New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-16

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i1 Ciersymau Con,icted--rsiitical ttsaas,
etc, ere. sa.
From our Special Correspondent.
81. LOUIS. Aug 10, 1854. 80
Nothing has recently surprised the rebels -
much as the vigo; Ous movements observed in fhis
S,xts to suppress busiwh" kels, On the part 81
Union men. When Thornton took Platte City, an1si
received the Pawpaws ne wiling recruits . his'
rebel gang, when The gusriI IS s"rPed steamboat
lnavie ,tnu on the Missouri river. snd seemed y.
have ileir own wa, capturing aud rubbing tsxas
llT;e Huntsville. Wellington. Camden Point, lsscs-
huopd Keytesy,le and other ace~ the aspect. n
Of affairs in the ia.rier was 'ndeed dark 400
gloomy. The rebes Irricie the early arrival
lof Southern Army unJer Price. and raids BY
shelby, yarmad1ks Aid QIAntfell, to points
within q few miles of ~. Luis. and there see ,e4
some foundation for their ho.'-s But the iiils 8
iofsthe gallant Ulion men II North MIA ari, q
parsicuIariy from the Radical counties as
charged all this, AMI the skns I" whole
bright The few CLOUDS which remain will
disappear and the rule oi d,cl Union nae
this magnificent Umpire tate OF the Wes 80
more firmly secured than ever. 49,,
! The rebel g,lrr Has have been driven 'front.' -
eonservativ- strongholis ia Pate, Clay, l.
Carroll and Charlton counties and are hsv, y
a few exceptions, south Of the Missour rive
! They must lead prrca' ious s"rt vi life IN IN
de-olated fields and nils Of jackson and Cass
counties. A majority Of them will donbtleso
roon b. safe inside the Confederate lines IN Ar.
kan,a-. The foolish rob Is " ho bave staid behind
Imsy escape Vengeance for a rIort time by dodg.
ing from bu-h TO BUSH but the loyal miitlanien
are Oh their track. and have turned their table,
u,on the rebels by st.ti ming guard At almost
every cror~ road. MID si"J,,"g every buitenus
who caunot give straight .cc"unt oi hiiuset-
One Of Tbornlon's i.ulcn MS, named Cbide, V
reported to have fifteen gutsillas ,otmug snd
nlu deriug The ihhsoi,ants H. lonion vi fih
county, Tut he vii so-n follow oue set OF 2
con- pn NOUS to he grave an,'hsr to Arkansat.
| ind.ed, the asiivRy Of ihs hyal volunteers OF
our State in p'rru.t ct bnshwhnckc's ma
thoroughly alarned The rebels lest the threats
-nei ,eus -ance on he rcsiient symPsthi1ers %
multiplied upon oil Who have nj ~ time gym
,n,eil.J wiin the ConI.de scy. All or nearly
AIN he recruits xho iuin.d the rebel maraNsers-
II, their ,illayin5 iucuislons tbrongh PlaIie and
Clay con ,ie, have d--,r,,d ti- r.iel cause, anc
ar, ender.d Themselves 10 our military cpLl,
,na,sirrs at L,ber,, Hiatt, 81 ny. s~t o. 'os~gh-
Tnev represent The -uh, inss of The gneriilas a.
intense. aud the {, u ainty ,bsing slot eap-
rured is w"nierfIl u'ccrivs t"'sesperate deedA
sone OF these rap NIT rebels estimate tho
nurab-r of gu-i,irs kli-d l., our tio"ps curing
The las, FIVE weeks 40 high Or hys hundred. -
no re ord kept 81 guc.lls siiot III the Uush, u
10 irnro- b,Sio verify The estimate.
a .,,.ui..r Transaction Is rep fted In ChHiton
Cou,v. IL is STATED. 'uii.oit9lsIy, that snS
Colon.l IoberIy. Q conservative Vi 'he Srnign~
est srci, a.d coinfImI.dcr %: The enrolled hniilS,
In, eat, red into contract with guerilla iesders
named Holt zcisw, 10 re'rain iroui uJurng Soe'n-
,rn ,ue,,. %, The ,ingle condition tb'G iloitzelsw
4 a. .,.l p tul<Su men. 2 II
seem. IN by reQu, It OF Gen. kosec sDs the son
vf sterling f-,c.-Gen. Edwin Price aha ~
p,sconed and has ben leadiog he life vi nome
.nsl joyal citizen, at at tor more than two
wears lately sought HOltzclaw camp. to ascsr-
aju if tLv .uerli. le .d,is nov III hiss0ari were
acting under Confederate authority The results
If his Iart OF the mise Oh Is sniy known Ut head
oaart.rs but Wire il tie Rrpei camp, Price Wa
seqlesis to maze The propostiYn icr truce %
M,berly, " hici. ~licb submitted 10 HIM, was -
once II, cel,ed Ola tie &. ouid that IT would bnng
pea.s 10 extracted hmrton! lhis man n'shs
h.v- . patent for the discovery.
The remnants u The guerllt gang, lately en-
gsysd IT. so many cold blooded murders under
|B Anderson. had fight seveo miles from
iIuttsyil,, IN The 9TH ins, 1he main portion -
a : gang. after Lurniig brdge ga The Hannibs.'
4 II. soseph Railroad. eio I'D tie rver sno
started for Arkansas. The bal nee. rome Thirty
in al, were engaged in the night of 'he o'n..
Tney were encountered 6y psrts OF Two COMPANIES
If the 9Th No cavalry. and thoroughly beaten.
Seven were killed. ard twenty horses taken
Nearly ali The outrsges al gueriilas now 'nen'
lone. were committed ~ ,qrads OF i:ebeii si1ts
numbering rot mere ihaa ten or Twelve. ..
Ii, conviction Of Rev. ). J. 7. Anderson, pas
tor OF tie Central Pr sbyterian church OF tAAs
city. iur disoysl practices. and his sentence "
military commission, to punishment TO tbs Housos
s.youd our army lines, has been publisned II
a,near that the orders Of The War Departmens
xer. not strictly complied with IN tae formation
Of .be Court aud the Reverend traitor, therefore,
eseares the sen.ene- through a technical 'nior-
mnliy. The proceedings are dbaPproVed on
this account solely. but the san viii cling to 'hs
secus,d 10 fpte Of bis fortunate escsps,
Some damaging revelations have lately bean
made concerning The course OF several Conserve
t,y. politicians in the interior toward gucrrilss.-
A Gov ernm nj detective lestiies that he was in
a guerrilla camp for week. and joined the gsne
10 re, an insight into their plans lie made ar
Engagements with our fo ees to surround the camp
and robbie the r. bells entire, but the euspition0
Of tho guerriilas were reused by communicates
from i,ipe Salisbury, II Coas rv.tive member OF
The last Legislature. stmtne that tpy Wa ~
heir camp. which was followed by denlsnd
that the detective should prove hi' devonon 70
the South lie escaped, aud now makes Cd" de.
yelornient
lie political horizon in Missouri 10 hasy.
Everybody seems to he waiting Tor the Chicago
Convention to decide FIemonts fsta IL he -
defeated there, hundreds of Germans will desers
h,m--,f he is nominated. hundreds will dread The
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