New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-25
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ee~s;oB- Position Of the Rebel Forces
f.ep. Lyep,s Plsn-Tho Indian Territory
-ahsrpshesters-AB Brace Of Camp Stories
The Rosributien Of History.
from Our Special Correspondent
ST.. LouIs, No., Saturday Evening. July20, 1861.
Waured--General Fremont. The Rebels in the
South West are receiving excellent care from General
von; but throughout the Northern part OF the state
there are little eruptions Of Seeessionsuheie to-day
and there to-mouow-now you see II, and now you
don't zee IT, The proper mode Of dealing With 70
adopt the Dom brock Fair plan, wherever ysn see
head hit it, But the Union forces need some control
ing leader in this city, and the arrival Of the Pathfinder
d anSiously looked for.
Brigadier-Ceuersl John Pops Of Illinois, with force
which will son exceed four thousand, has taken up bis
headquarters ut ST. Charles, and Issued the inevitable
proclamation. Thess procama;ions, like the iDdgniues
hesped dpon our Revolutionary ancestors have in
creased are increasing, aud ought TO he diminished
Wherever captain is located With squad Of men, to
guard bridge or protect q calvert he Immediately
issues a pronuncamento But this one which reminds
traitors that he has "a force large enough 70 compel
obedience to the laws snd warns them thst they will
be dealt with in the most summary manner, without
awsing civil process, is brief pertinent document,
and may Se appropriately termed Pope's Essay on
Sec seion.
That ,nstrious trio Claib. Jacks SON Gen. Price. and
Ben McCuIloch, with their ten to fifteen thousand
give still Just south Of the Arksnsas
Bnt nw aiting Developments. Since the brilliant nc
ton Of Gen. Sigel they are quite satisfied whether
"the Dutch" will fight not-s point upon which
they were asittIe confused before. They must find
difficult TO obtain provisions for the country in which
they are encsmped produces very little surplus and
tb cir means Of transportation poor though jackson
stole all the horses pcnles wagons, and carriages be
could find during bic Southern hegra. Like sllNorth-
ern Arkansas and Southern Missouri it II region Of
"pos oaks and flint rocks crossed from northeast 70
southwest BY numerous ridges Of the Ozark and Bos'
ton Mountains, 'hinly settled by poor and ignorant
people, Ia fact the whole State Of Arkansas isa God
forsakeD country and ofe's TO the approaching army
Of the Ution neither booty nor beauty. More thsn
half s area consists Of wild lands, still owned by the
STATE and Federal Governments; and Of the remainder
q very large proportion hiss been sold for taxes.
Springfield, where Cen Lyon il now tarying Is in
Green County and the largest town in Southwest
Missour. The route from this city is BY the South
W.ss Branch of the Pacific Railroad 10 RolIa 100 miles,
aud thence overland by very rough route among the
Ozark hills ZIG miles further. Large supplies Of am
munition nnlss wagons, and provisions being sent
forward daily; and il TO be the design of Gen.
Lyon, when bo does move to pursue the rebels into
Arkansas, and perhsps penetrate TO Fort Smith,
the border Of the great Indian Territory aud rctaks
that post. The Indian Territory-by the way, nine
times larger than Massachusetts, the fnes, agrcul
tural region in the Union, much better watered and
timbsred than Illinois Kansas, with preferable CHI
usre. soil equally rich and underlaid by enormous
fields Of coal Only the bottoms" along tho streams
are adapted to cotton grain cattle. and fruit s
loadog products. Come what may, II must DO secured
To Northern labor and institutions. Tue Cboctaw,
Cherokee, Creek, and Chickassw indiana who inhabit
it govern themselves and educate their children, and
life and property safer among them than among
their white neighbors Of Arkansas and Texas.
Whenever Gen. LyOp's command forward
you may look for good report from it. The sshVeg-
rnents OF Colonies Frank Blair Grstz Brown, Sigel,
and Solomon, the two Kansas regment.of tried men,
ami mated By old meuores the 500 regulars and the
cavalry and artillery, all composed Of excellent
material. Theu there are 500 Misoourians under
Col. John 8. Phelps-long spk, ssd-fced men, who
were born on horseback" do not take kindly 10 |
ddl and are very unhappy unless mounted upon seeds
Of the same arch tecural order with themselves But
these Missouri centas can evoke wonders fra their
old Kentucky rifles, aud if Bcn McCullochs forces |
are partial TO guerrilla warfare accommodate them
tho shortest notice with any desired amount. por
ton Of them drilling a corps Of sbsrpshoot
eB.
Are you fond OF the msrveousl THeu listen TO |
couple Of camp stories about Col. Sgels engagement.
private in one Of his companies was !, ing upon the
ground loading and firing in that position avoid the
balls Of the enemy. He was fat upon his face, with
bis left side toward the foo, when shot fom one OF
their sx-poundes struck tie ground right beside him,
ploved through sbont SIX inches below the surface
under him, retouAded came out the other side ard
continued us zlgzg course. 1t did not hurt hair
0f bic head, bat merely in something less than the
winkling Of sn eye, whired him over upon hh back
do vouch for IT, but tell the tale twas told TO
me. II you shake your head, pause and little
u your increduIity Tor ths; captain asserts posi-
lively that be saw one of Sges arte,iss struck BY
n-bsll which cut OF both bis legs, but that be
promptly raised himself half up. rsmmed the charge
home 10 bic gun, withdrew the rswrod, and sbcp foil