New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-06
TIE WAR FOR The UNION.
FROM MISSOURI.


Of Raising the Wind-CiaAS
Starts Paper-Miil.
Ksom Our Special Correspondent ,o.
sr. LOUIS, Dec. l, lSoi'
Tho army Of the West still remains in s'a'u quo
az, r,oo. tho, bss demorslized 80 many brave fegi-
uents by prolonged inactivity; ont 'ue prvsPV0'
will soon give place to the most
sooro,;ons / learn to-day that the divisions
pona ord Sedala arc both under marching orders;
and by the time this reaches you, the army VIII proo-
.hlv he moving in good earnest, and for the accom-
pishmeut Of good purpose. 1t Is OF the utmost I'M
cortauce that quietus should DO pnt to the rebel
force under Price before the main body Of the army
under Gen. Halleck leaves the Stase. Present ap' |
pearances indicate that opportunity for this VIII
offer in few days. by the advance OF the rebel Gen.
eral north of the Usage. Ii is well ascerained now
that McCulloch las moved south from Springfield,
aud it is generally believed that he is in Arkansas
This retrograde movement, however, may prove to
be only feint, designed to draw the troops at Rolla
into position, when they would have formidable
enemy on opposite sides
As for Prices army, it is going through process
of disDtegaiion which scatters whole companies IN
o day, but the worst of il is that many OF these
stragSiers go home to make more mischief and carry
the war from the field to the hearth stone, turning
pe;ehborbood into psndemonium, where plumber,
theft and murder may run riot during the WINTER
While many of these returning rebels seem to be
thoroughly disgusted with their bootless campaign
shey have gained love for loyalty, and Lost none
of their disposition to do mischief Il is strange
anomaly of the war in Missouri that those men who
have taken up arms against the Government and
spent six months in open and active warfare, are
now permitted to stragge about unmolested, and go
60 their homes in every County Of the State. Our
Government seems not to have come TO the convic-
ton that rebellion is anything more than Naughty
spree in which the insurgents become little too
lively ana rude in their manners, and consequently
need some gentle sdmonitions, accompanied with
sroyn promises of future amendment. IL is true that
thousands of the young and impulsive who have
been drawn oto this Secession snare IRON no worse
motive than desire for novelty or adventure, and
who exhibit signs of genuine penitence, should be
treated with leniy but those mscreants who wander
OF from the army to carry strife and hatchery into
peaceful neighborhoods, can only be cured by hemp
or bullets.
Before this comes TO hand YOU viii have received
most warke and windy document IL the shape Of
proclamation FROM the redoubable Major-G General
Sterling Price, who has under his command at this
time some - 600 Secession troops. You will learn
from this grand pronuncisniento and the accompany
ing documents that Mss0uri Is no longer member
of the good old Union, but has been Torn from her
Sastenings, aud is now nicely dove;ailed into the
Cotton Confederacy. This last &C; of the rump and
ftinerant Legislature exceeds in the qualities Of
farce those terrible eDactments of the same body one
dark and stormy night last Spring al Jefferson City,
and the people will only heed the action TO laugh at
g. There lie one feature of the proclamation that
looks very threatening and belligeent. The
General calls for fifty thousand men from
The State Of Missouri, but like the spirit of the
vssty deep they will not come at his bidding. His
present army ia dissolving like an April snow, be.
cause Oh he Gays their term Of service has expired,
and there is DO possibility now Of raising even ten
regiments of Missourians TO follow the fortunes Of
Sterling Price and Clsib. Jackson. Like all pirates
and freebooters, be offers abundance Of rich spoil TO
those who viii join his army. lie rightly estimates
that much the larger portion of fixed property in
Missouri amounting to between two and three hund.
red millions in value, belongs TO Union men, and
shis is held out as reward for rebellion. In this
matter the proclamation win do immense good. 1t
will open the eyes of Union men to the fact that
desthto them. The loysists of this State have
hitherto been quite willing that those who were
merely Secessionists In theory, and took no active
part in the war; should be perfectly protected in all
their possessions. Not 20 with the rebels II they
gain the ascendeney in Missouri every loyal citizen
will have to lose his property, his residence, ard In
many his life. There will be disposition now
% commend this poisoned chace to the lips of those
who proposed it, and Union viii fairly wake up
% the exigency Of the moment.
Since Gov CANDLES returnfrom Washington with
the liberal arrangements Of the Union Government
% furnish for the organization and support Of
State troops enlistments have been going on rapidly
IN many sections of the State, and within a few
weeks Missouri viii hsye furnished forty regiments
for the Union or State service The only important
effect of Prices blustering proclamation will be to
stimulate the enlistment OF loyal troops AID hasten
&c completion the military organization Of the State
II men will not fight after general edict OF proscrp
fon and confscation with their wives and children
turned as beggars into the storm, their houses in
flames, and hsers noosod for their own necks--they
do not deserve either faRily, friends, house or
bone.
To anticipate this booty Of two hundred millions
shat to from the estates Of loyal citizens, the
Confederate Governor and General have adopted a
very simple plan. Since the great hegra from JET.
ferson Cry last May, the vagaboad Governor and
bis armed followers have issued, according to the
best accounts not less than ten millions Ia State
scrip or, as Paddy calls II, State segaps" Spec-
mems of this new currency indicate the appropriate
meas and significance Of Paddys designation. These
orders upon the S:ste treasury have been issued az
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