, 1864-04-17

H1a1of bond-Thc snni12iy faar, &c
IFrom Our Special Correspondent
~ ST. Lou1s, April II, 1884,.
Military items are On the decline. sma9
ekirm,sh with cuch.1as is reoor,ea in tn,
Southeast t1e narticnlars of " u;ca, ron hue
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" .e'eg7apn. II IL es'aeh. tna. 1ns tsosl'
are bent on plundef IN thaI sees'on' Free
man, the btg.gun of.the guerillas, prudeut13
rmnius south Of the State line, and may
n,afnt sin nhimselrby couoealmcut IN the Ozark
nnnrnt7.r rcc.on for sorra TINA yet, #. !.
uo ~S..,Is ~ u,asa,s, aas,,.s .,n.s.a
sHete ~'tnoat. my epae'a. aeen uesoau
har1aesing the Union troops anu mailing
dash occasionally upon ~sms1l bodies o1
troous In exposed localities. .By his presence
ho,vara- In co,nna1s III T1,,on comm,nde,s
~ 1e ,- 49,; ~ :,ssa-t $3.50
10 Keep on inc a1eft, ano W uA'et. nsee
force which might be otherwise employed In
driving the rebels sonthward, to merely pre-.
vent freeman from doing damage to Union
,,a,,,s, ,,ro,,.~t,1 IN Artana,e ana 1f,aann-,
4en r 80 1T, se:..sIs'N',,
oul OWN cafaH5 Ac .otoe@as NouHos ~ az
parts OF southeast M1esonfl, oat 1aey seldom
meet any Of Freomen's men, and 1t seems
pretty certain l6atHe' nave 4 notalng 70 teal
1tom the aspEesaa.l9tns. OF tms reoel gang to
Anairs IN North Missouri are a1ready more
tranquil thnn they were prior to the advent
Of Gen Fisk. The return Of ''amnesty rebels, y
however, is causing some trouble In few
counties: In PutLam and Livingston eoun,
no rebels returned from the Southern armies
Ehall reside in their midst, amnesty or nc
amnesty, and in several instances this reso
1utlon has been carried out with some show
ofyiolence, caused By the resistance Of tht
parties. The Copperheads are very muck
fur1oueh In the interior, have participated IL
these so-called st ontrages" on rebels. A mar
who wos indicted in Kentucky for le1p{pg {
fugitive slave to escape, and was about to be
taken from Lewis county, In this State, fol
trial In Kentucky, under the requisitipn o.
Gov. :Bfamlette, was rescued BY. some sol
diers in citizens; clothes, and the DEPUTY
Sheriff Who Ind him in charge ;was ducked
for his pains. This Is another terrible. out
rage according TO the Cops, and OF conrse
meets With their unmiDgled Indignation.
A large number Of incendiary fires have
Occurred 1ately, at various points Ia the Int
r1or. and some Of the finest dwellings lefl
in the State have been destroyed. AS the
| property has almost invariably belonged te
| Union men, the inference ia that the fires
have been the work of Secessionists. The
| Inauguration of this secret .houBe-burnine
| the Lesson will not be forgotten. Afewmort
! examples of this sort will witness thu
whoiesaie extermination Of fsecession synna
| thizerB IN some counties, and the good tbut
| nccomplished VIII repay the cost. Yet It ia .
! Just revenge, a. has happened in seYera
cages in Boone and Saline countfes. that III
d,Ensrs 6f va1usbla huiidiri,s thns IcstrovcI ID
! Hsvn heen The very men Who have trIei r.
ao..1 foCor 1v,th Eot1, aidoa -, na,,,,,.. ~. y,
cary S, 1aHo! & WIN po'a sues M y eaulng them
ssacss,on rnaasmra vu +hnt "Ia ~ co ,nso Thas
have seen tha haen1;as nT eace.e,on w. r. ,aa;eS
.uei. et. nousGe anu oaRnI - pe con1fmea o1
eush sia eaps!1ense 9. sts n .neir oalonlsm.
Slnce Inc CITY eiect1on, no event Q! fmpor
lance mas occurred ~ inc pollllcal nlstory o.
me etate' EFeIylnlng goes 70 snow ina!
mere "lil oe strong nght in Inc fadlca
on the question OF sending delegates to tht
baltimore convention. me Germans nre al
most unanimously opposed TO such o course
Int the Americans, with some exceptions nre
! IN iavor ot IT; both sides are urging the Re
puo1Msan Ma NationaI Commlttee to postpone
order to see what turn the war WILL take du
ring the summer and to endearor to reconcile
the differences In the party, although the rad
ical Germans, through their newspaper or
gans, and mcetings, and orators, declare that
It mnkes no difference, they will support
contingency. :.
Tho Democratic or Copperhead party Ii
this State, is as inharmonfous as everywhere
else, with this addition, that here the enc
mics Of the Government aFoW themselves Sc
cessioniste openly, whereby in other places
they pratc 1ondly about tho Constitution and
the Laws, and the Niger war. The seces
eionists comprise at least tWo.fnhs OF oil the
anttradical party. The SO called War Demo.
Gratis who support Gen. Mcclellan for the
Presidency. constitute another tW0-ffths,
They possess strong hatred TOR Vallandigg'
Lam, Fernando Wood, ann the secession
Democrats. The other fifth Of the Anti-Rad.
icsl party Is composed .of the ConserGative,
Emanc1pation party, headed BY Frank T.
Blair, d. Ihese various elements are ready
tonight ench other separately on tue fresi'
Dental question rs theg nave nnitealy fought
the Radicals IN times past Still there ls nc
State in the Union whose electoral vote Il
more In donnt, than missouri Parties arr
SO thoroughly MIXED mp that 1t is impossible
to tell with any degree ot confidence no n
me SlAte ssands on 1ne ffesldentfal question
@ Bnt y Is reasonaosy @ e9f5aln, IA & tne Kadlcal can
Major Frank 8. Bond, the officer on Gen.
Rosecrans' staff, who tFas sent to Washing.
ton On otaclal business connected With the
G;,a aIa Mas as taoa nuefea 9puer m asress o
tia1 md honorably dtscharsed' The triai de-.
vcloped the absufdlty Of the red tape system,
which requires the commanding officer Of q
aepartme1nTI H. .9 i.lotaav epeein @ permms.o9
a'o stn ~ of,cer to Wasingt"n to u e1n7a;n az
fmnortant matter or carry TaiuabIe nauera.
which cannot be entrusted to the acciients
Of DELAY cansed by the Retention hi tbe mails.
In fhp cage of Major Bond the ernense ~ the
cnnTt martial was npnecessarv, .nd thr whole
proccedinga a farce. :,