Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-10-13
THE WAR in MISSOURI.

The st. Louis Democrat sums up the damsgss done by
the rebels under Gen. Price to the Iron Mountain and Pa
cc railroads at million dollars-or FIVE hundred thou
sand each On the Pacific road they destroyed the
ncent osage bridge eleven hundred and twenty two feet
in length, with six spans, and draw ono hundred and
eighty feet in width Only span 10 left The loss
10 estimated at $67 O0O The destruction of the Gascon
ade bridge, hundred and ftynne feet long. and
eight miles from st Louis will cost $45 900
pair. The Boeuf creek bridge, valued at $l3600 the
Big Berger and Cole creek bridges which cost respec-
lively $l1 400 and $4,000 and the Bailey creek bridge
valued at $6600 complete the list Of bridges the main
line of the road Thirty three cars, valued at $40 900;
three locomotives, valued at $4,000 in the aggregate five
water tanks valued at $4,000, and six depots
and engine houses valued at total Of $4,000 also
destroyed. On the Southwest Branch were destroyed
three bridges worth $4,000 Eve depots, $l25OO and
two other water staonS $4,000; also fifteen thousand
cords Of wood 1t will take two months to put the roads
in order.
AS Louis letter. dated the 9th instant to the Cincin-
Gazette has the following in reference to the inyason
Gen. Price has shown considerable skill and exercised
great deal of caution In his movements He has not
rsked much 10 fighting does he intend to fight il he
can helpit but events may prove overpowerng to him.
and compel him to prove his right to footing the soil
by the power of his sword Nothing desired by
military than that he would attack either R0lla
Jefferson City and seemed probable that he would before
this but that he has allowed much time to elapse
the opinion does not obtain that he is going to march
Notifications with dismounted infantry and few field
pieces. ettu thael u se gig7i
the whole country south Of the Missouri river and west Of
Roa and Jefferson City open before him. and that before
pursuing column reach his he can fill his wagons
with plumber and take himself quietly out OF the State
Mower at Cape Grardeau in fact at any point that
possible for him to reach will still bs too far behind
rather too far to side the east to inct punish
oLoI. thaa IF tkan
psgn provoking and not at all promising to us if we really
desire the destruction of Prices army For if Magruder
is in Arkansas with 200 men, are informed, he
will compel Steele to evacuae Little Rock, and Price
join him. or least get safely back to supporting distance
It appears then that Price sashng about conscrpng
and pundenng, while trying to catch up with his
mounted army by infantry Msgruder is after Steele and
Mower is after Price, who can go Magruder wander
around he proper to hwar pursuit or keep our
fantry constantly on the move.
"There is Disgusting it, then, that great want is
cavalry and that the chances all aganst catching
up with Price and getting fight out Of him. Until the
commanding General exercises all the discretionary power
has and sezes horses to mount his infantry and thus
place them on equal footing with the rebels cannot
possibly expect to aught than their safe escape from
the State with immense plumber aud after destroying the
only railroad route we have in their direction leave us far
behind II at this moment large force could be trans
ported to Springfield Price could not escape for have
more than enough to press him from this SIDE and would
then be matter of course to whip him and scatter
his army like cha really only requires another battle
to decide the fate of Price forever for his army no matter
how large it may be- presents such sody of 'front.' no
such spirit and determination that now under command
OF his old Corinth acquaintance"
Jefferson City correspondent Of the st Louis Demo
crs says that the rebel demonstration that place the
7th was merely to occupy forces while the enemys
main body crossed the Usage river After feeling for
fcations and finding them strong they passed westward
during the night twenty thousand in number with
sixteen to twenty cannon and long train of wagons
Gen. Peasanton arrived the morning Of the 9th and
sumed command and in the afternoon followed the rebels
with about eight thousand cavalry. At night reports
reached Jefferson that we had engaged Prices rear while
Gen. Curtis, coming from Kansas, fighting their
front tt ia
despatch to the ST. Louis Democrat, dated at Jesr
son City on the 10th instant says: @ .8
"a courier just arrived from California, twenty-five
miles west brings Information that cavalry skir
r1s the railroad and
train OF About four o'clock forces placed
battery outside of California and drove the rebels ont We
killed and wounded and captured ever one hundred Our
loss was only few wounded The rebels have torn up
about mile of the railroad track the east side Of Cali
fornia and it is also torn up in several places on this
side.
The rebel Col staudwnite is reported to have been at
Upton last night with FIVE thousand men, moving toward
Bonneville.
1.-THE bridge and waer-tank at SCOTS eight miles west
OF Jefferson City, have been burned by the rebels also
the railroad depot at Lookout . few miles beyond.
despatch dated at st. Louis on the 18th instant
nounces that intelligence had been received at the army
headquarters in that city that Prices army went from Ca
lfornis to Bonneville Cooper county the 10TH and
Shelby sent 1000 cavalry the Missouri river at that
point Gen Fisk had gone to Lexington to take command
there Gen Sanborn still pursuing the enemy. Bust
ness was suspended at St. Joseph the citizens having been
called to arms in anticipation Of visit from the enemy
Gen. Price has issued proclamation stating that he had
entered the State intending to remain. lie desired to
make friends not enemies, and the depredatons he had
committed were military necessity.