The New York herald., 1862-10-06
INTERESTING FROM MISSOURI.
The Sksrmish In the SouihW est The Rebel
strength In Arkansas,
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Our 81. Louis Correspondent nee.

Our -. Louis COrrespOndeMce.
sT. louIs, Oct. 3, 1862
4 Small Reverse il ne SolhpeSVe,y Interesting Nei0s
jon NeoshoA Sen,i-e6eiai Sosaa:it @ Rebel Forces IN
.t.2oasos--Thc McKias'ry Ty1ol &c. &c.
lhe herald correspondent At Springfield will probably
give your readers the latest information from Southwest
Missouri. 0nr troops there seem have met with
small reyerseabout thousand Of them under Col.
Scomon, Of wisconsin, being compelled 70 fall back be-
lore superior numbers. Saomon held the advance and
the affair tool. place Neesho. Temporary
ike these may eubojen the rebels, Gad it will suit
generals rxrcy Il they advance. The losses in the en-
counter between saocn and The rebels nsgp fcant,
ai the the present situation in tho
Southwest materially y any event. German, who owns
brewery The road betweea Carthage and Neosho
the latter Place, arrived il this city few days ago,
and represents the rebels perfectly confident Of win
tsriDg In st. Louis. Having few bottles Of whiskey
hand he subsidized the be officers. and obtained the
largest freedom Of action An old Louis character
turned up the rebel provost marshal general, in the
person Of Emmett Mcdonald who gave my German In
fcrnant the following exemption paper
SPECIAL oRpEps-No. 8.
HAADQuAaTRHs, Amy o. THE SOUTHWEST,
NFosHo, sept. 10, 1862.
Ar. - - Is hereby relieved Of all service in 'he
ine being engaged in the manufacture Of alcoholic med
Gal preparations for this command.
EMMETT MCDONALD, Provost Marshal General.
tives BY persistent clamor,ng writ of habeas cor
pus. he finally obtained his discharge without giving
any parole Ne has sworn not 10 out his
hair again until the independence Of the Southern
confederscy recognized. II hangs In dirty
below hrs shoulders Tho rebels freely pay fifteen dollars
o bottle for wlskcy in Confederate money. Many have
nsthng Else and piece Of silver is Ieyeed
toad.
The little the reported advance Of the
rebels upon Pile. Knob has subsiied AMI that pont is
considered SAFE General Holmes is said TO be in
command Of this force The gea,nst discrepancy exists
between h various estimates Of the robe force IN south
Missouri Scouts arriving at Pilot Knob report the
enemy all the way from FIVE 70 twenty Thousand strong
The rebels happy faculty of cobcsaling their mum
bsrs everywhere aud tho game played with really
asabe success in all The campaigns In this state. Al
matter Of interest this connection, give you few
items reported by Hon W. =. Swi,2er Secretary Of State
and sd 10 Military Governor John 8. Phelps OF ArSansas
sir. svitzler brings Little Rock late
the IaLh u obtained through confidential sources He
says the largest rebel force Arkansas lying camp
at Aastn the cairo aud Fulton Railroad survey, twen
~ miles north OF Little Rock This force is reported from
ten TO fifteen thousand strong and among them are five
regiments og gccnscrir;s Several regiments Texans
reported their way 70 Join this command General Mon
roe Parsons OF Missouri Al Cotton Plant with 800
men, bound for Northwestern Arkansss. AZ Duyo!ls .
Bun. on White river, there 10 said 10 DO force Of
loo rebels, with q battery Of six guns, 10 resist
,h. approach 0: ,he guntosts. Two regiments Of
Missouri rebels at nes Arc, without artillery
General Mcbride lately at pocshonas, Arkansas,
with 100 (ony 900 o. whom are sfeciivel, in
tending 10 march Grcenvlc (This force has since
occupied Southeast Missorri.) There i've reyi
menis at Arkadelphia, where the rebels have manu-
factory cf gippowder caps and cartridges The balance
OF The information brought by Mr. sw1icr comedies
With onr reports from Southwest Missouri.
since Porter LETT North Missouri affairs In that section
OF tho state have quiet There few rambling
squads Of guerilss stfi infes,ing few counties but
,hoir chief aim avoid meeting Union troops. when
they hear of Porters departure they viii either try 10
fellow hra TO the South or dspcrse permanently.
Tire sris sf General McKinstry making slow progress
IL takes all day 10 get through with ono witness and ~
there are sixty specifications and about Ave witnesses
70 specification win be there 10 long job ahead
yet The testimony thus ar, does not seriously crmi
nate AoKinsry in any disspuaels transaction The
smnsion hzs ree.red chiefly homo contracts and the
drirt OF Tho evidence Is that the government wanted
about 10000 horses in q v@y short time, and tina,
hcKinsiry was compelled 10 Buy from everybody who
came song aud had horses TO e, bat ,ha, parties
did bosr than others in getting thslr inspection ahead
and leaving the lster with expensive stable bs pay
which diminished their proGts.
Cotton Is arriving hore ct the rate OF hundred and
twenty. ave bales per day.
Visit 90 the Battle Field OF Wilson's
Creek.
oJR SPRINGFIELD CORRESPONDENCE.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, sept. 2s, 1902
Your correspondent arrived here yesterday morning.
m., in time TO accompany General Tol'en and staff
vs, to the battle ground OF Wilson's creek. II is rough
paoe the country being greatly Broken and tho ssvas
,,g,s ,hs rebels had In position are manifest even "
civilian. The grounl is si strewn with relics OF the
hase and most Of the graves remain a. they left
tho day after the BATTLE although many have been open.
ed and the bodies renewed by friends. The trees are
psrsc,y rdded with bullets In oil directions thus ndi.
eating the sharpness Of the conflict. General Toten then
commanded battery and captain Of Company Y,
second regular artillery, and probably little anticipated
The rapid promotion wnich has placed him Ia his present
comm, ,udiug position. Near where his battery was
0rst placed on that memorable occasion found one
tree with seventeen bullets It, within six fest from the
ground. The desolation which marks tns part Of tho
country, well az from Roa 10 Springfield, Is almost
grca, as that OF Eastern Virginia The country Is badly
ed with bnt few running streams and these mostly
djmlnutivs ald failing In dry weather. Although TINS
visit to tho battle ground wg apparently pleasure ey
curson think General rpttbs principal oh ect was TO
tna a gnod camping around aud plenty Of water for bS