The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-11
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CONFLICTING RUsoRs.

tndoOted 70 ths kenaAa Jeufn0t fer COPY 81 the
Fort Scot Demoera, Of the T'h. II oonusins ,hs
socoupa Of . BATHS between the N ssouri sss,s
troops udsr Governor JAcxsor and Gss. RArs,
nunbsips By ,hsir own scoour, from Yea u ,hir-
,sn thousand, and Usitsd s,.sss forces under
Col. suoKt, numbering sassn hundred In all.
Our in'orm.ns say, ,-os Wednesday, Sd f,s,.,
ths ss.,s TROOPS len Rupss Poi.a md moved s,u,h
70 Murry's, six miles Friday morning - eight
O'clock, ,hsy broke up camp and marched South h
ths drsc,Ion o. Carthage, ihs county sssi Of Jas
per county; 81 Brir Forks, seven miles North q
CsrshssV, tbsy were pss By CSlopsl snou With
Ares, hundred .ass, who inmsdisssly tsvs ths.
b.tNs.
Tbs n,, ors, rssul,sd 1, m. s,s,s troops being
driven back some stance, aud the ofosrs ordsrsd
rsarsst The osoAre gave wsy, bu, the order not
being heard on ,hs hAbks, ths sdvncin Unltsd
8 AZ. troop. were In danger Of belnJ surrounded
thsmsslves end fall btok.
They rs,ressd slewy, keeping up ,hs hsht, the
ARTILLERY mstlns fearful hsvoOk among III, sremys
ranks. A, the crossing 81 Dy Fork our lines were
very ss.r being trsksD, WHEN by the Timely arrival
OF two hundred Upios men from 8 reals Crssk, ,hsy
crossed With bu, ,on OF Ave killsd ADD two nor
| ally vturdsd.
The bsssls o5s,ipus5, tts Uoissd State. troops al
,srns,sly hsh,ing snd rv,reatos, until dark, vhsn
they resohed Cir,bas,, having crossed usk Bra 9ch
snd Spring river. o. the way the lighting wa, al
done with the ARTILLERY. Gu. srsou. resreadng -
soon ~ they sos ,hsm In position, and pl,yins on
their pnhs - They sdvHnCsd.
| 1, 10 believed ,hA, Col. snouS obi c, vas 70
d,a- the st,,s troops on 70 C,r,h,se when With
400 rssei ves len 81 ,hA, pa,e. snd exp oa.g re-
inforee Isu,s from scshs sod Bsrooxe, he would
be etsbed 70 rstuin and drive them back or rou,
| them
The loss on JAoaors rds was vsry Ere., cur
inssrmsnt .ys he counted bs,wesn 10 and 90
wounds ed On ,hs a,ld and In houses By the way
side.
MDiy Fork large smoun, Of beef was thrown
Out Of the wagons, 10 10 supposed 70 make room for
ths ds,d.
As.thsr iniotmsnA, . resident Of Carthage, s's.ss
81 he passd over psh o, ,hs b,,lshsld ys-ssr-
day morning, and says he saw w,gyns snd hacks
p'ss ps In every dirscd'n, gathering up the dad
for iI,,rpat
ADDITIONAL PARTICULAR
The loss on shs par, Of the ale troops oanno,
b, lets than from three hundred to a 70 hukdrsd-
Toe ground In many plsces wHs s.rswn with dead
no see, aud The ssench wa, sckenirg.
This whole COUNTRY was laid dsso ave; teuc,s wore
torn down, crops Tamplsd inio the ground, and
houses pivndsred.
Toe informsn, mss parti's Of women Who rs.sd
that everything hid beon taken from them by The
slate ,rot Pc sIosp, wba, they had on thslr baoks
The rsu,a 81 Of The federal forces wss conducted
In Asy ls worthy Of veteran troops, and viii ~
much ;olnsss - they wsrs on parade ins'eAd Of
ahs!d Of battle.
I, wss Only the CIV sbslmipg odds on the Eids Of
tbe ssoe-sispis,s ,hA, enabled them 70 c,ry this
dsy The real victory YVES with Cjl snam-
| sEoosD pmrAT1
Risppnt,d ,ha nigh, attack WAS msds on
Co. sIrau's force and that 900 Of bis troops w~s
killed end COO taken prisoners, besides three piece.
ofAr,illsry being captured.
Our ipfsrmsDt. how.vsr, rays thu, he Overheard
. m1s1 niger from the sso,ssion camp say ,hs, thsy
had killed bu, afssr enssrins osr,hA and
tsd taken no guss-
Governor JAoxsos announces his inf susion Of
fbrsifying biu self 81 Carthage, nnsl Geo. Pr,su
ud BM hoCuLLoUan can arrive from Arkan-
sss, with reinforosmsAis, whoa he will turn and
sci on che offensive. and enforce the laws OF ths
sass.
cb. sudxI resr,s,sd in the dlreo,ion Of s.-ooxes
| wbers he sxptc'ed 70 inforoementz.
N ,hipg has been heard OF M.jr sruRGrss and
Gassl LIor later ,hAn jay "a.
THIRD DIsrArcu.
Ronsds CRY, s p. NJ "A citizen OF this pltc has
Juh ,rrived here, having lsh BhedmAD, J,spsr Co,
Q, d,ylight this mornipg.
He states tina, a. or leaving Carthage, Col. smdu
spcampsd tso miles southeast q their town, wter
! he was attacked IN the nigh, snl his c,mm.nd
badly Gu, up. His loss is vario dSy estinstsd Al
from thrss hundred to one thousand, end tha. o.
the secessionis,s from ons thousand 70 two thou
sand
Col BnovS. With 200 troops from Springfield
Il said W have Joined Ch. sHGKI- MJor srun
arzs IL nor,h OF ths oIsgs ri yer, aud Genera
LYos, ., lAst accounts was 81 WApAw, on his w,y
u,h
o,Fddsy, the day OF 'hs battle, BEs. MoCUL
LoudH and IN PRIcE arrived a, Nsoshs, twenty
miles s7u'h Of C,r,hsge.
guard o, wv hundred men lsn ,hors by Col
enaEI Vas surrounded and taken prisoners On
rep n rsys that they we're all killed su tasr re-.
por, ssyI that bus . nal pordon o! them wsri
killed.
BEs AOCUMoudH has sen, for gard Oae unan 4
APis' GJSs'nor JAcEsoS, and he, hOCULLouar
I sxpsc's, 1000 additional troops from ArkAnsa
soon
IAter.
81 Loms July l0.-Au'hsu'ic iatsllig gene
. rec, we'd here fron an officer IN sprinsd,d on ,h
. 6h, sa,As that Gsr. swFpT, wish his sn,lr
. forces rt-ln1nrcoH Cronsi SE,Et, aad o. lls, =,
: ccurts vsre pursuing 'ls A.s uoops near vs
y non.
!. From Wsshiaktss.
Washington, yRy 10M,-Ths dIspstch.