The New York herald., 1862-07-26
IMPORTANT FRGM MISSOURI.
Excitement Caused by the Drafting
Order in Missouri.
Rebel Plot to Capture st. Louis
Discovered.
The Ringleaders known to
the Authorities.
Increasing Activity and Boldness
Of Guerillas.
MURDERS AND RoBBERIEs,
Ee, &c, &C.

Our st. Louis Correspondence.

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Of all able bodied citizens capable Of bearing arms for
the purpose Of extermnang the guerllas infcstig
the State. This highly important ordor for levy en-
within brief period, has stirred up much ex-
citement that there scarcely anything else ken og
to-day. Nearly every kind OF stand sill.
Citizens asking each other whether tn win be
forcibe draft If vount ry enlistment succeed.
General schofeld's order provides:-
l. That every able bodied man subec, TO military duty
Is ordered g. report within days 10 she milf
tary pos, with and horse, possible, but without
| III m # neither can be provided.
q All arms not in by loyal militia viii be seized
| Immediately.
3. The militia will be organized into companies, select
| ing their own officers
Troops thus organized shall be subject to the rules
g. Furoughs will be given such militiamen can.
be absent their business without serious deri
meat. not to exceed ten days in duration.
g. The enrolment OF militia in st. Louis to be under
| the direction Of Colonel Lewis Merrill.
In accordance with the last section OF the ORDER
Colonel Merrill has appointed enrolling officers every
| ward, and the work will be commenced Immediately.
An order has likewise been issued by tho Provost Mar
SHALL General providing that all dealers and
munition shall Offering the for sale and fur
nish the Marshal with inventory of the stocks
hand that the may be takon possession Of
| the government if necessary The removal conosa
ment of arms ammunition will be regarded grave
military crime and parties guilty OF the will be
| treated traitors
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mcnt IS not surprising; but when 1t is shown what
narrow escape st. LOUIS has bad from the mchnations
OF rebels, tho surprise will b. still less. There ig
to believe that plot hns been Matching for weeks
by which the rebels hoped 10 dispossess the uni
and possible Of execution The ortca,ions aroand tho
city are ieeby garrisoned AMI sally Of twenty deter
| mined men into each # them asy dark night
might have resulted in their capture he city is full OK
secession va.abords, bold enough AID Sufficiently recS
less of consequences to attempt ae seizure unce IN los
session OF these famous Fremont thcaiions, and the
city would be entirely At neir mercy. An UPRISING Of
secession citizens ard rtrreanzaiion o. the city
| cramept would sleeiily iolow ~ IS SAID that
| commissions have bcsn sent TO nc,hbori & mites
| by the notorious Claib. ! cks u, tn ing
Governor, authorizing prominent reb u IT.
Louis 10 se1e tho reins q evil ant military aud
levy contribution the tnica pcape fDr the port of
guer Ulas in the interior Ths Plo ~ pro ,oste-
| distant readers but The show taat II
clearly within the rause 0! probable sss Less than
nuean hlnircd tro lfs have g .rdcd this ty OF enc
hundred and sixty thou AID ntbtlnts Til day before
| yesterday. tf these less tn n twenty-five
Jused the gsisn OF esch fort. TIE arsenal was nearly
dofenc 10 s. bold cnnceltratiau Of twenty five hun
,reycbals would have sucsG capt,rc the city, and
the assis .rcpf tho es,aont rebel svmralys,s would
have enabled hem 10 held II louF q ilct vefy
serious and lasting irIury On the Ie,pe aad the city
have authority for stating that the riagIeaders Of
this pot are known, and uGer sryv lance Whsn
rested. In the meantime tho fsincpas c4po-
The Grs information this affair 10 light several
days ago One of tie nrst pecfuii nay ~ ,,cmoats'
the removal OF hund ed and nfty robsi prson-
ers from McDowell's College prison to Alton, IN. The,
prisoners left on Saturday,. Very Jew persons at this
had any uncet.n with rebel designs ST. LOUIS; but
| the mstter is sufficiently plain now.
The activity o tna que ilas has mcasuraby increass4
since the s Of the month Tue sontapeity OF this uprs
Ing leads to the be lei that the ebcls Ia
stiuced their friends IN siisso4r 10 create much
oublc posibe, IS to divert the Of Vest
troops In this state, and the. eby the n9
reiniurccnents 10 Mcclellan. The ORDER for drafting
all abe bodied Missouriaus will nip this snug little
scheme IN the bud The b)dness OF the guefiias is
| questionable. On the 2lst band of TIL ee nircd at
t,cked two companies Of state troops at G,eenye hty
miles south OF Pilot Knob. The stale trolIs routed
aid Capt Lcepr their commander, killed hsht took
| place ooh. miles ir N II. .mphis Scotland
cputy, which at ore hour, between four rrpaa,s or
Aerris horse md iorter's gueiilas. The latter
defeated ana IL is said Porter killed. This m.n he
lately been very active in committing outtascs On Union
mep IN North hissour and news OF bis death is haled
i with great satisfaction.
Sedalia, the terminus Of the Psclc Railroad, vas
thrown nto fever Of excitement few days ago by
report that three hundred gleras approaching
that place. IL turned out that the 4e,o lass
tue distance he comninder q the post has received
word that there are nyo hundred rebels ienry
county waging on JnJn cp2ens.
Benton cunty and the vicinity the Osagc river, be-
tween warsaw oscsola have lately be !. IN OK with
rebel bushw hackers. Mejr Eno win Two comalnes "a
cavalry has olt the country rather quiet lc " ihey
are said to have killed about nty guesas during the
| last month
Slne county the former residence Of Claib Jaoks,n
has also been the scene OF several gu Tia outnges h
be Southern soldiers entered the Csnbra gc m
this county aud sacked the and DWELLINGS a 20. o
l the Inhabitants most shamciuly. Two compaIies *
State troops were recently withrawn from the town
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withdrawn from pace is the signal for oatrases
Union men
The mail carriers In Saline and Lafayette counties are
constantly STOPPED by slerias. The contcnts OF the
mails from Harri.oavie bound TO lexnyt N were de-
siroycd the 18th, aud the day the bctwssn
Lexington and Independence destroy ID b. gueriis
They took the mail carriers horses Ia ghs
rouc one OF those recently restored by the
| General.
Ihe town OF Frankfort s, ,line county on tho Missouri
river, was robbed m the same manner 40 Camb
the 18th inst, by three hundred guerlas Columbia
the county seat of Boone county likewise visited ny
guerlas last week; bat the rebel rosiJsas persuaded
thsn 10 sa,s without doing ay damage, for lear pre-
voSag retaliation On Tho part Of the Union troops.
Ms'ouri river captain makes the following reports
- various points on tie rvcr, IL hot AZ all there ex-
sisd CONSIDER able ieinent aud tho secesh were n
usua jubn;, aud declared thi whsn frlce would asaln
cous iutS tbs State lie would DO Welcomed and nsa,iv
IoiIei by hundred thousand men.
ihee seemed TO be AN ogAnizsd rising Of guerilla par
ties IN different COUNTESS. and DISCRIMINATION 70 cenlnt
a. much mischief as possiol while the unn sentimcue
was quiesc.nt and meek
She sarrsou at Roa has lately bcsn s.renz,hspsA
IN aneilasion Of an attack on thai place.
Nr. samuel Castor, m Old iesidcnt OF lafayette
county was brutaiy murdered fer loyalty Unios
By gucfilas or The 18th Inst Mr..
rd of by gusrilas last February and released, aits
q long !stcntion, On paying largo sum Of money hs
invoked tile aid " the military scme OF -
property, aud this cxaspcraed tho gucriss much
that they th1snicned his lie GA the 18th he was onhn
way home with bis nephew. -Four men stopped tlnm,
took Gastm aside and sh.t him dead The nepbewras
and escaped In the brush. One a his murderer was
Subsequently spsursd and shot. -.
These 0utragcs eccsrring N the tour sccti,ps the
StAc, arc only few OF the many instances o. robsry
and assassination by aucIlas ~hch are rororte Inc
necessity .or vigorous treatment and the AnnihAtion u
these Eaugs Is apparent.
A young mar ramea Issr md Han ynches By Tho
INDIGNANT eit zeus FrdEkn county Me- bh inst.s
for mu,derng his own sister wais she smfortno
The sst moncnts of his aud her faor. The oy rsus
for this ratrci that the father hal made hO
WILL having the daughter more property thapt tno wisksa
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thirteen hundred paroed soldiers recently arrived hcrs
from the south bein portion Of the prisr pt1rca
shiloh They have lately been a seas borderins o0
mnliny, caused byb'd treatment aud by q supposed
ssm, 70 make them violate their pards. Tho matter
has however, been rsmstisd. BtsadsrtscpsrA Mrkssn
ha teen nhced N command o,s Ai psrsIsd Drisopsrs
In the separ lrnsnt