Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-05
JEFF: Davis, Johnston and Beau
regard at Fairfax g. H.
More Sensational Lies Of the New
York Herald.
Forts Abandoned and Burned,
Late N7ad Important
from NG1RRoI1ri.
pnoi0l plspntch to the New York Tribune

The bar-r0om directors OF our affairs IN
Missouri greeted his coming as the highest
evidence that General Fremont had been
superseded, and would speedily be brought
here to confront a court martial, but they |
are grossly mistaken.
The facts in the whole case are these:
General Wool was ordered here for con-
sultation, and General Mansfield sent to |
| Fortress Monroe, that being military point |
| of too much Importance to be left even a |
| day, without an experienced commander.
General Wool, this morning, had an inter- |
| view with the President, the Secretary of |
War and General Scott. No new command |
| has been assigned him, nor has General |
Mansfield been ordered to remain perma.
nently at Fortress Monroe.
No Cabinet decision has been arrived at
in the Missouri question, but within the next |
! forty eight hours the Administration will |
| decide either to supply General Fremont |
! with re-enforcements of arms and money |
| asked for, or supersede him. If the latter, |
| General Wool will be ordered at once to St.
Louis to take command, and in that case
men, money and arms will be sent on. Iii |
! still believed, however, that General FIRE. |
mont will not be superseded, unless the next |
! news from Missouri is of an unsatisfactory |
and disastrous character.
Our troops breakfasted this morning six |
miles beyond Alexandria, on the Fairfax |
road.
A large detachment was sent to break up a |
nest of one thousand five hundred cavalry, |
who were plundeTing the Union farmers OF
the District and turning them out OF their
houses. The rescals, apprised Of the expedi.
ton, got into their saddles at daybreak, Just
in time to receive the fire of our head files.
The wounded fell in numbers, but were
thrown on their horses and carried off.
The church was used as barracks, the beds
on the floor being yet warm. From the
church for many miles west, north and south
reconnaissance was made which showed that
there were no large bodies of troops this side
of Occoquan. The reconnaissance was pushed
about nine miles further into Virginia in this
direction than any made since Bull Run.
A dispatch from General Mcdowell, this
evening" to General Mcclellan says that
Lieutenant A. J. Zeigler, of Stewards Cav
airy Regiment (rebel) has just been captured
by the pickets of the New York Thirty fifth.
He gives but little information, but says JEFF
Davis Beauregard Johnston and q. W.
Smith, late Street Commissioner ofNew York,
now General in the rebel service, were at
Fairfax Courthouse yesterday reviewing the
troops.
New York Herald's Correspondence.l
"A report has been set on foot here to night
that General Mcclellan was about to start to
Kentucky to take command of that depart.
ment, under the impression that there is to
be no occupation for the army on the Poto-
mac There is no foundation whatever for
a movement at General McClellan's head
quarters.
This afternoon party of rebels evidently
making a reconnaissance on the Virginia side
near Great Falls, halted and opened fire upon
our forces on the Maryland side, commanded
by General Mccall. A couple of Parrot
guns were Immediately placed in position,
and about six shots from each of them threw
the rebels into confusion and put them to
flight before they were able to do any harm
to our men.
Information has been received by the
Government that the British steamer Ber-
aaudd, $500 tuns burden, which was several
weeks ago reported to be fitting out to carry
= arms and provisions to the rebels, has sue
t ceeded in running the blockade and entering
f the port of Savannah, with large and val
f liable largo of arms, ammunition, provisions,
clothing and military stores.
The World makes the following statement:
The city is not yet purged of traitors, and
, they still msintsin themselves undetected near
officers high in power. An occurrence, by
8 which the nightexpedition against Munson's
l Hill miscarried, in its main purpose, demon
strated this fact. General Mcclellan did not
subject twenty thousand men to a night
d mach with no other object than the occu-
patton of an unimpOrtant hill. He had
S formed plan fer the capture of the six or
: eight thousand rebels in that vicinity, and
had arranged ceetain signals to be displayed
n from Washington in case any unforeseen oc
: currence should cause the expedition 10 be
t abandoned at the last moment.
d General Mcclellan did not confde his plan
l. to any but very few prominent officers
le whose cooperation was necessary. Wha
e, was his indignation, then, when he wGs Of
ut the field personally experimenting the move
ments of the forces, to see the signals from
Washington re quiring the troops to remail
in camp.
The rebels had discovered the signals be
q. fore he did and although he redoubled hi
3. efforts to hasten the departure of the troops
II the rebels had got beyond his reach when h
~ arrived at their intrenchments.
~ Adyices were received this morning from
Va VI s. Grant, Army Contractor, dated Santa Fe
20 August 20. He informs the Governmen
!, that Forts Buchanan and Breckinridge wert
S- % destroyed by FIRE, by Lieutenant Moore, Il
NJ prevent their falling into the hands Of tn
Hs or rebels. Fort Mclean had been abandoned
20 20 and Fort Fillmore had been treacherOusl
~ surrendered. Baylor, who belongs to tn
~ rebel band, claims to be Governor of Arizonl
q. Grant raised the Stars and Stripes over hi
ts rancho and dressed his mule trains wit
an small flags in the face of the rebels. ii
el mules, wagons, trains and army outfits hsv
a. been seized by the rebels. The rebels an
40 Indians are devastating the Whoie country
II Especial to the St. Louis Democra'l
Iy JEFFERSON CITY, October The steamt
,as E,siIis arrived this evening with the wounde
or from Lexington. About one hundred rebe
u remained in Lexington on Tuesday mornin
or Mr.. Prescott, citizen of Lexington, wi
was in Mqlligan's Notifications during Il
of siege contradicts the report that Sturgis h
see arrived there.
w. Mr.. Prescott says he heard Price tell Raj
M and Parsons that now was the time 10 fig
he if they ever intended to, and heard them
of cussing the propriety Of falling back to f
es- tify Ross Hill, in johnson County, fifte
we miles west Of Warrensburg. He thinl
id- however, that their real intention is to !
ces treat to the southwest or to the Arkans
sn' River. Since the. surrender they had g
two cannon at the foundry in .LeEiDgtc
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