, 1862-08-06
Col. Daniels Ferees Them 10
EkedaddIe.
GUERILLA WORK I'M NOKTH-
EAST MISSOURI,
EKR0llMEKr or STATE TROOPS
PROGRESSING,
Missour. HAY Need Illinois Help.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune ]

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ST. LOUIS. August &. 1864
The dispatch from Cairo, announcing the
occupation OF Bloomfield, Mo-, by the rebels,
Ia contraalcted at Col. Merrilfs Office here by
a dispatch stating that Col. Daniels had CON-
pelled the guerillas to skedadlle to Arkansas.
Information from Glasgow places the 150
troops in that place in danger Of being goo.
bled up By 600 gucrillas under Poindexter,
lately assembled from Boone, Howard, aud
adjacent counties. IF not reinforced, the gar
rIson at Glasgow will probably retire to this
side Of the river.
It is reported that a company Of Iowa cav
airy we're lately oyerpowered st PapiusVlle,
Bates county, aud compelled to surrender.
They we're paroled, and released.
The river reporter Of the Democrat learns
from steamboat captain from Keokuk, that
Altxandria, opposite Warsaw, ILL.,, was robbed
by gueri1lae on Friday. The next day, Union
men went from keokuk, and arrested seces-
sion merchants aud leading citizens Of Alex
andria, carried them to Keokuk, and dlstrib-
uted their goods to Union victims Of guer-
Has. The Dsn.ocrat this evening has the fol-
lowing account Of the fight In Knox county:
From q leading citizen Of Edina we gather
the particulars OF severe fght. which took
place at the town Of Newark, Knox county,
On Friday evening last 4 gang Of Porter's
men, numbering about ], GOD, approached the
town about an hour before sunset and were
met at the outskirts of the village, at the
crossing Of 9 small creek, by paris Of two
companies Of the State troops, seventy-dve
zen in all, under command Of Capt. Lair,
| who had been stationed at the post of New
ark for some days. The fight began at once,
tie guer1ltas charging on the Missouri troops,
| but without being able to break their lines
| Finally the gusrillas djsmounted and pushed
the state troops back into the town, where an
| l1r. gular ekir1nish took place, the troops
firing from behind houses aud fences. As dark
| approached, Capt. Lair, seeing that his case
| was hopeless, and that he must be overpow-
cred BY superior numbers, sent to Porter a
| Gag Of truce, With offers Of capitulatiou.
| Thee were at onct accepted, the militia
gave up their arms and camp equip
mente, and we're Immediately released
sn 7e R,rele: =, Cap Captain id LARS r loss IL i
loss, according to their Own a:couat, was
seventy y-three billed aud large number
wounded. They left ten killed On the ti:ld
The day after the fight, on Sunday, the Stlte
troops, un6er Colonels Guitar and Mcneil
Major Capper and others, passed through
Newark in rapid pursuit Of the guerlllas Oa1
informant says 1t is great folly to fight Porter
IS our men are noW doing. We can neVel
catch him or do him any serious harm, 81
long as our forces are enculnbered with heavl
baggage trains. He sayB We must lie on Iht
seeesl as Porter does On the Union men, an{
then BY raid movements and bu5hwhackint
fighting we shall be able to do something.
Sr. Louis, Aug. a. gentleman who cam
down from st. Joseph via the HAnriba1 ln'
St. Joseph and North Missouri R4ilfoads say
that On Saturday Potndexter, with 1900 men
was at Renick. What his designs were no on
knew, but it was thought that he WAS gather
, ing recruits and preparing to cooperate wit
| Porter. Poricrs force was moving north, an
i was feared that it would make an attack 0
} | Hudson.
. Gucrillas arc being organized in many part
| Of North Missouri, aud there is reasoA to bs
lieve that the forcts Of Porter, Cobb an
t Polndexter are being largely increased.
. Silly rumor5 were ahoat i'll the city to-da
!, that @ large force Of rebels were approachin
St Louis. The Judge Of the Law Comm
sioue1s' Court got frightened and adjourne
/ bis court.
:. Il our State forces are not sufficient To p1
down the guerril!as, Gen Sehodeld will sss
the governor the Stare OF Illinois to call o1
n men for thirty days for service in Missouri.
o | Order No. .233 known rs the ten dollar orda
+ has been revoked, aud new one sued agai
" directing the enr0llmeut OF all loyal cl!tz.
o into companies. Secessioaists or symeathi
% | ers are not required or permitted to ent
l. the militia They are required, however,
dtilver up their arms to the nearest militia
" post
ID The rebel band which robbed the town
"a Canton WIS accompanied Oft b. ex-Seuat
- James 8. Gfeeen. He had returned the d
w. w. before from Washington While in Washiu
y ton he had Quarreed with Hon. john
&c | Bou1gny, Of New Orleans, and ne was cam
ID By Bouljgny.
~ w. Private advices from Washington represe
10 Gen. Hitchcock's health as SO poor that
c, will resign his commission III the army.
te 1t is believed here in Intelligent quarts
or that the administration will assiga Cassius
- Clay, daily expected home from Rnssia, to
LII commaud Of the department OF the We
Others think that Quartermaster Meigs 4
IF be assigned 10 the field.
CIsas. Woodward Of Saline cou1ty, blo =
shot and killed, while attempting to. esca
At from the Gra!ios street prison. he had pass
~ out Of the prison, aud ~as making of. 1h
sr- the guard commanded him to halt. Rsfus1
ne to DO SO, he was fred on aad Killed Tue
IS, ceased was lately convicted Of bridge barni
l. b, military commission, and sentenced to
r. shot He was among the number tn At
'r. capped from the Alton prison, but WAS rec
nd | tured near st, Charles
10 KEoKTK, August 4.-A1exaudzia, No.,
~ ~ miles belo1 here was taken By gue1illas ca
,o ,na Sunday morning. An expedition went do
lel trcm here Sunday noon and retook the to,
~ The rebels fed and we're pursued, with II
''5 resu1: is not get ascertained.