, 1864-09-23

Missouri military and Polfcffcal
luaeluEcnct1
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc,l
ET LOUIS Thursday cant ~ rce4

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc,1
| 81. LOUIS. Thursday, Sept %, 1854.
The copperheats hare set atloat stories that the
reported advance OF Sterling Price On Missouri il
untrue, and that it ia simply an excuse for brine.
Ing pcric1 OF 4. J. Smiths corps here to control
| the election. a!l OF which IL sross falsehood.
Price is known to be on this side of the Ark7naas
River. but Gel. 6teele's movements hare probably
detained him below the Missouri line, Hi ad-
vance under Shelby aGo scouting leaders Is now In
the State. =
By diepatcbes received at Gen. E9In, !, bc,d.
quartcre, VIC learn that fight occurred on tha 1qI
ipst., at Powders Mills, on the Little Black River
between detachment Of the Sd Missouri State
militia under Lieut.. Pope, and portion OF Bhe1.
hyR command. In which the Union loss waa twenty
killed. wounded and m1sring. The rebel killed
and wounded IL rot known. Wouajed rebels On
tie Geld reported Price 70 BE- at pocatontas with,
bis whole Amy.
Ono tboueapd rebels are reported at Chalk pluff
and 4ooat kerrctt With the intention OF ATTACKING
Bloomfield. Shelby WIS reported At Powhatt,n an
armed sid poorly clad and desertine everr ilayy
AcREe came to Powhattan on the 18Th oI Srn.rm.
ber with 2,C,n men. Kitchens regiment i eaid
: to be scastered from Gainesville, on CnrE-e1Ss
Ridge, to Chalk Bluff. Bowler with nineteen mn
vas fern On Sunday .nRt seventeen miles north II
Bloomfield. Capt. F. Chanvan with detachment
kf7f3
attacked Col. Col. man's band Or rebels from 1Go
TO go etroEE at Tbomas,t'le la.rsund,y u,orninr'
Twentyrett1s were killed, twelve wouudcd. n;ns
captured. fwenty:ei*ht horses and mules wsre
- John S Tyler and Asua.a J. Howell bath q,
thlt county we're nI1ested night before last by or
Ger Of re Provost aareh.l on chsrse Of harborIng
T1e Withdrawal of Fremont has created general
subtraction among moderate Germans who wern
sn3ions for IN appropriate opportunity 10 CONG
Mose late editor d the radical Dxmoeret Wi 70
1ot Aec'ellan happy ritdauee Henry 7.
ndoT H. Ia Brown and Others will sap
The radical candidate for Governor v.ll shortly
publifh letter in favor Of Lincoln. lie ha. beea
.nps: a. nee'e ef Ct Fses%ontis The letng
are going where they belong. Moet OF them Tere
for Bell ard Douelas in 1850 Bat fun5rcds who
] 1Te. seiofs e. fturported Lincoln are d.ily IN.
st Louis and Missouri are az sure for Lincoln.
In az honest vote. as Vermont
The commander of the poet b 4a issued an order
n felatinn to soldiers at political meetioge saying
int any otsioysl tertiments uttered on ench &C
Gasionf VIII be notlctd by their superior oMcers.
jtt.. Enlisted men at this post not on DUTY nav
attend political meetings when their purpose il
Eeaeeablv to heaE the di:cnssions. but under no
interfere wifi tach meetings. AnY soldiers rfo..
laf1nthls order will be immediately arrested by
ne Provost guard, aad held for severe punish
3D. An officers On duty at this post are ep5oned
TO ald IN the strict execution Of this order and
WI at ~ times: when preeeut at such meetings,
terence By soldiers aud my of1cer found guilty !
oi siding ahettfR Q: coansellIne soldiers to rot
ons proceedings at susa meetings, viii b reported
ST. LOUIS. Thursday. Sept. q Capt, CLauyaux.
with Is men Of the :th Missouri State carairY. A.
= 31ek.a Ds;als GO 5ebt's un4st CT. cole@ao.
iii e. 20, wounded Il. captured 0, and IS horars