Washington telegraph., 1862-03-19

interesting:
On Wednesday the 10Th, we marched
to Fayetteville, and on Thursday the Con.
federate and Missouri armies started across
the Boston Mountain by different routes
after Fayetteville had been sacked by our
own soldiery of everything valuable and
valueless, which was followed the next
day by burning the Government houses
and such supplies as could not be moved.
Our quarters at Camp Benjamin. had been
burned on Wednesday before Ruin has
marked our way, while the suffering of
families In their flight has been awful.
Among other sights of suffering was an
old blind lady being led by daughter ap-
parently, who was carrying a child-this,
"a thaw having set in) through mud about
six inches deep.
The Federals are supposed to be back
at Sugar Greek, and only about $4,000
strong unless they have reinforced in the
last day or two. Gen. Price has about
IL, 600 effective men and the strength of
the Confederate forces are known to ex-
ceed that, SO we are able to whip them
any where, and there is no necessity for
all this destruction of property and the
desolation of large portion of our own
State. Gen. Price, L am informed was
opposed to falling back even to Fayette
vile and many of the officers aud thou
sands of men in the army certainly were !;
but 1t may all be necessary and for the
best. l hope such will prove to be the
case, but l cannot view matters il that
light at present. [ do not believe the
Federals will advance upon us here if for
no other reason for the simple one that
they cannot subsist their army here. They
may attempt to go further South by going
round US through tie Indian country, but
:" we shall see what we shall see.''
A subsequent letter dated also at Bos>
ton Mountain, Feb. 9th, amongst much
army news with which our readers are al
ready acquainted has the following:
[ have spent several days in the Miss
souri, army where [ haHe been pleased to
meet quite a number of relatives aud a
great many old acqualn tances, mostly from
the North side of the Missouri river.
These men mostly left their homes by
night and made their way as best they
could to Gen. Price whom they all regard
as second Washington.
1t would make the hair of ones head
stand on end to hear them tell their hair
breadth escapes. while the history of others
is equally as ludicrous as theirs is peril
Gus.
While among them yesterday evening
Capt Wm. Strobe and Lieut. as. Wilson,
both Of Boone county (uorh of the Mis-
souri, river) got safely into camps. They
had been sent home for recruits, and a
regiment of Federals made dash into
the company and they and many of their
recruits were betrayed and arrested. They
were placed in the west end and third
story of the Missouri University where
Lieut.. Wilson and myself recited to o5ether
for two years
asked them, " Boys, how did you get
out and escape" Why" said they,
" Mrs --- roasted us turkey, and
crammed the stufing in with key hole
saw, aud just as she had finished, the saw
accidentally slipped out of sight into the
old gobler, and the good woman thought
it not worth the trouble to take it out.
She sent US the turkey and finding the
saw, concluded it would be useful, so with
it and our pocket knives we made hole
through the floor We then tied our
blankets together aud let ourselves to the
secoGd story, opened the door, which was
not locked, made our way down the stairs
to the ground floor where We opened d
window and jumped out. La the College
campus were great many cattle they had
stolen from Southern men, principally
from our Col. ii. G. Mckinney, and by
the walking and lowing of these we lodged
the sentinel. We soon found friends who
piloted us to boat concealed on the Mis-
souri, river, rowed US over, and SO by ira
Yelling 800 miles in midwinter without
entering a house, and giving the Federal
army wide berth we are here ready to
conquer or die in the cause of LIBERTY
and the lead of PRICE
They informed me that the Federals
arrested, short time ago, an old neigh
Dor of mine G mean heighbor when
lived in MissourD who has always been
known as more of droll than fool, by
the name of Faulkner. When brought
before the Cola Chicago chap of about
90 summers-the old man was asked
'' Have you been aiding and abetting In
the present rebellion? To which he re-
piled, "Why, Captain, | never bet cent
in my life." Another question was ans"
weIed in similar style, old Faulkner look
ing all the while the veriest fool living.
Said the Col. "Sir, l want you to ans
wer me-have you given any assistance to
any of Gen. Prices men who are running
this State 2" To this the old fellow re-
piled, glancing at his son who was in ar.
rest beside him, "Weli, Captain, 1 can't
say as have, but me and my son Jim
will bet you $500 that old Price will CO me
here 10 the spring and give you all hell
of thrashiug" This was too much for
the Col who angrily said, Sergeant,
take this old fool away from here" Bu,
old Faulkner seeing he had the inside
track Of the STRIPPING was determined to
keep it. e x
L also learned from Captain Strobe tha,
two of my cousins, living in the very heart
| of the State of Missouri had hoan arrast ad