, 1865-08-10
From our Own Correspondent

the State are not having 50 pleasant time
as they may have expected II has happen
ed In : number of cases that the Union Peo-
pie have taken 8 notion into their hcads! to
drive out these returned rebels and thercupon
a howl has been set up in this city and In
conservative quarters on the subject Of the
rights Of rebels. Now It may be said In the
first place thatrebels haye no rights what
ever, excepting euch 'as their conquerozs
choose TO accord them. In mnny cases,
rebels who went of South early In the War
and hsve not been In The State since their
original departure for Dixie arc lentently
treated, hnt all who get Into any diff
Guilty a1e inva'iablY sue1iilas who ill have
admitted were guilty OF outruee3 Of some
sort IN particular Identities. These men, the
remnants It may BE- of Bill Anderson's gang
Of bu' chers, will not be SLOWED to reside e'ul-
Mo,ested In their old bones. Whenever you
ht ar or read OF returned rebels In Missouri
being driven out, you can Bately conclude
that the so-called Victim has been at one
time guerilla. He should be considered
fortunate II he escaped with life. and ought
TO lie grateful that NO worse fate than exile
awaits him.
The work of pacifcatton By the restoration
Of The civil law goes en- slowly. Certain
towns, St Joseph and Columbia for example,
are now for she first time In three years with
ont q provost guard. There are mum eerleEs
indictments pending In various No71h and
rebels for horse stealing. The crime thus
described consisted OF stealing holses In tho
name OF the Southern Confedefscy. The
State Prison has received about twelve In
mates during the Inst fortnight who are under
sentences for this sort Of effense. There Is
y &n-1
the conservatives Of the interio -,and the cltI.
xcns Of Monroe county are now preparing q
mcme1ial to Gov. Fletcher and Gen. Pope to
procure al RssITa0ce that regularly parolcd
rebel soldiers will not be mo!csted, so long as
they rtmain quiet, for past otfense- It Is
certain neither Gov. Fletcher or Geu. Pope
will interfere With thu, progress Of civil law:
who holds parole, 1t is enough. The cu1pr.t
must lake the corsequs nces. In fact, the
returned rebe1s are discovering that the State
Is In the hands Of loyal meu, snd that they
bave no contre1 over matters here, as Of yoTc.
What aggravates their pumthment in eeye-
Ing have been obtained in notorlously conser-
vative Ct untIes.
The refractory secession preachers who
are required to take. the oath prescribed by
the ncw Constitution by tbs 1st Of Septenl-
Der, sIe talking OF convention to decide
upon tho best course to pnrsue. Gov.
Fletcher has made several speeches lately, in
force the call for the oath In every instance.
He has created come 1ner1tmeut by saying at
St. Joseph lately that he had given orders for
the eul1rgemenl Of tho State Prison. II the
Governor tnforces the section Of the new
Cor stitution requiring the oath Of sll clergy
men, there will be eeu1i.row and perhapyin
this city something worse. The greatesd in.
tcrest is ftlt to know what the Catholic cler-
eymen will do. They are vary quiet, though
dtubllces much interested in the discussions
which the ministers belonging to tho Metao.
dist chm ch South have carried on through the
papers. One Ct the arguments used by the
CathL lies before the election IVES that their
pr.ests could not take the oath because they
gave allegiance only to their Bishop and the
Pope. Tno three 1eeks pending 1or dec1-
sion will doubtless develop secession strategy
In 4onne new ioim. But the Governor Is firm
and saSe The preachers must either swear or
While these political matters are progressing
the more 81 ns,b1u portion Of cur cit z.ns are
thinking seriously of finishIng up onr system
Of interut1 Improvements. The Pacific rail-
road will be finished to Kansas City In about
ti1 weeks. But for the. severe ralns Of the
last month the road wonld hive bern COM
pleted by. the Is, Of September. This road
being 60 we'll assured, attention Is being
drawn to the necessity Of hnhhing the North
Missouri road 10 the Iowa line. The first
mortgage b7nds necessary for that object arc
new belrg. negot:ated at %: on the dollar.
Abaut T., ,O00, 900 a1e offered, and It Is expect
ed about hall this sum will be taken In St.
Louis, ard the other half In the East. st..
Louis merchants hare been very unfortunate
In railroad sreculationH formerly. They in
vested libe.atly In the Ohio and Mississippi,
Tie Te17e HAnte and Alton. and all the Ais-
souri roads, and every cent Of the tnbserip-
81 $A1Nk fnsNA n ha
ecribets, and hence there is diatrust Of rail-
road enterpfises now. Our people
fail to seq that they had better lose
all their subscriptions than not have the
railroads completed There Is short sight
ednees about this which IS detrimental to the
murder IN the Southwestern portion Of the
State is likely to result In triple execution
At Fayetteville, Ark. a paymaster return
ing TO Spraugfe Geld, from paying tour to Fort
Smith, started from CassTille to Springfield
with two men as m escort. Outside the
town be was ore1takCn by three soldiers be-.
longing to the 9th Iowa Cavalry Regiment,
their suggestion he sent back his escort to
Cassyille. They rode together for few
miles further, when the three kc0undrels de-
mapded his money. Instead of compiling,
be put spur to his horse, when the soldiers
fired. One hall pierced his shoulder and
AnQluEr u16 se&. 44hfuE tAA9 UaAUAEAA AAuy
Trey stole the balance Of his funds, amount.
Ing to about 81 zoo, and then debated
whether they should Kill him. They decided
TO let him live, and he managed TO ride to a
house and Get assistance. A compauy4uf
Of caynlry were cent after the williams, and
Eucretd d In Afresting them md recovering
all the money but $50. The robbers and as
rassins are 10 be tried At Fayetteville, IS
econ as the PaYmaster RECEIVERS sufficiently
to rive his testimony.
There is a great difference Of opinion here
smong spectators whether oil exists in M,s-
souti. There js no lack Of oil companies,
however. TO develop oil, and stocks are
freely offered and taken. The original pos
SCISSORS generally mnnage to sell out at 8
profit. 4 quantity Of land WAS recently
bought In Hay county for about $500 per
acre. It WAS declared oil land, and put into
company at $S75 90 per acre, but thus fas
| the receipts OF oil have been too mcagfe to
| Justify heavy outlay for machinery. The
! last Legislature chartered about one hun:
| dted oil companies, but not more than a bali
| dezcu have been organized md working
| capital rai.ed.
Tie heavy business accumulated In the Pro.
vds1 ffaIet.1 uensraafs af1ice OF this Depart
mcntis now being brought to close, and
been shipped 10 Washl,gton. Ii is singular
fact that about one-thiid Of the papers tefel
! to cases whsrcIn the negro is involved. The
negro cases cut both why's. There were m
iuteiminab1o lot Of cases where negroes ap.
piled for redress Of grievances, aud
hundreds, particularly under former
Provost Ma shals, whose matters, calm.
Ing to he loyal, sought to hare
their negroes restored to them. Now, bath
| classes OF cases are done with. Negro testi.
mony is heard daily In all courts, and, thank
| God, 10 man now has any claim on the body
| OF another. Gen. j. q. Baker, formerly Of
TIE 10th Minnesota infantry, has made the
pb.est and flrmtat Provost Marshal General
| the Depattmen has ever had. The General
| likes Missouri 60 well that he has bought q
I residence at Bonneville, and proposes to live
there hereafter.
The Mexican emigration movement which
was 80 Lively in thss c u few wceks sgo
has entirely snbsided.. The Kansas Doctor
| who figured In tie public meetings connected
with this object has disappeared. The truth
! is that many firBt-1ate Union men who love
this country were opposed TO war viii
! Franco On account Of MaIm1ilAn. 1t Is Z
! common thing, in fact, to hear men eay
/ when the Mexican subject Is b1oRcaed,
an Maximilllan man myself, aud am utter
| " opposed to ru.nous war about q mlsera
| bic country which is not worth fighting for :
| The fact will be found on INVESTIGATION thai
| there are many men who think the game
| isn't worth the candle. The rebel Nilsson
| Hans who have gone to Mexico are guerlllt
leaders who dared not return to Missouri.
In the western part of the State it 1atnei
hard fer three days last week. This vicinity
Tns spared alt but cne day and the farmer
| have hope Of saving part Of their crops.