Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-07-29
FROM MlsS0uRL~ a. 81 +
Continued Guerrilla Raids-Organiza tioR
of the Militia t>'F 3t

ST. LOUIS, July 26-The Democrats 81 Jo-
seph dispatches say Charles Whitaker, Ser
geant at. Arms of the House of Representatives,
al ditor OF the Savannah Plaindealer, has
been arrested by the military authorities and
placed under bonds and parol to appear before
q mill AIRY commissions
GeneI al Craig has assumed command, and
said to have returned to Kansas. s.
The expedition which lett here on Sunday
has returned. They report the killing Of ten
guerrillas. --r.-
Several expeditions ara being fitted out here
one to leave to- night. .
More than five thous and me n have responded
to General Fiske's appeal, the surplus being
sent hack home. s IN az
A. fire occurred here last night, destroying
Sl5,O00 worth OF property.
ST.LogIs, Ws sdnesday, July G.-rhe guer-
rillas have Burned the railroad property at
St. joseph railroad. rs sterday they destroyed
all the BLOCK houses apd wssss tanks. and the
miscuously, and plundered me stores Of friend
and foe alike. The band mum bered eighty.
Two hundred armed men went west + non,
tridge last night. the damage to the r. .i1rosd
property and the value Of the plunder secnred
are not ascertained; but the loss Is lar "a a. IN
merchants had large stocks on han" =
The road is now clear Of inte' ruption ex
eepting at the burned bridge, W .,ere trains are
transferred,
A large stock of arms and. ammunition is
being shipped into North N.fssouri in trunks.
one or two OF wbich, broker In trans at O uiney
to day, revealed Considerable amount of
buckshot and other a,nmunItion.
General Fiske to- day ordered an assessment
on the disloyalsts in Albany and Monroe
counties sufficient to cover all the damages to
the railroad and the loyal people, and it will be
collected The same rule viii be enforced on
all the lines in that district -e 49,.
General F1ske has received authoritv IN rat
crnit Iour regiments for twelve months.
A large force left St Joseph To- day, by order
OF toionsi payis, for below. Every bridge
on the Hannibal and ST. Joseph railroad lis
strongly guarded. General Eiske's militia is
doing thorough work. % Every brush patch
In Platte, Clay, Ray, and other rebeilioas
counties is being vigorously searched for bush.
Thornton Is said to have disbanded his men,
telling them it was impossible to cross the Mis-
souri, river, and as the Union forces are closing
around them from all sides, they would be de-.
stroyed if they kept together No large bands
of marauders being heard OF for everal days
gives color to this statement ... r-e4
General Hallett, general manager Of the
eastern division OF the Union Pacific railroad.
was shot and killed In the street In Wyandotte,
Kansas, to-day, by man named Talcott No
reason is assigned for the act Talcott es-
capped. ~. '1-
Late advices from Little Rock, Ar. sav
Prices army is at Camden, and Price hirnseH
Is at Shreveport. - =
Marmaduke is said to be crossing sousds of
his force on the Mississippi, near James Land
ing. +3 .@'"' ~ F7TI1-I -
Kirby Smith is attempting to prevent the re-
Inducements from Gen. Banks Departmant
at the mouth OF the White River, from reaeh-
ing Gen. Steele. !.