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ifm CorranyaAanon. la Oil! U lMI!Wlltl Mo,m.Dcit Timm s—We htvs tew wry bu»yMlflklH. On that day we struck our (wib4tencomjmiifoe lt;e «ar foftMwui, iwiei at Lwul.OoL MmtH, •tericd tur VvttytU, a«**§§ vfllegsjostnbuvs to* ark *!■**» line, whit Cotonsl tam wttk tbe remaining. f«# eu*up«a|»s m.u.iwd to (M|JOBprtngAeld. Barmth Jetetasafedot the isadoi make tuvl#*i • os whiteriver, mthew-n) «re tose ef tbs Ganrk MottateiM. The tv-n has been* tued for than tmU fan, end in couaequeutiy cse of ike i» Booth wsetern Mliemrs, Tk* expedition *m mded by vies. Sweeney, #f is Loute. with 1JIIO and two piece* of artillery. The distooee Is fllty-six mm bam mu wap. We imM ike tows la tkr •day*, «n« scattered a ouu|»*} which bed bees drilling Sseibsra army. light or tarn at mammy war.iaf ofter (be _ _ ______________killed mud fear or five womTded, «itib two er three mIb-•mm. Nos* of oar men wot# kilfad and bat three or fear woasded. Wa hwt two vt this* saleable borsaa. W* found alane quantity of fetor and imon,aa4 shoot two *iw of tend, with powder, guns, slstbiag, #e.Btki pining we started again for flpringfleld. which ^vtchvd od the 25th, sad nodwd is camp ontil Attaint, when su order bom Gen. Lyon called u« to — again. He had receipt uewegM at different times within n few daye prior tot be let August that McCullough with a large fare# wee ad rearing, wjtfe , yjtv g log Springfield. Ilence we men pot swter amrehlsz or-*• fl diroaitoe M mttmfrom Epriarfleld to Qua Creek, wbeie oe Aaroet 2d. oar •watt Mddenly came apoa the advance gawd of the enemy, who to the oasber of £901» MjO mlt;mnm pretested themselves to our view in a wkIm attitide. ““S* “ to•**. “Try at if yon dm.? lt;h£*ni Ly#n «**«• ***?•to»little; ateoooatpossible ho cpenad Totten’s battery upon their lioe sad beharjred in quick eoWMtton aboot thirteen #bo», twelve of which fas ■j-mma into their nor, ee they fled in promiscuous eou-iMon.*hv r?1M^Jb?*r fw®?* fcowet*#, within on boar, aal •or «e**srr fluO strong charged MM of ten » #a4 !«ely and severely with sates and carbine it to mate tea completely, mad drive them into the wood*. Itwaa newly dark, sad onr army encamped for tbe night.botrt#-i*ifa-tottbefeel, hto m a fain stoI sot dw* ■oortl;Po* • forid In » like m a thin ■Aw towe»eotfrt,'topmmi•tot*Slag r paid laWleasTllotsotyev00.m:OATBAPRYJll-iBliIII01§SjOA-JmiCASCHI001■00C*i001Ke*t awning we wen la line of battle atfcortfeloek, and aarcbiag forward two ]h| - -C91BA(miles, came apon their comp, and opened oor battery non them once am*. Onr tog* awat «oo»|*d the right flank i a a grove, gad the emmy in their pwdpifMoy, came apon ow Use wfteat dteoov-•riagae. ' ftornnmber wee about 100 ntoantod rangers. Upon b»«*g asked who they wen, they »M they were hMH gowvtt and were allowed to pea* tbe line, #o com* pieteiy deceived were oar oflcen ms to their r- d efees eo-ter. 8hovtif afterward, however, they caste apon two of oor hoya,Awry Howard and D.Greats,who w re reclin-tei in the ehade, and tbreataaed to tettt ten. bat onr b«y» dodged them and escaped unhurt. Onr fern in this engagement was one killed aal six woanded. The low of tbe enemy wee (»H*ty.flv* kil ed, wewsiM unknown,■aMKfid13tweoiy-oaeprteMHa. * gtedif) iI eboaM be glad If I eonM describe to yon the a tier £ ooiattms of tbmw fcrttoo* of the cone try through which it** eeeemhte Irw^e pare. »»«ry antes men m driven from hie home, anleee be envwe to tBBpwt the Occ'f'.-i - ato govern «ect; wmie are ferwc l into teir ar-■tee, their h mm pillaged, heme, cattle, ebeep, ht hap.hay, cats and wtottl 4 Moved lt;w eteteo; losmm bunted.* *--■ ** *- - poMMso that the com to ebpeeed aai general devMtatto of everything apon which ibo people edependeaf for theirOn the other and, onr tteopepey for everything we take, #•«* as feage for animale or ■nh«4ri»Bej for the army, except in cm of imwcd eerwrionlete their property ie regarded ae lawfully own, and e# Sake it aed ant it for the awpport of te govarment wherever we ■ad it. Bo that between tbe fw * armies which are trav. main* the State, poor Mtaeouri moat nadoohtedljr tafler toealcslikljr.The entire for* of the fodend army now atSpriagfleld Ie aboot tyS0$ with mm 24 pfecae of artillery.Thetn Is wat intene excitement here ttoay to eoornwoeoco of a nmor that McCnllongh f» wiBf eil poirJbl.-diUi ' ‘ 'lillgenoa to Intewpt a government pfovtefan train of 100 etx-male teams. fewfoS prsvtMoa andehwyitg fe tite army, and it fo expectedrkat twnragimente will Imvs this pkwa arly *o-m,. row and marsh t- etward to (aHeve it, one of which wPl be the let !nwa. Tba i«ya will ffeobthc* take long ctepe on that smreh, as every sup takes them nearer to the loved mm at hoM,Tie Weather here to intensely hot. W« had very o ol and pteaaMt lt;teather very taoch K» the waatfeM-ia lows- *aatil the 1st of Angsat, bat tfe- ae last flve days hash been almost btoletabls to as Morteraeia. Indsad ysteday not Ism than 800 of oor bays of the Iowa ngi-a»at Wi oat of ranks wtpletcly deMUtotos and onabto to mart, and maay All by son Mioka, hot by good care aad attontten «li tore now racnsaicd and are ante to oat onr quarter ratimi.%:itis»fl«Sd Is a d Ughtfhllocatloa fern cfty. ttttthn sammit leva I of th* frisk Smmtitm. ‘She* mamrnt an i'Mivixf'ie the level of Gattk if tor, whfch m tbelrtwstora lose. Bvery vnrtety of oai-mI owmary— grand, eaMima, rnmentir, baaatifol and plctarsoqae ptnnofa iteelf to tbe aye at tbotva««)er as hamate tear Mm’pt, ttavems their gfm% or Unger* bated# tbs besntlihi f*6*iy stramilete, gmaaH'3 sponts*v««sly tea MEO'IMhifeatttolnneetiiagfntemMtitaialitete. Haw often dte I wish dating my transit of tens moaattens that eotors bad mdt «*e a poet or a painter, for Mtnrcould a pointer grasp a mom atrikiag panonma than ' nag anhens, aal «• f r poetry, if. America to any Tamnew, any hvotte seclnaioa whsre tha runs dwell, is la ‘■Mid the tis v-.^ite-, *4 scostty W. he Ourk 1 an InteMwdao baton i J*i if Cow pvemM t:*m rite ted these ncnsiae, to •anld not only hate sifted fee * lodge in «mm teat wil*. deraeee. An, but he wonld actnaily have aaleetod tnd-deotointew* -awrnt apo^andd te vM pomf. of rto Ouarte Ilf.A lottm Inat n ft. ft.rnncHAIII4fIBLBLBMlLB10LAMQ4OEOilPOPAPAPOPOIPGBISBiSPlt;
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Weekly Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 15, 1861
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