, 1861-10-07
Afternoon pIspatc hes.
FROM wAsHINGToN.

FROM WASH1NGT0N.7
Gas. .woopu Arrival In wash1nkton-.
he Cebiset and tee MlsssaE.-Rce.
mont Q1eet1on:sNo Acton yet EaEs4
i1GSRs 81 Haasred Mss Rss1
Cavalry Driven or
NEW YoKx, Oct 5.-Tbe n Y:-ITi5uns's
Washing ton dispatch ea5s: Bfevet Major Gan
e7al Wool arrived here to day aud reported to
Of cur affairs in Missouri greeted his coming
as an honest evidence that Gen. Fremont he'd
been superseded and W~uld be speedily
brought here to confront court martial, but
sney are grossly mastaken- The. facts In this
ht1e @ for : eensu,tatien, m Gen. Mansfi:d @ 10 take
temporary command ct Fort Monroe, that be-
ing military point Of too much i'm Importance
to- be left evan Gag without IN experienced
commander.
1Pi1h the President, Secretary Of War, and
Gen. Scott. No new command has been. as-
siEred him, Ior has Gen. Mansdeli been Or
dele1 to remain permanently ct Fort Monroe.
It is still believed, however, that Gen Ere
ncGt will not be superseded, unless the next
nswa from Missouri is OF an unsatisfactory
az disastrous character.
Our troops brsskias:ed this morning six
u lies bk ycpt: A1exsnd1ia, on the Fairfax road
a large detachment went to break up nest
e SEQ febe1 cavalry, who were p.uudering
Uricn farmers of that district, and turning
| them out Of their homes, The rascls, ap-
p1i:ed OF the expedition, got into their 3add1es
at day.bzesk, just in time to receive the fire Of
cur head rifles
The wounded fill IN numbers, but were
| thrown on to their horses and carried off Tae
| church had bEen used BY the rebels SIS ba-
| 1acke, the bzds On the floor being yst warm.
F1om the church, tor many miles west, north
| and south, 4 Reconnaissance was made, which
| showed that there were no large bodies OF
troops this side OF Occcquan. The reconno:s-
1 ance was pushtd about Zine miles further
| into Virginia in this direction, than any made
| sirce the Bull Run affair.
4 dispatch from Gel. McDoTe1!, this eyan-
irg, to Ger. Mcclellan, Gays that Lieut.. A J.
seIgler, Of steHart's cavalry regiment (rebe'),
hes jast been captured by the pickets OF tie
New York :35th. He gives but little inform, /.
tiou, but-ksxs DIFF. Davis, Bsaurega-d, ] ohm
stcn and Smith, late Street Commissioner CT
New York city, now General in the reb Il
EtrVice, were at Faf1fa1 Court House yester-
day, reviewing the troops.
TIE H.rasds Washington sp~ ,al says 8
rtpo,t has been sst or foot here L .ighr, that
Gen. Mcclellan was about to start t. Kentucky
to take command Of that department., under
the impression that there is to be no occups-
ton for the army ca the Potomac. There is
20 foorda:ion whatever for this report, st
less1 nothing is known Of slch a movement
st Gen McC1el1sn's headquarters.
This afternoon 3 F2rty of rtbe1s, evidently
| n:aIihg e reconn noisa1Ce Cl the Vlrsinia side,
Iesr Crest Falls, halted and opened fire upon
our ft:rces on the Aa1Elan6 side, commanded
by Gen. Mccall a couple Of Parrot guns
were iBm mediately placed in position, and
about six ebots from each OF them threw the
t It bels into coa1n6.un, and put them to Il Ght
before they We1e st1e to dc any harm to our
mtE.
Information has heen received By the Cor
a.. fk-tk* 4 II
2,5C0 tons buTthen, which Taa several weeks
ago reported to be fitting Out to csiry arms
and pToviSicns to the rsb=:s, has succeeded in
| rnnlirg the blockade aad entering the port OF
Savannah, With large sEd valuable cargo CT
s1ms, ammunition, FrcSiSicts, clothing aad
military stores.
Tie World.s Washington dispatch makes
The following stai.ment: The city is not yet
prrgeG Of traitors, and they still maintain
thtmEelvss 1nc5tected By cur officers high In
power. An occurrence ty which the night
expedition ageirst MGEson'5 Hill misc,rrlad
| GeE. Mcclellan did not subject so, 600 men to
| light march With lo cthsr object than
the occupation Of m uaimportart hill He
he'd fu,mtd F1sn to csptur1 the G,0G0 or
5000 rtbtls WHO were in tia: vicinity, cad had
arranged certain signals 10 be t.sp!a: I'D from
retee Should cause Inc expedition to be
aE2E 9Gnca st The list Monle1:. Gen. M.Clc.-
lar did nct conhGe his plan to any but q ysr5
few prominent officers, vhese co-opcration
was iseeesary. What was his indignation,
ter, vle.: he vas on The field, Personally su-
p'T:.tesoiEg tne moTes;cn.s Of the forces, to
zee tic eisIa from Washington requiring
II. CPS to lemain in caap- Tbs rebels had
| discovered Tie signal bttore he did, and al.
| though h r1doEbled lis efS1ts t. hasten the
7 departure Of trocps, The rebels had got beycud
h:s reach when he arrived at thsis ertrcnca-
ntrt1
The HeTa!d's Washington dispatch says
Aestces received this moining from 8. GEaat,
army contractor, ta1ed Santa Fe, August 20sh,
in:crms the Government that Forts Bu--
ciansH ard BEeckinr;oSe were destroyed by
fire ty Licut- Moore, to prevent their filling
j1so tie bands cf tie rebels. Fo7t McLe u
cad been abandoned, e7G Fort Fillmore had
BEEN treacherously Surrendered. Baylor, who
belongs to the rehel ba:G, Claims % b. GJv-
erlGr Of Arizona. Gra1t raised the eta-s and
stripes over his rencLe sad dressed his muls
trails with small flags in :he tace Of the reb,
.ls: ~ HIS mules, wagons, t-ains, and army out:
| Indians a1s dh5astaiitE tia Elale COUNTRY