Battle At Lexington--surrender Of Col. Mulligan

Gbicago, Sept. 22. A special dispatob lo the 'limes, sent from Quincy, at 1 o'clock thix morDÍng, cay : " The mail agent oh the Hanmbal and St. Joaepfa Railroad, whoarrived at suven o'clock on Saturday night from St. Joaeph, states that Co!. Mulligan and his whole coramand at Lexington, surreudered to Ue. Price on Friday morniug at fivc o'clook. The siege continuad from Monday until tho surrender. Co] Mullican" men were without water all Thuruday and Friday. They fougbt valiantly and desperately, but were compelled to yield to vastly tuperior numbers. The I nion loss in killed ia said to be 800 or 000, while that of the rel els ia gome ;J,0()0 or 4,0!0, with a proportionate rmmber wounded." Mulligan 's force 8,500, and the rebel force undur Price 10,000 to 12,000 The report of the battle and result ia fully corroborated by pajuengers on the líame tram. The oews was brougbt by stage to Hamiiton, whieh ia the nearest point o:i the railroad to Lcsington, being distarit 40 miles. Of the faet of the surrender there can be no doubt. The Tlurd Regiment of Iowa yoluntecra, on ita way to reiuforce MnlligaD, date not given, auddenly and unexpectedly eame apon a body of 1,000 rebels at Bine Mills, Missouri, when a batíle commenced and contiuued au hour aüd a i half. The Iowa regiment was about to retire, wheu the rebula retreated and crosscd the river just in time to fall into the hands of Lane's brigade 4,000 strong, who were marching to reinforce Mulligan. The Unionista oaptured 700 or 800, and killed 200. The rebels fled and re crossad tlie river, when the Iowa regiment started in pursuit. In the first eucounttr the Iowa troopa lost nineteeu killed and thirty wounded. Wt. Louis, Sept. 23. Gen. Prentiss' dispatoh anoouneiag the surrender of Col. Mulligan, at Lexington, States the Federal loss is thirtyseven killed and forty wounded. The rebel loas is about 800 killed and woun ded. The reported fight betvceen the rebels and Gen Lane's Brigade, uear Blue Milla, is diacredited hcre, Lune being some distance eaat of that point at last accounts, marching " Lexington. 'I he account of the battle of Blue Mills forwarded laat riight, waa derived from official dispatchea written on tho ;j.ot, and can thercfore bo relied on Coloncl Smitb's cornuiaiid was to leave Blue Mili for 8t. Joaeph the day after the battle. Quincy, Sopt, 23. A part of Mulligan 's coinmtind arrived here tfais eveoiing, and the balance, ainounting to nearly 2,000, are expected to-morrow. Those arrivod say the force at-Lexingtoti was o::ly about. 2,5l)0 iucluding seieral compaaies of Home Guards, who were accuscd of having shown cowardice. Tiie surreuder.of Lexiogton was made at 5 o'elock Friday, P. M - The flag was hauled down by the Home Guards. Ooi. Mulligan is spoken of in the Kilirst term-i. He displayed great brovery during the whole action, and when asked to surrender, he refuaed, and In BWOrd was fa ken iway by force. - Culoiiel Mulligan and uil the commanding officers are held as prUoncrs by the rebels. The prirates were released on parole. Iludan;), ÍO , Sept. 23. The following account of tho siege of Lexington is furoiahad to tiio St. Louis R&publican by Henry Bradburn, one of Col. Mulligau'a soldiers, who left Lexington Satorday mom ing. The fort wan surrendcred on Friday afternoon. The men f aght for fifty-nioe hours without water, and only three barrels of vincgar o queueh thüir t liir.-?t dar ing that time. There were no springs or rills of water hi the camp ground, as has been stafced. the supply was from the rivcr and was cut off on Wednesday. The camp greund consisted of about ten acres, ar:d was loeated a short distanee from the river. There were broastworks entirely around it, with v.c exception of the portion nextto the river. It was here the hardest iightin.ï took place. The rebels proenred a largo numbor of hemp bales, rolled theni in ad vanee, and under their cover gradual!}' succeeded in securing a position in the rear. They then cut off the supply of water, and had the fort completely surrounded. They made but four charges upon the breastworks during the entire siege. Their object seemed to be to surround the fort and cut oil' the supply of water, and having succeeded in this, thoy waitcd until Colonel Mulligan was compelled to yield to a foe more terrible tban the 27,000 rebels who surrounded him. Previous to his surrender he oiJ'cred to tako a position on a level spot of ground and givo Gen. Price tbc odds of' four to one in a fair and opon fight, but no attention was paid to it. Af'tcr the surrender the rebels mounted the breastworks aud seenied mad with joy. As aoon as tho surreuder tnok placo a party took down the Federal flag and truilcd it in the dust. An im meiise aniount of gold, supposed to be about a quarter of a million, feil into the possessiou of the rebels. It was taken from tho banks and buried by Colouel Mulligan on the camp ground some timo ago. The rebels speedily unearthed it. - Col Mulligan wept like a child whun ho fosad hirnself oompelled to surrender. - The morniDg after the surrender the men were released on paroio and ferried aeross the river. The oracers retaincd. The luss of the rebds is not k.anvn. hut it is thought to be uot lcs.-s than 1,000 killed and wounded. Their firat attaok proved moie disastrous to them than the long stege which followed. For a day or (-.vu previous to the last attaek they were eng-jijcd in barying their dead.