, 1865-03-29

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/ and the Pacific Ksailroad-f5orrfbie
'KArbartttes-Guerti Camp Brokca
Up-Cnse Of MRS. Gen. E3Hefl-Rebei
/ From Our Special Correspondent
! ST. LOUIS, March q, 1865.
Public sentiment in the interior is much
divided On the subject Of the restoration Of
civil law, as proposed BY Gen. Pope's order.
The misfortune OF the case ls, :hat the semi
secessionists are al in favor Of it, which
makes the Union men suspicious. The d.
scfiption Of the apathy manifested BY the
people, contained in Gen. Pope's letter, Was
correctly described, and We see and hear ey-
cry day evidence Of the most extraordinary
inaction in the. midst Of outrages which
would ordinarily stir the blood Of q snail.
Only last Wednesday, four gucrillas, in open
! daylight, entered and robbed the town of
Ashland, in Boone county, In the presence Of
twenty ab1e-bodied men, any four Of whom,
with double-barrelled shot guns, were q
mitch for the rebels. TheR the frequent
cases reported from the interior, where a
whole county, containing several thousand
male inhabitants, is oye1awed By squad of
rebels, Is shocking but the remedy for this
Is not martial law. It lies in tue drmness Of
! Ft~Fs-s =
said tho majority Of cases, like those cited.
| occur in counties which have heretofore been
| known as pro-slaycry counties, aud where
| guerlllas nave In small numbers entered Rad
1cal countles, they lave generally been driven
| out. ;,
The people in the vicinity of Kansas CITY
haF. resolved on vigorous measures to drive
of the rebels who have threatened tho cx-
| tension Of the Pacific railroad westward from
Warren.burg. The previous stories Of the
ontrages committed by Observation-Disclosures on
the workmen employed On the road were con
slderably exaggerated. The railroad compa- !.
NJ sustaiued loss Of about thirteen hundred
dollars, but the Workmen and contractors
were not molested. The rebels have subsided
for the present h that neighborhood, but arc
said to be devastating along the Kansas bor-
der, With view Of rliding on unprotected
fuims and farm houses 10 Kansas. The cayal.
r. In that section are sufficient to wipe But
the rebels at one blow Il they can ever find
hunting operations. They do these things
better than this even III Kentucky. for In
some of the pro-slayery counties there is
enough patriotism and good sense to give in
formation to the military Of the presence Of
bushwhackers: The fears Of the people Of the
interior that the Spring will witness a reyi-
val Of bushWlacktng will undoubtedly be re-
nliZed. unless more thorough inclination ia
manifested bv the citizens to hunt down the
scoundrels themselves, or lead the military
The diabolism Of i'm jackson and about q
dozen followers, towurd unofTending ne
aroes, has wreaked It's foul vengeance upon
two more victims during the past week. !
Two negroes were found one mornlug hang
Ing to Tree opposite q tobacco fam owned
By Alex Bradfa,rd. seven miles from Coium.
bia, On the Jefferson City road. The bodies
were adorned with placards announcing that |
the deceased had been hanged for being ab-
sent without masters pass. It is said that |
ouE cavalry IN pursuing Jackson havc inyaria-
bly, lost oil trace Of him within half mile OF !
the place where negroes have been found |
dead. lie horrible suspicion arises that q |
majority of the people OF Boone county, who |
are rabldly pro-slavery In their sentiments, |
are sec ely conniE1ng ut this monstrous bar |
oarlty against IN nnofending population.
Fuitacr reports are received at headquar- /
tiers almost daily from scouting parties sent |
ont toward the Arkansas line from Rolla. |
Springfield, Cape6irardeau and other points.
lhty report tide Of refugees from Arkansas !
coming this way, who are sin desperately
ter has been 50 thoroughly done that there is |
hardly guerilla camp from NeWtonia TO New
Madrid that has not been broken up. The ]
bnshWhackeTs who once infested the border
lines hare generally BEEN Withdrawn to points
In Arkansas further south, and this fact..takcn
In connection with sGme Others, indicates |
retreat Of tue rtbels to the Red River line.
Gen. Halleck WAS right In Judging Mrs.
Gen. Eweli TO be in this city when BE telc-
graphed that she must be sent South. The
delay in executing the order gaze her rebel
friends chance to set On fooN 4 move
ment In her behalf, *hich WAS Eso successful
that on Thureday the President ACTUALLY re-
Toked the order Of Punishment, On Mrs.
Ewe1ls taking the amnesty oath;<which OF
course fhe will gladly accept. The Presi.
upon-he has believed somebody's represent
ations in the matter who was interested In |
the escape Of Mrs. Ewell. The fact that she
1s peslltetous rebel and boasts Of how much
money fhe has given 10 aid the rebel cause is
conc!usiye Of the Justice of sentence Of e.
lie: There are hundreds Of secession women
gong south by military order every week,
whose completely In the rebellion is slight
COMPARED TO this wife Of rebel General; and
s.,atN different policy On this subject Is de-
A company oftecruits for Missouri regi-
ment he's bet 1atsed from the rebel prisoners
recently confined in Gratiot Street Prison.
ihty are chiefly Missour1ans, and their devo-
tion 70 the Union cause is so questionable
mat The recruiting of soldiers for the Union
armies from such source has met with
much opposition in'this city.
Inc enlargement Of Gen. Pope's military
division, by the addition Of the State Of Al
Kansas, is important In this, that It places
power in lis hands to control tue Increment
OF troops in Arkansas so as to counteract auy
q demonstration Of the rebels on Missouri It
i believed that the Missourians In Kirby
emath's Amy are anxious for another trial to
regain t prestige and plunder in this state, but
they receive no encouragement In this view
from from rebels frrm Arkansas, Louisiana or
4 cleaning out Of Fort Smith, Arkansas,
aas q occurred since Gen. Busy took command
Al the Kansas troops have been sent to Lit !,
llc Rock, and Iowa aud Ohio regiments have :
Eaktn their place. This change will likewise i
aficct the Operations of the spectators from
Kansas Who have made fortunes BY stores .
lept in Fort Smith t
The municipal election takes place nert
Nonday. and unless the Radicals divide again. :
hey wall walk the course. !