, 1864-08-06

fS1ec1al Disp,teh to the Chicago Tnbune.1
ST. LOUIS, Friday, Aug. s, 1861.
The confession of Green B. Smith, Grand
Secretary Of the o. A. 4, confirms the worst
that has been said Of the diEloyaltS OF that
Order It appenrs the name WIS chansed In
Illinois, some time ago, to 'tsons OF Lib
erty."
Gen. Fisk telegraphs that he has received
Information that Thrailkill with one hun
dred and sixty men has crossed the
Missouri River just ADORE Lexington, and
has gone south. It appears that the force Of
gueri|1as now north Of the river is divided
| up into small squads, and we hear Of fire..
quent incurstons, and occasionally the kill
! lug Of Onion man. Three were thus mnr-
dsrrd, a day or two since, in Ray county. A
I large force left here yesterday and the day
| before, in pursuit Of them, and they WILL
likely make short work.
A n}litia camp ia forming at Chillicotbe,
which already contains twenty-five hundred
men.
At recent court-martta1 held in this city,
David T. Mills, private in company B, 1st
Iowa cavalry, was arratgned on charge o.
| desert1on. It was In evidence TINT he enlist
| I'd and WAS sworn into cavalry at Burlington,
Iowa, on the 31st Of July, 1861, and deserted
Oh the I'd Of April, 1862, at the camp Of his
regiment, near Clinton, Henry county, Mo-
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was ssn
fenced to be hung at euch time aud place aa
the Genernl commanding should direct
General Rosecrans has approved the sentence
aud directed that it be carried into effect al
st. Louis on the 10Th Of. August.
ST. LOUIS, Friday, Aus. 5.-The Dsnaoerd
this morning contains the essential points ol
the confession Of G. B. Smith, Secretary o.
the American Knights. Charles 8. Hunt aud
Charles E. Dunn, tirand and Deputy Grand
nation, In which they acknowledge Their
former statements 10 be untrue, and udmit'
! ted the existence of the order, and their mem
berFbip Of it. This confession gives many
details Of the workings aud purposes OF the
order, but no new facts OF importance are re
yealGd. .
Colonel Baker, Chief Of the National De.
tectiye Police, who has been here on oflcfa
business for several days, has succeeded IT
! | ftrretiDe out the most extensive ndsuc:ess
! fnl gang Of counterfeiters ever known In tn
Fou1tce1of the gaug are In double irons.
Five large boxes of their material are nov
on the way to Washington
Other parties will be arrested.
Eleven presses aud large quantity Q
bank-note paper, lnk, twelve piates-.1nctud
ing s20 green back, so and $50 United State
| Treasury notes Of the new issue, aud ut,
p cent postal currency-were secured.
> The rebel troops west OF the mississippi
River expected to cross the stream torein
3 force Atlanta.
= 4 gentleman who left Mobile July 81 says
: Hood has been reinforced By two division
. | from Beauregard's corps from Richmond
and two brigades from Mobile.
4 Charleston and WILMINGTON are said to b
nearly dirested Of troops, and the garrison
: at Mobile consists only OF TWO brtgades
, rec ulata and Mobile militia. So great wer
. the fears that Mobile would be attacked be
= tween the Sth and 18th OF July, that at tn
f urgept solicitation Of the Governor an
!. MAYOR, troops which had been sent to reir
force Forrest had been recalled.