, 1864-10-03
TRE WAR In MISSOURI.
LatE~t from the Rebel Raid Undcf
Pffco.

lspea.l D!tpasea to the Chicago I.tbunsl
. 81, Louis, Sunday, Oct. =.
Il Ia stated positively By military men In the city
shse messenger has arrived nom Gen. Morrow,
covered with dispatches for ae1. Rosectans.
Nothing IL known 0! their pu1port.
Refugees who LEFT St: Genevisve last night, state
That hsxvJ firing WIS heard In the vicinity Of Pilot
Knob yesterday. and they suppose that asht was
gong on between Morrow aud Prite. We have
news direct ftem Gen. Sterling Ps1ca's heado a.s-
feEs. which tettlcs tha question donh.ed by spme,
Of h!tpreeence with the invading force Of Fessls
now In tho State. a gentleman h45 iuat rnaehtff
the city Aho was Robhaed up, and sat In General
Pziea's qua1ters with him, knowing him wol in
days past, He saw hin at The Knob, or In that ~
ctnity. Tho gentleman alluded to IL Mr, Harrison.
Of the firm Of Choteau. Harrieon Il Va1le vners of
.heIton Aountain mills. Tcebuildtngs Md fu.usc,
Are all esfe, but tho eorzes and mules hsrc al been
ea1Eisd of BY the rebels. Nr. Harrison alao ma:
With Ttnaton Polk. Won Pbui. one OF The Bocra..
snd young John G. Bull, Of IT. Loals.
We have GoEne further neHB Of the afr.tr n,
Thureday at Harrison Station. General Ewing
had placed his guna, supplies, dc on the CARE to
move over The road1 at St. Louis, when his p,ct.
eh were fred upon, and driven in. He At onee
unoadcd tho cars and began tho eight. 4 Ap,rtv or
the rebels bad already aona to the ssaef ahe,d.
and: 1tmevea rails, thus making 1t addIt,on.1lv
ad't'ah1e for him to give prompt bai,,s
train from Frank!in fuat approached, and cane
ral EWis gavo instructions to the condnrtor y,
sefurn With the eneine With orders for some RAIN.
fo.cemeuts. Finding ths rails up, eix Of th,r,
neatly tnsaed out and Eelaid, they went hsct n
FIanlln. When about two N .les fum ar,f.on,.
and near Scliivan's 8taton, the conductor and h1s
parry Et.cOytftd 4 body Of rebel caYalrv ~ ~
Noodt: On tho north side Of the TRACK, m1kins
four hnnc1ed a second Meotentns Of Gsne".t
EwtnR'a command haTtng fs1lcn behind in Tia
march, W4s cnk OF BY tho rebels, but succeeded in
esnInx Into tho detached etglne, and IS now tn
Ibe rolling stock Of the road is rca,tered. and
Gen,deTaeis portion ot It Ill DO ke! TO I'LL INTO
risoI cot sisted Of eight or nine carr TIA
2ssteu. trs concealea themselves IL the calm Of
store. and have o. since been heard from.
harea esvs * Beaa Esst and r. ens
oesthe possston ard strength Of tho enemv. and
a stne twenty dSc miles from Fsanklln, near
m., ~ho met the rtbel advance. Several yolieys
were exclaimed. ana Capt. Boyd and hia man thsn
fell back to Fzank'in, arriving It 81 .. m.
eaptureo, and larre portion Of tho roliins stoct
of the Paciuc Railroad Company, but ihis stasas
Kent W4s ciuQnu1et6.
b. train wAieh 1eft Attention, seven mitrs lii
aide Of Frat klir, ut O'Clock this morning. 4
ticket :gent who cane o. the train states u iol-
o'clock. Flriug Was heard in the direction OF the
Moselle bridge, some II miles beyond Fraqkiiu On
the Branch toad- Lie reports it soon increased to
and theu continued, tbs sound growing less. til
about hals.psst tel o'clocK- when It ceayed aEto.
Rosher. 4 smal gaaso hao been lett at tae Sloselie
bridge, hut the tftug indfcsted the presence OF
much iaFEtr 36Fssd,n1 tores. .nd was taken ~
before tho neny from Hsnisous station to that
Int NINA mil NYdR
About the time tho drira ceased big light WAS
seen IN the direction Of the bridge, as If the
tttdtc, which was large one, hsd been set pn
Tbe John D. Perry Jeff Cairo for St. Louis on
Ihursda3 evening" The two gunboats were 1t
the rebets were going westward. While the Pso.
e. ~ Spf9''.e sen =: 0coss ? o.
to eoms rhore but id not aueeeed az sas
Tho steamer Leonlda1 came in 1,scr with the
rsp4Et that the fairy boat at Cneeter was etI car
bsen y IT,
points. On tho 1lliuots side Of tbe r9er onpoeita
1t. Genevlre the shore had tho appes1ance Of a
i. st. Mary va mneh "a ss%e nt cst Dss!a H,Is
pan u the poi sent ,D.a tfain down
toa .., Alon Aoaatsin Raifoad Last night with
a he train arrived 1t HoIsiee, sta.lon distance
OF thirty miles, whete the officers commaadinr
the escort met with biz. J. Buchanan, Supeylntgn.
dent Of Bridges on nfbc Iron Mountain railroad.
Nj. Buchahan stated thst 1t s O'Clock F.iday
night tho rebels entered Desoto-in what force BE-
could not tell. He was, there At the time, aud e..
tipped from the town By cnncea1ing htrnseIf In 4
cesn field. From hfS p1sce OF concealmAnt bo Raw
the light OF burning buildings, ana tolerred that
the Wbo,e town Of Detoto was pillAsed aud De-
stEo5ed.
Dtsoto ls torty:txo ard three fourths miles
!lo@ M M cry. We hAve tome fsw additional !
The dxht Major Wilson With sixty; seven men o2 |
company II, Ftetcher's regiment, and soma Others |
p n " MT out 10 Ascend the Knob. They had pro
ceedtd Aboat half way up when at the hfiug OF |
! siguM gun tbs rebels appeared In l1rEo nun. |
ceEs on III sides Of them. Thirty men Of com- |
@sjor Wilson with the balance OF hls force were |
ut Oh and naTe not slnce been heard from
CtptatA Dengcr, Of Company E, was wounded
ID the Ietfeat, and subsequently died. Fkrat Lien.
e1ant g. T. Ttlby, Of the SINE Company, was
severely wounded in the shoulder, bni escaped,
nd II now With Geuersl Ewing.
Lieut. John Webb uae ono OF those wh& got
h1ow train OF the track On the North Missouri
'atlYca ad near Thompson's Station, between Next-
% and Centra1fs. BY tying cow On the track sud
,enrtnc some c4tte on both sfdes Of the track,
When the train approached the obstruction. about
60 mounted rebels were In Eight from the cars
md the engineer slowed the train. fea.inx'dangef
The cots'e we're removed aud the t1sln proceed.
md were sfrested By the mi'i,aa a. spies. They /
we're fdentned II members OF Anderton's Rspr.
md told they must tte. They then msde cIein
,rcagt Of 1t. and estd they Vefe IN the Cent1alia
IGalr, and II spared would bet1aJ their accom- .
Aices., This promi<a was not credited and the |