The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-09

The Chicago Journal says: 1--WE hay. .,l
learned, from the most reliable source, q h,.,o-.
Of the embarrassments that have irp,,rd-a ~
movements oi Ten: fremont, the oos,acks
thrown in his path, his present strength snS
tentions; and we trust, that without furu,.t;--
Information calculated 10 benefit the ens,,r
may give part Of it, in justice to the G.ns,.,
Having yesterday, by accident met the Cen
|hdental friend and law adviser OF Gen. Hr~..,-.
|nis counsel and Partner IA the Narposa NJ;
case, +. Billings, Esq, OF San Francesca ION q
the highly respectable trm Of HaIock. P.,rs-
is Billings, the most eminent lac tirn oa ths D.
ihc, who has just returned from b. sins..v.
Jt three DAYS TO Gen. Fremont, during -
|time he the guest at his table and !, en-
confidential intercourse with him, the fo,lo.n.
tatements may be implicitly relied upon:
"ln the first place, since Gen Fremon, assur-
led command OF the Western division OF on, .,r,
|nis earnest entreaties for the necesssries fo- ~
department have been slowly and earnestly r,n,
Cd 10 by the War Department a; Washiny,m
and the attention which should have been efti,.'
Iy given by him TO the NOV ements If Lis arm,
mas been distracted by looking after the non.,
and means TO equip, clothe and prepare ,b.,
large body for action q, arms, rep, elly c.n
ed for. the supply has been wholly inadeoas,s
aud many Of those furnished were of the roors.s
quality. The guns for the infantry are. a la,s.
portion Of them, Of the old fashioned smoo,hho..
@uskets, altered from flint locks TO percu..,oo
laps and many Of the regiments have s,mos,
mutinied at being compelled to receive them
But even OF these weapons, there is a krsa
deficiency OF numbers, and all his enrreaties n,
guns have been neglected. His cavalry ,orcs !.
almost entirely without sabr.s, pistols or carbpes
and for this reason, he has been comn.raS q.
order from Cincinnati a large supply of lances-
q weapon ponderous in size and 10 which none of
our troops are trained. So in all the other A.
partments, his acquisitions from Washington have
been neglected, delayed passed by, and he
has had TO 60 into the streets and on his own
credit purchase stockings shirts, shoes. and such
things as are indispensable To his men, and thu.
his time and attention have been iIittered au.v
IN looking after details, with which he desired 20
have nothing TO do, and ough, 10 have had Meth
ing to do
"As TO spectators and johbers around him
and on his staff, Of which SO much complain, has
been made. the most notorious OF them all, Isaac
4. Wood, late Of Adams & Co.'S, san Francisco.
man OF great capacity and indomitable energy.
but somewhat stained in reputation. was placed
On his staff at the urgent request of Frank Blai,
himself Gen. Fremont has applied repeatedly
90 the War Department TO place In charge of the
Commissariat and Qaartermaster's Departments.
a; 81. Louis, their own officers, and relieve him
from all attention 10 these matters Those re
quests have bee overlooked and disregardsd
and he has been lett, almost unaiiei 10 raise
men, money, equipments, clothing, and al mate
rails for war, With little il any assistance or at,sn
ton from the Department at Wasbingto which
seems entirely ensrossed with lis operations un-
der its own immediate eve on the Potomac.
While engaged in this IieTcuean task, Jealous
les and chickering's have grown up, aud Mr.. Blair
and his QuOndam trien1s have set upon his faux
like hounds upon u stag, and with AN enemy in
IN front, With an empty Commssariat and Qasr-
ternasters Departments, he has been called up
on to advance a large army TO clear out Missouri
and protect the wide fields OF operations in the
West Nay, more than this +; when he was Just
ready TO begin the work, aud his troops were EN-.
parked, an order came calling from his force six
Thousand Of bis best organized and disciplined
troops 10 W asbington, or some other point, and
they were taken away.
I'VE make DO charges but it really looks a.
If the War Department had actually Intended TO
sacrifice Gen. Fremont and his army. lie has
now taken the field with comparatively small
force, TO meet an enemy forty thousand strong:
the arms furnished him being of the poorest qual-
ity, and short in quantity; lis artillery force
small, and not thoroughly equipped, with nor.
al gloom hanging over his army, caused by the
disasters OF Lexington and Springfield. ard set
upon by enemies in the rear-but he will end all
This clamor by triumphant victory, or fall on the
field.
"Gen. Fremont appreciates fully and precisely
his situation. He knows that unless he can
achieve brilliant victory at once 40 matter what
the endorsements that surround him. his bard
earned reputation as a military man has gone for.
ever; and, stimulated by this. and goaded as
stag at bay, As may be from his letter, writ.
ten just before his departure he wi state his
fortune on the hazard Of the de- and disappoins
his enemies aud cheer his friends within short
time by a brilliant victory, or will end hi. career
forever.
1--WE have an abiding faith in the capacity q
Gen. Fremont. We have known him well in
California, and have listened by the hour TO the
,llant Kit Carson, as he detailed events 10 hs
life at Fremonts side, showing his great ability,
unyielding persistence, and daring courage and
we say TO the people Of the Northwest, wait pa
tiently events that will soon eliminate John C.
Fremont will conquer oil obstacles. and achieve
true greatness