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ment or the loyal business people there and 20
ascertain the true extent Of the alleged Union
feeling.
II the roper. Of this agent shall be deemed
satisfactory, and his Investigations will be Of
the most thorough character, thore is good rea-
s,u TO believe that trade will 10 immediately
opened with all parts Of that State, the sans
as b,iorc the rebellion. with the exception Of
articles strictly contraband Of war.
The Deft nee Of General Fremont
GES. FngMoNr has submitted statement, |
in his defence, to Mr.. wApF, Chairman of the
War Committee in which he sets forth that |
upon his being assigned to the command Of the /,
Western department, no written Instructions |
~ere given, but full discretionary po owers, Of tho
Amplest kind were conferred upon him. Having
| Learn cd from the Governor Of Illinois Of tho
| wants Of the W,st in reference TO arms and
muritiors Of war he arranged with Major
llAGSER, who was sent to him az the instance
| Of tho President, for arms and equipments sufh
| cient for 20, COO men. lilo then repaired
! to the West, reaching st. Louis on the
| 18th Of July, where he found the state in
| thoroughly rcbellitus coLdition, with
/
pay, ani deprived OF many necesssrios Of
clothing, while their families were destitute.
Men offered In abundance but arms and money
were waiting. ULder these ciTcums,a s,auces
General FREMONT wrote to tho President stat
ing his difficulties, and informing him that he
= shovh pcremp,only order the United States
Treasurer thcrO to pay over to his Paymastor-
General the money in his possossion sending a
force at the same timo TO take ths money. lilo
received no reply, and assumed that his pur-
, | poRo wa, eppIoycd
Five days after his arrival at st. Louii h,
"A reinforced Cairo stain, that Springfield which
- was thtn threatened, Was at the distance Of
a weeks march, and before il could have beor
reached, Cairo ard St. Louis might have bcor
captured by tho rebels. Meanwhile he ordered
4, two regiments 10 the relief Of LYON at Spring
:, Golj ard anticipated eendirg him further rein
Al iorctments on his return TO st. Iouis.
or lilo claims that tho purchase Of the Austrian
guns was necessity. After the battle Of VIII
"a 'on's Creek, expecting that the enemy wou
"a Immediately advarce, he fortified Girardeau
- Ironton, Roila and Jefferson City, making St
!. Louis his base, and leaving the army free 70
a operations in the held, ard claims that the no
cossity of these fortifcations had been concurreC
> in by officers Of unimpcachahle loyalty and ca
pacity
On tho II h Of September hs heard tla
Pace had arrived at Clinton. On ths IL /
tba' Col MuLLIGAS had reached Lexington
and that Pace was near Wauensburg, with
force Of fiom five Thousand TO fifteen thous iLC
men. On the 10 h two regiments were ordereC
| a.. al. ..T - I No IL "a ~,
STURGIs was ordered to move with all spec,
upoH Lexington ID on the same day, "iI
tho midst Of all e-is demand or troops, no wa
ordered by the Secretary of War and q ,nora
Scott to send five thousand well armed infantr
to Washington without a moments tolay.' III
: sent them. lie had at that tims a total fore
of neSIly sixty thousand men. Hore follows
a rem onstrarce against expecting any gcseral Il
= be Blway s successful ard an ayermont tina
general ard great success had resulted from hi
No. adm'nit'Ia'iou, and thai he was on the eve q
a. yet greater ihirUs when no wac relieved OF hi
- command.
On the 18Th OF Jane Gen. M,CLpILtN telc
gaI he'd General L>oS as follows: -" If yo
wish more troops from Illinois, inform me
~ Cincinnati, Don't telegraph direct TO any
"s Then follow a number of dlspItchSs be,wee
.e various officers detailing their vants, moy'
~ m'nts and intentions. All General MCClEI
49, LAN, dispatches are line spo, mems CI compre
." ion ard decision. Ia dispatch T. ON Boon,
vile, dated luly 2 General LYoS urges III
va supp Csson Of the STATE Journal, aud Say
'Y that the nion cause is suffering irsm too niue
- indulgence. IN the 9Th Of July Gener
" HARDING telegraphs TO the Secretary of Wa
vi" .rging the necessity of cavalry regiments lC
" prairie -oryice, and saying that much has be-
=" lost for want Of them. About the 18Th
'n0 July the various geuerals Inquire Of each OH,
TO to about the truth Of the report that Gsner
ny FBEMoNr is app intsd TO command them. The
nB all appear to be working together haFmoniousl
chterfully and vigorously.
m Up to the 24th ofAugu5t, Me- BLAIR appea
10 to have been working at Washington,
nv the interest Of Fremont, and letters Of tn
Of datc are published in which Mr.. BLAIR refers
Secretary CHASE in dIParaglhg terms, as ha'
%. ing more horror Of seeing Treasury notes bsl0
u. par, than Of having soldiers kill.d Rsferr'r
{ TO the President, BLAIR says;--