, 1864-11-09


-PursnfI Of fsf1cc-Husg Will fue Ger
mans toae-fkno1caai spit in III, Ixou1
.CteanaDR GUS tho 1sebels-GuexiIln
AnsAtin1, etc.
[Froca our Spectcal Correspondent
ST. IoE-s, Nov. Z, 1851.
The return Of three Major Generals, Rose
crars, PleasaEton aud A. J. Smith, to thtt
city, aud the arrival Of about nine hundred
rtbel prisonera, exclusive Of those sent tt
Fort Leavenworth, Is 8 sufficient indication
that the rebel INVASION il played out. T1e
arrival Ct the advance with M,smsdake and
Cabeu Was attended by an incident which
created widespread diegsut throughout
this city, as 1t must when kno IN every Where
IN the North: ghe psins,tasing manifested
by certain officers to exals the rebel Generale
Malmpduke and Cabell over the common
heard Of rebels By taking them to Basncm'a
Hotel Instead OF Gratiot street Prison, has
excited the most profound indignation ever
witnessed In this section. At Barnum'e ther
Fere noni1ally under parole, but tor Ell
that, many friends saw and c0nversed with
them, and they we're permitted; to attire
themselves In bran new uniforms, paid ior
with greenbacks, stolen probably from the
heneet Union men Of this State. Such toady-
lin caused the natural contempt Of Union
men 10 thoW itself very plainly. and yariupe
officers Who were mixed up in the atrair
haetened to disayow their res pooslbtltty and
shit tie blame to otE Eer shoulders It Is BIZ b
time general ordtr from the War Depart
nent vas iseued to prevent re-occ1rTence
ofEuch scenes and to ensure the proper Ius-
Cshell.
The question shout the feasibility OF pur-
snicg Price has received additional Light from
an account Of Gen. B1unt's encounter with
nearly the whole Of Price's army at Ne wtonia
fnef R11r Asn $fznfR e..
ted by 10. eco rebels unde: Price, aud cane
rear being beaten. The oppartun= arrival Of
Gtn. Sanboru With two regiments of cavalry
saved him from heing t1anked. The dispatch
from Blunt aRys Price has 400 wagon loads Of
uiuDder. This statement does not tally with
Ph4hanton's 1tpvrt OF the burning Of PRICE, 8
Htgon train OF 200 wagons. In fact, there Is
bad blood between Pteaeanton's side Of this
question and Bluffs side. One accuses the
otte. Of trying to appropri1t. al the glory
and prisoners Of the battles in which the rebels
wire first routed, and the other stoutly de.
nIes it. Hence cou.ter charges Of abandon
trg tie Eursuit aud permitting Price to get
away. THIS is al Unfortunate, but there IL
every reason IN this instance to support Gen.
Rosecrans' order to suspend the pursuit and
return to Missouri The chance Of further
puri.hing Price Ssas 20 slim that a With
draNel was juetifiabie, and tie fact that Blnat
18th small force overlook Price at NeWto-
Lie. only elbows that Price could afford to
wait attack BY Blunt's command, while he
Hould have continued his retreat he'd Piea.
eanton aud Blunt combined been PURSUING
hlin.
The reign Of terrcr, as It Is called, b7 the
RtzatN,ea4, has commenced. This means
elmply and onlt that the loyal militia Of the
inttIicr Hho have been driven from their
pitotsd BY their o. cession neighbors, are now
engaged IN rEtaliattDg upon the latter and
telling the rebel sympatbisers In the interior
that INF must t1nu homes elsewhere. When
ever 5ou hear Of some distinguished copper.
head traitor beirg shot down because hs L. q
Mcclellan man you may understand At once
be was one OF tile men who helped the rebels
during the late invasion, and that the Union
men mean to punish them fur 1t. This
retaliation would ensue st any other
time aa well as now, and the Presidential
election has nothing to do With It, though it
is singular circumstance that only the Nc.
cls,lapi1.e complain because known
houses. This expulsion will con
tinue after the election and never end un-
til every rebel sympathizer Is sub1ugated In
to unconditional submission or expelled from
the State. This is the whole sum and cub.
stance Of tho Copperhead talk about reign Of
terror, and Pe1aecutlon Of comparative citi"
zens III Cba1iton county and the Southeast.
The election tomorrow 10 an absorbing
topic. The returns will be before you near
u simultaneously With this lettsr, and spec
utation must give Way to results. One thing
is certain, that the Copperhead Vots In the
strong conservative counties must b. largely
5eauced, and IN an equal proportion to the
couzties. a desperate effort has been
not to vote for President The Moss.P1eto.
riou8 clique have recommended their Ger
man friends to remain neutral in the contest
tor President. But they come down from
the high horse they mounted some time $50
on the State tleket Now they say the State
ticket must be elected, Lincoln men and all
Whereas, previously, the WtstlicAe Pvt
threatened 10 prosecute any Lincoln man on
thht Ticket. 4 profound Conviction prevails
here that the el. elton OF Col. Fletcher, our
c1ndlcate for Governor, Is Of more resi- Inn
portance to Missouri than the squabble about
ths Electoral vote. At present writing no
reasonable doubt ia entertained that Fletcher
will be trinmpbantly elected. Such victory
Is another nail In the slavery cotliu,
The contest In The First Congressional Dlz-
tIict is yeEy unfortunate un1 impertia the
District 1ne Radicals split upon tue
nominee, and it ID Well:kno Wn two radical
Candidates were IN the ie,d-Sauaue1 Knox
btronx hope to john Hogan, the 1ish.Seces-
zion Mcclellan candidate, who may b eiect-
ID. Probably the eo.dler vote Win decide
tSs yote TSc nssas Ss ye3y ssase
tee sent men to the Vhrlous camps some
weeks ago bearing johnson polI-books, but
the Knox men hnEe NkTise cent forward
their poll-books, and 1t depends which set Of
men are the most Influential among the
soldiers whittier Knox or johnson will receive
the majority. Here in tue city the Germans
Will be Johnson'e chief supporters, with
lew hundred Claybanks. Knox will receive
the bulk Of the American Radical vote. aud
the respectable portion Of the Clayhank vote.
1here are number Of troops from nearly
al the Western States around this city hos
The 47th Illinois Veterans, who acted as
heatquarrer guard for Rosecrans during the
lRte campaign. They Wtre crazy to see Cor.
Yates uhen they heard he was In the city on
Saturday, to Obtain fnr1oughs through his In
Quence to 60 home and vote for Old Abe.
They did not succeed, however, because it
would hare been bad policy to establish the
precedent With well soldiers. Had they been
conValescents the case Wou1d be different,
A majority OF the company belopg
to Tazeweil county. The balance Of The
regiment is ut Jefsrson City.
There are numerous guerrilla bands still at
large, but many Of them will soon be gob-
hled up, or else will be on grand ekedaadle
to The South on their own hook. The worst
Of these fellows fs q successor to Bill An
dersou, in command Of the same gang, named
jackson.
4 vigorous system Of scouting has been
put INTO operation in every quarter Of the
State, which must result in squelching the
rebels very efectually within brIet period.
There will be nume1 Gus attempts to ring
in votes by rebel refugees from the country,
tomorrow, as well in Illinois AZ in St. Louis.
E The italian papers give an account Of
Il terrible tragedy at Turin. Two lovers,
ti1iding an obstacle to their union, resolved