New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-12


Causht-Tho Essdy Guard Capt. Has
lell-BnIbusi0sFi OF iilc Trcops.
From Our Special Correspondent.
CAxP LYON, srRIyerIEp, Mo,}
Saturday. Noy. :, 1851. )
Pices forces united with those OF McCu'!och
ttough Il is not Known whether lie ubiquitous Zen
is with them or not are at Cassville on the Fort
Smith road, % miles south of this city, That posi-
ton on the great thoroughfare leading into a KAN
sas will enable them 10 i back, wait fJr On attack,
or advance upon US as they see 6t. Tie present in.
oictions are that Price Intends to fight u.s. aud ast
night portion Of bis advance oI fkirnishers, was
less D. an 50 miles frOu our camp. battle Is inAl-
nent, AID may occur at any moment.
Two days ago. wien onr scouts brought inieli.-
eeuee that tie enemy WAS mCsing toward us orders
were sent out t. al cur rear divisions TO cose up at
once. aud they have since moved forward very
RAPIDLY. Gems. Stwgis md Lane, with their
b-.aades, arrived here last night Though they rad
marched 50 miles during the day. tLeir men came ~
briskly and in fine condition Gen. hcl1instry
arrived at noon to-day. Gen. Pope, and perhaps
Gen. Hunter, wiil&e here tonight, when our Whole
army Will be united, ready 10 receive the enemy
aud tie mountain does not come 10 us, we shall So
straight 70 the mountain Of ut least, give 1t hatd
chase. There is something inexphcaDle about the
leseth of time t Las required :oE Gen. Hunter 10
cone up. lie was expected here before any oi the
other divisions but r. ems TO be behind them al.
/ This morning / rode over into Lanes camp, and
found his blaye and hardy men, in spite Of tLeir Sc
we're matching, looking as if III any emergency they
vouid proye worthy OF the euviable reputation which
The Kansas troops when brought into active service
have eve.ywlere wen. 1hey deny indignantly that
tley have lhludered Union men, BIT say thai every.
where alorg their line of march the Secessionisis
have sufierei--a state ment which ever! body who
knows them viii readily believe. Thoge who be-
lieys in rose-water war Nill doubtless regret this
but we " TO have Witnessed the contest IN Missouri
aye aad 70 zee the men who have inauguraied anC
allied the rebellion taugh that il COSTS something 10
be traitor.
Gen Lyons policy trerhsps wise, at that stage OF
the conflict was to pay for every collars worth o.
property taken by Government, even from tue
biuerest enemies Of the Union. | have repeatedly
heard the boast from Secessionists "Our armies
live upon tie Union Meu wherever they 90 but "e
are afraid Of yours, for you protect every man IN
tie possession Of lis property" This tau1t ls 70
longer thrown in our faces since Fremont took lie
feld for Lis tactics have been radically diicreii.
He realizes that We are III condition OF war, and 10
marching across Missouri, he has left Track behind
Z which wiz long be remembered by tho rebels. A.
tie Israelitef in obeyipg the Divine iIyuncuon Dol
only went out but also spOicd Tie Egyptians, 60 he,
in addition to protecting Union men, Jas freely taken
possession Of al tie property Of traitors, which could
10 Of service 70 lie army, whenever lie could Ina H.
4 A great deal has been said about Lanes couue III
regard 70 saves. He informs Ine that his invonable
policy has been not 10 return, against their own
wishes, single negro, man, woman, or enid, who
a las come within lis lines. Where tie maner Is
loyal man. lie has given hin a certificate OF that iac',
= aud doftle loss OF the negroi bat 10 unwilling fugitive
has been dragged cut Of the camp Of the Kansas
, BRIGADE. Ii is eaii tlat the number Of slaves
wlo have thus been practically emancpaiod is about
9 GOO, though less tlan one-.enth Of tlom now re-
main with the brigade. Tie otlers seem 10 have
wenled their way TO those regions where the negro
Las some rights which the white man rs " bOund to
respect." You can lie very euie that the rebels in
tie regions through which Lane have passed. ho be-
lieyod in the Southern idea tLat Slavery wac Of
their chief elements Of strength, have awakened 20
tic fact that they are victims Of misplaced conf
deIce. Unfortunate IS II Is that Gen. Lane will not
keep out Of The runous personal quarros vi ich dis
grace our leaders in Kansas at least record IL TO bis
honor that he is not OF those who hold Slavery more
sacred than the success Of our arns-who are too
md to accept the iasue which therebels have forced
upon us, and 10 place our GAUGE upon footing
where It would enlist the fyppathes Of all men the
world over who love justice and believe in human
rights
! One of our scouts few miles south Of camp yes.
teIday, encountered a young woman on horseback,
! ,t.ith Al
picions were excited by some Of her statements, he
informed her very conddentally that be was spy
from Prices army, and had been spending several
days in Gen. Fremont's camp. She Immediately re.
ciprocated his confidence by telling bin that che was
in the came service, and had just come from the
Rebel army. She was allowed 10 enter our lines,
when she was Immediately taken to Gen. Fremonts
quarters where, in her terror, after learning that
her real character and purpose were known, she
gave ali the information she possessed about the
Rebel army She is still in Springfield, under strict
guard
An reports agree that tic rebels have not yet re-
covered frem their surprse at the reckless impetu-
osity of tho charge Ct the Body Guard which drove
them out of this city, rebel officer while speak
ing Of it in Mount Vernon his retreat, remarked;
never saw or heard of such set Of dare-devils.
Give ne a thousand such meu, and would not be
afraid to attack Mcclellan and all bis artillery. They
did NOT seem TO know what dsnger was Major
Zagony, the leader of the Body Guard, is partially
illustrating the definition Of military fame: TO be
killed in battle and have your name spelled wrong
in the Gazette" for l notice that lie appears In
the Ncw-York papers as "Major seagoyne." Two
days after the fight lie discoyerod for the first time
that ball had grazed bis head, just under the ear