New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-06
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AFFAIRS NEAR RoLLA.

AFFAIRS NEAR ROLLA.
On Friday evening party came up with 70 OF ioO
horses 20 the barn Of farmer named Seaton, residing
only miles from Rolla, on the Salem rU3d. They
pressed an uuthreshed oat stack and fed their horsee
beside making free with things euerslly They then
adde2 usu 10 injury ~ saoNing Oh lin full pay III
Confederate scrip They !Gen departed; after taking
Lie ouly holee Left They followed up their exi los
in the same nei yhbCrho by bling two ianiies OF
al the furniture and clotLg, gun, sadde, blunkes
etc, they could lac their hands on. Ihey stole par
OF baby shoes. o poor tenante were oibeed 70
hide aid tl,eD over bt IN q corn field, for fear Of
peFsoI- insult and also TO keep watch Of their horses
which the iobbers laiIed to ci'cover
The remaining Company out OF the Lane Prairie
Expedition arIiy yed in camp on Saturday noon. he
sltf--Oue SecefsiUnisI tbOt, OGe jaw broken, one
prisoner and six booes brought In. One OF tie hJrees
belonged 20 reb, Captsin- Wood. The bouses Of
tie seCeshers we're occnIie1 bY two three oi the
neishbOrng women, emllyed III cooking Tor tneie
Sbseut husbands. Horses were found n keed in nd
log place ii the brus ready TO mount by their own
era who wee lowering abol. The sqnad' seen could
not be caught Tor want Of Cavalry. The county was
thoroughly secured.
Capt. McFall came in last evening" from explora-
tion along tue railroad On "Wednesday evening Lieut..
Madison hailed three mounted Ia sLOn distance
tro tie spot where tie rails were torn In III the truck
II was dark that they cOuld not he distinguished
bu OF Tire party la reply 10 Who's there = ALL
sWerei SeCerh,' supposInE bis con edetales were
near. shoi was iiej aud one of them was mOrt,uy
wounded, aud tnce asceraiued 10 be dead. Hs Esnle
Is known.
Yesterday company Of scoute, under Captain Mont
oomery OF the Hone Guards, walked up the seceslefs
aboui 20 miles southwest Of ts place. lie took sew
era proueTs, and learned from the Union men that
large force OrgaliL near ulll few miles be-
vond. Part the detachment was ssut back utter re-
en- norcemen's aud this morning Of Ca,. Hollands
men were ready mounted Waiing FOR orders.
Raine-the terrible Rains-wben last heard from,
was fsllng back on Springield having learned too
much egarng tie force awaiting Lin under Stanton
and Montgomery. On Friday, tue I'D ultinu, RHius
had made retrograde mar, TO Vernon, aud had cent
for re-enlorcenents. News ffom that quarter is ex
pected to-day.
LATER FROM SPRINGFIELD.
Mr.. J. ID. McFaIlsne, formerly editor Of The Dam
rihe Her0ld, tiuce private in Compsuy l. Missouri
ist reached Roa the let inst, having leit Spring
field Oh the evening Of AUG. -. tic was lot troa led
until lie reached nes this eide Of e5anOu when
from there 10 Humboldt he d,tsBed aud srarrAA
six different umes. Ills nObey Was taken 'T0 him,
with the exception Of gold dollar, sOwed away
where it could not he found. lie brought along
number of letters for Springfield men, bat these he
destroyed rather than have hem fall iOto hsuds Of
his ca tors. lie aworn each tine lie was searched
not TO oear aeaiust the Southern Ccnederaey.
At Humboldt il se-ms there had been Ienec,
stampede Of the Secession population, owing to
run0r Of an gppreheudld attack from the Eodei al
forces.
The wounded at Springfield were doing well DIR.
Franklin intoTDe Col. Wyman that about 100 ARC III
condi ion % he conveyed 70 Rvlls.
The women Of Springfield were Urremitiing IN their
care Of tue wounded soldiers. No pains were spared
by tlese good Samaritans in watching over aud pro-
viding soup sid such te dainiies ss the Ick uLder
their needed.
Tho q zeus, also, very generously have provided
the wounded With clothing as many were quite desli-
tute of decent garment Of any kind wien brought Ia
from the battlefield.
Dr. Franklin and Col Mitchell, ACCOMPANIED by
Conie5elsie officer, lad visited tho ground and
bu led all their dead amounting to l0i bodies. They
were occupied with tns disagreesbie duty Tuesday
and "Wednesday Of last week.
II was remarked hat nor Of the dead bodies Was
di,igurcd, aud buzEaFds were reeh hover
lag about had diBu bed tie grim epOsa Of tie beid
" DEATH H. uotic,d howeyer that all the pockets
Of dead turned inside Oat by tho secession
jack~l5, WHO cyicenLy had NOS neglected such al Op-
yortuiity for IlAuder
A number ii the euemy's deed were rot yet buried
The following remsrkable circumstance Is related:
Six Of our wounded mou Ised Dne dGye on The battle
field before they were accidentally dicOvofed by
Uni II msD, travelling over the field, who1ock them
lone ana had them carcd for, some VI Lie gibbons
assisting In the humane work.
One Of the men thus found was named Grouert,
German He Was wounded at first 10 the leg, aud
after IviDv about an hour the wound becoming paiu
ia! he changed the po,iti0u Of the SOunded leA by
Ilating il on the we'll one when be was ogain snO Ia
Lne foot OF TIC leg that wac Injured lhece poor
reu ob,aiued nouFishment 10 pr0ong eAsiesce amid
this scene of horrors by crawling about AID getting Al
lie contents of the havereace Brewn abJui tie Aeld
amid the carcases Of men aud b lBts.
Nine hundred 0t the wOuuueu hhsouIltns eiucrs INC
Rebels arein Springfield.
Very Hle information could be obtained in regald
t tie movements OF the Rebel troops McCulloch was
snppoled to be at Pond Sug, - miles sodth- VI
Sntinpfeld Within ten hours march Of the latter
NJ re there were said 10 be L., ,OO meu encaInped.
There were but few troops ia the village. Seven
,bousaud men, under Price, ieit for Bolivar aud et-
canned IN that place Mouday night. IL was reported
tha, Rairs IN sXiIisn nsar For Scott was repaiSed
with some lObs. =,
Two daiIies were published In Springfield, one called
Jye southern Army ddptrftser aad the Other hgnred
os TIE Musouri State Guard. These two prlnts
were engaged Ia biaer quarrel about the Respective
qsllantry Of tic Missouri Rebels, which 1]e 6tdte
Gs,ard advocated, and that OF the down-Souih-Dixe
stfire which the former maintained.
FROM NEosHO-McCULLoCH MOVING SOUTH
Two men left Neosho Wednesdsy morning. and
reached Rolls last evening". They report the follow
ing account OF msiters ON tho way IRON th. sVove
place: There were no Southern troops ln newton
Coluty but everything had been eaten out and cleaned
out. Secession gag lad oated la Neosbo siuce tue
4h Of july AT Sarcoxie, Jasper County they inot an
advanced guard Of McCnllOchs for,es, about 6CO
strong. At Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, 5Oo9
Arkansas Gnd Texas troops, under M .CullIch and
Churchill, we're passed They were told that MeCul-
loch Was along, aud were shown bis hcse. This was
Thursday morning, ms LItOImsute having stayed tue
previous night IN the vicinity OF SaIco1ie.
Three different exi lana lone were given by the ci-
Ot McCuilocs plans aud the object of his move
ments, cah Of which was the oppose oi tie othera.
One report Rad it that AcCulloeh was disufted with
matters In Missoud alleging that he had been deceived
by jackson; that tie state not ia favor of Ssces-
soa 10 wes represented 10 him. ha. he came not for
tie purpose OF subJusston, but 70 relieve the people
from their OppressoTs. lie going wait uutl he
| saw the future action OF tho State.
The secord ISOLATION was that be was moving a. rosS
10 Csrtfage, Oh the wayto Join Rains who was mar :h
! ing on ForL Scott. ,,,,
| Tbe hirl was 10 this eject. McCuliesh Lad re-
eeiyed intelligence tbst $1,000 Federal tr0Ois were