, 1863-06-24

souri, for while. as in that event President
Lincoln might see the true tendency Of the
conservatism which has obtained such u: Sin
gular ascendency over him in regard to Nils
souri, affairs. l... .,.. - :
Considerable excitement has been brewing
here among the merchants Oh account OF the
effort Of the Cincinnati Chamber Of Commerce
to hayc the sales 0fcottcn on. Government ac-
count, which were eo1ne time ago ordered to
be divided between this city aud Cincinnati,
ccnGned exclusively, to. Porkopolis. to the
the disadvantage Of st. Louis The Secretary
of the Treasury having been appealed to, on
Saturday telcgraphed 70 the Hon. Henry T.
B1Gw tliat no change would be made In the ar-
Tangement, and that st. Louis would have Its
full ehare In cotton selling. The Clncinnatlans
arc not disposed to yiela the point gracefully,
and it is Represented that they arc still urging
monopoly In their own behalf -, ~. d
As no rebel sympathIzers have been sent
south. from this city, for some time. report
bps gaincd currency that the business has
been quietly dropped, and that no more cxi!es
= Ill leaye. Some Of the men who:were tick
etcd for an early departure, and were confined
III the military prison; In Gen: Curtis' time. ne.
--among them, Ed. WIN. Johnston, brother
ot the febel Gen. Joe Johnston; D. q. Arm
etroDg and Henry. B. Belt, all well: known
rebel synyatllizers. These men justly merit
banish1nent, and in any, country but this. their
fate wonld be worse. The suspensto n-of the
bantehment Of the arrested seccsh. Is Of tue
same piece as tlla revocation: Of the order
equelching the tEaitorous :sheet, the Chicago
= Four regiments Of enrolled militia are now
In camp III tho suburbs of the city. What for,
nobody saye the military authorities seems to
know. They are Kept drilling for L couple OF
hours each day, and IT. kept In camp q couple
Of weeks, nay turn out respectfully drilled
militia, DetachmentB were in town on Sat-
urdny, gobblng up de1inquents. It has been
reported these regiments will be seat to JET.
ferson City, to save the Convention from I'LL
anticipat cd trouble with the Germans -
At the time Of the Missouri election, there
was some doubt as to the stdtNs Of Gen. Ben.
Loan, elected to Congress from 81. Joseph.
| He ran agalnet ntraight-ont Republican he
wae suspected Of too much conservatism, to be
considered wholly reliable as supporter Of
The Administration: The doubt Is now set
Douglas Democrat, fs now avoHedly an inl-
| n,edipte E,nancipatiouist You can put him
down In the Administration column of Com
gress, which makes the delegation stand as
| follows: Administration men, Bratr, (loubt-
Loan. CONSERVATIVES, Rollins, Hall and King,
with one vacancy In the southeast. which
| elected NOEL {deceascd). An election for
delegate 10 the Etate Convention In three
counties in Noel's district, gave an Emanci-
] patton majority Of seven, 80 that the district
may be considered nearly even.
The State Convention is plodding along
| slowly with its task. The Select Committee
has a greed to fix upon 1876 as the limitation
/ Of slavery, but tha: time Is too long to snlt
the radical members and they will struggle
for an earlier period, Five Years is the long
est several Of the radicals will ever vote for.
Any time beyond 1865 will be defeated by the
| people If the Convention would shut up
chop snd 60 home, the emancipation cause
! There Is probability that some rare testl'
| mony will shortly be developed concerning
| the loyalty Of Gov. Gamble. It has been ad'
| mitted by the President that Gov. Gamble
| has been accused OF treason :.