, 1864-11-24

terfor-Jim Ander%on'6 Gang and
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uanQ Contractors
Caught, DC.
rFrou our Special Correspondent
81. LOUIS, Nov. Fl, 1861
The defeated rebels md Copperheads are
engaged in clearing away the wreck In this
State, Their chief organ the Missouri Re-
publican, has savage article to-day, rebuking
its own political friends for want Of manhood.
It says there was no interference with the
freedom of election which the friends Of Nc
Cle1lan could not have overcome if they had
possessed the moral courage, but IS they did
not in any case try To exercise their political
privileges, they do not deserve sympathy for
being defeated. The Editor adds .'That's
all, and there is no use printing excuses about
it," The inference from this statement Is,
that:th leaders who Wero full -b1ooded rebels
expected armed resistance to the order of
Gen. Rosecrans to prevent rebels from voting
and By this means expected to carry the State
for Mcclellan They were disappointed
their followers couldn't screw up courage
enough, and the plot failed. Perhaps some
Of our folks may be sorry they did not try it
on-only rabid rebels would have attempted
the game and an excuse for shooting few
hundred Of them In each county would have
rid the State Of many more rebels.
: The amount Of resistance offered Just now
to the Union authorities Is Fery slight, and is
confined entirely to guerilla bands. The news
which 3 feE days ago indicated another seri-
ous outbreak in the Southeast has not boon
confirmed, although 1t Is an undoubted tact
the people who who we're able to get aWay
from the country south of Pilot Knob fed
like scared sheep before what they honestly
supposed to be rebel raid, and succeeded in
frightening some Of our post commanders
into precautionary measures in view Of the
In North Missouri the .guerillas have COM
parativcly quieted down, and it is hoped that
those who were not shot down soon may be.
Smnu squads hare recently crossed the Mis-
souri, River in the vicinity Of Rocheport, and
from the size Of their harcrsacks, the inhab-
we're On their way to Arkansas. The Losses
! Of The people in Monitcau, Camden, Laclede
and Dent counties suggest that the rebels
have carried ont the programme and
gone South. Bill Anderson's gang COM
posed Of about half the men, who
roaming through Boone and Howard conn-
A.! ties. Perhaps some Of these smnggled in the
| votes which gave Mcclellan o minority In
Boone county. Their present leader il q
| b1othcr~ of the notorious Bill, md only less
dangerous Than the original because lie has
daily, and viii soon be without follower. A
report was brought here on Saturday night
| from Macon City, That Anderson's gang hal
crossed the Hannibal and st. Joseph kaMru9d
| en route to the southern counties Of IoE1,
where they hoped to find new field for
port was coniradicted yesterday, and General
| Fisk, who Is in town, says that 1t Is not true
| The brave farmer boys of Southern Iowa will
doubtless he on the alert to guard against
such raids. Luckily there is band Of loyal
| counties adjoining the Iowa line to save the
Iowians from trouble. ~
The suferings Of the farmers Of tho interior
ofMissouri By the effects ofthe late invasion
are now beginning to be felt. The number OF
horses lost is beyond computation. Many
FIRMS where recently as high as twenty or
thirty were kept are now without one, and
to sec a single animal. A few oxen were
spared, but Shclby's men md the gncrillas
wantonly shot cows, sheep, hogs md oxen
which they could not conveniently make Oft
with. Agricultural implements were des-
troyed in every case. 4 saw-1nill at the north
world TINT can be ascertained, excepting that
the owners we're loyal men. Fences were
I burned, barns destroyed, and property des-
troyed for the very lust Of destruction, and
| not for any desirable purpose that can be
gathered from the acts themselves. Now that
| winter las approached SO rapidly the sacri-
| fees and suferings Of Union men are intense.
It is reported that they cTince disposition to
live on the untouched stores and fat cribs OF
their rebel neighbors; and were it not q
| righteous retribution that the wealthy rebels
| OF this State were called upon to pay their
| share Of the damage.
4 change in commanders in this district, by
] order Of Gen. Rosccrans, has not made any
| new friends for the latter. Gen. Ewing, since
his arrival, has made himself vcry popular In
st. Louis, and his removal was matter Of re.
gct. When the appointment Of a successor
to Gen. Rosecrans as commander Of the De-
partment was agitated, 4 hope was quite gen.
orally expressed that Gen. Ewing might be
| the man. He has administered the affairs Of
the District with coHnendahle zeal and dis
eredon, and the gallant defense Of Pilot Knob
has shown that lie possesses the requisites Of
. soldier % well as executive ability Of high
order. The appointment Of Gen. Curtis 10
succeed Rosecrans is rumorcd here and would
giye sstiStae1'o9a c IT. # orderea. Gen Roseesans' R
mander, like Grant OF Sherman, Gen. Rose
c1ans, III command OF 3 corps, would win new
honors for his name.
A new radical paper has been started here
upon the ruins Of the Uaionrthe old Frank
Blnir, Claybank organ which died on Satur-
day. The new paper Is called the Dispateh.
Its platform seems to be to srnash the Ms
souri, Democrat, a task which had been tried
before and failed, and will fail agAin. The Dis
patch means to be1adicalbut On this platform
will soon degenerate into IN organ ofpcrson-
new hand at the editorial bellows, though
IN old army correspondent. The mission Of
this new paper Is the Democrats opposition 70
the Fremont radicals trying to swallow Up
the Lincold radicals at the late elections. Its
prospectus, friends, subscribers and proprie-
l 4. II, -Ff v1urD Tr4,v
one Of the defeated candidates for Congress,
and the paper Is to make an official organ Of
the radical party-a straw which all sicEly
papers cling to as the only visible means Of
support, the Di.pateh will hardly create sen
sation, and will probably perform its mission
| and die after the manner OF the Union.
The damage to the Pacific railroad IN this
State by the invasion Of Price, will not be less
than s5D, 900. There is good joke in this
connection. Immediately after the bridges
telegraphedto Washington that theimuacdiate
reconstruction Of the road was military nc
cessitT. There the matter seemed to rest.
The company went to work and rebn1lt The
bridge AZ fast as possible, and Lave completed
| all but the one over the Gasconade and Usage
rivers. The former will be up tomorrow,
Last Saturday couple Of gentlemen appeared
at the office Of the President of the Railroad
Company and told him that they were Gov
eminent contractors to rebuild the bridges
| Their surprise vas immense when informed
the work WAS all done, excepting one above
mentioned. They had nothing to do, but will
doubtless hive Dig bill against the Govern
ment for damages, CAUSED BY inability to per
form their contract.
1t has transpired that one of the most phil
arthrophic and active Union men In the city,
te1egraphed to suspend the sentence Of death
against the rebel MINOR Wolf in retaliation
1or the murder OF Major Wilson. This act
eyinccs mistaken sense OF mercy. Thu
woman who escaped from the military prison
and afterwards run narrow escape from hav.
ing death sentenceor her head, {the pro.
cceding being set aside and the woman dis
charged by orders Of Gen. Kosecrans, appeared
on tic streets today fresh as n young lark.