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The Daily Dispatch: August 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway (search)
xceedingly vague; but so far as it goes, the inference is that our troops were about to take possession of the town of Springfield, which is situated in the southwestern portion of the State. The money in the Bank, it is said, was placed under Gen. Lyon's protection — a depository which we should consider very unsafe. If this is true, the previous report of Gen. Lyon's death was false. A dispatch from Louisville will attract attention. It indicates a purpose to raise the blockade on cerGen. Lyon's death was false. A dispatch from Louisville will attract attention. It indicates a purpose to raise the blockade on certain articles, which would give the Western farmers an opportunity of shipping their surplus produce to the Confederate States. We cannot say that we have much faith in the statement; but if there is any truth in it, the inference is that Secretary Chase is yielding to an outside pressure, in the hope of inducing the people of the West to "come down" liberally on the war loan. Another strange report comes from Washington. A New York delegation is said to be ting on a restoration of trad
The Daily Dispatch: August 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
Movements in Missouri. Springfield, Mo., Aug. 8 --Much alarm is felt in consequence of reports that the Southerners are flanking the city. Stores are closed, citizens are gathering their valuables, and the State Bank has placed its specie in charge of Gen. Lyon. At Potosi, Mo., about one hundred Secessionists dashed through the town and killed a large number of the Home Guard, and only losing two of their own men. Eleven hundred Southerners are at a point 30 miles below here. St. Louis, Aug. 10--It is reliably stated that Jeff Thomas is hovering in the immediate vicinity of Cape Girardeau.