New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-28
A VISIT TO GEN. FREMONT.
SCHUYLER CoLFAx, n. c., writes in his S0a

SCHUYLER CoLFAx, II. c., writes in his South
! Bend Register (Ind as follows:
Just before going to press we have returned from
vsit to ST. Louis the headquarters OF the military de
partment Of the West of which Gen. Fremont is the
Msjor-General Commanding.
TIE Generals quarters in beautiful building on
Ckoteau Avenue, owned by Mrs. Brant Ia cousin OF
Mrs. Fremohts and rendered by her for bis use.
Here arranged all the vast plans for the occupancy
Of Memphis the restoration of the free navigation OF
the Mississippi, tue second victory Of Eew-Orleans,
the remuneration Of Texas, and the deliyerance of
Missouri from the Rebel armies that have invaded its
soil from Tennessee ard Arkansas, aiding its own trail
tors in their work Of destruction. Here, too reside
bis family and part of his staff and ts rooms
verted into bufiness oces, telegraph Office &C.. while
sentinels guard its gates, and the starry banner Of
beauty and glory waves over all, By night and by
day. -
AS to the barbados" and the alleged "inaccess-
bility" of Gen. Fremont, is but simple justice to
BIN to that the pressure for peronhl Interviews
with him has been unparalleled; were the days an
hundred hours long, he could not have complied With
them Overasked ar his Secretaries have been, it is
possible and quite probable, that some have been ex
cuded who ought to have been admitted. although
every communication In writing hns passed under his
eve. When Gen. Fremont saw that this discrlml1a-
ton had provoked 80 much censre he endeavOred to
satisfy these demands on him II possible, In larger
degree.
We viii give one DAYS experience that we happen
to know Of One Committee consumed over an hour,
an individual three-qusrters Of an hour and so on
through the day. That night he worked till alter MD
night examining the daily repors he requires from
his subordinates, civil aud military, ordering move
ments OF troops and all the nunberless details required
of the head Of military department. The next morn
ing by 5, he was again at work and when we break
tasted with him TO- he excused himself for the late
ness of the hour at which be had invited by audng
to the pressure of business and the fact that IN the
earlier hours Of the day he was freer from interrupon
After these five hours of labor before breakfast he par
took Of spare meal of bread beefsteak and tea
and was called back bis Office long before the rest Of
ms had finished. While Gen. Mcclellan at Waning,
ton even with the aid afforded by the President ana
the War Department finds it necessary to deny him.
self TO nearly every civilian who calls on Din, some
allowance should be made 10 Gen. Fremont When ne
gives over eisbteen hours per day 70 the country
He looks older and more careworn than when we
last met him. three months ago. just after his return
from Europe. His wife, who Assists him In thou
sand ways examining volumRous documents, acting as
secretary &c. does not TO have changed Ill the
slightest degree since 1856 when her vgor and energy
were so wen known, and universally conceded both
by friend and foe.
His proposed military movements we cannot allude
to- They will be like himself, bold We only regret
that the ordering East Of so many Western troops,
even from west Of the Mississippi has left his force
weaker in hunters than generally supposed.
The principles OF hs famous proclamation, 30 entbu-
sastcay Endorsed they throughout the North,
be stil believes were based the tTuest and wisest
policy. They have been modified by the President 10
whom Of course as lis superior officer he deiers but
we think he still believes with Andy johnson that
the mau who is a traitor in arps has no right to own
anything.