Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-02-07
Impor,ou, f,.om ArIsnnsns.


Important from Arkansas.
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, ARMY
OF THE FRONTIER, FAYETTEVILLE, ARK,
Jan. 8, 1891 have, as particular favor
been allowed access to bundle of telegra-
phic messages which were captured at Van !
Buren, recently, by General Heron. The |
chapter of Rebel life behind the scenes dis
closed by these very interesting papers, veri- |
fies all that has been heard of their destitu
ton, and their habit of falsehood. l have
copied the most important passages from
the original documents, and forwarded them
to you, conscious that they would be read
with great avidity.
FoRT SMITH, Nov. IS 1SG2.-Lieutcnant-
General r. II. Holmes. Little Rock IL have
lust received despatch from Major Berton,
Department of the Clothing Bureau, that
the Secretary of War has ordered to Vicks
burg the cloth from Huntsville, Texas.
Surely the Secretary is not apprised of the
condition of your troops, and the almost
utter exhaustion of the resources of the
| country. In this corps could show him
seven thousand men absolutely in rags,
without counting the almost naked Indians.
What you are sending me distributed pro
rata among them all, but that comes slowly
and in small quantities, and the great ma
jority continue to suffer exposure, to sicken
and to die. suppose that it is the same
with your other troops. Unless these poor
men are comfortably clothed this month,
not half of them will live through the win
ter Another army cannot be raised this
! side of the Mississippi.
T. G. HINDMAN, Major-Gcneral.
The following telegram, over Hindman's
own signature, betrays his utter helpessness
in case his commissary should fail him =
FoRT SMITH, Nov. 16, 1S82.-Major John
G. Palmer, Little Rock. y y AS to
subsisting myself and releasing you of re-
sponsibiity, | consider it impossible.
have frequently called attention to the fact
that nothing can be had above Woodville
except corn, and that the quantity of that
on hand is not sufficient to subsist the
people. If l continue to take it as l am
now doing, tic population of Northwestern
Arkansas and the Indian country will be
reduced to starvation. Many families are
almost starving now. Beggary is becoming
universal. Our subsistence now comes from
below Little Rock on the Arkansas, and
from the country east of White River. l
cannot remain here and gather supplies
there AS yet less than 10000 pounds of
-four is all received from you, except some
$4,000 pounds of hard bread. l complain
of nothing. The deficiencies are great. But
unless you scud supplies in larger quantities
and far more rapidly, God only knows what
l am to do,
T. c. HISDMAN,
Mai.-G Commanding.
, These exceedingly contradictory state
ments are characteristic of the truthtulnes:
of the Southern cavaliers Hindman puts
the loss at three hundred and fifty, while
,, another admits that Fagan's loss alone is
!. six hundred In addition to this Roanc
says his brigade lost fifteen hundred. TIL,
J. Little papers say four thousand Rebels wer'
left on the field.
BATTLE FIELD, PRAIRIE GROVE, Dec. z
u 1862. .-Lieutenant-G General It. H. Holmes
= Little Rock Il threatened the enemy
: front and right at Cane Hill. Moved on hi
u left to cut off reinforcemcnts, attacked anC
: drove back, and they took position n
Prarie Grove and fought the whole arm.
. with the following results My loss is abou
!. three hundred and fifty killed, wounded anC
i missing. The Federal loss about on
S thousand killed and wounded, about thre
) hundred prisoners Including large numbe
9 of officers, train of twenty wagons anC
y field. A flag has just this moment bee
II sent in by the enemy, asking truce q
twelve hours to bury his dead and care 70
u his wounded. have granted it.
T. C. HINpMAN,
Maj Gen. Commanding.
VAN BuRES, Dec, 1S62.-Major John L
- Adams, Little Rock We engaged tn
enemy Gen. Fagan's Brigade lost 600 xii
ed and wounded He is well himself
J. c. MONROE.
VAN buren,, Dec. II, 1S62-Mrs. Mar
X. Roane, Prairie Bluff We have fought
n hard battle at Cane Hill, Sunday. Wer
g. victorious but have fallen back to this plaC
W for supplies. l and all my staff are safi
le Our loss is 1900. Enemy's 5000.
r J. c. RoANE,
Brigadier- General.
VAN BuREy, Dec. 13, 1S62.-Major job
n. d. Adams, Little Rock Loss of my Brigad
n over 500 killed and wounded / am prou
,e of the conduct of my men; was in the fgf
sr flom beginning to end am wei give N
n the news.
N J. +. FAGAN,
o gadier-General
Is The above dispatches are considered su
rt ficient evidence that the estimate of 21C
d killed and wounded IN the Rebel army
far below the true loss. Their constaI
n habit of belittling all their losses would
Al.