, 1861-10-26
GEN. FREMoNTs8 COLUma.
The situation At WR182W on WeARea.
DAY last,

The situation It Wazsaw on we4ass-
From Correspondence Of the st. Lou1a Demo9st-I
There have been no movements Of import
aEce among CUR oWn troops here since my last
communication General sigel still holds
,ns 4, tan,e adTsnes ssnt On miles ths >o E1 sa ot
ticn Ct Gen. Asboth's division is with him.
Ger, A. himEelf has returned to his headquar-
ters here in town. I understand that Gen ST.
eel hes been assigned the advance In the pres
ent csnpaign-an nonor he vel merits. Gan.
Sis roT, Or very soon viii be, On his '.old
stamping ground" and will be ableto conduct
hie movements with perfect knowledge Of
the Typographical features Of the country, Al
advantage which can hardly be over estimated. |
The work upon the bridge is about being
brought to a c!ose this morning, the structure
being about completed and ready for the Ean=-
portauou Of troops. The bridge is not pon- |
1con as wss first Intended, but regula: trus-
Sic worE, which BIDS fai1 to stand for some |
time to cone-probab1y until next sPz1ags |
iIesheta. Tbs main body of the bridge Is
ase almost au perfectly green, and the rebels,
with al their incerdiaTy attainments, viii find
II sayery difficult affair 10 burn. The work re-
fleets much credit upon our engineers, Cap
tainz Ptks and Kern, and Lieutenant SAlpley,
Tho, under the most veza:ious Disadvantages,
have pe1seyered to The last, sharing al the dis.
comforts OF repeated " sousingsn In the cold
waters Of the OGage-
Our fine moonlight evenings prove part!cu-
larIy favorable for forging parties, aud the
business is carried On br1sklJ enough Not
night passes but mo1a OF less secesh pIunder
il brought forth from hay racks, cornfelds,
cellars and such other hiding pisces as rebel
cunning may have suggested. Besides the
usual supply Of horses, which are brought IN
without much respect to party, considerable
quantities Of bad whisky and salt have been
brought to light, and in nearly every instance
where the proprietor Of the premises had
sworn by all the saints il the calendar that he
had nothing whatever concealed about his
| establishment. The truth Of the matter Is,
| there is hardly single family in the place, or
| in the surrounding country, bus has more or
| less goods slowed away on the hills and IN the
| Voots Of thelr vicinity. ln many instances
| families had even removed arti:lea Of fcrni-
tnre from THAR homes, having sort Of Al IN
! definite IDEA that the s'Abolition army" would
coreume that, besides committing unhear1-of
| barbsr3ties.
I expect, from all that can gather, that the
universal exodus of all the mile inhabitants OF
| the place the night prior to the arrival of ST.
| gel, must have been 1ather q 1udicrous af4tr.
An old contraband, describing 1t to me, said J:
stWby, MasEa, IN hour after they heard you
gemmen Was comm, all the hills round here
Was zatt1in,." Our army, by the way, Is the
| source of unlimited wonder and comment on
The part Of the contrabands Of Warsaw, who,
ccuglegatipg in knots Of twos anu threes, By
morning, By noon and by night, discuss its
appearance, its destination and its objects.
It is probable that Warsaw will be made
quite military post for some time to come
get. It lies in commanding position and Is
well csPable Of defense Au enemy TINT should
attempt to cross the river here, in the lace o'
| an effective body OF men, would have heavy
mortality list before finishing the job, il 1t TaE
completed at all. Many c1iticise Price 1ars
| - -1k $E.o CF II
Osage, and contend that il he had intended te
1sake stand at all, he would have done il
here. TIE Presbyterian church of the plact
has been turned into hospital, and has beel
very irgenionsiy and neatly arranged by Dr.
Nasson, Of Staten Island, New York, Whs
It is rather q striking coincidence tha
} 5:ocktou, the s1lIa town Of Cedar county
where it was supposed that Price will give u
b=ttle YES, Prior to IS, called Fremont, ans
!. When FREMONT accepted the Republican nom
iEatieI fer President, the people in their VII
tucns indignation petitionea the Legislator
for change Of name, which the Legislatur
Of that time Has only too happy to grant
J. When We get down there We shall endeayo
1 that their first choice WAS no go bad one Z
j. they supposed
l. COL. JOHN n RICHARDSON TAKEN PRISONER
Col JohR II. Richardson, of Springfield
, Mo-, on Gen. fhos- L P1ice'e staH, when con
!, irg through from Upton St bearer Of d!
=, pa1chee from Gen. Hunter to Gen. Fremon
- was captured near Versailles by four rebel
who took him out into the woods, relieve
,f him Of his dispatches, but otherwise offert
= hin no harm They confessed they were
!; good deal like the nan who drew the elepha
h. /. II the lottery, aad after robbing the Colon
= srd bis comIkde, wsre eort1y ccnp!assea as
- the disposition they should make Of him. !
III last it was decided thst be should be ezchan
ed for the Col. Roberts taken prisoner It t
skirnish near Linn Creek Fortunately
IL Was near at hand, and the Colonel thus e
away with but sljght detention. His
ut patches were delivered up to him.
e VISIT TO s1GK1.
~ Gen. Fremont, accompanied by Capt. FL
~ | kell and small detachment Of the Bo
a. Guard, went over the riVer this morning
n. the purpose Of visiting our outposts O.
If Pomme de Te.re, under Gen. Sigel. He
no turned about 3 O'Clock.
I'd POWDER FOUND.
as An Ohio battery stationed over the river
els covered, last night, buried in the ce1iar Q
- building abont 8 mile from the Usage, no i
r. than th1rty-nine barrels OF 1wder. AL o1
ate was en- excellent article, and can be used pro
eIa ably by our artillerymen-
- LANE AND sTURG16.
,er Gan. Lane is expected to arrive here
te evening. He was ut Osce0la last event
nd Geo Sturgi5 ct last accounts, Wss at Colt
lay bin, Henry county, also on his way fither.
1ut Will probably unite WIN us IN Inc course {
on. day or two.
4 FORWARD MOVEMENT.
Our troops will begin to move over the II
j. ea1iJ tomorrow morning. NO general
mn vance, however, is probable for some days
n a.