The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-06-19

that portion OF Montgomery's men, under
Capt. Jennison, mounted and armed Nth
ShArp's rines and revolvers, reached MyAl.
dot,e on Thursday from Lawrenoe, under
orders from Col. MITCHELL.
! Montgomery, with severai hnndred mount
ed men, will at oncs take = position on the
Ks1sas side Of ths Aieseuri line, res1y %
meet Gov. Jaskson's forces Whenever stey
make . movement from Independence to-
wards Kansas City. The militia and volun-
teer companies, numbering pns thousand,
are ready to march to the border - soon a.
ordered.
- Pc; IL s,saa ,assas that S.aa.-
morning there were 1000 State troops II
BoonsvilIe, and another Thousand q the
opposite landing. Artillery had been posted
on elevated ground eonnanding the river,
and severAl pieces Cd sbe low ground oppo-
site.
Gen. Lyons expedition met tho steamer
EiAiiie, snd obtained ali information posi-
BILE. After which they. would determine
whether to proceed direct 10 Bonneville by
river, or .disembark OF Rocheport, 10 miles
belox, and attack jackson from the rear.
Nav YoRk, june 10.
The Bavaria, from Hamburg june I'd. mod
Southampton June 5sh, arrived here. She
has large quantity OF arms on board for
the q. s. Government; $4,000 stand Of RE
fes ut least.
st. Louis, June Is.
Special from Jefferson 20 Republican, says
Gen. Lyons expedition lefs there yesterday
in two steamers, 1t ii supposed for Boon
willie.
Hentlsmsn from above report-Capt. Kelly
running trains from Boonville oil day on the
PscIfic road bstWseH Upton 6nt Syrs0uss,
impreasing men into the service OF the State,
and that firing was heard for several hours
ia the direction OF Boonville.
Telegraph line out Of order west OF Jc6er.
son. No information or movements csu be
got. /
Washington, June Is.
Late last night Gen. Scott received the fol-
lowing dispatch:
| left camp according to instructions with
tho First Ohio Regiment, 66S strong, and
went on an expedition 30 Falls Church, to
patrol round in that direction. then pro.
decided to yienna with four companies Com
pany E, Capt. Paddock; Company G, Lieut..
W oodward; afterwards joined by Capt.
Pesse's Company q. Capt. Bailey Company
III, Capt. Haxiett. Total 275 men. On turn
ing . curve, within q quarter OF . mile Of
Vienna, We were fred upon BY rakine masked
batteries Of, think, three guns, with shell,
round shot and grape, killing and wounding
the men on the platforms and in the cars,
whom the train stopped. We could not, on
aooount Of damage 60 some pars Of the run :
| ming machinery, draw tho train out OF the
| ere. the engine being in the rear. We lsfi
| the cars and retired 70 the right and left OF
| the train. through the xaods.- Finding that
| the encmy's batteries were Sustained BY What
| appeared to be aregimeut Of infantry and
cavalry, which force Ne have since under
stood to be 1900 South Caroline troops, we
fell back along tho ra,lroad, throwing out
administers on both tanks. This vas sbou,
| Z .. m. Thus We retired slowly, bearing Cd
our wounded, for I've miles, 70 this point,
which we reached at 10 O'Clock.
The following il . list Of the casualties.
/ In Capt. Haslett's Company II, 2known 50
b killed, wounded and missing.
Capt. Bsil-y's Company G, 8 killed, 2
wounded and 2 missing.
Capt. Psddoek's Company 3, ofios,
shghtly wounded.
Cspi. Pease's Company G, 2 missing.
The engineer, when the men left the cars
instead Of retiring slowly, - ordered, de-
i tached his engine with one passenger %,
j from the rest Of 10o 0OeOl00 train 0uo oOen
doned ss.e running TO Alexandria, and y,
have not heard from him since. Thus W
wsre deprived Of rallying point and Of 81
usanA Of conveying the wounded, Who had Il
be carried on listers and hlankeia-- We ~ai
hs9e, holding the road. for reinf ofccments
The enemy did not pureue.
have asoertainea that tho enemy's foro
at Fairfax Court House. four miles from vi
emma, 10 now about 1000.
When all thu eDemy's batteries Opened
upon ", Major iluehey WAS at his station Of
the foremost platform car. Col. MeCool
Vas with ma In one Of the passenger cars
Both Of these o6csss, With others Of the non
commissioned ofIcsrs and many OF the men
behaved most ooolly under this CALLING ERE
which ~ could not return, and from batter
les which ws could not flank or turn, froa
the nature OF she ground.
The approach 70 Vienns 10 through dee
cut in tho railroad. 10 leaving the oars, ~
before they could rally, many Of my mep loa
their baversscks and blankets. bot broust
of all their muskets, except it may be fe'
that we're destroyed by the snemy's first 6r
or lost with the killed.
(Signed) RoBEHT 9. 6cuENcK.
BrigAdier. General.