The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-23
THE WAR MOVEMENTS.
News Reported through Northern
Channels Unreliable Federal Tele-
gram. Affairs in Missouri-The De-
fence of W Washington, &C., sc.

We have received Baltimore papers OF the
the 2ist, and New York papers Of the Goth In
slant, from which we gather The foilowin z
summary;
FRCa MIasoUHI.
ST.. LcCfs, August ~. -(}enerel Siegel, Ma
Tor ConaEt, ana several other officers have
arrived frCm Rolla, With large number OF
wounded OF the different regiments il s4is late
battle.
Captain Maurice vas detailed 10 proceed to
Springfield under "a flag Of truce to bring
away captain Cnvander, Corporal ConanI,
and the body OF General Lyon.
JkFTRSsor, Mo Aug. ls.-WhIs Coione!
Staples, OF the Fifth Missouri Reserve Corps,
and Co,oAel OrtkingtOn's flrth Io~f, were
steamer, thcy were freq GENTLY hired upon
W4th cannon and small arms by the - Cessloh-
IS IS from the banks, killing one ana "ouhdlnS
seyen OF eght OF tbs troops.
There Is x eat excitement amonH Ine peopio
along the RIVER ia cons. QueLce Of Lhs greatly
exdt gerItei acct UNITS II the battle near
Spln,n field, when - represent ted IA great
VIC GoIy iOr tee tUnfederates
lR0sTOE, No, August - messenger
brings information that Colonel Eecker, VINO
lett mere Oh Thursday with his regiment, sur
pIised a body Of CONfederataa, 40 stroEg near
FseuegicksLoWu, early yesterday morning -
He captured all tholr camp equipaSe, and his
men ,Le The Breakfast wLiCu haa Just been
tf-p PTaDLjss had arrived and taken com
m4nd of al The FORCES II This section.
koLIA, Mo, August ls.-OaptaIn Emmett
", u maid was II town Today. lie reports
,19I CIps. Unaries .. Rodgers, ald de-csmp
10 G0verEor Jackson, apC Gap n. COimah,
pOth Of st. Lauis, were killed IL +' BATS 81
tbe iuJh.
3r4.dier General on s,atuIuAy, ay.,. l-ssu aimed
= DIG ni;ud OK HE Federal tUTc-s yes .eruay.
Mcdonald was escorted beyond ths lines
sta t.'Idgy, and sent on his way 10 Springfield.
Heno douot gained much valuable informa-
tlon 1t the strength and position O: our
.urcts, &c a. II IL SAID thnG lie tad he free
dom o. our camp under BIS nag OF truce. Our
wounded - Springfield 2Ge Ie92T.od ~ he
doing bette.
The correspondent Of The 81. I.nuis Kspub
ll.uu furnishes tha following General Ster-
ling i'u0e has Issued proc lama!oh 3! Spring
1isLi, ~ tEc eH-cl that great victory has
nea. won. auu he NoIlh-rA Oppres4Urs Of
NIf souri, have seen driven bi1- th8: every
Lne belOi gluS 70 tGe Hone tiuar1 Oi.8nixa-
tau VIII be regarded an4 treated i. IL cuetny
- the SUutiicrn COnItdeIacT. Gtt that tGe
u1Otelll = .Seu!d eXteuu ~ ~urA who quietly
45Iurn 70 their homes AID allow thc SOathsrLI
e ,YRF to prevail, tad That " lOBFer recognizes
he Provisional government Of Missouri WI
b. considered as an eneMy - The site, a. Il
ue.:lt vi tn accordingly.
.LcDouHid was very anxious 10 60 10 6t.
louis, but his application was refused. he
s.5ked MANY 4ues SONS, WItn q View OF aSCer-
aiming how many troops. cannon, &c, there
arc III that CITY, and What preparations >rc
pelug maize to TesIsI III tt.>IuE.
Cupt. Mcdonald rClOr IS That GENERALS Pike
inu CiG ha were sIJE4 Iy, auu BIIgatIer- Gen.
>1.:lCk seriously vuuudeI l. the Ia Is engage
4eut. Also, NoiCEet Bay, formerly Aptan
ot JacksoA's body guard.
s8GBssIOz Eoysagsrs
5BtFEEBoE, no, aug. 20 Information has
reachea here hat Warsia ", Bolivar, and Ga
IN IT
Tie STATE, have been occupied by portions OF
Gen. Plc6 ) SsCe sion army. Also, that the
uLier Dol. Staples have gathered
N considerable force II PetI.s aud Johnson
rOun dies, ana taGen possession CT Huiens uuCg
III Johnson aHG Georgetown ard Sc 1eAA, III
Pcttis county. Squads and companies aro
constantly leaving me Northern counties and
pushing SUuthW&Td TO JJiu The Secession
.O;css. There is much Excitement among the
pee PIE Wesl - l2Ie, aiiI my are leaving
aelr homes.
l. ls stu.to that Col. sta pies can concen-
t:ale q force Of three thousand men, and Will
cooperate Ii movement upon the city
Should il he deter mined on.
"A .ha train winch lief; Syracuse this morn
iCg. with twenty tvu p.-:.uuGers ard 25u Uni
is-. States trlogr, passed neu- lockout sta-
I ~, come tHatE siots were tirst 81 i fGCu
behind u wood pile, kllllrs o.-e scialer and
" uunCiIS si1-OI-e LAtGIy.
The following dispatches sre probably q
gross 2gseratio0 Of the facts:
81. Louis, August 20.-Ths town OF Com
raafc-, No, about forty miles above Cairo,
VA 60 was taken possession Of on Sunday l.,
the Goniederates, who planted Z battery there,
Was .c-t- ken last n'gGJ ~ Il force o; 500 L. ).
troops sent down from Cape tiraTde9u, by
orieE OF Genera. Fremont. The Couiecera .es
made no stand. tut retreated with their bar
lrrrpn the aIprr,,ch Of oar troops Their
iCrle Wis aboat 80 infantry, : ~ the eamc
nun, Der of cavalry
GtIKa, AnerSt 9o-k fzht took rl.c. las.
night. at y O'clock. at Charleston. on the
tItir5 aud Fu!,on Railroad. h4t34a,. a E,ia-al
1,rre CONSISTING Of he ga Illinois re-, i,ia1t
under command Of Colonel D5ughsrtv accom-,
t,,,risi hv Colonel kavysou q, tn ll5h lii
n9ls regiment.
he Gonfa3ar1ta f.rrA wa es.ima+.d a.
from 600 20 loo msn, ccmmanaed h. ,!"i,nei
Hunter. Of JeT. Thomp>oa's army. Tha
Federal force was victori31s, con,oie.slv ro,It
log the lonfed.rltps killing d! And .al-ino L.
I,ri .onArs Ts,4 loss on our side va crlv ONE
nan killed, Nla. 2. Sharp. OF com panv "a },
fhh bsFEFGb OF "AssiE aTof, &c.
WAsgIraToE, Aug 20.--As the only effective
means Of checking the designs OF ths enemy
on Washington is 10 have q military force
adequate TOR ali possible Contingencies, this
will soon be supplied. The earnest measures
OF the Adrninlstrat ion 70 this eod have I'll.
ready produced here the mos. happy effect.
,Ii - VI 'A41
of The North,
The qua -boais huiiJ:uy IN MIN. .ra n H.
named the K L-"bdiq ! r.uetocl !,anohs-o.
EennabeC art Kiue0. These ia Nssaaci,p
satts. M&rblcf.e4d. Sagar1a.p. Ilhoca~& and
VUrnu. Tbcs- in C0l'lerLi.r,t 0uaS1c -
rsuli5 ar3 t}acryE T1,Sa ia New L.n,,
7fzd,lls - t.yva Pey,IiG. s;puec1 tih;.,IIer-a
and VipCus Those in pfunSylyaui. Its.ra
Sriota and Wiss.hicou. They are bCijoine IN
!laIavyara. JanJrca. ard Ills cue ~ EaitI,n.,fs
piuola
Ty.st L
s.atr,er. running between New Yerkgnd key
West and KavaGa. have p.orossl q s,ib~:zt
one officer and fifteen men on hoard -arh YES
sell to be furnished win tho proutr armament
a"1 go 35i ~ 100 ~ pifFa,
To the rrcs,1sitl.,,
Tie iniets OF Horth taroiina. is suspected,