The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-13

OUR ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE.

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OUR ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE.
ST. LOUIE, August 4, 1851.
Return Of General Ecmo~t-Acti,s Prepara,ios fr Crush
'n9 out the Mssour Rebellion Rcsuned- Volunteers Dis
cdrgrt-The Local Election in st. Louis-Rich Cortro
t~sy--Gneral Piiloao's Proclamation, DC, DO
The steamboat City OF Alton, Of tho war feet which
left here for the South Thursday last returned 70 this
port at noon to-day bringing passengers Major General
Fremont and staff Some Of your Sabbatarian friends
may be Mortified learn that General proceeded
Immediately to his headquarters and resumed active ope
raos for concentrating military force this department
and crushing out the monster rebellion which threat.
ems TO inundate portion OF Missouri with aerna blood
Geographic wire has been conducted from the principal
Office in this city 10 General Fremonts leadqarers and
II Is related as instance Of the wonderful energy that
~ arrival has infused into the business OF this military
department, that last week telegraph operator
poyed nces@n'y for thrtysix hours sending and
ing dispatches. TIE operator had his lis brought to
the room and lac did not rest I'VE minutes at any inter-
val during the period mentioned The night before FIRE.
mcnts departure lie retired midnight and rose at half
past four 10 the morning. urgent the dem nds upon
his time His return therefore omnous OF further ac
tvity. The battery Of riaed sent from Ittsburg
to Birds Point by express by General Fremonts order
must have reached its destination last night The ost Of
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expense The arrival Of ruled cannon are necessary to
defend such important placer ...t.f q fHt e''t-
since the depa ture Of the fleet nothing important or
Ginaruy interesting las toilrre0 here. A port Oh OF
Col siegels regncni-ihe who took part tho gal
liant aiiir at CNteagehaye returned to the city Nearly
ali OF these men will enlist ths war Ihoy are en-
husns c eyef the bavey If Colonel sege and say that
they would fellow him to the lannon's mouth All of the
three months mtn belonging to the second regiment
Colonel Be nseln; the Fourth, Colonei Schuner ana the
ffth, Colonel Solomon, have been paid OH
and discharged; After the strict confinement OF
III. md Tho tur.l
active service, majority OK the discharged volunteers
have tn of Ill restraint ndugod freely Ia liquor
The bad result Of this conduct has been series OF
lnul rows IN beer saloons and groggeries all
The bartender al one GROCERY n utcd OF the volun
teers by hurrahng for JeG Davis and in few moments
the place was demolished by the late defenders Of
liberties
To morrow there is election in this county for two
commissioners If the County Court ana for cork Of the
Law Commissioners Court For tho former party nomi-
nations have been made, representing the unconditional
Union party and the conditional secession party, the
straight out soCessonsts feeling themselves weak
put up rabid dislnonsts for the Offices For the clerk
ship there viii DO IA scrub between half dozen
conditional Onion candidates and W. c. Huffman,
called State rights candidate who will be supported by
the secessonsts and in the divided vote Of his opponents
he will probably succeed The County Commissioners
have the power Of supervisors present they stand four
unconditional Unonsts. two seccssonsts and one doubt
full Unonis, that the seccssonts elect either
the candidates tomorrow they will have chance of con
trolling the Board and if they elect both they have
clear majority. The voting by dist lets and he dis
trcts which vote carried for the Union candidates
the lust election by only small majority feared the
seceshers may ed.
There is rich controversy going on here among two
rebels-one of t',m the Late Sheriff, who is de-
faulter and the ether of his vctmized securities
The Sheriff, Thomas Z. Courtenay says he was swnded
by his clerk out of s35,ooo and to save his
sonal property for $34 900. The unfortunate bonds
man denies that the transfer made, and says
that Conrtonay secreted not only hiss property
but his Office books who eby the extent Of his defacan
could be ascertaincd. AS of your New York
firms, who have had judgments collected and never