, 1864-10-13

t lSle1al Dispatch to the Chicago TnAune.1
! ST. LOUIS, "Wednesday, Or H.
| B dispatch received ut c.po: ne neadquartera
| state that from scouts it was ascertasnrd
that Price retained his headquarters at Boom
yllls, apparently delaying there tor some
! purpoee, probably to collect plumber and
stt; act to Ills army the gueri:las OF North
! M3teonrl. His main force, it seems, also
| llrgere In thst vicinity, instead of moving
| wcsteard With the ra;idi.y previously re-
| ported.
Shelby yesterday had some 5000 of his
nen across th- Missouri River, douotlzss to
facilitate The gathering Of booty zod rein
forcemeDts tram the north side.
Prlct'a design is believed to he to move
into hanEas and paRs south through It's east.
ern secton, pilIaaing from Union citix.ns
and puu1shlng them as much as practicable
4 few dsys, however, will doubtless afford
better means OF det.rminiug the programme
Of the invaders. The telegraph to RollA
will probably be in working order TODAY.
Tive companies Of engineers have been
sent from e. Louis to assist the force sent
INN Rol)a Ia restoring the roads to condI-
ticn for use.
The report Of the entrance Of Msetuder
with force into Southeast Missouri and of
the occupation Gf Farminetou and Freder-
iclto"n BY rebels is unfonnded. It probs-
bly, originated frcm the passage OF Union
troops from Cape Girardeau to Pilot Knob
By order Of Gen Ewing, to bring patients
trum the Union Hospital at PILOT Knob tn
thu Cape There were ~ Of these and theT
We're transferred In ambu1auces, ptobab]g
rehching their destination By Sunday niyht'
The train from Washington arrived at
about balEpsst O'Clock 1akt night with pas.
se, gers from that point, but they reportcd
NO additional news received there
ST. LOUIS, Wednesday Oct. 12.-Adyices
received lsst nil 1t at Headquarters report
Pllce SIS in the vicinity Of BoDnvllle on Mon
6sy,. and still continuing his movement
a body Of rebels. reckoned at 1000 In
number, crossed the Missouri river near taat
pJace lor the purpose Of operating on the
nefth side It may be their purpose to GRIP.
PIC tbe North Missouri and Haunlbal md
st: Joseph ratlroads
a, Prce re- Is 81 n,,king a., clean sweep OF the Pacl-
eet 4cate ia the Cest1 uction OF the larye bridge
oyer the LRGn1ne,
TIE cavalry under Gen sanborn in doing
good service ln harsassing lii rear bg 6kirm
ishee, IN which about one hundred reoeIs
~ PAt fVF* u Il GLHHtQ4 QE1IY.
Prl:e'e men gre mary Of them clad In new
suits OF clothes, obtained SINCE thrir entry
i1fo Missouri, and they duty abandon two
or three 1uudrtd worn cut horses bv the
II adtide, and remount With fresh ones taken
1r.,m cltizens. Men and horses are loaded
dtwn With plunder but their wagons are
empty. Tbey are saving them, doubtle.s.
10 Ill them up with valuable commodities
o1. The eve Of their retreat TO the Sonth.
The St Louis Enrolled Suiltia rasy be per
itted to 1eturn hcme ina few days Msjor |
General Rosccrans, with Colonel Dubois,
Major Bond, Captain Thoms, and other mem.
~ OF his staff may take the field at an
chliy 1onF, and hurry up preparations to
as possible
ktports from the Southeast district re-
Colonel Billcr, commanding at Cape Girar.
ocao' % N 1ree communication with Bloom
ne!o, f1i9t Knob and other pofots, md there
T. M r. tiena! foundation for the rumor th.t
Nagrude1 hae led or sent force infp ths
district from A1kansas.