The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-10-25
Secretary Cameron aud Gen. Fremont.

Secretary Cameron aud Gen. Fremont.
A correspondent Of THO Ohio
State journal accompanied Secre-
,.ry Cameron and suite from Saint
Louis to Upton and back. We
copy the most interesting portion OF
his account Of the trip below. lie
says, in former parasraph-"Es-
pccially were the Soldiers devoted
to their General, as | have seen no
wncre before" Ills letter bears
date St. Louis, October 18th:
TIE RECEPTION
Of Secretary Cameron by General
Fremont was we'll worthy OF both the
men. As soon ~ il was announccd
] that he had arrived. Ohio ARTILLERY
under command of Captain C.rlin,
" Ashtsbula, belchcd forth the
salute in fifteen terrific booms,
I which shook the very earth. Very
soon Gen. Fremont and a,stf ap.
preached NJ full gallop with his
noble body-yuard, aud we were es'
corted to Syracuse, where we wit
messed one of the prsndcst eight,
allotted ~ men. Before us passed
in visw 10000 men. well armed ano
equipped. baggage and supply wsg
ons, ready Tor marching South.
! SO afterwards ut Upton, where
several thousand more moved before
our temporary hotel, did the tbint
war hesve up before us az grand
terrible thing, a sublime idea.
Among all this. our friend, Capt
Carlin, OF Ashtshula, and his cavalr.
!, company, occupied no unenviabl
place. He il IN Con. Asbuth's di
vision, who ia the chief on the staff
His company is in fine drill. AN
have six rihod cannon and two how
itzArs. They IRE all anxious 10
d move South.
, TIE CONDITION oF FREM)NT'S ARMY.
is not ut all what it ie supposed /
he. He can only wish that his al
vanced posts under Gen. Pope, Nc
kinslry and Sigel can get sight q
Price and his army. They are ait,
him with a very heavy force, MI
but !or the bad roads aud difficult
! in getting wagons, horses and hai
D nosa. Price would have had har
work 10 have reached the other sid
al the Osage, b, lore they would han
been on hla rear.
Many OF the troops here st Tipto
c are not really to move Tor the esl
OF tranaportion, and no rcgineI
G will he allowed to march until It
e ready to go on to the Gulf Of M"xic
y 'ifnccesssry. Where they have be'
II able to do 80, wagonG have b't
inprp.sed, aud the inetliciency oi Il
l. Quart,rmaster's Department Ia
y been madc good in some dcgrcer
& the suiicring of sec.tsionists in III
l, vicinity.
d When Osclnla. Warsaw, Ro'la,
70 we'll Nd Cape Girsrdesu and kans
= City, arc occupied and properly TOT
flied. whicu caunot now he eucccs
's luIly rceisted, Northern Mi'e"r
'" will bt tsie IRON any more su
=, maraudiug expeditions rs Irlc'
- lsst. The !ortifcstions which we
IN so exercising our Eastern frient
Vi both At Jefferson City sud 81. Lou
40 will be uunvc, sstry. and | have
ln ,inplt will he disc utiEuc3. lude,
there is Lo need oi ANY more at
!, Louis now. Those commenced
~ the general government before C''
=, Fremont came here are not 'iiirh'
W and since Gen. Cameron hss &C
~ Whist il goiug on here, and What
Hh ficieut lortilicutions G"u, frcm
We has had erected himscli, think
Wy will order them stopped d-as
" should do.
,co oUR RETURN TO ST LouB
ON wac uninterrupted, and as the
rt hal proved - successful one IN
m ncrsirc any doubts rs 10 Gene
ht = ;p 10