Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-30
Guerrslla. Again utterly Routed.

Guerrilias Again Utterly Routed.
GREENvILLE, Mo, Aug. 25-Mejor Elr-
| pert, Of the 18th Illinois cavalry, with ~
hundred men, met body of rebels three hun
dyed and nifty strong, yesterday, between
bloomHeld and Cape Girardeau, and, sftei =
fierce engagement, routed them. Thirty of
the band were killed, fifty wounded, and .ek-
teen taken prisoners. A number of horses,
| several wagons, side arms, ammunition, and
theiEfntire camp equipage was captured. The
survivors scattered through the woods, and it
s not probable they will again Join together.
Parties of national troops, ,horouI. ally armed
and equipped for guerrilla chasing, are sfter
other rebel bands.
Gen. Blunt, has, ere this, engaged Ceseeis
forces, provided the latter had sufficient coar-
age 10 stop running, aftev forming junction
with kaines' forces at Greenfield.
The Indian Insurreetion sn minnese1a.
ST. PAUL, August 26.-The latest fsom
New Ulm is ND to Saturday night. The vii
lsge was mostly burned up. An arrival f<om
Crow Wing, direct, brings the intelligence
that b Bole-in-the-D Day. the Great Chippewa
Chief, has issued 3 proclamation, that he qsiald
not be responsible for the conduct of the In
disns after Tuesday, warning the whites to
leave the country before that time. "Hols in
the-Day sends z message to Commissiones
Dale and Judge Cooper to come up and make
q treaty. The Chippews sgent, Walker,
against whom complaints have been maGe hy
the Chippewas, is reported 70 have commit.sd
suicide in y d. of ipssnity. The Chiapega
difficulty, following SO close UPON the Sioax
raid, causes great alarm. The northera part
of the State is making earnest appeals for mil
itary aid.
Dispatches from Col. SIbley, of the 25th,
| says he arrived at St. Peter on the 22i, and
has been actively engaged affrding all aid
possible to the beleaguered villages. AsjF
| Fowler, with fifty mounted men, made a re-
| connoisssace to the Fort Ridgeiey route the
previous morning, and returned TO st. Peters
at 3 o'clock On the morning of the Goth, bring
/ ing the bodies of some women, killed within
| twenty miles of ST. Peters. He reports the
destruction of properly beyond calculation.
The Indians attacked New Ulnl Saturday.
| The fight continued till late in the evening.
| Nothing has been heard from there since.
Governor Sibley asks for iull regiment to
be at once sent up, armed and equipped, and
thinks they and still more will be needed be-
fore the Indians ara subdued. Hethinks they
| will have four or FIVE thousand warriors to
| meet sooner or later.
L. A. Evans Mayor Of st. Cloud, writes to
| the Governer that committee of reliable citi-
zens had been appointed TO visit the scene of
| the recent reported mur lers, and had just re
turned. They went as far as Paynes uflle, and
found some two hundred persons in tie vicin-
ity of that place and Norway Lake murdered.
Paynesville petitions the Governor to send q
company to protect the lives and property.
In Stearns, Meeker and Moncngahela counties
many persons were driven from their homes,
| leaving their crops but partially harvested.
| Arrivals at this city from New Jim report
the usual shocking scenes as too horrible to re-
count.
A Mysterious Letter from Earl Russell,
an Answer TO Unknown Dispatch
from Sec. c.etary Seward
/ FARTHER POINT, Aug. 26.-By the steamer
Hibefnian, which passed this point this morn
interesting letter, written by Earl Russell, in
lreply to 9 dispatch from Mr.. Seward;
EARL RUSSELL TO Mr.. SEWARD.
FoRErGS OFFICE LONDON, 2eth July-Ssr
/ have left hitherto unanswered, unnoticed
the dispatch of Mr.. Seward, which Mr. Adams
delivered more than g month ago have
done 50 partly because the military events re
ferred TO in it were, in the opinion of Hel
Msjesty's government, far from being deci.
| sive, and partly because there was no PROPOSE
in it upon which Her hajesty's governnsen;
was called to coma TO any conclusions. EgeRt:
slbsequent TO the date of Mr.. Stewards letter
have showed that Her Msjesty's government
in its opinion on the first of these points, wa:
| not ulstaken. VICTORIES nave Deem gained
reverses have followed-positions have beer
reached in the near neighborhood of the cap
: ital OF the Confederates, and these positions
have been again abandoned. These events
{ have been accomplished by great loss Of life
in battles. in the hospitals, while such mea
, sures as the Confscation Bill have passed
through both Houses OF Congress, and witt
the proclamation of Gen. Butler, at New Or
leans, bear evidence of the increasing bitter
ness of the strife The approach of servil'
war, 50 much insisted upon by Mr.. Seward il
i, his dispatch, only forewarns US that anothel
element of destruction may be added to th'
less of property and waste Of industry, which
already Asaiiosa the country SO lstely prosper
ons and tranquil. -
: Nor, on the ether point TO which have ad
verted, have anything new to say. From
4 the moment that intelligence frs. reached thi
8 country that seven States, and several million
!. of inhabitants Of the great American Union
|. had seceded, and had made war on the govern
y ment Of President Lincoln, down TO the pres
ent time, her msiesty's government has pursue'
. frisndlys open, and consistent course. The,