The New York herald., 1862-09-27


no fight is in prospective.
The Presidents Emancipation Procla-
nation i'm Missouri.
OUR ST. LOUIS CORES PoNDESCE.
ST LOUIS, Sept. %, 1862.
Rebel Raid 7biUards RoLd-Ttan 10 Capture Genera'
lSchofeld-Various Guerilla Aorements-Erraordi
nary Mdrch-Ceneral McKinstry, dc.
President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation has
been received with serious head shakings by many and
with unbounded Joy and enthusiasm by others. The Ger
mans are in great glee the policy Of the ad
ministraton AS the President refers to estates in
rebellion" question arises whether Missouri will be
included This question Is settled, however, by the
clause referring to "desgnatsd parts Of any State the
people whereof shall be In rebellion" Loyal owning
negroes in any locality infected by rebel guerillas
or rebel armies viii rush their negroes to st. Louis
and other sections Of Missouri where there is recog
nized rebellion. AS the proclamation does not take
effect until next January there win probably bc
lively sales among lively negroes in the border States
The secessonsts began sell their slaves in this vicinity
many weeks ago. the determination OF the Pro
Marshal General to free the negroes Of recognized
bells made The effect Of the emancipation pro-
clamaton the slaves Of loyal cannot be
avoided If compensation is allowed hereafter, just
ground Of complaint TO exist. In the interior OF
Missouri this proclamation will probably tempo
position.
This event is to Missouri Of scarcely less Importance
than the fears Of Hndman's intended invasion from
Northwestern Arkansas. have before written to
the HERALD full details Of all the informn-
tion / could obtain upon this subject. There
seems TO be ground for dbelcvng the statements
from the southwest that the rebels stay Mis-
souri, they While Hndrnan, close to the State
line in front Of Springfield is watched by large and
well appointed army, General Mcbride, who has been
with Price every fight fought west Of the Mississippi
has moved northward with force Of infantry cavalry
and artillery thr0gs sh Texas and Pulaski countless within
thirty miles Of Roa. This movement may threaten to
flank Springfield, or TO cut OF communicatien between
Rola and that place or an attack on Roa. The proper
precauton 10 prevent the success o. eher enterprise has
permitted to form and execute plans a, his leisure Roa
Is tempting prize 10 Mcbride and its capture would
give the rebels in Missouri fresh courage.
There is reason 70 believe that the rebels intended, II
possible capture General Scholeld his trip
by railroad from 81 Louis to Roa Certain Information,
received just In tho nick oi tne induced the General to
leave the within twelve miles Of Rols perform
the balance Of the journey horseback with suitable
cavalry The capture Of General Schodcld would
have been rich prize guerilas They
forgotten his famous order directing the Unon forces not
TO make any more prisoners Of guerlas but TO shoe:
them down sight General Schoheld has in other
raised the desire for among the bushwhackers
in this state and his life in their hands would not be
Quantrel seemed have led Colonel Burris and the
Missouri and Kansas troops lively race in Cass Jackson
The made In the dispatches that Quaures
band has been dispersed These statements are not re-
signing them. Dispensing gueras is in effect squva
lent 10 their triumph 1t ia part Of their game to dis
PEE Sc. and Quautrels band will certainly reunte
the separate drops Of falling from the rocks TO the
bro X Quantreli II the bodes the longest standing and
.ho vlest guerilla in the state HIS has keps Western
Missouri hot from the day that Cab. Jackson
vamosed from jefferson City. An organized body Of
men, determined TO hunt him down, might catch him.
Spa modic cavalry expeditions will never succeed In
dol git.
I,indexter. another Of the wicked guerilla wresches
win have caused Hoods Of innocent blood 70 be ehed 70
pac fy their vndctivencss towards Union men has given
hin self authorities, probably hoping 70 escape
through either aquibbe in military law r to be rescued
He wounded while flying through the bush, but
managed 70 elude detectisn. Undoubtedly he would
been killed II forcibly rotaken, and was FAR
10 him surrender himself than fy from thcket
70 thicket his pursucrs The evidence against
Poindexter Is too clear admit of doubt He set up
claim Of protection regularly commissioned Confe
derate officer but the commission OF Npeated murders
cannot be shielded Sy any bogus claim Of that SORT
While the two contending armies preparing Tor
desperate fight in The southwest cavalry doing
valuable service in scouting operations Major Babbard,
with hundred and City surrounded by
raj thousand rebels about eleven miles south OF Newona
Newton county but his way through with loss Of
only twsnty.six In killed aud wounded. Major Collins
OF the Eighth Missouri cavalry In six days travelled with
cavalry force u three hundred and thirty men lan
Missoursns) hundred and fifty miles throughfsar-
ton Jasper Cedar and ade Counties Various gangs Of
bushwheckers were chased, and eleven rebels killed
f
with sufficient force to drive out two three thou
sand rcb els reported as concentrated there.
In North Missouri Porter has again subsidcd into quiet
when least expected and at some unexpected place we
shall probably hear Of him again. There was hght
the Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad station known
rs Utica, in Livingston county, between company OF
State militia ard guerilla band commanded by Bal
lou The gueI llas routed with heavy loss in pro-
portion tleir numbers Another rebel raid into Pal
myra startled The citizens OF that place last "Wednesday
The rebels h. ID the town for two hours. Their forbcN
ance in not bu ming II is remarkable. Ihs game viii be
tne. l. II nsn.
ment Of tho Hal nibsl and St Joseph Railroad colonel
Of regiment Of militia raised Hannibal recently threw
himself into guerilla jaws by misakng them for Union
militia. They arrested and parolcd him. The Colonel
will probably effect exchange, he is resolved NOT
TO be pent ny at home while there rebel gucrlas
Aght.
Colonel H. Boyd OF the Twenty fourth Missouri has
cleaned out Southeast Missouri pretty effectively the
present. his troops have performed prodgious
marches. Oe tramp In pursuit OF the rebels through
Bloomfield incrs ersed with two fights, carried them
one hundred and twelve miles In seventy two hours
They then took day rest nj Greenve aud started
out again Immediately Colonel ByA has in addition 70
the Missouri Troops under his command battalion Of the
Thirteenth lih ole and company OF the Third Illinois
cavalry the former under MAJOR Lppert, and the latter
General Justin McKnstry has at last been accorded
court MARTIAL OF which General W. s. Harnsy has
been appointed president. All the officers Of the
court are regular officers, excepting the Judge Ad
vocate. Guilty or not guilty, General Mcknsry Is do
serving OF trial. n not guilty he should bc the field
performing active service; guity, he should be dc
prved OF the privilege OF drawing his pay every month
from the public treasury. Mcknsty's as quarter
master understood " be the bottom q the charges
which he Is TO be tried His Ia that capacity arc
tnscpnrahe from Fsernonts hundred DAYS IN Missouri
The transactions OF that period will receive fresh over
ha ling They smell TO Heaven already.
The appointment OF General :. r. Curtis TO the com
mand In this department re- evcs NAM tnsious minds
] The GsnsrG l. shorty sspsotsd 70 arrive hsro.