The New York herald., 1864-10-24

tery worked sds which che rebes tried 70 csp
from opposite side Of the river The rebss q
the land side were under Marmaduke and gradually by
orcs superior numbers. drove into the centre
surrender and acceded 70 the demand On
n men should be paroled and furnished with IN escort
and three hundred citizens surrendered One incident
OF the night deserves mention light men OF tho Ninth
FOR nearly sn Sour sfar sSs sarrsnasr rsns
bodies were found In froat d the building Lieutenant
Colonel Hynss Of the Seventeenth Illinois cavalry Chief
OF Cavalry on Gen Fsks staff, Was among tAs prisoners
Pnlx MOVING m TWO HEAVY COLUMNS
Prices march westward seems 70 be in two columns
one on the north side OF the rver commanded by Gen
ersl Aarmaduke and the other under his dreOton
with Fegns division IN the advance the the south
ns rna
o0ghly that they could ind nothing steal after hN
passage Price established his headquarsers as Lsxng-
ton Friday. That night portion OF hss oamped
Marshall the county Of Saline couuty-near the
homes OF many Of his MMsourans. The rebel lines
tended on saturday from MARSHALL to Wellington, seven
rRicS IN A TIGHT PLACE
Nothing but the most stupid laundering on our side
can save PrIoe from good drubbng He has received
an socssston OF perhaps fve Thousand since he
tered the State and lost about thousand from
strength at Independence. Pleasaaton Is well to the
southwest OF Lexington, ana j. smith, with the vese
the sixteenth corps moving from Sedaa Our
forces have reoocupsd Bonneville our cavalry have
picked up many rebel sraggers IN following their main
army. battle is imminent, aod cannot be long de-
layed Prices neetness saved him at Bonneville but he
cannot go farther than Independence without running
against stump in the shape Of the under General
Curtis. Evidently toe crisis is approaching
The CONDUCT or TIE RsBxis Al LExINoror
was marked by the same nfAmy which has followed In
the track OF Price since be entered the State The
town was first occupied by Colonel Rathbun with six
hundred and sixty rebel cavalry He took immediate
possession Of the Lexington Onion office and caused pro-
clamation to be issued informing the people that he
would respect private property and allow citizens 10
transact their ordinary business usual This Fri
day morning. His men obeyed order refrained
from interfering with private property, but at night ave
hundred entered and stripped the OF
everything valuable The Colonel Rathbun est
bu. next morning he pretended to be bly, indignant
The perpetrators had gone, and there was remedy
REBELS oUARRELkG THEMSELVES.
While Price remained in Bonneville the citizens eet
mated his strength at twenty thousand They state that
Price urged the so called Governor Thomas O. Rey
tolssue his proclamation declaring the capital
but Reynolds refused and berated Price roundy for not
assaulling Jefferson City.
North Missouri. Colonel Fowler, in command at
Macon CITY, telegraphed last night TO depart.
ment headquarters tnat scouts returned from
Randolph and Charlton counties report that
the balance toward the Mssour river Colonel Holmes,
OF the Forty first Missouri who took his regiment to
Warrenton on Tuesday 70 head OIL Bill Anderson, tee-
graphs that he has heard nothing a Anderson and pre-
sumes he is leaving for Hay and Carroll counties
The rebel Major who captured Paris, In Monroe county,
treated the Inhabitants with great Difference, which
not surprising, considering tna half the women and chill
drsn have blood relatives in the rebel army
Quanue who has been reported dead and alive alter
natey for tho last twelve months is said be with
Cark's brigade which took Glasgow. Quantre demanded
OF surrencer and Quantrel the horsc oo Very few
horses evcr get within hs reach that escape
There 10 no doubt that half dozen guerilla bands hang
tho tanks OF Prices army 70 steal and page from the
people and burn towns Whenever tnsy feel inclined
some excitement exists at st. Joseph for the safety OF
the place.