Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-17
THE WAR IN MISSOURI

IErFRsoN CRY July IS in ccnssousDce If
information having reached here froin Tipton
80 secession lOrce was gathering there. a de-
tachment was sent tbither from here By a train
this afternoon. -
II is rumorcd thai there is considerable activity
among the secess!onists throughout the couairy
ABOVE mere and tits supposed that they are leaving
to join the different leaders II is siso reno-,s5
That many lave gone from the opposite side OF
the river to Join Gen Harris in tue unp ? nat n
Galloway cOunty.
The ferries above this pOju; hay. besn 5as,,o,,,s
or taken possession Of by the United States troSIa
, ne Telegraph wires are still down west OF
hoohVlHe and south Of Syracuse, ami have been
Cut almost daily between these pnir
Information received from HarnibaI S,,-s ~,
ex-senator Greene has violated mis- parole and
1T Tor the interior with band of armed men.
n ohcer 81 Col Sigels command from Snrirg-
helu tP orlS ali quiet there; eleven Of Col Sirpl's
command, vino Were wounded at the hattI. Of
81. '''
Cautain Ccnrad's company which was left at
Neosho by Col Sigel, was Surrounded nv. hot
lJH0 Arkansas cavalry, and given ten minut- . IN
su render Gen Price demanded that tbe,. ro
ueiVtLed 10 tue Missouri troops to be snot which
the Arkansas officers rsfIsed Their arms aud e.
frCts were then taken from them the oath aJn,ia
istered and they were marc he'd out of town und.
escort OF the Arkansas troops and reached SDau-
isEHe!d on Thursday.
There are from 400 to 10 GOO Missouri md A.,
kansas troops concentrated at NeasbO
JEFFERSON, Mo, July i6 "A detachment from
here returned from Upton at two o'clock "a {
nlEut Eney surrounded the town and arrested
eighteen secesSioGisis, whom they brought hitber
DoAnelly left for St Louis by tae noon ira in.
uader a guard
prominent citizen Of Pettis county arrived
mere tlls morning, and reports that a force IF .uO
secessionlss have assembled at Georgetown They
hall three pieces Of artillery, aud constant aces
Sons 10 thelr numbers were being received
PROCLAMATION or GENERAL HURLBuRT
QUINCY, Ill, July Is - Brigadier Gen Hurlbrrt
has issued proclamation to the citizens Of NORTH
eastern Missouri, dCnouncing the designing men
VINO are sCeEing the Overthrow of the IioyeTp.
lnsnt, and warns them that the time for tolerating
treason Las passed, and that the man or body ~:
meH XII" venture to stand in q, fanCe o. the su-
pieine authority o the Union, peril their lives in
the attempt lie says the character of the resist
dhct winch las been made is in stTict conformity
with tht source from which IL o ig.nated Cow
ardly assasslDs watch for opportunities to murder
and become thieves among these associated la pds
by slaUg hteriUg by stealth those VINO openly they
dlTe not meet This system unknown TO civil
lzed wtFfare is the natural fruit that treason b-,rs
l ne Process 81 the criminal courts administered
In the dsahscted districts. will not cure ia. syy
tenn OF assassination; DIT the stern, IMPERATIVE
nlnL-ry necessity anC duty Of seIf-Drotection
Wlll furnish sharp nd decisive remedy in the
summary Justice of courts martial He guarantees
protection . all pe1ceabe citizens who remain In
tue discharge Of their Ouiy, but urges the neces
sly OF iEels organizing to take Part in the recon
srdctloh q the frame II society He closes bv
assuring the people Of Northeast u issour that he
Lnited atss, though preferring quiet uniform
obedience To the laws. are VET ready and sbund
2AtIy able TO enforce PIianCe and to iniirt II
known traitors.