New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-02
rnE sEARCn FOR CO..: cAMERONs BODY

hl-e. Respectfully, your, WsrE BhlTs.
THE SEARCH FOR COL. CAMERONS BODY.
F,os. HE PAf1darAia TrsI
NJ. Magraw il nov pi ouer 10 TIC Confederate
armts He found Cen cameron plunged i ~; deep
Gee 70 ob ain the body. TIE Secretary called Gen.
Scott 10 eek he sdyie to tie propiety II senring
a letter by Mr.. Mugraw TO tie commander Of lie
trsito-s In funLernnCe Of this rirsijn. Gen Scott
rel lied that t WISE impossible iortle Government to
esk a favor u the Rcbes without recognizing them as
@e fate Govern Ont; wherenpon TIE Secretary re-
Tlied "Nly brother, then, must be buried where fe
died" Mr. Msgrnw ut once vol inferred 10 10 forth
20 Mana, as In company with two ftiends, Oh pass
from Gen. MansGel. They determined 10 trust them
seye. iliiie the trctors liner in TIE belief that their
efund heifg one Of pure mercy, ttey would not DO
d,tained Col. Cameron was native of Lancaster
Comfy where Mr.. Masraw hsd sI0iei law. Asa
freud ard town,man OF the amen,ed deceased, lie felt
a strong AID natural attachment toward him. His
T. nils are sill living In Lancaster, aud 10 great
a. ony because ~ bis detention by Davis and Begure-
g,r,i. The whole community siucercly syinpatbize
with them or account Of The dislster which beell SIR
Nsgraw IN bis eiIors TO serve Secretary Cameron.
Ggy. LEE AND PREsIDysT DAyIs-Tte Richmond
correspondent Of The MmPls APYea writes as follows
on tie l7th:
The story which has been going the rounds OF the
Nor bern rcss in regard TO disagreement between
General Lee and tie President in regard to the Ian
of the campaign H. ava informed, tue OF course IL
was iidictlously naguifed, a. there never was any
quarrel aud ceItliuly General Lee never, for mo-
ment contemplated such a thing as Tesignng and
returning TO tie United States hrnly.
Rnl tho Disagreement between then has been this:
While Cen Lee has all along nrged the propiiey Of
an active yigorou- 0iensye campaigu, relying npon
the superior yalor Of hs men to compensate for Guy
want Of nuu eea strength, the President has favored
tri,ly defensive y LEY. IL is Understood that Gen.
Johnston ard Gen. Beauregard, the hast named Of
whom IL proyerLialy prudent aud cautioOs, both
CURED with Gen Lee. Up TO III, present. time, how
ever tho aduinsirs.ion has oyeiTnled them, and tho
,esu, has been that the operations Of the Confederate
ara Y have been limited 10 defense alone. But this
rolicy ~ said before II about to be abandoned, aud
The next few days-perhaps hgnrs-will witness the
Inauguration Of one eutirIy different The country
vet ely realizes TIE fact that We are IN the midst
Of a war-stll lees a war of unparalleled magnitude
aud ferocy Bat the truth will speedily bum; upon
the public mind with startling force. or am greatly
mistaken. V0us U'irst.
Tag MOVEMENTS OF GES. McCULLOcH.--Wo had
Visit Yesterday from an intelligent ge'tIeuan of
Ark. nfai Mr. Joe Bosaert WHO is fully posted 10
the recent movements Il Gen. Ben McCuloch and bis
command and who furnishes tie following interesting
intelligence:
Alter Gen. McCulloch bad captured the Federal
trooIs a, NeOsho No., on he jh lust, he proceeded
with lis command, consisting of about 80 men Of the
Arkonsas Mounted Rlies, under Col. Churchill,
toward Cartilage Mo. When four miles diStant froIn
CARTHAGE Gen. McCulloch met Gov. jackson, Of Mis-
soul with Liz force. TIE Gov. bad just defeated the
Federal force under Col Sigel. Gen. McCulloch and
GOV. jackson, With their respective commands, tLen
went TO Camp McCuiloch, within seven miles Of the
Arkansas line, and al this camp Gov. jackson, with
bis forco, halted. The Confederate troops, nnder
Gen lColloch and the Arkalg-s troops, under Gen.
Fesree then re rrned 10 Camps Jackson and Walker,
in Arkansas, near the Missouri ine.
On tho 18Th nst. Gen. MeCulloch again left Camp
Jackson for Missouri having under his command the
"a Louisiana Regiment, uudeT Col. Hebert, the Ar
kansas Mounted Riaes under Col Churchill, and the
Fort Smith Artillery. under Capt. Reid The desiine'
ton of the force was Fiat Rock Creek, - miles north
OF Kesville, in Barry County, Mo-, at which point II
was the in.en' ion Of Gen. McCuoch TO organize us
forces and prepare for energetic operations.
Wereeret to learn that the report Of Gen. MoCul-
lccb's victory ut Springfield, Mo, was totally un-
founded.
Mr. Bossert assures us that very large force can
quickly he assembled in Southwcsio Mlsaoari, and
that the difficulty in tie way 70 far has been the scar
city Of arms. Ibis difficulty, we are sssnred WIN,
very soon, TO a considerable extent be removed.
We hOTe that ere long shall have gra,ifying IN
telhgenee from Southwestern Missouri.
tN.0 Picayuns July a.
TRaxFER sP rBE Arkansas Taoofs TO rhE Con-
yrprR.rE STATES The Lite Reck STATE Gazette, Of
the 10Th inst, says.
Gen. Hariee left for bis command al Pocahontas, on
"Wednesday evening. Generals feli, bfsdiey, ana
Pierce, have been recalled from the state service Inc
command Of all our forces is now In oeneisis Mccall
loch and Hardse of the Cor federie army All Of the
troops in the service arms munitions OF war; Gc, are
now transferred 10 the Confederacy Our soldiers are
now commanded by able and skillinl Generals, and
with their superiority OF material and the business OF
their canss ihs chances for victory are greater Jar
4 than those of oar ssssnise. af