, 1864-10-27
FROM ST. LOUIs.


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FROM &T. LATTE
J Kaeape of pr1cr-T6a Rehe. xoxa.,on
-saf-ty If Rebel ATtiiiery rnN Was.
on Tratps-One Tsi~.-s- ,bAbIy
Cut OH-morc litre arg, :. +:c.
80
lopecasl Correspondence OF inc Cnleaeo lnoune
sr. LOUIS Oct Is, 1854
The Indications are that Price has escaped.
The fight on the Little Blue, on Friday, be-
Cr-,,s, teroas 10 ~ re+-eat ~ p,na. se =" - "
W. nut4e iolees' Luz 'e.sea4 '. oiun1 10 tne
Big Blue, and the suoeeqoent engagement,
which was ended, according to the disjoint-
ed account from Kansas City, In the attack
on the rebel rear by Pleasantnn and the nsr-
tnye If three n;cces ~ ar+;1,a,r ,sas. ~ ~
tule y! Amse asss PIECES ~ a'tlaers' were de-
s'gneo 10 oeaay tae marca OF ft1ce until the
main body of Rosecrans' army could come
up and attsck the rear Of the rche] co,n,,n
But it seems that Price was mating . aana -
of aecent;on s1so 49, ~ ~. f 1;,,,l ea"e
y! oeeepaou Aso, ana tna1 While he sent
fagtn forward to amuss tnrtls, he switched
| off to the left of Karsas Civ snd strnck Cor
the F1.t Scott road. by which be win ca.
cape. The latest disnatch sava p,,oa 49,
ts.1ss.. N~- -1os ulera'er Guys Ittce YVES
our lo1ces aaao IN pnfsult-only form of
saying that Fr1ce has gone scot free, and
that all of Gen. Roeecrans' plans have been
foiled. This is the aituatiou as lately de-,
scribed, aud. until the narticnlars a. -s-
ceA'eo, IL ls Impossible 10 NJ the blhme for
this unexpected conclusion OF the rebs1 in
yaeiou.
The thonoh+ +ho+ p+,,a Ia. uoo,, -
s 1oAs '.se A1e lenAly esespsu
/ r1under, which eye witnesses. describe at
Boonviile and Lexington :. and also all his
artillery. Ia rather arvrarat,ng IT, sn,e-;
49,. - ...a,es -. - nls supei1'
olt1s ~ ea'A1y gave nun gfeat advantage IN
| tu,e rather 7rb3nns hnt Tho nost ,,~-,a.,4
no,,,+a.. .e;nr.. -. - s.N P'""oA.'
.us 49, Htr'u o44ce IL lie department. eagni-
xant ol 1en- hosecfane' preaaratlons, deemed
the prospects Of the CAPTURE nf the rahef
wagon train and artIl1erT erce,1ent ~ rhera bUsa
are several n.rts IN tha s;tra1,on +ans o,aosas
~, 49, $500 .4"tou ~ o0 sieaseo
'P VIC 1o, "neoe1 Lit casalfy DIVISION
engaged IN the capture Of Glasgow, has
escaped with Price, This division received
| orders to steal all the horses and oohn1a NJ
| ~ 80 ~ fos7'1,o IL 1'of'u nlls
eou'!, lucy 1o''oSeo flce's westward
| match from boonsiue, on parallel nearly
north Of the river. The Union troops
spotted tteir game by the destruction ct
several huhdred exits and tiat-ooats be.
tween lexington aud independence. ard by
removing cylinder head Of the ferry boat at
Lexington. There ie, indeed. stronp hone
TINT tnis large body Of cavalry NAV Be Der.
manentl! detained from Prices army, aud
ultimately captured or dispersed.
TIE dttails OF horrible affair at Glasgow
will probably be published In the Tn1n1rr
the atrocities of Bill Anaersorf and hfo
gang towards an aged and Yenerah,e I1n;n%
citizen ol Howard county, Beni ". Lewis.
Esq. This gentleman Is now in this citT.
HI AxIn s-AA0 SAe1s
wealth, selected bim as a victim n h;a ;af.r
lal brutality, and knocking h1oo dnwn
stamping on him. tirinr bl7n1. cart-;d',ss.
from pistsis 30 % TO buI his lera mnn;nSe
pistol down his throat, pulii9r lila nosa
holding hin up BIZ The th1snhs and ~ ~ ny,I1, via,
torturet, coupled with the most tn i1sn3t;ng stI
epithete, he managed to extort nearly SIf1 an |
from Mr. Lewis and mcmbers NJ h;s .mi1g |
who Witnessed the outrages. The s,nrv =
almoet incredible, vet Nr Lewis * tno yeT II
known and his family too sensible Of The the
truth to exareerate the taie IN NV nar+;c1's+
Nj. Lewis Is SnoTn AZ a rad,cai a. 1fnion nan
one Of the weslthiest men In the Sat-
Ming cf The war. He ID rhe noseesses "
about $500, 600 worth Of hemn II si st. so1 To1,e "
and II is hoped come Of it NAV be- used % t.
hang Bill Anderson, 1'~A W
Tbs outrapes committed at ctscror ara
only portion Of the scis Of the r4beis wish.
In the last fortnight wherever t1,e rehs1a
have 7been, stories of iniamous outraoes
blood, rapine and sfsou have followed af
Fayette the county weat Of Howard Co.
q place Eotorious for its secession sympathira
was held for three days bv one Perkins. an
Old tune bushwhacker with regiment Of
NJ 1nlnaiiy thousand men. Perkins robbed
stores and dwellings and his men even de.
acsnded to the low thlering practice Of steal
Ing under-GaIments belonging to women
feeiaanE IN the place, some Of whom had
outieo Z themeelTes in sending delicacIes
70 70 the confederate prisoners In st. Louis.
lheee incidents are but tsiding compared to
ne ator:e; Of inhumanlty and murder related
O NE guilty wretch, Bill Anderson. Ut, a.
u @ TO prove the rebels had numberless seonn.
ore1a OF that stripe, 1t Is asserted now that it
was yonng rebel named Bin Ramsay who
committed The ourages at Glasgow and not
Bill Anderson
1he movements OF our troops have been
close upon the rebel rear; but, as events
6ave turned out, not quite close enough.
Boo1v1le has been reoccupied BY several
hundred men, commanded by Gen. Fish,
ihe General found from undoubted evidence
hat the conduct Of the BoonyI1le secession
ats had been NOR strous during Prices occu.
2ation. They had opened their houses to
he rebel Villains, and 1aylshed caresses and
sikses upon Sterling Price rs If he Wefe
;od and not rebel. Even after the reoccn.
9ation Of the town by our forces the secesh /
Tomen attended the rebel sick and Wounded | i
EFT in hospital, but refused to help Union | q
'o1dier h the same plight On the 18th the .
garrison taken prisoners By the rebels at
15aepnw 4r7{ra1 In he foxv, eu,d T. w., | I