, 1864-07-14

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From onI Special Correspondent
ST. LOUIS, July II, 1864.
The guerilla movements In the interior are
no less annoying or extensive now than ut
any time during the last four. OF five weeks.
Ii some respects they are fir worse, and 1t Is
certain that in some counties the country
has nerer been in worse condition from
ewar1ns OF bushwhackers than it ia now.
The worst outrages are committed in the
western portion Of the State By rebels who
pletnd to be under Quantrcll, though thus
lar that worthy has not personally appeared
On the ecene. There is abundant testimony
TINT lie has sent some Of his men across the
river into Clay and Platte counties, where
the rebel sympathizers are numerous, and
where Quantrel eyldentls expects reinforce
mant- They have dashed into; Ray county
many times, and carried Oft considerable
amount Of property. We're these people
thoroughly loyal at beart, these outrages
would rouse them to speedy measures to ex-
terminate the Invaders. But they don't cx-
hiblt the tenth part Of the yisor they
would manifest tomorrow to hunt down
score or Two Of fu, ,itive negroes.
Tho: rebels have tried hard to capture a
steamboat on the MISSOURI river, but their
trials bare been fruitlesG They came very
near, however, mixing prize Of the Live
Oak at the Wayerly landing some days since,
md the boat only escaped BY leaving One OF
her officers in the hands Of the gucrll1as.
The Atchman was killed by one Of the two
hundred ehots fred into the steamer. The
Metham, the War Eagle, the Jcwess, md
other boats have escaped the fury OF the que
rillas by refusing to land excepting at the
principal points Waverly, where the Live
Oak atlAir occurred, is miserable secession
nest, where the first rebel meeting was held
in this State in 1861. 1t was here, too, that
and here were the Stars ana Bars 1loated long
after they were pulled down in St Louis and
Jefferson City. For it's crimes the town
ought to be blotted out, and the omission to
burn /. deserves depreciation.
Numerous lights with the gueri1las have
been reported during the week.. The most
prominent one TOOK place near the Little
Blue crossing in the Pleasant ELL woods,
Independence road, between company Of
the I'd Colorado cavalry and about 120 Euer-
illus under Todd. The Union Captain and
six Of his men were ki1led-the rebelloss un-
known. They succeeded in carrying OFT
their wounded when they retreated towards
Captain kemper's company Of the 9th Mis-.
souri, cavalry, while watering their hor5ea,
received volley from bushwhackers which
killed six and wounded two Of our men,
dpoDE the latter the Captain himself Tie
bushWhacke1s made good their escape. The
rebels also captured a forage train In Howard
county On the 5th, and Killed three OF the
sixteen mi1itiamen engaged in guarding the
train. Other skirmishes between three or
four milittamen and as many guerillas are re-
ported, but the details are not Interesting.
What the rebels Lack in courage In the open
field, they make up in brazen impudence
when there is no danger. They tore down
the stars and stripes from church in Cen
tryyille on the 4th Of July, while there were
men enough in the house to have killed the
last rebel Of the thieViug crew. They robbed
a to1lgate keeper near Bowling Green Of
S1,200, and also made raid into Rocheport,
few miles from Boonville, where rhey
robbed all the stores and then took to the
brush again. They robbed the stage from
Cameron, on the Hannibal E st. Joseph rail-
road, to Lexington, Of the mall and horses,
and have gobb1ed up innumerable horses and
tmpn yal1ab1es from the inhabitants on both
sides Of the river. There Is no reason to
doubt that three quarters Of these robbez1es
arc the work o. returned rebels, sent hlther
by order Of General Price, and aided and
abetted by home traitors.
Gen. RoBec1ans' order, No. 107, asking the
+ cooperation Of the people Of the Interior to
suppress bushwhacking has not reproduced
my Visible fruit, owing to the course Of the
Conservatives IN the interior who are trying
to turn 1t to political account. AL the Rad
ica}s ask Is that known rebel sympathiZers
shall be excluded from d controlling yolcn in
the management Of military companies