The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-10-08
The Missouri Invasion.
victory at Pilot Knob.


a Louis, Sept. ~ The following dispatch was
voco'ved 81 headquarters Tonight from Capt Sles,
Gen Eweus AdJutant General.
"At daylight our ouiposta at hopton were ut.
tackled aud forced bscl within hafa mile orthe 'ort.
lre enemy made y desperate effort 10 get poascs-
son Of shcpp,rd's Mountain. and ruccceted n
driving battalion ot the 18th Iowa into the rife.
pts and getting two sx.l"undef gins IN position
on the mountun.
The three mountain slopes oycrook.u, the ior.
wcr, filled with dismounicd cavalry rne SJuih
front war threatened by four lines of ctvalrv,
tending across the Valley hc'Mceu the fnrt aud
Horton, con msnded by den. MuirAutc, while =
column passed. around the t,se o. sep 'rr's
Mountain aud formed at the South.
Gen. Catcll commanded the dsnouis"d cav lry
ON the alope Of Plot Knob. The relc. troops thus
disl oscd signal OF two ruuH Was Ire ! lr,In ihc
mountain, and an asaaul' in force moved on our
works. The rebels camC up IN fine style 10 tho
bitches, and went back e. the ino,iann IN ~
decent haste, leaving about htccn hun!tei
killed and wounded. Among them IL DC" Cubel
q Lieut. Colonel, two Captains aud two i.louien-
anita Our citlr, loss was nine kihcd .ns sSiy
wounded Yesterday morn us Gt ,ugr o'tl1cN, vo
len the fort and blew It up. Gen. Pr.ec comnmid-
ed In person.
sncc the reception Of the above dispatch ! lear.,
that Cen. Fwing, after blowing up tho magazine
cvncuaicd Pho, Kuoh brought away ~ cnsfo
command, aud will reach Harrs'n Station GU the
bouthwost Branch Railroad, tO-n't4t.
Den. srnltl evacuated De 500 tRs moaning, and
brough, his forces 10 ,Icicr'ou hirrasaeA Twelve
miles hslow the city. The untIr countSy below
the Merrituae Brdgo has icon abandoned
Rebels infost The cut'rc country south of DE Soto
plunicriug everybody they meet. Thcy have lists
OF all the Union men In the country through which
they paa, whom, II y said, they VIII kIil on sght.
They couscrip, III rebel sJmpatlagcrs. old men,.
and boys Of fifteen.
THE above disl,al appeared In PORTION Of wee
,erdny's edition OF the sus.--Entl
eEoo~p DiarArcu.
- Lovis Scpt-Cnpt M gives do.a.l &c.
count II the defense Of Plot kuoh, but 1t docs NOT
differ materially from the report already telegraph.
81. A, one time the rebels the fort
that they got on TIE dr.w-hridge which was down,
| the ropes having broken, bu, they drivon
hack with great slaughter AMI forced to retreat.
| our men fired shout three hundred rounds ensh.
| The garrison was not pursued naer leaving tho
| fort. A train II sixty-lour wagons had been de-
s,royed by the rebels between Irurdale and MINOR
~ Point, ind the men masu,crcd without demand.
| ing thcii surrender. One brigade of Gen. Smiths
forces ~ now stationed ut the Merrimsc Bridge.
fow miles below the Jefferson barrackn. tho remains
der Of the command hciny at the latter place.
Nothing is known this morning OF the wherssboota
or movements Of the enemy. Tie towns a Iron-
ton, Arcadia, Mineral Point ana Pc,osi suffered
great injury The crops In hat country IRE entire
" destroyed. and many citizens utterly ruinei.
A party Of rebels were rportcd TO he moving yes-
| tcrday morning wa Redwood Washington Co..
toward the s,uth n-anch Railroad, but no .idings
| have get been received II damage TO the road. o.
| oES RoGEoaASs' onprR.
| The following extracts from Gen. Rosecrsnss
order calling out Gools ior the defence oi tho
| State;
|
| After two years Of burharous and harsssing war.
| in which every citizen, directly inG'rccly, suf-
| icrcd loss of properly, and many sf life, you arc
| now invaded by Price, md the rccieant Missouri
ANS, who, In defiance oi pro.essei priu pots hay0
beeu the chie' cause VI JuT sui!srilRs add loig.
| They bring with them rscn lrom other
| States to plundet, murder, and destroy yen for
aoleruy to the sovcr-i..n, oi youI Interests and
| your choice Prepare for them tic rcccp''Cl
| thcy deserve. Make this raid fat to the memv.
| and YOU will insure peace. Let them succeed,
uud you Will iLnos, ruin your S!ate They boast
| -. secret cpnsp'rdors nmoI" "uG, VITO 're ~cody
20 ioir them IN lfinn" vou. let no Missourian be
found base ei ough 10 90 II. Let every citizen who
has sprit and mani ooi to de-, nj his own hoipo
uncr Lis services Cti.cn9 not y the enrolled MI
| lits or Organized under Special Or'er N, lVI csD
ION the militia urganzntlons called out in their
localities on report h dc nearest Cit.I S,Atea
! volunteer or III lttiR commander tu~ such duty as
| .uey can perform during the continuance of the
| raid look a nearly RESPONSE IRON oil men
no are true TO hciI state and ultuL Dc!ag arms,
| n Won have any, horao4 " Won cam rice aud hyhs
| ~ scouts. Let every arm be nerved, every brain
! Ast