, 1863-11-11

Tho lenders with the notorious secesslon}ata~
hAvifg 5tseuated tho hosest portion or tas
IastJ Tie case atands nov as to(Apetl+ II
1enoved d by lie President, ths CtaJbank par
II would fill to pieces By It's own dead
rtJeht 1t has no vitality excepting what IL
infnst d into it BY tho money Of tho Federal
{ flee holderR
The movements Of rcbel8 IN this State have
hardly spMcaens Interest to merit paragraph.
Bheyb,'e iailu1e seems to Lave disguated the
ensn squads rho were Pro slipg abons the
ccubtr7 = mopih ngo, snd between this dls-
eptt and sha cold aea"her the Interior hAs
been fired f1cm the outlaws In great de-
gree. How long This Peffeso o. quiet will
well organized local milttia could nov maio~
tim law and oider sgainat small RuetillA
b.tdB wittout ek5tstaAcc CT other forces,
Unfortunately. the present enrolled militia ia
not well :6iscipltned. wbll-orgautztd budS Of
] tte oEs. TIC grtst difficulty Is IN tho matter
poEe not to appoint radicals to otllcr, and eY-
en- those whom he appointed on tho early
f. rm 1tion Of eur% He'd mtlttla have resigned.
Rtnco the Governor condned his choice to
copperhead conservatives, whose hearts are
not 10 Ea1m in the cause as they ought to be,
: Can 1t be supposed tnat the rebel guerillas
arc ienorau Of the comparative ineftIcieucT
of the enrolled mili.i.! If not. then local
raids for thieYing and murder will continual.
'1y occur untl TIC enrolled militia is worth
something.
=: The wIpter will probably witness the do.
p',tu,e Of mas y Of tho FLO He who have be.
l. peed to guerilla bands; &s recruits for the
'eoptbern army. The Miserable wfetches who
a1c frat .,uscjgled into bushwbaekieg, are
sf1sia Of b.i Ing captured or killed If t6ay re.
turn to their toues, aud are forced to eu
aouth to eavc their tkint. QuABtse1l, Coffee,
Shelby, ard otle1 big bush whackera.a are hoy.
fhat TN r{ra md q rvt.$
to II ccsyo these rectui's. Prizes OF Kirby
Smith will claim their services this wiatcf,
ard In the spr1ng they will think Of q raid in.
to Missouri or Kansas. About forty Of these
recruits have been gobb1cd up recently BY our
ecouts. In tho vicinity OF ealem. ;The rebel TO-
ca2tu1td in bsyBtack tn Boone countJ, Last
week. claims to have enlisted dftecn hundred
men for Prices army tince the first Of last
JsnusrY, bnt se3s nearly all Of them are still
IN Missouri Perhaps htA accounts for the
1Mge eopporhead gote In Boone and adjscsnt
: TIE military guards on ste&tuiboat property
moofed to the leyes 10 still Kept up, with ex:
celle1t 1csulle. The patrols lima the leyoe for
the distance of more than mile, aud every
boat Oh arriving In port, is placed in posses.
sion OF the military. anthotities. All this
csntlon, however. u wasted, unless the en-.
stated, on good authority, that the
wAtchman employed; On one boat was
formerly in PrfCe's army. He was discharged
when the fact became known. but how many
Of the deck hapds on the river are truly loyal,
Their opportunities for applying the incen-
diary torch are numerous. a proposition
las been submitted to the urdernrtters to
build q small iron-clad fire-proof tug, provi-
dtd with powe:ful pump md gsapp1ing
appifal ces for towing burDing steamboats,
out Of The danger to other boats lying near,
and pouring de1uge Of water at the saIe
time. Such a boat Would have paid her own
eest BY }he property saved since the 1at Of
No notice hss thus far been taken Of the
Judge Advocate Generals decision against
Gen. Schof1e1d's MeJor Generalship Of his
rnpkibg Maj. Gen Blunt. The decision ia of
Yaet importance to the internal regulation of
the army, and the President should give 1t q
gnletus, Perhaps he will: "plow around''
this difficulty, fahtead Of facing it aquafeIy,
and avoiding the main issue. Mi. Gen. Blunt
Is the only officer injured By schofeld's posi-
tlon, who will make fass about It. Prem.
ttss, it Is said. has 1eeigued, and Steele i. too
strong. In hia pro slavery opinions to raise
fnI .I objection to sehoteld, WHO is in the same
Official actfon BY the President fB needed to
tettle tie Question involved, If schodeld is
not legally q Major General, the President
does wrong to Place him over Blunt. II he
s:5egnMy Msjor General. then some OIL
donbto raieed by The adverse decision Of the
Judge Advocate General.
a case Ct Injustice is reported Hhich shows
petty spirit Sometime ago staff officer
willie serving In tie field, sent private dis
patch to headquarters here, announcing that
= fmau skirmlsh with TIE rebels was a glori:
ors conservative victory. The dispatch re-
dected on the radicals. The Union hera got
hold Of the dispatch and printed It. Tho pub
llcttion was, Of course, Injurious to tho par
ties whom tha dispatch praised. When the
staff officer returned to the city he was mus
tired ont Of the service. The dispatch was
IN It's 1ature, and the harm 1t created wes the
direct retu1t ef fimprudence at headuua1ters,
for which he was not responsible.
The tuccess ofthe Northwestern Fair at CHI
cego has turned the beads Of The Union ladies'
q r. tels s & slty Il Is proposed that the Union
ceed at once to the prelimina1ies .foF holding
ag1and Fair dusipg the holidays. Tho re.
ceipte at the Cosmopolitan Bazaar in this city
for four n1Phts last winter were upwards Of
$10o o(0. This is considered the greatest affair
Of the kind on record in the West, prior to
noble ladies' Who achieved this result.
Tomorrow the Legislature re assemble,
and on Tueeday the strife for the United
States Senatorahip will be resumed. The
hadlcaI8 are expected TO fe.a1hfm their u6To-
ton TO B. Gratz Brown, a. the representative
Of their principles They will throw of John
B. Hendereon, who has proved himself q
treache1ous ally. The Clay banks ind copper
heads may tuccetd in carrying ont the fusion
1ately effected at the polls, and In that event
will have sufficient numerical strength to
elect two Senators; but they will need every
man en- both sides to accomplish this result.
and the coalition is regarded as impracticable.
Tho clamor for free trade on the Mlssis.
eippI is comparatively quiet now. The bona
fde gnfon merchants Ct this cily are content
with any restrictions Tint Gen. Grant and the
Secretary Of the Treasury may impose. Tho
cotton freculators and original secession
merchants arc crazy to have the river thrown
open to eyerJ body, while many weak-minded
Union men n-"confervative chtps''
been seduced into the enme opinion by ap-
pea1s to mercenary considerations.
a decided cold .snap is again upon us, and
navigation with the Upper Mississippi Will
probably be soon suspended.