, 1864-09-29

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| on Jederaon Ct1y-n.iusuxy I've
ments, &c.
| From our Special Correspondent
st. Louis, Sept. IS,
| It Ia true enough this time. aud no mis-
take, that Price Is coming. Tae cyeut" thai
tie rebels baEc predicted and hoped for 81
many timts during the Last three ye.rs has
| at length come TO pass, and Sterlioe Pr;ca
NIth an army yarious'y estimated from 30 Oos
to 10000, Is laundering at our doors. W.
have become 50 used 10 big raids, and heard
50 much Of PIECES coming, that tha fact tha,
be ia actunlly in Missouri excites no appre+
heEeion whatever. The preparations have
been going On silently to receive thc invaders
for soEe tine, and Gen. Rosecrans has known
considerably more about the movements o1
the rebels tban lie chose to tell. The army
IN Arkansas will soon be heard from. q and
turn there will be fcattsriug of the drv
bones mtrchins toward Missouri. Pti:e
Will find thtt he has embarked on danger.
GUS Undertaking, and If he and his army ret
back 10 the AfkaD6as River alive they viii
have cAute for corgratulatlop,
The 6tfcrglh Of Prices armY is of conr3a
Dtre}y Cop3ectu1ed by thu mass Of aEmy
officers and the people. It seems that be
lald nice little trap for the capture Of Lit
tie Rock cone time ago. when BhoIoy de-
monstrated against the Duval Biuu ana Lit
tic Rock Railroad. At th4t time Pucs bad
about l0, COO men along the line Of the Saline
river, IL the rear Of I1ttle Rock, aad expect
ed Slelby's raid On the railroad would io-
dnce Steele to send out portion Of his
men to attack him, upon which Price would
close In Oh Dis rear and capture both 5teele's
AFU.p md Rnpl Rnft tho
vas o failure, and Price Immediately set Ills
columns in motion for Miesoud by march
ing WeetWard and crossing the Arkansas
river ut Dardanelles. He thtn struck 9 bee
line for BatesVille, where h,s army rested,
and collected supplies from the rebel resi-
dents In the White rirer valley for further
aoTance. Shelby meanwhile had recrossed
the Arkansas and White rivers and entered
Southeast Missouri at Cha1k Bluff HIS pro-
grtss northWatd .has been delayed waiting
TOR Price, bot at length he started, and sim
ui:ansausl5 thrcate1ed Pilot :Kaob, Cape
reither 60 fur as beard. On Saturday he oc-
cupled Fredt1icktoWu aad Patterson. Yes
ttrday he took possession OF Farnington, ia
st. francis county, about IS miles from St.
Louis.
Farmireten being northeast of Pilot Knob
endangered The latter place It W1s pre-.
sumed Shelby would soon swing around to
the west and strika the Iron Mountain Rail-
road, this side Of Pilot Knob, waiting for
Price and Marmadukc, wlu ere said 10 be
oily 4 few miles OF to attack the post in
front a report is current this morning that
Pilot knob hsd been evacuated and all tho
stores ard supplies removed to Mineral
Point, which will be the front for the pres
ent. Gen. Ewing is In command there Hith
force adequate to the emergency. Prooa-
bly, Price Will soon be In possession OF Pilot
Knob, and he may make It Temporary b4se
ior tutnre movements. There is street re-
port a}so that Cape Glrardesu has bren cap
generaily disbelieved. Gusrillss were re-
ported In Possession Of the town of Benton,
on The river a lev miles from Commerce, on
Saturday, and 1t fa presumed some d.moo-
etration Lay be nude against the river to
hinder navigation.
The designs Of Prizes, of course, remain
chiefly In his own bosom. He Is careful
AID Fieilant officer. and Is not apt to lose
shy advantage to be gained by eecresy, But
IRON various indfcAt,ons, not prudent to
mention, it Is supposed that lie aims to give
glory to bis Invasion by capturing Jelfefs IN
City, the capital Of The State. His route from
Pilot Knob 10 Jefferson City Ia practicable,
20 far as the roads are concerned, but there
may be unexpected obstacles to overcome
ere the gosl Il reached. Dy striking toward
the centsE OF the State, Price Strengthens the
rebel element In the interior, md doubtless
as soon Is bis design is we'll developed we
shall hear Of large accessions to the guerilla
bands III North Missouri Itis provoking 70
mehtion these contingencies without refer
the 70 the arrangements to meet them.
When this so-callcd invasion and rebel up-
rising In this State is over, the rebel sympa-
hizers Will lament tue consequences, and If
yonr correspondent had any rebe1 ncqaaiut-
ancts In whom he had q personal interest,
LIS advice would be" Fir, save yourselves
from the wrath to Gomez
Gen. Ro6ecr2ns ID ulive to the importance
OF this crltls. The BnbstAuce Of his address
to Missoosiaus has been telegraphed Ill over
the county. His plans for placing trOon5 In
the ftld are admirable The Immediate
equipment Of militia forces, Government
emplo. .es, reserves, and veterans on fur.
leugh Tor home defense hss been ordered,
guards NECESSARY for camps, public stores,
prisons. hospitals, and steamboats, will ue
furnished by the State Government from the
enIolled militia. 4 large force Of cavalry
and Infantry reserves will be sent t6 the front
at once, and d. all points guarded TO prevent
Railroads ere to be strongly guarded from
eud to End. The commanders n the fnterior
have distinctions to keep ont scouts all the
time and send forward Information as rapidly
as collected.
As 5et, Gen. Il ], Smiths command, con.
Hto@ ~ PI1t'oA " kue 1otu corps, re
1l,nins intact The men are close To the Iron
Mountain Railroad, ten miles from the city,
rapidly 1ecuperatlng from the fattsues Of tha
c2mrafgI In Louisiana and MtaAissippi. TheF
are bn1tous to get \ crack ut the rebels, aud
ore equippci With artillery, caval1y aad bag
fage t1a1ns, n 6orsee ard everything, ready 10
course tteJ Ei1l be sent where they are most
available. The mixture OF thase yeterans
smoug the new levies will give solldIty and
frmnces to the whole body.
Ihe rebels have force Ut about 1,800 men
IN the Southwest whose object seems to b.
etletly TO Keep mp AZ appea.an Of strength
sid deceive our commaaGers. It is imp1n-
dent to mention the numbers Of the eurrf-
scks at Springfield and Fort Smith, but eiths,
are abundsnf}y able to take c.ra - iii Tia
rebels In that vicinity.
1t !sreported that the neEs of tbs com.
Msneement Of the draft In ct. LOUIS caused
great excitement among the rebels in the in
terror: Tbey expected The wheel would be
Missouri River, and according to reports.
prepared to 60 into the bash rather than BE-
forced IN the hstet service of the Union.
, 1IoGatl9 the rebels may capture some few
horses. and possibly pick up small bridge
guard here and there, but there IL no appFs- |
4S pension Inst thsT will stay losg In Missouri
tn their rsar Z hlch will disc .ncert tie rneas-
q1es Of the rcbels serlou7ly. But Ptlco has
countless bargaincd for this and hopes to
dtal blows too quickly to be cfrcamYented |
BY movements IN his rear,
lhe rebels have at least I, 900 cavalry under
!; Shelby and 3tarmaduke, and With this force
they can accomplish large damage belore
icing 1hterferea with. Their lcani5g t9Tard
Ihe 1lEer has suggested the feasibility OF an
attemptto cross over into Illinois on q tor
'elng !afd. The residents OF the southern
;eunt'es aloog the Mississippi ought to be
"s5ncd " the experience 0f Pennsylvania,
men to had OF these raiders. The knowi-
dge that an armed force wss on the alert |
Fould almost prevent the rebels from tr5 Ing
rad upon free soil.
!hs Coppe1hea2s who tried to make
'oi1t bJ Changing thar the reported intention
i Price 10 invade Missouri Yaa q ppliticnl