SEPTEMBER 1, 1864.-Attack on Tipton, Mo.

Report of Lieutenant Colonel David W. Wear, Forty-fifth Missouri Infantry.

SEDALIA, September 1, 1864.

Forty-two rebels entered Tipton at 6 o'clock this morning; killed 2 men; went in direction of Boonville. Reports to me from reliable source place the number at 150 men. They say they will attack Boonville in the morning.

D. W. WEAR,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding.

General PLEASONTON,

Warrensburg.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1864.-Skirmish near Beatty's Mill, Ark.

Report of Colonel Abraham H. Ryan, Third Arkansas Cavalry (Union).

LEWISBURG, ARK., September 2, 1864.

(Received 7.30 p.m.)

Captain Hamilton and sixty-five men returned from scout to Yell County. On the 1st instant, near Beatty's Mill, he met 160 bushwhackers under Conly. Charging immediately, he put them to fight, killing 2, wounding several, releasing the assistant surgeon and 1 private of the Second Arkansas Infantry, whom the enemy had prisoners. He also captured a lot of Spanish brown, which the bushwhackers were using to disguise themselves as Indians. No boats yet. River falling.

A. H. RYAN,

Colonel, Commanding.

Captain C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SEPTEMBER 1-9, 1864.-Operations in Johnson County, Mo., and skirmish (1st) near Lone Jack.

REPORTS.

No. 1.-Major General Alfred Pleasonton, U. S. Army, commanding District of Central Missouri.

No. 2.-Captain Melville U. Foster, Seventh Missouri State Militia Cavalry.

No. 1. Report of Major General Alfred Pleasonton, U. S. Army, commanding District of Central Missouri.

HDQRS. DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSOURI,
Warrensburg, Mo., September 1, 1864.

GENERAL: Following just received:

HOLDEN, September 1, 1864.

Lieutenant Marr has returned with scout which went out last night. Found a gang of forty-five guerrillas five miles south of Lone Jack. Killed 1 and wounded several others badly. Routed them completely. Lost 1 man killed.

W. P. BAKER,

Captain, Commanding.