, 1862-07-02

OF thousands Of photographs (caTtes de vfsite)
OF Beaureggard, Lee, Johnston, Price, and Other
every street corner, and are bought eagerly By
secession females for their albums.
Emancipation societies are being formed all
over the State. This is one Of the results Of
the State convention. Printed circulars have
been sent TO friends Of the cause in every
The la1gest emancipation club, outside Of st.
Lonis, IN the State, is at Kansas City There are
clubs at st. Joseph, Hermann, Jefatson City,
Rolls, Hannibal, Palmyria, Springfield st.
GeneSe1Ee, Cape Girardeau, Honton, Pacific
City, and the other places Of which the parent
society has rs get no knowledge. An
active correspondence will hereafter be kept
up between the executive committee and the
local organization. The SUCCESS in establish
ing clubs in the country has exceeded the ex-
pectation Of st. Louis emanc1pationists thus
far, and arrangements hare been made for
on the subject Of slavery in Missouri. The
first Of the series was delivered by Samuel T.
Glover, Esq., last "Wednesday night. Mr.
Clover stands at the head Of the St, Louis bar,
written and e1oq1ently delivered.
The rush for Memphis traffic has rapidly
subsfded In this city. Many merchants who
Eent down on the first boats have returned
dlEgusted with the idea Tint anything can be
msde msd Until % Tie currency question Is settled; led
Eotin, took down 81 600 in specie and made
$500 in round figures in two weeks. This is
IN exceptional case. Large shipments. Of
flour md fruit which were hurried to Mem-
phis in the, e1pection Of realizing immense
profits, have been brought back unsold. The
payment Of double freight has added i'm
meusely to the cost Of returned goods while
other stocks have been sold In Memphis at
cost, to avoid q positive loss By doubling
freight in returning the goods. There is said
by resident merchants in the class Of parties
from whom they purchase on any terrae. 6e-
cestionists from st. Louis and louisville al
ways having preference over Union man,
and tie talk here among Union merchants is
that the head Of the old Chamber Of Commerce
Memphis. The idea is that the secessionists
hare given their Memphis friends the names
Of Union merchants. here who seeded from
the secession Chamber Of Commerce
Commander Porter's gunboat, the Essex
(slortened on the cbimneys Of the boat to IS.
X-n) is now. ready for service aud made tria1
trip on Saturday. An incident occurred
during the trip which oecasioned considera-
ble excitement in the city during the evening,
herause the facts very not correctly reported.
The Essex approached the MIL Of :.
when 8 large confederate flag vas fasten-
| ed to q staff and thrown from the
windew. The sailors wanted to fire on the
building Immediately, but Commodore Porter
restrained them. 4 guard Was, however,
being searched for the perpetrators Of the dis
/ loyal act. The flag vas carried on board the
ESSEX, and boisted Union downward under
neatl the stars and stripes. Eighteen Of the
employees Of the mill were arrested and con
Keyed to the Arsenal. It is claimed that the
longed to the steamer Henry Von Phul Taat
| boat on her last trip from New Orleans was
compelled to fly the flag On arriving here,
the flag was careless1y thrown down with signal
the boat in the loft Of the mill. The conted
eEa:e flag was picked up and thrown to the
breeze unnot1ced when the Essex came ir
sight.
High expectations are based upon Gen.
Pcpe'e accession to the command on the othe,
side Of the river. The soldiers are especially
enthusiastic.
IA "Vindication Of BHgadier General J.
McKlustry, formerly Quurtcrmester Western
Department" comprising 102 quarto pages
has made its appearances here. It embraceE
ninety two o1hoayits and other documentary
evidence INTENDED to relieve 11cKfustry from
charges brought aginst him BY tho House com
nlittee on government contracts and the com.
mission on war claims at st. Louis. McKfnstry
pays his respects to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE on
Page q, By asserting, or saying, that sit i
nnderetood' u that Walter S. Gnrnee is one o
|
pointment in not obtaining q large contrac
for clothing and horse equipments last Au
! gust, may account for the subsequent cour5
Of the said CHICAGO TRIBUNE. All Of @hict
will be LOWS to Mr.. Gurnee and the voters O
Of 1850.
The charge brought By the War Claims Com
mission, concerning MekinstrE's brutal treat
tnent Of G. e. Pond and his son.in-law, Hear
C'app, in connection with the roofing Of Ben
medley of bribery and profanity, ending !
AcKjnstry's compelling Clapp TO sign . re
, canta,ion Of his own statements and belief
under penalty Of being sent to the arsent
aud confined on bread and water: To di;
prove this charge, McKinstry introduces tn
Of provost marshal, st Louis, and A. B. O.
den, architect OF Benton Barracks. Thesc tt
tcnesses saeear at paint b1on& rariance acitA eac
othe1. McCracken EWcars, (page 5l), that M
Kinstry compelled Ciapp to sign and max
oath to the rscantatson under pain of going t
. the military prison, and Ogden sweafs (pae
So that Clapp signed it voluntarily aud Wi1
out eompuleioni The language Of the wi
|, nesses respectively is as follows:
From McCrackens' atlda7it.l
s"upon biz lapp,s2 aemnzF1ng te this !, con5 x
take his choice, either to sign the required etat
nent. or go to the military prison."
[From 0gden's affidavit
) 'sNo soldiers were brought in, nor was Cla]
! forced to sign an oath Of .recantation. Gu
= signed the paper 1:olunfd7i{y."
, There is an old saying that liars should ha
. | good memories.
: The following letter also is introduced
i McKinstry's pamphlet-page Is.
0 WHEELING, VA, March 80, 1862
"GEEERAL: I was not aware that Mr. Golf
j. | intended to speak to my case. IN making it
s epoke upon such information as the published d.
| oDfA and 0fhpr furnished him Wit h.
q friendly spirit. You were charged with acts viii
v you did not commit, for the purpose OF holding
l. Responsible for them.
6 "The ground that hare taken ie, first, that c
:, acts were not onF undeserying Of ceneure but VI
IT I intended to and have proved eminent1y right a
=. which have atil more distinctly taken, is, thu
j. assume. in the fullest a7duHer, the entire rsspo1
+. 6ility for tie contract
If NJ ordered Beard upon it before the contr
Taa made leaving 1t to be completed atterWart
= ] ordered money to be paid him in advance as
IS reeu;rt it. NheD afterwards be brought bis q
tract to nc directed him to you, fou came
r. NE personally. and informed me that the prices
n asked were altogether too high Itold you to
le dsce them to what YOU considered reasonat
Is lsaSieg him ts5r pEoat, having regard to the
20 and the extraordinary labor and expense he und
~ vent In regard to the question as to whether
tG ok belonged to 5Gnd of wfehss
crly the work Of the engineer department. but Ii
rs under the circumstances, y9n e.. Eere ne ordered
5ecte 10 it or ~ not M do not remember. but whet
Ill yen did or not overrn1ed the objection, a
:. finally. ,you we're not concerned IN this eonsr
se m it as above stated "S'"t5 t6e'E 3. farrosp.
10 Brig. General J. McKSsTR5.
ht The papers called for by the House rcsc
te tion yesterday on the findings Of two OF th
& courts martial which are said to have Set
a ! MrE}nStTE while he Was connected with
quartcrnaster's department in Mexico.
Ill As there 6eenls to be some confusion /
la dispute about my statement and the action
the select committee Of the Senate on the
d. cifc rai1rord, viz that the committee STR
'e- out Of tie House bill the provision rcquir
e. the Iowa branch to be built simultaneously =
Ie- the KANSAS branch-l send you heEewit
y 11s printed copy Of the bill, At thst stage Of
w. progress, and refer you to pages nineteen
n. twenty thereof. II will be seen that u
to thirteen to twenty-five, inclusive, In secl
'sh fourteen are stricken out, and q prov1so
ur- serted in lines thirty-seyen and thirty-ej
OF requiring said iowa branch to be eomplt
"within five years after the completion Of
eastern connections Of said road to The
etorcd to its original shape, I should
deem it worth while to bring this matter
s4ds ward again if my former statement had
ags been productive Of some discussion in
3ee- most respectable journals Of Iowa, and a 81
,ns degree Of acrimony here. endeayor to
and especially such facts IS are within
49,, own knowledge, aud in this instance was
io-J Mistaken
?. The Senate will probably amend the h
his bI1 concerning the election Of representa-
der in the thirty-efghth Congress BY proyi
sne since the apportionment was made BY the
.mB | islature, my be elected this time on the