Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-27
FROM OUR ARMY IN TIE WEST.
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| CoLuxBUs, Kr., Nov. II, 1851.
There "a every evidence that the spprehensops of AZ.
other attack at this point becoming very serious
hear from parties from Paducah that the enemy have
been concentrating large force in that place. probably
as many as 10000 or 80 900 men While the usual pre-
cursors of hosies their part flags Of truce have
appeared almost daily. Citizens continue 10 their
families out Of town. and the preparations for engage
pushed forward with unremiting activity night
and day. BY concentrating Padrcs b. the enemy leave
Us in doubt whether they intend attack Gen BoseE
Command in which there Is one Louisiana company the
Prgoud Volunteers, or attack O lumbus by river,
make both attacks at think they will do the lat
ter and II il is true rumored that they have brought
down troops from St Louis they will be enabled to bring
powerful army against US, especially Hunter can get
good portion Of his army away and with the balance
ucceed in keeping Price In check attach DO myorl.
ance in this connection to the that he and Hunter
have agreed TO 60 into winter quIrters Price under
sands well the necessary part be is performing in
dvertipg the enemy from their fayort, par Of descend
i1g the Mississippi l. is not true too that Price hiss
gned any agreement With Fremont as asserted BY the
ST. Louis Democrat to confne hostlies to the mutual
mics engaged. have for authority for this, the S..
Louis Republican, OF a later date than the Democrat
which circulated the story. Price depends too much up-
on his efficient guerrilla bands esgu1d or disbaudsd A.
most an hour notice, TO suit bis purposes in
70 any such an agreement
The statements of two gentlemen, companions, who
left St Louis last Tuesday, rather encouraging,
veying information which has not yet found It's way into
Southern papers. Happening TO have known one of
these gentlemen for years, have confidence in their
statements. They say that when Fremont took com.
mand OF the department Of Missouri be appointed cen.
takers in every ward In st. Louis and subagents
every street. to ascertain who Seces on-
lists By the time these agents had discovered $500
Unioniss however, they had reported the of no
less than 10 700 Secession sympalhizs and the stu
tifyng result caused the pathfinder" 10 cease his
trsiDgs These gentlemen report that the 10 700 and
Others say fully 900 men, are all armed, and that
as soon as they hear that Price ard HcCuloch have
routed Hunter and taken Jefferson City, they will
Ike up arms, and throw off the Lircon chains aud
DO ready reprl'e the rereatiDg Fedes from their
city, Colonel Mugan, they say, bss declared that be
will not again fight the hissouiians. When ssked
them TO explain the statements Of the st. Louis
papers that Prics and hcCuoch had from forty to
sixty thousand under theirconmsnd while
nc, cunts placed their combined forces only twenty
th ty thousand they declared that Pise bad crested
such Jurors leader, that the people Of g. Louis
felt confident that his forces were not less then forty
thousand while such was the great prestige Of his
and CHARGER Of the greatest Of the day hat
they had doubt Of bis ability Of speedily collecting
gge IN army he desires. BE must be pressing the
Fedcrals under Hunter very closely TO judge from e
letter of Gen Grant 10 his father claiming that the bat
tie OF lmont was success to his eide In preventing us
from sending rsinforcemens to Price I think l see
through Grants pan, and that 1t to prevent from
sending troops from here TO cut of COL 0glesby whom
Grant sent to attack JEFF Thompson, the suppos-
ton no doubt that the latter aiming TO reinforce
Price and hcCulloch Putting all these things together,
feel COZ fdeut that vii soon have intelligence Of >
great battle near Sprnffld
Thss, gentlemen from ST. Louis say Il was known thee
tat A. Thompson kill, d and wounded six hundred Ct
the Federas at the battle Of Ere ,erckstown He had
his men lying down bebiid fence enclosing cornfeld
OF rolling land. When the battle was over he asked
some of them whom he found had not fred the reason
"Why" they REPLIED "they did not get into our corn
rows, General" This viii give you on idea how J.ff
managed that battle These gentleman say that Fremont
had been superseded when they left and that Haeck
would undoubtedly supsIssde Hunter. To eivs me Al
idea Of the bitterness Of the feed between Fremont and
The Blairs they repeated toast given by one Of the
Blars follows: ITO the statesman who never made
speech the Mejor General who never sav hattie, nd
the mill onaire who Ia not worth red" There fu-
rore Of sympathy in his behalf however, particularly
among the Germans