New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-05
FRON1 MISSOURI.

McNeil-A Question Concerning Guer'
riIIms-wecping Bebels--RomnrAaoie
Conversisu OF Pro-sia,cTy Opinions.
H'' Wv ' ST. LOUIE Nov &c. 1899.
Gen. Schofeli returned to this city night before |
last accompanied by portion OF LIS stall, from sne
Soutb. Mast. The Army Of the Frontier is FOR the
nr.sent unS,~ command Of Brig Gen. Heron OF
Iowa formerly Lieut.. Colonel OF the 9th Iowa H.
fsn,ry. Gen. Schofeld's health has bee" broken
down by me excessive fatigue endured III the un-
csss;pu and extraordinary efforts to catch the enemy
H,v ,sa officers confirm all that has been previously
m; Of the utter rpossibilty OF forcing the Rebels
70 make stand. They believe that tie Army of
III, ryor:ier could have crossed Boston Mountain,
Ken For, Brown and Fort Smith, and marched 10
little Rock at its leisure hut as Tor catching
suy ccIsidersb BODY 81 the enemy, 1t was
OF. of tae question. i large ajonty OF
the Rebel army, which few months ago was at
Gross Hollows aud vicinity, was made up OF con-
scnpts and there Is abundant evidence that many
Of than prOlessed to be UaCn men. There rs 40
real danger that the Rebels viii attempt 10 invade
Missouri in force this Winter. Gen Blunt, with
the troops be took from Kansas holds tho north
western corner Of Arkansas, and u. lottens
Division is at Crane Creek, in Missouri, within easy
supporting distance. As Il lroof mat we heoes
wo,.'t fight it IL stated that, few day ago, Gen.
Hunts scouts brought him word from fayetteville
that the Rebels were recrOesing Boston Mountain
with Is 00G men, aud would soon be IL Fayetteville.
Gea. Diun; Immediately set his army IN motion 10
attack them The Rebels heard OF Als movement,
and retreated mme iiately
Though the Reoes do not pretend TO occupy
kouth-W est Missouri they manage 10 give the ulAon
meu Of shat section great deal OF trouble since
the election the counties which gave emancipation
maories have been specially seI upon for outrages
On the 10th gang Of euerlillas entered Greenfield
In Dade County which gave an Emancipation ina-
ioity and after arrestins several lcadlrg cluzens
they robbed five stores ana appropriated an the
horses ia the town ard neighborhood 10 then own
use Troops have since been sent 10 Greenfield, but
it is hike locking the stable after the horse is gone,
L. send troops after TIE evil Is done. lhe condition
OF South West Missouri is pitiiul IN the extreme.
AL the able-bOdied Dnloplsts nave loiaed the army
rs volunteers or IN the militia regiments IN active
service, while their families axe liable 70 Ce rODDed
BY Jsybavkers.
OF Gen. Mcneil would Oe refreshing II the weather
were warmer. Gen. Mcneil Is Missouri militia
officer General o. the Missouri enrolled militia
for whose acts the Government Of tue United States
is no more responsible than Tor those OF Boston
municipal policeman. Mcneil moreover diG exactly
right in shooting TIE enReb,l prisoneIsa Palmyra.
Every Of them hed been convicted o! Nloiatng
his parole, and many OF them Ead taken ana violated
their oaths twice. Another tact for the digestion oil
ef Davis is that these vCt ms OF treason were not
Confederate soldiers IN any sense lhey were guSl-
Louis aud Alton, whom the Coniederaies have over
and over agalu refused TO recognize as Confederate
soldiers and therefore e2cLan. cable iOI cur OWN
men taken prisoners. This business Of tareaieoln
re aliation unless some absurd demand ID comils
with, is about exhausted. The Government o. D
Union ought not 20 any notice OF such deIn@n Is
Nothing would De better than To conclude al or
rangement win some Confederate Commissioner u
exchange the gserTillas captured IN Missouri ,o GU
own troops paroled or still held by the Reoe ~ g.
prisoners of war. There are ,lOO OF the VIVA ans AZ
this city, and still more at Alton. Swearing Then
aud letting them 90 Is mpohue. lhes ca'1oct o.
shot, a. a majority have surrendered themselves q
our military posts. They cannot be exchanges, Dc
cause the Rebels don't recognize them a. SUBJECT Is
exchange; and sill they cannot be oRconeltiODall
discharged because they arc too dangerous TO b
sent out % fight again IS bushwi ackers. lhey are
then, simply expensive burden uIon ire f4siuH o
the Government which would be nightly ienevs'
IL the Rebels would cor 10 receive tic PRISONER
end release equal number Of our men ID eNchang'
Cor then. This class prisoners s increasing oaly
and VIII soon exceed 2,5CO.
There is considerable weeping and wR;iing anf
gnasbiEg Of teeth just now Oh account Of the recent
heavy assessment Ou Secession s?mpsthizers II tins
eitv county. 1ne great cssec 40 not ccncnt
plate q protest on the ground Of the uDooust!tuil0L
sly Of The assessment, as they did when Gen. Hal
leeke petty $40 go assessment waS levied uuOn them
but they 90 say that The Union men II S. Louis Wi
have 20 paw IL al back day The list y iormdAoy
long ana already there objections that some o.
Hanging dog Cor keeping bad company Il an olD
rule aad II tits tie present case admirably.
There are "a great many uercaAule firms in tli
city with one Union and one Rebel partner-so com
biued TO .tch all kiucs OF trade. When Union lneI
a. themselves 10 be made ca Vaws OF 70 Qieass
Rebels they must suffer the consequences Of then
own Jolly. This Is generally tie case where assess
ments against firms are oil Jected 10 on the scoie o
Eound UniOnism.
Political gossips are s,il at work I'm other State
accounting Tor the wonderful political revolu
ton in Missouri. The Democratic presses seem u
coLcur IA one thine-that the last vote w&s not
far ex. ression q popular sentiment. Away witt
such trash The journals Ia question doubtless pre-
fe. that Slavery should continue in this State, bu
tks Union men OF Missouri wish Otherwise No
b " pTetenss that the SeccsnoDists Of Missouri ar
in favor Oh Emancipation. If they had AL voted 10,
M iOiiiy would have been against 10. But va 90
pretend that majority Of the truly loyal Union men
OF Missouri are II favor Of Emancipation.
as sign OF The times, witness the following oc
csssence interior town Of this State, 81 mile,
fro ST. Louis. special dispatch to THE DcAq0-
err SAYS:
bsErASy No, Nov 25-Our usually quiet town Yves end
DEM thrown INTO a furious today nyon etge
~ B. eao,nre Of 6feea f.eitiye sves va Ls9 Dete st
By - Gd - German Justice Il The Pc and Germ
Coisbe, and troVgh. here sad lodged IN al. for sal.
9bs .uzsns turned on; fully armed rushed to tie jail aud
tn oes being d-oa. sf moving he plop-t se.o..
the nor, demand for 1er surrender which IL
fused.
IA oder is th. jaucu'e produced from Mj Curtis
fc he GyeTy Tie 70 tieii clGDau -Id o. ap
"a rde ,he ProvostM for sG but upon examined
this or4o oct % b. bogus ald the people i-
cetsed Nan ever az the MIG ges-caichrrL
TIE IN IL tie people tbs ceterIic
rs4i1<e emancipation.
AS ano.ser .isu Of tie times it is interesting 10
H.sseTve that The old, ,ime-hou0red Wbig and Pro-
Biayery organ Of the Bor5er-Rufian Misaouriaue-
til sheet Which has lied 10 faithfully about tie Pres
it,nts Proclamation and about The peculiar insti-
trtion-IAe A.sonri Bepubhcqn, IL out in favor OF
Emancipation. IL Gays Slavery is doomed in Mis-
soai1, and hopes the Democrats and Conservatives