, 1861-10-15
FROM ROLLA.


Correspondents Of the Missouri Dcmocrat.1
Ro11A, October Il, 1861,
Reports still continue to come in Of nume-
rous outrages bling committed by the unscEu-
pulous rebel band. Many Union men, unin-
formed of the reve1ses Of Price, continue to |
1es7e their homes and fee in the direction Of |
Kansas for safety. David Runnele, who re- |
sides fifteen miles from Springfield, vas
robbed Of everything in his dwelling and out
houses, and his stock driven of. He has two |
eons in the Federal army. A man named Cor
don Ragsdale wss kidnapped at Little York
last Friday night, and IS nothing has been
heal fIom him since, his leighhors believe
that he was made way with. His offence CON
reeentatiye. Pareon Hill vas one Of his cap
tore, and from what is known Of the dispoai-
lion OF this man, no mercy Is expected from
him.
4 ps1ty Of eecesh gambled for Union
ma.'a farm in Newton county. TIE winner
ordered the Union man to leave, ssying that
the Dutch would never be back to sustain
him aud they commenced BoW1rg wheat On
| his land three days before these A1gerines sue
ceeded in dcgg!ng the owner away from his
| homestead.
On the other hand, am Informed TINT Dr..
Bender, Of Lawrence county, who vas rspor.
ted to hare been hurg BY Chensnlt, is safe IN
Kansas, having reached there with only the
| loss Of his horse.
NJ. Horn reports that the well informed Sc
cessionists in his section are running them
selves and goods into Arkansas. Col. Paxton
hiss gathered up all his goods and gone in the
same direction.
came in yesterday from the Salem e1-
pedition. &c secured the country In all
directions, fell in with the secesh aud Was
made welcome for the time being. He drove
. cid Lenox viii his forty men, one breed
If the Current River, hfty miles south Of
! Sal.n, and there lost sight Of him. The Cap
tail is satisfied that there il no organized force
. Included in the space lying between line ex-
teneiag from Ro1la and Springfield on the
North 10 the Arkansas border. Notwithstand,
ing This, Rolla hes been nightly Threatened
with ar attack from a large force, said to be
lowering about. Yesterday we heard that
distsrgui-hed officer in the secession ranks
!. informed one Of his confdants that Rolla
. would charge hsnds in less than tour days
; TWO days hSre already elapsed, but the new
' p1oprie1or hss not yet ehown his hand. It il
: Irue that this post is not In the most tormlda
L bic eh1pe, aud there is an immense amount o!
: commissary stores collected here to temp: ths
1aracity Of the starving legion Of Price: VI
= a'so hear Of threats to tear up the railroad
= = track. i gentleman in from tha # Hest reports
( Tia: the Usage tribe Of Indians have made ap
u plication TO Gen. Lane for permission to pitci
= = in and fight the Ridge pazty Of Cherokees.
- - tai {Cou1t Buuse,) at this place. Besides ra'
IL abc7e, there are fl cen sick at the regimenta
! hospital Of the Thinysixth Illinois, anl
u twenty, five in the regimenta1 hospital Of tn
Fourth Iowa. The prevailing diseases ar
feye1s and diarrnhs. Dr.. 8chencg, Of the reg
n1a1s, IL now On visit to this psst, charget
y with authority to make thorough e1a1nins
70 ton into the condition Of the sick and th
e | hcspital regulations He has suggested sez
h. | e.al improvements in the arrangement Of tn
n. wards, and ths condition OF the building. Tw
D. female nurses-one Of whom was through til
ae Mexican wa1-haye been seat On here frol
Of St, Louis, to minister to the wantz Of the Ii
>o- yalid soldier. Nothing encourages and caee1
,st the creeping spirits Of the poor soldier no,
.ee than the consciousness that his condition an
weli-beirg is looked after aud attended to /
Ia the higher authorities.
co, Several prigatea Of the Fourth IoWa ha1
re- died, ard funerals take place almost daily,
ra which the entire regiment follow in proce
co, aion the deceased to the grave. Such de:
tho onstration las melancholy effect, and q
oy~ pears. appropriate and highly becoming t
Ietr | catiop.
ms, Since the departure Of General Wyman,
axe com1nsDdant Of this post is Col. G. II. Dode
sefr Of the Fourth Iowa he Ia eaid to be higf
hey popular, and is FAST winning golden opinio
ms. | from all, citizens as well as soldiers.
to Gen. Wymnn vas met yesterday. tixte
miles beyond the Gasconade,