Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-16
Charles City, Iowa, January is, 1862.
From Missouri.

f A well informed gentleman, VIII,
left Rolla on the 10th, had an in
terview with Gen. Sigel, who com
planned that he had been hurried b,
: Gen. Hallcck from q sick bed to TAX
f command at Rolla, and that onl,
three days after his arrival Genera
J Curtis arrived, and without exhibit
: ing any orders from Gen. HalIcck, o
giving him (SigeD notice, assume,
command. Gen. Sigcl says that h
has resigned out of sense of justic,
to himself, but is anxious to serve hi.
adopted country, and if the troop.
, were ordered to march he would
march with them. He hopes an ar
rangemcnt will be made by which he
may honorably return to service. All
the troops at Rolla are ready to move
at a moments notice.
The St. Louis Post (Gcrman) con-
firms the statement of Gen. Sigel's
resignation, and says that twenty or
thirty of his officers, including Major
Hasscndcubcl, have also resigned
The feeling among the Germans of
st. Louis on this subject is intense.
They complain that the Administra-
ton first removed Fremont, and then
permitted Sigcl to be driven into
resignation because he was German.
DESPATCH FROM GEN. HALLDcK.
HEADQUARTERS. DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI,
st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 2, 1862
To Major General d. Hunter
Price was at Springfield two days ago, and
has probably been attacked by two thousand
OF our cavalry o.day If necessary they will
soon he sustained by artillery and infantry
He will leave this State either willingly or
forcibly. His day is over. Encourage John
Ross and friendly Creeks.
II. w. HALLECK, Maj. Gen.
A st. Louis despatch of The It'll inst.
says a gentleman from Springfield,
Mo-, reports that Price and McCul-
Tough were there with about Is, 900
men. He was told by the rebel off,
GERS that 10000 troops have been sent
from Memphis up White River, and
news had been received Of their land
ing at Forsyth, from whence they
would march and make q junction
with Price and Mccullough, at Spring.
field. As soon as these rcinforcemcnts
arrive, the whole force expect to make
an attack upon Rolla.
The martial court for the cxamina.
ton of participants in the recent crimi.
nal transaction on the North Missouri
Railroad is now sitting at Palmyra.
Col. Grocsbcck, of the twenty.ninth
Ohio, is acting as President. The
sessions of the Court arc not open to
the public, nor are the witnesses al.
lowed to hear the testimony Of each
other. About thirty arc held there for
trial The majority of them arc ordi-
nary farmers, of from sixteen to sixty
years old. Their plea in defence is,
that being under the orders of Gen.
Price, and having been commanded
to destroy the bridges, they are not
responsible agents any further than
being subject to the treatment of pris.
oners Of war. When the invcstiga-
tion is concluded, the finding will be
forwarded to Gen. IIallcck for ap-
proval.
A despatch from Palmyra, NO., of
December 10th, says that on the day
previous, Gen. Prentiss, with $50 men,
encountered and dispersed 900 rebels
under Col. Dorsey, at Mount Zion, in
Boone county, killing and wounding
$50, and capturing IS prisoners, 95
horses, and los guns. Our loss was
3 killed and IL wounded.
The LIST Kansas regiment is now at
Lexington, Mo-, watching the rebels.
They have full list of all the promi-
nent secessionists in that section.
Gen. Schofeld has returned to st.
Louis from North Missouri. He cap
turcd 80 supposed bridge burners, in
addition to those taken by Gen. Prem
tiss.