, 1864-05-02
FROM ST. LOUIS,
BushuncI&ers in North Missourl--yyhy
thu People Tolerate Thcm-.Polltfcal
MatIcrs--The Draft etc. etc.

Especial Correspondence Chicago Tribane.1
ST. LoC1s@ April n, 1861
a revival Of buslwhacking on small scale
is greatly feared In North Missouri. Colou.l
Jackman, q notorious bushwhackcr, recently
crossed the Missouri river between Glasgow
and Brunswick, with two hundred men.
This report caused considerable alarm In the
town Of Glasgow .~ Immediate measures
were taken to prevent an attack. The Gov
ernmcnt property, mostly beloging to the
state, in the place, was gathered together in
the middle Of the public squire, and the State
militia kept under arms for many hours, but
Jackman came not. He is too we'll nc
quainted With the disloyal element Of the
strong slave.holding counties OF Howard and
Boone to attack Glasgow with two huudred
men, when in weeks time he could have In
his gang SIX hundred Of the disloyol scoun-
drele OF those two counties who are In great
alarm just now In consequence OF the i'm
pending draft This atIair is the principal
guerilla movement l.tely agitatcd, but when
eueh q grang IS reported ID dislosa, Flcinliy,
the cue and commit all sorts -ol depredations
on their individual account
The CERTAINTY that large proportion of the
so-ca1led conservatives ln this State arc at
heart rcbcl mpath1zers is apparent from the
ability Of such notorious fellow. ns Jncknln
to exist in Howard county. These rebel
kyupathiecrs are conservatives from nccessi-
t. They are either too cowlrdly to join tue
rebels outright, or they have no opportunity.
Their federation Of fgucril)as is q double folly,
for they not only commit Themselves to the
charge Of ey1npathy with rebels, but expose
ton of our cavalry in pursuit Of guertil,s.
There are many more such counties in North
Missouri. They stand In singular contrast to
the example Of Greene county, In the south
west, though that county Is not onc-quarter
so populous rs Howard and Boone There
gUcfillas have 10 chance. The people turn
out and hunt them, and for ear Greene has
not suffered SO much from guerillas as How
ard. These conservative chaps are the men
who admire AcClellan-thc men In short
who would Eote for Mcclellan because they
cannot vote for JEFF Davis ]
The enrolled militia question is getting in
terrestipg In this vicinity. Tie $50 exemp-
tior fec has been paid so freely during The
last few weeks. that since April 1et the State
has received over $4,000 from this source.
Any man who can pay the money hsd better
do It than be subject to such peculiar MILL
tary officers as those in command of the en-
rolled militia There is a report that on tho
9Th of July there Is to be grand cncamp-
ment ordered OF al the St. Louis regiments,
numbering some $4,000 men. The fact that
kete, ond that their line officers In q majority
Of cases are incompetent to perform the SIM
pleEt eyolutions or the manual OF arms, Is
sufficient proof TINT the enrolled militia of
St Louis, az body is 3 grand humbuI.
Take ont the 7th regiment. which IL q volu un-
tccr organization, and the balance may be set
down as Of no account for field word In case
Of q real attack.
The consr1v .tlyes hare been trying to raise
fund Of $10Q,Q 600 to publish new anti
OF nd
throw ot German Influence in politics. Thus
far they have not succeeded, and present ap-
pearances indicate that the attempt will be q
complete tixzle. The owners Of the Unios
regard that Faper as pretty good antlGcr-
man paper, and will hardly back the at
t,mpt to establish rival paper as colntlt-
nent. The Germans are unit in favor oil
radical measures in this State They are
doeged and o. stiEate on that paint, and they
would 80 for Lincoln to man If they were
satisfied that the President Was ct heart
rsdical, but they point to his course in Mis-
souri, affairs, 10 his persistent aud unaccountr
able friendship for Frank Blair. These mat
tiers come nearest their hearts, and conse-
quent1y they do not believe hr. Lincoln oc-
cupies such stropg radical ground that they
can support him. Now the friends of, Mr.
Lincoln are believed to symrathize with the
Missouri radicals, and they can obtain the
support Of that party only By placing him on
Die ard action that there can be no question
about 1t hereafter. The moment they do
this, and the President assents to it by throw
lng off his pretended friends In this CITY, the
unity Of tht Union party will be established.
The question Of the draft Ia still pending.
It appears that the city Is behind In forIder
calls some eighteen, hundred men. The
southwest district, represented By Col. Boyd
In Congress, Is exempt, and have a surplus Of
1G0 to be counted in the next call. This sur
plus was obtained by bringing In Union men
from Arkansas and euliEting them in Mis-
souri-a sharp trick, but probably legitimate
under The circumstances. The pro slavery
| Congressional districts are largely in arrears
| as It ie, hut they would be more SO but fot
the human chsttels they have sent into the
| field in colored regiments.' The re-enlist
ment Of veterans has diminished the mum
State, but there are get enough to make
those liable to the draft quite uneasy.
The extraordinary speech Of Gen. Blair
coupled With the President act In cancelliug
the resignation Of the General are regarded
with combined emotions OF Indignation ant
pain. Gen. Blai1se vote on the Long ceusuEe
and ngain on the Finck resolution, vert
enough to settle his complete aflllation witt
the Copperhead6, BE has r me over com
p1etely into the camp of the enemy, and 1t il
q strange circumstance that the decision o
his case By the Committee On Elections
sons in political triekery the Bill
family are notorious teachers. , Blu
how. resignation once accepted and record
ed as the condition precedent to the holdin
Of another office can be cince1led, is a myE
tory which the Attorney Generals legal lor
alone can fathom.
There is good story OF Il lot of Conservs
tires here, who raised q sum Of money to b
sent 10 the New York Sanitary Fair, to pa
for dollar votes for Gen. Mcclellan. The
clubbed With some eastern Copperleads an
made purse OF SEQ, or il7c hundred vote
that Grant had beaten their fayorite two t
one, may be imagined. 1t served them .righ
to see their money thus fooled away.
A misnpl rehepelon must have eIiste
uron the part of writer In the Irib4sn
last Tuesday In stating that the Western San
itary Commission refused to help the Chicag
Sanitary Fair single cent, dc. The Sanitar
Commission here has no finds but thosogive
to it to be applied directly by Its o@n agent
to help sick md wounded soldiers. Tha
Commission had no right to give cent to th
| Chicago Fair, as the managers Of your Fa'
must have known. But aside from this tn
people Of Illinois have a deep Interest in th
Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair, tobc held !
this city, lor their records show that they hay
been the means OF relieving more Illinois So
diers than any other State. and that there ar
always more 1llinoisans and Iowans in II
| keeping than Miseourians. Illinois is aoIn
bravely for our Fair, and for the sick IN
wounded soldiers Of her own State.
A military prison for this department is t
be established on one of the ielapds in th
river between the Missouri and Illinois SHORE
FROM 1DAuo.
Execution of slade the Murdercr-Ays
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