, 1865-03-24
OUR ST, LOGIS LETTER,

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OUls SIs LUIS LETTER.
Extroorf1fnorx xneranttarfon-T1.n nr..
loyal Ofiice eKaoiders-fsrn. PORES Laat
Order [:uerftIns on the VVin.-The
secfAh Contribut1on-mry. EsEell's
Told, ETC., ETC.
{Fron1 our snccfa, co,rcsnonfent1
g. o,r1. vsIsh 81 ,ess :.
p-oh..,v ~, ,,,.t ..,...1.se -.
,.. -.ooao.s tns moe1 cAelaolon.afy oAnclal
occap'1a.1on WHICH c'ef occurred IN tc1s conn-
Try was decreed VI the passage OF an ordi~
nance by the State Convention, now in ses-
sfor. IN Friday last by vote nf for4v.tb,ea
T., ~ u;th shon+ f;ft,on -,or,,a.a shaa.x
~. - - s.,.,. noeeut'
:" oio.no4s ...oes DUH ~ efene "ou1o naVe
created political revolution but here 1t Is
effected without q ripple on the surface, and
Fslthough few Connerheada and old
c,ox1anta a,nsS Abor,i,r ohort ~
80. 81.
aAeTSeo m1an'y u Lie acI, IL Is
generally acquiesced In as wholesome
measure. The Governor Is invested
with power TO I'LL about eight huu-
dreo onces' ont t1e exercise OF Inc power
VIII PROBABLY oe connned 70 less tAan one
1onftn ol t9at nom9er q onces. The Gov
efncF aae osclaseo Aas netefn1natioh 10 re
appelnt every loyal onfcef elected oy the
Ptolae. 4ne feal on)ect OF tn1s sweeping Or
dinanse was 10 get fia oi nc dtsloyai Judges
ana once's eieclea' several years ago IN The
strong CONSERVATIVE counties Eho are IN full
eynpatnS Eitn INC feoe!s: !he restoration
OF CIVIL law IN counics virtually governed by
secesslonlsts IS M absolute tmposstb1lity
whi!ethe war lasts, and The convention has
| IeaLy done WISE thing. notwithstanding
the hair splitting objections Of few seces-
si.nists.
General Pope publishes to-day M order,
giving SHAPE an4 effect to bis late letter to
Governor Fletcher. Lie orders all military
officers to cooperate With the courts In the
Interior, and to tHe3 over al The bashwhack-
ers, and olaer reoels, against whom there is
evidence suitic ent to convict them of ars n,
r. bbeTy or murder and In cases Wherc such
evidence Is complete and perfect, and yct the
courts. from any cause, aeqult tue ACCUSED,
| 1hen hc Is 10 be re'arfcsted and tried By mill
taiS eGmm,sslon. s 9hss Is tue sis{ Of the Or
otr. y WI 9f 9f seen 1aat denef!l rope ~ NJ
Mise reiaAes the hearty sisor Of martial lay
1 1s 1olos marLial 4aH u rcsefse, 50 tha: II the
ment If offenders, then the military shall step
! IN 10 prevent the release OF bushwhackcrs Or
The escape OF notorious rebels. NoT that this
matter is well understood By loyal men in
the interior, the plan proposed by Gen. Pope
| is daily increasing in popularity. It Is said
| the General has received assurances from
Washington that Aencefortl oil sentences
| against rebels shall be carried out without iu-
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important assurance in connection with The
proposed action OF the courts,
| The immediate applicatiou Of this excellent
| order In Ill the counties Of tue State ii IF
course impracticab1c.. There are many sec-
| t,ons where the cucriIlas are thick as hiack-
berries In November. In the extreme west
| efn patt of the State they boarded the steam-
er Sioux CITY, which has been aground some
time Just below Kansas CITY. They carriei
OF some yaluables and stsres and left eyi.
oentiy meditating second visit some other
! time. In the Southwest there are sna1I
gangs OF Euerillas roaming through the coun.
| try Committing deprcdat.ons and keeping the
| farmers IN nightly terror OF rebel visitation
It is extraordinary how few rebels can Keep
| 8 country in m alarm, aid what absurd con
| cluslons few rebels will lead 10. Only last
Tuesday Gen. Dodge received commanica-
| asking that company Of troops ba Stationed
| at Mexico, On tile North Missouri railroad.
| because ali guerillas were rayaeine that coun'
| II. The request was NOT eranted.
The secessionists Of St. Louis are
in great glee over the success Of what they
men for $4,000, levied lately By Gen. Dodge
1r The support Of Union refugees. Capt.
James B. Eads, the well known Eupboat con-
trHctoT, Who busted himself once before in
procuring the suspension Of the sentence Of
baulshmept against notorious rebel named
euort 10 sase the secesston1sts. Eads pro
posed 70 Zen. dodge that the sum Of $4,000
bs raised by voluntary contributions instead
81 by assessment On rebel sympatbizers. TIE
ihId Aat'onat Bank headed the list with
q. w. and vigorous effort IS TO be made to
! lalSe me sum required. fooably Union men
| WI pe cal1cd upon 70 assist IN making up the
amount, 1h,usn It Is in every sense rebel
cohlroutlon anu shoaIa De confined entirely
TO secess'onfsts- Every cent givea BY Union
! men only lessons me amount 10 be raisea By
Inc friends OF the South.
| There IS grod joke reported on Gen. Hal
leck IN connection with The seizure Of funds
belonging to Mis-. Gen. Ewel1. The rebel
VILE ls no" IN Canada, and 1t vas her request
that me money on deposit belonging to her
Should " sent to Canada, that led to the dis
eove1y OF the property: Somehow or other
II was reported IN Washington that Mrs.
Gen; Eweli had been arrested and s9o, ,0oo in
gold seized, whereupon Gen. Hall. ck sent M
order to this city directing Mrs. Gen. Ewell
to be sent through the lines to the South i'm
media;elJ- As she Is beyond control, or
cou'fe The order is so much waste paper. The
lawyers will make desperate effort to re-
lea>c her money, rs they CLAIM that 1t was her
twn udividual property long before she mar
lied Ewcll, and cannot be considered rebel
property At all She iB the daughter OF ex-
Governor Campbell, of Tennessee, the Chair
man Of the Mcclellan delegation to the Chi
cago Convention. The amount involved will
cause Immense exertions On her behalf, rs the
prospect Of losing all will enable her to pro-
mise nbcrni per centage TO procure its re-
lease from Uncle Sans custody.
Gen. Gtaut's order terok1ng all trade per-
mits to bring out cotton and other southern
produce ON outside our military lines, is
understood to apply TO all points On the
Mississippi River, aud las already caused q
sensation am long cotton speculators. Several
Of thrm wro held permits took the boat ct
Cairo on Friday D. m. for Memphis and V,cl;s-
burg, in order to reach the scene Of their
nation jrom Gen. Grant stnnnio~ ~ t1stje, 1tn This
is one OF the best orders eser issued. The
rush for cotton seems to blunt tho honesty
oa,1ain. o. mon, ana Mheaever a Permit Is issued
49, "..'oss ~. ~ :. sSs ~
oat ~. soooH ~ .nS ,u .tpe4s ano encaange 11r
~ @n.,,r - - .o.,,, -.H !i: o ~ ~! ~
e4rot;n~ e,,n,'iiae H., ~. 1aat - .s an1 ~
feasyscS Wb1ia 3cna ~ -nad. y. .ne Cou. .!Ls
ihronnf ..e lines fom the a5 riea1 s'e ca1f1eo
snn,i are clluckIirr cnnsIderah1v nrcr 'tiH the
en,rrafion If o1d rcs1denfs viii, 1botr f,.nt'
lies and catt|e tn other Statas Hn,dr. d4 ds
arc coine t. Chicago. The emierants 49, ali
or nine -1cnths secrssionists and their rnn,n
is more acccptable than their nresenre For
every rebel roInv out Of the Efate twn 1oval
men come in. and The eTchanre IL enfir1iv
satisfactory to the people. Sol,tlIern ii1inojs' @
and The counties borde eriur on 1he Terre
Haute and St. Louis RaiIroad are 1l,lcd with
the rough scum OF Missouri and o1i the hnrse
thievipg and 1ascality you have in that Sec
tion, Gun be charged to thslr account.
A party If engineers are preua Ing to leavc
the city for tlr l'ne of the proposed railroad
between Springfield, ILL.,, and Pana, the cross
fng Of tue nliHois Central and Terre Han,e
Te,7e Haute road will guarantee The iron
necessary to finish this important railroad