The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-13

F0 HRAL DBsp0TIsN IN MlstOURr-A c0YreopCa.
dent of the Mobile Advertiser gives the annexed
slimpses ot things o. they really exist in Missouri
feature Of Yankee desposism In that down-troa-
den and oppressed State:
Although there IL much said or the desnotic
power welded BY the L ncoIn Government, here
are few, indeed, who are aware OF the w0ee thap
crowned despOtism exercised in certain portions
OF the country, and probably In NO place, North
or south, does It show itself TO ssch an extent a.
history Of Busles's reign In New Orleans was
gatned through the Northern press, and the story
OF refugees seeking protection under the Confede-
rate flag; but OF the deeds Of tyranny enacted in
h4iss0uri subservicnt mu31led press has not been
allowed to speak, and the State being cut or from
~ By successive lines Of the enemy, we have had
NO channel Of communication ihroaEh which We
tunase people Of that noble State Tho ae{s n
despottsm there have been 60 frequent and many
that 1t IL d hcult to select instances from such
long catalogue with which TO present the reader.
Tho whole State is under martial law, and the
entire population at home enrolled In the militia
on1cefed by tools Of the Government. To utter a
sentiment agatnet the Yankee Government, or
hint at a sympathy for the South, ensures impris-
>onment " banishment upon the spot. To receive
letter from the South, or speak of friends there
10 just a. dangerous.
In st. Louis the tyranny IL more severe and ex-
acting than At any other point. To show any op-
position to any measures Of tha Government TO
speak unkindy Of the brutal soldiery to visit Con
federats prisoners, or to communicate with the
South, are all crimes which are punishable with
condscatlon and imprisonment.
Perhaps no greater display of fmeanpess was ever
made than the action taken in regard to some Con-
f.derate 0facers who were killed In the state -
Among these was Col. Emmett Nc Donald, render
ed famous at the commencement of the war bv
refusing the Yankee parole, and testing the legality
OF 1t In the Courts, and afterwards as aalIaRt ar.
tfilerst In the armies Of Van Dorm and Price, He
and Col. Winner were Killed In the interior of the
In nnfin n1 ~f.>0
capture Lexington, and both having been old and
respectable citizens of st. Louis the remains were
brought TO that city for interment by their friends
The body ofCol. Winner was being tenderiy watch
ed, as last sad duty, by his wife, when, at nine
O'Clock at night, Yankee guard entered the house,
took the remains from the gaze Of the soFrowing
family, and crushing the corpse into box which
proved too small! for its reception, threw il into
common dray and hurried Il of to some place Of
secret sepulchre, which has never been discovered
BY the bereaved family Of the unfortunate man.
Information Of this infamous proceeding was at
once sent to the friends, who were performing the
last sad rites for poor Mcdonald. None but ladies'
presenfyet in this trying hour they presented
picture of heroisn and fortitude seldom disc
Taking from the hearthstOnes the fre shOvets, this
little bural party retired into the yard Of the house.
and there dug the grave which was destined 10
shield from insult the last remains of gallant SOL
dier. When this singular labor OF love and mercy
had been performed these heroic women re- entered
the chamber of death, and, unaided by the hand of
man, removed the ghastly corpse out to Its obscure
place of rest, and performed the funeral services
while fierce storm ragged around them and the
rain poured down In torrents. This il, indeed
more like the picture Of q disordered Imagination
than stern actual reality 1t Is. When II is ne
eessary to shield the dead from such fanatic and
infamous power, the reader may Judge Of the trials
of the living.
Every southern man In the State Is under bonds
of not less than .000 for good conduct and
promise of loyalty, and every pretext Is seized
upon to seize the property and Danish the residents
Of the State.