New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-27
FROM MISSOURI.
Damage By Ice and Effect on Insurnnec
Csmpanies-Rsdieal Appointments-
First Germs OF Opposition 20 the Presi.
dent-Tho Railroad Msnia-Whcrea-
bouts Of Missouri Rebels, Etc., Etc.
From Our Special Correspondents.

deut-Tho Railroad Msuia-Wherea-
bouts Of Missouri Rebels, Etc., Etc.
From Our Special Correspondent.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. l9, 1866.
The river is finally open again TO Cairo, and
business is already visibly affected BY the event. The
loss Of steamboat property joke to the insurance
companes. Commencing with the December crash.
the total losses amount TO nearly s65oOo0 The insur'
ance in Eastern offices reaches nearly saOo0 and 1t is
inst possible some Of them will be terribly sick of St.
Louis business in consequence Let them learn wis
dom BY the folly of the Franklin Insurance Company OF
Philadelphia That Company was doing business here
durine 1919, when the famous fire occurred. Their
losses were 1921 OOO but the Company paid every dol
lar and then foolishly withdrew their business. Had
they remained in the field they could have made good
their losses in two years. Everybody who knows any
thing of the business knows that they we're in Such eI
&C Dnt credit then that they could have doubled their
business in one year. Soft may be now with Eastern
companies They have certainly lost heavily, but their
experience is not likely TO recur every year or even
once in many years and by careful discrimination
they may now make up for present bad luck It's ex
traordinary however that tho mems used 70 prevent
The recent disasters utterly inadequate to the
end In view The necessity Of iceb0at for our har
Dor ia so generally conceded that II is singular that the
Underwriters do not combine to employ one:
i'll
that the President has appointed Gen. John Mcneil
Collector of Port, vice r. j. Howard, Blair man. II
has been known for some time: Gen heNeu Is IN
Washington figuring for the position with the heP OF
the whole delegation Of Radicals Of this State in Con-
press His appointment, IL truly reported Is great
triumph for the Radicals, and draw back for the Con-
seryatiyes Gen. Mcneil was famous during the war
as the man who had the courage to order the shooting
of ten Rebels in retaliation for the murder OF one
Union man by guerrillas. For this act lie was placed
on the same footing Ben. Butler, and outawed By
the Confederncy Since his resignation as soldier he
las been acting Clerk OF the Criminal Court OF this
county Before the war; Gen. Mcneil was in afiiaent
circumstances but now he Is comparatively poor his
hands are clear If cotton specuaton and bis appoint
ment to the Office Of Collector is well deserved.
Radical fayors are not to be purchased however Dy
public patronage and although to-day there Is reJoc.
Ing among the Rsdees because OF the appointment OF
Gen. Mcneil this very night meeting VIII be held at
Turner'S Hail. in pursuance q call issued % bali
nomination Of Fremont at Cleveand) TO cenounee the
President on the Reconstruction question, and to an
nounce the belief Of the Union men Of this state lrat
signers TO this call embrace Cherries Il. Moss, a
political malccntent, lately elected 10 the Legislature,
State Senator and one Representative. 1t the first
open movement here among Union men to express dis
sent from the Presidents policy II cannot DO denied
however that the great body OF the Union in the
West are In sympathy with Congress on this sub
ect They are heartily opposed to the admission OF the
reconstructed States under their present status The
accounts received daily from parties who arrive here
from the South concur in the statement that the freed
solute danger Of their lives if Us Union troops were
now Withdrawn.
Rebel Missourians are slowly finding their way back
to the State Col j. O. Burevidge, who was notorious
as guerrilla and aterward as regular cavalry officer
in Prices army, has returned here with pardon In his
pocket George c. Vest, the leading Secessionist In
the Caib jackson Legislature OF infamous memory in
1851 and later still member Of the Confederate Con-
eress is also in the State, though Vest not par
doned There is quite Jealousy among the old class
of Bebes who have not been pardoned, concerning
those who have not Judging from present appearances
Sterling Price intends to remain in Mexico as he had
sent for his family and they are now en- route TO that
pleased country OF earthquakes and revolutions Price
has not succeeded remarkably well In inducing Missouri
iaps TO emgrate to Mexico though there Is Mexican
emigration agency open IN prominent locality In TIE
city with hinge ~
nreseu and they have it strong. II one.haf the pro-
eoted roads are built the State will be etted by rail
ways worse than Massachusetts or khooe island;
enterprises all would be lovely; but there tant OF
stock obbng In some OF them. Meetings are held IN
various counties along the lines OF proposed roads and
the subscriptions started by getting county bonds,
which are sold at ruinous figures to help the parties In
terested feather their nest State all for railroads is
at an end The present enormous state debt was con-
trscted 10 aid In the construction Of railroads and IL n
safe 10 calculate that onehaf the bonds issued were
spent extrayagantly. The only road now paying any:
thing s the Pacific but the North Missouri S Is bound
having road The Hannibal and st. Joseph Road
sboud pay WELL but IL il not In good condition and
fhere A OF some
nering the road in an unexpected way.
disposition Is manifested In this city to make mob
war on the dens occupied by prostitutes and gamblers
The fact Is that these dsreputabe classes have caused
large advance OF rents Of dwelling and the
snfFerers are Justly indignant The City Council have
heen consdefing memorial to the Legislature asking
sr repeal OF the law which renders the city respon
sibe in caseof damage by mob to any building occupied
for an unlawful uIpose. The proposed action has
heen violently denounced Some years since q jury
gave verdict for the city in case where den OF In
IoxU kv inn al mo lint fba
Snnyame Court reversed the verdict and gave tbeaim
ma and instances recorded where parties
hsva heen turned out Of dwellings for which they paid
per year IN e.d i 70 sew OF p9 o1as
tntes At twice that amount The revelations brought
to light BY this agitation have been very disgraeeu to
many men nOns sR has not BEEN very warmly con-
tsstsd Of late in this city both parties standing TO their
arms in an attitude Of mutual defiance. The county
however quite wR 'f bsosSu nS
the organization In this city Their innds are
s1bsnsted and the Brotherhood In state OF decay
tn esrs. N moor ireland" is forgotten during the
s.nas created BY the late The Judge Of
he Criminal Court Of ST. Louis has not gone 90 lar as
Ia order the Sheriff 10 summon POSE eonsirs 70 serve
the writ Of arrest for Captain PsI6e VINO hcads .as
sfea mhoat burners prisoner lie pas eVlaeh.y pus
RE Tot into IT, and IL anxious 10 get out OF the
s .c1 ne than he is TO push 1t to conclusions
Court mas an old SSerS to the
of;cs frorn which he ousted under the vacating
o,dinsncs The Supreme Court says that the gushing
orJinsncs was legal and hence the sppointee Oh the
Coyernor must be restored
tn Cn,ssTystiyes still continue to champion all the
,ar r,.eysble unfortunate proSlavery Rebel preach.
an they can find in the interior Another one OF TINS
honud over in the sfm Of 81 500 TO appear for
~ hesore he next term OF the Circuit Court:
some Of the Rebels left in Boone County sun imagine
IN a. es,oss have no rights white man IL bound 70
One OF them bamed Coleman lately stabbed
oopred man IN Columbia but was arrested and he'd %
snsxsr a charge Of granddaughter His bail wes hKsd
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