New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-01
FROM MISSOURI.
Precautionary Mensures-kirby Smith and
Max,miI;au-Ba Price Dead 2 Haunting
Con6seatien Of Rebel Property - Ne.
groes 20 Ride in Horse Cars, Etc., Etc.
ST. LOUIS. Jun. a6, 1865.
from Our Special Correspondent

| A certain kind of military activity prevails
in this Department. bu, the results do not show cap
lures and Est Of killed and wounded. this activity Is
Of very little compared to operations
Military garisons necessary to save small commu
nil from guerrilla outbreaks and it being Impossible
40 station even so much company in every county.
il necessary keep cavalry actively employed goins
from place TO place vigorously hunting out individual
gueil las from their hiding places and punislng Rebel
sympa,hiscrs. The provostMarshals in all the Con
gressional Districts north o. the Mississippi River have
predicted another guerrilla uprising in the Spring.
and probably this prediction would hsse been
verified II the Rebels had been let alone. but
every movement which limited preparation for another
campaign has been carefully watched-srIos In hsnds
o suspicious characters have been seized and the lead
ing sympathizers with Rebels have been banshed.
within few days orders have boea approved BY Cen
Dodge. banishing hundred ard tcrty-fTe women
ard children the families Of so,ders in the Rebel ser
vice from Gor Sapborns district; seventeen from Gen
Fshs district and about forty female Rebels removed
from the military prison in this city The activity Of
troops is therefore directed to precautions to pre-
vent uprising Of ggerrillns in the Spriognn so'iv
itv quite Important TO the peace OF Missouri as the
winning 0! pitched bnttle.
4 singular story has been reported from mouth
10 month in this city though II has found few
believers. The sane story heard by do
tec.iyes and repo,icd to the Provost Marshal-Gcn.
eral aboc. three months ago. Investigation failed
either IN as2r0ve or confirm H. and thus IL stands
,aeu ts Inherent probability Tie report is
that tie commander Of the Rebel forces wee. OF Ike
2iississppi Gen j.. Kirby Smith. has made an agree.
nent withdraw tho bulk OF The Rebel troops now in
ihis Departen. and Mexico and enter the service OF
4axmilisn. The extraordinary degree OF quiet mani
Tested ny Kirby Smith since the Red River campaign
has drawn down upon his head the abuse Of the Rich
ord unts and Is pretended to explain this quietude
by the scheme for selling the Rebels TO the French In
Mexico. reasonable explain alton is that Kirby
Smith has RETAINED from active campaign against
the Yankees 20 his cotton spsorlations He has
receyed not less than 600 0oJ in grecbaoks already
fr cotton which 40 las allowed to pass the Rebel out
posts in Louisiana and Arkansas to our hnes-and
while be can ,tus ,.re hh pocket, any Dock and
bull story Of bargain with Macmillan Is simply alb
surj Tss probability ia that when Kirby Smith IL
satisfied lie will desert tho Confcdcracy and either 90
to Mexico or come North That is supposed 20 DO the
entire foundation for this eninsny sensational story
The Rebels have recuscita:ed Sterling Price some
where Ia Texas after killing and bnryng him in A'an
sas A long dispatch p printed giving extracts from
Galveston papers without day. referring TO the pres
ence of Cen Price Il. BonLa, Texas in company With
Shelby Price was reported to have been bufied on
the 3D. and o positive statement was received here
from Little Rock saying Gen. Reyno IN postes
sion Of printed general order announcing Prioes de-
cease and tho assumption OF command BY Gen. fsgin.
Were the dale O, the Texan news given we might tell
whether there any contradiction but IL 10 worthy OF
notice that the prominent Rebos IN this city place de
psudence upon She abatement o! Prices death. Your
correspondent Las been Informed that Price's son
Edwin who resides at Brunaviok hes such evidence "
bic fathers death thai lie has forwarded application
y Secretary Stanton for permission TO 90 through the
lines on hs parole The whole matter 10 in buddIs.
In the interior The Rebel synpathzers arc having
hard time but they deserve even less mercy than they
receive Thst region the sccret retreat OF thousands
Of deaerters rom Prices army ard they are relied OIL
rs tho beet material for guerrilla gangs in the Spring
and Summer. Meanwhile the Union men are fast el-
Io.ing the hidlngplsces Of Rebel conceslnent In this
olanaer Inany embryo guerrilla leaders hare been cap
trr.d One Of them, named Nahlon ID. Irwin. wa
captu-ed near MG.shal Saline County with valuable
papeis in his possesslon Another, named BIZ Chilcs
brother OF Ned Cliles was made prisoner ia Andrew
County with roll of thirty men IN his pocket all Of!
whom had agreed 70 commence bushvbickips imme.
distey after the next draft the horror Of dram into
he Union army being the .evo-its argument Of Rebels
to win men TO theis The reertless against
Lese men IA unabsted the part OF tie !nhsbtsnAs
The people o. Knox County who have been threatened
by BiD Porter with fearful vengeance account OF
called crnety toward his wife and sister, have nsdo
clean work Of Rebels in that county and hsvs obtained
arms and effected iiita-y organisation as prot.c
ton for the future.
An exciting question is now pending in the STATE
Convention which shows the bitterness Of the i,ing
among the Union Of the oornry against the Rebcs
section has been proposed 70 the bill Of rights 70 the
new Constitution providing for oonfcating the estates
OF Rebels. Messr Drake. Krekel. and other leading
men Of the Convention. who extreme rsd!oals On
the Union question oppose his proposition On the ground
Inst IL viii inure iDnocent parties. and because It is
contrary to the Consultation Of the United Stsse and
Tat provision Of our own Consultation which ssys
that paramount. allegiance ia due to the Government VI
tho United stateA Mr.. Bonhan and ohora are ram
pan. On this subject n favor OF such eondscsion Bon
Lam spoke in favor o. the forfeiture Ke sad hs had not
single drop Of mercy in his body. We should destroy
them The God q Glory will smile uG FOR 90 doing.
We have Rebels in this Union who would wiring cur
beads off they could ard Rebels have two rights;
6rst they have night 20 be shot. and second they
hsvo right to 30 damned. Cilstrsp thought there
could be treason against State. The subject 10 stu
pending. Verify. the world moves
The House Of Representatives Of this State has
amended the general railroad law 10 allow oolored
men TO ride upon railroad cars In this State and added
provision extending this privilege to the street rail-
roads In all towns end cities. Mnsourans who have
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