, 1863-06-18


~ 9r. Lop1s, juno Is, 1853: -
To-day the State Convention meets at JET
fersou City, In accordance with Governor
CANDLES proclamation, to consider the ques-
ton Of emancipation, The Radical men of
Missouri expect very little, and fear great
dea1 from this session Of the Convention.
The professions In favor Of emancipation are
precisely similar to the talk Of the Copper
heads about love for the Union and Tcnera-
ton for the Constitution 4 very large ma
iority Of the delegates are Conservatives, and
when they say they favor emancipation, they
mean that they are in faror Of pro1onging the
existence Of slavery as IN institution in this
State, to the 1atest possible period" The true
Emancipationists fear d long term for the
gradual abolition Of slavery more than the
defeat Of Immediate Emancipation. Every
intelligent person who had noticed the courae
of events in this State, Is well aware that the
necessity: for Immediate Emancipation Is
growing more pressing every day, and if the
measure cannot be carried now, another year
will do it. Hence it IL felt that it would be-
preferable to wait another year, and having
decree to abolish slaYery in ninety days efter,
than to accept now hfteen or twenty years.
leaec Of the evils which follow In the train Of
the institution.
The great test Of the sentiment Of the Con-
yention will be upon the proposition to ex-
eIudc disloyA shareholders from the benefits
their rights in the meantime, on the same ba-
Els as loyal s1ayeholders. The Copperhead
element In, the State Convention is very
strorg, and is represented by smart tacticians.
There are many Of the Missouri Coppsrheads
who lack only the courage to join the South
ernarmy-a dread Of tie hardshIps Of sol.
dier' life, and fear Of Yankee bullets. deters
them fro1u going to Dixie,- Two of then
lnSe been arrested and parolcd for disloyalty,
and one has not been among his constituents
for two years. He has removed to ST. Louis
and opend law Office here-cons0rting with
| tiyes Of tho Vallandigham style. M4ny mem
hers Of the Convention hardly know tuou,-
| selves where they stand. The agitation Of
the negro question seems to hape 'psralyzed
| their intelicct, aud in several contingencies
| they would, doubtless, come ont rank rebels.
| :. Another chapter III guerrilla wareflrc Is be-
| ipEs written in Missouri at thls time. So
many gangs oycrrun the interior, and SO many
instances Of buslwacking boldness are hea:d
of that 1t IL difficult to say where the guerillA5
urc the ,hickest. In North Missouri however
| they display the greatest audactty. Kidnapping
seens to have. entered into tlleir system u
tacticslntely. Gen. Bar;hulow WIS kidnapped
i from his homo near Glasgow, information
Ii said to have been.received of a plot to carry
off some of the State officers at Jefferson City.
The plot is 30 seriously believed that the State
Capital is now picketed every night to pro-
vent surprise. Last night tho house Of a
ColoEcl Of enrolled milltin, In Monroe county,
named VIM. D. O'keson, was entered at night
aud the Colonel taken prisoner md paFoled
| The captuIc Of Lieut.. Col 8tauber, Provost
Marshal Of Caliaway county. tn the mail stage
running between Fulton and Mexico Station,
been heard fro1n and 1t IS feared ho had been
harahly dealt with. The kidnapping bust
nees oilers tempting Inducements TO enterpris
irgguerl1las; with rebel eympathfzers IN evsrJ
town and village Of Importance to give them
the latest information, the success Of =
nGdy planned kidnapping expedition
fsrs' sS'' may o'' be fsnnd I IN IFS sooastS cit,
hundreds Of rebels. who would conni1t
| at IN attempt to carry of Gen. schodeld him
self -:
Tho honors Of organized bashwhacklne
this season ate divided between Jackman l.
Cass, and Clay counties. Jackman moves
will great :celeri'y, nnd manages to avoid
every strong force sent out after him, He
hs concluded to show fight to parties Of if
teen or twenty militia when his OWN gang
numbered sixty or seventy men, and, d
course. had come of victorious. The last aE
tair Of this kind happened on Friday, north
OF Sturgeon, On the North Missouri Railroad.
Parker and Cy. Gordon have been, Carrying
VIII: into Kaneas lately, and after stealing al
they wanted haEe quickly retrcated to his.
souri,. The pirncy md robbery which charac:
la.
trated BY the Gacr that the, guer1llas now pre-
fer stealing money to goods or horses. Plum.
der is their object, and money Is preferred to
all other kinIs ofplunder.
| Our cavalry have lately been scouting: In
Southeast Missouri as far as the Arkansas line
struggling guclillas. All the abundant for.
age which was lately noticed on the Chalk
Bluff road has been carried OF, md about
two weeks ago the rebels made q. dem0nstra.
tion toward Patterson, as If intending to
tTy another raid near Pilot Knob They were
threatened, however, By a flank movement
from IN advance, even If they really meant it.
One effect Of these manonyers Of: the enemy,
ard our pursuit of them In Missouri, is to nc,
quaint our officers with every foot Of the
country, which Is Of great advantage in ope
An order has been issued for the rcsump
t!on Of regular drills by tho enrolled militl.
Of this county. Not less than $50, 200 ha:
been pnyed Into the State Treasury for ck
emptions from militia service for the preseu
year. This amount represents about 1,55;:
| payment Of thirty dollars each. As this doe;
pot exempt them from the national drnft, t.
case one is ordered, the exemption for u few
months Is pretty costly. tits not!the Mflttl,
Of this county, however, which ought to ii
disciplined and drilled as the Interior rcg,t
] $r fast 4A1a = f,.e
country companies, steps should be taken Il
purge every regiment ofits disloyal e1eme1.s
! The Governor should enter into an arrange
nent nith tho War Department to issue sup
plies to the enrolled militia whenever they
arc called into actiye service.
in plogress. Mr. james o. Broadhcad, thl
Reverend traitors lawyer, has abandoned
the case' to accept the position o
Provost Marshal General. How cur1ously
wheels work within wheels. Rev. Mr. Ander
son is On trial for alsloyalty; Coy. Gamble
head to Aeut. Colonelcy, and Gen. schoflelt
makes him. Provost Marshal General. Th
coincidence is that Gen. schotie1d wished Il
appoint Col. Dick to the position Of Proves
Marshal. 5; i, Gel M DIX, however, belleyed J. +
by refusing to give Col. Dick d commission
and helping along Broadhead, the Gorerno
saved Ills friend Anderson aud once NOR
proved his conservatism.
/ Another chapter in the Governors maneu
vres has come to Light In relation to the $500,
isis BIZ order Of Gen. Schoheld. ltappears th.
Governor borrowed s1D0, 900 On the anticipat
| ed collection Of the assessment, but when ths
pressure from Weak.kneed Union men ane
rtbel sympathfzers became so strong that tht
Governor aselsted to hare it suspended, hi
| = ~ nc& &tn. .fux&fr 4,n% &txa
ehonld make their claims on the assessment
!: and accept the obligations Of the eate In 1iet
thereof, As Mr. Thomas, President Of tht
J. Board Of Assessors, remarks, the bank ant
several Of the Directors and Presidents Of tht
: institutions 1oaniug the money were assessed
banks almost the proceeds Of the assessment
they added their individual assessments, or II
other words, transferred their own debts tt
the shoulders Of the whole people. -.
President lncoln's reply to the Commltte'
of Germans sent to Washington to 1ay Ger
tain memorial before him Is a disappointment
TO the Radical Enancipationlsts ID this State
but 1t ia not dieheartening. With the influ
:. I ences surrounding ,tse White House, and del
egatfons Of contractors and office e-holders Wis
itipg the Capital frequently, the President /
in fog concerning our affairs. The task 9
unmasking the consglratoEs Is net SO dlfflcul
potential, and the President cannot resist th
election returns when he hears Of Radical yic
! tories all over the ate -
The raising ofa negro regiment in 3lissou'
by Col. Pile Of the 32d Missouri, interfere
with recruiting for the Massachusetts, regl
ment whichs has. been In progress tor SOM
time past. About four hundred colored ind
viduals are drilling at Scho1e1d's barrack
having enlisted in the regiment authorized t
be raised here by Gov; Gamble. -
Tho little side-whee1 steamer, Elwooi
l u. k.-- FAD ~
tons, and has cylinders Of about Is 1-2 inche.
, arrived yesterday from Green Bay, Wisconsin
She came through the Fox River improvement
, &C., to McGregor's Landing, where she go