New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-09
THE FREMONT BLAIR DIFFICULTY.
THE ORDERFOR COL. DLAIB'S SECOND ARREST
Col. BIair'S Charges against Gen. Fremont
From The Ciaeinnafi Enquirer.

I issued Tor the t0l0nei feafrebb
HEADQUARTERS WEsrEnS DEPlRrsEST
ST. LOUIS No, Sept. %, ls6i. ,
| SPECIAL ORDERS No. 26S.-CoL +. L, Blair, Jr.,
lst Missouri Light Artillery is hereby placed IN ar
rest. He will proceed without delay TO JeeIs 10
Barracks and report himself IN arrest TO Leut'-Ooi
S. Burbank, 18th Infantry, commanding.
! His limits will be those OF the pest OF Jefferson
Barracks.
By order Of MajOr-een. E,emSpt, ,,.,,vv,-vp
Assistant Adjutsut-GeneTaL
Immediately upon his rearrest, Col. Blair prepared
the following charge. and specifications against Gen.
Fremont, and forwarded the same to Washington;
COL. BLAIR's CHARGES AGAINST GEN. FREiONr;
! Charges preferred by Frank p Blair, jr., Colonel
of the let Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, agiins.
Ma. Zen. John G. Fremont, of the army OF we
/ United States, commanding in the Department VI
/ the West: M.
CHARGE Neglect Of duty and unoficer-liko con-
Duct go,
/ Specification LIN failing and negecting from
the Sd day of july 1861 to repair TO the city Oh Oh
Louis in the State of Missouri, the headquarters "
the Western Department, and there enter upon INC
duties belonging TO him as the military chief oil sain
Department to the serious injury OF the pubic tef
vice therein and the loyal people thereof.
] Specification 2-In failing and negiectlng 10 ~
form himself of the wants and necessities OF the td
Western Department, from the I'd Day OK July,
1861 TO the 10Th day Of July, 1861 to the great de-
triment of the public service, and the mary OF Inc
said Department.
Speclfcoton 3-In falling and neglecting to take
proper measures 10 REINFORCE end succor Bug.-Gen
| Nathaniel Lyon, commanding part OF the army OF
The United States at Springfield, in the state OF
Missouri from the Sd day Of July, loOl, to the lVth
\ day of August 1861 the said post OF Springfield
being ali the while in immediate peril from the
enemy, whereby the forces Of the United States s'
or near said Springfield, were many OF them sac
rifced and the residue compelled TO abandon ssll
post to the serious detriment OF the Goyernment o.
- IL. Il mn and
the people thereof.
Specification AIN failing and negecting TO take
proper measures TO re-enforce or succor MAJOR =
Becken, commanding part OF the Army oil the
United States az Lexington, in the State OF Missouri
from the 18th day of August, 1901 to the LIST day Of
September, 1861 the said post at Lexington beng
all the while in imminent peril from the enemy,
whereby said poet ett 10 the power OF an over
whelmng foe and assailed by said foe, and pre-
served from destruction only by the heroic va0r OF
the officers and men OF the post after they bad been
so grossly abandoned by the said Malor-Gen. John
C.. Fremont.
Specification 5.--In falling and neglccting TO take
proper measures 10 reenfoIce and snccor Col james
A. Mulligau, commanding poet Of the army OF the
United States, al Lexington, IA Lafayette county IN
The State Of Missouri, from the 10Th day Of SeIern-
Der, 1851 10 the Goth day OF September, $50,
the said post at Lexington beng all the while
in imminent peril from the enemy, whereby
the enemy were suffered 20 assault the said poet and
oonauer and take the same 10 the great dsgraec OF
the National suDs and the deiriment OF the service
Specification Elm suffering one Martin Green
and other guerrilla chiefs Of the enemy TO recruit an
army in Northeastern Missouri Of from 3OO TO
5000 men, and 10 end rAyage NoTt h-eastern
Missouri - dny OF August, 1861, 10 about the
10th day Of September, 1851, without taking proper
measures 10 suppress the bands Of fald Martin
Green and other gueTrillai, whsl ely vsst smoohl
Of the property Of the loyal Inhabitants OF said sec
ton OF the State Of Missouri wasted and de-
stroyed Many Of eaid inhabitants were driven out
Of said North -eastern Missouri by the enemy, and
many were compelled by the enemy 10 take an oath
Of allegiance 10 the pretended trltorons and nsuf'
reotonary government called the Confederate States
/. Of America.
SpeefcatioH In suffering and permitting one
Stephen a. Huflbutt, Bngadier- General in the
army Of the United States, and his authority, TO be
and remain IN command Of the forces Of taid Govern
ment in Northern Missouri from the 10th day Of Au-
gust, 1861 TO about the 10th day Of September lS6l,
! knowing him. the Tlid Stephen A. lurlbutt, from
the official report Of biz superior officer, Brigadier
General Pope 20 be q common drunkard, aud unit
all Of said time to command TO the great deirment
OF the service Of the LOYAL people OF Missouri.
Specification SIN neglecting and refusing on or
about the LIST day Of September, 1861, when a post
Of the army Of the United States AZ Lexington, IN
the County of Lafayette, State Of Missouri, was In
imminent peril from the enemy and in need Of i'm
mediate succor and re-enforcenents, 70 receive or
hear one Richard Vaughn, esq, who had come from
,aid Lexington 10 his headquarters in the City Of
St. LOUIS TO lay before him, the said Major-Gen. j.
C. Fremont the distressed condition OF said post and
20 solicit succor and re-enforcements Tor the same,
he the said Maior-Gen. j. G.. Fremont, pretending
and insisting that he was too busy TO receive or hear
the message Of said Vaughn; and although be, the
said Major Gen. j. G.. Fremont, was Informed that
the message of said Richard Vaughn related 20 mat
tiers of most urgent Necessity, ana demanded lnne-
diate action, he the said Maor-Gen. j. z. Fremont,
wouId not receive him. the said Richard Vaughn, nor
hear him nor did be give any assisanee to the said
post 10 Lexington, 90 in imminent peril.
: Specification 9.-In appointing on or about the
9Th day Of August, 1861, TO high place o. conn,
dence and trust under bis authority, viz: Moster o.
TRANSPORTATION in the Western Department, one
Doctor Edward II. Castle, person Of disreputabe
character; In keeping the said Case in said office
and place Of trust after being fully informed OF be
character to the great detment and dEgraee OF the
service
Specification lO.-In establishing about his head.
quarters in the city Of st. Louis, barrcade, where
by information absolutely indispensable 10 the pub
Lie service was repelled and shut out from his mind
he the said General Fremont refusing and prevent
ing himself by such means, from being Informed OF
matters of the utmost Importance for hours and
DAYS, 10 the great detrmen Of the public service.
Specification lin not taking proper measures,
while in command Of said Department of the West,
to mt down rebellion within the State Of Missouri,
drive out and exrel the invaders from raid State, and
, re.establifh the authority Of the United States
therein. o.., ,,,,u-,
Specification En- tblti lbdt tapton hiaiu,
oftbc steamboat Sunshine, steamboat in the en-
|, ploy of the United States Government was sent by
9 Colonel MulHgan from Lexington, on or abont the
iGt day of September, 1861, to convey certain Off
GERS with dispatches to Colonel Davis connandhlns
, Is aid steamboat Sunshine reached Glasgow, in
The State of Missouri, on its way to Jefferson City,
!, was fred into and upon by the armed enem,s OF
he United States Government, and compelled TO
land and transport the forces Of the enemy from lbe
iN'N a. .;Ja 90 the Miegouri River. that