, 1861-12-26

ton Of Eirye's 1ha7p Shooters. The great |
HdM Of Trisontrs By Gen Rpc's z spa7ition |
The SIC, GOO Le,nt On the Seces1t-Fi7st Rate t
Uaionias-Dtata Of 1hoaa4on Grinaae,f-Geu. I
SiNABig Steamboat Contract, ETC., etc.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunal !
81. Louis, Dec. q, 1861.
The sudden outbreak on the North Missouri /
rallroad and the burning Of bridges and |
wholesale destruction Of property Has IN |
doubtedly intended By the rebels to divert at |
tention to that region while Price's recruits |
and his former men escape TO the South, If |
such WIS the intention, 1t Will signal1y fail and
the outrages recon upon their heads in the |
seyerest manner. Gen. Halleck has already |
issued orders to shoot the bridge burners on
sight, and to impress the slayes Of rebels and
if necessary the rebels themselves into service
for repairing the road. This morning we hear
that forty Of the incendiaries have been caught
and Runmarily dealt with There Is no doubt
about the catching, and I high official at
Headquarters intimates the balance in such
mysterious way as to confirm the same report
brought By an express messenger from st.
Charles this morning. Gen. ual1eck has nerve
enough and means sufficient to make an
example Of the North Missouri bridge burn
ers, and it will not be his fault if tic
rebels guilty of these Last outrages escape.
Il they arc caught, 4 short shri1 aud
stout rope will finish the business,
The sccesh have their version Of the cause Of
the b1idge-buTning, and us usual, it is 4 story
Of Federal out1ascs- The origin Of the incer-
explanation given by the secesh. What fol-
lows Is probably in q measure true, and yet is
not to hc connected with the burning of tho
bridges. It seems that Birge's sharp shooters
arc stationed ut Rcnick, aud ha1e, throu'rh
some canse, (allesed to be ignorance Of the
usual supplies from the Commiss,ry's Depart
ment Of this city. Requiring subsistence,
some officers Of the re55 lment fave purchased
in the name Of thu Government, though with
ont authority, large supplies from tie inllab-
itants along the North Missouri Railroad. The
vouchers were irrcg5ular1y dr:lWn> and not at all
in form, so that the holders failed to procure
their money from the Treasury in this city,
Feeling highly incensed at this treatment, and
not understanding tho causes which led 70 the
same, it is reported that they hare reused the
people along the road TO a high pitch OF excite
past. Still, as repeated above, tlis story Is
highly improbable-at least such q feeling
could only have formed part Of the inceudiarT
plot.
Gen. Popc's success III baggging the rebels
during the past week occasions much rejoic-
ing, and no class;is go highly delighted as the
troops. The call for q forward movement re-
sounds through our lines everywhere, and it
is believed that now Is the time to as
sail Price before he has 4 chance to
escape again TO the Arkansas line. The num-
her ol prisoners captured by Gen Pope's COM
mencement OF the war. Gen. Mcclellan, in
Western Virginia bag5ed, . thousand ut one
time, but none OF our generals have ever
ba@gcd as high rs LOCO. Beside this sin
slc batch, the scouting parties sent out by
Pope took another lot OF one hundred and
sixty rebels, and with the captures madc dur
iMg the past week by expeditions from Sedalia,
Upton. Syracuse ard vicinity, Tc have now
on hand nearly twenty-five hundred more
prisoners than re had 4 week ago. This
idle, and at this rate Price will soon be Will
ont men. The alroitncss displayed in throw
ING the enemy off his guard ard crciting the
imnrl Ssiou that no movement was intended
during the winter is worthy Of c0mmendl-
ton.
Tic collection Of the $40, 900, levied on the
rebels By order Of Gen. Hal1eck for the Denc-
lit Of the suffering e2iles from the interior Of
Missouri, is in progress. The assessed parties
reccs cd their notices generally On Friday,
and probably deemed it an unlucky Friday.
They have five days grace, and if they don't
'
TesoTted to. Three Of them have paid;
some swear they never will pay, and some
make affidavit th:t they cannot pay. There
~ ~ 'na"n nu nsn in To- n
lice how suddenly notorious secessiouists
have become !" first rate Union mcu." Among
these new converts is Robert A. Barnes, Pres
idcnt Of the State Bank, who has been assess-
| ed for 800. lie processes not to care a snap
for the money, hut don't Ike the stigma OF
being on the black list. Perhaps some Of
your readers may remember the correspond
ence found by Gen. Lyon at Boonyl]le, in
| which 4 letter from EaTnes to Clalb. Jackson
was discovered. The State was then entitled
to $500, eco from the banks. with which the
| July interest On State bonds was to be paid
| jackson conceived the idea OF appropriatiny
| the money to armiuG the State. Barncs wrote
| to Jackson that the State Banks proportion
Lad better be transferred to the Tre;surer's s
| credit at one Of the branches, say at Fayette,
| SO rs to &c secure from Gen Lyon and Frank
| Blair and the Black Republicans. Verify,
/ Barnes is now a first rate Union nlau.
This suggests that the recent sudden death
| Of Thornton Grimslcy has been charged by
| sunle to unnatural excitement on the subject
Of his assessment Of 500, as part Of the levy
/ MED by Grimslcy's partner, Alr. Siausbcrg,
| that the deceased knew anything about such
i'll assessment, or Was ut all excited just be
fore bis death, which was very sudden. Tht
| dcuial mnst br received rs conclusive. Thorn
ton Grimsley, notwithstanding the profust
tulogy lleapcd; upon him in lhe columns oftht
1itpuI{iedn, Kas one Of the worst scccs5iopists
we have ever had in St. Louis, and has beer
one Of the most Objectionable ultra pro-slayerJ
men that the friends Of free. labor ever con
tended against. Even before lis death, ant
more frequently since, because his dcceast
fixes the public mind upon lin more earnest
II, he was spoken Of in terms not 1T to be re
produced, now 1llat the grave covers his sin
with the mantle Of Charity, for his active con
ncction, r,auy years ago, with the burning O
negro for s1ablling an officer trying to arres
| him. 1t is not strange that he was G s:ccs
| sionist.
| Great competition is going on among til
| steamboat owners and Interests for the con
tract about to be awarded for conveying Gov
! eminent freight from St. Louis to Cairo. Tn
| Memphis Packet Company, and Commodor
Bart Able, and Capt White and others Of Al
ton, Ill. 1t is probable one Of the two Les
n entioncd will receive the contract, as tier
is an old grud:e asgalnst the Memphis line 70
their course curly in our troubles, when the
talked and acted secession glibiy and persist
emily
Tie case OF General Sigel is beginning t
) attract attention. Sigcf7s friends complai
that he has been badly treated The onl
| specification is that several regiments belong
irg to his division have been nattached to othe
another in Kansas with Gen Hunter. TW
regiments rai5cd for him BY his friends il
New 7 York were sent to the Potomac Will
he still rptains nominal command Of diFi
ion, scarcely q brigade remains, and sige
himself feels very sore about it, though he
, | too much Of a soldier to show it plainly. Sige
is modest and reserved, and while others ar
| ever ready to press their own claims, be bt
) ! longs to different class. IS nobody b
: | ever charged Sigel with incompetency or Col
| ruptlon, and as he has on the contrary show
military ability Of the highest order, it wou'
: This calamity is By no means impossible, g
lis resignation is freely discussed.
What to do with the prisoners is 4 questio
which will require considerable deliberatiot
: The Democrat to-dny suggests that they be 81
$ to work rebuilding the North Missouri Raj
I leck's order compelling the resident secession
: lists to do it. Another proposition is that the
shall be sent to the Canada border t
construct Notifications along the froutie
!. TIE Rtpu14ican thinks they should be appo
toned among cities in the Northwest, ar
! suggests the confinement Of . lot in the Alto
penitentiary.
Capt. Carpenter, of the Jessie Scouts, b.
lust arrived in the city from Memphis, TEN
He was reported killed last week, but it a.
pears he was scouting with three companion
between Fort holt and Paducah, when the Coz
federates hove in sight. His three Companion
, ran, but Carpenter threw up his hands 81
: stood still One Of his Companions VT
caught The other two escaped, and reportc
Carpenter killed He passed himself off as
Confederate prisoner from Missouri, haYln
e escaped from Cairo.
f The one hundred aud seventy three Kegs
q powder seized on Dr.. Jackson's farm ne:
. Glasgow has Ill arrived at Jefferson C1ty
! safety. It is part Of q lot OF t9ur @ tho9saa !t
|, | kegs taken from the magazine OF Lanln, 5mlt