The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-22
NEW SERIES-NO. 4l6


Fremont for the present, for certain rea.
sons. The Major General feels hurt at
General Curtiss for sending the dispatches
Of such magnitude by civilian. The Gen
eral and myself supposed, from your dress
and appearance, that you had important in
formation from the enemy" Captain Nc.
Kenny replied, No, sir, am an officer of
the United States Army" aud then exhib.
tied General Curtiss pass, in which was
given the bearers rank and title.
The Captain then remarked to Colonel
Eaton that he had important dispatches
for General Hunter, and must have trans
portation and pass through the lines.
Colonel Eaton replied +" / cannot pass
any one through the lines, nor will General
Fremont issue pass to any person. The
General is greatly surprised that you effect.
ed passage through the pickets when be
had given strict and positive orders not to
pass any one except on his special order.
may be able to send man to pass you
out"
Captain McKenDy-"T That will do."
1t now being evening, Colonel Eaton in
troduced Captain McKenny to Colonel
Wood, who was to furnish transportation.
Colonel w 0od went to see Colonel Rich
ardson, and did not return until about nine
o'clock, when Captain McKenDy inquired
about the transportation. In clustering
and excited manner Colonel Wood replied,
did not understand that you wanted it
to night" and being assured by the Captain
that be wanted it Immediately, Colonel
Eaton who had been sent for, answered:
I'VE doubt our authority now to issue your
transportation, as General Fremont has
turned over bis command to General Hun
ter, as you will see by this circular" which
the Colonel produced. Colonel Eaton ad.
ded that he had no information where Hun
Isr was, but supposed hat he was on the
Buffalo Road, and that copy of General
FremOnts circular had been already sent to
General Hunter, which copy General Hun
ter never received. After the first appeal
to pass through the lines, Colonel Eaton
saw General Fremont and returned with an
answer that the General was passing no one
through. 4 second appeal the Captain
found equally fruitless, and concluded to
try another method. He called upon Col.
Richardson and made known his business,
and the efforts being made to prevent him
from going through the lines. Colonel r.
furnished the Captain two horses and
guide, and the two started at eleven o'clock
toward Buffalo. The first guard was pas.
sed by means of the countersign, which the
Captain had heard Colonel Eaton give to
an officer. Coming up to the second guard
the Captain was overhauled by the corpo
raj of the guard, who demanded to see the
foin
horse, and flourishipg the pass of General
Curtiss in front of blazing fire, remarked
that be was in great haste to intercept
General Hunter with important dispatches
The corporal passed the Captain through
the lines by ssndirg a sentinel along to the
outer pickets.
Captain McKenny rode all night, and
arrived at Buffalo, could learn nothing of
General Hunter and leaving word with
Major Wright that be had important dis
patches for General Htnter, be continued
on towards Bolivar. When about ten miles
on the road, he was overtaken by the Ma
jor, who announced General Hunters arri-
val at Buffalo Captain NICK. returned
and delivered his dispatches about IL M.
After dinner General H., in an ambulance,
proceeded to Springfield, arriving there
about nine o'clock at night Captain Nick.
returned the following morning, when be
found all the officers making their calls upon
the new Commander. and cougratulating
him upon his promotion. The harmony
was general There were some muttering
among the troops, but not the slightest i'll
subordination, no laying down of arms on
the evening previous or the morning after,
and not q single officer threatened to resiqa
General Hunter is esteemed and beloved by
the entire army, and the expression is uni
versal that the troops are entirely satisfied
with any change that the Government may
deem for the interests OF the service. Up to
Monday night, when the Captain left, this
good feeling and satisfactory harmony pre-
vailed.
General Hunter, hearing that the advance
guard of the enemy were on Wilson's
Greek, sent out two regiments of infantry
and one of cavalry, who secured the country
for rs miles and discovered no signs of the
enemy, nor had Prices army been in that
vicinity at all. The base fabrications that
have eminated from the Bohemian Brig.
ades," particularly the correspondence of
the St. Louis papers, has been denounced
10 unmeasured terms by Gen. Hunter, with
every probability OF an arrest of several of
these gentry, who have been riding over the
State, fed and provided for in every respect
by Uncle Sam, upon the special order OF
General Fremont. This game has now
"played out" and the forwarding OF any
correspondence whatever, without the Gen'
erals approval, has been lnterdlcted. A
more complete somersault was never known
than the correspondence sent over the
country on the day of Fremont's removal
and departure from camp. and that which !
appeared from the same pens tbs day after