New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-01

A correspondent Of Tie 81. Louis Democrat,
writing from Pilot Knob Mo, gives the following
account Of the capture of jeff Thompson AID staff;
At about Gyo p n, a courier arrived bearing tho
sword, hoos parc,s AID nYoan dispatches recently
received by tie ECbCl OcucTo, nAo lis made himself
Sctoiious by egdns thc 'ar9us oo Nonj sent ont l9r
his capture. Earions srs of money have hocn eFpoid-
ed hut AcrCtcfTc cl in Yain This successful eXgCdi.
Zion isd ont aAoHt fcuC DAYS "a under CIitrs from
lrcnor-G General IlsE ~ CoiCad y. IL. Livingstone.
2r,t Nolrqska Inan.y Volunteers anc1ce.'nnt dier
aud oioCr and C0lo.c. Rogers. Second Cavalry NJ. 5,
Al. So C.pe Girardcan another oHclCM officer IL
consisted OffJO div Sons ocav0ry amounting % about
oOO IA al Oac .sion left iiO Knob under command
~ Colonel j. c. Woodson, Third Ecg!meit of Cavalry
Tie c,hc- division LEFT Cppc Cir.rdcau uador com.
,nand of MAJ ]cslyn Of 'he lst Missouri Cavalry
NOlNtfccfS. According - pre- NJ prd if these cNlS-
ions cilcd a Nrccatic, ad ciptiy proceeded toward
pOuiphan, Mo the Rebel General npd saf wore aScei-
tiHed 10 be 90 Pocai on'Ns, \. Iame..@. l. 'he o.
goo faf.a matches worked CAt tltI "oAl,N le.m,t.
toIscS give ont and were LEFT behind. 4 few os tie
men wtra able TO rreeeed but every moment N2S m
poTtart rs tie i de- might dci 'ot tlH ohtc Ol the
exlr.Or F,ar, wcYrt 2ltli.incd lest thc uha 1iJra
naiSi obtain t.,v'cd-o # our plans and pg,epN IL
Adva.co and wozll willy fees, prevent " or
GCTs were given 10 arrest citl! Icto' ~ &c IO@u'
Nos WtIC 60, e-.oVErN
t.ss,r,, were u-,rIea 90 GoL' ucs aul fr ohtc
H. city. ald surrounded tle - Charles II, ~ omoaS
whose guess wer, rcctoreI tie reh,' rr'spHtrs Whu
were captErr5. Gen. Jcf. found hu-iv cH.trr d.
drawn @ fpN q! Missouri. rot 'upposiug ."y force
our amy Ms within one hundred miles e.. lin. Tie
ooap of Ar'ausGs was already completed. -hc Genera.
has authuity r0l GOV. Ecl mods a. u VI ri htGD'
Quarters et Little ROck 20 0sran2t tie ~ so1ii State
Guard. lie appeared 20 take 1t coly eHlcggh 10 e..
pruss Great clsapfor ncr. said IL was too dar q
bad to ierrulled Shat he had been III uni4o -
cd two weeks longer ho would hayc had three th"v,
men s-d would ID, visited Piot hnob aud Z Jui-. ~
He crrs,,! TIE people Pocahouta, Count. said le
bad ttea 10 them u pioe IL ana ti The! had not
cone i oid not tink taai there was single Federal
YoCicr within some Mics Of hlla. lc = determined
)Oosug a.a with sharp restless eyes a.s apparently
born % command and having any amount 4 fci'
estc>a. IL Assistant Adju;aGiGcuC-al C7pt keu4on
kcY IS pt.llps l.n q SIN greater aDhtF. iussoSiC
}iCh AID nl avs ready i"T hEht is W,.i 'dac"'e'.
and thorough rch,l Vcr viii remcmtcr that Doc 's
cspWcd al s. Joseph I'll j Gs spy. iOand gully ard
condclueC 90 bc shot HIS seltepoe was co'nused -
SHprl, lmelt TO LAID labor i0T he. lie, however G.,
oeicd hoia pris'n-li Is lpi'scd iw hinoTy-and mas
g. ce been promoted e. tAc oice now ID
TIE otCT siaa prisoners Nro: pT. Nj. C.. France of
Ct DE. A.edica D.:cc.ori Lieut.. j. IL M!i.r. ord
ranoC OfCe.; Capt ParAor. oi Ordnance Depar ueEti
.Grd Capt. fohCrt Macdonald, p. 4. {. : % IAe ~.
1er wl. formerly boss osrpent = In ~ LOUIS. l te'
1eyc Pc hgh the Plum street depot lie Is however.
Very nre- -'tcr-d IN =. eela1se. ~, IL,
Tai expedition. Which hss marched three hundred
vail n zen days. was conducted wh re 1rkal' sCc'
vel IS great secrecy. 90 thai vle tho ndyrf e
guard uuG command Cr Capt Cca;rg of tie 2l C1' al.
r. s. :. 81. lad thc 'clso slT:oGLdct, he'Ht1' 81
Erbcl dirl1ic1cs aINcs and demanded aclitiahco 20
RE General >l.cheD. ~ Do oie yo4" asaed Ao Union
guard when Le frankly .uiorneG ihem Of tie Object Of
Ofc,arsc he was allowed to en' Upon scciar yef
DC sautcd MIN ard ssd ON tie bearer ~ dsps.ches
one " the guard iulr-i.tcly seized . en- when tho
b asked. Wlo hsso YOU ha-c Ccle 10 thought
thCFe wo,c uioa prisoners" He, Of course, wss cap
Too Iuc' praise c-r9ot pc avarled 70 thc rldicrs
~i0se perseverance AL pl'ici- cadcrice have enabled
If"n to succeed. 1aa elot erou bt.cles To- lle
G"ncrli ~ coLmut F-o planned end eaiE.'1 on tai'
expedition C1JOS