, 1862-04-21

The Return OF Gen. Curtts'e Army to
Southwest Missouri.
The army of General Curtis, which lead the
successful battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, has
now returned into Missouri, aud has its pres
ent headquarters Tor did Aave) ut Forsyth, on
White river, the courty-seat Of Taney county,
| and about 1orty-fire miles south Of Spring
field. The distance from the battle-site Is
about fifty miles. Where the column Is now
destined caa be only matter of conjecture;
but as Price and Van Dorm have turned up in
the Mississippi Valley, we presume General
from Pea Ridge WINS hard one, occupying
more than week. Rivers had to be torded
waist deep, or bridges bull. Of the army was-
one. The correspondent Of the St. Louis Re-
publican writes:
To-day (Apri1 12th) we reached Forsyth,
where we ind the whole army encamped in
the town, in the neighboring fields, on the hill
sides, i,ia aad along the margins Of Swan creek
and White river. The Commanding Generals
headquarters are near the court house. The
town OF Forsyth is q small county-sea on the
White river, which flows to the southest
through Arkansas, and empties into the Ar
kansas river. The court house stands in the
centre Of the town, and is NOW used as
commi=sary store asd Quartcrmas aster's de-
paTtment: Last July, just previous to the
battle Of Wilson's Greek, the place was visited
By Gen. SWeeny, with parts Of the First Iowa
and First Kansas regiments and section Of
On reaching the hills overlooking the town,
several cannon shots were fired 1t the court
house, and passed through the building,
alarming the Inhabitants and causing them
to leave the torn. The holes made by the
cannon balls still remain.
ha ef* he aufy {rF% %Ar
army seems to be to get into a region better
| supplied with the means Of life, and to be-
| nearer the enemy. There is no doubt that
PRICE has been moving eastward towards Po-
cahontas, although his precise locality is not
| known From this point he eau be more
| easily watched, as the White river valley runs
down iGto Arkansas; or cut of, in case he
should venture into Missouri again. Our
own army can also more easily reach the Ar
kaneas river; and since Island No. 10 has fall
en-, and The Mississippi will sooa be open be-
LON Memphis, it may be that We are destined
to move down upon Little Rock, and thence
down the 7 ivcr to join the army Of the Mis-
sissippi. At present no one knows what our
tuture movements will be, aud no particular
movement is in contemplation. The army
will doubtless rvmafn here until further
o1dsrs ART recciT, from the head of the De-
pa1tment, uuless some sudden emergency
shall arise.
Quiet reisns now throughout Southwest Mis-.
| sonfl, and those WHO haEe heretofore sympl-
thized with :tc,ssiou admit that il ia noR q
hopeless enterprise. The Union victories ol
the last two nlocths hare thoroughly discour-
ageG and 6isheaEtenCd them, aud rebel sol.
dic1s arc steadily returning to their homes, to
SO back 10 tht southern arElies no more.
The country here is exceedingly hiily aud
broken, ahd tlc 1l:ounsaiua are covtred with :,
I snail growth Of oak, with here and there
groves Of pine and cedar. Along tic ereeS:
sre some ,icl and tcr1il: bottom l.uds up u
which are good farms, but tLcy are fsx .nd
lar bt twstu. Millions of acres Of ,noun,a1
land remain wild and Incapable Of cultivation
The grapevine and goosebe-ry .yrox in thri
native Wildncss, and the modest vlnet nlli
flower resembling the ycrbcna ALREADY
! blooming on the Inounta:u top. the yo,la.
leaves are unfolding and all nature Is burs1lu:
I | iLto life.