, 1863-06-10

State and municipal authorities, and publi'
spirited citizens. Their reception in the 70
tunda Of the Court House, on Saturday, wa!
4 repetition Of the specchifylng and pleasant
rics Of the Canal Convention. The indcfatig
able Ruggles let of another yol1ey of stats
tics. Gen. Walbridgc did the practical. Ex
Gov. King the "reminiscences, In behalf Of ths
guests,and Mayor Chauncey !. Fil1ey, assisted
| by GOV. Gamble, Rev. Henry T. Blow, Chas
| D. Drnkc and others. did the honors In behalf
Of st. Louis. To-day, the party is off on 8
visit to our wonderful Iron Mountain region
and will probably depart for the East to-mor
row. There is one feature in saturday's
speeches, noteworthy. Gov. Gamble pro.
| claimed to the visitors that Missouri was
about to get rid Of the peculiar Institution, In
a sacrifice to the Union cause, aud Mayor FL
ley reiteSated the sentiment. ALI the grave
and reverend slgnors from New York applau,
dcd the announcement. Such conservatives
as Walbridgc, Rugg1es, Cochrano and others,
who represent the solid men Of New York,
we're quite grave in their congratulations on
the auspicious prospect. Can any man doubt
that the whole country will thrill with JOY
when the decree goes forth that henceforth
Missouri is FREE STATE.
Your recent appeal to Illlnoisans to look at
Missouri, and witness the condition Of things
which traitors would impose upon Illinois, Is
wcll.timed. The recent allusion to the lor-
Eors enacted near Lebanon, does not convey
half the story. Tho value of human life, in
that vicinity, is at very low standard. al.
falrs haye reached such crisis, that war Of
e1terminatiou has been declared By Union
men and troops, agninst bush1hackers, aud
neither official bulletins, mortality reports,
or c0roner'6 tnquests, are able to count the
dead. The bushwhacke after breaking up the
stage line from Ro1la to Springfield, aud steal
ingall the available horses along the highway,
found that the stage company had procured d
cavalry escort for future protection, thus nip-
ping their thicving In the bud. They then
took to stealing horses from tho few farncrs
In that country, but the farmers, Irrespective
Of sentiment, formed league fors rscl:defcnce,
and one night assumed the offensive, which
resulted in the death Of eight Of the horse.
thieves alias bu.hwhackers. The survivors
ofthis trasedy awore revenge, and have been
Tctaliating in the most 1endish manner, Hou-
scs are yisited In the dead of night, and mem
bers Of the defensive league shot in their
beds. Probably some Of the Conservative or
gans will raise a howl over this, aud perhaps
b.
The destination OF the Army Of the Frontier
Is no. secret to the rebels. In the nature Of
things, they cannot help knowing 1t, If they
simply open their eyes and look at what is 60
Ing on under their noses. It may be contra
band to publish the number Of regiments aud
batteries here, but it will probably return to
us in the Memphis. Grenada. Jackson 5ieridiau-
Atlanta Anpedl, Or the Richmond E[ami,.o,,
tome day, and the loyal people will know
how many troops have lately quit Missouri
Tor Ten. Grants army. Rebels, however, may
as well understand that there is large and
rather aD1ions for the adyance Of Price from
Arkansas: All the cavalry Of the Army Of the
Frontier has been let loose for service against
the guerilas, and good account will be civ
Ell when the book comes to be settled.
Wonders will never cease! Gov. Gamble
Las actually authorized Col. Pike, formerly
Of the SD Missouri Volunteers, to recruit o
regiment Of ncgroes In and around this city.
but In. stipulated that they shall leave here
as soon as arms and uniforms are issued to
them: Col Pike will accept all negroes who
haye iree papers from any authorized Provost
Marshal The COLONEL Is one Of the charac..
Chaplain Of the 1st Missouri Infantry, aud
was ut BoonYille where he took detachment
Of three soldiers and captured fifteen armed
rebels. At Wilson's Greek he helped to work
Tottcn's battery. and on this account was
made Captain Of battery. which vent
was then made Lieut.. Colonel of 33d Inflptry.
and By the promotion Of Col. Fisk WIS made
Colonel. Gen. Thomas has given him com
mission to raise negro brigade, MS soon Us
the recruiting Offices are under headway here,
Col: Pike will return to Helena, and perhaps
to Vicksburg,,, to. pick up contraband mate
rial there for two more regiments. It is
stated tl1at the applications for commissions
Us company officers in the negro regiments to
be raised here, far exceed the number re-
quiIed.
loyalty, Is nov y IN progress: The acsgsed is
reputation, and it Is one Of the Unexplained
problems Of the wnr, how man thoroughly
Union can be suspected OF rebellious sympa-
thies. He is defended by James o. Broad
head, former C1aybank candidate for the
United States Senate, and one Of the conser-
Curtis. Mr. Anderson Is charged with sey-
eral specific acts Of dlsIoyalty, but majority
Of them arc prior to June 1st, 1861, which
enables him to plead the limitation clause
prescribed in the 6sth article of war. Among
othe- things, it Is charged that he allowed q
secession flag to fly from his house, aud re-
loiced In the defeat Of the Union troops at
Bull Run. a singular statement was made
By witness on Saturday, He said the &C.
cuEed told him that the only use mado Of a
sa certain Union paper, was private one in .
Ing question In the punishment OF spies
caught in this State, has arisen. A military
commission lately in session here, convicted
and sentenced to death three nndoubted spies,
Surgeon ". 8. Wright, who was arrested here
nnder u an assumed name, Capt. Edward A.
side our lines for the Southern army In citi-
zens' dress, and Captain Geo. T. Langston,
also engaged in recruiting for the Southern
army in citizens dress. The Offences occur. !
red last fall. Gen. 8chofle1d has disapproYed
the sentences, on the ground that Missouri,
not being in rebellion by the Presidents Pro.
spJ for offences committed prior to tho Sd
day OF March, 1868, ut which time general |
Law took effect, providing for the punish. |
ment Of any person caught inside our lines
anywhere. As the PARTIES are clearly guilty, |
they have been rcnaanded for trial for ! viola. |
tion Of the laws Of war. A red tame way of |
arriving at the same result.
onc OF fremont's forts served O good pur-
pose on friday mofnfng-thc only instance /
Where they have proved useful since their |
erection. At an early hour In the morning, O
party Of men were chasing 4 fugitive negroin /
the vicinity of franklin md Garrison ave-
nues. They fred several shots at him, but
the negro escaped into onu Of tho forts, and
WAS protected by q company of the I'd his.
souri, artillery. He subsequently escaped his
Wonld'be captoEs, and is now secure on tree
soil
Guenila 1ght1ng tu Howard county has
oeSn recently reported. Howard was origi-
nally the second, and probably now the iifs.
county In the State In slave population. No
wonder, therefore, that the rebellion finds
mcIcenary sympatl'zers there. Jackman Is
Tue ch1e1 nnsn"hacserin in North Missouri, and
ne ands plenty OF time to organize his bands
oi oush"haGkers and Ionnce upon unprotect-:
pG towns at 5R5Eura Ha hos1 nj o3 tt,raofnp,.a
] raid Ia Morgan On Jefferson City, but Gen.
Lean is now at the State capital, and will soon
be after Jackman with the sharpest kind of d
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