, 1863-07-29

tspcc!ai Correspondence ol tho Chicago Ttihnnsl
BT. Louis, Jnly II, ,sGt.
Tho baltic between The luy"l Radicals un,l
the Conservative pru slav.ty Coppcrhcad
rnrty stl1l rogcs. Tho Rndlt:als aro dis,
i'in,lng gtcat strength eyeEywhrrc in the
Interior In opposition 10 the action Of tho
Btate Con, entiou; hut tho vlru1uncu null
reno,n Of tllc struggle Is on sie. side Of 'ho
excepting tho N,dicn'r. \ clnec ai,scrycr
must tc convIncra II the hostility of n ma.
tosiiy Vi uur citizens 10 tho Convention ordI.
tlnutc, ntd Gf their wfrll for now Conyct,-
tlou, ito ctc., viii, special reference 10 tic
tl"srry quer'l9n. Eys', II nsw Conssniton
rcyu 10 ln*s shc identical ordinance fnlsir,l
uprn u, by tho Int Convention, Thu people
wuull 10 eatlefle6, wslcrenn now th,' oplnloa
lttyaiIk txicA: lyfly tlnt cnC,!nn uf tho Inst
body Of Delegates WINS dictated hy small
minority. n.ltl lle'lco rauses classification.
TAr fricnda If tic 0rllnacc na pnasoi-tho
del.lAtee who voted for II. ind otllcrA-csn.
snati,lY considered ly thu Convention was tho
be,tt tutAHk 1f hAviug Tho value Of siAyo nro.
pert, mid protecting shareholders and not as
in'ny supposed, the permanent welfare OF the
people ut Missouri.
The drnft queshon bcgiEs to excite atten.
tion IN tlis State, On account Of th. delays in
TIC enrolment. Very fow counties are com.
plettd, and daily representations are made
that no suitable persons can be found who
Ti}l accept the Office Of Deputy Provost Mar
The cr,ollment Of the State militia nav b.
used IN m emergency, bnt the duty Of the
Government to enforce the Consc1lpfion Law
is too plain to need comment The rebel sym
pasbize1s, md the conditional Union meu,
Uho qualify their loyalty by diselaiming any
sympathy for the abolition Of slavery, are en-
de1yorirg every hers. to avoid the enroll
mcnt. In ST. Louis county the enrolment Is
nearly perfected, and notice Is given inviting
citizens to band in the names Of persons who
have escaped enrolment, and to correct other
omissions. It is not probable any reslstance
not the fault Of demagogues, led By morn
lrE paper Of doubtful loyalty, whose ed,tori.
Ills team with fntiuations that there is cauSe
Of complaint In the tnan,ur Of the conscrip.
tion, and that unless this evil is remedled,
such complaint may lead to something serious.
Bushxhacking Is not very lively lust now
IN Tie interior at present. Many guerillas
have lately surrendered themselves at our mil
ttary ports Aeug the railroads, and stated
they ~ re tired Of bushwhacklne, md wish to
take the oath ct allegiance. Around LexIng.
Ion and Independence, few guerills have
In that vicinity has been SO completely strip.
ped Of horaes and yaluables, and depopulatsd
BY Union men, Tint there L. very slight In
aucenent lett to rebels to visit It. The guer-
illat, however, manage to find concealtnent In
ibis section. So acal ce are they, In fact, thst
our cavalry invariably lose the trail Of bush.
whackcrs within Afteen miles Of Lexington.
This statc OF Affairs has persuaded the co1ser-
yative editor Of the Lexington Union-tho
home organ Of Ex-Governor, and n. G. elect,
Austin 4. Ktng-that retaliation policy Is
needed, a declaration which is equal to m en-
do1femcnt Of Gen. Ben. Loans excellent or
de1s for fuppressjng gneriI1as, which orders
we're the basis of Gor. Kings demand for the
removal Of Gen. Loan from the command OF
this dltt,Ict-
Gen Davidson's cavalry tiiEislon arrived st
Chalk Bluff Mill, on the st. Francis River, on
the 20th, and on the 2lst the General Issued
an order ogalnst pillaging and unnecessary
crime, ss there Is hardly ythtng In Arkansas
to steal. The St, FSpncIs River Is too lQY for