The New York herald., 1864-10-04
THE INVASION or MISSOURI.

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the INVASION OF MISSOURI.
Aediesl sappnes for shs wounded ~
PiIos Knob-Ths Rebel Losses I'm the
gight-Ths Defenders sr Pesost Msr-
asSsd in Geld Blood-Osnsrsi N0sc.
Grams 60 Take the Field, Sc.
sr. LouIs, Oct. 8, 1854
Surgeon Carpenter Medical Director OF this district
copaned BY rebel tag Of truce arrived here night
70 procure medical sdppcs for the wounded on both
sides
The rebels lost about two hundred killed ana six
eight hundred wounded In sssau the fort at Pilot
Knob Major wilson Of the Third Missouri Militia.
mandans Of the post and Captain Dnssr Of the Forty
seventh Missouri who captured by tue rebels
badly treated.
Major Walker, who brsvely defended potosi and ssve
ral other persons murdered cold blood after
surYesdsr Of the place.
There nothing reliable yet from General Ewing.
The Iron Mountain Railroad Is pretty badly damaged
and II viii take two months TO repair u.
There 10 nothing new from Franklin this morning.
Two brigades OF the enrolled militia Of this dhircs have
gone 70 Lacleds station tho Pacific Railroad eight
u = underssood that General Rosecrans win take the
Among she rebel wounded ., PHO. Knob are Coooels
Thomas and Monroe MAJOR sorridee and several captains
Movemenss OF the Rsbsls-Cap2uro or
Militia BY the Ea smy, DC.
~. Louw, Ocs. 8, 1904
The latest reliable accounts state that Prce owing
Rola three columns, night under Shelby aud
NaYmaduke TIE centre under himself and the LEFT under
Cooper the latter being mainly composed u half breed
indiana.
About eve hundred reben entered Union, the county
seat Of Franklin county Saturday ana captured about
one hundred Of the county militia. wasAnstoa had .
garrison Of s1 hundred men, unscr Colonel Cole, whs
evacuated The place the approach Of tbs rebels and
tooh his men and stores across The Missouri river.
Information from Jefferson cv 70 last sight report all
saNa
tho depot at Jacksonville on she North Missouri Rail-
read, was burned By gusSllas this morniDg.
Nothing 10 yss heard from General Ewing. All the
foysiGcatons around 10. Loub manned today
precautionary measure
Dissasisfassisn with General r. r. Blais
IN Missouri.
NDIorATioN At AIs DErNo sDLRcrEp 70 cOnNAHD
THE CITY.
Inc sppo smony q ANor 1eoerMF Y. BaW 70 tos com
tslacsisu smoSgss the Gsvmass The Missouri Rodseoi
cannot believe that the report true. The WeIscAe
That everythipg v possible With Abraham Lincoln ~
have expevsacsd bus too oen n tnc course Of this
But never were We more vvdly reminded Of than yes
tsrday evening, ~bsn beard haa Irsuk p Blair Who
leave Of absence IN city, 70 b entrusted wish
soqusnisd With The posss,sa which H. Bisr ooeupiss
sn:n @ S e
good ground; and shall not be con6rmsd. % win
iAs innusscs Of clemens which Mr. Lincoln cannot
spare well, at least before the election.
The 81. Louis Rspsbsoo~ SAYS
protest against Tho appointment % once raised
The part Of ocsrs and Of certain rsdci oompa.
nice, and at late hour Wednesday night tne military
% u ss o,s'
assign him 70 the work Of assisting In the militia organ
xa.,ons insss.d o. giving him supreme eommsnd; Ipe
ordor ~ modified, however, ~se published only IN the
accordingly .h,s morning number Of the dlsaGect.d
officers met in the COusc chamber the Court Houes,
to take further action IN the premaes. Mayor Thomas
presided and after calling !nelpee,lns 20 order stated
RosecraDs the subject Of the order assigning General
Blair the entire command. The General bad made ~
to change bis original order We told him however that
knew soough Of the people Of 81 Louis know hat
hundred men, while u II changed be could get rve
thousand n q short time. The General Hnay modified
ing. And now said tne Mayor 10 conciusion Mr. Brown
(R Graz has suggested something else and salts
ned II the General sigma u you wiz all throw up yoar
hate
The meeting then adjourned for hair hour, in order
that the Mayor might see General Rosecrans IN reefence
10 the matter.
p about an hour the Mayor returned from the Second
who gave maDhcstaiions OF delight learning that he
had pishcd hs mission. lie called ,he meeting 10
| order and said =
want 10 ray 10 yoa that tbs order which have n
my for the eyes OF those that present
my body else. rcscDded and done away with, ard
only Keep for future reference II what engaged
! my attention with the commanding General last nsnt.
win you what has regularly occurred az have
progressed with the General. knew last night, and
represented - him just precisely the scenes that have
taken place here this morning. and Of course see
whether wa right ~ my Judgment r'Yoa was y At
and il go happened, fortunately, that our representa-
tive 10 Congress from the Second district, H.
Fow, present, and after very short time We came
70 an understandable which 10 this eject General
Blair s appointed for organizing only until the arrival
or Uepefal iesssnop, daily expected That was lhe In.
form had TO communicate 10 yon when was here
q little vhie ago No~, then, have accomplished THIS
and think az oionel Brown docs that vii satisfy
every one Of you beyond any doubt AZ all am m,s.
iassn then have failed In my object ftis is the order
iha, viii be ssued tomorrow morning and requested
that n might be published thf Afternoon requested
that should have copy Of - TO read to you and
further promised the General, believing would he
satisfactory TO you, that would spend the balance of
,be day going nopnd 70 your d,ne,-n orsani1slons
and hel p'ug You organize. THIS s the urter -
colopot Grats Brcwr. ,oiuntcey AID will nave imme-
dtse command nf me eiempuof the cty VI 81 Louis or.
gsnzed for special duty IN this CIV they VIII reeve Or
dera from him. tCheers
IN INIT Satisfactory The General then ssked noe how
many men could furnish BY ,on'cht J lold eim y '
vay not IN shkcG that this would prove satisfactory
spd we could report eleven O'Clock 10 night 1ve thou
sand men C'Yce aud more VI US Upon that be issued
another ordag which Ia FOR 70 morrow morning 10 'h's
effect
IN. o. The cssns has hefr % far prog essta
tbsl buspos nsy 10 csnpsd 70 me rev ~. NJ. ~
! 70 drln cybsrs scod.rl
! nov VenlemeG nsve i satisfied yea t"Yee, sir.
depend upo reporting aye sG'ssor sope men NO ssss
( ap an old military mao, and Oolons' Brown ~ super
,sdcd hso we bsvsg got stb 70 nave nav Ssr ansr We
here on s,sr leave 70 organize the militia why dcni he
| 90 bscs 10 the srny where be belongs to'
IRE nAyoH-wo VIII not talk abort that now; We VII
osraDse snseT that ono and you win report
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