New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-22

since Fremons took Cemsiand-FrsP'
,~rntious for the mississippi Expedition
-The Administrntion and inc
Fresnant's Proclamation
fom ouT sPce' ST LOUIS Friday. Del. TO- le6l
Glen. Fremont with the greater Part VI me @iio''
4. at Warsaw, ON the Osage, in Bontoh Couniy'
making excellent time toward the Sonth' ne Is
affecting function with Gen. Sigel, for that hying
Dutebnan. who marches men with unequaled rapid
sv. had taken long step southwark before 1t wac
known here that he had left the railroad; and be has
now crossed The Usage. Gen. MeknstTy's division
.l remains at Syracuse, waiting for its full compile
man, Of transportation but hopes 10 start tomorrow.
Their, ic, of course, unlimited room for speculation
as 10 the designs Of Prce and his rebels; bnt it is
probable thai: after being reinforced by AcCullOch,
and receiving quantity of artillery which is coming
ND through ArkaBs.s 10 them, they will make stand
in southern Missouri or northern Arkansas. AT a !
events, they will bo compelled 10 tight or do good
running with two such men az Fremont and Sigol in
their reaF.
There il n peculiar flavor Of satire about Gen.
Gamerons alleged order TIA: all the money" in the
hands of disbursing officers here shal be employed
In meeting current expenses and not in paying debis
17fcdOl tututIod, blhnuiuCu thSAO 10 ~ H'hSy
in their hands" at present, and has been none for
weeks. That direction lie very much ike the one to
sop work upon forti6cations which were already
completed. II it cannot have any practical effect it
may at lesst aid in strengthening the industrious
attempt to convince the public of Gen. Fremont
Fuinous extravaganza.
Assert with sufficient iteration and pertinscity that
q man is a scoundrel, aud even without any spec'i-
cations, you likely in time TO make many people
believe il. &c. general but repeated charges, that
the head of department is making needless and eI-
travagant expenditures, are likely by their very
repetition 10 obtain considerable eredeDce Why do
we not have the exact figures furnished, instead of
these vague limitations and sweeping chargesl
Gen. Fremont arrived here to take charge of this
department, extending from Western Kentucky 70
she Rocky Mountains on the 18th Of July. The
whole amount OF money sent here from Washington
since that time has been little more than two mil
kons OF dollars. The entire expense incurred in this
department from the beginning of the war TO the
present time has been abont ten millions, including
TIVE millions expended by the orders Of Gen. Lyon.
This leaves the total expenditures Of Gen. Fremont
in round numbers, at eight millions. The sum may
seem large but look al single one of the items. IL
costs nearly $685. 900 to arm and equip single cav
airy regiuert, ready for the field, and $4,000 to
arm and equip an infantry regiment. Suppose that
81 regiments in all have been brought into the field
since Gen. Fremonts arrival, and that the arming
and equpping of the greater part of them has de-
xolved upon him. How much does this leave for
the other numerous and heavy expenses OF the de-
parment including the fertilization of st. Louis and
the preparation Of the expedition down III Mssis-
aippi, now in an advanced stage of progress7
1t s true that the preparations for this expedition
are being made upon large scale bui it is TO pene
trste into the very heart of the enemys country,
and DO We want it to result in a second edition Of
Bull RUM Everything has been done rapidly, and
che long delays of the Government in meeting its
obligations and the repeated TumOrs of Gen. Ere
nonts removal, which have made many believe
shat even the ultimate settlement of the indebted.
ness he incurred was uncertain, have compelled the
payment Of lgber prices than would otherwise have
been necessary. ~ am furnishing mules at $ll9
each, said citizen 10 me yesterday; but if the
Government win pay me, either in money or Treas
ury notes whenever they are delivered and SC
cepted, or within reasonable tine afterward will
gladly put them in at $685." Another gentleman
The agent Of an Express Company-states that be
Knows Of $4,000 worth Of goods, such needed
bs re army here, which sre now actually hidden by
the owners y avoid The delay and uncertainty Of re-
ceiving pay lnent for them, in case they should be
taken possession Of Tor the Government.
That there may have been some abuses in sup
plying the Government Is probable. 1t was the care
in the Crimean War; the Congressional Inves,igat-
ing Committee. row in session here, viii tell you
that il has been the case st Washington, in Penn
sylvanis, in New-York; aud the world over
wherever an army rapidly organized and put into
che field, such ofenses mast come, though wo 10
those by whom they come. But any fill and fair
investigation viii not only develop that Gen. FIRE.
mont has acted with tho utmost purity Of purpose
with an eye single to the good Of the cause, but
also, 1 believe, wisely, jndiciouSly, discreetly.
II should not be forgotten that he occupies much
moro difficult field than any other man in our army.
He came here with positive instructions from the
cabinet 70 exercise large discretionary power; and
Ia has doubtless exercised it, But while il becomes
daily more and more obvious that the Mississippi val
ley Is 10 be the peses thester Of the war; il s also
equally obvious to every wel-informed man in Mis-
BouIi that the Government utterly fails 10 compre-
bend the magnitude OF this department, and the ex-
cent of ia absolute necessities Possibly, If con-
tinual camor had been kept up, and we had started
panic regularly once month about ~. Louis being
in danger las II most certainly is today, the city
might have been fortified without objection, and we
might now have army Of 25c0OO quietly sitting in
the trenches before it, absorbing the men, the money,
che munitions, and the beet military skill Of the coup
try regardless Of the pressing wants Of ali other sec
tons The people of the West, who have poured
on, their men so lsyisbly young Kansas alone has
teven regiments in the field, and TWO more forming