The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-10-16
THE WAR NEWS.
Affairs in relative Position OF
Price and Fremont.

fflce and Ffem0lLs
There is lriangle formed by THREE TOWN
in Missourl-Lexington, Jefferson City. and
Seda,,a-Lexington being line apex, iand
Sedalia being in The angie between the per
pendicular and The base. The hypoihen
use is the Missouri river Jefferson City be
ing located in The angle between Ife base
an by pothenuse. From The latter point starts
the Pacific Rrilrnad running due ives lern
course TO Sedalia Along this road FhEmoNT
is rapidly pushing his troops and munitions
OF war. He evidently intends SedalIa for
The point from which immediate active op
eraiions shall be directed.
As Price natural line of retreat lay
through Sedalia, it is evident that if he had
remained al Lexington FREMoNT,w would cdt
him of from all communication with South
wes'ern Missouri and Arkansas. the rei2on
from which he draws his supplies. and
where his forces must be recruited aud rein.
forced Any further advance, either into
Northern Missouri or toward Eastern Kan
sas could only have exposed him still more
palpably 10 The flank movement now being
made against him.
FREMoNT's PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
Ii cannot iniure the Union cause now in
Missouri TO hazard a conjecture as 10 what
his outline plan of campaign is; he al
ready lar upon his march 10 execufe it
By the movement agains. Sedalia. he forc-
ed Price 10 abandon lhe dearly purchased
post of Lexington without blow and com
| peIIed him 10 retreat by liue diagonal 10
his shortest aud quickest route TO Southern
! Missouri thus making his retreat circuilous
with his flank exposed for longer period
! than il wonld be had he been permiued 10
{ fall back in rghl line. The roads of that
! part OF Missouri lying ext 10 Kansas, aud
immediately west OF Sedaila, difficult
and rough the population rs sparse, aud
| the means OF maintaining army much
less abundant than III lis vicinity and that
of Warrensburg.
Mas FREMokT
This lady has been most actively engae
! ed in defending her husbands reputation
tagaiust The assaults of his enemies, declar-
( ing her haired OF Them in no sun ed meas
ure, and with The fierce vndic,ve intensity
OF her father Indeed, she seems 10 sur
pass even him in the ierocity oi her assaults
| She accom- panied her husband Jeffer
son City aud reviewed lhe troops as they II
! led off on their march toward Sedalla. HeI
oldest boy, some twelve or fourteen year,
/ of age wore a lieulenaEt's, aud d younger
one sergeant's uniform. The eldest Is &c
! form member OF his fathers military
| household Indeed, il would not be surprls
/ ing if JEsslE constituted herself a member o
the staff, for she has teen with her husband
on more than one perIous adventure. Hel
presence would insure energy ard raipiy
of movement, even ii FkEMosT had eVel
exhIblled any lack OF these quaIllies.
| BREcKISRIDGE AND OTHER TRAIroRs ORGASIz.
ING REBEL CAMP,
LOUISVILLE. October l2-The EUeninG
keWs learns, upon unquestIonahle authority
iEat Brecknrdge, Preston johnson, Deshs
I Williams, Haws, Moore and o'her Secrs
sion notables, are organizing a large rebe
camp al Prestonburg. Floyd county. Ii say:
they have a force OF 5000 or 600 ner
now there, aud are drilling them eight houn
per day, and that they are aiarmIug IN,
\ mountaineers by circulating incredible stor
les as TO The intentions oi the Government
The NeUs asks The Government TO place
promptly the requisite force III the moon
tains around which The Union forces ma,
rally