From Missouri

ROLLA, Jan. 27. – A gentleman who left his home in Green county, a few miles from Springfield, on Wednesday arrived here yesterday.  He says there are no entrenchments being built at Springfield and but little uneasiness is manifested by Price or his officers.  There is a general cry for reinforcements, and the rebels say they are on their way, but their accounts do not agree as to number.  He met a large number of federal troops at Lebanon, and our pickets were out several miles beyond that place.  A skirmish had taken place near Lebanon on the entrance of our troops and a rebel Captain killed and several men taken prisoners.  Government teams are constantly moving westward, but the roads are almost impassable owing to the depth of the mud.

OTTERVILLE, MO., Jan. 29. – The movement foreshadowed by the reparations for the past week has taken place.  One division, under the command of Gen. Jeff. C. Davis has already taken up its march for the South.  They left Versailles yesterday morning.  Their destination is supposed to be Springfield.

The division consists of five regiments, the 8th and 22d Indiana, the 37th Illinois and 9th Missouri accompanied by two potteries of 24 pieces and three companies of cavalry under command of Major Hubbard.  From the skill and energy of Gen. Davis important results are confidently predicted.

The next division under General Turner is expected to leave to-morrow or Friday.  They will probably cross on a parallel and more western line.

Emissaries from Price, bearing printed commissions, signed by him, are busily recruiting through all this section.  A number have been captured and brought in, upon whom the documents were found.  They are authorized to enlist for three to twelve months or during the war.

There are about fifty prisoners here, awaiting the order of the Provost Marshal General.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 2