, 1865-03-08
CUR ST. LOUIS LETTER,

VUA o1s LOGIS LETTER.
Threats Of Bush.rh ackers-A Panic at
ore about the Abduction
Cahe-Groxr1s At the State Convention
The Fourth Of mnrch Celebration,
etc., etc.
tFrom Our Special Correspondent
ST. Louis, Monday, March g..
The return of spring brings renewal of
the threats Of the reappearancc of sundry
bands Of bushwhackers in various parts of
the State, but chiefly In North Missouri. On
Friday last number Of excited individuals
left the town Of Centralia, on fhc North Mis-
souri, Railroad, In freight train, so anxious
were they to escape from town. They report
ed threatening indications Of gueri1las in that
vicinity, and when they left the place was in
an uproar, occasaoncd hy an expected arrival
of 1he rebels in sufficient force to oyerawe
the inhabitants into Submission. Three days
have elapsed since then and Centralia is still
safe, but it Is undoubtedly true that many
rebels are In the brush With arms In their
hands in that section OF the State, who
must be driven out very soon. OF else
they will make Union men serious
trouble. Further westward there are many
smAll outbreaks Of guerilias in gangs Of ten
OF fifteen, who make q MD on - small settle.
ment, rob The people and then disappear
ono knows where. Last Monday night the
town Of Cadet, On the Iron Mountain road,
was robbed, one store being broken open and
robbed Of s., 0C0 in money and goods. These
robberies will probably occur at various
points throughout the interior TIL the war Is
oyer, and HUNDRED thousand cavalry could
not prevent them. It is decided tarce to
t1cai these robbers as prisoners Of war whan
caught, and worse folly still to let them of
with slight punishment, at the solicitation Of
q conservative II. c. utter their condemua-
tion and sentence to death has been approved
by the commanding General Of the Depart
ment. This folly is costing Missouri many
valuable lives mud saving only bushwhackers.
The abduction case, briefly reported by
telegraph few days aro, Is already e1cltin.
attention. The Catholics arc trying to be-
little the case in order to divert public atten-
ton, but General Dodge and the Provost
taken tie matter in hand, and it will not be
suffered to drop until every reasonable effort
has been made to recover the children 90
many times abducted. 1t is understood that
tie attention Of Archbishop Kenrick has been
called 10 the matter By the military authorl-
clli3dlen were abducted three several times,
md each time in the most fagrant manner.
The agency Of the Catholics IN the m1tter
has been traced straiEht home to apsiest con-
nected with one Of the most prominent Catho
lie Churches In the citS. A sersaut girl says
she was requested to assist in tho abduction
BY this priest, and the priest confesses that
be paid the .casriage hire for conveying the
children 10 convent the last time they were
hea,d from. Beyond this the parties have
successfully concealed their tracks, and the
probability is 1hat after the children were
left over nightin the convent they were taken
from the city to some point in The country.
nEF,}13 4 hAA c tn
restored to the custody OF Rev. Dr.. Eliot,
but were foEyihly abducted from the court
room while the lawyers were waiting for the
papers TO be made ont and certified.
The fourth Of March celebration which took
| place on Saturday, Nas On the whole, cred
! and the turnout ofthe civic societies better
| lhan expected. W'bat caused the most sur"
| prise was the lnrge turnout Of the Irish IN
the. Hbe1u:au Society and the Irish Beneyo-
lent Society. The Individual members OF
] these societies are not supposed to hare
/ Of the celebration on Saturday last. The
| Union Mhchants' Exchange started ont
brcyely, but the members so0n left the omni-
buses and wagons provided for their accom-
.modations. aud gayspiace to boJsand rough
/ laborc1s. The contrast between the process.
sion when it first started and when 1t
ended was rather singular. The Conserya'
| tiycs and open scccss1onists along the line o!
march refused 10 make the slightest display
OF the rational colors, or Of rejoicing, and
eyln went SO far as to keep open their store:
in appatcnt d.tiance Of the request Of tht
Mayor tl!at tie day should be deV5led 10 tht
celebration.
Our Stale Convention is certainly making
slor4 progress. Three or four days have beer
devoted 10 considering the question Of ht
loyalty of one of its members, Mr. 7. d
Harris, Of Galloway. The. proofs are contra
dsctory and confused The enemies Of til,
Convention, Of course, nre much pleaset
The labor Of 1nak1nga new Constitution i
not light one. nor can 1t be accomplished II
| few days. The people do not object to th'
consumption of time so much as they do t:
the boys play constantly noticed-one da1
witnessing the undoing Of whole week
1ibly annoyed, within q few days, because
black man was allowed to give bis testimon.
against white person, and that person NO
man, too, in the Recorders Court. The NO
maj, was 4 notorious prostitute, but tha
matters nothing; she severely injured an IN
offending negro, but that is nothing; It i I
great honor that man with black skin
Should testify against a woman with whit
skin. The BeceEsionists in social circles in
! Weigh bitterly against this proceeding; bu
The community rejoice that substantial jus
tice may be done without regard to old.tiu
pro-slayery prt1uotces.
Gen. Pope Played . very smart trick whel
he removed the headquarters Of his division
up town. BE says pleasantly that be know
row when anybody calls upon him that the
| want something, and do not call merely +
| rasb the time of dug. He has telegrnp
wire connecting his headqra1ters with Ger
Dodge, apd nearly all communications bt
found the machinery Of us division In sue
excellent order. that beyond the exercise {
mere experimenting power, be really La
little to do.
The reported resumption Of guerilla AT
tiyitT on the Arkansas river agrees with II
Joe Shelby has been detached 6u q maraud
iDg expedition nnrthward.. shclby's men nr
p,ohably the guerilIas referred to in the dis
| Tatt hes. To Eua.d against raid In Soutt
wt ST Missouri, Gen. Sanborn sent ont tn
large parties OF cavalry to tue Arkansas line
TO obtain early information Of the rebel move
1ncp.s and hold them In check, il possible
Their reports have been received and an at
strBct furnished By telegraph.
|. Tie approaching MUNICIPAL election seem
TO excite more than usuu1 attention. In
| present incumben, is trying to folst himse
on the Radical party rs candidate for r!
. election. He Inns succeeded In one year
alternating many Of best Radicals In the cit
ffcln his support, and by q genetal want I
, Of the ,First National Bank, F. ". Crones
: bold. stands a fair chance Of receiving tt
Radical nomination.
, The resumption Of navigation On near]
every river tributary to the Mississippi b.
s low Dubuque has revived tue activity Of bus
ness in q wonderful degree. Our me1chau
! are beginning to:hervest after long waitln
Gen. Plcasanton arrived here on Friday .
4 route to Fort Leayenwortb, to assume con
+ maud Of the Kansas district.
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