Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-09-24
OUR MILITARY BUDGET.

rom oen Fremont, dated In st Louis Yesterday,
wherein he says:
"I have q telegram from Brookdeld that Lex
ington has fallen into Prices hands, he having
cut od Mulligsn's supply Of water Reinforce
menis under sturgis, by the capture Of the ferry
boats, had no means Of crossing the river In time
Forces (Union) from the southwest and southeast
could not get there In timen
TEE SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION TO ocRAcokE INLET
The Nsvy Department have sdvices from Com
modore Rowan, In command Of the steamer Paw
nee, at Hatteras Inlet, Sept Is, 1861. He writes
that, having received information that there were
" 20 guns In Fort Beacon (Ocracoke Inlet), and
-FOUR S-inch shell guns at Portsmouth, N. C that
the guas were spiked and the carrisges burned on
the LIST instant (by the disunionists), and that
steamer bad gone TO Beacon Island for the pur-
pose of carrying of the guns we set about de-
Seating her purpose, using the steamer Fanny, the
Pawnee's launch, &c with detachment Of Col
Hawkins's naval brigade Capt. Chauncey sent
the whole Of his marines and four boats to aid in
the enterprise.
On Monday morning, at daylight, the rudder
OF the Fanny having been repaired, the expedition
started with four DAYS provisions, sledge ham,
mers to break of the gun trunnIons, &c Lieut.
the Fanny, the whole expedition under command
Of Lieut.. Maxwell, first lieutenant Of the Pawnee
AT 10 q. m. the Susquehsnna, Capt Chauncey,
and the tug Tempest started for the inlet, outside,
but neither sent force inside on reaching the
inlet, the surf being too high at the time On
the morning Of the 18th the inside expedition re-
turned, having fulfilled its mission most satisfac.
fcrily. The destruction Of the fort was complete
twenty-five guns having been disabled, being all
the guns that were there with the exception of
two previously taken CT by the disunionists In
the steamer ALTERNATE.
In our second edition this afternoon we shall
publish Lieut.. Maxwell's interesting report Of
the affair.
The news, public and private, from Kentucky,
continues satisfactory. The Unionists Of the
State are entering heartily into the contest for
the preservation Of their American constitutional
liberties, a. that they will require little assist
ance from the General Government to the end of
assuring their soil Immunity from the disunion
army now advancing upon il In several d.
visions, under Zollikofer, Buckner and Polk
For every Kentnc khan who will be in arms against
the Union, IL Is now evident, there will be five II
not ten In arms for the Union. Under these cir.
clmstances, we have no fears Of the result in that
quarter.
The SURRENDER OF COL. MULLi6AN
As intimated In yesterdays Star, the account of
the surrender Of Col Mulligan at Lexington was
not credited at the War Department when we
went to press. Its skepticism upon the point was
the result Of an Impression that Major General
Fremont had taken measures to reinforce him In
time. IL Is not to be disguised that to-day's con-
nrmatien Of the report produces much depression
there Tin the War Department. as throughout this
city.
ANOTHER AID FOB sEN MCCLELLAN
Headquarters, Army of the Potomac,
washington, Sept. 20, 1851
General Orders, No. Is.
Colonel VIM. Mckee Dunn, Indiana Volun-
seers, having rendered his ,ervicss as Volunteer
Aide-de-CamP TO the Commanding General, they
are hereby accepted; and he will be obeyed and
respected accordingly
by COMMAND OF Major General McClellaD:
8. WILLIAMS, Asst Adj't GenI.
Ofcial:-RIcR'D B. IRWIN, Aide-de-Camp.
CORRECTIONS.
Not long since, In mentioning the death Of an
Interesting boy, the son OF Adiutant General
Thomas, U. :. A, the Siay incidentally stated
that be was messenger Of General SCOTS. This
we Ind to have been a mistake He had no con-
melton with General scott's or any other office,
but was at school.
MAGNIFICENT REVIEW.
Alta O'Clock this afternoon, General Mcclellan
designs inspecting, In review, a portion of his
cavalry aud artillery, assembled on East Capitol
street, less than a mile from the Capitol There
will be present there twenty-five companies of
horse, half regulars, and seven full batteries of
artillery, making an aggregate of about three
thousand men.
Lieut. Woodruff of General Stone,. Command
yesterday afternoon burst a shell In the rebel
camp on the other side Of the river at the distance
Of ten miles
sAJoR sKSZRAL FREMONT
The necessary surrender Of Col Mulligan, after
the % gallant protracted defense which be and
MS little army made, goes far to demonstrate the
soundnes OF current complaints from Missouri, OF
The utter military inefnciency Of Major General
Fremont. His whole command numbers quite
ooVoi while the total force opposed to him 10 not
more than 10000. His are far best armed drilled
equipped and provided; and are defeated only
oeesuse be knows nothing whatever Of the &c.
enee OF war, according to which they should
nave been handled-maneuvered That's: moved
about In elective bod e. az sklIfuI cnes. plaver
moves bis pieces upon the board He did no,
realize the danger Of Mulligan's position until
TOO late 10 save him. He was doubtless repeated
ly warned that his disposition of the troops under
hs command would result In MulIigan's disas-
Ter But he turned a. deaf an ear to those warn
1ngs, a. 10 Lyons similar warning sent to him
within our own knowledge) from Springfield,
in time TO have enabled him 70 ward of the dis.
.s'sous result Of that-spriag neld-battle. We
nave seen Lyons warning lin his own hand
Wrftfng) In the shape Of q memorandum sent by
private hand to Fremont at 81 Louis, calling on |
hin for certain troops, with the aid of which he
a. y In effect, declared bis ability to drive the
enemy back into Arkansas, and predicting hi.
subsequent disaster, unless the reinforcement wa,
accorded to him. Instead Of listening to I,vonS.
request, Fremont Immediately sent the reinforce
ment In question OF In another direction ON |
Wild goose chase, 10 search Of an imaginary
enemy. An enemy that had no earthly existence
sIcept In the imaginations Of Fremont and M, |
immediate court; for be is constantly surrounded
by court as exclusive a. that Of any eastern
monarch.
BY the time Lyon was defeated and killed In
the battle Of Springfield, Gen. Fremont found out
his mistake, and recalled the troops that should