St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-07-11

Ihls'aeH lis norl an,TT = -.7anrlG Jaw ;si.7ut
J n,'4 Some fnhs Mipna, First have had .
brush wi b the rebel pick etsy have killed
three and cWo spies ana four horses: pr -"'
- II IS ss;aiil the rebels have, Sent ! Aag 81
trrce to- Congress asking p peaceables ad-
justment. 1so ho'ut Ael;eyo. its 6, They will
neither fight nor acknowledge they will
mot. Aid is to:be sent to" the Union men
|iofs the Eastern share g., Maryland, and
further aid to Western Va. 1O0l new
made graves are oon the battle: ground at
LMartinsburg: Accompany oflthe Garital-
dams mutinicd, and have been arrested
They are ,recruitiog men ID, GAINESVILLE for
the rebel army. and sending. supplies
through kentuck yste the rebels. ): Iu Con-
'esrtsss, bill'has passed the House 'appro.
priattins 100000 IT, to %th hrs months
.So;V;aatecrs.. ,. al: ~ H.. ,,o,
|so Ihs:e has becrt another, :batt]a in MIS-
souri, Gov. Jackson and Sen. Raiues
with TO- o. men, we're attacked SSy Col.
Scigle, W. ST. 4 :, near Carthage, Jasper
CO.. The first onset resulted In the State
troops being driven back some distance,
and the officers ordered ;sttrctreat:A The
center gave way, but the order not being
heard on the fanks the. u s., TROOPS were
in danger of being surrounded, and them
selves fell: back -: They retreated slowly
Keeping up The fight with the artillery,
max Ing fearful havoc among the e6emy''s
ranks. At the vrossins Of Dry Fork their
lines were very near being b,oken, when,
by the timely arrival Of 200 Union mei'
from Shoal Creek, they crossed with. but a
loss Of 6ve'killed and two ,mortally woun-
ded. The, battle continued, the United
States troops alternately fighting and re-
treating until dark vixen they reached
Car,hage, having crossed Buck Branch
aud Spring River on the way. go : 1'.H.
The retreat Of seisle's force was con;
Quoted in style worthy Of veteran troops,
with as much coolness as on the parade
ground, instead Of ON the field Of battle
It was only the, overwhelming odds on
the side Of the secessionists that enabled
them to carry the day; The victory was
with: SeiSel. -'.:s1~'. .,,',>% -.:s' =
It was reported that night attack had
bced made on Seigel, and four hundred Of
his troops killed, six hundred taken pris-
oners, and three pieces Ct artillery captur-
ed; but our infor,nautsays he overheard a
messenger from the secession camp say
they had killed hnt one man: after enter!
ing Carthage, and had taken noisuns.; j: ::
Jackson announces his intention Of for
tiiying himself at Carthage; until Price
aud McCullock. can arrive from Arkansas
with rcinforcemcuts, " hen be Will turn
and act ON the offensive. and enforce the
laws Of the State:u"'>E; > -
'seigel retired in, the direction Of sar3
coke, where he expected rcinforccments.
Nothing Gun Sc heard fr2m Major Stur-
ges or Gen. Lyon, later than July THAT
8 in the evening. A citizen Of this place
has just arrived, having left Sherman,
Jasper county. at daylight this morning.
He states that after leaving. Carthage ,
Colonel Siegcl encamped two miles SOUTH
cast cf that town, where he, encamped.in
the night and his cammand Was badly; cut
up. His loss is variously estimated from
three hundred to one thousand, and that
Of the Secessionists ec1om one TO two thou
sand killed and wounded - sayraa
Col Brown, - with tfsfee hundred tf5ops
from Springfield, is said to have joined
hin,:l Majur Stnrges is moth ofthe' Usage,
and Lyon at last accounts was at Warsaw,
on his way south. On Tuesday the day
Of the battle, Ben, McCullock and Gen.
Price arrived at Neosho, 20miles south of
Carthage, with 10000 men. A guard of
201. left by Seigel were surrounded and
taken prisoners. One report says all
we're murdered: another that but,a small
portion of them were killed. ,.oa 81. = -
j 1McCullock sent forward 1000 men to-
assist Jackson. He expects 5000 addi-
tional troops from Arkansas. - "' 49,, 49,:
The fighting was all done with; the artil-
hty, Col. Se,gel retreatine as soon: as they
got them in position, aud playing on their