St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-08-01
From Missouri.


the Convention has vacated the chair
of its late President Gen. Sterling
PRICE, and elected Hon. Robert Will
son to preside instead, gives great
satisfaction. The vote on the rcsolu.
ton reveals but three changes since
the session in February, one of whom
is Major Wright of ST. Louis. He was
elected as an unconditional Unionist,
but now denounccs the Government
He has become very unpopular al,
ready, and was repeatedly called to
order during his speech.
The question Of declaring several
Of the State Offices vacant was refer
red to a committc of seven. This
committee took the secession bull by
the horns and threw him down hill
with vengeance. They made a re-
port declaring the Offices Of Governor,
Lieut.. Governor, and Secretary of
State vacant, abolishing the present
Legislature, directing the Convention
to fill the vacancies in State Offices un.
til August, 1862, adding four members
to the Supreme Court, and declaring
null and void the reasonable acts pas
scd at the recent Legislative session
The news of McDowells rcvcrses
in Virginia makes the unionists in
the Convention more rcSolute and
more firmly in favor of cleaning out
Claib. jackson.
There is teverish feeling caused
by vague reports that the rebel troops
from Arkansas, are in Missouri march
ing on Pilot Knob, and Iron Mountain
Road. News from Springfield to the
Goth inst, states that Gen. Sweeney
has been ordered to Washington.
Another report says he had left with
500 men for Forsyth, on White River.
On the 10Th, forty residents of
Carroll and Marion counties, Arkan-
sas, arrived in Gen. Lyons camp, and
enlisted for three years. They say
many of their neighbors would follow
if they could.
Government is buying new wheat
around Springfield.
McCulloch is reported to have fallen
back on Fort Smith, leaving jackson
without a military leader. The latter
has 10000 raw, undisciplined and
poorly armed men in camp. He has
desolated the surrounding country.
Six hundred Of Sigcrs Regiment
have enlisted for the war.
Judge Catron refused two rebel ap-
plications for writs Of haJeas corpus
from Pilot Knob.
The secession cause in Missouri APP
pears to have received new impetus
from late war news from the East.
Rebel bands are organizing in many
parts. 1t is stated that seven thou
sand rebels were encamped at Month
cello. Hannibal was expecting an
attack from five hundred rebels. The
Home Guard are making preparation
to resist. a small cannon was sent
down to aid them.
Thirty bundles of telegraph wire,
and other materials have arrived at
Quincy, and other evidence points to
the speedy construction of a line from
Quincy to Palmyra, thus restoring
connection by telegraph between the
East and Fort kearney ria st. Joseph.
Col Mulliyan's Irish Brigade, from
('b;,a, orr;,-,l % Ioff,,.n, ga
the Goth, safe and well, by the Pacific
Railroad
Several companies Of Home Guards,
from st. ALBERT, and other points,
also arrived on the Goth, and are en-
campcd at the Fair Grounds.
The whole line of the Pacific Rail-
road is full of enthusiasm for the
Union. Col. Brown, of Col. Steven
sons Regiment, is in command of the
forces, at Jefferson City, numbering
from $500 to 5000 men. He is a
popular and efficient officer, and the
discipline under his command is ad-
mirablc. Col. B9rnstein's Regiment
has left per railroad for st. Louis.
The gallant Major Mcdonald, with
$50 of the St. Louis American Zouaves,
arrived at Herman Oh Wednesday
last. They were supported by a brass
field-piccc under Lieut.. Bull. Accord
ing to orders, he crossed the river and
took the steamer January, and pro-
ceeded to Portland, Galloway county,
hot secession hole, where they had
been driving out the Union men. The
Zouaves surrounded the town, several
shots were fired at them but 10 one
was hit. The fire was returned, and
one rebel had his horse shot under
him. Maj. Mcdonald took some thir-
ty prisoners. Part of them were re-
leased, and part were taken to Jctlcr-
son City, and set to work Oh the forti-
tications.
Advices from North Missouri say
that body of Col. Smiths Zouaves
went to Danvillc and arrested four
men known to have been engaged in
the late hanging Of Col. Sharpe and
Lieut. Jaeger, took them TO the out
skirts of the town and shot them. One
Of them, Robert Terrell, was lawyer,
formerly editor of the Danvllc Herald
Two men concerned in the same out
rage were shot near Mexico, Audrian
county, by a company of cavalry un-
der Capt Smith. One of these shot was
the Captain of a company of rebels at
Mexico, named Moultric. Fully seven
thousand troops are now stationed
at different points along the line of
the North Missouri Railroad.
The War Department has called for
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