Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-09-30
FROM MISSOURI.
Ewing Evacuates Pilot KnOb-Rcbels
Occupy the TOwn-POtOsi Captured.

Ewing EVacuates Pilot KnOb-RcbeIs
Occupy the TOwn-Potosi Captured.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2S.-Mr. Burns, telegraph
operator who left Pilot Knob in disguise at
noon yesterday, and arrived at De Soto to-
day, reports Gen Ewing had concentrated
his troops in the fort, and that the rebels
occupied the town and plundered all the
stores and houses. No Government prop
erty captured. The enemy planted a bat
terry. on Shepherd mountain, and were
throwing shells into the fort, doing some
execution.
The Federal force under Col. Mills was
attacked at Mineral Point last night by a
large body of rebels. The enemy was re-
pulsed, but our troops subsequently with
drew to De Soto.
Potosi was captured by the rebels last
night.
Gen. Smiths headquarters are still at De
Soto, where he is receiving achievements.
Gen. Ewing was ordered to evacuatc
Pilot Knob, but the rebels cut his commu-
nications before he could get away.
Mai.-Gen. Blair, home on sick leave, ten
dered his services to Gen. Rosecrans to-day,
and was directed to assist in organizing the
! militia. About $4,000 militia are now under
arms, which, with the independent citizen
companies, make quite formidable force.
SECOND DISPATCH.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.-Capt. Gavin, Assist
ant Quartermaster of this district, who left
Pilot Knob Tuesday morning with train
of commissary stores sent away by Gen.
Ewing, furnishes some information relative
| to the situation in Southeast Fork. Pilot
Knob is strongly built and mounts four
| twenty-siX Founders and six field pieces,
but they are ineffective against artillery on
Sheppard's Mountain. 1t was believed at
headquarters last night that yesterday
would settle the enemy's fate. Information
from that quarter is looked for with painful
anxiety.
The rebels lost fifty killed in their attack
ON Mineral Point Tuesday night.
| Prices headquarters were at Frederick
town Tuesday. Generals Fagin, Marina
duke, Canbell, Shelby, and Colonels Will
liams, Gordon, Comings and Others, are his
| subordinates. He has but few infantry,
which guard long wagon train.
| Nothing yet heard from Gen. Mower.
The raid on Potosi Tuesday was by q
scouting party, who robbed all the stores
and conscripted several citizens. The rail-
road below Big river was abandoned, and
| they are reported to have torn considera-
bic portion of it up. A portion of the reb-
els have gone to Redwood, Washington
county, and it is likely will next be heard
| from on the Southwest branch railroad,
cutting communication between here and
| ROlla.
Large numbers of veterans arrived here
yesterday, and several regiments of Him
ois hundred day men are ordered here.
Particulars of the affair at Centralia are
received. Thirty-four soldiers, most of
them discharged veterans returning home
| from Atlanta, were shot in cold blood and
their bodies horribly mutilated. Mr.. Rol-
land, Express agent at Centralia, was also
murdered, and three citizens on the train
were wounded and left to be burnt
up with the train, which was found
and started off at full speed. About an
hour after the guerrillas left, Maj. johnson,
with about one hundred and fifty militia,
arrived at Centralia, and started in pursuit.
They were ambushed three miles out, and
ninety-six of their number, including Maj.
johnson, have been killed. The militia
were all raw and badly armed. The guer-
rillas were uuder the notorious B!ll An
| dersOn. $3.50 r. "s-