The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-10-15
From Missouri.
Arrival Of Ten Ewips as ~. touis-Escapc
81 hh GOmOands etc.

From 01oSour1.
Arrival Of Gen EwipG at -. .ouis-Escape |
81 hb CeW0aod. etc.
50. Louia Oct. S-Gsncrsi Ewing and several
oficers Il his cumuand rcsched hero Last night
having marched from Plos Knob 70 DO soso with
On sscor, Of " men. From DE Soto he took the
cars W this piece. His rvts eat from Plot Knob WINS
unmolested. until about twenty miles from Har-
rson stseon. where shs rotsls attacked HIM In
forvc, A..d were driven bSck by artillery with lcss
Two cshsr attacks wcrc made, both Of which were
rcyulsci On arriving ~ Harrison Station On
Wednesday night he erected snoe Sigh, breast
works planted cannon, and fought tic enemy
eons,.nuy until Saturday afternoon, when Colonel
Bevcrde wish 90 Of the Seventies ash Illinois Csv.
~, arr.vsl from Rolls. and the re,els rct,lascd.
Early on sunday morning The command started Cor
RIlA which polu, they reached ne same evening.
with about .co mon and all u his artillery. The
total lu.as u NJ command from lie tVtnn ming of
be siego u Plot Knob Is about So> mos'ly IN
prisoners
pisr ..che. from Franklin ropor, all quiet thcrc.
Gepcrsl smith commands the forces At that point
Including he enrolled militia under Gen Pike.
The ,aics, scc UNITS from Price rsce him sir
,ni,sc wcss II Union on Tuesday the Jefferson
CITY rosd. HI. force Consists Of 1s"o nshtn9
men, cavalry snd mounted infantry, and about
800 camp followers. Tho camp talk was " the
etc1 that oil bis NOV emen~ indicate design 10
take J~sfc~scn CITY, install Tom Rcyroid. as Gov.
ernor and hold thc State for he Confcdorscy.
Genera, Mower has been heard from hi, any
informs,op Is 10 his whereabouts ia forbidden.
sronSp pmrArcn
| ~, Ic.,is Oct 4 The rebels burned The Orsgc
Bridge the PscHc rsilrosi. sight miles this side
ot jefferson CIV, Yesterday morning. This is the
| l.rg.st bridge on the rad. The militia guard ran
| away wi,hout airing a shot. The rctcls are using
the two trains cnpp,yed At hillcn's L.rdns, 10
usnsyort their srtillery. fcvce 81 r'tcs 'ire--h
unknown, vcrc reported crossing hc oeas' River
~ Castle Rock. eight or ton miiSs frarn Jefferson
CITY. on Tuesday. Tho rsilrusd is bcins rapidly
repaired.
| tBp kdn.l
The Siege Of rilos ksob aud ~ubscaucns
| Operpt, sus.
| Tho rebel attack on Pilot Knob was conluctcd
with grcs, persstcrcc snd by oy empowering mum.
hers. The forces directly engaged against IT arc
sstiIns,Sd q noe less shsn q Thousand, with heavy
co-opsra,ins forcos 10 the number Of i've thousand
q other points cutting OF supplies and holding
| RELIED Genera, Ewing " evsclatc u demonSrst
Ing the hopelcssn-ss u continued resistance Our
troops behaved with . bravery TIA, has not teeu
parallelcj In h.asour, since the battle u Wilson 9
Crcck. Whom the main ssult took place our inen
wrre principally In tho rife pits running North of
tho FORT The enSmy Descended The mountains
and suacke Me works throf sdee sdvAnciIg
Gu the double quick. General Ewing promptly
withdrew his meu TO the inside Of the Fort and
c~crrd The mova,nsns bv training several ricces 81
ssuli-rv " tho advancing enemy. General Csboll
| r,lxt mart ont he
ernl haruladuhe wsa to lead The assault un tho
sDuth but failed " come " time The Other com
n.nders are not KNOW rebel batter. on sosp.
pretty freely, but Without any other result ~ hrst
than The killing VI OF our srtillery hor~~ out.
!, side the fort and checking the sdvsnce Of
,, this juueture that shrcs,sned serious
. consequences 10 our forces Wien our
men were Withdrawn from the outside works
they came In by tho rihe-piu upon which General
, Ewing ordered ths draw bridge 70 10 raised. Bu.
uniortur soly the ropes broke and the bridge fell
bsck " 's place The rsbels attempted to 'Atc nd
when few -four barrels were rolled upon The
bridge, behind which our mon s'ouug re-
sisted the advancing enemy General Ewing
10 .,s S5ss'0 II. esssry ' on .SsrSsr. mi.
in order ~ prevent ths rebels from getting the
range Of the Tor. and Smelling US out THIS or'ier
Wa skillNully executed, and the onemy's guns were
slepccd. Our heavy guns upon the east and our
Infantry Arc were then used with nich good eject
. thu, Ns rebels were thrown into confusion, and
they broke column, fleeing back TO the mountain,
our srupc, canister and riio balls moving them
n down w. scores. few who reached tie cover III
fire until dark, when operations on bY,a
y sidcs were suspended. Thus o more handful %
! men held N bay and drove back = force ton times
-. thor numbers Our loss nino KILLED snd sixty
. wounded. The rebel less Was about thousand
Up 10 the fol owihs evening he robc's made no at
n tempt 70 bury thew dead, which were lying IN
scores around the tort in all directions
Subsequently the enemy retor,e No. regular Aeg'
operations, tho result Of which would neccssT.'y
n sndev the Fort untensb'e. General Ewing there
. lore, determined 70 save his eommaud and TEL
u back sfter destroy ns all The pubhe pioIeisy IN
n march severely harHssed hut he conducted I'M
resreas In such masery manner shss 30 sue
ceo.ied in bAf'i na lhe a,temp~ VI lie enomy' snt
brought his men 10 with . comparatively insAsnih
IN | cent loss.
:, During the sssack on Pilot Knot, shs rebel Gone
rails Shelby and Fagin each commanding divis
a ION, moved round, via Farmngtou, ~ attack fcd
OF ,r.i brigade under Colonel Mills at Mineral Point
al Colonel Mills however, saved his command by
tnely retreat upon Gencrsl A. }. sal.th's force a
Q. he Soto. II IL stated that the original number
10 under Price amounted to sweriy-nyo nous
20 n. .souri hsd since Joined his ranks In
y. re oils claim thai the greater part OF u
$. drahed men Joined their RANKS. Ptice'
=, forces are said to b wei! equipped. large prc
&c PORTION consist u mounted iuisntry, who NOV
ID with great CELEBRITY. The horses and mules rod
oy from Ark ansas appear hafslarved and ia bud col
dition, but the men seem in excellent condition
TO The horses EXCHANGED - fast AZ possible 10
Id frosh belonging TO lulou Sta Tue most ar.'
NJ vols outrages reporto Of the guerrilla 10
~ iron companies lost heavily. quarter OF a Ia.
lion Of dollars will not repay The Ioes lAn'otel
tie Iron Valley. FORCES and large factories WEI
destroyed The enemy, OF course 1.-Two upon "
az country. Tho disposition OF our forces, howeve
.,f. Ik.ty n Al