Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-20
Our Army Corresponds dence---Depart-
ure of Fremont from Springfieid---
Condition of Affairs in Southwest
ern Missouri.
H. f. X.

SPRISGFKLD, No., Nov. 6.
EDIroR SENTINEL: The race of the Great Mo
gul of the Western Department is run. On the
morning of the 4th inst Major General John c.
Fremont set his face homeward. His funeral
cortege consisted of representatives of we'll nigh
half the civilized world; added to whom was
number of Indians, in semi-civilian costume,
mounted and accoutred for "grim visaged war. >"
As the long line of the escort preceded by military
band dscoursing most exquisite music, passed
our encampment, mused of the days of Houran-
al Raschid, the famed Caliph of Bagdad-the
barbaric splendor of his court, limpid founts, re
freshing baths, houris-the te1t ensemble of oren-
tai magni6cence. Here II .h.;arian and then an
Austrian notability; here an Italian and then a
Dutch refugee; here Paddy and then a Cock
ney rode gloomily by, lamenting the days when
they lounged about the outer Courts of his late
Royal HighneSs, denying admittance to his august
presence to o. 5. officers bearing dispatches from
beleagured posts, camoring for surror from the
teeming camps in the vicinity of G. Louis. Good
byel / trust forever
Coils. Shanks and Hudson, declined leaving their
posts as representatives of Indiana's interests
here. and are now of Gen. Hunters staff They,
together with Gen. Davis, Paymasters Cumback
and Hendricks, are efficient and courteous officers
universally esteemed in the army here.
Gen. Price, at last accounts, was near one hun
dred miles south of this place, and yet retreatng
This is the news at our present headquarters. The
evening of Fremont's last day found him delivering
address to certain officers who paid him visit OF
codolence, in which he said if Gen. Hunter did
not arrive, he would, the next morning, lead the
army on to victory The morning he left he is
represented as having said Price within nine
q n " prprl f1r tn oiv 20 hat 0ur
brigade was ordered here on forced march.
without baggage, and told that Gen. Fremont
had Information that the town was surrounded,
and we would have TO cut our way into il. When
the reirls passed into Gen. Hunters hands, Price
rubbed his magic lamp was instantly transported
southwark one hundred miles, and gently depos
tied, without disturbance of his breakfast
beyond harms reach. What do you think of
that?
The truth is, fighting amidst huge cathedrals,
antique castles and gothic cities, environed with
ponderous walls with veteran troops, is one thing;
and fighting i'm the wild woods and prairies of the
West, with the semi-civilian backwoodsman is
another thing. The movements of our army
have been painfully slow. and utterly destitute of
strategy, while those of the enemy have been
willy and 1.-THE.
We may now expect change marked one.
What that change will be can only surmise
quarters. We have already stretched out our line
too far from rail and river communication to trust
long to the uncertainty of drawing supplies by
wagons owe horrible roads; and the whole coun-
try here is ravaged, and destitute of means of
subsistence We can not winter here and every
step southwartis is towards starvation. The cam
paigu here could result in nothing important be-
yond what would follow as an incident of the
4 general result. This place is no military key,
nor is there any such point in south west Missouri
If we can keep the Missouri river, the Pacific
railroad to Sedalia and to Rolia, the Iron Noun
tain road, the North Missouri and Hannibal and
st. Joseph railroad open till spring, we would
then have the State so under our control that its
subjugation to loyalty would follow with scarce a
struggle.
i The Indiana troops here are suffering for cloth
I ing, especially the 22d regiment. They have had
no clothing since the lst Of August Their ap.
pearance on dress parade is picturesque, and un-
der other circumstances would be Iudicrous in the
extreme. HICKORY WIrHE.