The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-10-07
Gen. Fremnnf.

The Hon. Morris Davis, NJ. c., arrived
to-day from St. Louis, where he has spent
several weeks, seeing Fremont every day.
He states that the General works eighteen
hours out of every twenty-four; that he is
overrun with important business and that
he devotes quite as much of his time as is
consistent with public duties to private Wis.,
itors. Mr.. Davis declares the reports of ex-
clusiveness grossly exaggerated, as are near
ly all the injurious reports which have been
made public.
As a commanding officer Gen. Fremont
is greatly beloved by the troops. They ever
receive him with enthusiasm. When Col.
Blair was arrested, the sympathy of the
army. was altogether with Gen. Fremont,
and his removal would operate, without
doubt, most seriously against the public in
terest. The feeling among the rank and
file is; that his removal would be tanta-
mount to .disbanding the army in Missouri.
On the Saturday preceding the siege of
Lexington 5000 troops were ordered to
Washington from st. Louis. Gen. F. then
had in St Louis but I, 500 men, but he. i'm
mediately sent on two of his best regiments.
He said as they left, "The heart must be pre-
served, even if the extremities perish The
news from Lexington caused him to decline
sending more, and Gen, Scott sustained
him. ELL x kt&1S Ia oa =
The position of affairs in Missouri, Mr..
Davis says, has been most embarrassing.
Gen. Fremont had not, up 70 q week or
two ago at all events, more than one-half
the force the public supposed he had. This
force, necessarily scattered at way distances,
could not possibly be concentrated at any
point without weakening other positions
important to he held. ~ '...a
| Gen. Fremont sent 5000 troops to Pad
ucah, about 5000 to Birds Point and left
| g., O00 at Cairo, all being necessary to the
Union cause in Kentucky He begged the
! Government to seize Bowling Green and
occupy Columbus at the time Paducah was
occupied Had this been done great results
would have been accomplished. Price, the
rebel General, could not have marched
4 through any portion of Missouri with co.
/ 600 men without attracting attention at an
earlier day than that which announced his
presence near Lexington. l5
4 The theory is, this large force of Price
| and Jackson was marched in squads. some
times disguised as poor Union men, aud
sometimes as Union troops, sometimes as
midnight marauders robbing as they went,
and having points fol. meetings, and subse-
quently concentrating upon lexington
i MT. DAVIS Is comment tnaI Gen- fremont
will be brilliantly successful in capturing
Price. taDa a' ai3psl
Gen. Hunter is South, advancing from
Rolla. Gems. Pope and Sturgis take care
of the Northern section, and Gen. Lane and
Col. Montgomery are crowding from the
west M. Davis says another difficulty in
reinforcing Lexington was, that Ben Nc
1 Culloch was known to be advancing upon
Jefferson City, the possession of the Capitol
being the chief aim of the rebels. There
| fore had the Union force been withdrawn
/ from thence, the end of the enemy would
4 have been accomplished, and greater ca
I lamity than that at Lexington would have
befallen.
With the contracts generally Gen. FREE
mont has not and never had, personally,
anything whatever to do. Mr.. Davis had
an interview with the President to-day,
| when the President stated that his conf
dence in Gen. Fremont was runabated, and
| that complete justice should be done him
by the Administration, The tone of Gen.
Meigs' conversation in st. Louis led to the
belief that he was very faYorably impressed
with Gen. Fremont, and with the condition
of things generally in that quarter Wash
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