, 1864-12-29

The certainty that the State Convention will
shortly abolish slavery forever imposes upon
the Legislature the duty Of reshaptng the
statutes In such q way as to recognize the
new order Of things. The change will bo
rather sudden, but the desperate character Of
| the disease renders necessary desperate
remedy. The present aspect of the rebellion
prec1udes in any event the hope Of the rebels
| that Missouri may ever be attached to the
Confederacy-bnt II there were any such
| hopes based on the military situation, the
| Ordinance Of Immediate Emancipation short
\ II to be passed By the State Convention would
| forever disslpate the prospect. The Legfsla-
! ture will be requested to wipe out all the
1 Black Laws OH the statute books. not SO
much that there is any danger Of their In
| forcement, az general rule, but because their
continuance may enable few pro-slayeFy
sheriffs and Judges in the half dozen or dozen
pro.slavcry counties to make trouble hereat-
Ter in individual cases.
Gov. Fletcher's Inauguration takes place
next Monday. It will be bright day for
Missouri when the present Conservative State
Administration ieaTes It's seat Of power. Gov.
Willard F. Hall, who succeeded Gov. Gamble,
upou the death of the latter, Is an old-fash-
Toned Wing with pro.slarery sympathies,
though the antiBlayeEy sentiment Of tue pub
lie has somewhat modified bis Own opinions
stated by Radical members Of the Legis!a-
turc, that be has prepared message to that
body. to be delivered tomorrow, which fs
quite Radical in Its tone. As 1t is reported
Gov. Hail voted for Lincoln, the charge
Of insincerity perhaps ght not to be made
| John E. Yore as County Judge In place OF f..
| r. Darrah, deceased. Mr.. Yore was beaten at
the late election, and is one of the most OBJ
| noxious, virnlent Copptrhcads In st. Louis.
| He represents the intense Roman Catholic IN
tesest in st. Louis, and has interested himself
| many times to procure donations from the
public treasury tor Catholic institutions. In
| appointment BY the Governor in his last
| hours, is not designed to secure an Increased
| respect for Gov. Hall. 4 decent regard Tor
the sentiment of a majority Of the people ot
! st. Lonie would have suggested to Gov. Hall
to allow Gov. Fletcher to make this appoint
ment.
! Military news tsis growing moro stupid and
upinteres,ing every day. The occasional ap.
| pearapce Of band Of g1lcriflas in the South
east and the Southwest is the signal for a
rush Of few companies Of cavalry In that Il ail:
1ection-the gueriilas usually disappear In a
idnfE inE se1eral wecks. Aanairs In North Missouri
arc compaIa aIatiyyse1'y quiet. Tie assessments
levied by Gen. Fisk on Monroe and Audratn
counties have been suspended, but the
| amounts ordered to be collected f!om the
rebel sympathizers in Boone, Callaway and
1 Howard are not to be remitted. Though COM
mittees have waited upon Gen. Dodge from
each of these three counties soliciting relief,
| the fact that these counties are chock full OF
| sympathizers with Je1. Davis, and that they
| are each continually turning out bushwhack-
ers, is perfectly notorious. In Howard the
resident rebels abstained from voting on cleo
ton day in the hope ofpurchasing peace from
mid and comfort to Price In. the most open
handed, fragrant marner during Ptices inva.
| sion is get remembered and Is being paid for.
| A good deal seems to have been eaid lately
in Southern journals about Kirby Smith and
his feature in the military manage
mcnt Of the Trans Mississippi Department.
Hc is noted for imbecility, &c. Kirby Smith
eracy since the Red River expedition, but the
trouble with him Is that he Is all tile while
engaged in certain speculations cot,
ton 10 Texas and sending cotton through out
lines into Arkansas and Louisiana. A Mis-
souri, artillery officer who was laroled and
since By special orders Of Kirby Smith, snys
that the rebel of1lcersin Texas state that kir
BY Smith has accumulated, on his own indtvfd
ualaccount, By cotton and cattle speculations
the Gum OF 500 900, in sterling exchange,
equal now to over 81, ,100, 900 in greenbacks-
rtncy. Perhaps this is the principal reason
| why Kirby Smith cannot attend to military
matters west Of the Mississippi. In proof ot
this, it Is said that at Pilot Knob, Sterling
Price told a we'll known rebel nov In this
city, whose property Wa. not destroyed on
BY Plice himself, that Kirby smith was
| scnun1rel who had sold ont the COutederpcy