, 1865-04-12

| Eome o. those VINO we're arrested In 1861 70,
d's'o5alty we're prudent enough on. the pres
pain: Flags were suspended from busincs,
estabnsbmsuts on. The principal thorough
1a1cs, whose Owners are at heart Us d1sloYot
| lo'daY a. any rebel left In Dixie. But Lhcv
begin to yield to tho ine1orable logic 81
eFents, aud will soon become good aabmis
slonlsts. Arrangements will doubtless soon
pe made 1or more general demonstration 10
honor Of the surrender Of the rebel army nf
| Northern Virginia. ''
| :, 5late news Is 80 entirely unimportant be-
s!ae tne Stirring events recorded each day
ior the last week that It seeme folly to s1yc
! II any space: No State in the Union viii
sooner feel the blessings Of peace than Mis-
| sourf. Since the disastrous retreat Of Pfice's
army TIE Intelligent portion Of the rebel
eyfnpath1zers In the interior, have:recognized
The TACT that there was no longer any hope
q the re- -estab abltshment Of rebel authority In
th's state, but they still held out in their op-
rosa9on @ M 70 the Union cause In tho belief that
1nc ~! confederate arms would be successful in
virginia and elsewhere, and in the T.
nal settlement Of the contest Missouri
would be embraced in the Copfed-
efaey. To-day such a hope must
forever pass out Of their minds. The eu--
1enaef Of Robert E. Lees army must strike
belief that the Confederate arms will ever be
successful. This hope has been declining fol
. long tl1he and its result is marked by the
wholesale exodus Of hundreds Of families of
accession pfocllgftfes from various parts Of
tne interior. Those who remain will shortly
apandon aA sympathy for tue rebel cause aud
unite with Union men In the immediate res.
bushwhasking.
-, Perhaps ;, ths most singular event: OF the
series Of lette:s addressed to the 81 peonje d u b9
Ed~a,d Bates, late Attorney General Of the
United states: Judge Bates proposes to eslab-
lsh the ileCalitJ Of mar tial Law, and by logical
acquence to show that all acts Of provost n1ar-
al,als are usu,patlons, &c. He also claims
that the State ConYeution is reyol1ttonarv
NoW, II the doctrines asserted By the late !
Attorney General be true, then The Provost
aa1sna!s are all personally liable to punish
ment after the var, and a thousand n,}scticY- !
Gus lesnlts will flow from the discovery, The
tmmedaee elect Of Jndge Bates' doctrine is
N q open appeal to the evil disposed to re- |
siss Provost Marshals and their assistants in |
The discharge Of their duties, and calcn}nte1 !
heretofore to provoke the most serious dis. ]
tu' Dances: Judge Bates says that be disre-
eafdea ne adyice Of the friends who hive I
'tary tor publicly Stating these views. and be
runS al Tie RISKS. The opinion Of the country
On bntes Will doubtless be that he has ont.
hNed his usefulness, and that the West
sos s,.1. I1d OF ftm at very fortunate time. Had
[nsse [n op9Dlons been promulgated BY the At
aase been 4 public misfortune.
Inc neefo'hanging ba1barians have gone
MO EallaTay county and lynched two ne !
;roes N the northern part Of the county on
be 2oth ult. As this is the most notorio1sly
nsloyai county IN the Slate, 80 too It con
be guerillas were to hang few white cjti- I
ems It would be bleealng, but Is they do
lot hang their friends, it ii not, Of coarse tn
,e expected. The gusrillas who perto5rnsI
hese dlabcllca1 nets, likewise robbed several j
toIes = and dwellings In the county regardless
The rebels, In spite Of eueri11as here nn6
here, a,e really thinning ont In North Mis-
ourl. Many Of the worst class, who have |
'een in the brush, are En- 1outx to Arkansas
scout from Springfield picked up fourteen
! these rascals last week, and the militia Of
ludrain and jackson counties have turned
ut ea znasse to hunt down the rebels who
till inftst these counties.
I9e seizure OF 500 barrels of whisky, by
le Internal Revenue Collector Of this nort
% created quite sensation In business cir.
Les, az the merchants here bavc nearly all I
lade advances to the Illinois distiliers on |
hose account it has been seized. If the
;ork could g On, and I'LL the violations Of
ae revenue Laws b. as surely detected rs in
hole country. 49,.
Certain wsak-mlnded unioi, me, rs-e
ening petitions to the Governer. askfpr for.
be Eeappoiatment Of QG':;;ais rcmnred he 10
M as cGnsentlon, whose record Is disloyai.
aaec feseusoa @ Of the Probate Court is one
T.. saeSe' 1.4s..l,zsed to be first rate Judge,
- personally honest, he is nevertheless On
be record as one Of those so disloyal In 1851
bat he vas Assessed by commission ap
olntcd by Gen. Halleck.
tbs CEnyeatiou mat - ~ :--.c1ock this
ao1ninE, tor the last time. The consti,u..-n
'as aaopted os analsty On Saturday, By =
ote Of Thirty. eight to thirteen, and Is to be
utn'tted to tue people for ratification. The
:hfancipation ordinance is not included In +
3e propositions to be rotad upon It stands
$ separate act by Itself.
Guns are booming, az I Close, and the
cA mboat bells hare hardly ceased ringing
elr i,ca1s Of Joy over the news.
The Atpt.2sea", true to the last, thinks tina:
IF Is tn.: time to be maguanimous to tic
bels. :