Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-20
9g telegraph.
BATTLE AT LEXINGTON, MO.
THE REBELS REFUSED WITH
A LOSS OF 1000!

JEFFERSON CRY, No., Sept. ls.-Two
couriers have just arrived from Lexington.
The following intelligence is believed by
the commanding officer here to be in the
main part reliable:
| Gen. Price commenced the attack on the
entertainments at Lexington, commanded
by Col. Mulligan, on Monday. The fight
was very severe. All day long Price as
saulted the works, but was repulsed with
severe loss. The fight was renewed on
Tuesday morning, but very feebly sus-
tanned.
| When the couriers left, Gen. Lane was
at Johnstown, Bates county, with u force
of from 1000 to 5000 men, marching to
the relief of Lexington.
The rebel loss on Monday is reported at
1000, and those of the Federal troops at
8OOs which is probably exaggerated.
JEFFERSON CRY, Sept. lS.-On Monday
afternoon, Gen. Price sent word to Col.
Mnlligan at Lexington, again demanding n
surrOunder. Col. Mulligan's reply was
$50 to hell" An attack was Immediately
begun by first opening with artillery, aud
making AN advance under its cover on the
town. Price was repulscd with heavy
loss.
Gen. Lane, with an estimated force of
5000 Kansas troops, is reported to be
within forty miles of Lexington, rapidly
advancing to reinforce Col. Mulligan.-
Other Federal troops are rapidly COuyerg
ing from st. Joseph, and other points, to
reinforce Mulligan. The 18th, 22d, oath
and 26th Indiana Regiments have gone via
steamer to Lexington. Also the forces
sent from St. Louis per the Desmoines and
White Cloud. These achievements num-
Der about 6,OO0 effective troops, and will
reach Lexington tomorrow morning, the
10Th Every confidence is felt here that
Col. Mulligan will be able to hold Licking
ton till reinforcements arrive.
The Usage Bridge, IL miles east of here,
on the Pacific Railroad, is said to be the
forces, now believed to be advancing rap
idly from the southwest.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 18.-The thrty-ninth
Ohio, Col. Groesbeck, the third Indiana,
Lieutenant Col. Scott, and the sixteenth
| Illinois, Col. Smith, with force of Mis-
souri, State militia and Iowa State troops,
undc5 Col. Crayner, and upwards of three
hundred regular aad Irregular cavalry,
and six pieces of artillery, under Captain
Madison, left St. Joseph and Chillicothe,
in two columns, on Sunday, and were ex-
pected to reach Lexington yesterday to re-
inforce Col. Mulligan
The reason why Gen. Pope did not sur
prise, rout or capture Martin Green's band
of rebels, on Sunday night, the 18th inst,
is explained as follows: Pope was ut
Hannibal on Saturday, with eight hun
deed men, and knowing Green was encamp-
ed in the neighborhood of FlOrida, deter
mined to make night march and surprise
him, but learning the latter had thirty-fve
hundred men, he sent AN engine ut noon, to
Shelbina, 8 miles west, with orders to Gen.
Iurlhut to send down, Immediately, 500
men to reinforce him, his force being too
small to attack such superior numbers,
bat iu consequence of gross mismanage-
ment on the part of IIurlbut troops from
Shelbinn, which should have reached Han
newell at o'clock, did not arrive until
IL p. NJ, when it was too late to start an
expedition that night.