Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-09
Gen. Sterling Price-Eis Military Ca
 reer and it's Results.

The following notice of Gen. Sterling Price of Missouri is from the Richmond correspondence of the New Orleans Delta:
 I presume the history of this distin- gushel officer is familiar to you. 1t ought to be familiar to the people of the Confed crate States. It would show that in this age, as well as in former ages, circumstan- ceS develop genius, aud that the pressure of events Is enough to stimulate the quaf- ties of the hero, even when heroism has been latent and nnsUspectod. Gen. Prices campaigni in Mexico was decidedly one of the most brilliant episodes of the war; His conquest of New Mexico with slender force of volunteers; his fertility of resource and extraordinary energy and enterprise, displayed in supPressing the subsequent re belIiOn, and in his remarkable winter cam paign against the insureent Indians, de- serve to be recorded as the most shining page of the history of the Mexican war Among the victories gained by Gen. Price in that war, were the battles of Taos and Rosales; the latter fought against a greatly superior force, commanded by Don Angel Treas, Governor of China ahua, a gentleman who has, of late years, become we'll known in this country as distin- gnished leader of the Mexican leaders, The same characteristics have marked Gen
 Prices recent campaign in Missouri; the same originality of conception, energy of action, readiness of invention, and audacity ofenterprise. The attacbupon Lexington, which, after dts successful finale, was a(l- mitted to be one of the most brilliant affairs of the whole war, was, it is understood. discouraged here by the partisans of the cautious and diIatory policy
 After the capture of Mulligan and his forces, Price intended to attack Fremont before he could concentrate his army, but was prevented by lack of amunition from executing his design When Lexington surrendered he had but 1000 percussion caps in his whole command. He sent to General Hardee, and I believe to General MCculloch, for supply of those indispen- sable articles, but for some reason, satis- l factory perhaps to those officers, they were not.sent. People here cannot help expressing the conviction that had Price been zealously and efficiently seconded he would, by this time, have driven the ene- my from Missouri, and thus secured to the 1 Conlederacy the most important of the Western States. The results flowing from a consummation of this kind cannot De over estimated. They extend far beyond the boundaries of Missouri. They reach the frontiers of New Mexico, and involve the destinieg of Kansas, the Indian Nation, | Arizona and New Mexico. With Missouri firmly attached to the Oonfedercy, Arizo- ma will remain, undisturbed in our possess,
 ion; New Mexico will easily be alluired, the Indian Nation will.be free rHlederal invasion, and even Kansas will fall into our hands Missouri cuts off the. North from any access to these territories; but with that State in his power, Lincoln can pour his forces into the region beyond, and force us to desperate struggle to maintain it. The contest in Missouri is not done for control of Missouri but for possession of the vast countries which lie to the west and southwest.