Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-12
LATEST MISSOURI 1NTRLLEGENCE
From the St. Louis Democrat, s,h.I

| From leading citizen of Edna, We gather
the particulars Of a severe fight which took place
at the town Of Newark, Knox county, on Friday
evening last.
A gang of Portels men, numbering about
| 1000, approached the town about an hour before
sunset, and were met at the outskirts of the
village, at the crossing OF small creek, by
parts OF two companies Of the State troops,
Seventy-fve men in all, under command of
| Capt. Lair, who had been stationed at the post
of Newark for some days. The fight began at
once, the guerrillas charging on the Missouri
| troops, but without being aDle to break their
| lines. Finally, the gueUillas di5moUnted and
pushed the State troops back into the town,
| where an irregular skiTmish took place tie
troops firing from behind houses and fences.
| As dark approached, Capt. Lair, seeing that his
| case was hopeless and that be must be over
| powered by superior numbers, sent to Porter a
| flag Of tTucs with offers Of eapitulation. These
were at once accepted. The militia gava up
their arms and equipments, and were immodi
ately released on parol Capt Lars loss IS four
killed and four wounded. The rebel loss, aC-
cordiDg to their own account IVES seventy-three
| killed and large number wounded. They left
! ten killed on the field the day after the fight.
| On Sunday the State troops, under COlOneis
Guitar, Mcneil Major COper, and others,
passed through Newark in rapid pursuit OF the
guerrillas.
Our informant says it is great folly to light
Porter as our men are now doing. We can
never catch him or DO him any serious harm 50
| long as our forces are encountered with heavy
baggage trains He says we must live on the
country as Porter does-liye on the sscesh as
Porter does on the Union men, and then by
| rapid movement and bIshwhacking fighting we
shall be abe to do sOmsthing.
Extract from Priyat, Letter.
CAMERON, August 81 arrived here on Tues
day, the 29th, and found great excitement. All
seems to be confusion and confusion worse
confOunded." The order calling the militia into
| the field was obeyed cordially by ali good Union
men, Accordingly eight companies were organ-
| lied here on Monday, aDd there is in these com
panies large sprinkle Of Iebois. One company
is nearly half rebels all Of which is bad enough
But out comes tie next order backing down
fsom the first, and giving the rebels their own
choice OF paying ten dollars sni remaining at
| home, or going lEtO camp, getting the news, and
then reporting it TO the bushwhackers, which is
equivalent to turning over all our arms iuto the
hands of rebels. As sure as there is q God, if
our volunteers are organized and armed under
this call the whole Of them will 90 into the
hands Of the rebels inside of one month.
! North Missouri IS literally full of organized
bands of rebels, and they are AoekiDg to those
| bands by hundreds daily, and will soon have the
| whole country in their hands. Missouri has no
clear spot in her horizon. AL is dark and Jb-
| scure, aud every move made by our Governor
| makes matters worse. In the name OF God,
what is the matter with our rulers Can we
not have military governor in Missouri IF
We do not, we will be completely overwhelmed
By the rebels in two months
| AUGUST 3-This morning things look verse
than ever. Last'night Colonel Mcpherson tele-
grsphed to Ben Loon for Eve hundIed reinforce
ments. He says Porter has row $500 men in
his command, and it is hourly increasing, as he
moves from place to place. What will tura up
next, who knows
GUERRILLA MOVEMENTS.
From official, unofficial and various other
| sources, VIC have compiled the following inter
esting information:
Glasgow, Missouri, has been threatened for
several days past By guerrilas under Poindex-
ter An officer connected with MerrilTs Horse
arrived in the city yesterday from that place, to
| request ToinfoTcCments. There were on Sunday
only two com panies Of State troops at GIas-
gov, and unless reinforced they could not hold
the town against the thousand men Poindexter
was able to bring against it. The ssms ofi-er
Informed our reporter that Union men are fssiBg
as isss as possible from Boone aud Howard
unties, representing that there are two thou
sand guerrillas in arms in those two counties,
getting ready for mischief.
We learn from Col. Merrill in contradiction to
| he special dispatch published in our evening
edition, that Col. Dsnieis, of the Ist Wisconsin
cavalry, succeeded in driving eff tie rebels who
were besieging him at Bloomfield in S!oddard
county, and that the rebels were driven TO the
| Arkansas line
1t is reported that last week o company of the
| 1st Iowa cavalry was surprised at Papinsyille,
Bates county, aud although tie company made
gallant fight, the rebels by occupying an i'd
vantageous position, succeeded in compelling
them to surrender Their arms aud equipments
were appropriated by the rebels, and TIE com
pany then released on parole.
| Mcbride has left the State and is again in Ar
kansas. His reported advance toward Spring
field was suddenly arrested by his hearing OF
Gen. Browns expedition for Springfield and
| Houston.
The guerrillss that nobbed the Office of the
CarrolltOn Democrat in Carroll county, and then
retrested to Ray county, have been dispersed by
an expedition sent from st. Joseph by General
Loan 1! they have been dispersed permanently,
General Loan will deserve great credit for his
vigilance
Arrivals from Springfield announce the pres
ence of the notorious Col. Coffee, with several
| hundred gueuillas a. or near Ca5svile on the
Fayetteville road. They have cut the telegraph
line between Springfield and CassVille.
The military authorities have been compelled
to abandon the telegraph line between Pilot
Knob, Greenviile and POcahontas on account OF
rebel guerrilas.
A train Of ammunition which left this city for
Hudson few days ago for our troops in North
Missouri, protected by guard, reached its des-
tination safely.
We understand that recently the town Of Pal
myra, on the Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad,
was threatened, when the commander OF that
post arrested every prominent secessiOnist IN
1 nad n no hOuge
building as hostages for the safety of his men.
Guerrilla camps arc reported forming in Rails
} and Adair counties. In Rails, man named
! Underwood Is reported in command.
1t is charged that the rebels regularly receive
supplies of arms and powder through towns ca
the river, between Hannibal and keokuk. 1Els
should DO stopped
On Sunday morning about daylight, some
ssyeuty-fiye rebels, headed by one Smith, came
into Alexandria, Clark county, seized what arms
and ammunition they could bnd, aud sucl other
goods as they needed, and put cut. As soon as
the news reached Keokuk, company OF nVs
hundred convalescent soldiers was organized
, and sent down to Alexandra, but the guer'
, rillas were gone They thought proper te
arrest some twenty-five leading rebels OF Alex
sudris including one who had presented the
bandits rebel flag. These were sent to hsokns
for safe keeping.
AleXahQTl6 Is bue lhOot LOt 'iioNAS'N 0 y,
Missouri on the Mississippirive near the mouth
of the Des Moines, and only short distance
below KeOkuk.
FROM WARREN COUNTY, MO.
Extract from a letter dated Warreuton, NO. Aug. >
"Au we want is organization, equipment, anC
orders to take the brush and assist in driving
from cur county these robbers and thieves ths
infest it.
: Refugees ere coming in daily. There IS NJ
stayine at home for the Union men Of the coun
ty. Sscesh are becoming bold. They ssl
Price is coming Robberies are committed ev
i cry night In short, we are in TX Inc Is