, 1862-08-06
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

and dilatory policy. |
There is another war meeting tonight,
E. 8.
QUE ST. LOUIS LETTER.
4 Brief Record Of Guerilla Operations In Lis
eoa11-6tirring Tins In TIE Inse75or-EbA
Effects Of he Modified Orders Goncernissg Sidta
lasa-A 19 Rarf ht5so Mstsrg zh,n 9sa1,Gs G,,,
Etc, Etc.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago TrIbune.l
ST. LOUIS, August 4, 1854
The record Of euerf1a operations in Mis-
souri, during the past week, would
fill half.dozen columns Of the TRIBUNE,
If mentioned In detail The same
record would comprise accounts OF murders,
robberies, dastardly out1sges On unarmed
men, assaults Oh ae1ense1ess women, arsou,
assassination, and stories Of devastation Of all
degrees Of horror. A perfect reign of terror
prevails in some counties, and the co1d-b1ood-
ed deeds OF bukhwhackers, related by cor1as-
pondents and sufferers, are enough to make
ones hair stand on end. The scene Of the
chief barbarities and most Important guerilla
operations is in North Missouri, where Porter,
Poindexter. Dunn, Tom Stacy, 81 Gorden,
Colt and other guerilla captaius, are at the head
Of large gangs Of rebels, committing all sorts
Of outrages and apparently defsing the Union
forces at every point. To follow the move
nents Of either gang Is next to an impossi-
bility. These guerillas haye wonderful
kDack of appearing and disappearing at IN
expected points. Porter, only wetk ago,
was defeated in an engagement With Merrilrs 8
Eorse, detachment OF the Sd Iowa cavalry,
and 9th battalion Of State militia, near Ful-
ton, in Galloway county. He fled to the east
ward, and the next We hear Of him he crosses
the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad track
neaxHunpeEen. Poindexter, ct the same
time, He'd to the westward, and yet on Satur-
day be crossed the North Missouri railroad,
near Renick, with 500 men. Col Guitar, with
several hundred cavalry, are On the trail after
may keep the rascals constantly moving. The
| following are few Of the items respecting
| grerlllas which have come to hand:
| On Wednesday sixty rebels headed by John
| Merrics, late Of Price's army, entered the
town Of Carrolton, Carol county, and des,
Democrat Office and left town. The same gang
! robbed the farmers in the vicinity Of all the
horses they could gather
Four soldiers belonging to the State militia
while posting hand bills, calling on the peo
pie to enroll their names as required by Gen
Schofeld's orders, we're fred upon. I've
we're wounded, and the other two were finally
captured in Deighboring house. As tbeJ
have not been heard from It is supposed thel
captors killed them.
4 EteamEoat was stopped on the Missonr
River at h1oberDy's Landing, Charlton county
on Thursday night and were compelled Il
cross BY 1srge humber Of rebels from thE
sou b to the ns,th bark Of the river.
A gneiiIia hand headed BY one Joe Thomp
son entered Paris, the county seat Of Monros
comfy, On Wednesday, cut down the Aneri
can flag, ARRESTED all the county officers, re
leased q bushwhacker from the conutY jail
robbed the court records Of all indictment
for military often ses, and then robbed store
in the vi1lage Of property worth several hun
dred dollars. The next morning Col. Mcneil
with cavalry and flying artillery, arrived 9
Paris and on Friday Major Caldwell and other
passed through the same town with a larg
force in pursuit OF the rebels.
Several towns along the Missouri River haE
lately been visited BY gner1llas in the mos
daring manner. Among the rest the town q
Rockport, Boone county, was seized bY .gaez
: rillas, and Only evacuated when the rebels la
helped themselves to everything they wanted
Three Missouri River steamers EeEe stoppet
between BoonevilleRsand Arrow Rock on on
day last wetk. There were government store
on one beat, but they were LETT untouched
On another boat there Vas powder destine
for Fort tieaVenWorth, hut the rebels did No
, | pools and departed.
The fiend-like malice Of these rebel que
| riilas can be imagined from the circuIusraut
that on Thursday soldier belonging to Co
. Guitars battalion escor.iDg wagon load I
wounded men from NeT Bloomfield to Jetfe
| tt9y1 Hroa frf>tt t111
/ killed.
, TIE mail wagon, running between MeXil
, and Fulton, was stopped on the 10Th u1t., az
, the horses and mailstolen. The mail bag u,
unceremcDiously ripped open in the present
+ Of the passengers, and letters oVcrtau1ed
all who chose to dip in.
! Three notorious bushwhackers are reportt
Q Sc killed in q late engagement with feder
! cavalry. Their names are Tom etacy, Da'
q Davenport and Conn Bashore. Dayenpo
> was mortally wounded at the fight at Cher
q Grove and it was impossible Tor him to +
q cOvtT.
: According to the Paris Morning Nsrcur
j fhe strongest secession paper published in al
t Border Slave State, Price arrived il Arkans
i. on his way to Missouri, on the 18th: Ne
: 'slis boy writes that the " old man. is VI
: ard ready for the tederals.
; WestIort, NO., was visited and captured
y 8 party Of sir gutrl113a, on "Wednesday nig1
i headed BY the notorious Up Hays. The An,
a lean flag was cut down and German sold
j, shot. Several stores were robbed and t
" militia rode into town Shortly after and sta
It ed immediately in pursuit Of the guerin'
d | The Upion men Of that town ought to be pl
q scented with medal for their bravery.
n Two trains Of wagons bound from Kans
n City to New Mexico, were overhauled !;
ae e week within eight miles Of Kansas City a
" robbed. In one instance a te2mster Vas sh'
1e Stee1ytl,e, the eounty-eeat of CraWft
" county, near the Southwest Branch Of the
" ciic Kai road, was captured bY two hundt
h gueriilas On Thursday morning, and The st.
10 and s'rips pulled down from the court hot
Il From the above items, which copstit1
Is only few OF the reports Of guerilla mo
ly nents which have reached us. yonr renders
it judge for themselves what desirable coun
ii for farming operations the interior Of n
Y, sou1i lis at the present time. It
x due to cur cavalry, both the To1unt
x. force from other States and the State mill
IA men, to remark that they have been and
es still hard at work trying to repIess these q
lie breaks. The same rtsnlt has thus far sho
IT. they have been badly whipped by the Un
~ troops, But fighting is not their gamer
-e- berry ts-and until they concentrate seye
;ul thousand strong they will avoid 3 6ght VIII
ch | ever it is possible.
It sheuld you inquire the reason Of this,
res I MhtaAEbah dltAEh Ill I'LL l1alte vi tA1 Sente
it will be found in the general order issued
IN | Ger. Gctofield Tor the enrolment OF the 81
I'LL militia, and the course subsequently pursu
70 all Of the evil effects and none OF the G.
nd effects have been experienced since that VI
er. was first tssued.. Thousands Of rebel sym
up th1zers, who fancied that the enrullrn
ter meant drafting, preferred to join gnerl
II: than to fight on our side. Hundreds OF 9th
,he together with many repntea thion mes, .
he lett the State TO avoid the proposed dratt
aat THESE are the evil effects. The modi
sst orders dividing the militia enrolled as oEde
IDS into three clas5es, and allowing any Per5ol
pr buy IN exemption for ten dollars, compile
lay nusilfied the first order. The Union men
les back. preftrrlng 10 pay ten dollars to Jo1l
re- compsry Hence it is that while thE re
ION | baye received large accezsions from fear
cr- the enrolment order, the Union msn are
Ike enrolled, and there is no ready force at b
fhe to meet the pressing demand for troops
nd pit down the newly formed guerilla par
les In ttie way none Of the goad results, VI
ten | might have tlowed from the original or
|ets have eeen secured. -....-
In A rare quarrel is Oh haad-Inany of the
,;th uans Indirectly accuse Frank P. Blair, il
90 tr4irg to suhserye political eEds by rais1l
m, brigade Of troops. The HesAiche Rast, a
nrs man paper, lately intimatsd in the broa
a. ttlma that Col, Blair was recruiting fol
ne November election, while obtaining men
d.s his brigade The Ee1aocrat, in its {
.ion esprit OF the German Press" copied this
up itorial slur. The friends OF Blair took
OF high dudgeon, and on Saturday last, aceor
non othe HestltcAe Psi, ened to clean ont
dge establishment The Fast proprietors apl
RI ! for military protection and received It.
mr.. same afternoon officers Of the new regimen
and Blair's brigade held q meeting and reso
her that the course Of the Post hindered th
and cruitirg service, and tha1 the 1'ezaoera. 81