Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-01-03
FROM IISSOURL.

A prisoner who escaped from the rebel
camp at Hermansville, last Saturday, reports
al Otteryille that when the news that Gen.
Pope's cavalry had driven in Gen. Rains
pckets, at Johnstown, was received by Price,
army the greatest CONSERVATION prevailed in
the rebel camp. The cavalry artillery, in
fantry and raw, ragged. unarmed recruits
were mixed up in iuextricable confusion, and
many hours elapsed before anything like order
was restored. The whole amy retreatd as
soon afterwards as POSSIBLE, and so fearful
were they Of pursuit that they burned bridges
and placed every obstruction in the way of
the nncteu Pvse-it. E~-- 49, eaiob-etad
bridge built by General Fremont across
the Usage at Warsaw was not spared by the
aying rebels 1t is reported that one regi-
ment was left on the Usage as a rear guard,
and that several small bodies are scattered
through the counties about Warrensburg coll
lectpg supplies. a cavalry force has been
out in pursuit of them, but our forces are so
worn and weary by other long forced marches
that ,here is little prospect of capturing these
rebel bands. The last report from Price is
that he passed through Springfield en- route
to Arkansas, and il is pretty certain that he
will not attempt to return this winter.
The following resume Of the recent military
operations in Missouri is obtained from a re-
liable source. Within the last two weeks
the Union army has captured $500 rebels,
including about 10 commissioned officers,
200 horses and mules, l 100 stands of arms,
tuns Of powder, 100 wagons, and an inn
mense amount of commissary stores aud camp
equpage A large foundry at Lexington,
used by the rebels for casting cannon, shot
and shell most of the rebel craft on the
Missouri, including ferry-boats, have been
destroyed or captured.
a pretty clean sweep has been made of the
whole country between the Missouri and
Usage rivers Gen. Price is cut off from all
supplies and recruits from North Missouri
and is in full retreat for Arkansas with his
army, having passed through Springfield on
Monday last Our loss in accomplishing
, these important results did not exceed loo
killed and wounded.
These are the presents OF brilliant strate
eetical q combinations of Gen. llallecl
| which have been so ably executed by Gems
, Pope, Prentice, and Nixon, and Coils jeff. c
, Davis of Fort Sumter fame and Fred Stee
: of the 10th regular infantry and the brav
. officers and soldiers of our army-regular
+ aud volunteers.
r Gen Prices designs to stir up rebellion Il
North Missouri, and simultaneously burne'
: all railroad bridges. stations and rolling stoe
Y on the 10th of this month, in accordance wit
4 plan promulgated from the rebel camp hav
2 been toiled to great extent by the energy
+ -tGen Halleck, and the activity OF our forces
e which are kept in constant motion notwith
S standing the severity of the weather,
! The damage done to the North Missoul
J. and Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad ha
o been greatly exaggerated, aud repairs are be
e ing rapidly made. and both The North Mis-
,s souri Railroad and telegraph wires were
e be in working order to Wellesyille on Frida
f. night.
Ten bridge burners have already been sho
l. and fifty are in close confinement to be sun
l. mariy dealt with under General Halleek
stringent orders.
to 1t is confidently expected that our movin
% columns will as effectually in few day
break up bridge burning in North Missouri