, 1864-10-29
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
Return Of 4 Paro]ed Chicago Ot1eer-Iateresf-
ipg Incidents Of his Capiure-The 1t.
tack On C}ssgow-Hfs adsentures
In Rebel Hsnds-Yhe Flend
Q4lStrtll.

We FfcciTfd risit last evening from the gallan
Lieut. Col. D. j. UJnes, Of the 17th Illinois Cav
airy, Inspector Of CsFary in the Nerth DIstEsc. o
Msronfi. and now under parole, be hazing fai'er
into rebel haI d. At the capture Of ofGlaseow. FroE
Lieut. Col. Hynes We have variety OF 1utertsttns
facts and incidents relative to recent Affairs II
Missouri
When the rebels Threatened Jefferson City. Gen
Flake was ordered to take al his troops fom hi:
district fNorth MissourD and defend that point
The 4Sd Missouri infantry, under Colonel Harding,
raised by Fiske in that dstrlet. saf ordered down
70 reinforce him. bat oviug to the shallow wness Of
tie water IN The river, Il took thetn tTolve days to
The rebels had attacked Jefferson City, but finding
It too etropg, had gone around II, and occupied
2e 2sn oeone 5
Illinois cavalry, and Inspector Of Cavalry tor thxt
district, h,d been ont securing tie country, and
f1veo Al Glasgow, they found tnat orders had been
letued By General Hosecrans to the previous po-t
commander. to hold that post at all hAzarue. md
were tod thst o1her troops were coming up the
river, They went into caG;.
On the notniIg OF the 18th, about daylight,
Shelby opentd on The town With -four gins, adSau.
tae.ons'y tossed on the south. bank Of the river
He Kept 10 vigorous Smelling, and somp of tbs
boys went dewn to try. and PICK Of some o. their
ht & &c., sss s IN u shshR eost.S 3!
About O'Clock, Gen. John B. CLARK IN eomm.nd
Of Mnrmaooke's DIVISION, appeared advancing
rpon I'll the roads leading into the town. He sent
In dt mAnd for surrender, which was refused,
the besieged answering that they had no coumu-
'nitation to make With him on the fnhject The
attack was made. and resisted. The beeieged party
regiments. being about 1000 men. They posted
four other euns On the hills. and commenced to
throw shell-that made ctght euns IN all The
6eht whs kept up Till abont o'clock In the atter-
loon, and then the rebels massed ie front tor an
attack upon their hastily construetel trenches.
Considering 1t impossible 10 resist their assault,
the Ammunition OF the defenders being nearly ex-
hhusted. it Vas deemed adrts :ble to make
the htst possible terms, and surrender. RI.
tezDt sgretd rpen w1te that she officers, msn and
at1zene should retain their psiEAts property, tte
of6cerz keeping their etue arms, horsea, &c. The
loss in the fght Of The defend ers VA. elght KILL
eu and thirty y-fouf woulded. The rebels los, by
no wopI cen. The prtsoners were given III escort
snd marched to Bonneville, where they met the
Onion taoops.
qCAN1REIL-
Notwithstanding the terms agreed upon, the
fret act Of the tebels was to commence general
act OF de<poilatton. This notorious Qaauttcli then
appeared on the sceue, and with hls men rusbe3
oQereosie and I,ne IT,
horses Of the otncera. The prisoners aparehent-
ed that general bu.cher5 would be ordered, and
ccr sppeared, aud the prisoners were auoWed to
part Is at first aired upoH.
Quantrell was then quite communicative. He
CIIef0Q 1ulG EUlFt1f4l1R VIII l1E QMCtf4s JQeEl-
flying everything that he has dons in the Cents4ia
and Lawrence n1fsacrea. He remarksd that be
had been caught = crent many times, OF at least
that people had esid so, but ihst he had not yet
been taktn-aud did not thlnE be would be. He
asserted that he has DOW no commenu, bat this
Was not be iestd. He was In comMuncsSioa with
the 1ebtl ofioett, and had undoubted control Of
those who attempted 10 rob Ihe prisoners In viola
ton Of the agreement.
How THE KEBEs LooKKp.
The appearAnce OF the rebtls WIS ludicrous.
They were ragged, aud admitted that they came up
from Arkansas becanse they could not longer ent-
slst there Notwo Of them were dressed a1ake,
aid the only distinction Of Huk seemed To be the
length Of .nbbons which they all se-tbe 1onees
the Hnho9 the more important the ofti.
c. They had no such thtnE as
. uniform. They took inst whatever clothing they
could meet with They admitted that they did NOT
reckep to 1seue any other ration than salt, which
was eisen out once every fve days. For the rest,
they lived on the country. TheY camped at night.
nea. ,Dill q com ae'd: They ste3l eattle sd
exttmporlzed IRE It'll crisped-. Tnear corn meal
they 1nix With ~ater. roli wad O. The make-shi:t
dough On the end Of 4 rites. and hold that in thu
fire till burnt through. st1anee - say taey thrive
on that fare The prisoners lived as they did, and
were nearly starved.