Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-31
FedernI Fenr. in nIissonri.


The st. Louis correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune has the following concerning the Fed
eral situation in Missouri
The movement Of Gen. Curtis and his army
from the White liver TO Helena was not unex
pected, but it has certainly endGugered the peace
of Missouri. The whole Southern line Of The
State adjoining Arkansas is open TO a Morgan
raid from Arkansas. If the report is true thas
Price has actually TecTOssed the Mississippi with
several batteries Of artillery and c0Hsiders bio
army, the rebels will again Tavage Missouri. un-
| less immediate measures are set on loot to
! thwart them. The two peuetrable points are
/ from POcahOntas toward Ir0nf0n and from
Batesville to Houston. BY the first the Iron
| Mountain railroad, only eighty-nine miles nom
st. Louis, may be threatened; ; and by the second
| the Southwest branch of the Pacific railroad, at
Rols, only li3 miles from St. Louis may be
reached. The road from Forsyth to Springfield
and from Fayetteville to Springfield Is well
guarded at present by State troops, unless
threatened by an army Of 10000 men. lhe 81.
Louis seCessOni5ts profess to believe hrmly that
this city viii be IN rebel hands before winter,
and the importance Of creating diversion IN
the West to prevent troops rushing from lii
nois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Ohio TO Richmond is so palpable that tlers i5
hardly a doubt that it is fully Compensated
The peace of Missouri to-day IS more endangered
than at any time si2ce the retreat Of Puee rom
Lexington.
The means Of invading Missouri and involving
the State In another season OF war and deVas-
tatiOn are not so meagre ss is supposed even II
Price has not TecrOssed the Mississippi Hind
man has probably 1000 or 5000 Arkansas State
troops, rUdely armed it is true, and with only
few pieces Of artillery, but capable OF menaclng
a strong Union force. Mcbride, about the III
Of June, was at Yellyille, Ark, not far from
Forsyth, No, with $500 men, partly Missouri
ans and partly Arkansans. Rains was on the
Boston mountains about the same time, and
Coffee, another rebel MissOuTian, was this SIDE
Of EGyettevilis, each with q small force Rains
and Coffee have been routed from their posi-
tions By Union troops sent from Springfield by
Gen. L. B. Brown, but they escaped with the
principal part Of their men 4 JUNCTION Of Bic
Bride, EIindman, Rains and Cctiee would form
q rebel army of fully 10000 men Half Of this
force entering Southeast Missouri, or approach
ing Rclla through Howell and Texas counties
would require the presence of a large body Of
Union troops now detached for services else
where. The peace Of the rest Of Missouri is not
to be preserved should an advance rom Akan-
sas take place. The guerrilla raids in North
Missouri and along the Missouri river would
enter largely into the calculations Of the rebel
leaders.
It would be improper to state the means at
our command for preventing the execution OF
sEch a design. The concentration Of all the
troops now in the State would prevent it beyond
doubt, but should such concentration take
place, what would become Of the peaceful Union
citizens along the railroads, and in secluded
country villages If Gov. Gamble possessed
the energy, be could rally force Of 10000
State troops in a few weeks, under = cah for the
suppression Of sudden mischief Thousands Of
Union men in Missouri would take up arms to
nd the soil Of cur own State from every veshge
Of rebel dominion, but the State officers do not
possess the magnetic influence which Is neces-
sary 70 rouse the souls Of men st q critical mo-
ment. The result is pretty certain to be another
loud call on the general government There IS
a common feeling that the movement Of Curas
to Helena was the harbingsr of train OF evils
about to be inflicted ON this State. So long as
Curtis remained within. striking distance OF
Little Rock and the central portion of the State,
the danger to Missouri was slight ltwOUlt he
curious if Curtis was ordered 10 return TO 81 IS
sOuri, and re-occupy some Of thaposts he tIteiy
passed through as the c0nquer0r Of Van Doru
and Price at Pea Ridge.