The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-09
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Louis.
ST. Louis, August 5, 1861
We have several times in the past fortnight hat
the mercury up to 1859 in the shade and in coo
places here; and at time, | verify believe either
in the night or day time, below $50 in all thi
period, SO that ST. Louis may with some show o
truth be distinguished By the appelIation given il
by some wicked sinner-tbe culinary departm ent
of hell-aye, and for more reasons than because Of
the heat Of her climate, for more profane, gamb-
ling, ath-hreakirg town than this same, | know
nadgnt ol-not excepting Paris, even; and ali the
blame, conceive, attaches to the So, 600 Du chmen
who rule the roast here. In view of this fact
| thereore-the intense heat, | mean-and the addi-
tional one, to wit: that have had nothing reliable
TO commuaicate respecting movements, you
will no longer be surprised your failure to hear
| from me in the past three weeks. | write this
morning in the mdsi of extensive prepare ations
going above for good old fashioned thunder
storm; and most sincerely do trust they NAV not
abort, or two similar efforts on the part of
the clerk in charge have done in the past week for
all nature out this wav-hnth animate and mani
mate-iS crying alond for rain, not drop of which
| has fallen for upwards of three weeks now.
The redoubtahla Fremont returned here vester-
day from Cairo and Birds Point, where he went on
Wednesday or Thursday last to prepare proper
reception for Gen. PILLOW, On the occasion of con-
templated visit to the latter place hv that gentle
man, in company with bis suite of 25 900 gallant
Southerners. | could have wished nc had pr, long
ed bis stay down there long enough to have afforded
| Mr.. Sol chance of furnishing him n taste OF his
quality, which they say he has already very aptly
| done to many of the men III both these camps five
or six hundred of those at Cairo one being
sick in the hospital. friend here, arrived night
before last from MemhhS, via Cairo, whittier he
went fortnight since, for the purpose of "coect.
| ing" (orer he led brought some exceedingly in
| terrsting intelligence with him-iaterestng to us
Of this State, at least, and doubt it would prove
| so to you and our friends in the East generally
which, however, it would be highly Improper to
speak OF here. Suffice it to saw the cheering asSu-
rance is ours-"al is we'll" We have watcbmau
on our Western tower, in the good Bishop of Lou
| isana, who says call is we;' aud who dare doubt
| the assurance thus given? McCulloch, Raines
| and Parsons are said to be gradually moving
nearer and nearer Lyons and Siegel. Yesterday it
| was rumored that four days before they were
| separated by only ten miles of distance that
/ you may shortly hear stirring news from that
! section. | need scarcely warn you in advance
to place no reliance in what the telegraph may
/ inform you respecting battles out here. Its
agents here are all iii the pay of that gigantic
| deception established at Washington, and, like
| It's master, they will continue to deceive, if by
| doing so they can possibly subserve their bad
cause. To this day, they have corrected
their lying statements respecting the battle of Car
| thage, in which Siegel lost from 500 to 700 in
killed, wounded and prisoners, notwithstanding he
himself SiegeD states his loss to have been l3 only
| killed ard 81 wounded This, too in fight lasting
| all day! Siegel is stamped liar daily in this
city, by persons constantly arriving here from the
| Southwest
Some two or three of the disbanded, less discreet
! than the others, have also inadvertently let the
cat slip out Of the bag and confirmed the accounts
brought up by citizens of that section. The out
! RACES perp"tracd hy the brutal sOldiery in the
rural districts upon those of southern sentiments
which marked the commencement of their raid
upon this State, continue, and only last week they
murdered outright two of the most respectable
citizens of Lexington-Mr. Leightuer, and another
| whose name have forgotten. Were it not for the
crushing weight of calamity which such deeds
| bring with them to the immediate families and
| friends of the victims, might almost rejoice at
them, for they never fail to make more or less
staunch partizans to the southern cause, of men
who before lukewarm only in their svmpa -
! thies, or, indeed, openly hostile TO it, AS the blood
of martyrs has been called the seed of the Church,
So the blood of the many murdered patriots in
| Missouri alone has made more friends for the cause
OF the South in this State, among the " Union )"
men, than all the appeals that might have been
made to their iudgmen by the most eloquent
speakers and the most i0rcibe writers within her
broad limits In prCof of the truth of this remaT X,
| might refer you to the letters daily published in
the newspapers here, detailing these outrages and
speaking of their damaging effect upon the "UDion
cause in our State. You have, no doubt, made
yourself acquainted with the proceedings OF our
| late Revolutionary Convention, and the patent
mode by which they unmake and make Governors
| Secretaries of States, laws, &C., &c. Verify, we
are living in Revolutionary period, and should
not much wonder IT. at their next assembling, In
December, if they permitted to eD Joy their eX-
istence till thenl would not be surprised, | say,
if they legisated respecting religion, the rights Of
property, &C., &c, they say they have "right"
to do. Let us hope that ere long Governor Jackson
will return and if he does hang the uSurper of
his plan and pogers-Mr. Gambe-he will at least
give him free leave to retire to the shades OF private
lite.
One hour Iatcr.--I have just learned from gen
tleman usually well informed who stepped in here
to give the information, that the Government
designs concen trang here all the troops they pos
| sibly can, to which end they about to erect
| barracks for their accommodation all around the
| city. This accords with statement that appeared
! n the Democrat few days since, to the effect that
| the Fair Grounds were to be turned into huge
camp Of $4,000 men. Even the troops at Cairo
and Birds Point are to be brought up here-a suli-
cient force only being left at both of those places
20 give them the semblaHee of campS-as it has now
| been discovered by them that General Pillow,
though he landed his troops at New Madrid, only
% miles below Birds Point, has no design upon
that camp, but is going to form junction with
| McCullnch Co., and then march either upon JET
ferson City or this place, or both; else that be
will go round the Point, and marching in this di-
rection, endeayor to seize the Iron Mountain Rail-
road and the lead region about Potosi, to which
this road runs. To thwart this scheme It's said
| they erecting batteries at the Mountain. An
other rumor-that the Dutch who have enlisted in
the Home Guard here will not get dime for th ell
care, the Government having declared that they
were only volunteers who enlisted at the call o
Blair, to defend their property and persons as 1t
y
can they be regarded in the employ of the Uni
ted States. Y ours truly, ~
tCorre&ponaence-cf the Daily Exchange
LETTER FROM WHEELING.
Dubious Exploits of Gen. Mcclellan in West.
ern Virsinia-- a--Further Facts in Relation tt
the Battle of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Fo.
Iitical Troubles i'm Observation-Disclosures
OF Federal Recruiting Ofiicers--southerl
Men Growing Bolder=-The Wheeling Com
Jiany at the Battle on stone Bridge--Som,
Account OF the Killed and Wounded in 1T
WHEELING, VA. August 8, 1861.
HESsRs. EDIroRs:-Fame and promotion com
modities of cheap purchase in the Lincoln army
At least, it is found to be in the army operation
in Northwest Virginia. They lucky fellow
who chance to have Lincoln commissions for thi
region of country. Why it is SO | will not under
take to saw unless it is owing to The fact that thei
exploits here done so far away from their sea
of Government that their nature aud extent ar
never truly known. The dispatches recountn,
the same are most hugely magnifed, and conclud
with the modest ''hope that their services will
; meet the appreciation of their Commander-in
Chief"
Never was there man who more surreptitiousl,
made a great military repu alton on mere busi
fighting, and with overwhelming odds agains
small opposing forces, than has Major Genera
= Mcclellan.
, Having cunningly seized upon trivial events ant
enlarged them into massive affairs, he has sue
ceeded in impressng upon the minds of the "BlOody
Cabinet" that be is a hero of the greatest magni
tude, and therefore he now heads the forces tha
! were feetest at the Bull Run Virginia races.
E From the s'great battle of Phillippi," there wa
manufactured out OF militia Colonel, by the roya
sceptre of his Lincoln Majesty, Brigader General
e who, have no doubt, is just worthy of his pro
motion as some others of a similar kind.
About this 'igreat battle of Phillippi'-so STYLED
!. by the Black Republican press-I will give you
y few well authenticated facts which heretofore hav
$ been effectively suppressed.
In the first place, three thousand Federal troop
5 went against eight hundred Confederate troops
y The Federal forces having divided into two sep
| arate divisions for concerted attack an occur
renee took place similar to the Little Bethel atfai
= one division coming upon the other bv surprise
It fired into and killed twenty of their own By
e the time they reached the camp of the epemy-
:, who had just commenced rendezvous, and wer
e e badly armed, and had but three rounds of ammuni
e tion-the C0nfederates were under full retreat
= and not man of them was killed and but thre
|, | wounded-s OF whom recovered.
1t was in this terrible engagement, when tn
~ storm of battle was fiercely raging ~, with
little squad Of Confederate soldiers guarding tn
rear of retreat, that Col Kelly, of the socalled Is
Virginia regiment, received bullet in his shou
der, and for which, by telegraph, he was promote
Y to a Brigadier Generalsbip.
% The governing influences of Wheeling, unfortl
ol nately, like many other places, both large an
+ small, have fallen into the hands of indvidua
10 who do mot know that their souls are their owl
70 and who are such weak timd creatures, that the