Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-08-28

their ire We here ,liscofeIel that oar
charge WAS failure, and ne wheeled iotae
leiI To take our places in tie rsgimehl
when the enemy discharged the balance Of
their minnies az M, Ai the FIRST fac "no-
body was hnri;' The second hel.eVs Killed
one man and wounded several, and killed
aud wounded some horses. Ore OF tie
finest horses In our regiment, taken few
days before by one OF our boys nom a tory
Surgeon In a scouting party, was shot down
Just before me, but his rider John u. Long,
OF Cherokec,l was uniniured.
have given you short sketch of the
main par, performed by the Texas regiment
on the lOlh, They arc brave, cheerful,
high-spiriied set Of fellows, but with all
their courage aud patriotism, one thing they
need yet TO make good soldiers, and that Is
discipinf, and Col Greer says ho will have
them drilled before they so into action
again, 90 0iecr Col lane, Ma Chiuvu
arl an the other officers behaved wilA great
courage aul iutT,ry respect worthy Doc
high character oi Texans, aud have 10t
time or paper now, a. Ei,e yOu INli 90
count Of tie icli, n you dc,ue it wif
du 90, Wlea get home, Suffice b. 10 sly
'thc rcd fed was won, --urn. iydn 800,
Killed and sent by Gen, McCu'lu5h into
Springfield, with ma escort ! do mol, know
OF Tho loss o. any other prominent officer
OH eiihcr side. heard that the brave Mis-
sourinn, Maj. Woightman, was killed aficr
| LEFT and fear IL II so. lie said In the
morning that he would retrieve The cbarac-
ter of Missouri, or lose his life and most
nobly did he do IL, for never did men fight
moro fierccly or stubbornly than did the
Missourans. Our loss was estimated he
tween 800 and 600, think nearer The latter
than the former. That of the enemy be-
tween two and three thousand. In killed,
wounded, prisoners and missing, their loss
cannot fall under 1000. Col. Greer, in
formed that We had about 1000 prisoners.
We captured l3 pieces OF artillery, and n
number of small arms. Gen. McCulloch
cxcelcd himself for heroic daring on the
field, as did Col. Mcintosh of hi, afF. Tho
bravo Louisiana regiment, say that Ben,
McCulloch is the hravcst of the brave. lie
led them in person whore the field was
fought the fcrccst, as he did Col. Church.
i'll regiment, and others during the day.
will close this hy saying that Gems.
Price, Rains, Pearcc, and all of our officers,
behaved themselves like gallant Southern
braves, and the men stood like vctrans in
the fire, or advanced TO meet it with shout.
This battle shows what stubborn, unframed
courage can do The enemy had, | learned,
10000 well disciplined troops We had over
10000; but | suppose about $4,000 armed,
some armed well and others badly, but we
had about 10000 or 10000 engaged with
them. Very respectfully.
ROGER O. MILLS
The Little Rock True Democrat Extra OF
the -t4th has-tho following in relation to the
6amc fight and other moyemcuts inNlis-
souri,;
LOUISVILLE, Aug, l2.---St Louis is being
fortified. A thor sand rumors prevail from
Missouri. Among which is a despatch from
Lyon to head quarters, which reports q
skirmish on Sunday morning Lyon was
probably at Springfield on the 8th. Stiles
regiment at Lexington is coming homo
leaving that city defcnceless The scces
sionists have three guns, which will cxpc
dte Them as they descend the river. The
Dutch are becoming weary Of bush whack
ing. No acccssons TO home guards are re
ported. In few days the Missouri wal
will be confined to the abolition invaders
and The Mlssourlans.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 13.-St Louisa ri
NOR is current on the street in which some
reliance is placed, that Gen. Lyons com
mand in the Southwest, has been totally
routed by the rebcls-hmself killed, ant
Scigle in full retreat, with the remnant o
the federal force. This information is sale
to have been received here by the secession
lists last evening The messenger whit
brought the news having killed four horses
between Springfield and Rolla, in u rae,
with the government messenger 1t is alst
reported ,hat Gen. Fremont received dis
patches about midnight, corrohorating tn,
above, but the contents arc not divulgcd.-
Great anxiety is felt by the Union men here
and the most serious apprehcnsions are in
dulged in for the safety of our army. W.
will probal ly get something reliable by thu
arrival of the train tonight.
The above is from the regular correspond
cnt of the New York associated press. Tha
the fedcralsts have at last suffered disas
ter, may be regarded rs certain, rs the dis
patch would not have been permitted with
out official sanction.
LoUIsvIILE, Aug 13.-St Louis-thc fol
lowing is the official report of the fight nca
Springfield on Saturday, rs brought by on
Of Lyons aids to Gen. Fremont. Lyon il
three columns, under himself Seglo ant
Mai. Sturgiss attacked the enemy Mt q o clocl
on the morning of the 10th, 0 mile
southeast of Springfield. The engagement
was severe. Our loss was about 500 killet
and wounded. Lyon was killed in charg
at the head of his column. Our force wa
5000 strong, including 1000 Of the hom
guards. The cncmy's loss is reported heavy
Sicgc rctrcatcd to Springfield at 8 o'clocl
on the 10th, and continued his retreat OF
Rolla, bringing off his baggage, trains ant
S25, 900 in specie from the Springfield bank
IsDEpEYpESoE, Aug. 19-Santa Fe mail
with dates to the 25th has arrived Lieut.
Smith went into chihuahua to recover
government train that had been captured
and was captured himself by the Texiam
on their way in force to attack Fort Stanton
who arc Serving government propert,
wherever found. If the federal govcrnmcn
orders, to remove the regulars east are car
rici out, it will amount to an abandonment
oil the territory to the confcderates.
Further Particulars.
SATURDAY MoRsrSG.
We have thcfollowing additional partic
nlars, by yesterday evenings mail from
Little Rock, and by private advices:
Col. W. +. Henderson, Of Corsicana, VII,
arrived here last night from Van Bnren
Ark. informs us that the latest adviccs a
that place was that the Confederatcs hat
lost in killed, 450, and wounded about 500
lie states also, that there was six instead o
l5 killed in the Texas regiment.
Col II. informs us that the battle ragcd
over ! space Of five or six miles, along thu
encanpment, and that the killed and wound
ed fedcralisis were strewn along for som,
ten miles ON the battlefield and the line Of
the retreat Of Seigle and his men, All the
killed on our side had been burie.i, '..isi ~