, 1861-12-27

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Especial Correspondence Of tho Chicago Tribune.1 |
ST. LOUIS, Dec. q, 1851
The sudden outbreak on the North Missouri |
railroad aud the burning of bridges and
wholesale destruction Of property WAS un- |
doubtcdly intended BY the rebels to divert at
tcniion to that region while Prices recruits |
and bis former men escape to the South. Il !
such was the intention, il will sgnaily fail and
the outragcs recoil upon their heads in the
eeverest manner. Gen. Hal1eck has already
issued orders to shoot the bridge burners on
sight, and to impress the slaves Of rebels and
if necessary the rebels themselves into service
for repairing tho road. This morning We hear
that forty Of the iucendiarles have been caught
and summarily dealt with. There is no doubt
about the catching, and a high official at
Headquarters intimatcs the BALANCE in such
mysterious way as to confirm the same report
brought by an express messenger from st.
| Charles this morning. Gen. Halleck has nerve
| enough md means sufficient to make an
example Of the North Missouri bridge burn
ers, and it will not be his fault II the
| rebe,s guilty Of these Last outrages escape.
II they are caught, q short shrift and
| 4 stout rope will finish the business.
The secesh have their version Of the cause Of
| the bridge-burning, and Us usual, it is story
Of Federal outragcs. The origin Of the inccn-
diarism has its cause very remote from the
] explanation given BY the scctsh- What fol-
| lows is probably in a measure true, aud yet is
| not to DO connected with the burning Of the
bridges. 1t seems that Birge's sharp shooters
are stationed at Renick, and have, through
some causc {a1lcgel to be ignorance Of the
foTm. Of reqnisitions,> failed to receive the
usual supplies from the Commissary's Depart
mont Of this city. Requiring subsistence.
some officers Of the regiment hare purchased
in the name Of the Government, though with
out authority, large supplies from the inhab~
itants nlong The North Missouri Railroad The
IN inform fo1m, SO that tie holders failed to procure
| their money from the Treasury in this city:
| Feeling highly incepscd ut this treatment, and
not understanding the causcs which led to the
Eame, it Is reported that they hare rouscd the
ment aud threatened the road for some time
p1st. Still, as repeated above, this story is
highly irnprobable-at least such = feeling
could only hare formed part Of the iucendiary
plot.
/ Gen. Popc's success in bagging the rebels
, during the past week occasions much rejoic-
t ing, and no claes:ia so highly delighted as the
troops. The call for 4 forward movement re.
} sounds through our lines everywhere, aud il
is believed that now Is the time to as
sail Price before he has chance te
escape again 10 the Arkansas linz Tho nun
c her oi prisoners captured bS Gen. PoPe's CON
: nland SURPRISES any capture since the com
:, mencemcnt Of the war. Gen Mcclellan, In
: Western Virginia basgged, q thousand at ont
0 time, but none Of our generals hare eve
: bagged as high rs ], 800. Beside this sin
# Gle batch, the scouting parties sent out b.
= Pope took another lot Of one hundred ant
J. sixty rebels, and with the captures made dur
n ing The past week by expeditions from sedalia
d | Upton, Syracuse and vicinity, VIC have noV
;. on band nearly twenty y-fse hundred NOR
prisoners than We had q week ago. Til
:. sounds very we'll for an army conpazativel
e idle, and at this rate Price will soon be with
n ! out men, The a6roitncss displayed IN throw
- ing the enemy off his guard and creating th
~ impression ttat no movement Wis 1ntende
s. during the winter is worthy OF eonnonda
- - I'll Tho collection Of the $40, 600, levied on th
~ rebels By order Of Gen. Halleck for the benz
of ft Of the suffering cxiles from the interior c
1t Missouri, is in progress. The assessed partIe
- received their notices generally on Friday
and probably deemed it an unluckJ Fridal
10 They hare five days grace, and if they don
ut pay up by that time, other measures will b
r, ! fesorted to. Three Of them haTe paid
~ Eomc swear they never will pay, and aom
- make affidavit that they cannot pay. The,
~ will be no difficulty, bowcrcI, in coiloctin
at the amount. 1t Is somewhat amusing to NJ
to tice how suddenly notorious seccssionis