New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-29
FROM MISSOURI.
The Storm In the West-Thc Decapitation
Ordinancc-Gcm. Popc's Order on Mar.
-steambons Bearded BY Gser-
riIIas- secessionists Leaving, &C., DC.


| s-secessionis,s Leaving, &C., &c.
From Our Special Couo'ponden,.
ST. LoUIs March a. 1865.
The storm which deuged the Central States
spent its force before reaching the Mississippi River
The rivers are all high excepting the Missouri which
bad declined from it, highest poin, three weeks ago to
an ordinary navigabe stage. The river bank at New
Madrid overaowed and drove our soldiers from the
Notifications taken from the Rebels in lso2. From
Mound City to Cairo tho banks were under water and
barges tied to telegraph poles. Through Illinois the
Ieshes along small rivers and streams occasoned con
siderable damage but nothing Ike the losses inflicted
UPON Pennsylvania and Nev.York. Ihc break In tele
graphic communicate lasted nearly three days, dur
Ing which the gold broken managed to coax few dis
patches from New.york round by way Of Montreal and
Detroit The decline prices has rendered the mar
tc so sensitive tina, the absence OF the dispatches kept
EVERYBODY in . state Of suspense bordering on the
fraI,.c
Tie State Convention has sst passed Of the most
remarkable ordinances recorded In The history o. the
country, |, provides that the Offices u all Circnit
Judges criminal judges. prosecuting attorneys sherns
and clerks Of all courts shall be vacant Oh The first day
Of MAY nett and yest. the Governor with power to
al the ,acaroes By THE stroke Of the pen nearly eight
! hundred Offices are declared vacant. Though few
opterbeads have declared tits action Infamous 1t has
ne, with general favor with the loyal public The OBJ
Jcei - this sweeping ordinance Is to remove about
three hundred dIsloyAl otce-ho!deTs. sone OF whom
were elected i've years age OF course 10 distinction
by name could reach them and no other plan could Ne
devised than 10 all Judges. &C. The Governor
has promised TO accommodation all thoroughly loyal
Office holders have been heretofore ELECTED by the
people that only the disloyal will suffer by the
! change. Now the last remnant Of dlssyaty IN Office
has been or viii be swept away and the process Of
restoring ci, Law provided for In the Governors pro-
olams,ion may go on unimpeded by dislcyal Courts.
Acting on the ordinance Of the Convention. Gen.
Pope has Issued general order based his letter 10
Gov. Fletcher relating to martial Law. The General
regures all Hillary officers In the interior counties
where civil courts have been reoPcDed 10 turn over to
such Courts all prisoners in their hands against whom
there is evidence sufficient TO convict them Of murder
arson or robbery and in case OF conviction assist
the civil authorities in securing the punishment awarded
By the Courts The General makes a very important
reservation however he that wherever amy such
nd, dua is tried and acquitted then he b. rearrcsted
and held for Trial by military commission The General
expresses the beliefthat great difficulties viii be encoun
tered in restoring the civil law where martial law has
had exclusive sway for the las, three and a half
years and be relies upon candor and loyalty OF the
people to assis, him in bringing blck the old order Of
things.
There IL some excitement In this city on account Of
the enrolment Of citizens under the militia law passed
BY the Legislature This is probably the most stringent
law ever adopted in this country but 1t is cumber
some and duplicated in Its proposed operation that In
n time Of peace il could not be enforced. The only
exempis are public officers and those afflicted with
bodily nlImity The worst part OF the law ID the i'm
position Of military tax on incomes OF two per cent,
which will be collected In st. Louis but nowhere else
in the State. The enrolment is now In progress and
the ignorant and untLnkng imagine that service will
be called for the enrolment is completed.
hundreds Of laborers and mechanics have actually let
the city on account Of tie law The militia service in
the country something 1t is part Of the system
for preserving the peace and keeping down bush.
whackers, but here. conducted, it is farce.
! A few guerrias manage TO keep up sembanco OF
activity in various parts Of the country On Wedncs
day last about 20 Rebels boarded the Sioux City
now lying high and dry between Kansas City and In.
dependence and stripped the boat Of her furniture and
bedding Jim jackson found tho negro han ng bust.
ness improbable. and he has disappeared for a week
now bu. will suddenly break in "a place proba.
bly, in short time. Several squads OF guerrias have
been Killed in the Southeast and South.w but the
details are not worth the space.
The Secessonists in several localities are selling ont
and preparing to leave the State The Conservatives
much alarmed. but they fail TO perceive the steady
stream Of emigrants pouring into the interior from
Ohio. Pennsylvania and Now.England. buying farms
and settling in midst. Every Seccsslonist who de-
parts makes room for two good onion to come in
and the exchange IL excellent thing for the future
prosperity Of the State The fruits of the emancipation
ordinance may also be found In the Increased activity
In the sale OF land and the demand for labor in several
places where everything OF this sort has been stagnan
for two OF three years.
Discoveries Of petroleum in Missouri have excited
the fever here In the manner though thus far .ot
10 tho same extent elsewhere. Lately prsninent
citizen procured the refusal Of tract Of cal oil land
and then started u subscription to raise $1,000 for the
purpose OF experiment. In one day 'Ge whole amount
taken by the most substantial citizens OF ST. Louis
The subscribers represent taxable property valued at
several millions of dollars and the desire to get an
interest In the discovery 50 great that half dozen
wealthy men oircred.to subscribe the whole amount
proposed to be raised There plenty Of indications
that tremendous coal oil excitement will prevail
in this vicinity and draw out capital and enterprise to
al unlimited degree
The PIsyosi Marshal General hes sei1.d $4,000 ~