, 1861-10-08
GRN. mcCULL0OH,
Can q Dead Man Isaue a Proclamation =
The st. Louis papers will have it that Be
ID 'McCullcch is dead. The RepnbZiean says Ct
itorinl1y;.

The st. Louis papers will have it that Ben
'McCullcch is dead. The Rkpubziean says ed
itorially:
We have letter from well informed gen
tleman at Rol1a, which states there is reliable
news there, that Gen. Ben McCu1oeh did die
at Fayetteville CT the wound he received at
the battle Of Springfield He neglected prop.
er medical t1eatment, saying no DutchmRn
could Kill him. This ncRB comes from seVe.
raj scurces in the Southwest, and is also
brought by men who have just arrived from
Arkansas. The report is current and believed
at Springfield.
The language Of the " we'll informed gentle-
man at Rolla," Is rs follows:
a gentleman who left Marshfield On Monday
last, arrived here yesterday (4th.) He says
thEt Mr. j Lee, citizen Of Marshftid, who had
Just returned from Camp Walker, where he
lad gone on business Elth the army, reports
that there are about {, GOO men at Camp Walk
er, urder the command Of q nephew Of Gen.
McCul]och- McCulloch himself, he was told,
tad died day or two previous. Two men
who live in Carroll county, Arkansas, near the
Missouri line, have arrived. They say that it
ia generally believed there that McCulloch had
died Of his wound received at Springfield. He
is said to have neglected his wound until too
lEte, Il hen be had his le3 anputated and died
| t1cm The effects Of it Tire: days afterward.
A M:jcr Wright, who has just arrived at
Rolla fom the Southwest, gives the CORES
! pondent Of the Democrat this version Of the
course Of the takiIg- off Of the mysterious aud
ubiquitous Benz:
| A ply eician, well known to the Major,
! xhoGc Lame am not permitted to use, arrived
flom the Southwest On Tuesday evening, and
| called at the Majors tent. This physician WAS
su1s con, in Parish, Texas. The former very
| 1eclntiy had al interview with his old partner,
81 Was told by him that in the battle Of the
10Th McCn.loch was shot through the hips,
aaG glance ball struck him IN the forehead
socn *ffer making bis report Of the battle,
NeCuEech. with the Texan forces was ordered
back to Texas, but after reacAing Camp Chss
peak, Iear Mount Vernon, he died from hi:
wounds. Before he expired he spoke freely
OF 11e manner Of his treatment by the Mis-
sou1ians, and declared that if he had know
the true position Of affairs, he never Wou1f
. | tave entered the State
His body was placed in metallic coffin All
conveyed to Texas. His death Was conceale;
tyen from his Owl men for time, i beIns
lie policy OF the surviving leaders t.: operat
. On the prestige,,of his name His eon, Ben
McCulloch, Jr:, was therefore placed in nomi
Isl et1nEaud, in Older to keep up the deceE
t:oE.
The eame authority also gives an account c
,, the difficulties bstWeen McCu1loch and Price
The ne2t day after tie battle, a division Of tll
! t*o Generals. McCulIoch ended by tellin
Price that he "had been grossly deceived
! she htiEEourians, and the latter were all 81
! Ct I'd cowards that when it came to th
= | pinch, he (McCulloeh) had to do the fghtin!
> but when it came to the division Of the pluI
: tiers ttIouss be en- equitable division, OR
: would blow them all to h--l," and planted b
, batteries for t}ghr. Price immediately su
cumbed.