, 1861-07-18

Of the Atdlf-Loa3 On the RebeZ Side-7Nc
AeoeAo 0stard Cepturxd- Nork for Gene7a'
&. .for DsaM Struggle Situation Of L07soH
CWv-Pnpo&ed Inlersrcnce With the Re7as-
&n4tIing Of the Stale ConWafion-Btood
7Arsoftntd-1He Addreas q a Fugitlee
Lieu. Governos.-1hreats to mob Newspaper
lt1ess-C Cheering for 1T: Dasts-7zoops Il.
The City, ETC., etc.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tdbune.l
Sr. LoU1s, July 15. 1851.
The suppression Of the 6dse Journal, by
order OF Gen. Lyon, was blow In the right
direction.3 Nearly every thorough going Union
man in town says It ought to hays been donea
month ago. As matter of-course the seces.
siorists are dreadfully shocked BY the occur
renee, and are Wringing their hands in great
anguish over Whist they call an outrage on the
liberty Of the Press hut their complaints go
for nothing, and the affair will be forgotten at
the end Of week Those Ylrtuous indivfdu-
als who are SO extremely sensitive about the
suppression of'tbe &ate Journal forget ths. n
Ian Of Missouri seriously curtails the freedom
Of the Press to speak upon the question Of
slavery, aqd they ignore the TACT that to say
that slavery is ain, and no slave owes COM
pu'sorg service to his master, would subject a
Newspaper to Indictment for melting slave In
su1reetions. What then is the use Of all this
nonsense about curtai1ing the liberty Of the
Press The Hate Journal hns been guilty Of
crimes beside which the publication Of mat.
ters touching the rights and wrongs Of slavery
pale into inEignifcanee. Daily bas that peril
dious sheet teemed with the most outrageous
lies and Misrepresentation Of the position OF
the United States Government, md especially
has it influenced :he passions Of bad men by
representing that C1aib. Jackson would bring
them aid from Arkarsas and assist them to
expel igpominiously the United States troops.
By systematic lying 1t has done more to create
,iotous rebellious spirit IN st. Louis than au
the writings about slavery would create in
twenty years. It is blessing for the peaca Of
the city that such an abominable publication
has been stopped, and even if 1t is a stretch of
power, all good citizens will rejoice, although
few weak-kneed "seceshers" are slightly
affected in the spinal column BY the transac-
! ton. Il ever means were justified By the end
this is potent example.
Col Sigel's splendid victory over three times
his number near Carthage continues to ex-
| cite the admiration Of his friends, The full
I
TRIBUNE, have given every fact to the public
ano as theBe accounts have been derived from
| different sources, they agree with wonderful
accuracy In details. 1sappears now that Ben.
Mccullough was in the fight with two thou.
sand Arkansas troops, but they were not sup
piled with sufficient artillery, and made no
headWay against sigel. Our troops shot down
the secession fag three times, and finally 1t
had to be renewed to fresh place to escape
our shote. There is wonderful concurrence
in the estimates Of the number Of rebels kill
ed aud wounded. A private letter receiyed
fiom Springfield, from gentleman who went
over the ground after the battle, says that from
the number ofne~ly made graves, and the ao-
pearance Of the field, he judged the number Of
Lives lost would exceed three hundred. The
prisoners taken from the enemy stated about
the same number. Col. Sigeps dispatches to
Gel Harding, who is in charge Of this post,
say that between two hundred and fifty and
three hundred we're killed on the other side,
as his men saw the effect Of nearly every
round from their artillery, andpieked off their
mcnt belonging to sige1's regiment, who were
left as guard at Neosho, we're taken prison.
ers by the enemy, and would have been inhu-
manly slaughtered, exceptlng for the intcrpo-
sition Of Ben Mccullough and some Of tue
Missouri officers. They were disarmed and
oath not to bear arms against the Southern
CoDtederacy. This oath il already interpret
ed to mean that they will not gr outside OF
Missouri to fight the Southern Confeaeracy
but if the tcorI-fed " troops CONS into this
State, they are ut liberty to fight them. Tue
at exposed points as a guard, to intercept
small defachments of rsbels on their way
southwark.
| Speculation is worsc than useless as regards
tie present position Of affairs in the South.
west, and the probable turn in events after
| 4hn 1nnrffnn n fha fnrnnq J1rdar Gvau fr,n
With Major Sturges'5 command and the Various
regiments heretofore sent to that region. It
is estimated that Gen. Lyon, with the addition
CT fifteen hundred Home Guards, under com-
mans Illinois regiment, which will soon bs
on the march for Springfield, will hare at least
ten thousand effective lighting men at his Scr
| vice. This respectable army will have an
abundance of cannon, and being well equipped
IT,, in every particular, excepting, perhaps, . de
to drive the enemy before them. Gen. Lyon
will not be surprised in any Of the ttcornted''
traPs laid Tor hl1n In Arkansas, and this week
oeght therefore to bring us some glorious
| news.
There is an abundance of evidence that the
sect eeienists in Missouri are making death
struggle. All over the State they are rising in
full strength, and have accordingly sho Wn
more vitality within the last week Than at auy
time before since Claib. Jackson's e=capaae
! 4AS t1NAitL %It4VA ul Lie 44l4uO1p EIDJEa III
Moth Missouri, and the spirited skirmishes at
Monroe Station, has cleared that region ol
further present trouble; but accounts from
the central slaveholding counties along the
Missouri river, between Boonville and Lexlng
ton, look rather threatening, although there il
IN impression in this city that our friend.
above are more frightened than hurt The
difficulty is that while Home Guards are at
tending to the towns wherein they reside, the
secessloni1ts collect their forces and concen
trate at appointed places, 50 as to outnumbel
the Union Home Guards at the point Of at
tack. Hence, it is believed that Jefferson
City Is or las cccu IN danger, because tho re
, taking the State Capital has undoubtedly beer
planned go as to draw off the forces from the
,, SouthW est and give Ben Mccullough = free
sweep. To checkmate this game, nearly 4
: thousand troops we're sent to Jefferson City
last night, and with those. already there, they
should be able to fortify the place against any
, assault the seceshers, with inferior arms ant
no cannon or ehe11, can make.
| O1c week from to-day is appointed for tht
reassemblirg Of the State Coaycntion at Jcf
fe1son City, and upon their ability to prevent
that meeting depends in great measure tht
success Of the scceshers in this State. TheJ
know that fact too well to omit any effort Il
fEuEttate their fees. II the Convention over
turns the present State Government and pro
: ordering aa election for full set Of State OIL
GERS next month, the power of the State il
Wrested from the hands Of the secessionisti
: forever. This blow at their main strength
| will be severely resisted. Luckily the UuioI
majority in the Convention is large enough II
, Eut1er q few defectione, and the Union mem
bers arc brave enough to insist upon the
: rights with pistols in their hands, ii necessa
/, | r.. Country seccssionists say the Convention
, | will never meet, md that If it does meet, th'
. accession members must have the upper hand
: or blood will flow.
The address to thepeople Of Missouri, issu at
. from Nashville, Tenn, by our fugitive Lieut.
GOV. Thomas c. Reynolds, was published yes
terdsy. You were furnished with an ahstrac
+ for Saturday. issue, By telegraph. This docu
ne1t Is decidedly rich. Reynolds remark
that he left Jefferson City to further the IN
:, te1<sts Of Missouri, aEd BY "tapid travelling
Z reached Arkansas the third day after. Peopl,
q are wicked enough to laugh q. the confession
Of Toms running powers; they beat Claih
: Jackson's all hollow, and it Is proposed to en-
p ter jackson and Reynolds for the next 4th o
). July toot-.aces at the Fair grounds. Bat tn
i most modest part Of this 1ney appeal is th
4 assurance OF The fugacious writer, that Mis-
sourians need feel no alarm about the eaptur,
Of C}aib. Jackson, inasnnch as he fReynoldsl
as his legal Successor, will certainly be arount
i in time to pub On the gubernatorial robes
n sfter Jackeor's capture and be hopes there
= fore 10 one will be foolish enough to order al
"a election till he has Ind IN opportunity to re
turn. Verify, secession has turned poor Tom
= head. Well, he is not the first poor Tom VIII
d puts one Of his "Toms" in King Lear il th
! came fx. It will be good thing for Reyuold
. | to remain there through the hot weather.
!" | twill imnFnye hiR health