, 1862-08-22

Correspondence of the Chicago Tribunel
LEAvEaWoRTH CITF, August IS. 1862.
LETT Quincy Oh the 18th tor this place, pass
irg over the Hannibal and st. Jo. Railroad.
There are lively tineE On the 1lue Of that road,
With the guerill.s and Missouri State militia.
Col. AfcFarren is after Poinde1tcr and his but
ternuts, while Gen. Mcneil is paying atten-
1ion to Porter and his gang. Laclede, the first
station west OF BrookGeld, is the headquarters
Of McFa1ren and the base OF his operations.
At that place be had about ninety Of Poiudex-
ter's men confined in the cattle cars, penned
up like sheep. Those cars make excellent
! prisons. There they Misunderstanding
| Men, and all Of them clothed in the dirty
looking butternut. Col. McF FaEren had one OF
| item Calvin Sartain) shot on the morning Of
the 18th. This Sartain some time last fall
shot pilot on one OF the Missouri River
steamers. He was taken prisoner, tried bF
military commission, and condemned TO be
Slot. The sentence was approved by Gen.
IIalleck, but before it Tas carried out, he e5-
calcd from one Of the St. Louis prisons,
went home, raised band Of guerillas,
( joined Poindexter, and was again ta-
ken prisoner by MeFarren's men, Who
| to make sure work, carried out the sen
| teIEe, giving him an everlasting fIrlough.
| Col. McFarren says PolndcSter's gang is scat
| tered, ard are On the douo1c-quics for Tue
| Soutn- 4 large nu,ubcr Of this gang have
| teen killed :.nu wounded. OF Porter's men
could near nothing definite or reliable, except
| What you already heard. On the western dl9is-
| ion OF the railroad they are building block
louzcs, for the better protection Of tile road,
| IT every station. Those wooden forts are
| stockaded in front Of the eutrance Of each
huil1iIg- Ga some OF them I saw dusky con-
trsbapcs hrHing the timber and piIiDg ioup on
rle ~als. Its, even tn. United States mail
use the negro TO build their forts.
| Here in LeayensF ORTIZ oil is excitement. 4
4 0u>and and oEe SORTS and ramors are in
circulation concerning the guerlllls List
e,eIl1g neHs Cattle i'll hal Kansas Cay was il
iErinent danger OF being taken by the re5 s.s
led by t;uantr,.l and Hays, numbering bet 1etn
2tpt aru 'i;0u IN all One compiuy of in
tattry and batt"ry Of two guns 'sere hurried
CT, toard the steamer Major, and sent to K .u-
Eas City to reinforce the place. Tie snlders
IL Kansas City mud The tnhaoitants barri .aded
the streets ard prepared for the contest. !
have Lot heard tro1n there since. Yestcrd IT
{SInda} at 1 o'clock r. m., the entire nail
| .oKplatlon, between small boys and grey
neaded men, met together at the market
sqna1r. hy order OF thr provost marshal, each
i1ginE lis firearms, it he had any, for tue
. liurlcst Of crgariziug for the defense Of tht
city. Cot. Vaughan informed the multitude
! If the object OF their being called together
Il was, tllt the city Of Leayenworfh and othe,
ciiits Of kanEas We're threatened by horde:
OF lspl.ss men, and the people of tht
, city, old and young. were called upon tt
tnrul tEenls elves for the defense Of their couu
t t1y, 1leir families and ttcir homes. 4 p!a1
+ OF action was proposed and the machinery Q
organization set IL motion. The patriot,
=. ople responded nobly TO the call Of duty
To day, {Mcnday) by order Of the proves
marshal, al rects OF business are to be- clos,
: | ut clock p. H., and on every day til
further orders, aud the people are to meet L
thr various wards Of the city for tue purpos
} Of perfecting themselves in military drill. /
| will be no child's play for an Ordinary fore
Ct eue1illas 10 take the city Of Lcaveuworsh
: ard, thiLk they know it, having felt th
, Ioxer OF Kansas men heretofore.
Recruiting is going on lively throughou
) tic Staff; four r, glultnts Of ~hites are beiu
raised kunsas has already furnished nine q
| ten regiments for the war. Gen. Lane Is OF
ganiziEg the blacks for the contest. There j
: l. camp Of them Just outside Of tue city, III
T. companies are forming all through the intt
rlor OF the State, and today Uncle Sam
: clothing covers the ss contraolndsn taas We.
|, hut yesterday deemed chattels personal, an
', here thvre is not dog to wAg lis tougu
against them. G. n. Laue, Col Jenuisor, ~
d / Capt Host and others are travcrsing the Star
!, | olliog enthusiastic war meetings and arou
. ing the people, G. r. S.