Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-09
LATEST NE WS.
AFTERNOON DISPATCHES.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS FROM
LEAVENWORTH KANSAS.


LEAvENwoRTH, October ga special dis
patcc to the Cincinnati Gazette of this morn
ing, gives the following startling intelligence
A messenger arrived at Fort Scout on Sun
day morning with dispatches to the eject that
the rebels were preparing to attack that post
When General Blunt left Fort Smith he placed
Colonel Cloud, with his bridge, lin command
Of the post Cloud, it seems, ambitious to do
something in the GeneI ais absence, divided
his command, taking the major part on a
scoutto Little Rock The rebels learning that
there were only few troops left in Fort
Smith, were making preparations to attack
the place. Genera Blunt, with his usual cler-
ity, started the same day at 3 O'Clock p NJ a.,
for Fort Smith The rebel Colodel Coffee
war at Cowskn Prairie, with Quantrill, and
abou1 one thousand men, ostenslbly watching
for Blunts supply trains but on the first Ca
Bile, with one thousand of Cooper's force,
crossed the Arkansas river east Of Fort Smith
passed between Fayetteville and Bentonville,
in Arkansas and joined Coffee mt Cowskin
Prairie, determined to make a raid either IN
Kansas or Missouri At last accounts they
were at Pinevile, Missouri, marching toward
toward Fort Scott.
Upon this information all the cavalry in
this district and battery were ordered to
Fort Scott. General Blunt made detour TO
the right and passed this force on his way TO
Fort Smith. The troaps here and at the fort
have been ordered to Kansas City to supply
the place of the cavalry sent to Fort Scott
So far everything appears to be in readiness
TO meet this new phase of affairs.
"The Republican State Central Committee
met this afternoon. Hon. Robert Crozier
was nominated for Chief Justice of the State.
The following resolutions were adopted
"ResolUed, That a separate military depart-
ment is imperatively demanded for the securi-
ty of our State, and that we urge upon the
President the Immediate establishment of the
Department of Kansas under a commander
"ResOtced, That the friends of the Admin.
istration in Kansas fully sympathize with the
Radical Emancipationists of Missouri, and
that they believe that the State cannot cease
TO be divided without becoming free
" "Resotced, That the policy of arming ayoS-
ed seoessionists, branded traitors and returned
rebel soldiers, for the pretended purpose OF
preserving peace and protecting the rights of
loyal citizens, will eventually result in n re.
newal of civil war, and the horrors of boder
war
SECOND DISPATCH.
"LeaUenVOrth Oct 81 have Just reeeiy-
ed letter from A. Mcdonald to his brother
in this city, dated Fort Scott, Oct. 7, which
contains the following startling news
Fort Scott, Oct IA messenger, Lieut.
Tappan of Blunt's staff, has Just arrived from
Baxter's Spring. He says all the staff and
bodyguards have been captured, including
the command under Lient Pond at Baxter
Spring. He is not certain that the General
has escaped, but he bad got away ten miles
when Tappan left
Every available man has left or is leaving
this place
"The rebels under Quantrill, Cy Gordon
and Hunter, are said to number 900. and are
marching on this place Whether they will
slaughter and kill, no one knows.
"HenRing and Curtis Of the staff have
both been taken Curtis horse was shot.
"Ihere is intense excitement here. There
is no danger of Fort Scott being taken. We
are abundantly able to protect this post. D"