Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-20

The Government at Washington intends to and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in re
constructing their road from Sandy Hook to Cum
berland. The engineers are making their estimates
The new bridges are to be Of iron
The trade GA the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is
very brisk.
Gen. FermonJ's Prospects in the West
The following editorial, which we copy from the
| New York Tribune cur readers EiI find worthy cf
perussl:
The facts that Gen Fremont IS at If not West
Of Jserson City, the Capital OF Missouri which L
about ere hundred and twenty miles from l. king
ton. now the rebel focus in To State-that the
rebels man to take BIonvi.le and J ffsrson Ci Y
preparatory u an attack ST. Loujs-that General
f, Oh the other hand is strongly suspected IT de-
signs sga!nar Lexington aod rs present Uossessors
sll p9uJ t. early and serious collision The eau
nous GipiamtrIc, doubtless wise strategy of ac-
Clelian and BaaUr gard is not adapted 10 the West
where these who 70 70 war ar sJrcaziY suspected
o. pO-lllon 20 hurt somebody, and % look for
eRemy With decided intent pitch n We -trOug v
h pc not t. hear CT aEy fight there forsr "a.
yet since the UaiJn forces are widely scattered ,r
almost every side Of the reoels. and there is imus
hate danger that the latter strike thu f u-
bio Z st or West ~ over vh-im1s for 9 W hsv
no faith in the strategy which uli surround s-
army Of dfty thousand where there are ten. fgr+-
pendent camps. separated by Two or tEr-e d, g.
| march ami - liable to Be att Cksl and b,lrcu FL
| succession. Yet prssuTIng the , b. leaders G
understand their buSHes- K j. hsr liv grs-!nIe O.,
avoid such alta x for. q ct0g a conc ur--tir,
Will 10 prot CT i susss Or tLa u 81, 81 JJs-pI Sur
| the lire of the North Miss urI R4itrs.u on a.
| North. and BJlnye and H-rsOl CltF en- 1s- t--
might t. preclude the e essary cOuc-ntrs los
/ at all We judge. however. thaF the control at G.
Missouri river and the railroad aforrs ID are adva
tag 10 thu UnloIsls which cannot ii 10 be I'M
| proved
Gen Fremont is. with regard to military orr.
riOns Of magnitude uEJIied comm tldsr His
6tness to lead thousands Is now 10 bp ests6lish-.
or dsprOved. Success : the worli's Of merit:
and should be nov be beaten by the rebels b. will
! he judged a prer-uder AMI charlataB He m-y
| have less than half many men as he conir0nts
his may be the greeuest recruits. while she enpm.
are comparative veterans. flushed with repeated
| triumphs be may BE- crippled tor want Of arms
and munitions while the allies Of k.Oyd before hln
/ may have stolen themselves rich in every thing
/ netded-GO mEtter: he must triumph or be wbis
tied down tie wind a. Elegusl 70 Lis position W
/ presume he compartments This hard necessity and
! is prepared 10 wreste with Fortune on such condi
tons as she sees fl to prescribe lie ma be beaten
I he may even prove Incompetent @ issi So arusy
but sadly mistake the Tsan /. sHy bul,ts shall
touch his back unless IN tEe way Of exit frCm his
! body
His raw troops may BE scattered b. an equal
! force, though do not believe they will. Shouts
| the rebels await his stta X at or near Lexington
they viii Of course avail themselves Of every nat
UTal advantage Of position. and will improve these
! by Geld Eorks. They have never yet fought equal
| numbers a fair field, and DO not think they
ever will when there is any alternative. And should
he fell and fall simply because he ia compelled like
Lyon. 20 fight overwhelming force, we are sure
his country men VA. nos refuse him the tribute Of
manly tear
How many men lie viii be able to muster in front
OF Lexington, 30 not know but believe the nun
Der fall shOrl Of thirty thousand and hope
it viii be sweed 20 forty thousand If he can but
| have arms aud munitions. shall hops for the
best We know, however, that he has at no mo
ment been bic TO equip the volunteers press
ing to his stsndari-that he i-ft, st St Louis when
lie started up he river last Friday, whole regmsnts
for which he had no weapons while a regiueut of
cavalry lately drew up before him with buta single
saddle, AID never belt or sCabbETd-Eal that Geld
guns ordered BY him, and deeuizd essential 60 bis
service have lam for weeks and still lie in this city
simply because some underling Of the War DeUaTts
me0t does not sse fiji to accept and fOr ward them
Such facts NAV well justify the gravest aPpre
tensions. The Detroit Advertiser states that the
Ordnance Department. ct Washington sold lOO00
Erfeld muskets, Tor rl1esl since Bull Run, 10
private dealer for $40 each, anG that the Govern
meHt bss siGce triee TO buy them back for $50 -
Had but tAtse arms Css seat promptly 70 Fremont.
instead Of being 80 fooled away, we believe affairs
il Missouri would have a far brighter aspect
To A5y. = . .o-vicssble, though not the very !
besE a. -C+J.t5lt prices, may in these times /
be ,.s zee ..e LL,lc.ry to SCI them under ex-
lsiIHg circumstances Il. ~ puzzle zEct4on9ry,
bunder, if not worse. /
However, We shall probably soon hear that Mis- |
souri, Is won or LOST We believe The rebels have
nov collected IN and around Lexington the strong
est army thSE hey will be able this year to conceD
trate in Missouri and that the defeat of this will /
drive them from the state. correspondent Of /
ne I!iasS VINO Witnessed tqnoer gufft) the con /
slsEcri2n o. the serge OF Ooi huiigahs position, I
eAPtESs5 sSy>t
al 'de o'g guns Oh t'ie N.H'essrs'es Igere mere
saw, among others Generals Slajg. Price. Ear, ;
sons hams hard G Gov. dttLso2 tens farms, I
tEafilnj Green. AcGitnl, captain EnLlst act}nn- /
AID. Co.'s Turner, Payne, GEu Clay, aid so On, ad (