Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-12

The following extracts from letter to the
st. Louis Republican gives the most satisfac-
tory account of General Prices late move
ments that we have yet had:
LEXINGTON, October Z, 1851.
Editor Republican perceive from your
correspondence from Jefferson and elsewhere
that you are poorly posted about the affairs
at Lexington.
General Price left Lexington on Monday,
Both September, with all his forces, and took
the road to Rose Hill, and which is called
the Harrisonville. rood. This is the same
route Price took early last summer in his
travel South, and none here doubt but his
destination is Arkansas, and that he intends
to make that point in double quick time, If
General Fremont should attempt to follow
him and if he does l believe Price has or
will, elude his grasp.
The plan of General Price after he cap
tured Lexington, was to remain there for a
time and to operate on the north side of the
river, and for this purpose on Saturday, 28th
September, he crossed over the river at Lex
ington four thousand mounted men-the di-
visions Of General Stein aud General Slack,
the latter commanded by Colonel B. A
Reeves, of Ray County-and this force took
up their line of march for the railroad, with
the view of its total destruction, and then
sad havoc wss to be made of all the Govern
ment forces in Northwest Missouri, and,
! unaided, Price had the men to do it, but late
in the evening these troops crossed the river.
Alf Jones, who had been released as a
prisoner at the Arsenal, returned from St.
| Louis to Lexington in the stage, and re-
ported that the whole world below was alive
with troops, that Fremont was after Price,
and that Price might prepare for big fight
in few days. This served to raise the cour-
age of Prices men, and they said "Let Ere
mont come they were ready for him" !"
| But" says Jones, the has too many; he will
have thirty thousand men with him, aud ten
thousand more from other quarters" "and,"
says Jones, with an oath to it, sail that Free
mont fears is, that Price will not make a
stand and fight" This information had its
effect on Price. The order was counter
manded sending troops to the railroad.
messenger was sent, and these troops
recrossed the river at Lexington Sunday
evening; and that night Price made his
| order for a movement South, and General
Rains, it is said, went twenty miles that
night on his Southern route, and it is be-
| lieved Governor Jackson avaied himself of
this command as an escort to get hirns self out
of danger. Price and all his forces left on
| Monday, the Both ult., but his train of bag
gage wagons, about twelve hundred in mum
Der, did not all get off before Wednesday
| morning.
IfPrice had designed fight with Fremont
| he would have taken the Georgetown road,
or, possibly, the Warrensburg road but in
stead Of this, he has gone the rood leading
down the western boundary Of the State aud
to the South west, and in such haste that
| Fremont will not overtake him.
The forces of Price were very large at Lex.
ington, but many of the men were only for
the occasion, and have gone home. His
force was fifteen or eighteen thousand when
l., La I IL, r.
certain that his destination is Arkansas, bis
force will decrease. MACON.