, 1861-11-28

1sncc;al Correspondence Chicago Tribunc.1
81. LOUIS. Nov. u, 1851.
It would he useless to deny that the General
Order No. 8, issued by Gen. Hallcck, in rrla-
ticn to fugitive sE,Ses seeking refuge in our |
camps, has created great deal Of fccling-not |
to eay dissatisfaction-among many Of tic Off |
Gers and men composing the army now in this |
city and State At the Planters House, at
Barnum's Hotel, and ut tho army Offices On
the corner Of Fourth street aud Washington
avenue, the subject has been discussed with
more than usual vim. On Thursday, when it
appeared, very little Was said, but On Friday,
when tic current began to set in against the
policy Of tho order, expression was loud
against it.
The testimony Of military officers is unani
nous in opposition to it. Take the ease Of
Col. Thaycr, Of the First Nebraska Regiment,
WHO has been in Missouri since the 1st Of ALL
gust, and las held the position Of commander
Of the post Ut st. Joseph, at Pilot Knob, and
ut Syracuse. He says that in no one instance
did lie ever know negro WHO came into tho
camps to wish to 90 back to his master; tllat
lie received better, spcedier, and more reliable
information from "contrstands" tl,au through
any other source; that lis own scouts, and
white men, protesting 10 be UnioGists, never
brought him as reliable intelligence Of the en-
eny's movements as ragged slaGcs escaping
from their rebel masters.
Gen. Prentiss says the same thing, and lis
North Missouri, is valuable. Col. Plummcr,
before tlc battlc at Frcdcricktown,
Missouri, was deceived rs to til:
encmy's whereabouts By every acAite in1l,bit-
AIT, male and female, in the town, but WAS
correctly informed BY an old decrcpil negro,
h9Ii 3n ,-7I
The experience at Rol1a is the same. An Hi
nois Colonel, who las been there several
weeks, yesterday stated that the only inform
alton which could he relied Oh came through
negroes, and so general was the confidence in
their reliability tlElt tile word OF 4 fugitive
chattcl WAS rr4arde7 by TIC troops as worth
| that Of Il lEt(f dozen whitc men whose Union
| ism WAS confined to mere declaration.
Al Rolla there are, at this time, twcnty-sey
/ I'll negroes, Three OF them females, who have
hccn exceedingly useful since their arrival
! thcre-the women as cooks and }lundres$es,
| aud the men is hewers Of wool and drawers
| of water. By Gen. H3tllcck's order, they arc
| to be Immediately excluded from our lines.
| Now, tlicsc instances are on1ra few AMONG
| the many repeated by the army officers them
| selves, ard thus far there is hot III instance
| known where the enemy has ever received in
| formation from our lines through the ar.itce
| or cunning Of 4 pretended fugitive. With all
| due respect 10 Gen. Ual!tek, lie propsivtr Of
| General Order No. ;'may be seriously doubled.
The unexpected disagreement rs to the list
| OF rriHatcs who were captured at Camp Jack
| son, between A1essrs. Barnes and Rowland,
Commissioners Oil the part OF 11lr United
! States, and Mcssrs. Barclay, Barrett l. Co,
| Commissioners for the Claib. jackson forces,
| HEY delay The release Of Col. AIulli.ans men
| from parole for a long tine It would seem
| 10 he the most natural course in the world 10
| accept the list Of Camp Jackson captivcs fur
nished TO Gen {tllcn Captain) Lyon by their
| own officers at the time vi TIC capture and
| release on parole.
But Barclay and Garrett will not consent to
| tlis-ther have Offered their list OF tic priS-
| oEers, and refuse to be bound By any other
! Whether true or untrue, it is widely believed
tllat tile new list has been prepared for the oc-
cstsion, and that to ill it up recruiting for the
Southern Confeder,cy has been pT:.cticed.
Barclay and Barrett deny tllis imputation, and
| assert that they have been offered recruits for
| tic Southern army by tho thousand. This is
| probably pure 9:1Sconade. 1t is rertinent1y
asked ly our Commissioners, how the scecsh
| Commissioners obtained their list, and an
| swtred that the list w:ls obtained from the
! officers, Very properly, then, it is asked how
| il happens there is such discrepancy between
| the list presented to Gen. Lyon last May and
TO tho secesl Commissioners 1T this time, inas-
much IS both lists were prepared by the Same
officers. As both sides arc firm III their posi-
ticns, it is net likely that there will be any
| further exchanges By the way, tie original
document fer the exchange is signed OH behalf
Of Gen Fremont, and by Gen. Sterling Price
on behalf Of tho Missouri State Guard, was in
| 11le hands Of tile writer yesterday, ard what
attracted most notice was the signature Of
Sterling Price. Anybody who ll:s seen lis
hold, straight up and down signature, IS.
Price" rs Governor or as Bank Commissioner,
wcud hardly recognize the shakr, 1remulous,
Stephen Hopkins like character Of the sigma,
ture to t,le document just mentioned. 1t is
rs wsvy and irregular rs that of Il nervous
man OH his dc.,th-hcd. Either Sterling Price
must have been drinking when he wrote it, o.
else he las wonderfully changed siace the lay
When lie MAS accounted il loyal citizcn.
Gen. Curtis has received 4 letter from one O.
the Iniun members Of Congress representing
Ills State, inquiring whether Il safeguard Civ
cn to ali exchanged prisoner allowing linn
specified time % settle up lis affairs, coiltel:
/ upon him tic privilege Of stirring up scdi-
| tinr, biurtln.. out reasonable seni nlents lsG
abusing the Government before lis Safeguard
expires. It seems that such las been the
practice in many instances. Another illustr'
titn oi this circumstance may be found in tht
celebration among the rebels Of the return 0
| Gen. D. n. Frost, who WAS at the head 0
Camp Jackson. They gave him q private ban
quet, and it would be unreasonable to suppos'
that treason was not ventilated extcnsiyel,
bcfore it WAS over. These incidents turnsl
, | al abundant excuse for shutting down upos
the conduct Of rebel prisoners occupying sucl
q position, and Gen. Curtis, So far us lis III
:. tlority extends. proposes to put stop 10 it.
The sufferers from the Southwest, who ar
pleading foT a return Of the army. to Spring
field, are entitled to great deal Of sym:s
| thy. They hail from section which contain
q larger proportion Of real unconditional Cnio
men than any other section of the State. 1t
| tic testimony of Gen. StuIgis and Gen. Popt
who have Travelled through nearly three-fourtll
| Of the counties in the State, that on the rccen
march to Springfield there were more dcmor
CTR rf1 off f1,nH
;. t river than north ofit. These men stood i
i Gen. Lyon as far as their limited mcans woul
i permit. They lEsyc endured every degree {
9 hardship, and represent that If they lad arm
). and ammunition, and 4 few pieces Of artil1er,
= they could uuW sustain themselves again:
= 1llrir ne:ghlor=, 1,u1 wien two-thirds Of IL
i rebel counfics :rc pouring cut men a.-..:,i:
i them, and Ben. A1cCulloch, with his Ark,
~ Sims and Indians, threatens them beside. it
il tco much for their endurance. They held
= meeting on Friday at the Planters Hnu=
About one hundred and fifty assembled, 1T
appointed {: committee to w:lit on Gcnrr
II 1iallcck to ask for protection. The posisiC
r. Of General Halleek is understood to te 1':;s
e The army was withdrawn from Sl'riu
~ field by order Of the Government
i Washington, and to order any consitlcrah
II number vi troup: back there would he Il vi
~ l.aton Of tic spirit of his instructions, Yeti
- promised to consider tn: case, and :ccor
, nlc1sdcd course proper to be pursued 10 h
II / AiF ucp:tTl11cEt. IL is i'fD1NT 10 iuu IL
u the Southwestern fu.itiyes Requested I'll
# mention Of ticir affairs be suppressed from :.
- city papers for the present, SO that the se:c
). may not know what they arc doiu. liz,
D. This publication, however, III Chicago, will,
n. 10 harm.
sf Tie Court Of Claims, consisting Of Ness
= Holt, Davis and Campbell, now in seeess;,
!, here, have the labor Of Hercules on ths
u, han.s, :in1 it is not improbable the Conan
-. sion may remain in active session for Lie nc
n three months Tie LIST OF claims, orisila;l. 8
"a assigned. which have been filed, covers nea1
t. five i!uldrrl tolios already, and is daily
~ crcas:ng. The labor of the Commission
~ nicely divided. In tic language Of dist
il guishcd lawyer Of this city. who las Il
- several claims to prosecute, Campbell do
r the calculation and the figure work, Davis +
!, legal and critical, and Holt the eauitab
ht | Davis las bestowed al immense amount
- time and patience searching out law poir
r. bearin*- upon tue legality OF claims, and n
~ i,ahiy knows the acts Of the last session
T. Congress hy heart Judge Holt is partc
- larry sharp when suspicion of fraud IS raise
VI and it is not saving too much to aver that Il
~ ~ suspicion Of fraud taints seven claims out
=. every ten presented. Tic sessions Of T
=. Commission are private, and thc list OF cta!1
"a ants not allowed to be made public.
-, - Tic departure OF two Of the new iro2-c}
he g1::l-hoats for Cairo, places the commander
II = 1lli post in position to ASSUME the ofensi
~ in river operations, with big chance Of ST
~ cess. The gun carriages were on board,
~ ~ ready for tie armament which is now at Cal
~ ~ in readiness to so OH board. The other 10;
~ ~ have progressed quite rapidly during the pa
"a ~ week, fears being entertained that low wat
ha may delay the boats here till the ice blocks