, 1864-10-20

printer. Col. R,thburne then issued ao Or
der taking possession Of the city Of lextUy'
too in the Zane Of the Confederate govern
tuent. Alas, all the United States govern
ment prop r1y to be found. he assured the
citizens protection and ordered every male
between the ages OF seventeen aud dtty to
report preparatory to being mustered into
the Confederate army.
During the afternoon the Confederate sol.
die1s rohcatd through the city. caA1nE On
thtir fsft pds and having good time gen-E.
ally. they visited the stores and purchased
II bat they needed and paid for their purchas@
e. IN greenbacks, Of which they seemed to
About datk the buahwhackers commenced
to come in. After dark the bush Whackers
ccmtnec ced to break into the stores, but
wien the fact WIS reported to Col SRsth
buEre be pretended to put stop to their de-
probation :.
j. J. Brown. whose arrest for procuring
substitutes in this cltY and sending them to
Illinois Was noticed In yesterdays paper,
nade. his escape from Capt. Coleman's head
qua1t.rs OH Monday.
HANNIBAL. Mo-, "Wednesday, Oct. 1a-The
conr;er IT this city has The following: In
lbe effect that 1--WE hundred Of Prlce's men,
undc1 Shelby, had captured Paris Mooros
county, taking prisoners Captain FOEkeB'
company OF enrolled militia, after u slight
resistance. The militia were relieved OF their
ho1sts, arms and equipments, and releastd
cnrh.m the capture. bat put the number of
thu rebels at $50, under the command of the
rettl Maios Majors. TIL eaid that they are
husil,k engaged conscriptinE all the! able-
booita men they and, md in putting them
into the rebel service. As most Of the citi-
zeps Of that county arc rebp1s at heart. they
will not ne out Of place In the service Of the
I'D NnC nd Hr3Ra h1A
coed IL baggtpg aud carrying Of about Que
Thousand of that description from Gala way,
Boone, Howard. Randolph, and ChatIlon,
each, he will bc entitled to receive the
tlapks + all the loJal..@en Of the State.
Great numbers OF stock-tlne cattle, horses
and n,ules-are being drfsen from Muuroe
couzts towards Quincy, with view to keep
ere. 1lun. people are fleeing lTom the couo~
y to save themselves and their effects from
cunscrtption.
A col siderable force, under Colonel J. I.
Tyler, Provost Marshal OF this city, went to
Shelbinu Yesterday (Surday,, designing to
We faye no ad'lces as to the progress they
are maIilg.
Reports reached this city LIST evening that
the rebtIs had attacked Glusgo " with force
numbering five or six thousand, aud having
artillery Colonel Harding, Of st. Joseph,
wbs IN cotuinaad Of the place, with about
1.1W mer. It is teared. as he 1ad no artillery,
that he Ttula be c1mpe1led to surrender.
sr. LOUIS, Wedu. sony. Oct. 10--General
Douglass telfgraphs from Macon City that
onelby las about ) 0C0 rebels 10 Howard,
Randolph and adjoining counties. Thornton
and Th ai]kill crossed the Missouri river
lnto Platte county on Friday, With il con5id-
iu Platte county, Oh Sunday, and burned
Smttaville. Clny couhty, on Monday.
Business has been entirely suspended in
St. Jteet,h, and leayenwOrth aud Kansas
C.ty are being fortified.
Abont t"o hurdrcd OF Snelby's mca en-.
tired Brunswick ou Friday, aud 500 are said
to have been et Ke1sriIle on the sama day.
the HanDib.l and St Joseph RAilrold, with
| the design OF destroying it.
At daylight on Saturday, Glasgow, Howard
| coult!, town Of about Q eco inhabitants,
WIS surrounded BY 600 rebels, uoder Mar
! mndrke and Clark, who opened rapid fire
from. tour 1leces Of artillery without mo.
ments warning to the people Colonel Ches.
ter Harding, With stx companies Of the 4Sd
! Missouri {new twelve months regiment} On
! the way to Jefferson City, occupied The place,
AID With one company Of enrolled mtitia
and the Glasgow City Guards, about one
thcusaud in all, fought the enemy bravely
and desperately for nve hours, when they
"e1e out.9eE w ~ sa1n G1oe1. nAe teocto sueA
~ toetc .1e ~, eths- hu;i.;sa soo1.
snnE rhe steamer ~, At Wind. Is;nr a. the
Ieyce.
Some apprehension Is felt for the fate OF
Crl. Hsrding, as ne M Was ene of Tue trst 70
sa EDIT 'ne @ se''1es w. ~ nd mss9n; , nnsng esssu
h1nws to t1,e r.sci};on and to nneril1ss and
baeha hackers, which may now be re:ol1eet-
ed against him. Nothing Is known Of the
4c9h GU elener sur
noptad 1aneirv on Warr.ntnn n he M North
Miasopri Railroad, yesterday. but Colonel
Holmes with a part of the 10th Missouri, il
there, ind will give the wretchea worm
reception:
Three hundred rebels entered Chamois.
Ozage county, one day last week, robbed all
the stores and carried of all the horses in
The htiahboshoed
Ncth1ng definite IL known OF PFlce's