... the part of the friends of the above gentleman, as to how the matter will end. Sedalia, Mo., Jan. 7. --An express messenger from Col. Nugent's regiment, stationed at West Point, in Bates county , arrived here yesterday evening, on his way to St. Louis, with important dispatches to Gov. Gamble. He left Bates county on Friday, and reports that Col. Jennison had burned the village of Austin, ...