The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-10-25
Secretary Cameron and
Gen. Fremont.

Ntus Fremont,
A correspondent of the Ollie
State Journal accompanied Sccre-
tary Cameron and suit from St.
Louis to Upton and back. We
copy the most interesting portion Of
his account Of the trip below. lie
says-in former paragraph-"Ee-
pccially were the Soldiers devoted
to their General as have seen
nowhere before" His letter bears
date ST. Louis, October 14th:
TnE RECEPTION
of Secretary Cameron by General
Fremont was we'll worthy Of both
the men. AS soon as i was an
nounocd that Inc had arrived, Ohio
artillery; under command of Capt
Carlin, Of Ashtabula, belchcd forth
the salute in fifteen terrific booms.
which shook the very earth. Very
soon Gen. Fremont and staff an.
preached at full gnllop with his
noble body-guard, and we were CO.
lcorted to syracuse. where we wit.
messed one Of the grandest sights
allotted to man. Before us passed
in view 10000 men, we'll armed
and equipped, baggage and supply
wagons, ready for marching South.
So afterwards at Upton, where
several thousand more moved be.
fore our temporary hotel, did the
the thing war heave up before us
as a agrand, a terrible thing, sub.
lime idea.
Among all this, our friend, Capt
Carlin, Of Ashtabula, and his Cay
airy Company, occupied no uncn
viable place. lie is in Genera
Asboth's division, who is the chic
on the staff His company is il
iino drill, and have six riAed cannon
and two howitzers. They are al
anxious for a move South.
THE CONDITION OF FREMoNT's ARMY
is not at all what Il is supposed Il
be. Ho can only wish that his cd
vance posts under Gen. Pope, Nc
kinstry and Sigcl can get a Sigh
at Price and his army. They ar,
after him with very heavy force
and but for the bad roads and DIFF
ficulty in getting wagons, horse
and harness, Price wo1ld have ha,
hard work to have reached the 9th
or side Of the Usage, before they
would have been on his rear.
Many oftho troops here at TiptoI
are not ready to move for the wan
Of transportation, and no regimen
will be allowed to march until it 1
ready to go on to the Gulf Of Mex
leo, il nccessArt. Where they hav
been able to do so wagor 8 have betl
impressed and the ineiiiciency O
the Quarter Masters Department
has been made good in some degr,
by the suffering Of secessionists il
this vicinity.
When Osceola, Warsaw, Rolla
as we'll as Cape Girardeau an,
, Kansas City, are occupied and proI
erly fortified, which cannot now b
successfully resisted. Nortber
} Missouri will be safe from any NOR
. such maFanding expeditions a
PricU's last. The fortification
| which were so exercising our east
ern friends, both at Jefferson Cit
and st. Louis, will be unnecessary
| and | have no doub, viii be discou
tinucd. Indeed, there 10 no nee
: Of any moro at St. Lonis nov
, Those commenced by tho Generl
Government before Gen. FremoI
came here, are finished, and sine
Gen Cameron has seen what
D going on here, and what tfiicicI
! Notifications Gen. Fremont has ha
erected himself, Ithink he wi
Q order them stopped--as he shoUl
=. do.
D OUR RErURN TO ST. LnUIs
, was uninterrupted, and as the tri
! had proved a successful one in di
! persing any doHbts as TO GenerI
, Fremont's efficiency in Orgaizing a
r immense army in tho very atmoi
{ phere Of secession, we all felt wei
D To-day Cameron is in eoDsultatio
; with the new Quartefmastcr VIII
has found things, as left by Nj,
c Kinstry in o terrible confusion
. The merchants of st. Louis an
I Frank Blair, with his friends, haV
5 been occupying bis time a
morning.
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