, 1862-02-14

4 writer in the New York Tribune las
9'een contributing q series Of articles on
military affairs, past and present, III the
State Of 1lissouri, which, in a geographical
point ot view, are certainly remarkable.
a few days ago he gave Us railroad from
Springfield to Lebanon, No, which, We
Goubt not, our generals viii be happy to
avail themselves Of when they find it. In
previous articles lie has given us another
railroad from Forsyth, Mo-, to some point
not clearly indicated, over which General
Price has received vast supplies for his
a1my, and which he Price employed to
iaci1itatc his escape from Fremont, or at |
least intended to employ Allthe railroads
extending from either Springfield or For
sythe, Mo-, in any direction, can be put in
the Uranium Of The writer here referred to,
without impairing his faculties as strate-
gist- Among other novelties, he has got a
triangle in his head, compared with which
The New York Times quadrilater1 Of the
Italian war was sorry device This tri-
angie is made by The three towns Of Spring
ficld. .Cassyi1le and Forsyth-.the last,being
the railroad station already mentioned,
Cassyi1le is southwest of Springfield, on the
road leading to Fayetteville and Fort
Smith, Arkansas. Forsyth is south, OF
little east Of south, Of Springfield, and the
three points are about equidistant from
each other The writer says that Spring
field is a little nearer to Forsyth than Cass-
vile is. The general object Of having
triangle here was to enable Gen. Fremont
to catch Gen. Price in one Of the corners,
and to show how Gen Hunter or his supc-
1iors erred in not doing it.
To accomplish this it becomes necessary
to send Gen. Price, astute and economical
officer as lie is, around t,co sides of the tri-
angle, to wit, from Springfield to Cassville,
and from Cassville to Forsyth, while Gen.
Fremont had to traverse only ono Of the
sides, from Springfield to Forsyth, to over
take and pulyer1ze him It is necessary for
Gen. Price to reach Forsyth to take advan-
tage of the railroad and certain presumed
STEAMBOATS, to run away on, but why it was
necessary for him to 60 around with his
army by way Of Cassville, when Gen. Fre-
mont could take the direct road with his
army, will probably forever remain mys-
tery. When Price left Lexington, he must
. hare known all about the railroad and
steamboats, at Forsyth, and he is reputed to
know the roads and topography Of South
western Missouri very well indeed. Its safe
to presume also that he knows that a
straight line is the shortest distance be-
tween two points. Why then should he
have gone sixty OF one hundred miles out
Of his way, when time was the essence Of
the job he had on hand? Gen Lane told
Us weeks ago, and long before this
triangle was invented, that at the
time General Hunter took the com:
mand at Springfield, Price was at Cross
Hollow, in the State Of Arkansas, as nearly
as our scouts could ascertain; and we pre-
sume such was the fact. Price had 10 part
OF lot in The triangle; neither had Ere.
mont Price never was in any danger from
1ngonometry, nor does Fremonfs fame
as General rest upon that sandy founda-
ton
The writer Of the series Of articles to
which We refer, is simply an ass, who, in
lis zeal for Fremont, does not scruple te
make most lamentahle display Of his ig
norancc; and the best thing the editors o.
the Ncw York Tribune can do is get hin
place as brakeman or ticket agent on ont
: ofthe roads which he has carefully mapped
out-on paper. Then, having nothing tt
do, he would make no blunders.