New-York daily tribune., 1861-10-30

company Of sevso. who. after observing us win
care at the distance Of about awhile, drew themselves
up in line upon the brow Of bill where 'ne ioa"
pas sed between them and high fence. The country
is infested by rowing bandsof Rebels ana this iooheu
very Ike one of their guerrilla parties Inc ser
oeant shook his flowing locks with delight al the
prosnect of what he termed lark, and his men
drew and carefully examined their caIinee; but the
bo,ssmcn made no bellgerent demonstrations as we
galloped up, and upon close inspection 'ne! proved
10 be a party of unsrmed Germans, VINO had sus-
pected rs of being Rebels
4 Al Cole Camp, a little German village on the
northern border Of this DentOn) County, we stopped
sr two hours at the tavern of Secession landlord,
while the Sergeant and his went on to adjacent
eorped where they took possession Of feed foriber
borses in the name of the United States of America
and supped beside their campfire. from ratiOns in
their haversacks. Our Falstaffan landlord, though
be has son in the Rebel army and is well known as
a Secessonist, now claims 10 be an excellent Union
man, and treated us with distinguished attention.
He informed that 50 years ago. two brothers named
jim and Sam Cole csmped upon The creek, six miles
south TO hunt bears and that the creek and settle
ment bad since been called Cole Camp in remember
Of them but upon being grayely asked Which OF
them, lie relapsed into profound study, from which
it took him several minutes to recover.
At Cole Camp we were joined by Col. John III.
Richardson, of the Union State forces, formerly
Secretary of State, who had just escaped from the
hands Of the Pllistines. Starting from Linn Creek,
in Camden County, with dispatches from Col. John
B. Wynn, of the 18th Illinois, for Major-General
Hunter, the colonel and his guide, while only four
miles from Versailles were captured by four mounted
Rebels, their dispatches taken from them, and Col.
Richardson detained as prisoner, until be was ex-
changed. As this had transpired only short dis
ance from our road we began to entertain sentiments
Of the dee pest gratitude to ourselves for accepting
the escort.
moonlight ride ofthree hours brought us over the
remaining 90 miles, and at 10 p. IN. reached War
saw, having accomplished AZ miles in ten hours.
Our cosmopolitan sergeant minus one of bis men,
who in consequence Of an insane attempt TO drink
whisky for the whole party, had taken lodgings in
the middle Of the road several miles back quartered
himself upon bospitsble corn.feld; and after two
hours search through the town, we found house
not occupied By soldiers, but owned by passive
Secession gentleman who was exceedingly ready TO
furnish US with accommodations.
Warsaw is strong Secession point the county
seat OF Benton County, and containing the Land
Office for this district, which did contain popua-
ton Of about 800; but nearly half the male inhsbi
tants are in the Rebel army. Upon Gen. Fremont's
arrvh here he directed his officers to quarter them
selves upon the people and they are now very CON-
fortably housed In the best residences. At first the
families were very much incensed at the idea Of
having an "Abolition soldiery" living under their
roofs; but with the universal facility Of human
nature for adapting itself TO the inevitable they
submit very gracefully. One of the mog bitter and
malignant families, by beautiful working Of the
doctrine Of compensations, is entertaining about q
dozen German officers, who drink lager-beer indus-
triously, smoke meeuchanms Increasingly, and in the
evening play the piano and sing uniDtermihingly
We are sojourning with lady who has son in the
Rebel army, and whose daughter--a young lady Of
education and some knowledge Of the world-upon
learning that one Of our party was " Blhek We
,hI;oo~ oApIvsseu the utmost wonder and surprise
and scrutnized him with great curiosity. 1t was
the first time, she said that she ever looked upon
Black Republican; and she seemed to consider him
one Of the seven wonders Of the world.
The inyincible sigel, who is one Of our very best
officers is about ten miles in advance, on the south
side Of the Usage, with his entire command. Gen.
Asboths division is here, while those Of Generals
Hunter, McKinstry and Pope are on the way from
the railroad. A large amount Of ammunition and
other contraband goods including thrtynne kegs Of
powder, has been found in this vicinity. Price and
his army, % 900 strong, are at Stockton Cedar Co..
fifty miles Southwest Of Us. The town was originally
called Fremont but after the campaign of '56 the
name was changed TO Stockton. The temporary
bridge across the Ossge here is completed and as
soon az the remaining divisions of the army come up
we shall march southwark.
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