, 1865-08-17

coztH families In either State drawing 81,
port from the Government, excepting fan
1lles Of colored soldiers now In the service
This report Epeakes volumes for the industr
q the colored race In these two States. s
J, Lar as Missouri Ia concerned, the problem q
emancipation has worked out Its own eolu
lon. Ihe freedmen, as general rule, ar
now employed By their old masters through
Northern and Central Missouri, at wage
varying frcm ten to forty dollars per month
according to capacity. The experiment 0
free laboT has proved charming success Ii
this state, and e1-slaveholdcrs, cven In til,
counties most densely settled By slayes, ge.,
fo1ced to acknowledge that, as IN economical
meaeure, freedom is quite beneficial to them
They lament the lozs Of capital involved II
the loss Of s1ares, but the close Of the VA,
hes increased the value Of 1ands 60 mud
that the planters are now richer than befort
the loss of slaves. Here In st. Louis the.t
arc fewer idle blacks In proportion thar
| whites, snd Judging By the experience
IN other toWns, emancipation has proved q
distinguished Success,
The people Of the interior are still bavina
more or less trouble with returned rebels
The Grand Jury Of Green county (of which
Springfield Is the county sea.) lately closed
the report Of their sessions with 3 declara.
ttcn that the interests OF society demanded
that the rebels who have been in Df1le IA,
TIT last four years in arms agafns. the Gov
eminent Of the Union, should not be permit.
ted to return to their former homes. They
contend tint the loyal mea OF this Stats can.
not live IL harmony with paroled rebels who
have heretofore engaged In Tie murder OF
thc!r fathers, brothers nnd:sons, and in arsou,
theft and In every crime prohibited bv laws
human and divt1e. Tbs members Of TIA
Green county Grand Jury further e1ahorats
tins idea. and dctDard that The rebels shnll
remove e'seWhero, and not p01lute loyal soil
with their presence. Doubtless halt the
men who signed this declaration haye ner-
scna!ly suffered by the rebellion they have
witnessed the scenes Of murder aud desola-
ton bIopght about BY rebels md csunot
Voice q loyal men In many other counties.
| and 50 long as rebels manifest their want Of
repentance By bragging conduct, 80 long will
tley find that tue Union men Of this Stafe
will not tolerate their presence here,
81: Louis cent aims large majority Of the
1ehel e1neers who have returned to Missouri.
fe1y few OF them dare to return to the inter-
OF, Tor iear Of being bnshwhacked BY Union
men. Here they lounge about and carouse
from morning till night One Of them, Tor
,ne1ly lawyer, being prevented from rcsuul.
pg the practice of1aW by the stringent ca h
irto the bus!nts So Of pcddline secessi1 lie,a.
ture. He boldly canyRssts the city for Pol
lard's Eonthesn HistcrT Of the war Lives of
Southern Generals, John Mosgan's Raids, etc,
On Saturday, one Of the secession gentry
msde his appear auce at the Union Merchauts'
Exchange. and YVES greeted by many Of his
cid 1rifnds and ac9ualntauces. He was once
prominent railroad agent, born In the
North. married In st. Louis, where be i'm
bibed Southern prejudices and went of South
IS an officer, contrary to the wishes OF his
Ao1the5n Ie.ahves. Another has gone into
the Ieal estate egency business, and several
oshtfs arc fishing their way into enploy-
mehts. but, barring q +; few exceptions. It
doesn't help them any to be kcown Is cx-reb-
1hs meeting DISTINGUISHED Pennsylvania
md Ohio Railioad capitalists who ilaya pnr-
chase d an interest In the Union PAcifc All
Wsy e. D.. Low In operation between Kan.
Eas City and Lawr1nce, has been Temporarily
adjourned until the arrival Of ths a.t5rney Of
Tie ccntiaettng parties who Was detained by
sickness. They Will reastemble here In about
week, and tEsn It Is confidently expected
the property Will be transferred pro Jornsa TO
the new owners. This sale is one Of the
most important for 81. Louis, which has ever
lHcn made, and will also benefit Chicago, as
1he Hannibal is St. Joseph railroad man
ward. 50 as to tap the Lawrence trafi:.
Whaterer beredts the Haonibst K st.
Joe road benefits Chicago, but the extension
Of the Union Pacific to Fort Riley will also
pgoFe an immcuss benefit to st. Louis by
btccmjug feedtr for the Missouri Pacific,
a colcrcd Orphan Asylum has bstn opened
In tits city uLder the auspices Of the West
e1n Sanitary. Commission mud our noble
Ladiea' urlcn AID Society. It is open to des.
tnute eolo;ed orphans, whether the children
eit!on has been made By thu present raansgess
to 1utn over the control Of The Institution to
committee OF cnlored people Of the civ
ard allow them s. 900 per year for its sup
kort; In case they manage it successfully
tn such an institution then II is 1eziQued to
t,ansfsr the title Of lbe property to tie col
ord folks entirely. It Il Quite prorrsss sfya
step In the history # st. Luis that a Colorcd
Orphan Asylum can be successfully stared
aid put into working order on the heels Of
datiozs for seventy Inmates and ut present
contains ab,ut twenty.
The celebration OF the battlc Of Wlson's
Creek, on the 10Th, IVES creditable aiiair.
1t came CT at Copco:dia Park, about {our
miles frcn the heartof the city, and the day
ra'ned In toHcnts near the Park, aud |
crenched many Of the visitors, but In fbe |
city continued dry and dusty al dsy long.
1he participants In the celebration were
quite surprised on their return to town 10 |
discover that no 1a}n lad fallen. - :.
The reported u feeling between the Iln-
nois and Missouri members Of tbs 40,h Mis- |
sourl WAS m. e1uggc1atlor- It commenced |
with idle badlnage while the men were con- !
Sregassd r. the stIeet aTattinE Their turn
from Idle words two Of the riva!s came to |
blows L policeman spon separated the |
bellieerents, and thus the row terminated. |
The 40th ia a st. Louis regiment, raised by |
liberal bountits offered By the local authorf- |
ties: Many Illinois bo5s: from st.. Clst,
Madison, Randolph, and other Illinois eoun- |
lies, came over the river and enlisted here.
much 10 cur qualification. They Fe:e, OF |
course, credited to st. Lonis, and it was sar- |
castle remarks about coming here toget the |
There was great disappointment hsre on
account Of the interruption Of the railroad |
between this city and Chicago, caused By |
heavy storms In Northern Illinois. Many |
passengers attempted to 20 around via Mat
toon and the Illinois Central, and were sur |
p.lsed to find the Central gone. too. On Fri-
dsy night, many passengers bound to Chica-
90, finding the direct route broken, took the
boat to Quincy, intending to try the Chicago, |
Burlington & Quincy. They we're disappoin:- |
cd by this route and 1etu1ned next day, To /
day It is announced that the trouble Il over. |
l AAE LEAEkAapu HAE5 NE1G 0U%Q 1OT tWU UUAy9,
and We did not eycn know what was the na. I
fu1e OF tie trouble.
Nevrr before has so much rain fallen du-
ring The summer season In Missouri as during I
the last two months. The days OF sunshine |
hare been the exception, and the days Of rain
and clouds the rule. It rained hard all day
yesterday and through Saturday night. In
the Western counties the wheat and oats
hare bten nearly or quite ruined. Corn has
befn much damaged, but still enough Is LEFT
to provide for the wants Of home cousump-
4lon. It has benefited the State In the way |
BY keeping the Missouri river high for steam-
bca B.
The story Of The removal of the Quarter
masters Depot from Leavenworth to this
remain, but the disbursements will be made
at 81. Louis hereafter.
The veterans Of the I'd Missouri who held
out at Dalton, Ga, when attacked by six
times their number under Gen. Wheeler, are
s-cn to celebrate the anniversary OF that
event by . banquet.
RESOLUTIONS on Negro Suffrage
The officers Of the 1ss u s. Co1ored Heavy
Artillery held meeting at Granville, Tenn,
on the 5th ult., and expressed themselves
strongly in favor OF negro suffrage. Lieut..
Col. ]. E. MCGOWAN presided, and Capt. T.
H. B. Co11cll Was secretary; and these gentle
men, with Major James H. johnson, MaJos
o. III. Gross, Captains J. B. Charles, Ed. F.
Browne, ard II. R. Story reported resolu.
tacns Of which the following is the most In
portant:
Rtlolvtd. That We arc Of the opinion, that the
men a. nses, arc a we'll Qualttd to WELD the |
e1ectlva franchise underslandingiy, and with |
sAfely to tbs government, - !:rse majority Of