, 1863-02-19

Precautionary ToveEnentx-seccnslo
outraEss-E1traordi pursuit"a
Noted Eagabond CaptHred-Pcrfldy
Of Shareholders Illustrated-senato-
rial Struggle, dc.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chcogo Tribune]
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16, 1853.
No important movements have taken place
in this State during the last week. All nccdtul
preparations are in progress to prevent sue
ccEsful uprising Of gucrillas in the interior and
especially in North Missouri. The rebel SYM
patlizers fully understand this. They see
daily with their own eyes the precautionary
measures adopted by the Union commanders.
Lists Of known disloyalists have been prepar-
I'd and the parties warned that their lives aud
property will he held responsible for any gucr-
illa outragcs that may occur in their neighbor-
hood, unless they eau show most positively
that they discountcuanced thcacts Of guerillas
and used proper excrtion to inform the mill
tary authorities Of tue intended blow. These
guerilla raids cannot possibly occur so numer-
ouely, excepting through the conniyance Of Sc
cession sympatllizers, who furnish the gueril-
]as with food and with information. Iu spite Of
these precautionary movements the fear Of
gucsillas seems to be spreading. Last week
several country merchants, owning small
stores in North Missouri, were in town replen-
isbing their stocks, but refusing to buy more
than the smallest allowance which would cno-
able them to supply their customers for
short time. Their lnyariable answer was that
they dared not trust themselves with large
stockE for fvar guctillas would pop in npon
them and plundcr them indiscsiminately
Many complaints reach this city through the
mail aud discharged soldiers, from Gen. Da-
Wilson's division, nov in the vicinity ofWest-
plaincE. The troops in, this division are
among those raiscd Mt the commencement Of
the rebellion in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin,
and Missouri. Some Of them have been In
several battles, and oac regiment, the 1st Ne
braska, Inns Travelled nearly five thousand
miles since leaving home. The work origin
ally cut out for this division was IN advance
upon Little Rock sia Pocohontas md jack
sonport, In cooperation with an army moving
from Helena. THIS undertaking scclns 10
have been aband oned, but the troops nrc
idline away time in the swamps Of South
east Missouri wl,cn thrir fighting qualities
would be Invaluable elsewhere 4 large mum.
ber Of sick, discharged and conyalcsccnt
soldiers from this division arrived here OIL
Saturday. embracing men from the following
r,s,giment!,ss: t., Sth 1ndiana, 18th lndiana, x'd
25th Missouri, let Nebraska, 4th Missouri cay.
airy and 18th illinois cavalry.
An extraordinary chase took place in Boone
county in thc forepnrt Of last week. InfDTma-
tion having been received that former Brock
Manpin, holding cnptsin's commiss"n t S'fi IN
The rebel army, WINS IN that vicinity enlisttug
recruits for jeff. Davis, party Of tue enrolled
| militia, (0lst ReEimrnt,) started to find him.
| They ca.ne upon lin unexpectedly, and then
| ali exciting chasc cnsucd for twelve miles,
The pursued and Ills rnrsuers dashed through
woods, coEa'hclds, over fences, over tlitcllvs,
| acrots rnyincs, laudlolrs and crccks, up liil
md down hill Mt thr top of their speed, hwny
| they went mile attcr mile, pc1l neil In every
direction that sccmcd likely to lcad either ono
men wcTc ahleto keep VI the pursuit, but the
result was that Capt. Manpiu was captured
and his commission, found On his person. lie
WINS safely lodged In the Comfy jail At Co!um.
hia, but has hlllct been brought 10 this city.
Another notorious guerilla and bushwhack.
| cr has bren caught. Ills na1ne Is Logon II.
13allcw, tho fellow who led the geng who de-
strnyed the Carro}lton DtmoeTat Office last
summer. He Is tow In safe custody at Glas-
| gov, Mo-, but is to l'c sent Immediately to
| Jefferson City. Bal1cw. previous to the war.
wns ''no account individual, spending half
his time lounging about whisky slops, hut hc
dcluded about seventy nlen into u guerilla
| gang: They attacked twenty Union men on
ttc Big Hurricane Greek, in CorEoil coun-
| ty. early III the summer, aud commanded by
| Capt. Lore, wonntling several Of them yer,r
severely. The feature In Ballew's case
worthy Of attention, outside Of Missouri, is
that be was taken prisoner ut Milford, On the
bloekw:tcr, in Dec. 1861, and was released in
| St. Louis Oh, taking tho oath of allegiance and
giving bonl for Its fiitlfu1 performance.
Ills guerilla operations have occurred since
that event. Here is n clear case of the violi-
he no action looking to lis speedy execution
J as Il parole breaker. Possibly 1t might irrf-
tate our Southern brethren
\ case Of Southern honcsty{:) has been re-
Gently brought to til. surface, which Is m apt
! illustration Of the detasing influence Of
slavery. Some years ago man named Car
roll allowed two Of Ills slaves, 4 man and
wife, to work for thein own freedom and their
childzcn's, on paving him for their time at q
mnde up Tie requisite sa 90. Carroll C com. 3.
piled with his agreement so far as to execute
deeds Of nnanulnission, aud to all appear.
anees the slave family was free. They re:
1raiucd III the county, earning their living and
des sa psoesS g efS and he r.
solved 10 reclaim Lis former slaves. To do
this he made 4 trip to Louisiana, found an
old debt against himself, caused it to be pros
ecutcd 10 Judgment, and then, because the
debt was due prior 10 the date of the cmanci-
| patton, tho Sheriff procured an order Of
Court forfciting the decree Of nanumisslou,
and demanding the negro family back into
bondage. They wcrc sold, aud f1 a few
weeks decided over to Carroll Tie history
| Of this infamous case is now IN the hands Of
two prominent Republican lawyers Of this
city, who propose to SEQ justice done 10 the
rcreccnted victims, through the instrument
tality Of military Law.
Tic scuat oriai muldlc is farther from solu.
tiun tlmn crcr. The last ballot waS taken on
Tues1ny, when the Joint Convention aflcr a
litter Vrrsonal discussion postponed further
kaltoting till the 18th OF next November, and
this is equivalent to defeating the election Of
l-Scnator for the balauce Of the session. or
course such result is regretted by al1 Union
ucn. 1t was brought about by variety Of
i causes, but the principal reason is tue unrc-
lcnting hostility Of the Government office
holders, who were appointed by the Blair in.
fluence, TO Is. Gsatz Brown, because the latter
dared to controyert some Of the assumptions
of Gen. Blair, by insisting that slavery Is the
| cause Of the war. These tcsty officials opposed
Brown In order TO prevent tho anti. blair uarty
in St. Louis claiming luis election as IL rep;.ai-
I alton of Blair. All the talk about Browns
taIIcal scntsIntnts were nero nonsense,
The controlling element WINS Browns hostility
II, DtaIrss rcccnt speeches nnl scntiments