The New York herald., 1862-12-08
Our Sc. Louis correspondence.

st. LOUIS, Dec. 2, 1862.
The Rebels Fail 10 Trap General BiL-Sory of Prisoner
from the Cane Hiu Bhle-Derruction Of yaupc,e Works
q, YsErie-Erplosion Radical .ychepses-TRe AcNci1
Case, DC, DC.
Since the return Of the Army Of tho Frontier from Ar
kansas the neighborhood Of springfield the rebels IN
the state mentioned have taken great courage Many
have conceived the fancy that tho Missouri
compulsory, and full Of the belief that Union army
invade Arkansas successfully They had gathered
few thousand pts the Boston Mountain and
laid plans for trapping General Blunt who remains In
advantageous contiguity either Arkansas Missouri
Kansas the Indian Territory, preparing strike in
either direction the emergency may require The In
formation received headquarters indicates that
rebels considered they had dead thing when they march
cd Marmaduke's column forward annihiate Blunt in
detail But like the Mamelukes, VINO calculated to
throw Napoleon in Egypt by numerical strength the
bel MarmaduKe focd In his scheme by the
prompt manGuvering Of General Blunt and by the
brief but sangunary engagement at Cane Hill.
ony i've prisoners taken in this engagement OF
them arrived In st. Louis last night was present at
headquarters when he brought there this morning
be questioned The prisoner is young Missolrian who
enlisted in the Missouri State Guard, and fought under
Price at Wilson's creek, Lexington and Pea Ridge His
is Butler, and he halls from Glasgow, in Howard
county. His description Of the suGerings Of H1dans
army in Arkansas s very vivid. Ho says the under.
standing among the was that they would winter
along the Missouri river In which he cuated
turn 10 his home. The promise held by their OH
constantly that the Union army springfield could
beaten in the rst fight and when the retreat from Gene
raj schoneld took place Boston Mountain the ON
GERS openly deridcd by their for coward,ce
The rebels claim 10 havo saved ycksburg by this diver
sion In Arkansas. Young Butler the s scarcely over
twenty years Of age) taken prisoner says by
his desire. Any torture the federas may iuiIict
be worse than the spnerngs Of his Fellow rebels
Arkansas His account OF the light uninterestpg
no captured In the first charge and sent to the
General Heron, at Springfield, docs not willingly lot the
that the rebels At Yevle busily engaged in
featuring satpe,re and gunpowdcr, and had battalion
At the place guarding these operations General Heron
detailed the tirse Iowa, the second Wisconsin and the
the works In question. Calamity they porfsine the
task About sixty prisoners captured i've hundred
shoguns and other arms, and tho satpcre works aid
powder mills blown up with rebel powder. The
General Curtis srsm his army subsequent 70 the battle
Pea Ridge, IN March last.
The radicals in ferment tho rcport that .s
returns received At Jefferson City elect majority OF
lists are In q minority after ALL This spoiIs many
nice scheme. The real truth Ia that nobody is
wise enough 70 tell which side has majority
and the TACT viii not oe demonstrated until
from remote counties whose shon the great question
10 unknown, except 70 their immediate constituents.
II may turn way the othcr, and all claims Of this
or that party are premature
Another matter worries the radicals materially II Is
currently rrNored that Governor Gamble has secured
tho Presidents pledge that the prociama-
tivn, enforced at all shall MT be applied TO Masourt
- this State, being frss from Confederate ARMIES and