, 1863-10-14


ice Shelby raid is the current topic. That
adventurous leader had been notorious only
as guerilla leader Of ordinary skill and Gun
ming in the counties Of Livingston, Charlton,
Galloway, and vicinity. He was for whhe
brigade commander under Marmaduke in
P1ice's army, and now turns up at the head
of about fifteen hundred men on one Of the
bo1dest rebel raids that has ever been under
taken In Missouri. The fellow shrewdly cal
culated upon one Of three things to assure bis
escape:
1st- The military imbecility Of the Union
commanders cent In pursuit.
I'd. The sympathy Of the people among
whom he Will operate,
Sd. Tho ability Of his men to scatter and
run between pursuing columns, 80 that ma
jcr1ty Will escape,
When last heard from Shelby was ut Cali
fornia, small town In MonItean county,
TWENTY-FIVE miles west Of Jefferson City, on
the Pacific Railroad. He had captured the
guard at Lemolne Bridge, and burned that
s1rucsure-a loss Of Sl0. 600 outright, and
| heavy loss in business to the railroad COM
| papy. The towns Of California, Upton, and
/ Otte1rtlle, were In Shelby's hands, and the
railroad deFots, turn tables, water tanks, <Sc.,
| were all destroyed. At Upton, the stores
were all cleaned out, aud considerable haul
Of Pluraer took p1aee-the particulars Of
Tie previous feats Of this rebel army at
| Greenfield and Warsaw hare been printed.
Tie burnirg Of the Court House was piece
| cf wanton vandalism which has not the
| shadow Of IN excuse. The killing Of several
citizens Of Warsaw Is another piece Of char
actcrlstlc yillalny. All the murdered men
were non CON batants, ard are stated to have
been shot for trying 10 hide away prorisions,
| and money from the hands Of the rebels.
i When all The particulars are known, these
mur1ers Til undoubtedly appear as dendAsh
rs the uassacre at LAWRENCE.
-Qusntsell's attack on Gen. Dlunrs body.
guard-the flight Of majority Of the escort
the ral15ipg Of the fifteen Of the braVest-
the perso1al gallantry Of Gen Blunt and his
officers, and the murder Of Major q. F. Cur:
til, reads like rcmspce-but alss, 1t Is SAG
. reality for the kindred Of the deceased. From
The dmtlasity Of the supposed plan OF atfacs p
ard the uniform time and movement, It Il
believed that Shelby and Quantre1l are acting
t In concert 50 as to embarrass their pursnelS
8 Quantrell is The ablest and at the ZANE TINT
j. the mcst cruel leader Of the two. Prisoner
= who hare been SO fortunate as to escape troG g
Quant1el's gang In 1imes past, have furat1a
9 bly, reported anxious inquiries among al
# gnerillas concerning Blunt's whereabouts
No %an s1csptiDg I'm Lane, Wonld d. ma1 nsn
3. Blunt The movement on Fort Scott, -
!, | Shelby's raid ut the same moment Is certa!1l
~ =, calculated to lessen the danger to each bE 81
u yidiDg the available forces sent in pursuit..
l. they expect to saFe their carcasses ton
,e bullets.
re- t is probably we1l known to the re1els ez
= act1y what means and how many troops Ger
-. Schofe1d and his subordinate district con
10 mandsr employ Cd II trying e ca2t1re then then
re from Lexington, Col. Cathsrwood, ffo1
er Springfield, and other connanders, ftot
IT. Lebanon and Ro11a, are in the field, With eu
~ f1cient cavalry to catch the rogues the
~ ever get within guushot afs:ance.
- Complaints are heard. however: anon 20,
L. the attempt is In progress to bag the rebel
C. instead Of fattacking and killing them OF .
nj once. THIS s'bagging' process Is very fine
a. theory, but it Is next to an tmpossibi1ty,
Of carry It ont In such country. The & lsbs :,
nc to small squads for pfllage and plunder, at
IN the n1gleIeus guerilla bands who have. have \ i
ua himself The raid has not caused any a!aF !af
~ be5ond a temporary apprehension that aeo
lat ~ Capt, s sMcKissocE of tie Pacific Railroad b
cts narrow escape from the Phiustines on TT
S5HsS saigsa to Iemain ii nisht he was sa1p1ts
he to hear of the rebels being on the outskirts
~ The torn. He took q horse and started 1
20 California. At the 1anfne Bridge be y
'ne ., compelled to hide bis horse and himself 2
'tlc der the bridge When the rebels, fired t
OF bridge he mas within twenty teet Of the
/ is afraid to make the least movement. AT
Is u they retired he proceeded on his lonEn'
md The railroad company fortunately gnt au IN
= engines "a Tie principal part Of their e
the the 1oad- A Reconnaissance With an eng
and tender with Col Crittenden and s11
no soldiers on board Was made on Saturday, .
q a yo11ey fired into squad Of rebels who
tha pes1ed on the road. What viii be the Ell
OF Waahingto Is Unknown. The General is
[se directly responsible for the entry Of the reh
out into the State. she same thing occurred
full der Curtis when Marmaduke attacked spEi
,o1y Held and Cape Girardeau, but the policy WI
unt has allowed rebels from Pftce's army 70
49,, ~ up the interior has Informed the rebels Of
m a1as comparatiyely defenceless condition OF n
ang towns, and emboldened Shelby to deeds Wn
odc no rebel would have dared, but tor the in'
the nation supplied BY his returned rebel tHet
This policy has also strengthened Shelby,
Az. cause the acccst ions to his force from retu
~. ed rebels a1d new rthel recruits haye b
s numerous, and under q strong hand m
,elt vigorous policy, these rebels would never b
snr- rema1ued In the State. Then the suspene
the I Of military assessments on rebel sympatnf'
on | IN the county 11T CQ1ugEN1a4u0 " 4QssS5
and | Union men was = great error. Had these
Ala sesements been continued the well to do
49, mer rebel would have discouraged rebel
rageB- All this is the fruit Of Gov. CANT
ard Gen. sekoHeld's policy.
cape How surely the hand Of time records
eud- onward progress Of events. Six months 81
tesly Gov. Gamble reluctantly consented that
,h.r tain officers In this city should enlist recr
.11,z for the Massachusetts colored regiment
t.av this city, ou tho condition that the neg
adcs' should not be armed or drilled hers,
the ehould be taken out Of the State quit
The To-day the headquarters Of Gov. CAT
,aiun himself, and his A6jutant General are gual
tns nn; 81 negro soldiers The dusN heroes, !
4hs ths tiefr muekets and bsyonets furnish at
har mcment the only dependents the conservs
lie Governor Of Missouri can obtain for 60
Under the new regulations for the PR
'hlch t;on Of steamboats,, tho rebel incendl'
tTo have been prevented thus Tar from: farthe
LIE 1ne temp:s to. burn boats on Western VT
hsc Tic Belle Memphis, on her last trip
jury Memphis to Csiro, bad na11oW esespe.
most o1e Il The coal hunkers was found se!
ming loaded shells md fnees, either Of: which @
snsa, ulodlpg would have fired the boat. ihe
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