, 1861-11-01
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FREMONT AT SPRINGFIELD.
His Army Concentrating There.
Gen. Price Still a Fugitive.
auMoaEp RETIREMENT or GEN. se5IT.
PROBABILITIES OF Al ADVANCE.
Mcclellan In Supreme Command.
OUR GREAT NAVAL EXPEDITION.
Affairs in North Missouri.
Gen. Price Still a Fugitive.
HUNDRED RETIREMENT OF GEN. sG5IT.
PROBABILITIES OF AH ADVANCE.
Mcclellan In Supreme Command.
OUR GREAT NAVAL EXPEDITION.
Affairs in North Missouri.
REPORTED DEFEAT OF PRleE'R &EAR GUARD.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune-1

WASHINGTON, October 81, 1861.
No doubt that the order superseding Ere
mont By Hunter has gone west, as telegraph
ed. Dispatches from Washington for General t
Hunter, which would not have been sent to |
subordinate direct, passed, I understand, |
through st. Louis, last Sunday. Fremont may
therefore have already ceased to command the
Western Department.. Furthermore, Adjutant
General Thomas's report eon1d not have prop
e11y2 been published until Fremont's re-
moval. 1t is rumored today that Fremont has
sent in his resignation. It is known outside
| Of official circles, that the resignation Of
| Commander of Department was received to-
dsy, which was unsigned.
Col. Frank P. Blair arrived from St Louis to-
day. he says the rebels are getting through
| Frrmout's lines in north Missouri, in squads
| Of Is or 20, intending to re-unite and form
I large force in the rear Of our army.
The difficulty between Gen. Butler and Gov.
Andrew, in the matter Of recruiting, has
brought the latter to Washington.
! There IL said to be sufficient evidence against
Col Kerrigan TO convict him Of treason,
It is ascertained that the Colonel CT West
e1n regiment, not far from Illinois, when
private IN the army years ago, WAS publicly
whipped tor desertion.
James Fishback, Of Illinois, has besn pro-
moted from first class to second class
clerkship in the Third Auditors Office Of the
Treasury Department
sec1e tary Chase has commenced Issuing
three years. bonds in satisfaction Of ce1t:ti-
Gates received at the Department.
Colonel DeVens, in his report Of the action
hat 41a
| portation from Harrison's Island to the VH-
> ginIa ahore had been strengthened, Eo that he
Lad no reason to think that there would be
/ any difficulty in sending over five hundred
men an hour.
! The Army Retiring Board has nearly finish
ed its sessions. Captains 4. D. Nelson and J..
l S. Garland, OF the 10tt lutantry; and First
Lieutenants Samuel F Mills and Thomas II.
Sanders, are the last cases submitted to 1t, but
Lot yel acted upon
The troops on the other side Of the Poto-
! mac drill nine hours day.
in general order from the A6iutant Gen
r eral, commanding officers Of regiments raised
| under direct acceptance from the War Depart
: ment, are directed to forward complete mus
|. ter rolls to the Governors Of their respective
J States.
: Reports that General Scott is in good health
Il are false He has dropsy to the knees ani
/, troubles in the bladder. He had an attack O.
vertigo, the other day, from which he didn'
r expect to recover. His physicians apprehsnt
is that he may suddenly die OF apoplexJ. H.
q sometimes expresses desire to die in tht
~ ~ harness sometimes, when he thinks he il
4. not ready to die, he expr sses an intention Il
Is retire.
=, =, The following army appointments have bee,
ID made of Brigade Quartcrmasters, with tn
D. rank Of Captains :-Jno. Spicer and Geo. 3
Dyer, Illinois; Jno. ". Lowry and Michae
"a N. CARRIER, Indiana: Ralph Plumb, Ohio; y
% a. Hawley, Minnesota; Vincent Phelps, Cole
be- 1hdo Territory; and Lewis B. Parsons, Hi
~ ~ eourf.
n The following as Brigade Con1naissarie'
ii, with the rank Of Captains w. Warfeld an
y: John Fay, Kentucky John F. Hopkins, vi
s;s,' ginia; Spencer D. Benham, Illinois.
de Gen. Scott and staff will leave Washingto
rs for New York on Saturday Of next weak E
re will retire from the army, and soon, if phys
r.. cally able, SAL for Europe.
m Several Western Senators, who had bet
nd urging an advance Of the army on the Pref
mt dent, were told that all was left TO Gen. n
ali Clellan's discretion, uniuhuenced. Th'
to called upon Mcclellan, who, In response
,a3 a3 their urging, said nothing.
rch The results Of the Investigations Of Il
The Congressional Committee, in st. Louis, a
aTS, -4-...., a.a;,,rt r-,-,a.+ ,han 5oaa .5;,,ta
lis Gei.4ai Ino1Rs's report