Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-19
THE WAR HN MISSOURI.
Lac aud Ia,crc,fiHE Particulars.


We make mp the following summary Of intel
igeucc from Missouri from a St. Louis Democrat
Of the 18th. That paper, Notwithstanding its
Abolition prOclivities, cannot disguise the fact
that affairs are progressing favorably for the
Confederate cause in that State indeed it gives
an opinion, based upon information gained
from the rebels themselves, that unless checked
within ten days more in some sudden or over
whelming manner, these recruiting parties will
begin a rare work Of devilIy in bridge burning
and prosecuting Union citizens 1t also states
that Gen. Price had made a speech at Osceola,
vOwing vengeance on Kansas for the destruction
Of that place by the Jayhawkers,
From a citizen Of one Of the principal river
towns, the Democrat obtained information from
Gen. Prices command as late as the 9th. He
was then, it is stated, at Osceola, with q force of
from ten to fifteen thousand men, intending in a
few days TO stike northward, and sending word
to his relatives and friends that he should soon be
on the Missouri river. Gen. Stacks division
had already crossed the Usage, and another d-
vision was crossing on the 9th. Price had fifty
three -cannon-some of them rihed-and had
lately received twenty-five hundred new tents.
All his troops were well clad, shod and armed
and all reports in reference to their destitute and
suffering condition are not founded in fact. The
large numbers reported as deserving him, have
simply gone home for the purpose of inducing
enlistments, at which work they are now very
energetically engaged in some OF the river towns
with good success and in others with very linn
tied results.
ArepOrt is also mentioned of a skirmish on the
9th inst, on the border of johnson county, be-
tween Missouri refugees, aided by some Kan
SLAMS, and a body of Confederates. Three of the
latter are reported to have been killed.
Parties from Lexington reported that at st.
Joseph the Union men were giving up in despair,
and daily going over to the Confederates, to save
their lives and property. Provisions and cloth
ing were constantly going to Prices army
through that place, and passing within twenty
miles of the Federal troops at Sedalia.
We clip the following dispatch from the Demo
crat:
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in command Of the troops at Weston, has issued
a proclamation to the citizens Of Platte county,
in which he calls upon the citizens to aid him in
protecting the railroad. He calls on all alb
sentees to return, assuring them protection in
person and property, if loyal. No negroes will
be allowed in the camp, or to leave the State
without passes. All marauding parties and
armed men will be shot. Morgan's force is COM
posed of MissOuTiaus, enlisted under Gov. Gam
ble's call.
A strong force, including Colonel Jennison's
regiment; the eighth Kansas, Colonel Vessel;
a portion of the seventeenth Missouri, and other
troops have been ordered to West Point, Bates
county, Missouri.
From Jefferson City a correspondent writes
under date of the 1Ith, as follows:
Our city has presented a lively appearance
for a few days past. The weather is as mild as
spring, and overcOats, comforts and gloves are
thrown aside and discarded as unceremoniously
as an old friend, or as q secesh would discard
the Union. Business is reviving, and the hopes
of the Union men rise higher as the fortunes Of
Gen. Sterling Price run in the opposite direction
The late famous proclamation Of the renowned
leader of rebellion in this State, has been read,
and viii soon be forgotten, or remembered by
hB sympsthizers as evidence against them and
the weakness of their cause.
General Prentiss took the people of st Joseph,
No, by surprise, the other day, by announcing
his determination to swear them to the Union,
and put such as would not take the oath to labor
on the Notifications. He was good as his word,
and administered the obligation to 500 persons,
in the following words
STATES OF AMERICA.
State Of Missouri
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