New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-27
PROM MISSOURI.


Ro.crraus at Work-Rebel Designs on
acknowledgements Cen'rncts-Po'
Iiticei 1atters-sa pai,Iers Alive Vet, &C.
FROM Our specia Correspondent.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. l9. 1884,
The adjournment Of tho Legislature is the
principal event VI the week The Radicals have reason
10 be satisfied with tho work Of the session athongh
they never had fair and Trustworthy working MAJOR
ity The Convention bill was Radical noasurc. and
tao ony victory the Conservatives can bTag about IN
connection with is tho amendment extending the tns
Of HE election OF delegates. Tho Convention viii not
now be held until next year. whereas the Radicals
wished II 10 be held at once IN order to get ria oi ssy
ery before tbe next 4th Of Jely Many oil the worH'
out Pro Slavery arguments against tho hsJv extinction
Of Slavery disrupting the Industrial system OK tc
country have boon exposed by the experience OF tho
day The diminulon uf slave pTopert! BY the escape
of iugitiyes aud tho enlistment OF negroes into tho
military service have convinced the most pftuuicsd
stakeholder that there 10 no use kicking esains' .n'
wick, aud that sooner later Slavery viii die ont
This sennent was manifested among the Fro-Siaver!
Copperhends in the Legislature who love slavery bnt
not fools enough to stick 10 whe the
erts were getting poorer each day By holding on 90 to
institution.
Gen. Rosecrans paid flying visit to the Legislature
the asy before the final adjournment in order 70 nave
an opuortuny 10 consult with members from tho com
try and acquant himself by personal interview Win
the condition ard vents OF each county In Tee INFERIOR.
yir nn?ral bern
formation END Il It'll in pursuit oi knowledge essential
to a thorough understanding OF ms POSITION hipef MS
has surveyed the field he viii commence series OF re-
forms which promise 20 become 81 great importance 70
Tho Steta Tie General s expressly solieous that The
liiy of the soil shall be generally resumed IN the
interior in order 10 give employment 10 tne idio an
restless. and g! tbs same time save VIC pooLe loa
fernr Tho restoration OF perfect peace and order nee
from lie apprehension well e, the presence OF PUSH
wbccking is problem worthy tho genius OF Ten ioso'
Grams, md II 10 e.tains II Yhle eEorSw'ng i.sr!
AZ .ta tax Ia
credit ard renown. May he prosper In the effort
There hos been some suffering in the south, west
rccrnty causod by the rcappearance OF gueiilas on
Abe mail road between Rola and SprinBhwo: Iuse
week % Rebel. attacked and robbed the mail s'ngs
nosr Lebanon took oil the money belonging 10 the pas,
sencers stole all tho stagehorses but one and car ie
of thefnaa This incident is very slight In ITSELF DIT
IL illustrates the dangers % which we ale ever exposed
OF the railroads. Tie guerrillss who were quite thick
lately In South East Missouri have disappeared snoe
the hanging Of BoIn and the capture of his gang IL Is
repore6 flat some of Ouantres old without their
loader have roappeared in Lafayette County; but u lie
nysery why these wretces infect that locality There
are no horses left 10 steal and the Few people who
remain arc destitute Of anything worth stealing.
An the talk currtn. last wick was aoo't inc Eeoe'
scheme for insuguratiBg another season OF war on
tho suil Of Missouri by ar9ing conscrPls ana EQUIP
pny on army west OF Mississippi to retnss Little Rock
and advance this Stete. The progress oil the war
cew here III be the test Of peace IN Missouri III the
Robcls Shor'd Whip Meade and drive back Con Gran.
would find vent In uprising. but the Union men OF
The state are sufficiently strong to repress such an az.
temp, before It could gain any serious hesdwsy. Ihs
Rebel, here admit that IL b desperate resolve 20 M
tertakc 20 recapturo Little Rock but they profess TO
expect thai Price VIII yet redosm HIS promise !" rePos
sess Missouri
pork forage lard bread and Quarerrhsters and Con-
mssarics stores run this city just now. and entering
into large engagements FOR transportation TO hashyu!e
and the of the Tennessee Kiyer watch 10
omnora OF sp intention 10 make that section the base
O, very important operations. Government has sue
oumhed IN the matter Of threatening 10 sess Gil the hay
In the we;, at IS y, san ana ). nSS paying nv Pc,
talking now Of buying up tho new crop and charging
what they please; but there Is this drawback thar
whenever II. price sIeseds certain hsIro, 10! can
throws distant points into competition With ts vicinity
OF ST. Lou!s and Chicago and Cairo.
| Political movements are usimpcrtaDt The delegates
the Border State Freedom Convention viii leave here
on Saturday and Monday They met to-day to compare
notes bat nothing can be roaiy dons untn there CON
Ter for the ProsideDcy. The Germans A.. warm ID
a5s s & ~ 9 ssy os. 1l sgsa y
coin Club in this city has prSLed one Of The mos; sicily
Tive platforms sure way Of killing him. BE assured
The Missouri question viii Jet have bearing on IA
few CT the gamblers hare returned secretly to the
citr Notwithstanding the sentence OF eIpalrion pro
mugaied BY Cen fi,t The General ha, learned tt,ir
1
escaped him tie first time. He preparing 10 po9nco
down upon them o second time and this time there will
be weeping and wanng indeed as the General proposes
put toin ut hard work. saving wood s Benton Ear
| racks for the ooored troops.
few recruits for the negro regiments arc received
every day. and publication Ia. been made OF the total
number who have been reported by tho Provost Mar
shals aimee November. The aggregate 10 about Goa.
Probably Of these no. MOI. than half are physically d;
for service. bu ty wiz al be lost 10 their masters.
-Four thousand nbleOodcd negroes ought 70 have been
recruited In the Counties Of Howard Randolph Boone.
Cooper, Galloway, and Monroe without tho least Diff
Guilty Radical Provost Marshas had been employed
the number received here might have been doubled
without any trouble.
1t is gratifying to observe that recently al the Mis-
sour veteran regiments are rcAnlistiDg. The 18th
Infantry arrived here few days ago having retnled
and WIS heartily received The 9th aud osth Mo- Reg.
nents have also resnsted. and shortly expected
homo TO enjoy their fuTlough Favorable reports come
from otber rcgimentA likewise Tho Hissosriaas who
from the ProSlavey districts Of the interior and
very conservative when they enlisted about Slave
~ return inter- two and half service a.
the ferces Aboionst for the extinction Of Slavery
Another severe cold snap came upon M suddenly lsst
Tuesday. The day before. was pnratvey mild but
on Tuesday ths mercury ran down nearly to zero and
stood st that mark all day nor has the air modeI aed
since The river Is full OF floating Ice from the Illinois
and Missouri and boats. which were running last week
to KeOkak have been laid up again The weather has
moderated about twenty degrees pdsy but Il Is still
too cold for comfort No fears are Pot entertained for
the closing Of the river.
hue and CITY has been raised hero against the city
end county authorities because no money has been sp
propiaed for bouncs Ia raise recruits ~ OIL the quota
OF st. Louis In anticipation Of the dram. II too late
now TO DRY for spilled milk. The city and county gu.
authorities have no funds, ard the Legislature has
failed ~ grant authority 10 issue bonds 10 ruse fsnds
The quota Of ST. Louis lie about 800. The number Of
enrolled about H. ooO which calls for more than
ohs In four.
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