The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-10-06

and men. He lost sixty.five wagons, the
guns Of the fort. nine men killed, and seven.
ty wounded. The. magazine he blew up on
retiring.
The Iron Works Of Pilot Knob were fred
by the rebels.
General Cabell is said to have been NOR.
tally wounded during the attempt to carry
the fort by storm. The rebel loss in other
respects is not known. The report that they
had 800 killed and wounded is ridiculous.
One hundred is probably close mp to the
real figure.
The officer who brings the report says
that the enemy's force is IL thousand. com
manded by Price in person.
Smiths army remains at Jefferson. bar
racks, to await the movements, of the rebels,
who are expected to turn up some, place on
the south west branch railroad.
The fear that they would come toward St.
Louis is subs;ding, and the pass restrictions
on travel has just been removed.
No rebels had appeared at the latest dates
at Cape Girardeau. but the citizens were
alarmed, and many have crossed oyer to iii
nois, with their horses, cattle, &c.
Late Information Is received from Char.
lesion aud Bloomfield. Stodtlard county
Bloomfield has been mostly burned. The
court house. the, residences of Henry Bud.
ford, Orson Bartlett and others we're on fire
when our informant left. 1t was supposed
that the whole town would be busned. AT
Charleston gusrillas had been in possession
several days, and had burned large lot Of
hay belonging to- Capt. Delhi. and house
belonging to DR.. Golden. which had been
used as quarters for contrabands. Lieut..
West @. s. A., is in command at Charleston,
and P. Conyers at Bloomfield. West took
possession of the books of Geo. N. Keyser,
enrolling officer for Mississippi county, and
declared his intention to collect the commu.
tatinn tax as stated on the hooks, and to put
into the service all those who had been en-.
soaed n tina militia. They got but few re-.
cruits, some eight or Ten. So far the citi
zens have not been molested in those places,
but much excitement exists and many are
leaving and have left for more pesceAAle
places.
The following are among the soldiers kill.
ed by Bill Anderson's gang at Centralia =
Private Owen Yore, company A, LIST Iowa
cavalry, veteran; Ed Medary. Co G; John
Russell, Co G. o B Williams, p. G w Dilley,
Go B; Corporal Arnold, Co E; g Carpenter,
Co K; VIM R KarnuuA Co F, 23d Iowa
volunteers, on sixty days furlough from New
Orleans.
Four armed men, claiming to be rebels,
went to Cheltenham post-office, three miles
from this city, last night, and drove away
Augustus Muegle, the postmaster.
Second Dispatch1
ST.. LOUIS, Sept. 80. p in.-These aye
reports from the Southwest Branch that
Ewing reached Harrison's station with the
rebels at his heels and fighting him this
morning Smaller bands Of rebels appeared
on the road, thirty miles this side of Harri
sons station, captured guard Of one COM
pany, and tore up the track. Ewing is thus
cut off again from the city.
A brigade Of Gen. Smiths troops have
gone out to Franklin.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The Commercial,
special says the government has information
that the invasion Of Missouri is substantially
arashed, and Sherman has restored his com
munications, with no apprehensions of a
lack of supplies. 1t now p ,sitiveiy stated
that Sherman has correspondence with Gov,
Brown of Georgia concerning peace. and that
government approves Of Gen. Sherman's
course in the affair."
The Republican has official information
that Sheridan has scattered Early's forces to
the mountains, and destroyed its immense
supplies gathered for Lees army, and that
all is going right with Grant.