New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-19
FROM MISSOURI
Prcphey nc Faul'-sr -srccssion Lie. r.r
Ished-C -Cs~respondencc or the Late g.
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From Our Special Correspondents


From Our Special Correspondent
ST. LOUIS, Tuesday, July l6. 1861.
The prophesiee with which have hitherto f.vo,.g
you, thai there would he no more bostil,;ss IN u;
sour, do not meet whh brilliant fuillmep.. ,bibk
will abandon the business and adhere 10 accouplsbe
facts hereafter. Revolutions have no logic and civil
war rides roughsbod over all probabilities !
How the Rebels do lie There is a consistency, a
pertinacty and magnitude, about their fiction.
which challenges wonder, If nct admiration. VIZ
have had reports daily for week that Patterson var
"cut TO pieces in Virginia He seems to po.ess tho
power which Milton attributes the celestia. Of in.
stAutly coherng and healing again. But the follovv;nD
extra from one Of our newspaper Offices issned and
circulated yesterday, qHte caps the climax. I snare
yon the sensation heads and exclamation ponts with
which II wss prefsced bui the nevs, conians ia really
worth reading. The slaughter of q between two and
three thousand sOdie" and the story about the cleo.
trio battery, at least show brilliant imagination q,
| their unknown author:
Private letters received In THE city yesterdeV
from the most responsible ard reliable source. eons
irning the report Of Gen. Pattenons Federal for es,
surrender. The letters all agree in sayirg that aftes
the r-fu al Of Gen Patterson 10 surrender The hayiuR R
prevonsly consulted the authorities in Washington ON
the subject and they baving dsapproved Of surren.
der, Gen. Johnston Of the Confederate forces sent o.
dag Of truce into Marinsburg with notice 10 remove
all the women and children from that place. This was
done, and then the battle commenced.
The letters say the slaughter was most terrible on
both Sides bstrceR trO and hTpe hOHsdnd soidieTs
beng KILLED and w0uRd,d. MartinsburR was de-
stroyed finally and the Federal forces captured Gen.
Johnston CAPTURED their entire baggage ann camp
eg age. He took 2 sixpOnnders, 900 horses, and
200 stand Of arms. Number of prisoners captured.
lot known.
Another letter states that johnson cut the wires boz
tween Martinsburg and Washington City, put in ad
electric battery and telegraph operator at work.
He kept correspondence between Patterson one
sCe aud General Scott the other, for sirty hours,
finding ont all their p ns, aud misleading them, they
supporng that the disps hes were from each other
Scott and Patterson.
By this means he succeeded In getting Patterson into
a Ioston where ne was easily cut of. lie also suce
ed in getting Gen. Scott 10 forwsr1 600 kegs OF
powder aud 3OVUO rounds Of cart tge all Of which he
secured before they reached Patterson.
Our late Governor, Caib. jackson, in bis canvass
last Fall claimed 10 be emphatcsy Union man, and
even to this day Of bis adberens deny that he 10
a stcessionist. But the following letter from him to-
the President Of the Arkansas Secession Convention
(which now appears in print for the first :me thrVwp
some light on that yoint It aso contains predics
tons about the State of Missouri, which indicate that
Jackson really believed the honest foul raor
az himself.
EXECUTIVE DzPARTNBgT,l
JzYYsRsoS CIR. Mo, April 49, lsol ) d,
Hon DAVID WALKER P'''deH' A'ta"'a' CO''eH'0" Pav~
SIR: Your letter. inclosDg the resolutions passed BY
the Arkansas Convention, and expressing desire 70
hear from touching the political affairs Of tie couns
try and Of the proposed remedies for existing evils,
care 10 band during my absence TO the City OF ST.
LOUIS which viii explain to you the seeming delay Ia
ny reply.
that It. interest duty and honor Of every Savehold
ing Sta demand their separation from the Northern
or non-SlayehOldiDg States. Mr. Lincoln, the repre-
sentative msn OF the Northern uind II tie anthOr OK
the sentiment that "the States OF tie Federal Unior
cannot permanently endure part Free and part slaves
that they all become or tie other, ete etGs
This Is The doctrine of the Irrepressible Confict
and though OF necessity great philosophical trutn
vet il ia the belief Of the Northern people, and like a
other peOule they act upon their belief and conve iou
Of duty. They believe the institution OF Slavery 70
b. "the Of all villaiues, and hence ieel tnene
seves called upon TO extingGish from the lace Oh tho
ear b.
their God and country alike demand this service ss'
their hands while all of the Sonn believe 1t 10 be the
| most dsmDabe and helllsh crlsade that was ever
waged agains, any people upon earth. Although they
have abolished Slavery in all their own States, they
still feel that they responsible for the sin OK
Slavery because they happen to live in the sane FED;
eral Union as we. For my part, and tynst IA Goo
sach ocW be the Judgment IF eDeTy SouthcT" ps1Ro,
osi for ytieviag their t4der eoRscttnces, " fUo
corDIPte ard 6gdl seD0v0tiOR. nm for ab diving
them from sH rep0nsininty mere ahd Defealter ana
opening way "a broad as the Mississippi, By wbich
they NAV be enabled ~ make tleir calling and eleco
tion sure"
have been fom the beginning. in farOr Of decided
and pT0a II dcgl0H the part of tkS Southern States;
bat the majority Of the people Of Missouri MP TO the
present time, have differed with me. What their fu-
tare action may be, no man with certainty pfedics
or folete; bUt my prssen impression ia, Judging fro
the Indications hourly occurring, tAat M'ssoEri NH te
reody far Scesssi0R tn less than thirty days, and pi4
secede y Arkansas EiH only get out Of he gay and
gire her free passage.
Missouri and Arkansas have been called upon by ars
Abolition President for troops, to whip their southern
brethren and friends into the support Of miserable
Black Republican, fanaiicsl Administration, and tho
question s: Shall they assist ia this helsh work
like true aud noble States stand by their friends, and
perish with them need be In the maintenance Of thes
common rights
Whatever may have been our past differences, IA
seenis to me that the time has come when al true
Southern n,eu thoud be united band Of brothers
against the common en7my. Pabhc sentiment here it
rapidly tending TO this POint. few days more VIII
determine all. shall be happy 10 hear from yon az to
what Arkansas lie likely to do.
'''' '''''N''' ''1 CT. JACKSON
There Is another letter Of Jacksons TO Tucker Of
The STATE Journal THE treasOnable sheet suppressed
on Friday by Gen. LYONS Order), which states ex-
plicitly what be was attempting to do. The nteli-
geuce that such letter in exi,tence has excited o
good deal Oh interest aDd cuTlslyi OUT paS uos
lie way into the local press. portion OF omittad
here ns there are good why it should not DC
made pabiic just at present:
JEFFERSON CRY, April %, 1861:
wv TUCKER. eso.-uy Dear SIR write this
rote Ia eonGdeuce. and under state OF mind very
peculiar.
do not think Missouri should secede to-day o. toe
,r,rov h.. DO no, think Il good policy that sbouo
openly 20 declare. want u little time 70 arm ne
state and am assuming every responsibility 70 90 u
with al possible dispatch Mis Ouri should act IN con-