New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-15
FROM MISSOURI.

greubIous Time. ia the Country-Various
Items Concerning GuerriiiHs in North
Acknowledgement and His Escape
Sensation in Fashionable Seoesh Cir
clcs-A Decision Regarding Fugitive
Slaves, sc.
From Our Special Correspondents
ST. Louis, Sept. TO- 1862.
Affairs In the interior Of this Rebel ridden State
sre still troublous. If the Rebels would oblge 80
Tar as to assemble all their rowing guerrilla bands
into one grand guerrilla army, the work Of extermi-
nation would be An easy job, bus the Rebels are not
quite accommodating, and persist in scattering
their men in parties Of fifty or sixty or less and
keeping the State in perfect stew all the time,
not so much for the real mischief accomplished, but
from fear that something serious may be attempted.
Living in the interior of Missouri, outside Of the
large towns and away from military posts has be-
come dangerous to everybody, aud farms and planta
lions being closed up and deserted by the
The Union families are afraid Of the Secession guer
rias and the disloyal families afraid Of the re
saliaory action Of the pursuing Union Cavalry. Any
person Of common would conclude from this
state Of affairs that pesce would be secured Oil
around if the disloya farmers should unite with the
Union men 10 dIscouDtenance guerrilla raids. Ibis
has been tried intellectually. The rule now is for
90 that the disoys men of the suffering county POS
sees no influence ever the Rebels from the county
aext door.
tinued depredations by bushwbackers. Cobbs gang
seems to have taken the place OF Poindexter B. n
ocoutino party from Weilsvile, on the North Mis-
eouri Railroad attacked Cobb's men on Monday, and
took ten prisoners, who subsequently, shot, aud
twelve horses. COBB will probably subside for w
days, and then break out u some new and unex-
pected quarter. The botoriou Joe Porter and Col.
" d. g.
Their essayed capture of Ashley in Pike County
turned such failure that they have deferred fur
Their operations for Ire present. few nights ago,
81 gang Of Rebels broke into the telegraph Office at
Sturgeon, on the North Missouri Road, and stole the
INSTRUMENTS and all the dispatches they could fnd
Rebel residcnts pretended that the perpetrators Of
this robbery excused themselves Ter IL by ing it
was 3 retalistory measure for the killing OF Skaggs,
noted horse thief. by Union cavalry, few DAYS
previous. There was small 6ght Oh Saturday last,
eight miles west of Glasgow, Ill Howard County, i'll
which Capt. Beard, vita email squad of Merrill
horse, routed baud Of twenty Rebels. Capt. Beard
was killed. Tue steamer W. II. Russell was fired
into on Monday, twelve miles below Jefferson City,
snd boarded by eighty guefrillas, who stripped the
bar, carried oil few pistols aud groceries and then
departed These unimportent events, with numeT-
Oos instances Of thlevng and shooting make up the
record for North Missouri during the past week. The
record il not favorable to peace.
In Western Missouri, the people are beginning to
complain that no decisive measures set on foot
to dispatch stating that Qnanirel has crossed the
border and captured the town of Olsthe in johnson
County, Kansas. This town Is IN the heart OF the
Shawnee Reservation, and is situated twelve
miles from the Missouri line. Quantrel ought to
have been bagged long ago, but the Buells and
others who have been il command in that section
since Col. JennisOns time have signaily failed to
catch bin. lie has held the town Of Independence
almost all the time since It's capture. Occasionally
n few ooDpsDies OF cavalry from Lexington and
Kansas City have visited the place, when the
Rebels have re'iIed; but Ms room a. tho Union men
left, the Rebels re-cnered. Quanirel has received
large accessIOns 10 his gang from Jackson, Csss and
Lafayette Counties.
AS specimen OF the way matters are managed
around KsDsas City, it only necessary TO mention
Che conduct Of Caet. j. Lorng Of the 9Th Missouri
State Cavalry. He denonnces Kansas men openly
as Jaybawkers, aud bad Rebel guerrillas.
Though several cOnpan rushed TO that place from
Kansas when danger appeared imminent, Capt.
lloring has steadily shown them tho cold shoulder.
lie 10 reported ia print TO have remarked that he
would sooner have 81 good state troops than 1900
Kansas nea. Perhaps be wonld--6O would be
easier to surrender than 900 Kansas City wss at
one time an easy prey for Quantrel. There were
only 30 Dewlyeurolled and poofly-arIned militia
rnen left there for ito defense Col. Pennick, with
800 cavalry, has since arrived from 81. joseph.
Considerable sensation has been created in this I
city by the publication Of three letters from fashion
able young ladies' 70 relatives in the Rebel army |
These itters were found in IeceItly caDtnred
Rebel mailbag. Tue names are given bv initials |
only, but the principal writer is recognized by |
thousands es the Secession daughter Of a renegade
New gllnder-a well know n boot and shoe dealer |
She writes the gossip Of the day to her mother who
fed southwark will Price. The mention OF Secs |
sion fivolties hes caused great STIR well-known
Secession female OF about twenty Summers who has
distinguished herself q, various times in splitting at
Union men. walking OIL the sidewalk TO avoid walk
ting under the Stars aud Stripes and 10 various other
ridiculous acts, ia mentioned in the following style:
Lat Winter lie G--s and some other young ladies'
visited families where there psones every ds They
would hiss OF the prisoners every morning. end quarrel
which should have to walk with or for beau"
The father Of the writer quoted above is mentioned
- follows:
Mr. Nelson holds forth every Sundaypresches Abolition,
etc. every week Oos u the things brought against father
tast Winis bis not going there church Father s
rae seces bnt does not ike TO give anything TO help the
cause along fou know father well enough 70 understand
Pretty good for native Of the glorious State OF
Maine The renegade was arrested last winter, aud
will be apt 70 receive another call from the Assessor
now. Tie ABOVE il lair illustration Of the way |
renegade Yankees behave.
Provost. Marshal Gen. Mcconnell has decided that |
no assistance be rendered by the military au-
f5ortes TO recover fugitive slaves. The subsi nce
OF his decaion 10 that the slaves of Rebels arc de-
sArsd free BY scs Of Congress, and Lat the slaves