, 1861-07-04

4, Two gentlsnaen from spsinglcfd, No.
Messrs. A. J. Nottingham, Overland Mai
Agent, and E. F. McCarty-are now In this
city, aad We learn from them some partie-
u1ars Of recent movements In tha. section.
Col eigePs command, With a -por ton Of
another regiment, arrived in Springfield a
Sunday of last week. Their approach created
quite panic among the secesslonists and
few others, and between Lebanon, in Laclede
county, and Springfield, one half OF the houses
and 1atms on the stage line we're deserted.
A jealous disunionIst, who had met the
troops as he was coming this way, turned his
harsc's head and started back full gal}op,
scattering all manner Ct reports amcnE the
people, representing the troops as waufonIy
6e8troylng property and outrzginx the women
wherever they marched. These stories, which
rda our 9tormants tn say weEe wholly untrue, pro:
10 terror in every direction, leaving their
fields and crops, and caring only for their own
safely. Some of the men gathered together
IN different places resolving to sell their lives
as dearly ~ possible, but, before the arrival OF
the soldiers, took rcfuge in f,ht, lcsvlng their
families, who were dumbfounded vita iear, to
protect themselves as best they might.
On the day after the arrival Of the troops at
Springfield. Col Sigel sent out squad Of o5
men on scouting expedition. They returned
in lew hours, and BY the ecm,notioa pro-
duced In camp 1t Nas copjectured that they
ment Of 500 men was Immediately dispatched
westwardly in the direction Of Mount Vernon.
About O'Clock Tuesday evening, a messenger
came In, in hot haste, and in threeq uatterS of
an hour afterwards the whole Of Col Sigers
command, except about one hundred aui fifty,
started west, accompanied by a company Of
Home GuardE under Col. Bosd The troops
took with theta = large quantity OF field aud
camp equilase. including all the artillery,
aid, in TACT every appliance for IN active en-
gageEcnt. They, also, proceeded west, and
on q forced march.
Tie Gauss OF theee energetic movements
was information, supposed at Springfield to
was nearing Newton county with force Of
about tfteen hundred men, and 1t mas horea
to cut OFT his advances. In that part OF the
State the country is very wild, and Gov. jack.
tors forces will be compelled to take the
read leading to Mount Vernon, or
any teadwty at all through The timber.
Mr. McCarty states thai If the reports Of JACK.
sons whereabouts were true, j. would be next
TO Impossible for his men to escape, and that
if Col sigel possesses the sagacity for which
he gives him credit, it is not at all unlikely
that by thts time Coz. Jackson is prisoner
nnleae, indeed, that late functionary shall have
adopted some extraordinary expedient to in
sure his escape.
Our infcrmants say that on Tuesday last
Maj Phelps received information by messen-
ger direct from Fort Smith that Ben. McCu1,
Tough was still ut that post,with apparca,lyno
preparations going on about him for an early
more in any direction. His command con-
Rieted Of about two thousand men, large
number Of whom arc sick, and the remainder
50 demora1ized as to be nearly unfit for ser
vice. Mai Phelps, who Ia expected to reach
Congress, will probably bring Interesting news
from the 6outhwest.-,& Loeis Re7,uNitdn, gd.