, 1865-06-29

two counties rcmsin to be heard from. {
which nine returned NO votc at the late Pre-
idcniial election. On the bone vote til
constitution appears To be 20g behind, br
the so1diers' vote puts 1t 1907 ahead. Thu
IL Missouri again saved by her gallan. so
diers-as true at tbs ballot box as on tb
hattie field.
The adopt:on OF the Constitution is I'LL
ter defeat to the opposition improrised fo
the occation by Fenlon of the odds and eng
of al The parties nov or heretofore extstln
in the State Having polled some thousand
Of Illegal votes themselves, but all to no pur
pose, they now cry fraud day after day an,
from morning until night. Their lndlEna
nation and holy horror IL positively terrific
or would be II they were not asnuslus. No
being abIc to cxpend It Ill upon Goyeruo
Fletcher for bis summary disposal Of the twt
self appointed, wou1d-be judges of the Su
pneme Court, they are now venting their re
manning etotk OF ose articles on Secretar,
this official Is that he would not allow on
A. ". Alexander TO examine the election
retu'ns In his oiilor, esther now or hereafter
This Alexander, isa lENyer Of this city, pop
ular1y known as "Alexnnder the Great
from the TACT that he is physically 80 large
thst he has never betn able to support him,
self without some sss. s.ante from Unc1e Sam.
It seems he wss s-nt to- Jefferson City, as
a smelling committee by tht meeting which
met at The Court Hoase On the l7th instant
TO express their indignation at Governor
FletchEr's "tyrsnnieal usurpwtio7." This
committee originated With Charley Gibson, q
G. nse11aiiyc Of the first wotcr, who will be
C1aimE, and mere particularly aseuving been
:: vary completely exiting gnishe4.bE reply Of the
late President Lincoln to The 1ctte7 wherein
he announced his resignation Of that Office
1t must be remembered that the sdoption
Of tie constitution Was geptra1ly conctded.
Rvea the Republican could find no farther
hope & comfort, and 20 silently gave ap the
cuatess~ Al this jurcture. in sterg Charley
Gabson, With n.w and brilliant plan tor de-
fcAtiug the constitution, hy taktag possession
Of the 6sereiaty.s office, and manipulstiug
the e!urEa to suit themselves. A.rcsoiusson
to that eKtct wa3 offered and passed with
e. eo,ieefes fesn cl5ef 4 1hs s
ire Eothipg else to do, Is sen: upon hts m.e~
sion. Being = rery 1stEc man, it Was sup.
postd that hcwould scare Secretary Rcdm.n;
who is q slnall one, into the arrangement.
Thus fer the ccheme worked we'll, bnt here,
st The critical pe.nt, It fatAd. The Secretary
not only 1e5usct 10 have The returns meidled
with By outsider1 before they had been oiis
cially examined, md the fcptings certified to
The Governor. but. adding Insult 10 inIary;
he actually charged the lessal fees Of fifteen
cents per fo1io for making zud furnishing;
copy Of th--n whe1:. they had MI been recci7:
Cd and eanrasstd; This was more than ha-
mnn nature could endure, ard SO forthVitA
the opposition pape7s fairly Gfaze with ex-
citem, Mt and bristle With thte.ta.
Our streets are alive With Iot&- ned rebels,
They swarm 1pou almost every street corner
and are especially numerous about the pass
.. and transportation ofcea. Often hAtiess,
sometimes shoeless, almost always coatless,
and short rations. with bcards Wild and M :
cultivated as a.s Arkansas. Apgle and hatr at,
long, If not as beautiful as that or ab;alom.
hey are ft rep7esentatf:eeo of defeated re-
s'elEon aDd an e1plodedi fdta. must do
them the justice 70 say, however, that they
d1ct themselves orderly Hd'peaceab1y. Per-
bars the pF3Eatlo1s and trferiags of the last
fo1T years have nCf been Lost upon them. and
thy will return tc'their senes bath wiser
and better men.
A number Of Geaeal Blzir'e. personal and
by ssczenade 1t hic house cr9aEUday night
The General, Of cou1e, respcndef In = speech
ands took occasion to make an attAck upon
the new Constitution. which 7.as he acknowl-
edged. be hsd never read. Fianh Blair WAS
once the idol OF the Free penoeraey-as 1t
Nas kntn caAeu-uLs uls puhtlcaI LAS HUI
been equal to his military adynncenaent aud
be hne been lett far behind By bis, former fol-
lowers. As political leader, hts career
seems ended here, ant # be leaves the army,
he msst take the position Of y private citt-
zen, CT seek come new Eeld for the exercise
Cay cvrnirg Tas sadly ont OF place, and
ehoHs that he has not yet lt1sned that dis
c7etloa which Is the better part Of valor.
TIE Pettis county Clerksss.p. has finally
reached permanent settlement It will be
remembered that the former tncumbents re-
fused to yield possession to Gov. F1etcher's
+. aIpotute Cd under the VacatirE ordinance,
; ~hertapon they were rummarily elected by
United States officer. c6ru1E aading United
States troops, under orders fron'Gov- Fetch
er. This settled the matter; as Was sup
posed, but, to the surprise and nssti1cation
morning not long ago. that the new incum-
bent had been ousted and :the old Clerk,
Lowe, reInstated by Capt. Putnam. acting
under orders from Col. He1d'ng, A3d' Mis-
soud volunteers, COMMANDING that District.
The principal opposition journal Of the CITY,
accompanied this announcement WITH hal'
column or more Of conjectuses-ns rs TO the pro-
bable result Of this conflict Q! authorities,
and doubtless terrified some Of the weakel
Of lis readers by the ss'chlmeras dire which
It cupju:ed up.
|. A. matter Of fact, however. there WAS ut
| conflict: Of authorities at all. The old In
cumbents had been elected by United States
| troops, which, In Gen. Pope's opiatou, wa
| entirely outside of their line oS duty, the con
troyersy. being entirely = State question. a.
very properly desired that the United STATE
Government and troops should fen1in en-
! ttrely neutral in such Estte1a. Th+ refore, Y
undo loves removal by- I"hed stasts q 9a'
orr, Gen. Pope took possession Of the oflic
70 retain It I'LL Lowe should appesr to re
sumeis. This that gentleman preferred no
to do. but remained In this. city, leaving th
office still In United. States, military poB.e:
sion. Leaning the fact, Gan. Pope at one
withdrew the United. States troops and pei
mltled Meesss. Christian. ana hassett, II
Goveruo,'s appofntees, to- enter and renal
without opposition, In the positions frol
which the5 had been only temporarily e.
cluded.
The following special o1der torbIddlug tn
wearing OF rebel uniforms on tbs streets {
this city and within this Department, WILL
received with joy BY the loyal citizens wh
have been met at almost every step by e,
rebel oft1cers-pe1haps should sas rebel 6!
officers, 'twould more nearly hit the mark.
Haunting their gray coa-s and Con1tdesa
buttons In their lacts- II enforced, 1t vi
correct IN evil which ought not TO exist
moment In any loyal city Or town. The o
der Is in these Eofdss
II, Pxto1ed officers and men otthe late reb
armies arc forbidden 10 wear WITHIN thss Pep =
1nent rhe uniform or any part thereof, or other
h1En!a Ct aaid rebel ssr1lee; E1sspuoni howeys M
| ire Destitute OF paean8; and n h pets0ns Will
permitted for thort time to wear such elotai
u Is IN their possession, afer stripping ffcm =
same IL Co1{e Gera!e oT Stata buttons SID ofh
insignia Of the rrhel fesTtce:
'tin the ca.e OF officers Of rink no excepu
VIII be made, INT such pertons w1a n be Es1a to
| prompt SID stttci compliance Will this order, a
l nuy y1oauon Of It's terms By either officer OF s.
| d,ef will cc consideFed ae M act OF hostility
The Government Of The United stssee. md viii
''e1s9; asss1s'efS A,or oen:r,, Dodge
II "Co1, AID Provost Marshal Gsnrral.'
AGO away frcm home to leatn the news
{ IL maxim Is true as old. I an reminded
!. !: in reading IN ed1to1ial from the eo'um
Of the Philadelphia Etsai0g Telegraph, up
! tbe late Supreme Court difficulty here.
: speaking Of Judge Bay, It locates him at {
ELAlles, an un.mportant mistake he liz
!. In Bt- Louis, but lcoved here from Frank1
ounty, and adds: He enjoys wondesi
, rrtonal popularity, being almost idolized
8 This certainly is news to our citizens &c
e1ally and esen to the Judge hlmsslf+
The Coleman trial is still unconctndt
The evidence is all in and the com mtssi
), has adjourned until next M0ndhy in order
r allow the prisoners counsel Ito prepare tn
= arguments and as the Judge Advocate q
q | h1sassi6thnS VIII fs4uHt sHae ~ aushe't u
> hardly probable that the trial will be end
4 for q fortnight yet. Colemnn's friends P
d claim themselves confident of an acquttt
e but I do not learn that this confidence
t ! s1!aYed By the community at large. "
:. FROM HUSTON.
II -
e The National Congregational Come
- fcorr,ponierce OF the Chicago Tribune,
= BosTox, Juue 81
e TIL. conrefl still contiuueg. "It drnCs