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From our Special Correspondent.
81. LoU,R Asg. ~. 1884.
threatened invasion Of this State IS ngsin
talked Of 1t appears tina, rebel mails lately inter
ceptel in Arkansas, and reports publisher IN reoel
papers IN Texas, together with information obtained
from scouts and SPIES, ell concur In tho tts,omont
tia. Price has been organizing Oh srmy Tor al
advance 10 this direction for some Tine past when
he comes he promises TO maze quick wora, AID 10
establish himself IN the heart Of the State before
our forces can concentrate IN sufficient force % ro
tard bis progress Several days ago rohei prisoner
e1,ye Gen Fisk clue 80 certain Information winch
is regarded as truthful. This information led 10 tue
discovery Of positive evidence that Gen. Pnce,
some months age, disbandel several regiments, and
ordered them back 10 .hi, State 20 recruit, with tho
assurance that no would join them az the head OF
largo rebel army during The summer. Lately lac
sent word to the gucrr,lss MOTTO give up Dbl c'h-
tinue their depredGvons, and they should be sup
ported.
II seems that ,he main object Of tho late demon
sirs,on Of the Rebels o. Fort Smith was to cro8ie
diversion by which they hoped 10 be able 20 cap
h,rr long and valuable train from Fo1 Gibson T.
Fort Smith; but the diversion vas not successful
The tr.in. which was valued At nesrly one million
dollars. arrived safely. Al the advantage the
Rebels gained WAS the capture Of sixty men enda
Major Of TIE Sixth Kansas Cavalry The garrison
ct Fort Smith were prepared for q bravo defensc'
but their hcrosm VAS not tested. The Robcis sro
vcry humorous be; seeu sn Buren, and Fsyottoyiiic
; and lately captured Colonel Bowen, commander 81
the Post, in his own headquarters, in the town o.
Van Buren,. lie subsequently escaped IL vas
deemed unsafe few days ago 10 allow party o'
psymsster, oosoOrtcd by one hundred cavalry u
tourney from Var Buren, - Fayetteville. on soooun'
Of the danger from guerrillas.
The rebels sre ob'ying Prices orders % tho letter
IN North Missouri. They ttill euds por,uit ard
continue their depreciation, on the ioya' people OF
that section. Bill Anderson seem. to DO tie head
devil In moro than ons scase in North hisout
now. He has lei hi, gang on plagiag tour late
ly through Carroll County. ard came noM falling
into trap set for HIM By Union troops; but some
how the rebels have plenty Of friends who VAN
them sgsinst our smbuscades, while che Union men
Ar often victims Of the rnse without friendly warn
ing. Anderson has oaused about forty houseA to be
burned, and the livee Of thirty Union men TO be
il atrst-csss representative Of Qusnt-el and seems
capable Of any cruelty 70 cary out his heilIh Dc
signs
There were numerous suerillss in other parts 81
the State. gang Of eight plundered the small
town Of Leesburgh in Crawford county, on Saturday
while oil tho abe-bodied militia men we're sb.en,
doing militia duty. The notorions 81 Gorden, who
Sas the terror Of the Kansas border two years ago,
has suddenly resppesred. lie rode into Platte City
few days since with four armed followers, took q
drink q, the hotel aud moved ost Of town fsster
than walk. Probably 10 his returned 70 the State
30 organize gang Of bushwhaciers.
The expectation 10 quito firm that the drah viii
| be enforced this time without postponement- Ger
tainly it ought to be. When the North begins to
feel the risor Of the war, the the South hos
felt It. then We shall begin 70 be truly in earnest
and cease assisting Rebels and rcleasiDg them An
oath OF allegiance. The coll on st. Louis 10 quite
hsayy-smounting to 1900 for the whole county
The rames enrolled arc lees than 81 900, 90 tha,
tho drsf, will take one In three. The Rebea symIs-
thisers In tho interior are rsbid on the subject Of
the drat, and many Of their representative men de-
clare that sooner than eight 70, old Ale Lincoln.
majority Of the Rebels In Nassau Who may be dTat-
oil viii 30 South. The substitute market 10 lively
and the price Of substitutes 10 daily on tho increase.
A large crowd Of Missouri Rebels Will DO 10 Of
tendance upon the Chicago Convention. The
DELEGATION from this State 10 With Mcclellan. TIE
delegates representing the First and Second Con-
ere.sonal Districts arc decided secessonists, and
arc expected TO Join in any bolt that may be at
tempted In case Mcclellan is nominated. To DO q
Democrat In this State. Of course, means that the
same individual would prefer the Southern Confcd-
crscy 70 the Union, II IL were possible.
One OF the most prominent Clsybank Republicans
in this city is James o. Brosdhesd, . special pet
Of the Csinbe-Schofcld dynssty and under Scho-
field, Provost Marshal Geaersl. He was noted for
his proslaveT views while holding the latter office,
and was one Of the principal supporters Of Gen.
Blair In his wnr against the Radicals. II is now u
matter OF street talk that this man Brosdhead hss
declared himself opposed to the reelection OF Mr..
Lincoln, and has he will support the nominee Of
the Chicago Convention. This ought 70 be On
eye opener TO tho President; to convince lin Of the
folly Of longer trusting his interests in this State
10 tho friends OF Frank p. Blair.
serious CONTEXT is going on in the First
Congressional District wbichmay jeopaidizethe sue
cess Of the Union ticke, and elect Rampant Cop