, 1864-07-24
FROM ST. LOUIS.
Details OF Guerilla Operationx-.Cop.
pcrheutls Joining the fkebcfA.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago THhuue,l
ST. Louis, July g.
Hi1dcnbrand's gucrillas urc. ut work nesr
Pilot Knob.
Col. Ia. lor reports that one known rebel
ia stealing horses and grecnbacks In st.
Francis county, which docs not speak well
for It's loyalty.
The robbery Of Miidlebrook on the Iron
Mountain Railroad, three miles from Pilot
Knob, ie reported, and store Elk miles from
Desoro, was robbed By rebels last night Of
$4,000.
Gen. .Rosccvana has received encouraging
reports Of tic response of Union men to
Fiek's call in the Northwest. General Loan
will soon be- in the field with l 800 troops,
and the radicals OF tue northwest are rally
Ing to exttr1ninate the rtbels quite hyely.
Thornton has 1000 rebels undsr his com
n1ard.
iii he followin- Is the Democrats special
from Lcavenworth to-day: Tie joint rebel
force, near Plattsbnrg, IL at lenst !, 500 men.
Gen. Fisk reports pursning them with the
mllitta. Col For1, With 800 Of the Colorado
2d and 800 of the 9th, Is folloning them.
Small bnn1s are securing Platte and Clay
counties unmolcsttd. Between the two
tolcee these counties will meet terrible pun
i.hmcnt. Gen. Curtis still holds Weston
with force Of tue 18TH Illinois, aud bat
terry under Muj. Ipyison from Southern
knDeus.
There is news Of active bnehwhacktng opc-
rasious in West Missouri. Gen. McKeen
thinks they design forny into Kansas, and
are attempting to divert attention from this
purpose Thornton's mar.udcrs have a regi
- s,ir Inn T,
Ku,keudall Lieut.. Colonel, and Trlilkiu,
from Alton Penitcntiary, Major; and Tyler,
| rastctt, Ford, Parkyille, Puwpa Dow ning,
aud SesuArket are among tue Captains. AT
least seven hundred stand Of arms have been
turned over by Halls nllitia to Thornton.
| 4 dispatch has Just been received stating
that alojor Cox Of the N. S. II. had fight
this morning with eighty rebels at Onion
Mills, Caldwell county. Two buslIwhackers
were killed and reyen wounded. Our luss
w*s one killed and three wnnndct. Tue
rebels ART concentrating at Skinuer's Mills.
No doubt exists that parties Of Corpcrtcads
frem 1owa and Illinois have been passing,
during the Inst three weeks, Into North Mis-
souri and jo1nlre Thornton. We patrol tbs
rver from ", andutts up to prevent the
eucri,lns from crossing into Northeru Kansas.
Several ot the ward Fremont clubs hav.
ndnpted resolutions to sustain the Radicil
S,ate ticket nominated at jeff: rson Cfte.
ST. LoU1s, July 2}.-Thcre ls nothing ol
| special Importance from Northwestern Nils
sour this morning. The rebels did not TAXI
plettsburE as previously reported, Capt. Rue
having slo n such determined irnnt atfe!
| aesumi.g command, subsequent to the dealt
OF Capt. Turney, that ther skedat!dleI te
lIa,nfsyillt, and afterwards moved into
Plutte county, sotne 500 strong. This looks
aa though they will m AXE an effort to cross
!: the Missouri Into Kansas, according to th'
. | 1ros,ralnnle-
Tie citizens OF Northwestern Missouri
are AocEing to Geneznl Fisk's stand4ri, an:
1t Il hoped tlat he Will ret his men into tt
field soon enough to prevent Thornton
= | escape.
) rnising Of regiment Of veteran r0luntee
tavnlfy, to be called the 18th Missouri, to b
t Organized from veterans and nOn-veteruna Q
the Missouri State miHtfa. The 9th Nilsson
: ii cavalry Will form the Nucleus Of thEs reg
| ment. .--... .-.
:. The raising o, about two thousand me
d | under the last call will deyotye upon the f1rs
ard second districts Of this State, in ~hlc
;, st, Louis is embraced. Active efforts nr" bt
Ing made to meet this call with Folunteef
ard thus avoid draft The substitute M
representative recruit business Is quit
8 lively.
b Gtnrral o.tezhaus arrived Yesterday, thre
h ! t9xys from Shcrnan's army. He SAYS no pa
:. If Johnston|s trmy has gone to Richmun'
a but one corps has been sent against Gene:
ir i, ]. Smith In Mississippi.
Is Mfssouri's quota under the recent call Il
F. troops Is 2;,67s.
, Captain ~ F. Dewey, Of the 'sa nlinoi
~ who las been Assistant Provost N1rshA
eF this department since March, 1875, has 7
E. | s;trned
The 9Th Missouri State cavalry, or qua
[e dutr 1ers, will be sent to the West to ng
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