Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-22

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Thurlovl Wesds wis 3 now in Washington,
wstes tbsl following letter to the albany Evening
8 tgse-z13s under date of the 2etkalst -
,Hz5os zSines cannot be concezsd nr dEnis that Cen
sa, Fremoptis conduct in Missouri has been the SUD
ect Of official inquiry and 1oW the occasion OF Ex-
ecptlye yituperation and sclicitrde l nave
81 ~ made 81 ny busipasa 90 from Various but
reliable sources informetion from which the PEG
ssahsaal pleT as iurors MY render verdict
On coming a nave, to ccnciisiep unfavoras
BE TO- s snersf FEenson i scarcely needful to
Say. thai had, " dong So 70 conqp many pre-
-. pa iadieesv Ny relations with General Fremont
have been intimate and pleasant I believed him to
yf3ss6e perfectly upright and honorabe.7cI thought
----himw wet fitted for the high command win which
- invested, and he forth with my heart
fet aspisssiops taat be would render good service
70 our cguntfy and with glory for himself Ga
Passing much that MIGHT be said impugning the
sense sid taste of General Fremont, and eonhnng
Sassefss aecusatiehs AdndeniaOiy true submit 70
the readers Of fhs dnvynl some facts which VIII
ahew then, bow sRleptabysP favored General as
appoints The pop qlar expsctHtons ..
z When General Fremont reached 81. Louis he took
as his headqusrtere house for which the Govern
nent Is paTiag So. Qo9 q year,
He surroInded himeeh with g numerous stat
of whom were resldents Of Missouri organ
izing, smntausousys R6body aguard, consisting of
nearly three hundred horsemen; through which &C
cess't tie CHIEF as difficult as the approach to 9
r5RsnaFch ia The darkest ages Of despotism
He has appointed and commissioned without the
.shadoW authority more than fifty officers with
the rank.ef Colonel Major, Captain, &c. Colonel
y 81! Andrews the Limited States Paymaster re,
20 qiiFed tOPay these officers and upon his =efusa to
do so was threasener with Imprisonment: He was
also directed 70 mike aniegai transfer of $l00800.
vgys Tie officers beI6ngi to General Fremonts stat
90 areintefested in army contracts Capt Haska an
ala partBer Of Gel: Degraf in MULE hay, and
Captain Turnly, a gsited States Ccnimissarys was
90 ordered corrective and pay exorbitant prices for
inferior mules, from Captain Haska, and upon pro-
<fTdTrh arTroN lnrodu
tifesPSSst s5y-tSena FreiaoutS 49, sav
~a, Captain 3 M Davis of General Fremonts staff,
CD proved rottensnd worthless, and though Condemn
ed, were paid for and sent to the hospitals.
Themaskets PaFchssed-b by General Fremont in
After General Meigs limits the price to be paid
for oats at Soc; corn ct 2Sc and hsy st $3.50, q
T~r eoptrHet.was made with Baird d Palmer Palme
~ Cook Co 9ef California notorisyl lat $50 for OATS
soc for corn, and $29 for hays amounting in the Rg
gregate to $l00O00, -, -..,,.,s., ,sz.-9sr5 ..
81 General Fremont on bic arrival in st, Louis, was
80 met by the adsof Gen. Lyon accompanied by Mai
Phelps NJ c., asking for reinforcements, which
,ss;is The indebtedness of the uarterrastgrs Depart
ment for Gen. Fremont command is over four mil>
lions and half. Z - .aazssals;-sI- s,--
The disastrous condition of things is attributed 70
the "malign influences of Californians with whom
General Fremont became unfortunately connected
ia mining operations, and who hurried from the
an Pacific on learning that he was entrusted with
high military command. These ill-omened men,
some or all Of whom left dark record in Califor.
MA seemed to have ebtaiAed eithera voluntary CT
fs1s constrained control of the dartefmaster's and
-C0mmisssFy Departments Of Gen Fremdnts mill
tsrydhtrct, The results and conseq uehces are IA
tai alike to the interests of the country aud useful
ness and reputation of the commanding General.
They impeaeh either his hesd or hiz heart and, so
far be is practically concerned, it is not material
l-- which; for, whether wicked or weak General,
% 80 he is untitled for 50 great trust. ~ 49,
Nor are these faults, grave as they are, the only
arg one to which he is obnoxious. The war Is being
prosecuted by the army under his command in 8
way which recalls snddeepens the horrors of van
dalism Without conquering traitors be is convert
ing Union men into enemies. His line ofmsrch is
marked and memorialized by spoliation and raFa-
ges which disgrace the age of civilization.
49,. Here ThurlOw recites some of the outrages COM
-. United By Fremont's troops while on their march
from Upton to Warsaw, Allusions to which have
already been published. The letter winds up with
the following paragraph: a7~.s--- - =
Suchlcense adds horror 10 the legitimate and IN
AVoidable evils of war. AA army that leaves such
.fenembrances along lts line of march will be for,
a ever execrated. 90
1t is sad to record these things of youthful Gen
eral from whose career the country looked for he
roism tempered with humanity. But, high as eur
hopes were of Gen. Fremont, we cannot afferd,
,az when@whethee from fault ormisfortune $50 much
depends on the wisdom and integrity of Generals to
be deceived. am, by the force of eynenee which
he constrained tn admit hah has