New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-13


prepsredt to move"
We como down row TO July o. the next day.
Gen. Prentiss again telegraphs Fremont; and you
wi see that tue danger is daily becoming ill.,
uineDt:
"On Yesterday three thousand Rebel. ives, Of Birds Point
iory gh-s; three hundrd Medic aud three re- msnts
from Union Ci,y ordered bsre also troop, from Randolph
aud Cotintn. The number Of organized Rebels within CITY
iles OF ne wi" exceed twelve thonsaud,b.t H. including
Randolph troop. ordered and not inc ding several companies
opposite 10 hensucky.'
Agaic, on tie LIT DAY Of August, he teegrapbed
Gen. Fremont a still darker prostect IA follows.
tNew-Madud Is on the Mississippi river, south Of
Cairo, and not very Distant:
The following Information inst received l.. believe
very rrlisble Gen fillov at Now.Madd the
ing Of The gl' h eleven thousand well armed and
well dihed two regiments Of cavalry splendid equipped
battery OF dying artillery lopoun1er, and guns
manned and ocee by fofeglrs several mountain how.
izrrs aud 'lhrr artillery, amounting in all to one hundred
Inc thousard moving to eenloce He has promised
Gov. Jackson to place twenty thousand 10 Missouri at
nritte1 Passes"
These dispatches came pouring in upon Gen. Free
mont from ihs exposed and important posi ion, vital
only for Illinois but for the whole Union, where
there were but eight regiments, ony two OF which
they had night 10 hold there, the remaining six be.
ine tHree-1onths men whoss term had eXpir, d, aud
ZOE Rebels we're forming round item twenty thou
saEd strong. Mcclellan, but ten days before, had,
M reply 10 Lyons appeals in the telegram have
Quoted, expressly pointed TO Cairo % threatened
oston ara had alluded TO the ina iequate forces at
bis command for its defense What should MI officer
do under such circumstances Fremont did The best
he could he got together all the men he could, and
went down with steamboats, TO Cairo. AID Tor
thiJ ne was Condemned all over the country De-
cause he went down there with steamboats, and
I" made PARADE when really IL was useful, be-
II Impressed the SecessioDsts and capitalists Of
81. Louis Will the conviction that he hid larger
force than he really bad But let me gay in pas
luz, iust here that great complaint was made be-
cause Gen. Fremont went down u the boat IN car
rsgr and four. My friend did not speak OF 1t, but
the charge has been In circulation ell over tie com
try. Nov, the fscts in relation to that matter ara
lust these, as | learned at st. Louis: HIS friends,
without his knowledge, when the expsciton was
ready to start, brought u carriage and four 70 bis
bousc for hin TO ride down 10 the boat IN. When
Fremont came 70 the door ana saw II, he pofllvely
refused TO ride Ia H. preerfing 10 walk 20 the evee,
or to 60 Ia an ordinary carriage. But his iriends
told him that had been said that he dare not show
hi,ef to the people for fear of being assassinaed,
aud il was necessary that he should 60 down to the
boat az publicly Ne possbe, in order TO show That
there was no truth In the report; and thereupon
Fremont consented 10 enter the carriage, aud This
was adced to the charges against him.
have heard great deal, too-and the House
will PARDON for these digres.ions rs few lnci-
dental points strike my mind while speaking-about
costly 5000 house which he hired IN ST. Louis Tor
himself aud his staff. have been IN that honse,
aud % was my friend from ~. Louis; Tor al one
time both he and l were able 10 psss its - oarri'
cadss." Other Generals and other officers have
found that they must exclude many Of the thousand
vltitors detrng to them if they desired TO attend
to their grave and responsible trusts; but iron one
end the country 70 the other Fremont was de-
uognced for these barbados. i found out this
IN regard Ia that celebrated hOusethat the officers
crow drd nto that house, where they were al tDe
instant call Of the commanding General, no time lost
in sending messengers from one olce 10 another Dut
all unuer the root, aud the Telegraph Win rem
would, If they had been in separate quarters, have
been allowed, under the army regula'lons' so,ico
;or quarters. Fremont paid soOov u year Tor tui'
hoase ard yet lie has been denounced ioE tbhs as al
evidence Of hi, reckless extravagance.
There is another thing 10 winch l wish io'reier
b.. fore leave these minor points. When got TO
S. Louis nt one time heard a great many sneert
hboat Fremont having o.Gcred 90 tuhs oi i.s, ana
about the lloiOus time he and his stall wo4l nave
With their sherry cobblers, &c, on ,heir march 10
souh.West Mi.souri. made inquiry about Il, and
found tbs IL w0s ON geqnisilion IRON we surgeon
tlat this leo was supplied. IL was not to accompany
the army bat 10 be used In the hospitals aioog tne
rAilroad where the sick were Suiierng and 10 whch
the wounded, alter battle, would. lortible nave
been brought. IL made my heart bleed to thick that
th- general COMMANDING sbOuld bc denounced Tor
Ibis. la some OF the lnciana regiments, my own
fellowciilens for who's, sltieriDgs IN the held OF
The tosuiAl have felt deeply, nearly half tie
sene lying sick from ieyerr contracted by ma
lam aud exposure, and because they were not
us-d to the muddy water of the Missouri After
they went into the hospital, and drank the saue
wafer, they continued sick One regiment, the I'd
bad a majority IL hospital from The malaria aud The
drinking OF this water. The surgeons asked for ice
Tor ho, pitsl purposes for the sick and sui ring
" 40 had goue out f.ht, 10 suffer, aud 10 die, II
D, ed be- Tor their country. And Tor yielding TO
that, aud showing, rs be slways has, deep solci-
tude for the mel under his command, ffemon. Was
denounced in ~. Louis ard Ill over the country.
Iei the deauncia,ion 20 on. The brave men whose
psrched lips were thus cooled will no. forget the
man who Las been thus condemned for this addition
al nc, of extravaganza"
Bot, Mr.. Chairrusa, 1 have no time 10 examine
aud plain all the Charge" Ms the leaves IN
yallambrors which have been made against him.
The balance or most Of them at least, Of piece
with tho.e TO which l have alluded. Let lhsm ali
pass.
THE sADDEsT DAYS IN MISSOURI.
Nv friend says that the "huudred days" OF Free
mont were the saddest days for al The loyal persons
IN Missouri tina, they hsd differ with him in
that. There war h sadder day for them than those.
IL was after Fremont was deposet, and alter bic
army HAT had gone forth with banners and music TO
Sontn. estern Missouri, aud the enemy fleeing be-
fore them took up It's line OF march back 10 The liae
of the railroad and the more densely populated set
Elements The PEOPLE Of Southwestern Mi'sonr,
who, in the exuiersnce of their zeal, when they
saw the Stare and Strlpts tofhe ny Fremont army
had clappsd their hands with JOY, and proclaimed
themselves for the Union-these men, from the very
LixLts of confidence and hope, were plunged into
tie very valley Of dependency by this forward
moyemeni being changed into a retreat. And when
the army took up its backward march, they, know
inc what fate they might expect to meet from the
Vengeance Of the Rebel hories Of Prce-the halter,
the pri.on, outrage and robbery, tyranny and spo-
tionIiolIowed that army with their sonowing
isnilea in sad procession, back to St. Louis, Penni-
legs and homeless when, bad Fremont not been su-
u.rseded. the array would have gone on with the
banner they had welcomed full high advanced, in-
stead Of coming back, and leaving all Southwest
Nssonr to be rvaged by traitors until three months
af,e,ward a more fortunate general led another
-. Lar iha aarnn rnnie thai Fremont bad trOdden.