New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-30
,,, vopu DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. AUGUST 80, 1861.

Il 10 their running out Of ammunition; o'no,'
sav that Price favored pursuit, but tha' 'ioo"
loch would not permit it for fear Oh 0o'"s
into trap. =, :. .o,n,,at.lv
Tha country around Springfield is compulsory
eaten ont. Provisions are very scarce anu ~.
.orn !, the principal article Of diet among '"1
.aa;sr, They are exceedingly ragged 'uu
- and altogether without uniform.
:oo.;,,s nv his dress, to distinguish an o'ncoi
s.an, . nr;yste. The Missouri troops wear
n,..s If white flannel upon the left shoulder r'o
I,ouisianians red, the Arkansas yeho".
Rebels still express tbs utmost conhdenco ' sn0ii
ultimate success; some of their onlcers aeini'
that unle,s Great Britain comes to the'r aid py
breaking the blockade, their cause Is 'pe'ess;
Init thew have the most implicit faith .-.s this
will be done, during the Autumn months.
McCulioeh, soith large force, has tett SPRING
field. and is undoubtedly mooing to,oard JEFFERSON
CITY. So far a. inspiring confidence 10 inc
bravery of our men is concerned, the great bat
tie has had a good effect; but the fact that our
little army was obliged to retreat is bringing the
Government into contempt and making our gen.
eralship despised. Upon the whole, its results
are extremely injurious; the Secessionists are
gaining confidence, Home Guards, even, joining
the Rebels, and Union men sienced and DIS
heartened. Ii will take great many men,
great deal of expenditure, and the shedding OF
much patriot blood, 10 place our cause where IL
would be to-day had poor Lyon received only
two or three regiments Of the reenforcemens
which be asked go earnestly and so fruitlessly.
Medicines, stimulants and bandages for our
wounded are extremely scarce in Springfield
Our physicians had large quantity OF medicines
including 40 gallons of the beat brandy Gen.
Rains took possession of it, ostensiby the
use of the rebel wounded, but really, ~ be-
leyed. for their thirsty. When Price was aP-
pealed to in the matter he peremptorily ordered
Rains TO return il; but that General haty re-
| fused declaring that he would sooner submit 10
q court-martial. Very few OF our prisoners,
when liberated by the rebels, have been required
to give their parole. The Coniederates received
re-enforcements from Texas, who brought heavy
feld.pieces with them, less than "a hours alter
the close of the battle.
Nearly hundred Of the dead are still left un-
buried upon the battlefield Their blackened
faces and mutllated forms present nj revolt
ing spectacle. Those who fell in the hollows,
where the soil is soft and spoDgy, have oil been
inferred; but on the grayely hills 1t Is very
hard, and the intention seems TO BIO to deny
"the unrecOrded dead " even the rites of sepui-
ture. The field shows traces of the struggles OF
the wounded, in dragging themselves out OF the
burning sun into the shade of the osk-shrubs
which abound there. Some of our soldiers were
paid day or two before the battle, and the
pockets of all the killed and wounded we're
turned inside out, and rihed of all their money
and other valuabes, after the departure Of our
army. Some OF our wounded concealed them
selves in the woods, afrighted BY what they saw
of the bayonetDg of helpless men during the bat
tie, and were not found until two or three days
after its close.