The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-03-15
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH IS, iss
The Defence Of GensrrI Fremont

War Committee, In which he sets forth that
upon his being assigned to the command Of tho
Western Department, no written instruct tions
were given but full disc retio naiy po wers Of tho
amplest Kind were conferred upon him. Having
learrod from the Governor Of Illinois of the
wants of the wtst in reference to arms and
munitions Of war, he arranged with Major
HAGNER, who was sent to him AZ the instance
Of the President, for arms and equipments sufi
cisnt for 2S,o0O men. lie then repaired
to the West, reaching st. Louis on the
26th Of July, where he found the state in
q thoroughly rebelliom condition, with
the three months enlisted troops without their
rsy, and deprived OF many necesssries Of
clothing, while their famil ~ were destitute.
Men offered In abundance, but arms and money
were wanting. Urdsr these circumstances,
General FREMoSr wrote TO the President stat
ing his difficulties, and informing him that he
should peremptorily order the United States
Treasurer there to pay over to bis Paymaster-
General the money in his possession, sending
force at the same time TO take th, money. lie
received no reply, and assumed that his pur-
pose was approved.
Five days after his arrival at ST. Louis he
reinforced Cairo, stating that Springfield, which
was then threatened was at the distance OF
weeks mach, ard before il could have boon
reached, Cairo ard St. Louis might have been
captured by the r,bels. Meanwhile, he ordered
two regiments to the relief Of LYoN, at Spring.
6,ld, ard anticipated sohdir < him further REIN
iorc4ments on his return 10 ST. Louis.
iIo claims that the purchase of ths Austrian
guns was necessity. After tho battle of VII.
sons Creek, expecting that the enemy would
Immediately advarce, he fortified Grarieau,
Ironton, Rola and JefIorson City, making st.
Louis his base, and leaving the army free 10
operations in the field, and claims that the us.
cessity Of these fortifcations had been concurrii
in by officers Of unimpoachAhle loyalty ard ca
psS;>y.
On the 11h of September he hesId that
PRrE had arrived at Clinton. On tho 18th
That Col. MULtIoAS had reached Lehin ton,
and that PRIcE was near Wrrensb urg, with
force Of from five thousand TO fifteen thousand
men. On the 18Th two regiments were ordered
10 the relief Of Lexington. On the ith Gen.
STuRGIs was ordered TO move with all speed
upon Lexington asd on the same day, Sin
tie midst ot all r,is demand or troops, no was
ordertd by tho Secretary Of War and General
Scott 10 seTd five thousand well armed infantry
10 WosbiD, tru wi hoat a moments delay" He
s.rt thsm. lie bad at that time total force
Of nearly sixty thousand men. Here follows a
rcu on.trar CO against expecting any general to
bs always successful and an averment that
eenorll al great success had resulted from his
ajministra'icD, and that he was on the eve of
yet greater things when he was relieved Of his
command.
On tho 18th OF June Gen. MCCLELLAS tele-
praphed General LYON as followsi-" II you
wish more troops from Illinois; inform mo at
Cincinnati. Don't telegraph direct to any Of
my subordinstes unless danger is imminent"
Then follow a number Of dlspAtches between
various officers, detailing their wants, move
ments and intentions. All General MCCLEL,
IAS's dispatches are fine specimens Of compros-
sion and decision. 10 a dispatch ON Boone
Vile dated July 2 General Lyon urges tho
supp tsson Of the STATE IouRNAL, and SAYS
that the [ Mon cause is suffering from too much
indulgence ON the 9th Of July General
HAKbINo telegraphs TO the Secretary Of War,
pfging the necessity Of cavalry rogimsnts tor
prairie service, and saying that much has boon
Juiy the various geuerals inquire Of each other
about the truth Of the report that General
FKI MONT Is app int,d 20 command them. They
all appear 10 DO working together hatmoniously,
chCertully and vigorously.
Up to the Path OF fAugust, Mr. BLAIR appears
TO have ben working a. Washington, in
the interest Of FREMoNriSaud letters Of that
date are puhlishedD iwnich Mr.. BLAIR refers to
Secretary CuA,E1u,d9yaragingfterms, as hav-
ing more horror If. seti6fS Srfed5dry notes below
par. than OF having sol isrs kill d.. Referring
T. the Presid mt BLAIR says -
" The main difficulty is, however, with LIN.
ooLN himself. lie is of the Wing school, and
that brings bin naturally not only TO incll1e
TO the feeble policy Of Whigs, but to give hi,
confidence TO such advisers. II costs me great
deal Of labor to get anything done, beause OF
the inclira ion OF mind on the part Of tho Prssi-
dent or leading memNers Of the Cabinet, in-
Cluding CHASE, who never voted DemocrAtie
ticket in his life"
Referring TO the army which, az ths tins he
was relieved from command, General FRKMoNr
states to have been thoroughly organized and
equipped, and with which he was meeting uni
formly with success, upon the line Of military
operations, no claims he had every reason TO be.
lieve that the campaign would Opsn with a
signal victory in the defeat or d sperson OF the
Rebel army, with a move on Memphis as the
Immediate result, AID concludes by the assur-
ahcs that himself, officers and men were ac-
tuAt.d stlelv by desire 70 serve the country
and feels assured that this ia realized by the
people amcng whom they were acting
The Ctll3B School Ht waIiInE iord, Conn
Ig&ew Haven Jou.NAL AND CorRGsH,
25ih, Inserts tho following co communication on
This subject referred 10 in TnE SCN, a te days
ince;
MEssRs EDIToRs TN your plpar yesterday,
you published a notice Of the Catholic School ~
NallingtOrd, from the New York TAntyr w.
are sorry to find that the notice was ioeorroct
and We request you 20 insert, from one who
Knows the matter we'll, the following state
ment:
The school is not new it was not opened. nor
aQfalliuhad hp Ne