regiment of mounted men will be Immediately
raised and placed under command of Col. John
Drew, to meet any emergency that may arise.
Having espoused the cause OF the Confederate
States, we hope to render efficient service n the
protracted war which now threatens the country,
and to be treated with liberality and conf
dence becoming the Confederate States.
have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully,
your humble servant, JOHN ROSS,
Principal Chief Cherokee Nation.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. ia salute of thirteen
minute guns was fred at the arsenal at noon to-
day, In respect to the memory of Gen. Gibson
The rebels who burned Big River Bridge the
other day, were maraudiDg bands from ST. Gen.
evieve and st. Francais counties, numbering
about elk hundred. JEFF. Thompson has not
been in that region for some weeks. Captain
Lippincott, with fifty men of the Thirty Eighth
Illinois, met this force two milos below Big
River, cut bis way through them, inficting q
loss of seven killed, and considerable number
wounded. Seven of his men were taken prison.
ers, and several wounded, but none killed.
In the engagement below Ironton, on the
18th, the rebel loss is known to be thirty kille
and wounded, and it is believed to be much
larger, as quite number were carried off the
uelu' line L reueral lo55 was Ten WOunueuJ one
mortally. The rebel force was about two
thousand, and believed to be the advance guard
of a much larger body some distance below
Officers at Pilot Knob say there were Louisiana,
Tennessee and Arkansas regiments among
them.
Citizens were fleeing from the vicinity yester-
day, and the troops were under arms, expecting
an attack.
The State Convention adjourned yesterday,
subject to call from the Governor, until the
meeting of the Legislature to be elected In
1862. H.
Uriel Wright, a member of the State Con-
venton, Ssml B. Churchill, a member Of the
Legislature, and Jno T. Chappell, all notorious
secessionists, were arrested to-day by order of
the Provost Marshal.
1t. is believed THAT the large number Of men
reported to have deserted from Prices army,
including come FIVE or more thousand said to
have been disbanded after the fall Of Lexing-
ton, are still in the service of the rebels. and
will form in bands in various parts of the State,
for bridge burning and general marauding pur'
poees. l...