Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-07
Missouri.


sand United States troops IN and around st
Louis The u. J. Arsenal is being thoroughly
scrubbed, cleaned and renovated by prisoners
arr cstcd and held as spies Of the rebel Cow
ernment BY general order. dated August
l5. General Prentiss is assigned to the COM
I mand Of the division established hy general
ordef. dated Headquarters, Western Dcrar'-
ment, August 3, which division inclade, the
several points of lronton, Cape CirAd,au
Cairo aud Birds Point The command Of
these points q ass gncd respectively TO Cen
eral GroGt, Colonel Marsh, Colone! r. j.
Oglesby and Colonel Wallace. The camp at
Irontou Numbers about 0O0. At Cairo and
Birds Point there are 7,000 and at Cape
Girardeau 1000. 1t is generally believed
that the enemy have given up all thoughts
of advancing on The camp at PILOT Knob, yet
it has been deemed advisable to keep the
troops there. as they will be within easy call
should their services be needed in the extreme
-onthcrn portion Of the State,
Recruiting for CI4ib Jacksvn rebel army,
is going On rapidly in some Ct the interior
countics
The wretch, McCulloch has issued two
most racy documents. The first is rroe@
nation the to People of Aliasouri. in V ch he
/ tells them
u have come among you, simply with the
view Of making war upon our Northern foes
to drive them back. | give the oppressed ot
your State an OPT ortuuity OF again standing
up as lreemcn and utteling their true acui-
meuts.
" You have been ovcrrun aud trImpled
upon by the mercrn,ry horde Of the North;
Your beautiful State nas been nearly sH'j j7-
gated
That is to say, the people Of Missouri have
been standing ON their own soil, fighting
gang Of rebel invaders. McCulIoch says:--
"rhe Union people viii all be protected in
their rights and property. 1t is carnestIy
recommended to them to rcturn to their
homes %; and eonclgdcs hy declaring that
Missouri must now take her position, be it
| North orSouth."
The second document is headed. "GWcral
/ Order No II" and contains the following
/ words
"@oldicrs of Louisiana, of Arkansas, Of
| Missouri and Of Texas, nohIy have you aut-
| tained yourselves shoulder to shnG,cr you
/ have met the enemy and driven him he.or,
/ you. Your first battle has been glorious,
and your General is proud of you.'
The people Of Missouri will doubtless feel
very gratfll to the Louisanan and Texans
who have been SO watthru Of their Interests.
The st Louis Evening News lhus states
the position of affairs in the state, and the
hopelessuess Of the rebel cause;
The invasion of Missouri hy Pillow and
/ McCuioch has arrous4l the Government to
/ the vast Importance OF or state aud shown
that Missouri is the right fans, as Mary Hud
i the left, of the line of ba,tle Once con-
/ WINGED OF the necessity for holding the State
az any cost We feel satisfied that the Gov
| crumcHt will cuuc.ulrHie IA force here t'ai
, viii ere long drive tie invaders out aud put
"a stop to the foolish predictions, of their sym
pathil Us about the Confederate fig waNtE
over jbe Court ilouse of ST. Loa:s and ,h.
Reinstatement Of c. +. Jackson in office at
} terson City a siugle Glance at the stu
ut.un of affairs in Missouri will show how
iaselcas are the expectations that the iuya-
ders viii ever gain foorhold in the state,
and how certain il is that they vii! speedily
be driven out from the precarious positions
they now hold
In Northern Missouri there are 600 Fed
c!ul troops in addition TO an equal force OF
armed Union Guards. holding lhc railroads
aud all the towns Of import nee Quiet has
been restored to this portion of the state,
with the exception Of a small district in the
/ Northca>t, still rtva@rd 10y Mutia Green's
] l,.,, I lt.it
made that will insure the cnuapmeut of
/ Green unless hr disbntds his force and llers
for hi' iie we may assume that all Northern
! Mis-oori is safe IN the possession of the Fed
eral Government. The Mississippi and Mis-
sou, rivers and every railroad in the State
are in the hands Of the Federal lroops.
At Cairo and Birds Point there is force
of , 600 men, at Cape Giradenu there are
1000; at Ironton and Vicinity there are
s 600; at Sulphur Spring, On the Iron Noun
tain Railroad, there are 5000; at Jefferson
City. Lexington and Kansas City there are
5000; at ltolia there are 1000; and at ST.
Louis there are about 2oOO0-in all $4,000
efficient troops we'll provided with artillery
and all the appointments Of an army.
This force is stationed at points which
serve as outposts to st Louis the object for
the present being to meet and repuse the in
vaders before they can advance from the re-
! gion ofmorass and mountain in which they
are now stationed, into the heart OF the State.
/ This will be done
If McCulloch attempts to advance from the
Southwest, he will bc met ty the army at
Rolla, increased if need be, to 2O,000 men,
and not only driven bpck to Springfield but
pursued into Arkansas
If Hardee approaches within range Of
lronton, he will be met and routed, and fore
ed TO seek refuge. with his shtterel rauk,,
10y precipilate flight from the soil he has
invaded
If Pillow makes demonstration upon
/ Birds Point or Cape Girardeau he too will
he driven back and in his effort TO escape
from New Madrid to Memphis, may even find
| his retreat cut off 10y guuGoat expedition
down the Mississippi
such being The situation in Missouri the
absurdity Of serious demonstration against
4 st Loui, hy the invaders is manifest to alI
/ That Missouri is invaded at all i attrib0tl-
1 bic only to the glarinE neglect Of the Var
| Department. This mismluagrnent is, how
ever, heing remrdied, and in few weeks we
hope to see Southeast and Southwest Mis-
souri delivered from the tyranny Of an inya-
sion that has becn rs cruel rs it is causelcss
We would be much pleased if our cores
| pondents would continue their favors as we
will be pleased to hear tromi hem at all times
-hrpress,
Yes, but there IS nothing to write about
now. The Peace party is SO small here
] Write TO the Charleston Mercury. Tint