, 1864-06-18
FROM ST. LOUIS.
Rurncd-SteaMboats and Railroads
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Revolution
ClAybank D1sgusted, Etc, ktcs
From Our Special Correspondent


The increase OF bush hacking I'll over
the State, is calculated to serve as q diver
sion In fayor'of the rebels In Arkansas, and
to let loose many hundres gucrillas upon
our soil for the rake ofplundet. II Is one Of
the most tempting ofspeculadons fer gang
Of thirty or forty rebels to leagse together
and capture town for the pelf which fol-
lows. A party Of thirty tried 1t with mode
rate success at Keytesyille, in Charitan
county, last week. and robbed the stores and
dwellings Of property and money,valued ut
,OGO, in few hours. This party stole
three horses from the vicinity OF St Joseph,
and made their first dssh at Keytesville.
Shanghai in johnson county, have been
burnt by the rebels because they could not
find anything worth carrying of. These
gntEilla movements have spread the alarm
all through the interior, and many we'll cu1-
tivntcd farms and tobacco plantations in
fear Of the bushWhnckerB. The Inhabitants
are concentrating In towns and gathering
near to the fortified positions On the railroads
Which has crowded SO many towns that
thousands Of refugees have continued their
journey to this city from inability to find
shelter In the country. =
Some dnstardly outrages have been COM
mitted By rebels in Saline, Cooper and Pettis
counties, during the last week Houses
have been entered at midnight, and tathers
pt famllies shot In cold blood. Travellers
laye been btutallT asssssinated on the roads
and their bodies thrown upon The highway.
All tho horses, not cnjoying military protec-
iDbabitants OF these counties agitated I'M
mensc1y. The perpetrators arc men who
have returned from Price's army, who for
mcrIy lived in Saline, and are well acquainted
with the country, They are supposed to be-
long 10 Qnantre!l's command, and arc ready
TO Join him upon any of his raids. Our cav
airy bave silenced these fellows for the time
to Lexington, the bushwhackers will be
lively as ever.
By the e1ncuation OF BatesvIlle, Jackson
por1, and other places in Arkuneas by our
forces, an immense tract of country is
thrown open to the rebels. They nre taking
advantage Of it By sending raiding parties
into Southeast Missouri, who are giving the
Union troops trouble. The Southeastern
counties are filed with returned rebels, and
they have approached within rifled cannon
range Of Pilot Knob quite often of lato.
Col Rogers, in command at Cape Girardcau,
has had his cavalry out hunting gueri1las al
most constantly for two weeks. The boys
have killed quite number. They have
quit taking prisoners, and propose TO fight
the guerill:is In guerilla fashion. The activ-
tty Of the rebels In this quarter has led to
the suggestion that il Joe Shelby really
medItates d raid. he will enter the State In
the Southeast, especially vs. he has heard Of
the preparations made in the Southwest to
give him = warm reception. Ii Shelby Is
coming, 1t is hoped he Will hurry up. Our
boys want to see him badly, anu rather hope
he will come than that he will not.
The gue1illas are also threatening the naVl-
gation Of tile Missouri River, between Roche
port and Independence. They fire on every
upward bound steamer, especially those. they
know are LOADED with provisions and ord
nance stores for Fort Leavcnworth 4 des-
pirate attempt Has made, In collusson with
the stew ard and deck hand on board, to
capture the steamer Prairie Rose, bnt the
on board were delivered to the commander
ut Fort Leaycnworth. Other boats have
been fired upon, but as all the steamers are
now required by military order to make their
pilotrhouecs ballet-ProoL the bullets Of the
I rebels fly of without the desired effect. II
they might raisc Ned with Missouri River
boats. A few tin-clad gunboats are sadly
needed to protect steamboats, on that stream.
So. from the wide extent Of these guerrilla
dcprcdations, 1t Is only necessary to add to
the foregoing an account Of the threats Of
the rebels against the southwest branch Of
| the Pacific Railroad The rebels have not
only threatened the road with destruction,
but burped two CHS from Dalton, not far
from Rolla. The country on both sides the
southwest branch is comparatively depopu-
lated, and the opportunities for rebels to
hide and then rrsh upon train unexpected
", are quite numerous. The road is Of great
value to the Government. as it supplies nov
all the troops In Springfield and as far south
as Fort Smith, A1E. The rebels have many
eympathizers In the small towna along the
road, and when anything unusual is going
on tie rebels are sure to know It. They
vary the monotony by alternately threaten.
inE the Government Trims running between
Rolla and Springfield.
The political elements in this State are In q
chaotic condition. The Radical party has
clearly divided on tho lincoln and Fremont
question, the principal portion going for
Lincoln, and the Germans for Fremont,
though not unanimously by any means. This
division will not prevent Lincoln from OBJ
tanning st least 9 plurality of the votes in
this State nor will It defeat the Ra Heal State
ticket now In the field. Tbs Germans claim