The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-12-20
From Missouri.

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From Missouri. %.
There was much discussion intfhe city
yesterday, particularly among Missouri
ans, about the reported appointment of
Colonel Heath to the command Of the
Department of Arkansas and Missouri
We have elsewhere eseayed to exptnin the
relations of General Price and McCulloch
towards the Confederate Goverpment.-
But in order that all apprehension may
be allnyed, we may State that tic follow
ing private dispatch was receivra in this
city from President Davis last lnight--a
dispatch from which still farther snbstan-
tiates what we have said in another place,
and at the same time knocks the breath
out of the reported supersedlng pf Gener-
al Price. The following is COPY of the
dispatch alluded to-: 81. ~. q.
.'' 81 !, RIcnMosp, Dec. 1861.
10 ligjor w. A. Brodd,eeH: y, M
Tlierunior that General Pric{ will be
superseded is false, il not mall }hant. /
have not received tendes ofdAiissouri
troops, and consequently hfHekb power
to-make appointments foE,theFil sor con-
troll their Qrganization. .,.-<rsf3. "a. -.
ta''H 'pSe 8FHf w JErfs DAVIS.
The Camp jackson prisoners, some six
ty five in number, accompanied by Gen.
Frost, reached the city ON the steamer
Kentucky, from Columbus, on yesterday
morning. They left st. Louis on the I'd
December, and, according to agreement,
they were to be sent directly to General
Prices army; but on getting them at the
Pacific Depot, they were informedI that
they had to go by way of Cairo, and, after
requiring each OF them to take an oath as
long as the moral law, they were marched
aboard the latan and taken TO Cairo, and
thence under, flag of truce, to Colum-
bus. They say before the, prisoners left
st. Louis, the ladies of the city, all of
whom are warm sympathizers with the
South, sent an abundance of provisions,
besides little articles of clothing, such as
socks, handkerchiets, etc.. for them. But
the Fedcrals, true to their instincts, took
their little articles of clothing as contra
band, and all their provisions they took
Oft the boat at Cairo.
The scene on leaving st. Louis was
grand. Not less than five thousand peo-
ple--men, women and children-followed
the brave men to the river bank, and
huzzaed and cheered them on, even in
the face of Federal bayonets. Indeed it
was not known, until the day these men
left, that there were so many friends OF
the Southern cause IN st. Louis. Even
the St. Louis Democrat was taken all
aback by the Southern demonstrations,
and thus growls out its dissatisfaction:
"The steamer latan on board of which
the prisoners were marched, at the foot of
Poplar street. departed for Cairo at about
o'clock. the friends OF the heroes cheer
ing Justify as the boat dropped out into
the river. There should have been small
squad OF cavalry present to have dispersed
the traitorous crowd. 1t IS strange, pass
ing strange, that this class OF people are
allowed such frequent and public express
sion Of their distasteiul sentiments"
When the camp jackson prisoners LETT,
tourof the new gun boats had been nearly
finished. and two followed the latan TO
Cairo. They me called the "St. Louis"
! 1Carondelet," Louisville and Pitts
burg" They were made very durable in
some parts aI,ta sssy >tiimsy sothers.-=7,
The iron on the sides and at Me stern OF
these boats Is u inches thick; ut the bow
and on the top they are very vulnerable,
the top particularly, which lsof two-lnch
pine, which the bursting OF q shell would
shatter. The Benton and two others were
still at St. Louis, but not completed suti-
cientiy to enable them to be sent to Cairo
Tor linai completion; The reason oil send
ing these boats to CAIRO Is the fear that
the ice at st. Louis wall prevent their get
ting down the river at all. 1t is said that
the river, Tor two hundred miles this side
OF st. LOUIS was hlled'with hoatng ice' on
the 2nd inst. The only gunboat. which
had been completedeand manned, drew
SIX feet OF water. ...
| The Camp jackson boys design raising
a battalion OF Missouirians for active SER
vice, and have already received consider
able accessions since their arrival here.
A dispatch from Rolla, Missouri, dated
Dec. lst. says that Price, with an army OF
10000 strong, Is moving North i'll three
divisions. The same dispatch says that
Price S intention is to march into Kansas
and make that the field OF his future ope-
ratons. He commenced his march on
Kansas on the 10Th ult. The st. Louis
Republican OF the I'd inst. says,
Gen. Price was at Greenfield on Mon
day with lS,oOo men, independent oil out,
gong ne was marfhing ior lhe Norln,
ouu iiO oouotoo icNShSo cSSooie VI thas