Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-15
nallp 0atlonal DrmOtrai.
ARRIVAL OF THE PONY EXPRESS

The Pony Express arrived at Ruby Valley
(424 miles E,st of Sacramento,) on Saturday
OF 5 o'clock, +. NJ, with Eastern news t,
Oct 9th, The following is the Unions dis
patch:
WAsnINGroN Oct 4th.
The following is the result Of inq uries to-
day in official quarters:
Charges preferred 10y Col f. Z. Bhii
against Major General Fremont, on the 26tl
ofSeptember have not reached Washington
According TO the regulations, they are re,
qLired to be transmitted through the superb
or officer, who, in this case, is General tre-
mont himself A copy OF the charges, how
ever. has been received, 10 be printed, in the
the event that General Fremont himself shall
neglect or decline to transmit the original
document to the War Department.
In response 10 n requi-ition of General
Fremont tor Il tluartermaSter for the W e>ttIn
Department. as Brigadirr General Mckimtrv
has taken the field, Major Robert Allen has
been appointed to that position. lie has the
reputation OF being one of the best officers OF
chat kind in the employment of the Govern
ment
1t IS further ascertaned that Brigndier
General Sherman will he prom ted to II Ma
Jor Generalslip, and will take the command
of Kentucky The delicate state of General
Andecsons hea|th alone renders this arrange
ment necessary.
There seems to be no Doubt that General
Fremont will be superseded No notihca-
tion of this fact has yet been given.
General Wool it is thought toy those well
informed in military circles, will proceed to
the West under specific instructions, that it
may he that he Will supersede Major Gener-
al Fremont. No positive Information is at
tainabe on this subject
The Resoute ran ashore under the Battery
at Aqua Creek, aud was nred upon b."
shells No one injured
The sound of the fife and drum was heard
considerably on the shore through Wednes-
day night; the cause not known.
An army order has been issued, ordering
that all depredations upon private property
will be severely punished-that no remission
for such outrages will be exercised that the
guards placed over such property will be
held responsible as well as the principals.
A number of military gentlemen of Ohio
have applied to Governor Dennison, of that
State, for the establishment of a military
camp in the vicinity Of Cincinnati 1t is
proposed to establish an encampment cum-
Qrislng brigade of ofZouaves, six squadrons
OF cnval'y, and battery of eight rhed
canon.
The loyal citizens Of Kansas have petitioned
to the Government for military aid They
fear Kansas will fall into the hands of the
rebels
The excess of expenses of the Post Office
receipts Of the fourth quarter Of the year
1861, was nehr two millions Of dollars
while The excess for thu hrs' quarter for lhe
present year was SSUS 600; the receipts for
the latter quarter exceeding those oi the toI-
tner toy more than 5000 ,O00
The announcement that the spanish Gov
ernment proposed sending an expedition
against Mexico, with u land force of > OUC
men TO march on the city of Mexico. is
looked upon here as mere hrag Should any
such Interference take place. our Government
has determined to resent it promptly and re-
pei with our army aud navy any force that
may be directed hy Spain against the neigh
eoring Republic OF Mexico.
ST, LOUIS, October 4th.-The Democrat
this morning, in All article she owing why Gen
Lyen was not reinforced, states that The en-
tire force under Gen. Fremont on the 9TH of
August, including Lyons command of 1000
was 1885, of which II, 800 were three
months men, whose term of enlistment was
just expiring, leaving an actual force of 100
bad 1920 men; the balance, 4 43O being
the total strength of Fremont's available
force at this time. Cairo Bird Point, and
Paducah. were menaeed 10y accumuIating
cebel forces, and the President ordered FREE
mont TO take all his available troops and re-
iniorce these points, tor which service there
We're only four thousand one hundred and
fwenty-siX tnen, Including upwards of nine
hundred st. Louis lloHe Guards. The ter
minus @f the South Branch of the Pacific
Railroad at this time WAS the Depot of a ve Y
large and valuable quantity of army stores
and Munitions, and was protected 10y the
Fifth Missouri Regiment, Co! Stevens, and
the thirteenth Illinois, Col Wyman; the for
mer of which was ordered to snarch to
Springfield, ut for want of transportation it
could not move. The article also shows
disturbance throughout the State Of the con
stautly dshanding of three months men, and
says after the battle, Fremont was thorough
II exunerated from blame by the very men
who are now the loudest in condemnng him
FORTRESS Monroe, October 3-Gen. Wool
will proceed to Washington Tonight, and will
be relieved foa TIE present hy General Mans
field, who arrived from Washington this
morning .!or thet purpose.
One hundred Of the mutineers confined at
the Rip Raps were this morning released 10y
General Wool aud restored to duty.
There has been daily flag OF truce be-
tween Old Point and NorfOlk ior the Iasttw o
weeks
Che steamer Wm. Seldom came down to-
doy she wis seized last Spring by the Con-
federates. Women and chlircu from Nor
folk were sent back, not having been supplied
with the requisite papers
Henry Magrnwn o Pennsylvania, who went
to Manassas Tor the body oi 90 onel Cane
ron, returned to-day 10y tins hAg, and will
proceed to Washington tonight.
New YoUK, OF. -lhe Northern Light
FROM Aspinw vail, brings S0S2,OOJ Ihe Key
stone state arrived 1T AfI,iuwali on the 10Th
from ourIuam she would go TO Key West
The Macedonian left AsIiuwail on the 24lh
Cor Porte Bellu for water The steamers
Packers6urg aud Potomac have been charter
ed to convey troops for the Government. lhe
privateer Sumter left Surinam Sept 5th tor
the coast OF Brazil, closely followed by the
kigate Powhatan.
New York, Oct. 5.-Captain Supher ar
rived this forenoon, reports the schoonels
Tilden and w. Ii. rhorne under British co..
ors, bat belonging to the south and schoon
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