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lFrcm Our Special Correspondent
ST. Lours, May 9Th, 1884,
Qrantrell must be ubiquitous. He ts re
ported on excellent authority to have crossed
the Ark"nsas river, way OIL in the Iudiar
Territory, and to be making his way north
ward at the head Of tso or three hundred
men, on u raid. Yes, q telegram from Mem,
lhis saJs, Quantrcll is cooperating viii
Marmadukc IN trying 10 cut Oft 6teele's com
mnnieatfons bet~ cen Little Rock, and Cam.
Den. Ark; Wherever, be maY be, Quantrel
Is undoubtedly ripe for mischief, There ia
reason to believe that there is truth in the
story Of his expected Temperance on The
scene Of LIS former exploits, necr the Kansas
line. The few people who remain inCuss and
| jackson counties arc thoroughly alarmed
about Quantrel, and were pouring into Kan
| say CITY and the river towns quito Hvely.
The military authorities are making prcpara-
tioDs likewise to receive QuantTcl, and there
is no doubt that Gen. E. B. Brown, who is
tile District Commander In charge of that
country, will make most desperate etfnrt to
catch Quautrell, whenever that b,ndlt shows
himseH. Extra precautions have been taken
topreyent the capture Of any Missouri river
boats by guerillas, and the military order
concerning the same will be rigldly enforced
These local apprehensioHs grow out ofthe &C.
cret information gtren By Secession families
and were the invaIiable forerunners Of raids
by the rebels.
If the bushwhnckers under Quantrell really
make their appearance in the western part Of
the 6tate, there Is no question that bnsh.
#hacktng will bscome quite general through
out North Missouri. The symptoms are al
ready quite plain. Bushwhackcrs have been
quite bold ID plundering sluall towns IN that
section for some time past One gang enter.
ed the town Of Lagrange last week. which
causes the editor OF the weekly paper print
ed there to wax wroth and belabor the citI-
gems Of that place for not armlng themselves
to prevent few rebels from oVera wing the
inhabitants. He says that Union men as
well as rebels can get powder aud guns from
Quincy. This bit at Quincy is institiable.
The Provost Marsha1s Of this State have
abundant evidence that large amount OF
ammunition and reyo1vcrs find their way
from Qulncy into the hands OF the rebels.
Documentary proof was obtained at the
time By Provost Marshal to the effect TINT
Price had received several thousand kegs OF
powder and lead and many hundred cases Of
weapons from that point, his confcderltcs
shipping THEM to rebels in Missouri. whence
they were sent OF By easy stages to Arkansas.
:. II ID announced in q semi-otilcial form that
the enlistment uf negroes In the Interior has
nearly filled the quota Of Missouri under ali
calls, and that the additional returns to the |
utlice OF the Provost Marshal General viii
Eipe out entirely the bulance due by this
state s,,t Ihis Is pretty good joke on tic men
out OF the draft, and yet were SO much op-
posed 10 negro soldiers short time since
NOW they think negroes the best kind Of sol |
dfers, especially since they saved the State
from tie draft. Herein ia lesson for Ken
tMckE, Where the same state Of things exists.
White men viii bs drafted from that St,tc |
unless the recruiting Of negroes supplies her.
At first the shareholders tltre kicked ayafnst |
the order to enlist negroes inst as Governor
B5anlette and others are doing in Kentucky. !
but COW they chuckle a2d declare it IN ex.
cellent thirg.
The enrolled militia duties of our citizens
caused some unlucky episodes last Saturday. |
The militia guards turned out In full force. |
arfeetlng Ferybody who did not have PASS
or o crrfihcnte OF exemption. al: strangers
we're furnished with cards excmptfng them
requested to produce pass or go TO head
quarters and enroll. Many strangers were
included among the number. The patrols
Nerc withdrawn after one days experience,
and {tsis announced that they viii not be
called outn,gatn until the 1st Of June. This
ed Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. The
authorities art now ayowing that the only
object Of carrying ont the enrolled militia
SYSTEM with SO much vigor is to compel
every body to enrol, though 1t is not CON
ternplatcd to call them into active service.
workmen who have struck on certain bosses,
who refuse to be governed BY the regulations
Of Protective Associations. is stirring up
considerable bile, The Germans have come
out strong ngal1st It, and the Neue Ztif talks
wildly about appealing to the President to
rescind 1t, on the ground Of impolicy. The
Germane evidently regard the order as ap-
pltcable to MI kinda Of business, whereas tie
order distinctly says 1t applies only to shops
where Government work is retarded hY such |
evils us the order seeks to remedy. The
strikers ore now getting mp protest to pre-
sent to Gen. Rosecrans The difficulties here
10 not pertain to the prices paid or demand-
ID, but to the refusal Of The Strikers to allow
,osses to employ apprentices or outsiders as
lands excepting on their {the strikers')
eEms. The tailors, and q portion of the
ron mou]ders, have now been on :. strike Tor I
liz or ser-n weeks, and their idleness has t
,egun to grow 80 serious to many that other ,
lasses Of workmtn are raising fund to pro-
ide tor their daily support