, 1861-10-12
The Hermann Affair.

From the st. Louis Republican, 11th.1
The little panic raised by the fear Of danger
conade bridge would be destroyed, and ell
communication by railroad and telegraph be-
tween st. Louis and Jefferson City would be
cut OF, has subeided. Troops were promptly
eent to Hermann, but there WAS really no se-
1ious ground for alarm. So ne Of the reports
we're circulated to lead the misrepresentation
that part Of Pnce's army were ad7annng on
that place thing which any knowledge Of
tbs geography of that part Of Missouri would
have shown to be next to impossible. The
alarm was occasioned by the supposed ap-
proach cf q party of the State Guard, which
diatelJ under the orders Of Captain MyEcau
Johneon. johnson has, it is well known,
been operating In the region along Linn Greek.
But bis headquarters are at Lebanon, Iaclede
county. johnson Is native Of that section
Of the State, has lived all his life there, unit
ITEMS Of preacher and advocate, giving his
1eighbors his weak day services as an attor-
ney and counsellor at laW and refreshing them
with spiritual ministratlons on Sunday. It
has been alleged By some that be was driven
to arms by o0trages committed on hiu-that
his home Has set On fire, and that 1is dying
wife being brought ont of it, actually died
near ty, and before the house which had abel
tered her Was consumed This story, howe7-
er, needs confirmation We give it only to
STOW WGAL lnEfEQ1DiE EnD10llLle6 arc IEp0EEHu
ard in some quarters believed.
The Union men In aims between him and
Hermann are a body Of Home Guards under
ccmna and Of: Judge Matthews. Judge
Matthews iB an old resident Of Gasconade
county is now County Judge and is man
Of considerable property and influence. .He
has with him six companies, al raised In Gas
conade, and eompEislng some I've hundred
men. His headquarters Is Douglas Prairie, in
tfe south Iart Of Gaseonade county. These
| Guards we're raised in the belief shat all who
refused to declare themselves for secession
would be in danger. Besides these under
Matthews, there are as many more at Her
mann, SO that there is now, Of home troops,
| In GaEcunade county, Iot leae than LOCO men,
| and that county 'has had forcsas Large as
| this CT foot for months.
Douglas Prairie is eome twenty miles south
there, Has that johns on's force was marching
toward It, and might endanger Hermann Or
course the rumor that the enemy Ind sctua}1y
! got possession Of the place was wholly with
| out foundation. Johnson has had under bis
command force which has varied at different
j, 500 Or even aqo0 men. Had he come do m
| es far az Gaseonsde county with the largest
| force that has been. Assigned to him, he might
| possibly lave made his way to Hermann But
| well informed persons from that county do
not believe that he his been there at al, or in
not large in numbers, may have approached
/ Douglas Prairie,- but the belief fs shat the
alarm was entirety false, and Was excited bJ
grUundlesa runaofs That johnson was coming
I with his whole forceI
Our people my lest easy ii the belief thai
and Eas net been III the least endangered VIZ
presume there Is 10 body Of men in arms op
posed to the Union forces nearer than Lacleds
county. -,7s. :. =