Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-23

A4'NhN0 iAhb NOluubl btOtlt WIN nVe hun
drtd and seventy men Of the Third Iowa
Regiment and one piece of artillery, left
Cameron on Monday, the 18th, in pursuit NJ
the rebels, who left st Joseph on Friday
| previous. Lieutenant E Colonel Scott arrived
! at Liberty, Clay County. on the morning of
tire lib, and moved from that place at oue
! O'Clock in the afternoon. Atthrse o'c' ocls he
tell IN with the enemy, four Thousand five
huudred IN number, occupying C strong po-
| sitjon.
Our skirmiahers received calling Gre.
| nnG slowly re'ssated TO our main bOiv when
the ccdon became general. Our six-pounder
vas brought 70 bear on the enemy, and a
few shots tied, which proved destructive.
Al tins time heavy fire opened on our
single cun, killing one gunner and wound
ing two others. On this, several other gun
nels Germans from st. Louis) abandoned
the gun, carrying of primer aud matches
reucciirE tie piece useless.
! Tie action continued one hour, when our
| column was slowly Withdrawn to q more
open proune, bringing or tue wounded,
Dragging away tie gun by hand, all the
horses hnylDg been killed or badly wounded
About This tine Colonel Smith. who left
St. Joseph with fourteen hundred men about
tie time Scott did Cameron, for the same
| ge erai purpose, joined he after, having
pushed forward his mounted men aid artit.
! lttl nj rapid pace on receiving n message
from Scott, ten miles back, that he was ad-
| ysncir ou the enemy Bat ] being night,
| their mtu completely exhausted aud the en-
| emy reported strongly iDtrenched in a
tblcket impossible except by narrow road,
a iurtber attack was Dostpoued until mora
! ing Early the following day an advance
Was made by The combined forces. hut on ar
IlvIup NJ Blue Mills they found the enemy
he'd crossed the river before daylight taking
Tie rosd toward Lexington.
The following is partial list of the Third
Iowa:
Msior Stone, slightly wounded.
Company A 49, Uaptaia O'Neil, slightly:
Lieutenant Duane severely; privates " II.
Munger, E. Critchfeli, 2. j. CaGtrty, se-
/ yeToly Andrew Murray. missing,
Company B-Lieurenant Hobbs, Serreant
| Woods, seriously privates Robbins, Hart
ard Woodruff aeriously.
Company C-Corporal Hunting, seriously:
pIivates D'oan, Maddox and Squires. mis- NJ.
Company D. Captain Wilett, seriously:
Lieutenant Anderson, mortally; private Nil.
ler severely; Frank, missing.
Company E-Corporal MCGOWAN, se-
riously; privates Guthrie and Hill, severely.
Company F-Lieutenant Brown, slightly;
Copofal Davis, severely; privates Wincheil,
lSham, Saunders, Hane severely; Nolan,
| killed.
Company G--Prfyato2 Swan, Mccullough,
severely Michael Liley, Mccullough, miss
| ing.
Company H-Captain Warning, Lieuten-
cut Fuller, severely; privates Ganb and
Mcclure, severely; Barbour and We nee,
dangerously; Corporal Lacy, missing.
Company Lien ouaut Knight, Sergeant
FoIney, Corporal Bendick, musician Bal.
comb. severely; privates Buell, Corter, Dolph,
Hawks Peppers, Russell, Stocks Wilcox
NRly, Niibourne, severely; Lawlau, Merri.
fed dangerously; Washburne, mortallv;
Darlsu, Bedell, Nix Brownell, killed; Daven-
! TuTt, severely
Tcta killed, fyei wounded, eighty.four;
missing, six.
Three of the missing are supposed to he in
the hands of the enemy-the balance killed.
In addition to the loss of the Second Iowa
theIc were six Home Guards and one artii!
lery man killed, among them Captain Cupp,
and about ten wouuded. Four of these
Home Guards were killed in the skirmish
about two hours before the battle II is per-
hsps proper to state that General Pope's
orGers to Scott were to remain at Liberty
until Joined by Smith but learning on ar.
rival az that place that The enemy were five
ui'es dstsnt, he sent q messenger to Smith
with word 10 that effect and pushed on and
gave tie rebels battle.
JEFTERsoN CRY, Septe ember Ex-Governor
G.rbIe 10 day issued the following call to
the Convention:
"The exigencies Of the State REQUIRE. in
ny juc- -ment, the reasse NIB ing of the State
Convention: therefore /, Hamilton Il Gam
bic Governor Of the State Of Missouri, by
vilfue Of the power vested ~ me by the
CorvGItion, do hereby call The Convention
OF the State to assemble at the Mercantile
Library Hall, in the city Of St Louis on the
10th day Of October next, 10 adopt such
measures as the Weltate Of the State may re-
quiTe.
Given under my hand ard the seal of the
Sate, at JeLesson City, Jhis twenty third
Day Of Sep,ember a. D. one thousand
eight hur dled and gizy-one.
,, ESiEned) II Il. GAMBLE.
"By the Governor, u. Oliver, Secretary of
No news from Lexington to-day. The
steamer War Eagle arrived from above.
This steamer, together with the Iataa. with
the lnGiana Eighteenth and Twenty second
Regiments aboard, accompanied the steam
eTs White Cloud and Desmoiaes, with tile
Indiana twenty. sixth aboard, as high up the
river as Cambridge, where they captured the
5 eamer' yaShiae, seized a short time since
b. Green. They encOuute,ed uo rebel trooDs.
Urion flags were flying at Glasgow. The
Var Ld9Ie and Iataa returned from Cam
bridge, The former 10 this city and the latter
tO Bonneville
The Thite Cloud and Desmoiaes went on
up the river 10 re- enforce Lexington. While
al four boats were lying up for the night a
short distance below Glasgow, two detach.
menss were sent out TO rCc0nuOiter They
| encountered each other in the dark each
| misaking he other for the enemy, fired, and
| before their mistake was discovered, four
| men were killed and several wounded,
Among the wounded is Major Gordon Tan
ner, Of the Twenty-second Indiana. He
was brought down TO this place. His
wound, though severe, is not considered
! mortal.
LOUISVILLE, September 22.-An intelligent
passenger from ElizaOethtown today re.
ports that fifteen hundred Of Buckner's
! forces, mostly from Hardin County, Ky, are
| eight miles south of that place, and that the
bulk OF his torcs is still at Bowling Green.
Each party seem to be gaining re enforce
| ments at various points.
A party of one hundred aud fifty men
went TO Salt River yesterday, to prevent the
transmission of contraband goods southward
| through that channel.
The BulletiH'S correspondent says:
The Lebanon train yesterday brought in
Matt. Jouett, w. Woodruff Fisher Henry,
William Smith and William Tarher, prjg-
oners who had escaped from the Confed-
crates. Jouett is Deputy United States
Marshal, and was released by Buckner.
The railroad from Bowling Green 70 No.
| Ian is guarded by the Confederates, who
have force Of six hundred, collected from
the vicinity of Nolan"
Great enthusiasm is manifested by the sue
cessive arrival of Federal troops from the
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