The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-30
Late from Missouri.

Late from Missouri.
The editor Of the jackson Crisis has seen q
gentleman direct from Missouri, whose relia
bility he vouches for and !, arms from him the
following interesting intelligence from that
oppressed State; Il
The true-hearted Southern people Of the
State are as hopeful and sanguine sf the final
success of our cause IS our brave soldiers here
in the army. The people do not feel that they |
are part and parcel Of the Lincoln empire, but
are waiting patiently for the day to ArriveI
when they can openly avow their allegiance
10 the Confederacy. The late elections in the |
State, in which the AbslitiOnists were succefs-
full, have only caused the people TO set high.
er estimate upon the value Of Southern indo-
psndcnce. The sentiments Of the true SOuth-
ern people have not been changed by the ty-
ranny Of military government, while the eyes
Of many of the former UniSn men have been
opened to see the enOrmity OfFederal usurpa.
tons, and their views have beeR accordingly
changed.
The late elections, he says, do, by no means
reflect the sentiment Of the people, but few,
comparatively, Of the Southern men partici-
pated in the eeetSn--whers they did vote,
they voted for mep known to be Southern in
sentiment ft.
DSniphan and Wolf, the Senator and Repre-.
sentative, during General Prices stay in North
veEt Missouri, took their negroes to Arkansas
and left them there, while they returned home
to enjoy quiet and peace. Whilst the canvass
was going on in Platte, Curtis went into Ark.
Ansas, seized their negroes and freed them.
\ In Clay, James H. Moss commands fedsr.
al regiment, and is stationed at Liberty Coll
DOniphan iS pursuing his old course, taking no
active part either one way or the other.
In Buchanan, Willard P. Hall is Brigadisr
General commanding the militia Of the district
He superseded B. F. Loan, who was elected to
!. Congress. Hall 10 also Lieut. Governor OF the
State under the Provisional Government Col.
: Vim. Z. PeAnick, in command Of regiment Of
militia, not long since left st. Joseph with his
troops, in search Of "bnshwhackers," and hav-
ing reached Clay county, arrested Charles Pull
lins, Whs left Buchanan in company with Capt
j. Gibson for tho Southern army. Pullins was
u taken to Liberty, mock trial was gone thrO
0 with, andhS was condemned to be hung. Hc
. offered TO prove that he was regularly enlist.
q cd Confederate soldier but was denied the
privilege and accordingly hung. e
Aftor' hanging Pullins, Psnnick proceeded
two or three miles further, and found two men
o sitting in widows door. He asked them il
I, they knew of the whereabouts Of any bush
y whackers, Upsn being answered in the mega.
D tive, he proceeded short distance when hs
q was attacked and his regiment repulSsd by
Q men concealed in the brush. PeDnick imme-
I. diately returned to tho widows house, hang
7 the tive men he had seen there and burned the
: widSw'S house. Crossing the river into Jack.
] son county, nominally in search Of Quantrel
, aOme Of his men arrested boy who was TAX
| ing clothes to QuantrSlS command. They
{ won't to the house Of the boys neither, a
: wiaSw, seized and hung both her, and her son.
This man, Pennick dsgraceS the position OF
! Nest WorShipful Grand Master, OF the Mason
: ic fraternity in Missouri. .a
We regret to learn that Col. Boyd, Of st.
Joseph, and Capt Hart, whe 30 gallantly up.
/, held the standard Of Missouri, during the cam
7 paign Of ls6l-62, died Of wounds received at
J Independence last August They were Con.
federate ofiserS. Henry M. Voorhees,, Ese., OF
} st. Joseph, was defeated as the pro-Slavery
candidate for the Legislature by the abolition
4 Sts and weak knesd seuthornsrs.
J In Clinton county, the notorious James II.
Birch is "cAvorting"a az usual. James III. Birch.
jr., is in, ,commaAd of Plattsburg |a
The prices OF articles will look strange to
sOmo in the South. Crops Of every dsacrip ten
: were abundant-better than for several years.
! Corn sells At 81 rs per barrel Of five bushels,
pork $3.50, bacon Go 10 Sc, coffee SOC, sugar
} 2Sc, wheat zoe, hemp 50 to $3.50, tSbaccO high
and stOck Of all kinda commanding high
price. Gold is very scarce, but "Ereepbacks"
are very abundant and at heavy discount
all tho caunty seats are gArrSonSd by mill
tia, the Federal troops having been eltirely,
withdrawn. This geAtlsman thinks it the
height offOlly fer MissOurians to think Of 70.
turning home until eur army is thrown into
the Statsrss tos +eH
lie says, also, that the families of all absent
Southern soldiers are well attended 70, and are
not permitted to suffer for any Of the comforts
Of lifel No Missouri soldier need fear that his
family is in want Of anything to render them
comfortable. r3 hr aaaat Bsf