Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-10-15


JEFFERSON CRY, Oct. 9.-The rebels are
fully live to the political Importance of the
possession of Jefferson CITY, and have been
casting wistfuI eye upon ST Louis for long
time, even threatening to make il their winter
quarters but il a movement is made now from
the Mississippi it will be an gttei thought, and
not the result OF deliberate and preCuncerted
plan. Fremont is prepared to follow Price
aud McCulloch 10 the Gulf OF Mexico if nee
essary. Ii an attack is meditated from the
force which marched westward for the purpose
from Columbus and Belmont, it will be met
by the columns which are preparing to descend
the Mississippi at Cairo. 1t seems now impos
sible that any sufficiently large force should be
able to march between these columns on St.
Louis. With regard to Jefferson City there
may be better grounds for the apprehension of
an attack. The present aspect OF affairs at
Hermann may Indicate it, and yet there is no
sufficient force in the nelghbOrhOod, or that
can elude Gen. Fremont which should occa.
sion us any uneasiness. Johnson of Mares
county may have one thousand or fifteen hun.
dred brigands, with whom he attacked the
home guards near Hermann day before yester
day but he did not dare to modest the disci
pned force at the bridge, nor will he. There
are perhaps two thousand OF the robbers at
Linn Creek Lebanon, and Iberia, but they are
without organization or discipline, and indii.
ierently armed, and while they may be the
scourge of deienceless country neigh
borhood would be utterly pOwerless in
an attack upon a fortified military post
like this They are most likely TO stand
off at Il respectful distance, as Shimei
did, when he stood on an opposite hill to curse
King David. The difficulty is, we have never
been able TO get near these marauding bands
they have a holy horror OF our disciplined
troops and invariably make good their distance
from US.
So Chamtcleer, who meier had seen fox,
Yet stunned him as a sailor shuns the rocks"
The number OF troops which marched with
Gen. Fremont Of course | cannot state, but |
may be permitted to say that the general
remarked before he left here thai has torce acas
dapte-ihdt he tcaated no greater 10 march triumph.
aaity to Ne,o Orleans.
from the New York World
Tho I4rnS lrti from S@afalia is dismal rnnuph
Sctalia, drenched III the tquinoctial rain is
an unattraCtlye little backwOOdS town. Gen.
Sigei occupies the terminus at present, with
5000 troops Acting Brigadier jeff c. Davis,
formerly liz utenant under Anderson at Fort
Sumter, is at Georgetown, with nearly the
same force. The camps are only three miles
apart Both parties are busijy preparing for
a move and no accurate intelligence can be
gained respecting the m;cIner or direction Of
moving. Gen Price and his army are cross
ing the Usage at Papinsville, seventy five miles
distant, ana have escaped the worst OF the
roads We mot overtake him, though We
may drive him from the state Ills move
ments are so much mule rapid than ours that
he can double on his track aud threaten any
point on cur flank or rear before we can get
up with hia The tactics OF the coutederaiea
ar, sin ple:-"When the enemy scajters we
concentrate u hen he concentrates "a Srgttpt,''
and they have hitherto been successful.