, 1862-01-24
Gen. Inue's ExpeditIon--IIls forcc--
NEso are to accompany him.
[From the New YUsk World

Gen. lanes EXpedftfon--11ls f0Tce-- |
NEso are to accompany him.
lFrom the New YoFk WoEld.1
NAsA1klToE, Jan. IS, 1861.
None Of the various expeditions Soa1thward !
ltu1 received less public attention than that |
Lane, OF Kansas, and jet it may be safely sald
that not one combines SO nlapy elements OF in
terest, or promises such important results. t
Whether we have regard to the leader, or to |
tire method, Or TO the object, it is alike
notable. 4 long personal interview with tile
General fast evening enables me to write Of it
vii lout liability to error, at the same time
without any abuse Of confidence.
First Us to the leader. He is "Jlm LaRe,'
as thorough daredevil rs can be found be-
TWEEN the two oceans. need not describe
him to you Everybody has heard Of him.
Indiana born, he is complete type Of western
nlanhood-perlaps mig ght better say north
western manhood, for there Is southwestern
species Of the halfhorse, lslfalligator, Arkan-
sas breed, with which he has little in COM
mon. There is no rlmpant coarscness Or vu1-
garity about hinl-hc is quiet, selfpolsed,
pleasant in manner, and yet every linament
and every movement attcsts the man Of iron
nerve. Gen Lane, judge, must have turned
fifty ;;hls hair is thin and tinged with gray;
but his bright, dcep-sct eye, his compressed
word, show that lis natural force is notyct
at ali abated. He has never injured himself
By dissipation, and his wiry frame yields to no
hardship. Possessed Of a mind fertile in ~
sources, courage which nothing can dannt in
tho choice OF means, a resolution equally in-
short, original and daring, which bounds over
the petty obstacles raised by ordinary nlen--
their squea1nishness and their precedents,
their forms and their scgnlarities- is q nat
nral leader-one Of those to whom men in
stinctively intrust desperate enterprise.
Ta.rf FIAT - 10 As
he passed for the first time, into Kansas, over
the Iowa lpe-rhe Missouri river being then
elosed-hc met old john Brown coming out
Of the Territory, in wagon, containing two
OF three Of his wounded sons. They met as
reazoR Of lis taking King > that difssction, m Old old
John replied that all was lost-t1e Territory
gone forever. Lane protested agilinst it, made
Brown turn upon his tr1cks, hastenel with
him to Lawrence, rallied the dcspoudine Free
State men, inaugurlted war to tile knife with
the border ruftians, and quickly put new face
summer from the East, he had no sooner
reached home than he was surrounded by
armed men, demanding Of him that he should
lead them against Price, who at that time had
command Of a1l Western Missouri, and was
threatening Kansas. Withi,: one hour from
his crossing Lis threshold, hi was in his saddle
at the head OF his colnmn, on one Of tile most
dashing and effective campaigns the history OF
the war has yet seen. Of such stn1f is the
chief Of the present movement.
His officers arc men Of similar spirit. Among
them arc Montgomery, the terror Of South
west decentralization, the leader Of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Champion Vaughn, son Of
Colonel John Vaughn, South Caro1iuian, form
erly the associate 81. Cassius II. Clay in the
publication Of the emancipation paper in Lex
Kansas in the battle Of Springfield, which lost
more OF its men in proportion than were lost
at the famous charge OF Balaklava-Coloncl
Merritt, who, as the leader Of the First Iowa
| On the same occasion, displayed E4nilr gal
| Entry-Lieut. Colonel Fitzpatrick, who dis
tlnguisAed himself at Great Bethel, 4 graduate
of West Portland a large number Of captains
and ieutenants, whose peculiar iutrepidity
has been practically tested King, a French
| Shawnee half f-brecd, Of great influence among
tie Indians, and Brandt, yonng Cherokec
| OF great intelligence, arc already, attached
ington. The rank and file will consist largely
! Of troops who have already been under fire
| the flower Of them coming from Kansas itself.
| General Lane is a firm believer tlat there arc
! no such soldiers III the world. To my q1les-
| tion whether he found the Kansas men from
! New England to fight as well as the others, he
| replied 4 should like to omit the emphasis,
were it possible, but tue General is not ad-
| dicted TO profanity, sfANeW England nan, With
western education, is the d-dest fellow
J alive" There is, in fact, no doubt that the
men of Kansas do engage in this war with 4
! hatred and flereeness found nowhere else.
/ The iron Of terrible personal wrong has enter
ed their souls, and they feel that tue day Of
| retribution has come. They will know nu
| alternative but complete submission or com
p1etc determination; and will show such
fighting as American history has never re-
] corded.
! As to the method Of Gcneral Lanes opera.
| tiors, he proposes to march with thirty thous.
and, or, If he can procure them, with fifty
| Thousand men, straight down into Texas to the
Gulf Of Mexico. The distance is about six
hundred miles; the route is one OF natures
best, extending through an open }e7el conn-
| TT, with dry, firm soil presenting few if any
| thickcts Or detiles whence surprises may be
! made. Whatever fighting is done must be
| done in the open field, which the rebels thu:
far have Systematically avoided. General Lane
Will have as many Of his men mounted is pos.
slble, and will probably have large force as.
signed him from the supcrfuous regiments o1
cavalry now in the service. He presents pcc,,.
liar Inducements for this; as the horses, when
/ once in Texas, will no longer be IN expense tc
tho best support. He vii take With him eight
or nine splendid batteries, and two Of the mosi
efficient nortars. But he does not PROPOSE
| to rely alone upon regular means Of war
fare. He will use Ill means; He will not
scr1ple to turn the friendly Indians to account
thousand negroes who are now in !. l4alf-staFs
cd condition III Northern Texas, whittier they
have been hurried of by their owners in Mis-
souri,, to prevent their escape. Gen. Lane
does not propose to maintain communication
with any base Of operations, but Will put his
columns strlight on, su5sisting them US h&
goes from the regions through which b.
pass.s, aud directing their movements without
restriction or instruction in any shape, from
headquarters, He will probably get The ac
| tive co operation of thousands Of Union mel
in Texas; but whether he does or not, he feel
sure that Texas can bring no force stron!
enough to oppose him successfully. He ex
poets to start from Kansas before the middi'
Of February, and to see Galveston beEor
March closes.
The especial object Of this expedition is t.
crush out rebellion, not slavery: and yet it
inevitable effect must lie to make Texas fre
State. The means employed will neeessitat
that, Us an Indirect consequence. Genera
He will simply march through the country re
ceiying and turning to the most available ac
count ALI. who flock to his standard, whethc
white, red Or black, and huf1ing the mass rs
| t1uudcrbolt against the rebellion, whercye
, found. Tcxas will be wrcsted from the cor
| feaerate grasp, and with it will fall all hope
extending the area Of slavery, which was til
grand object Of the new empire. Slavery, il
stead Of stretching itself indefinitely towar
Central America, will find itself closely hen
med in Oh the very side where it most lookt
for expansion. Its darling aspiration will /
bafled, its grand aim foiled. From the ILL
| | 1nent Texas is thus suhdued, and made Sill
| to tue Union, the confederacy must realii
that there is nothing left worth struggling fo
The girdled tree win soon perish.
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