The New York herald., 1864-10-23
the MISSOURI INVASION.
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A Battle in Progress Between Gsss-
rails Curtis and Price.
Heavy Losses on the Side Of
the Enemy.
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Con. PIsasaRtsn Pressing fhe Rebels
Severely from tho Eastward.
Gen. Blunt Vigorously Contesting
Yheir Advance.
HORRIBLE QUTRAGES BY eUERlLLAS.
Interesting from Jefferson
City,
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LsAvEswoK1R Kansas, Oct. 81, 1884
Genera, Blunt has been stubbornly resisting the ad
| vance Of General Price al day.
Blunt il falling back slowly, contcsting every rod Of
| ground as hs retires.
The force OF Price s estimated at twenty eight thou
| sand men,
General Curtis is concentrating bis forces the Little
Blue river.
Governor Carney has tesgraphed that the dsugeris
very great send every available to the front
iroops are going forward rapidly
LEAvMwoRr, Kansas, Oct ~, 1854
Heavy nghtng bss been going en- all this afternoon.
The rebes attempted pass round and envolop et
During this operation General Curtis dealt them .
heavy blow.
The rebel lass heavy, certainly heavier thAn
Among the rebel killed to-day the notorious Toda Of
Missouri
No details Of TO days battle have been received.
General plsssonton is pressing the enemy severely
from the East.
Our jefferson City corresp spondonso.
AsADor ARrrRs JHyvxRsoH CITY. No.. Oct. II, 1864
sRsrRUcfIoS PACIFIC RAmRoAp
After tedious difficult travel reached this inter.
estng spot this morning, being two days In accomplish
ing hundred and twenty miles by the united aid Of
rail and steamer. Ina Pacific Rsroad. which, ~ you
know connects this, tho political capital OF tho STATE
with g. LOUIS iis commercial capital, has been very
seriously damaged by Prices army OF invasion. Two
very large bridges, spanning The Osags and Gasconsde
respectively, almost wholly Destroyed so that nearly
months must intervcne before they are restored
Meaninoe communication is kept up from Washington.
The rarosa, This place by boat inc Big Muddy,
which have someiimes observed with its swollen and
angry Good ike inland sea, s now ptabe, dirty
'iils creek trucking between vast e1psnses Of yellow
| sand hills. technically known as chars"
The brave old city which has much
service against The enemy ycksburg and Red
was day and night in making the distance be, wecn
Washington and this cityeighiy miles. Along the route
passed several boats hard aground. Verify. is In
sonceiyabe thai this iitile stream is navigabe for
! steamers thousand miles further rp
\ ACTIVITY JnTyEsoS
Arrived At Jsoefson city found all ths activity Of
concentration OF orces-seamers the landing debsrk
ing stores belonging TO General Norris DIVISION
| who however, Il 10 said, will not command It. IL will
probably merged with the command OF the veteran A.
Smith who ed with semnch distinction IN the South.
west, md bore considerable humber OF tvoops-how
many not and vast deal " preparation Ia
the trapsuortsion, forage no. There are here
Rosccrsns, arrived Friday; MAJOR Generals Plea
and A. j. smith, Brigaaes 6sner2s Brown, fmk
| and Mcneil
| general aanboru, 10 connand OF some OF the Ststs
militia ss, reported at poiU, near Boonevls whore
10 watching the suemyfor he can do but little
noasI krfkUr HOLDING
To be understood should state that avery ccnsiera
ole victory gainedoycr the rebels by the defence OF
,h. place Not that the struggle or blood she'd amounted
to moro than a skrFmsh, but tho moral eject was
eauiyslcoI To Victory Geaeratprice expected 10
10 the state capital and install the oaed Governor
Rs, nolds, wno was siecec BY .sw handred solder
srate indeed il s ssserted tbst drat os prrcsma.
ton Missonrians rom th rebel soreIDor was actual
ssep a, The house q sr,. sotn Few mics Ir.n hers
which jefferson city was reinforced must have sonshed
Price tor the usue garrison oi the psce was less than
twelve bundr ed men sai 10 few 1sys there
ceotrsted from Springfield, Roils sodaia and 81 Jose
less than seven thousand men s,il this was less
than half tho wbcn Free had The earnest and
rcnointe which 6rst OF all General Sanborn
and aitetwsrd. particularly General f.ss, tnres
M in,encomsus aad bs easet of detefrny rrcs from
| rss isva-os a yAnrrx
Thus far hs Missouri had been fsilure, and
had attacked bis failure might have been signal
still General Price remarked 10 one OF his STAN 10 the
| hearing or Union fsmiiies tnst had Ewing had
thousand more such men ss those with whch be de
fened Pilot Anoo nc could ucvsr bave taken The piace
Tue ploody expe, ence army the latter
place e Them % sppete lor second 90 Jsgsrson Ui.y
defended A. u saa ~ more cau-l numbers
fEr ossEsos o. luyyrssor cI1r.
rhe feature- tho dessce interesting from the
fscl they showed beat Intentions FOR serious
along tho rdss ., bits ~hob enclose the town seven
miles opg-tco long for defence by such garrison
An inner line ma, bognn and finished IN day and n,gbt
wncb cmnssoss oay TOO business portion the town
and, although " ~ somDenisd by the tils beyond at
long range would bsse ooy proved valuable IN dlo,c
ssssnL General Fisk energetic dny and night
in It's perfection The resut As you know slresdy, was
that. after skmsbiog with cavalry across Morcau
creek Tor hsf day, they nnally appear.d in sight
Of the outes deieuoss and began 10 sn, s,sry They
hrsd ak Shots boa In the mesnsimc our artillery con-
centrsted ore W disable one eit FOUNDER snd
hall hour tbe rebels fell back probably IN Accord
with shs design Of The leader, and made haeU
marches towards the vest. our ossss 10 the skirmsh
ns Will not exceed on. 10 disabled 1hsirs 10 over
assss,t .,SucRss ruwc1 os fnn ATTACHING risrv.
~ u coud be ascertancd that tho enemy had
really dasisted the feIt, General sanboro, with
about four Thousand Of tbe militia vas seat In pursuh
lie found the railroad destroyed OF Shelby,
IN tho adysuce rcsened Bonneville he OF General
Prcos early egptos the 9Th, aud Price himself
day Captain shoemaser Of The place belonging TO be
militia, captured and Urcbiy tasen from his
todsns so 10 Is sld) and hung. General Price held
Kind inormsl coan evce At The cray Hotel In Boone
vills and among tho revelries n vns, whssey ard
ssgars other good things " said many Of Mssours
fair daughters claimed The privilege Of kssog "Old
Papp Tbs represented a. being cutie snoons
10 The hero OF score Of battles.
oPsrAnoss op susLBy sApnlnvys.
From Evansville shelby and kImadase marched vss.,
Curtis bad some lew forces ON A. SC uis. Jney arc
doubiless ihers ~ this time JeH rhompon, WIN soree
Thousand men, went soubvnrd TO Soias, and General
CLARK ierred the river crossed INTO the Platte
country. General FISK sent up with force o. one
two thousand aud disputed The passage OF these
men He vent up tar Providence er,y four mies
thea ordered hacs before he could plant bis bat
tories opposite Boo1cye, thus blockade the ouly
rsssl errybosl lie has this moreins sssr orsesed %
cAniorpis. MO, % ihe advance ot tne grand army.
xnn psicx.
thus fsr developed are, failed take tho
capital TO make a. largo haul of pundor and recruits
be lie now IN QUO Of tho Richest resous Of the
horsss The Question occurs can he cs, away win
them4 wo think no can; for tho robels are mounted
soy s'S "a Wv ,sgmsn WIN our Iosces uo,n .ss,
sedsIs arc not ysy god bu. nsy be in week
prces force s s,,ma,ed al nl,ssu thousand, mostly
moapsed. Win constan, &C, ssslonh tay he TAXI
Al tne able bodied whom no does not psroe DO