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by the late battle, cut him up and
driven him out of the State. We have
the word Of brave and truthful man, Who
was with General Lyon on Friday, before the
fight Qhe battle was on Saturday. that, with
tigh indignation, in the presence of most of
the members OF bis staff, he declared his be.
LIEF that there Was deliberate purpose to cut
lin Off ard destroy his force! We urge no
charge against General Fremont that be had
such purpose; but there were those about
him and now controlling hin1, who are nos
| exempt from great suspicion OF this crime.
I: Is certain that he and they nigh. have sue
ecred that gallant soldier aad aided hin in
destroying the army h3 which he was cucom-
passed; they had the means and men; hut
lacked OILY that military discretion which
could comprehend the situation. He sleeps;
but his fate is perpetual reproach to those
who might have aided him but did net.
ABOUT COL. MuLL1dAN.
AID uow in relation TO Colonel Mulligan,
We Feed say little. Tie Indignation which
his fall evoked here has not cooled by the
lapse If time aud more perfect knowledge |
OF fie facts. His surrender WAS SO cruel, 20
unnecessary, and so shameful to our arms,
that We touch the matter lightly, fearing that
We shall say too much. Tha Adjutant Gen
e1al has dets;led the fscts-how at Boonyille
ne had 5000, at Jetfereon City 10000, at Otter
vile 5000, at Rolla G0o0, at st. Louis 5000 to
1900, at Kansas City 5000 troops, not one Of
whom, save the forlorn hope Of Sturgi5, and
The few who started By steamer and hurried
back, being too poor in numbers to do aught
but share lis fate, went to his aid! We have
or]y 10 add, on the authority Of Hon. John
A. Gur1ey, Member Of Congress from Cincin.
| 1ati, at that time 3 member Of Gsneral Ere
| mont's stsT, that messenger from Colonel
Muljgep, with his loud cry for re!nfozcsmeuts
cooled his heels two days among the thieves
| in Fremont's ante room, unable to put down
The court etiquette there enforced By the sharp
sabres Of the bod;-guara, and at last by the
aid Of Lieutenant Governor Hall, got "a only
to hear that the General "would see about
it." Next day there WIS rain, and the advertised
Inauguration Of Benton Barracks was neces-
scr:jy postponed. Finally the ceremony was
enacted and the body guard exhibited for the
6<lectation CT the public; but the gallant
Colonel and lis band Of 27o0 men were des.
troyed. These are the plain facts. How can
| re praise that strategy CT applaud such
| commander?
THE CALIFoRSIANs.
| When General Fremont took command of
| 1he Department OF the West, he brought
| With him Or there soon followed him,
a half dczeD, more or less, Of mea
well known in California, whose repu-
tsticn for sharpness was greatly in advance of
their honesty. The people have been fully in
formed, in regard to the names and anteced-
ehts Of there mec, and they know, and Gen.
Fremont, better acquainted with them than
ally one else. ought to hsve known, that they
we're unfit for places Of trust and responsible.
tY. But THEY were eagerly welcomed, and very
soon, to the exclusion Of the Union men o.
lie State who were well acqusinted with the
Wal IS of the Department, the Topography O.
The country and the character Of the markets
they were nominated to places that they wert
onlg too glad to I'll, aud became, to the exclu
, sion Of every body else, the confidential I'D
4 and trusted agents Of the Commander
= having eaey access to him at all times, and 70
y any purpose, when the first men Of the Stat
- were Ienied. To them the unblushing scour
drelism which has marked the management q
- - the a1my matters In the West, is due-to ther
:, ED their confede12tes from the eastern slop
- =. Of the Continent, the ruin Of the General
= duo.
TIE BARRICADEs.
n We have already said that in the case Of Mu
e Ngen, his messenger waited two days in th
e ante.1ccm at Head Quarters before he eoul
e set his demand for relnforcements before tb
II GeItral who sat inside. The barricades hs
q been erected. The guards With drawn SABRE
q the secretaries with tie usual official iusolene
ID Of the tribe, and the cereme menics which bar OF
N petty despct from the vulgar outside wor..,
7e We1e in full commission, and 20 matter VIII;
re llle urgency Of the cali OF the character {
c business OF the visitors, no man could brea
O. 1oRn the obstacles which stood in the way
le his 5ngress, until the California gang wei
le Ilsased to permit them to be leyeled. tt
N Chief Secretary was one l. G. Woods, Cal
's fornian Who acted 1t cnce as Major, if we 81
e tct mistaken, Master Of Ceremonies at th
'e Rtrublica2 Count, Master Of Transpo1tatio
d for the army, and it he is not belied, the pa1
ot ner Of various and eundrJ outsiders. n
t. paper, letter, messenger or visitor escaped b
II vigilance. No marks Of "p1ivate,'' stconfide,
It tiaf," OF "pe:soEal' made him respect sea.
L. Everything weEt through his hands. he a
1e sumed, no doubt, with the appreciation
4 his superior, to direct who should and VT
j. should not see the General. Governors
il States furnishing troops by the ten thousan
OF Senators, Members Of the House Of Repr
Is sentahTes, members Of the Missouri Sta
10 Convention, FEemont's own Brigadier &c,
3, erals, the most eminent citizens of the Sta1
1t bringing information Of prime importanc
Ve spies with particulars touching the state
e- the opposing army, officers with otfers Of reg
We ments Of men, the members Of the Uni5
III Defence Committee Of our city, all were n
rel only kept waiting for days in that ANTERIOR
re but were treated with marked contempt. Z
ay see the Commander Of the Department, 81
o1 in cases which make the exception to t
oo rule, has at any time in the last two mont
!s' been matter Of greater difficulty than
'ue get m audience Of the Emperor of Frant
VI. the head Of N Empire aud m army Of 1901
US men. Hwas for the interest of the Calf
lty mans and their confederates that this shou
re- be 50; because, while all others were e1clr
ed they had free access by the back stai
We shall zee how they have profited by tn
as privileges.
ate | TIE BODY GUARD.
a It is usual for Generals and Commanders
the Departments to have corps designated a.
in Body Guard. Their duties are supposed in
Of army 10 be confined, 70 far as II
, if relate to the safety Of the person Of
.ul- Genefal, wholly to the field. Not
in with Fremont's. They are ever
ith hand. With barracks adjacent to
The house, the lattez \ palace rented
of 5000 per year, and the former bs
Is 1t m enormous expense and Of csoac
ted capable Of containing 1850 men. They Sc
his m imposiag adjunct Of the regal state Z
rue ceremony which our Republican General
ri assumed. Tot n its infancy, the coFpa
ng- msgniacentlJ equipped and mounted, ut
Jr expeuse that will stagger plain people vi
Was | the tath Is told.
3ol USES OF TIE BARR1CADkS; AND BODY GUAl
hen The bAr1icades maintained BY the ssbrae
lin the body-guard, have had thelr pu1poe
lev They have enabled the Ca}ito1iAas aud th
'th. co1fedexates whom they we're fo1ced to t,
1st into their eesyice. TO- use their comnaaae.
to their own profit The proof u In tho te
! to mony taken before the
and CONGRESSIONAL. MvE5TIdKrINa CoMNnTT
and Tovsra the close Of the last eeseion OF
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