The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-07
ThE LATE BATTLES
WITH PRICE.
|oAPFURE OF REBEL OFFICERS.
Inhuman Treatment Of Union
Prisoners.
TRoPHIEs or the VICTORY
STRENGTH OF PRICES ARMY,

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FTice's invading forces some pNrtieullrs Of which
tzaave been given from day 70 dav, during a woek
&1past, in the columns Of Tue Republican, These evil
tdences were the presence OF several Rebel Off rrs
t-st high rank, consisting Of M4jOr.G 'norJl j. V.
+ &Marmaduke of Missouri, Brigaiier. General viii
liam J.. Cabel OF Virginia, Colonel Lee Crandall,
94of the 47th Arkansas lniantrv, COlOnels w. z.
Slemmon6, of Arkansas, and William l.. Jpttrcys,
+ 4of Missouri. John Waddell, nephew Of General
~. M. Frost, formerly OF 81. Louis, and SurseOn
IL. II. Smith are also, Of the party. The rank Of
f she former we have not learned, and the latter,
ne understand is not to be he'd prisoner, but is
10 be exchanged or permitted to return South
3soon from this city.
- The prisoners came down the Missouri river on
he steamer Cora as far as Hermann, whence
they were transferred to the Paaidc railroad, aud
lNreached Bamum's Hotel on wednesday night.
#They we're in charge of the gallant Colonel V.
Cole, I'd Missouri Light Artillery, who dispensed
t with the services OF a guard, as the prisoners
were on parole not to attempt to escape fcom his
&fustody. His orders were 10 permit no one 10
eonyerse With them, and the orders were carried
Int with all due particularly. The prison
however, were under no oppressive restraint,
and some allowed TO go, at will, about che hotel
H4Rnd the street in the vicinity.
They observed the spirit Of their parole rigidly
&py avoiding callers and questiOners, ami keeping
most Of the time within room In the upper story,
(which had been assigned for their accOmm )da-
tion, and where Colonel Cole kept his station.
Among those who called during the forenoon
we're relatives of General MaTmaduko and OF MIR.
kWaddel, and one or two dozen Others, who
esired to make inquiries of friends and relatives
who are serving in Prices army. At a quarter
past 3, the party, accompanied by Colonel Cole,
Hook the Alton and Geue Hautc railroad for
Johnson's Island, which has been designaied as
Xfheir place Of Imprisonment.
~ The CRiOn Monitor, extra, published at Fort
- cott, on the 9th ut., has been placed in our
lands, and we extract its most important matter.
The following, we are informed, Is substantially
correct, but exaggera'es the part taken by Gene
- ais Curtis and Blunt
IL is enough to know that from the time the
- Kansas militia and the regular soldiers under
Curtis and Blunt 10 the cent,e and on the west
and Pleasonton on the east nc Westpor,, broke
lhe enemy's ranks, and dove him south, mp 10
The present hour, there has been no fal lGriug; but
bravely enduring hardships dangers, and priyi-
lions, such as many of them never before knew
thing about, with Spartan hernism aud en-
sdurance, they have kept on in their victorious
parch until the final glorious result was accom-
llbhed, and the Invader driven in confusion
rom Our soil.
The victories won near the Trading Post and
; &he Mafmaron were complete, resulting In the
taptnTe OF Generals Marmaduke and Cabell, four
olOnels, any amount of other officers aud pri-
Fates-in all about two thousand, including what
Nas captured yesterday together with eight or
Inc pieces of artillery. The number of Prices
roops is estimated at 27,0O0, about 10000 Of
whom were engaged, while our forces engaged
'sainst them we're not over 5000. The cavalry
,harge made when the guns were captured was
represented by officers who were there as one of
he most brilliant they ever saw, and was another
testimonial in favor of General Pleasonton's
uperior ability as a cavalry officer. Our officers
e. peak in very favorable terms of General Plea
[Onton, and his officers in connection with the
fair, while they, in turn, highly compliment our
Kansas officers who were with them, for the able
md truly valuable assistance rendered by them.
NJ the head of the charge were Sauborn, Cole,
Phillips, Benseen, and other gallant officers of
peasonton's command side by side with Cloud,
Crawford, Blair, and other Kansas officers OF
i Curtis command.
,IfsrI,V fl.,,1s ,F kl,t,
~ tn column, and with his little command did
admirable service.
BY order OF General Curtis, Plslsonton had
AIKEN the advance that day, and the first battle
vas fought mostly By his troops; hut the gallant
3lunt, with his nsnal energy, came mp with the
tmost rapidity, and is now with rur,is, Mcneil,
md the balance OF our cOlnlll many miles
Outh scattering Prices army IN every direction.
News arrived to-day that Inc had captured Prices
rain.
General Pleasonton, with his command, has
been here since Tuesday night, his horses being
o badly used up that they could no possibly
dysnee without rest They expected 10 move
put to-day.
RETALIATION ADVISED.
: From he Monitor Ezra.
The treatment Of prisoners in che hands Of
pric1's men is represented by those who have
kCaped as Of the most hrutal character.
In three days they were forced co march, on
cot over one lUudred miles, and ia the retreat
n The last day, they travelled over forty miles.
ueDtly they hHd nothing 70 cover them az night
nd during all that bet yosu three aud four
avs all they had to cat was two small biscuit.
H nd q small pyCe-uhpUj halt pJuud-Jf beef
nd allowed 70 stop TO set one dcilk Of Gatei
Gay. ....r .........
81 To crown tNeir iaf,my, ntan these men were
eady TO faint ffoui fl1gpe, loss 0t sleep, and
-34 tarvniiOn, orders were issued % snOpt dOIu
- hose who Ieil b. hind. IN accor1an"e with thl
'rdtr one l,ao had alrtady aeen -nos ghen oul
pfOI mAut Iafi.
In view Of these fa',s We arc not surprised that
q be men who Eel "a u'yi hY our IN, ald now
ierc, are eXctt dmRly anxious rs 20 their fue tDl
~ would he just retaliation u hang chem.
~. Some OF Tie men witb Pgice SAID they wes,
luanuell's men. II we have any OF these
humanity would demand thtt they b. hung i'm
Gediately.
rRoPHIEs or uW vcr7RY.
The Taper quoted from asserts that ten piece
ii artillery and about a thousand prisoners, afte
.. be battle, were conducted tr Fort scott. Sever
hundred Ot the pIisouers have since geaCaed War
:. M eUsbuTg, our informant says, and viii begin O.
luiye in 81. Louis to-day or tomorrow. Tht
cannon may lkewlser, ach this c'ty-nine pieces
he remaining piece being IN the possession OF ia
~ 2d Arkansas (UniunJ Cavalry, Colonel John 3
helps, whose permanent station is &C Springfield
~ He thinks as many as two thousand prisoner
and dCserters were taken at Independence, Iittl
Blue, and Ihe Usage, tue grealer part at the Usage
Price destroyed his main train OF two hundrc,
wagons NJ the latter place and when pursusC
And struck by Sanborn's Brigade in Jaspe
uug VI wv aAtSAWH4usl nc ughIOyc
fly more.
The Reqel force amounted to $4,000 10 1900
men at the Usage, "A portion of whom were no
Imed. They left "Old Pap" by hundreds, au
ame into the Federal lines and declared tina
hey had been Couscriptcd in the Rebel ranks
bTee to Ave thousand Stands Of small arms, los
pr thrown away by the retreating foe, were seel
cattered over the country by the pursuing Uuio
fmy.
1he cavalry division which so brayoly won TN
lcon had not more than i've THOUSAND inen en-
gaged. he men were so intent upon pursui
M and victory that they had no rations for perin
..1 of forty eight hours. The Union loss was thre
hundred and fifty to four hundred killed-th
4 Rebel loss supposed 10 be still greater, but nc
R accurately aScertRined Price passed within iiy
|hiles Of Fort Scott, but had neither leisure no
4 Inclination 10 make raid upon that place.
Among our captures were about three hundre
4 hnd fifty head of sheep and cattle, that the Rebel
weTe driving oil South, and considerable nun
y yber of horses.
I# STRENGTH OF THE REBEL ARMY.
One of the most prominent Of the prisoner
taleged that Prices whole force, at the time
a. advanced into Missouri and Arkansas, numbere
en- thousand men, and by the time he took up IA
retreat soutbward, he had received in recruits te
thousand more.
WHAT THEY SAY OF THEIR DEFEAT.
MaTmaduke is described as having opposed III
movement INTO Missouri, on the ground thu