, 1861-06-01

ente to Ftttxhk The Formation Of on IiNt
1rJdde--Aneged: Seizure Of TIE United SIates
Land Office at HdTsaw, ac.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.]
sr. Louis, May 30, 1851.
Surprise is manifested among Union men at
the recent action Of Gen. Hafney In several
important matters. II he goes on in this way
the confidence Of bis real friends, which WIS
80 strong two weeks ego, will yaniah- There
can be no donbt that Gen: Harney counsels
| too freely With the enemies Of his Govern
nent; not open and avowed 6eceaaionfsts
| like the editor Of the Eaeaing Journal or Gov.
| Jackson, but the conditional SecessionistB
+ who have tnyefghed 80 loud aud so long
agafnat coercion-a class Of men who profess
an intense lore for The Stars and Stripes, but
would not for theW6rld see them again planted
On Fort Bu1nter against the wishes Of South
! Carolina. Some Of these men have been ex-
pos ed heretofore, There are many Of them
In st, Louis, and 1t Is noticed with regret that
thelr. advjce Is listened to aud followed In nu.
know that some Of his advisers we're contriba-
tors to Tie fund which supplied Camp jack
| Bon NTH Its outfit; TINT others have tolerated
| every Secession organization In st. Louis; !;
that By silence at least, they have assented to
The Tying Of the Secession fag from the cor
ner OF Fifth and Pine streets; that they ,nre
allied in business With open Secessionlsts !;
that they have never discouraged assaults mp
on unconditional Union men, and geneEally
by their countenance and personal presence,
have encouraged them. Now, what are We to
think Of the future If 30 soon alter the point
proelamations, be follows the advice Of the
men Who were the first to denounce the cap
ture Of Camp Jackson, which Har1ey APPROX
ed? Certainly something is due to consist
eney.
To show you that these fears are not un-
3ad
ngo, Gen. HarneJ sent an order to.the Arsenal
to deliver up the steamboat ]. c; 9won to her
owners. The Swon Is charged With carrying
coat1abnnd articles, aud if The charge can be
| proved, Is liable to conhscation. The troops
are clear TINT the things were brought hither
knowledge Of the fact can be shown, the con,
nscation Is bound to tulloW. Why should
Gen: Hslney deliver up the boat, therefore,
without the forms Of law? It Is enough now
improrrfety Of the order, and accordingly re.
vokedit. Last week, Gen. Harney revoked
an order, Issued by Gen. Lyon, to tal1e ali
steamboats, stopped at Arsenal Island. The
next day the ]. D, Perry slipped down the
riger, with gunpowder concealed in butter
camIment, Of Col ,sIgers and Col. Boern-
STEMS regiment in the suburbs. Although
the men we're rapidly approaching a fine Dc.
gree Of discipline, and becoming Injured to
csmp life, all Of which 1t IVES desirable to
continue, when they were suddenly or
dered to Jefferson barracks. The worst,
hhofse t i not Is uSsv Est tf 70 e2%s 1en and aecI
vi vii know % Il Gen. Harnag uu reiases toy to accept
eitEerEo}. sge's or Col. Boernstiens regiments
for the three years service, and no argument
OF appeal can move him from this position. It
may be askad whether this s'one man powcr''
shall keep good, efllcienE men out Of the ser
vice when good men are so much wanted
The only reason that has been assigned {uot
BY Hatney but BY hts friends,) is, that 1t Is i'm
polite to acceptso many German regiments
Well, nov, shouldn't Gen. Harney blush for
shame, and- shouldn't his advisers hide their
American flag is left to German bonn citizens?
That our cCunttymer, thus in ST. Louis,
stood back and even encouraged trnitors
by their oWn inacton, while ndoptcd citizens
arc flying forward to uphold the Government
These lacts need no comment, they carry their
OWL neral.
Another item Of rews comes from Cairo
which your correspondents there have over
looked. Itrefers to the conduct ofa st. Louis
an, and is the common talk on Main and Be-
cond streets. Not less thnn dozen proml-
nent merchants have mentioned It, but why
the papers don't publish the item is a mysto-
~: Several days ago large lot Of bacon was
shipped from this city, marked Paducah, by.
Ger. Prentiss caused it to be detained At Cal
70, when VIM P. Fisher, either now or form
erly Of The house Of Van E5ckle & Fisher,
provision dealers, appeared at Cairo as the
bacon should be sent to Metropolis, Ill Gen.
Prcntiss objected, as it might be taken from
Metropolis to PGducah, a short distance oyer
the river. Fieher procured letters that he was
I" all right" and showed them to Gen. Prem
tiee, even going 50 far as to pledge his word
mr. fr mix rx11o }h1{&1 Lnn-
bound in good faith to. Metropolis, and not
to Kentucky. On these representations tie
shipment was released and what Wa8 the sur
prise at Cairo when Gen. Prentise learned that
tEo-thirds Of 1t Was taken straight to Padueah
and the balance stored On the wharf boat al
firm. On Sunday the owner Of the wharf
boat visited Cairo and informed the military
authorities there Of 1he fact that the bacon
Eas stored in bis charge. Upon promise to
detaln it, Gen. Prentiss wrote an order to the
effect that The bacon WAS released from custo-
dy under false pretcnces, sud directing that
the wharfage er retain 1t in his possession till
further orders. The wharhnger left Cairo
Sunday evening, on the Scott, SO It Is stated
In private Letters from Metropolis, and Mr..
and returned 10 Cairo.
Eycrywh.r re throughout the South the effect
Of the present war upon negroes il noticeable.
AS further proof that the darke5s know that
the trouble Is about their people, let me give
you an incident which occurred In this city
on the day that Camp jackson was taken.
When It became known down town that Gen.
Frost's command was to be summoned to sur
render, Mr. Thomas Day, Of the well known
| f1m ot 6hapleigh, Day & Co., hardware deal
ers, seized his pistols and ammunition aud
started home preparatory to going to the
| he found his elnVes-thirtee1 in number, in
| the back yard, dancing and singing-" We are
free, we nIo free--Camp jackson Is taken and
we are going to be free.'
This was the substance Of their wild dee.
| lamatfons, Mr. Day drove them all into the
houBe ut once, had them separated, and
stopped their noise Immediately. He then
| went to Camp jackson, and several Of his
personal friends declare That he arrived on the
ground just in time to be dIsarmed. There
arc only fifteen hundred Slaves in this city out
Of apopulation Of 10000. Do you thfnk4hey
are so bcsotted with ignorance that they don't
| know that the conflict in the Southern States
has :mething to do with negro slavery.
A rich report has bee4 received from Chari-
ten county. It is stated that one of the mem
bers Of the Legislature Of that Senatorial dis
! trict, hss written letter to Brunswicl, No.,
TO quiet the fears Of the people in relation to
the enormous debt which they think the mill.
tarJ bill will entail upon the State. What
think you Is the ealVc which Is to relieve this
fear? Why, nothing less than this-that an
with an agent Of J. f Davis. by which, as soon
as Missouri joins the Southern Confederacy,
the Confederate States tiN assunlc The tle6t incur.
rtdby MiSoN1i to arm a9diRa tie Federal Co..
er7tntntf It Is not unlikely that Gov. jackson
will hcyc to deny this statement, or in default
Of denial, It may be the basis Of prosecution
for biz h treason aud unless he can prove his
innocence, he will be in the fir which some
hontst Kentnckian threatened Gov Magol1ia
OF that State would be in unless he ceased his
traitosous proceedings, and that IL, the uncn-
Tiab1e reputation Of being the 1rst Governor
Of an American State executed for treason.
GOV. jackson has the jeff. Davis flag flying
over his residence every day at Jefferson City,
and is reported to be entertaining an agent oi
the Southern Confcderacy. These two cir
Cum5tancea lend IN air OF probability to the
rews which We receive via Charlton county.
One Of the most contemplate outrages that
has been committed By scceBsionists or theiz
symEshtizers, YVES the destruction Of q large
amount Of lumber left On the camp grounds
late1y occupied BY Col. Boesnstein's regimen:
troops for the Arsenal. Equally contempti
Bile was the means resorted to for the purpose
Of preventing the formation Of an Irish Brf
gade for the var. A bill sticker who engaged
TO put up handbflls about town calling for re-
c1uite, was followed around by gang Of over
grown boys, who watched the chance and AZ
soon as the blll-poster was ont Of sight tort
down his freshly posted bills. The same fel
lows and their afders and ahettors have usei
1riehmen enlisting In the Brigade. Threat.
have been made, and In q few instances VIC
lence offered to paEtiea who have enlisted. DR.
H. l. Linton, = member Of the State CouYeu
tion, and in November Last prominent Doug
Las Democrat, has been active in procurful