, 1861-08-26

-A01ttH4keSs q TIE t071aNISfd7T DepGTsHte7I
The Public Feeling at tue CaExTdqey and
46tLsss m4ich Prevail
Especial Correspondence Cincinnati Commercially
sF. LOUIS, Aug q, 1861
The marks Of Gen. Fremont's extraordinary
energy and determined will, pervade every
thing that be does Not even the NEST cen
Possession of those first class qualities Of
coMmaEd, executive capacity and re.oiutioa
l. he makes up his mind that thing is to be
donc-done it is-no matter what obstacles
may stand in the way a little trait
which evidences this taculty is told Of
him here. 4 few days - Fremont had
signed an order On paymaster O. the army
ftI come $N0. to discharge an Obligation
called for BY some Immediate exigency OF the
military service. The document lacked some
signature criother which was formally resnt-
site to give 1t all tue ear marks of the official
cirrumioeution office, sud the paymaster de-
c]ined to honor it. The messenger returned
to Gen. Fremont with the unpaid order. In
and directed them TO accompany the bearar,
Wbo carried 8 meeeage to the Pagmaster, s!y-
ing him five minutes to pay that order Gr ljo
placed under arrest The orier was paid.
This rele ntless and Gogged determination
to carry out his plans may offend some, and
in desperate emergencies like that which be-
stts the cause Of the lmperi11ed Government
in Missouri, who shall blame the nan who is
both capable and readY to take the responsi-
6il1ty, and cut the gordian knots of red tape
Which have tied up the efficiency Of the army
60 long?
SIN sorry to find a considerable degree of
military jealouky pervading the army Il Ms
SCUM, and especially the official ranks. THIS
IS, pefhapt, too common thing in all official
and especially army SCI vice, 10 be specially
cempls.ned OF, but ut time when unity Of
purpose and hnrmory Of action are 60 esss1,-
!lal to success, it lis painful TO see any bicke-
1bEs among men enlisted in the same great
tause- The larger share Of this feeling is ap-
Parent On the part Of some Of tae Amer:can
ottlet1s towards those ct foreign birth Il Gao-
Pe1s to be the caee that Gen Fremont's pre-
Farstlors in Europe, to serve the cause of his
country. consisted partly in the enlistment OF
considerable number ct officers OF Prussian
Louis, and ere being assigned to various PC
sitiors Ct responsible cenmand. This iact
!s Elade the sub ject OF COMPLAINT by sospn
Fbo do not consider that the very large
German element In the Missouri aymv
rtEders the employ melt Of of1lcers Of their
cHn race peculiarly fitting; and especially,
Tlen these officers are exre1ienced, practical
altllerists, or have led columns to Battle in
an european war, the test Of capacity should
be tie Only one applied It is tstimated that
cne-htsh OF the white population OF Missouri
are of German descent; and it is a partineut
NE Il
bad IoI been for the Germans Of St. LOUISE
tol. De Alma, s Bayarian officer, who COM
n'1hled reg inent under Gen. Garibaldi, in
| tie Italian war, oud is now organizing 3 regi-
nent to be csllee the Fremont Guards"
would Certainly appear to be as competent
az cur Inliitia Majors ard Captains, to be put
at The hesd Of thousand men on the battle
| field.
| Ghs most disheer te'ngthing now connect
Cd with f4e amy service everywhere is the
prr,E anI Gf1o 1e.f11 vie
coniIs:ssariat department. Hsre7n Missouri,
| as everywhere else, the abominable system Of
| p:-culAtion by contractors, and consequent
! sta1Vatlan Of the troops, is sapping the treas
! prE o. the GoVErnment, and destroying the
| ent ctiveness Of the army. Whole regiments
| rtterabie things lIorl tle Lack Of proper aud
| Ee:seLaLlc food. This, too, in country
groaning nth the riciltst yield Of grain and
cattle, and in the immediate reach Of metrop-
lls hned to overhewiug with ac.u :nulated
| slpF:iss os army stores and clothing. Tae
| Ices cfthe gallant ard brave Lyon is directly
cisrEsd 1t The dcor o. those who had the reaa-
agtment CT the forwarding arrangements OF
tie army. Fer the lack OF supplies and reiu
h1cEments, which lay c. Rolls Tor days with
cut mosl1g, while he Fas known to be in q
{cs!tson OF the most imminent peril, Gonesa1
L3cl was forced to fight the battle Of Spriug-
field with 1000 less 1orce ttaa he could have
b: q, haG lis pres ssirg eEtrEa!;es been hesGei.
lhat 2,000, with the supplies accompanying
tItm, would probably have made mis- brilliant
ncnt victory: It would have driven tbs rebels
1rtnl the rsgiaIs of South Western Missouri,
I which they now told in triumph.
Now the Inns OF stis tasiure to Supply
lyar, lies somewhere in St. Louis. It il very
generally laid at the dour Of Quar:erlaastGt
General McKirstry, Of the United STATES army.
Major M:Kinstry is an cd apr cintee Of Secre
tory Flo3 Or, and has been continued in of1iee
~ Gen. Cameron. He has had, since this wn
b. grn, thc sole management and control q
rsrtne1t q 5Iis ouri. Contracts oftea amount
ing to S10O.o00 day, have posed through his
lands. When Gen. Fremont arrived III s,
Louis, few days before the battle Of Spring
field, blajcr NeKiostry ha5 virtually the ctart:t
and coEtrol Of the supplies and Forwarding
e:rsrgtnelts cf the Who'e army. He lad j
in bis power to shape the disposition OF taeu
as he pleased Gen. Fremont was entirel,
Eew to The position, and could judge only b!
the Information he received from those il
charge. The former leaders Of the m:Htar!
moFtmeDts in Missouri were al! away Gen
LyoE-EetWeen whom and Major McKjnstE,
6 bitter hostility had tor some time ex:sted-
was leading his tcrlorn hope against an eaem,
three tmss their humber. Colonel Blair Wa
at Washington attending to the last closin.
stein, Col. Gralz Brown, &C., were away witt
their divisions Of the arm. Gen Pope ha
been aseigned 10 Northern Missouri alone.
.. In this state Of thirge, Maj. MeKinst1y va
almost the Only prominent military man VII
could advise Gan Fremont, aud it Is stroagl
+ asserted that he used his position to the die
adssntase Of Lyor, and that the frniIeas ex
I petition to Bros Point, and the utter neslee
Of the imperilled Lyon, was the result.
! Ibis serious implication is associated wit
, !, manifold co1nEia:nts Of 1nalfeasaEee in oflic
OF giving cut all contracts to known disloy
slists or secetsionists, of refusal upon refuse
: to entertain the bids of Uni.n men, OF poci
, , etIng hundred thousand dollars or upward
:. ct profits upon contracts, It constant eouE
selling with known secessicuist5, and Of d1i
! loyalty to the Government whose officer ne il
silce these complaints have become 8
! notorious that st. Louis fairly rings wit
! them, it ID but just to the pub!ic to srcc.l
. the nature OF the discomfort which pervads
y beth the army and the people. Il has don
; and is dcirg mcre to disheerten both as
: tie succeBs Ct tie cause ana Tie Governmen
: : thaa eEsp the reverse aG Springfield, tsrrib
= ard costly as that was. Ii is felt that tt
. Governments worst foes are those OF its oW
. household; and the indignation eyerywhe;
. expressed towards Simon Cameron and n
!; .warms Of army plunderers who are sucl
y irE the blocd Of the country under his au
"a p!ces, is fierce and uarestEaIned The ve1
army Esgons supplied for Missouri were
ls1ge part Of them made in Pennsylvania, q.
waited for for weeks by suffering arm
Wnne 1t. LOUIS was 1uIl OF loyal Wag0
2 Esskers in want Of work, and full, too, cf Z
e terials to make them and when the Game.,
II wagons came, at Inst, tIey were found SO po
tt:at they we're rejected by the Inspectors un
word was received that they must accept tho
q, or none. What cure could be equal a. a til
like this to Wsr Department controlled
!, hands whose incapaclty is only eQualled
their corruption?
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w 4 Baltimore correspondent Of the M
- York HoT7d, writss:-
e. 4 few tays since converted with q gent