The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-10-03
a Y,.i, 10 General Frsmnn,.


From Schuyler Collars paper, South Bend Register
Just before gong to press, we have re.
turned from visi, to 6t. Louis, The head.
quarters Of the Military Depaitm Of
the West, Of which Gen. Frement is the
Major General commanding,
The Generals quarters are in beau.
tiiul building on Cbouteau A yeDue, owned
BY Mrs.. BraDs, IA cousin of Mrs. Ere.
monts,) and rendered by her for his use.
Here are arranged al the vast plans for
the occupancy Of Memphis, the res,ora.
ton of the fee navigation oi the Mis.is,
sippi. the second victory Of New Orleans
the re annexation OF Texas, and the De.
liversDce Of Missouri from the rebel ar.
mics that havs invaded its soil from Teu.
uesSes ard Arkansas, aiding lis own trai.
Iors in their work of destruction. Here,
TOO, reside bis family and part Of his staff;
and its rooms are converted into business
Offices, telegraph Office, &C., while senti-
nels guard its gates, and the Starry bsu.
DER Of b'auty and glory waves over all by
night and by day.
As TO the "barricades" and 'fnsccessi
bility" to Gen. Fremont, II is but simple
Justice to him 10 say, that the pressure
tor personal interviews with him has besn
unparalleled; were the days al hundred
hours long. he could not have complied
with them. 0vertaskei as his Secreta
ries have been, it is possible aud quite
probable, that some have beer admit ed !.
although every communication ia writ,nq
has passed under his eye. When Gen.
Fremont ssw tha. this discrimination lad
provoked so much censurs, he eDdeayored
to satisfy these demands on him, If posi-
bic, 10 larger degree
We will give one days experience that
We know Of Ons committee consumed
over an hour, an individual three quarters
OF an hour. and so on through the Gay.
That night he worked till aftcr midnight,
examining the daily reports hs requires
from his subordinates, civil and military,
ordering movements Of troops. and ell the
uumberIess details required Of the head
ofa military department The next NOR.
ming by FIVE be was again at work; and
when we breakfasted st ten he excused
himself for the la,eness Of the hour al
which he had invited US, By aIluding to
the pressure Of business and the fact that
10 the earlier hours of the day he was
freer from interruption. After these Eve
hours of labor before breakfast he par.
took Of meal Of corn bread, beefsteaL
and tea, and was called back to his off :,
long before the rest Of US had flashed
, Wnile Gen. Mcclellan at Washington e
!, ven With aid afforded by the president an,
J tho Wa. Department, finds it necessary {
T deny himself to nearly every civilian tha
{ calls on him, some allowance should b
! made for Gen. Fremont, when he give
over eighteen hours per day to the country
, He looks older aud more care. worn tba
! when we last met him, three months age
just after his return from Europe, HI
wife, who assists him in thousand way
Examining volumiDous documents, actin,
as secretary, &c, does not seem 10 hay
changed in the slightest degree since 1885,
when ber vigor and energy were so vel
tnown and so universally conceded boil
by friend and foe.
!, His proposed military movements We
D cannot allude to. They will be liks him
self. bold. We only regret that tie or
dering East Of so many Western troops
even from west of the Mississippi, has lef
his force weaker in number than is gsner
ally supposed.
D The principles OF his famous proClama
lion, sd enthusiastically indorsed as the,
we're throughout the North. he still be
: lieves were based on the truest and wises
r policy. They lave been modified BY tn
, President, 10 whom Of course. as his su
J psrior officer. he refers; but we think h.
: still believes, with Andy johnson. ihs
the man who is traitor in arms has n,
s right to own anything.
3 The arrest of Col. Frank Blair. whicl
5 will cause so much surprise throughou
the country, is Of course. military ar
) rest not involving imprisonment. but sus
pending his military dutlos during triaI
The charge is insubordiuation. OF all th
, details we are not apprised; end hence
), warmly friedd. as. our leaders know, o
8 both sides, very gladly suspend an opin
ion until the evidence becomes public
: We can say, however. that while %e re
a gard Frank Blair as among tie brAvest q
5 men, we believe with the st Louis Dem
' ocrat, whose political devotion to Colont
D Blair's interests is so widely known, tbs
, "the Pathfinder" is the right man in III
o right place, and should be cordially an
B. loyalty sustained in his difficult, dutie'
J. With all our hearts and by all our hands.
Gen. Fremont, we should have adde
9 has not as far as we know. indicated an
!, intention of resigning. lie mar. Of cour:
It at any moment be superseded; but thi
r We do not consider a, oil probable.
j
u From Frankfort.
: FRAEKFoRT. Sept. 81.