New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-27

south of the Missouri river has been left TO the ,s,
der meries of the enemy. Here is an extract froms
letter written on the 18th inst by an old citizen %
the southwest:
" Lock at ral.ed Mi,-ouri, vrsmor. sa ,0or. :. ,.
ths than all the done ,irce lie wsr br,. a,,
ys' ne was ier,e'ed the army turned bses Wsnt n
Upon %. grsahd us ~. b.i es Ia pr.vons pefy
Es Ko ZONES. md now fear he Will rob South
ioushl ior my country ia 1914 and Igl5 and have bo.
hehttns for It since iii, febsllon boIe oa. bIt 80
pSe aud - "a, going BACK to sk prossioa 4
shsss who h,vs been driven o9' gors to Do the ss@e.
70 pull of ata rebel in order to ret 9Saa nSo or '
Tie wocds ,b norsto 1--we on We Da GO. ssss nee Rors %
at W1on' Creek onts meisw nytt u Carthage; ass no
robbers with bundled. and Thousands Of others People tsyr
to i've and If party will not protect then. sne,hsr wS
1t is with no csptious feeling t,at these things ara
recorded but the simple hutb requires that tley
fhould be written. Gen. H.lleck, who works 10.
domitsby is doing bis uimos 10 remedy the evils %
tie policy which WIS ipauguraled before bis arrival
He is promulgating great many general orders, and
come of the beet officers in the Department assure
me that they are judicous and what is better yet,
that he enforces them TO the bitter. An exception
exists in regard to the notorious General Order No.
g. excluding fugitive slayes from our lines. That,
am informed, is practically dead letter. The qnd
naRcs say that Gen. Halleck regrets having issued
il; a, all events he has been long enough out Of the
atmosphere of Washington TO learn that the negroes
are in full sympathy with the Union armies and ous
most valuable channel of obtaining information aboua
the enemy.
The tax of $40, 900 levied upon the Secessioniss o.
G. e. .ho h.a ,f ha rcfu frar1
Southwest is likely to be vigorously execed. 1t 10
imposed upoa 90 of the westhest sympaihzers With
the rebels, in sums ranging from slco to 100. No'
tice has been given to than lalf Of them; AND
if they DO not pay within 1--WE days, their property
will lie taken. Among those upon whom notice wss
eeryed Yesterday, was Col. Thornton Giimsley, ar
old and wealthy resident Of s.. Louis, whose sym
pathy with the rebels was notorious. He was greatly
excited when the paper was handed him. and usee
very violent language. His agitation probably has
tened an apoplectic f which proved fatal before he
could be conveyed home from bis place Of business
He had aplsssed the most Of his wealth in doing worl
for the Government, and was the inventor Of the
we'll known Grinsley saddle" which has long bees
in use in our cavalry service. He had held many
honorable positions in the city and State governments
ard was a LIBERAL public-spirIted citizen, thousaN
WAS reported 10 have belonged TO one OF the band
of John A. Marril the great western freebooter, Is
youth, before lie settled in St. Louis.
Intelligence of the capture Of 600 rebels, TWO o.
their provi.ion teams, and large quantity Of arms
and munitions, by our forces under Gen. Pope,
within tie present week has created great rejoicing
AS the fret ray Of sunshine in this department for
long time. Thirteen hundred Of the prisoners wert
taken near Clinton, by our forces under actue
Gen. JEFF. C. Davis at one fell swoop. Gen. Davis
surrounced them in the woods, they were GU thei.
way to Price army; they delivered their ire, sns
iust as our uen We're dawn up in line, and tht
artillery ready to play upon them, surrendered
unconditionally. According to the details Of tie
affair j, seems to reflect credit upon all engaged IL
il. and secured substantial results almost without
sny loss of lie. The prisoners were all raw recruits
from Lafayette and other river counties, on thet
way to join Price. The great question, in regard
Gen. Haleck, now is, "What will he do with then''
Per contra, We have news to-day that maraudinf
bands of the rebels In North Missouri have destroyed
onward Of one hundred miles of the North Nlssour,
Railroad their dspredations extending down ~ on
rentown, only 81 miles from st. Lous, and cuiiln4
off our communication with ST. Joseph. 1t remainss
to be developed what steps Gen. Haleck will tsseA
punish this audacious exploit. Nothing short o
sweeping that country with FIRE and sword, Will pre-
vent its recurrence. Nothing short of few severe
examples will prevent these rruPtons in North hli'
souri,.