From Missouri.
Springfield, Mo., July 10.
--On the 6th inst., Gen. Sweeney, with his column of Flying Artillery, was advancing on Vernon. Large numbers of mounted Missourians were congregating on the West Plains, and Generals Forsyth and Sweeney have sent a force to prevent their joining the forces under Gov. Jackson.
Col. Coffee has been taken prisoner.
Col. Wolfe has had an encounter with the Missourians, and has sent for assistance. He lost 30 killed and wounded. The loss on the Missouri side is not known here.
Gen. Lyon was at Leesville, and advancing towards Clinton.
Quincy, Ill., July 10.
--The Missouri State cavalry have made a decided impression at Monroe Station, Mo. They routed the Federalists, burnt the station-house, six coaches, eighteen cars, and tore up the railway track on each side of the town.
A messenger who was dispatched here for assistance reports that Col. Smith and fifty Federals have been taken prisoners.
