, 1864-10-05
NEWS eY TELEGRAPH.
THE WAEI IN MISSOURI.
The Battle at Pilot Kuob-H sbel Lohs
l.50u Appall1ng Dezstls OF Hxebel
A1FoCiI1ca-Ehe HldeouH maaBacfeA
Hlf d - f1ffA14n.
TIE RATTLE OF PILOT KNOB.

ST: LOUIS. oet:s:-FEom1 I witness and p.rti;;
cpant in the battle OF Pilot Knob. ne are enab!ed
describes the assault on the fort a desperate
edrt to get possession Of the works, and rsslated
with determination on the part Of onr troops IN.
lie OF Wilson's C1esk. Gen. EHing's entire loss.
of ths District, j. bine Killed and sI1ty 1oundsd.
while the reeel loss Is TafouAly estimated At from
Maj: Carpenter, Who went orer the entire aed
with h,s ambulances during the nlght, q Of The
wounded. Among o9e killed Is Capt. Danser. 47th
Ieaeh The fort and is Known to hava been captured
About thirty Of his men are missing. Gen. CAoel
and several fed and line officers Ia the rebel army
ars known to be killed, thelE bodies being LETT on
The NS @ "a sse a0y ydnGd ns 70
of1hs command we're brought ia and saved. 't'~'
TIE CENTRAL1A MASSACRE.
ST. JosE11 Mo ftoa CT 1Ifso% a. ege witness
dethlls OF the CenttallA slaughter.
a. tooR - the train stopped, Anderson walked
to the platform and ordered the passengers to
ed to be rnsn about i've feet ten inches high,
rather eiin, black beard long bla!k hair, inclined
to curl, and altogether promising looking man OF
1sea eos vsg Fedf
ordered the citixens-meu, women and caildren--
to march in one direction, where they vera formed
eobss ss is sRa Il az opes y sseop
In getting OF the platform, twn .ol the so.d!era
hing back, and. talked sgainss ooeyins orders,
They were ssot bE anderson and tumalea of b.
tween the cars. Thta had the effect Of causing q
efatopede Of passengert, Who rushed Of the cara
in great eoufpsion. There were24 soldiers aboard
tie train, belonging to the 2sd, eth and the old
95'h Missouri infantry. scc..::s Wefa wounded and
discharged. AL the soldiers we're formed into
line, and Anderson walked mp to them and thus
"You Federa1s hare jaet killed six of mr. SOL
dttre, scalptd 1ten, and left them on the pra1ie.
l am too honorable to permit any man to be
scalped, bot I Hiil shox you tha:I can kill men
this time forward asx no quarter, and EfYe none.
Every Federal soldier on whom pat ny luxers
s11ll die liss De- !. g.. II INC yoar clutches
he'll That u the way evory id colder shall be
eeryed who falls into ny hands,
Some Of the soldiers demonstrated, and declared
nothing whateyer to DO With the killing Of eea1ppg
,o9 III as one. You are Federals, aud Federais
ssSS!seeSs ;jas T sas$Ss.sf:sss ~ ::
% v9lsess % we're sh"n Asan mp before the solelers,
@sa tsa ass sso s1 I'll fa Sn s Rs I
through the shon1der. BE. dashed through The
gneti:s, ran throueb the liue Of citizens, chased
the cars, and IRON thence .apdsr the dep5t
s9s1 sd ass ss2 cs % Ne sa5 s5sea p% 5s
two OF Ande!eon's men before they killed him.
He fell pierced With twenty bullets. The psssen-
gers were then robbed Of their watches, tevely
End money. Opa younE man WAS on his way Is
vt. Josgph with hts mother. He slipped a 6on.
dred dol!ars N greenoaska into his boot lee, and
sn ,o osPsnd s, handtd oser the balance. guenila
denied that be had. He was told that lie would BE-
seaIrheo. apd II any funde we're found on him be
had .ecreted one hnudred dollars ia Ills boot.
ehieh was drawn of BY the gpettlls, tho money
teat. oe.sined and the 3o9ng man shot dead: gold
ana be WIS instantly killed,
MAI. JoaNs0N'5 REPUL Sc AND MAS ;AcRg
CEsTRAIlA. No.. september 2s+-Since arrived
~ GeatlaAa - i1em storRecn tsw moments ago,
been much greater than the report made to ron in
ny letter written this morning. Msior johnson
bad N hls commsne from one hundred aud seventy
The tatm known ak the Fullen wider or Rollins
Farp, lying about two epd hall miles 70 ltbeast
ef this Place aud just N the edge ofthe brash On
Major Johseon lost Of bis command a. least 1go
men knled a1d some four Or I've wounded. Those
do not taciade the q sodters taken from the cars
blmae1t was Killed, also Capt. Smith and SONG
other officers whose names Ihave not been ab
70 obtain: Eighty y.ser<n dead soldiers are now
Mexico tor iptesnent. For1y-eishf hs7e afseady
been sent to MeIco, and some Is or is to Sur
ce0u. There may be few others killed not vet
found Nearly all the soldiers were shot in ihe
hEad-.
am now satisfied that N,for Johuson ac,ad
With E1eat lndiscretlon. When he csrus 10 CEN
tsslia hs was Tsrnsd Of his danger He zas tod
not 70 60 on 70 at.ack the -guesillas-that theY
numbered three OF four hundred-and Were des.
perate and skll!fu1 meu.But be persisted IN sat
lnc fts helle that there were not over eighty or
one 1nncrea. He vent out: the battle was
This vii ba known as the hattie Of Centrslia and
t eiaca ne been1nR Of the rebellion, In no single
hattle has ne FedetAl canse suffered mora severe
pueElLas bad two Killed and three wounded, a. far