The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-03-27
THE ARMY IN ARKANSAS.

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from Diseoa Ggtd Re6et--Bsn Nc.
CullocA's Last Words -Sgels Address
toh,S Men, etc.
The st Louis Republican says that ar. |
rivals from the Arkansas battle ground
urs frequent. The load fIom Cassville 10
Springfield is free from interruption by
the retels, and al last accounts The troops
from Kansas we're within days march
from Curtis command. Other re enforce
menls will soon be at hand.
Price, or rather the Confederate army,
when las, heard from, was b-yoad tue
Boston Mountains, making Its way for
the Arkansas river The report mention
cd 10 my last that the army took the d.
rvciion CT Little Rock is probably correct
only SO far as il relates to the portion OF
the army named in that letter. Alter the
ing.orious defeat with which the rebels
met 10 the batrle Of Pea Ridge, it is tbo't
they will not consider themselves safe un-
iii The Arkansas river flows b.tween them
anG the Federal army. -.
A body OF one thousand indians are
said to be in the vicinity Of Fayetteville,
and large force Of cavalry was sent in
THAT direction to dislodge them.
Among tie rebels captured during the
Late engagement are Acting Brigadier.
General Herbert, and a Major under him.
of the Louisiana forces; Col. Mitchell Of
the fourteenth Arkansas; Col. B w.
Slous, A. a. A. G. to General Price; Col.
John II. Price and Major Rucker, Of the
Missouri forces. Besides these, W. G:
P,ice, u. s.. Treasurer uoder Buchauan's
Administration; his brother, Jos. Price.
Tom Lsyton. and Rev.J. A. Arlington,
Of Spring 6eld-the latter being among the
number who voluntarily came forward
last summer and took the oath Of allrgi
;, auoe 10 the United Safes
Among the rebel killed is Lieut.. Colo
mel j. IL Hobbs. Of Ben,onvillc. Arkans.
asa gentleman extensively known in
, Northwestern Arkansas aud Southwestern
Missouri. ~ '" .''-. B '
GENERAL PRICE -REaARKABLE LETTERS.
A correspondent Of the New York Tri'
bune, Writing from Pea Ridge after the
t battle says: ....r.an.. .r.... On. ..a
Sterling Price is said TO have blasphem
, cd an! rayed like drunken sailor and a
mailman. after his retreat from the field
: on Saturday; swearing tha, his troops aud
!, those from Arkansas Wero all towards tC
J, allow themselves 10 he driven off like
J. kicked ours by one'half their numbvr.-
II He became so personally offensive iu hi
!. remarks that some Of his officers threaten
"a ed to resign, and others to shoot him
10 whereupon he altered his tone, and aske'
10 to be p,rdoned for haslness, Of speecl
It and loss Of temper, resulting from mort
d ication over 80 terrible q defeat"
N Among the rebel letters found in Price'
10 camp was ono from Texas Captain to hi
d wife. 1t reads thus: a, ..,t .
"NEw FArErrEvLLE, Ark, March B.
D. "rhahk God, dear Mary. we've got th
9, Yankees in Trap at last. They canuo
TO escape us now. We hare more than twic
n. as many men as they, and we have a pla
0 to cut them oil, and anuihilate them. Is
he lore week has past you will hear oi
terrible defeat Of the Lincolnites, such a
Mt one rs will offset TO some extent our MOI
r. tifying surrender at Donelson. We ar
certain Of success, and hope will be abl
& to bring five or six Yankee prisoners t
D. Galveston noxt summer. ........
S. This Northern mon will not figh! whe
q they can avoid ii; but We inGend to max
them this time. or cut their throats.
c, The coming battle will free Arkansa
and Missouri from the invaders. and W
/. will then march on to St, Louis, and t'k
tho Abolition city, and give the oPprcsse
8. Soulherncrs there an opportunity 10 B
Tree once moro. We bear that we woul
u, be welcomed in St. Louis by at least 50
600 people who have long suffered froI
IN tho tyranny Of the mercenary Dutch"
on Another from Louisiana Major to h
sister in New Orleans, dated "Little Roc
February 81" is very different in i
lone: t..... ..
, "Dear Sister Carrie: You asked me
your last letter what thought OF Il
prospect Of our dearly beloved cause. ]
n be candid, have little hope for lis su
y, ~ cess now, though last December | f
=! confident we would BE recognized beto
- ~ the coming June. yy
" IL don't like ths Yankees bit; ha'
.o been educated to hate them. and | {
y; hate them heartily; but ! must ackno'
o. edge the South has been sadly mlstak
~ in their character, We have always b
NV lcyed that the Yankees would not fig
Isy. for anything like principle; that tn
IL. had no chivalry, no poetry in their II
y ture. Perhaps they have not; but lh
- they are brave, determined. perseverin
or they have proved beyond question.
W. "The trouble with them is, that lh
% never 90; tired of anything. They |,
" " all tho battles at q rst and after Manass
sO' . We despised them. This year has ina
~ gurated new order Of affairs. Wea
., beaten OF all points. We do nothing b
!, surrender and evacuate; and wlnle | hI
-' the Lincolnitcs more than ever, respC
= them--I can't help i,--lor their dogg
raj obstinacy and the slow but steady ma
,y. uer in which they carry out their plal
M az have lost heart in our cause. The
y" is something wyong--somewhere. j
ro, Davis and our political leaders are citl
~ knaves or fools. They drew US into G
Nd I'd present difficulties. and now have no W
~ % Of showing US out Of them. . F
= "If the South had known what wo,
,on have been the result OF secession. no 81