, 1864-07-21

N-~N-e e4SeAAe1At.l
sr. Louis, July 10, 163i.
The current news OF the day cannot fall tt
have convinced the Yerirst ssoo+ic that as
e,t.. T., t,.;1 So .,,t~.s ~ Pl. .Aae ~
,'@44o - tA' AAo'e1o VI eso"Aus pette'
nave peen 61eaallv growing worse TOR somt
weeks past. The stories Of the outrages ani
ca1,tures ly lie pucri11as Ia an1v n n,rt;c1a ~
~ 1istorS re e-o,,a,aan. tn.1 a,a.!p ~ ss,e y
W. n':' "s e1e.te"en'' a'asa, aoo up
pfeoensin' createo By the 6ushWhaekezs
causing Union men to flee FROM their home!
and sIeen in the hnah tbe sufrer;noa or,a nj
v.t;ons The ,d,arnnt;oo ~ al 49, so -. -
'A''oAo' - "et ap.i"o VI ~ tne ele
mems OF ven ordered eoeiety, the dcmorali
zstiun Of whole communities, aud the cessa
tion of ordinnry occuna,;ons 49,. .osn,t,
...s.;,,, .o., ., Occupations, arc resW!
"nisu 'eA ne's1 oe represented IN aL thei
terrible truth By the pen OF the historian
The question naturally occurs-who is II
blame. and whnt il the rcmedva rhe hl,m,
rests nnon Tho ;,nro1,+,o 80 fr,,,,lass ~.
~ ~. ~ .'opot..te ana tuI.less a Gun
se1sause ;s sesehlnes OF the past; The remedy
Is 70 wire ont the last remnants Of this con
ee1satNS Pohcy ana noid Inc nome traltori
respohsiele.
General Rosecrans' order is 4 failure, fol
the simplest Of reasons. that general anG
prou1scuou6 lru;nE OF the people III some
counties would be Il direct means Of helping
the bushwl2cke1s and exptlling Union men.
The secession countits Of Missouri are US dx,
In the Eve Points OF New lork-aud it is fa1
worse than useless, It is criminal, to pu!
arms into the hands OF men Of known rebel
sympathies; whose faith is rope Of 6aud
md whose honor is not worth five minutes'
trusting.
Radical Union men Of the interior are the
chief sufferers BY the dofngs Of the bush.
Whackers. One Capt. Taylor, who preteuds
to command the country OF Clay county,
says, IN notice to the Union Commander at
Liberty, that he means to stay In Clay TIL
tue kadicals are either Killed or forced to
lcase. me Fa"pa"s were unmo1ested BY
aa'e anornaon, IN tla'te @ county, While Inc Radi-
cals we're hunted like VIA beasts. Under
sIanolns thls s!ate OF inlngs, and showing
IRON past experience, tnat nome traitors can
not 6aie'y Dc trusted with arms, orgnnfza.
HOES lave been etected IN various Radical
counties. to prevent rebel sy1npathizcrs from
obtaining arms* at meeting held in Grun-
ds counts, In response to Gen Roseczans'
order, Juuge Debolt, Il leading citizen, rc.
MARKED tiat III Grundy county It was well
kno"n none but loyal men could be armed.
Il anF attempt was made to arm PaWpaWs
tceEe, the loyal people OF the county Won1d
1orcio'y !ake their arms from them. The
same eplt1t mas been manifested elsewhere in
kadlral counties, and y hat Is the result? Al
most every county in IT, State which gave 4
Eadieai minority Last fall, is now quiet, while
nearly every one which gave Conservative
najority s~arns with bushwhackers! II
this elnpas coincidence. 1s 1t not con.
h1naton, rs:ther. ot p bat has been said ali
Aions-tDaI Conservatism means sympathy
Will Ut Iepels
ne oo1hEs OF Col. 1noInton's gang IN the
Sol'h"eet ~ ~ nass YEN @ pretty Wel ventilated
~ -. 1Gaeetn ~ Ut aae iteasoa Of tne ra"pa"s
-, ~ ot JuaahS me g;us ~ ~. tolm o. secession
SSshmpa.ns ,a MANIFESTED nS tne militia. Col,
!..:.;.1 ~" % ene nea" - ~ "as 3ormet!y
- p.asa ~ tH"5It ~ ~. Sosepa: hls latnci
Was one o1 the Old fashioned States rights
nuliners, Nho nm down Col Benton, and
4e son Is worthy follower OF such doctrines.
He nag osen IN me Southern army for some
1me; o91 nnus en more eonsenil business In
Rhn Raunus;tns az! to"ns ma unasmeo l. ealizens l
Is IL teoels ala n9l !ong REMAIN ~ fiatte clty
at 6ni cnangea thsir i 9ase n upon lhe coming OF
Coi- @ oenn1soa WIN ~ men from Kansas and
1se 9 @ companies o1 eo1osauo cavalry under
tqI; rotu ..,
!, Inc noHaHes1eTn feoel counties Will pc
thofouehl! secured ny inc Union forces 1t
WI soon De "a tnat snn'sq9 al Is committing
outrages on Nissourtans. We hear q wall
already over the burning Of Platte City, NJ
though that place, after Its enthusiastic re-
cepuon Of Tnornton's gue1tl1as, deserved to
be blotted out The report Of Col. Ford is
rather emphatic on the sympathy OF the
Platte rebels. He has evidently seen the
working Of bushWhacking operations, and
knows their strength is in the sympathy ol
those who remain at home--:the farmers by
day and the gucri1las by night. Somebod5
will certainly be hurt, and il the rebels will
only make stand somewhere, and accept q
fight, there will be little decision to count
more than the list OF killed atte1ward. The
activity Of the Kansas people, and the pres.
ence OF several hundred loyal militia, with the
Colombo boys, will glye qu:et,s to rebel rule
in that vicinity for some time to come,
The treason of the Pawpaws may be in the
end cheap lesson to Gen. Rosecraus and
the officers Of this department. They will
heed the warning. Indeed, Gen. RosecrAns
has already Issued second address to the
unite and by active warfare against guerlllas
save themselves from utter ruin. The Paw
paws ure making terrible ado in St Joseph
about their wrongs, and 1t is ppblishcd thai
all who were forced ~ by Thornton to join
his gang ut Platte City have repented and re-
turned TO their homes. The Pa@paw militia
has given Koeecrans deal CT trruG1e, and
mfecnief
The rebels seem to be in fall blast every
where in the State, excepting in the most
Radical counties aloug the Iowa linz They
have appeared In the southeast and south.
west mnnS times lately, and have committed
many ontrfges. The Coroner Of this county
Vas called upon yesterday for certificate Of
Banms, who was hung in Ca1ral county, By
rebels, 1or ho other Assigned reason than this,
that he was Gtrman- IN Flhtte they put
out Tie EYES OF an aged Methodist preacher
named Norris, and then killed him. Their
crueltfcs are hunerous, and the robberies OF