, 1862-05-15
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Especial Correspondence Chicago Tribrne.1
BooEyn11, Cooper Co, No, May 8. e.,
!, Or the 1Tth Of June last, this city was
Ethzown into turmoil By the booming Of c&n-
enon and the ratt1ing Of uusketrF from Adlrns'
!, ,Nill, on the bank Of the river below the city,
sand soon Gen Lyon marched victorious into
I town and raised the stars and stripes ever
| Thespian Ha1l, where before Jackson's rebel
, Tag had been fannting in the breeze Union
men dared show their heads, and secesh hid,
! looking carkly On, and hoping for time to
/ ccmc.
I Lyon threw up breastworks at the Fair
fGrounds, ard afser giving proof Of his su-
aPmacy, left all to The Home Guards. Onthe
~ Of September there were new demonstra-
,;tions in town among the rebel sympat1aizers,
Fand the crack Of rihes and the rattle Of mus
I kctry at the Fair Grounds opened new pic
! ture Of tue horrors uf iaterneclnc war The
hos pitals were filed with the wounded, and
new teuencnts marked the city Of The dead.
During the winter that has followed, tue
gathering Of threatening squads, the robbery
and mu-1er Of CIion men, and the reign Of
tenor for both secesh and Union men which
have characterized this county, have been the
-t -taeral feature Of the entire State.
This srripg Price has been driven from the
State, and the State and Confederate forces
have been defeated at Pen Ridge. The wAr In
Miss ouri Is at an end. Behold the difference.
MI NOW Is quiet, not only here, bnt through
all the country north Of the Usage River
Printers arc ut work on their farms. The.
y.rduTc tell Of smiling peace, and 1ncn say but
little Of the w3r. There is nothing more
heEr to rctaind one Of t'grin yisased Ear''
tlau there is in Chicago.
rode TO Sedalia last week, through
tic ycry country and over the very roads III
in fand, riding, walking, creeping on my
hands and knets, TO discover The lurking Of
tir raltyirg foe, that we might pouuce upon
him before he became too strong for our little
tortc Of two bundled or go. I met men whom
I k1icw Is violent secesh, who had exchanged
the gun of four months ago for the whip with
which they now drive the oxen or horses at
the plow. Let me giTe yon sample OF the
:, urn who tscannOt be conquered.'
= met one whom had held as prisoner, who
ed been frared as a "cold -blooded man." He
u.ls p1owing.
.'tack=on, how arc you:'
HalIo. you in this country again? tell
you, Fou could mt have rode here as you are a
few moths ago. Why, you don't seem to hare
show Of a pistol
Perhaps you had better try nc on and
Ece, Jackson
"*Ha: ha: T N not going to touch yon BY a
heap. We're done al that. You can ride
from here to Warsaw and not be in any dun
err, unless from jayhawks, and I'd turn out
a=in them n quick as you would. No, I went
in and took the oath, and now I'm done with
thc wnr and an going to stick TO my farm.
6.eczh mar shit for itself and Will for myself
It's played cut here.''
So fud the state Of feeling everywhere.
Judge Miller, who is nominated for Governor,
and who has been an untinching Union mau,
has inst rctured from down in the Usage couu:
try, and informs me that there all is as quiet
rs though var had never been there. Farmers
are putting in their crops and are done with
the war fu- good.
Nor 10 this the case alone in the central and
the south. m part, as, indeed, | did alone from
Pea Ritgc to Rolla, without a feal
1han might draw it on himself by
ftollardiness; but Iyenture the. assertion, thai
any one, by attending to his own affairs,
could truyel as safely here as in Illinois, uu
less attacked by regular robbers, who arc at
1ached to nri'her parry.
This experience in Missouri, will, no doubt
b. speedily seen t., be the fact In other States
Eow dis1oyal. Missouri has been the hardest
Ss"tc; it has been go oitter, SO relentless, anG
n r. given up 8 regular mode Of warfare for .
guerilla war that has exposed the assallcd Il
most eminent danger, while: the assailaut has
YETI E1IlpHIa11AGlfS SA1e. 1uG EAu6G uAS DGtI
cs;ecsed b. The 7a~np1s, who haye made it ths
source ut on imH!acahie hate, which has seem
&C IL slllt our every other fttEng-tometime:
dividing families, and dl5placing parental aui
!il'al affection b most yindictlve bitterness
But Missouri il conquered. Every one con
fcsees it. The great h1y-bc Of q several
I nion is dout nxny- for the 6ympathics ans
loves tl;t had seemed forever at IN end ar
beginning to spriug up once more
fon may conqner us in var, but yor
-
Such has bern the CRY. Now a kind, neizhbo1
y feeling i'll most bitter Missouri, my be tn
index u :nc South.
The lrestnce of our army here has 11rgcl
tended to this result. There has been yer.
graf interchange Of sentiment North an,
South. Our men have mingled with the pee
pic wherever they have been, and mutus
understanding has been the result Tue
have learned that We are not "mnd-sills,
<'poor white trash,'' &c, as many candid
se!i.e.ylsd "F.'F.'s'' are pretty much tt
saue class OF beings that dwell
the North, while the South is filled, Just Z
the North Is, with masses OF families, pou
honest, industrious and warm hearted, vt
1ove the good old Union, and have been d
ceived in rtatfnn to those Eho occupy Il
other side Of "the line" Southerners fear tt
'Abolilloni>t" just as the Northerner tea
Southern Leagues Cut of that feature Of Il
North. and the Southerner is ouce more
warm heart d man and brother. The Sout
ern Corteder .cy has been built up on ia
fabrication OF hes, and SIS the war progress
and opens the truth to other sections, as
has to Missouri, We shall find that peace
being conquered for us. and hearts warmth
= towards ue and The Union, just IS is the ca
here. Let Us meet this feeling with Que equsl
Christian aud while VIC may not and mt
not surrender 4 single principle that invoav
the integrity Of our Government, let Us She
that iu1lacable hatred to men is not a ch:
ac1cristic Of the Eur1hern heart. E. A.