Fremont and his staff left Tipton, when three divisions had gone, and overtook the main column at Warsaw.

A few days later, Mr.Richardson, of the _Tribune_, and myself started from Syracuse at one o'clock, one pleasant afternoon, and, with a single halt of an hour's duration, reached Warsaw, forty-seven miles distant, at ten o'clock at night.

In the morning we found the general's staff comfortably quartered in the village.

On the staff there were several gentlemen from New York and other Eastern cities, who were totally unaccustomed to horseback exercise.

One of these recounted the story of their "dreadful" journey of fifty miles from Tipton.
"Only think of it!" said he; "we came through all that distance in less than three days.