New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-20
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Ysom Our Special Correspondent.
ST. LouIs July 20. 1854.
A mass of information concerning guerrllas'
SAcir ournges and movements has accumulated daring
shs last week. which cannot fail to be interesting.
Perhaps the most exciting and important item Is the
capture Of Platte City by $50 Rebels under Coi D. "
Thornton. formerly lawyer Of ST. Joseph. The town
vss garisoned by 10 Pavpaws, under one Jonnson'
Who surrendered 10 the Rebels without firing q shoI
How mark what followed and ask yourself sino feaor'
th> Question whether Radical Aissourans are 10 DC
blamed for refusing 10 trust men OF donoilui io!u!
vfh arms As soon as the form Of surrender was com
Hss NTH * Of the uitiameD Of 20 openly joined
{he Rebels and were the best 81 tclns WIN INC
ysry men to whom they had surrendrredi ne hensIS
koisted the Rebel flag. and fonnd e0nsidrraO.e
smon. the citizens They nvowed determination 70
...in In the town but this resolution was shortiived
A. they departed with their Pawpaw associates te next
kay after the capture, after steains All tne horser ~ rs
sna ammunition In the place The overt treason OF the
PawpaSs has reused the most intense indignation IN
a Joseph and the surrounding country. tho people
have sworn revenge =, .
,fver Cen Cuts sent l. 900 Kansas troops nom leay
Snworth City under command " the solnewnat Famous
Col C. r. JennisOn with orders 70 hn the pace 10 ,ue
last extremity ennison took possession the same dS
the Rebels took Platte City and was his Whertnhou
and preparation toward Platte CITY tai caused
che Rebels a. skedoddle from the latter place. ne
pshes boweycr ave in large force IN that vicinity md
ssns,sp,lv doing mischief They took Parkesville in the
same county on the 9TH inst, where they found Aon
cartridges and 70 stands Of arns-all OF when they
threw into the river because they could not carry Ihe
spois away The Rebels killed several citizens nut
they manifested great respect for several persons VINO
ke}onced to the P6wpaw militia Whieh Is Hceoubteu
Sor by the fact that they had in their own ranks many
FORMER Pawpaws who Knew their friends Ihcse mel
dents and the extraordinary moNemPnlso i INC raw
paws ~ Platte CITY, should be enough 10 open ne eyes
n the counfrv 10 an appreciation Of the difficulties
encountered b. the Radical Union men OF the state 10
saving themselves and their property from the I'ebeS
Gen Fisk had q narrow escape from capture on the
road from Fayette 10 Glasgow, in Howard Comfy
Few davs ago. He had been attending meeting to
orranize me militia at FOyette and en- route 10 elias
now received information Of an ambnscade OF Rebels
Designed 70 caTtuTe his escWt The lister. composed
Of one company Of the 9th Missouri Cavalry, und'r
Csp Glaze, pushed forward anu ~ lew ~el'" I
yoreys scattered the Rebels with hesvy losses Jpst
Before the f.ht the Rebels had captured Col CLARK IT,
Green editor Of The Hpord ddrertiser, aud tired 10
sheot him but he broke away from them and received
only a hesh wound In the arm-a miraculous escape.
considering Is 90 shots were fired al him. Inc
whole affair shows how active and everywheropresent
Gre Rebels seem to be-
Last evening Gen. R0secrs,s received dispatch
SCALING that Huntsville, the county sest OF Randolph
County. had been cgpiured md robbed by Rebels
They carried off nearly 100000 IN money. belonging
mostly 10 Secession tobacco planters who had inst sold
their crops They only IS IN number. IL should
be noticed that meeting was held at HUNTSVILLE largely
ttended by Conservatives recently, al which II was
stated that there necessity for militia company
- there euerillas in the county Only few
days before, this side tho Big huddy, the stage
was sOoped between Upton and Boouvile, ard the
United Siates Express bag robbed OF s2OOO and the
stage of it's horses This gang Joined lesrn
By telegram dated yesterday near Boonvlle by other
Kveriilas from North Missouri ard the combined forces
resumed plundering uron the very edge ~ BoonviIe
Tie citizens tnrned out and the Rebels were pursued
some Of the stolen horses lecaptured and the pco
PIE have declared Of determination against the
rsseas. The difference between Huntsville and Boon
ye Is Just this the former is almost unanimously Con-
seTvatiIe a. Rebel. ard the latter gave round Rad
nal ms inrlf at
The Rebels have nj last s.oucyioa Ia yivning TIC Ms
sour River 10 unaimed boats above oencrson vi! ana
steamer can ply between these places and 1t may soon
be necessary the restriction down TO Herman
The last boat to the gauntlet was the Sunshine
which the Rebels tried to capture near Wavery but
vnsucccssfully They line the shores along Saline.
Carroll and Lafayette Couoties and cross and re-
cross the river III sks and atbdats at pleasure. The
Government IL compelled TO send guard on each
steamer bound TO Fort Leavenworth with stores and
supplies for armies on the Plains. The Rebels keep
clear of tie boats thus guarded.
The steamboat ncendisres have been st work again.
On Tuesdoy evening they set fire 20 the Belle ST. Louis,
loaded With freight for Memphis aud having on hoard
several hundred boxes OF ammunition aud 800 cavalry
men aud their horses Luckily. the Ere quickly
discovered and extinguished The next attempt was
more successful At o'clock yesterday morning hre
broke out on the steamer L. 7. Dix. and cOnsumin Y
shat boat IL communicated TO five other boats--ike
Welcome. NOIthorner Cherokee, Sunshine and Glas'
gov The total loss is nearly 5000 COO The Welcome
Lad on board q tuns Government freight Including
20 tuns II Indian annuites for the Upper Missouri.
There Is doubt THAT this bTe tho work
cendary. The Provost Marshal had information many
weeks since Of conspiracy 70 burn the boats
nj the levee and warned the Steamboat pfopetOrs
cordiugy. The levee il nightly guarded b. soldiers
but Tor a hat tie iscenaiarsm Of the Rebels was sue
cessfu Gen. Rosecrans has issued order requiring
al unemployed boats to anchor in the stream without
special permit and requiring the Quarrmaster % pro.
vide steamtug with powerful iorcepnmp on board.
with hose &c.. to assist IN quenehing fires. The event
las excited immense sensation the eyee and tie
rates of insurance have advanced.
An nat orf matt 0lsgTpepfnl
affair occurred about six miles from the city. few
snoruiups snce IL appears that hafcrayy Individual
named Felps told cock -and.bu story the Provost
Marshal about bis being captured in the suburbs by $50
Euerrilas who concentrating there for the par
pose of making dash upon the civ 10 release the 500
Rebel prisoners confined in the Military prison The
story aI credited 10 warrant precautionary
measures and two companies Of cavalry were ordered
81 take Feps as guide, and proceed 10 the country
and ferret out the supposed Rebels Felps plotted the
cavalry Ia dairy well known as the WOOdlawn. SIX
miles oai. aud forthwith they surrounded the main
house and arrested the inmaesi one poor fellow really
believing the were bushwhackers tried to escape
ard was shot. The cavalry searched the house oOnfs
GATED $50 in money. upset cans Of milk. cream pans
add played havoc generally with the dairy property
The prisoners brought 20 town and, after an ex
animation discharged The Informant Fclps was sent
60 prison himself The report got out that nearly so
Euerriias had been near the city, and caused quite
Sensation.
The Rebels have also rsoppeared along the Iron
Mountain Railroad. They under Sam. Hildebrand
hhey robbed Hopewell Station few days ago of all the
horses In the vicinity Proceeding thence Farming
Son. they arrested young man belonging TO tho
enrolled militia and hung him BY cord of withes 1t is
stated also that they hacked his flesh with knives bot
this Ia too uionstrOus for belief
In TIE midst Of these trying scenes In Missouri Cen
Roeecrsns doing all he TO enforce quiet With the
limited means ut his command; but il be told thai
between the General and tho War Department or Gen
HAeck there 10 such want m harmony that the latter
frequently the orders n Gen Rosecrans upon
local matters upon the most trivial preexts and
Mons that II is not surprising our department
n&oder besates 10 go forward as he Otherwise wond
and carry out his own inclinstoas.
There Ia Achievement in northwestern section Of
Che State for m armed convention 10 meet the