The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-10-16

Skirmishing near Minors HifI-feeb-
els Driven baek-No Forward Move
meut at Present-CoId and FROSTY
what Sec. Cameron said to Fremont
-Frement'> Appointments not so be
Paid-forts Planned AT ~. Louis
No Movement Of the Rebels-Desti-
tuition of Shoes-Sickness Among
the RebeIs-Disabied soldiers
SPECIAL 70 THk HERALD.
" .sHfS6TOS Oct i4th-This afternoon.
soon after 5 O'Clock a small detac hmeut OF
rebel infantry and squad Of rebel cavalry,
appeared in view around house occupied by
widow Childs. about three miles from Mi
nor's Hin. A body OF our troops who we're
out on a foraging expedition. aais anosi upon
thsm. \ sharp sklrmish immed'atels took
place and fos time. firing wa COM ant on
both sides. when the rebels ~eae '-sssen from
the houses One of our men Sa- wounded.
aud Il j. impossible 70 learu the itbei loss.
IL Is believed that number hal secreted
themselves in the outbulldings. but after
the firing OF the first shell from Minors Hi.
they left.
SPECIAL u TIMES
ATM satisfied that for the present our
troops will remain where they are. not NOV
ing forward or falling back, but quietly
awaiting the action ofthe rebels.
The weather Is extremely cold. with heavy
white frost this morning.
SPECIAL TO TRIBUNE.
Before leaving st. Louis. this morning. the
Secretary Vt War, by letter. ordered Gen.
Fremont 70 discontinue. a. unnecessary. his
field works around tse city. aud that which
he j. erecting at Jefferson C.ty and TO sus
pend work on the barracks he i building
near his residence and his body guards of
three hundred cavalry. and ordered him 10
employ all the money in the hands OF the dis
bursting officers, to the payment OF the cur
rent expenses of his army in Missouri and
to let hs debts IA ST. Louis. amounting TO
T 50 500 900, remain unpaid until they can be
properly examined and sent 10 Washington
for settlement.
He also ordered that the disbursing of
GERS should disburse their funds and not
transfer them To irresponsible persons who
do not hold commissions from the President,
and are not under bonds. and he further or
dered that hereafter all contracts necessary
10 be made be made by the regular disburs
ing officer Of the army.
Gen Fremont was also informed that pay
ment would hot be made 10 officers appoint
ell by him.
Ii i said there are two hundred OF them
whose commissions do not bear the Presi
dent signature, and that paymaster Andrews
had been verbally instructed not to make
such payments.
Special exceptions were made in favor ol
the officers of volunteers.
The number of forts planned by Gen. Ere
mont for the defencr OF ST. Louis Is eleven
An intelligent contratand who came ir'o
Gen. McClellans camp this morning. reports
that when he lett Fairfax c. H., Yesterday al
two D. m. no movement Of rebels was on foot
Rebel troops are destitute of nearly every
thing except fresh beef. They had plenty OF
blankets, but great scarcity of shoes.
They were tearing up rail roaa tracks e
Vienna. and hauling them 70 Fairfax Z. II
Should there be a battle to orrow, no suit
fcient accommodations could be had for the
wounded At present the hospitals are MI
Ell with sick soldiers.
The number discharged because physical
" unfit for duty at the time Of enlistmen
was very large. Colonels and captains have
shown themselves too anxious 10 raise men
TO see that they got good men
New buildings are. however in process oil
erection, sufficient for all contingencies