Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-30
A Startling report from the
Naval Expedition.
UNION CAPTURES IN MISSOURI
This Mornings Report.
FROM WASHINGTON.

| FROM WASHlN6EONs
WASHINGTON, Oct %.
Tribune's dispatch;
Gen. Scott will Voluntarily retire from
his rank and duties within the next ten
davs. solely on account of his physical in
firmities. The recent act of Congress pro-
vided there should be no reduction in his
pay, subsistence or allowance in the event
of his withdrawal il is well known that
Gen Scott has had an unsettled account
with the War Department since the Mexi-
can War. Secretary Cameron has recently
given careful examination of his claims,
now thirteen years old. JEFF. Davis ma
lignity brought him in debt on account Of
| his expenditures and receipts in Mexico,
and so far ss the SecretRry's report could
do il. discredited him as q financial agent
OF the Government. Mr. Cameron has re-
ported that Gen. Scott was not only enti-
tied to the money he claimed Of the Gov
ernment, but that he saved to it millions
of dollars which by the laws Of war he
co uld have pooketed under the settled prin'
ciu,es regulating the distribution Of prize
and contribution money. This opportun
itv of personal advantage Winfield Scott
generou.ly diverted to the founding of a
Home for Invalid Soldiers. tar
wOpe of the monuments long after he is
dead will be the Soldiers Home near Wash
ington.
On Saturday last the order of the Com
nander in Chief that Gen. Fremont should
surrender his command to the officer next
below hlm, Gen. Hunter, accompanied by
letter of instructions to Gen. Hunter, was
sent ont by the President to Gen. Curtis in
command at st. Louis, with directions to
deliver it to Gen. Fremont unless he was
| actually in the presence Of the enemy, or
preparing for battle.
Senators Chandler, of Mich, Wade, Of
/ Ohio, Trumbull, of Illinois, and Wilkin-
son. Of Minn are here representing to the
| Administration that the populnr demand
| of their constituents is that Mcclellan or
some one else shall Immediately whip the
rebels on the south side of the Potomac in
a pitched battle, and as near Bull Run as
possible, and from thence roll the tide Of
war steadily southWard till it meets the
waters of the Gulf
The Tribune states that one Of our cor
respondents with the Great Naval Expedi-
ton writes from Hampton Roads Friday
! evening last, that he had just been inform
ed on good authority that the Private Sec
retary Of Com. Dupont the Commander of
the Fleet, had sbscOnded, carrying with
| him the maps and charts, and even the
sealed orders of the Commodore. We do
not vouch for the truth of the report, but
only for the fact that the writer is worthy
of credence. We hope the report is errOn-
eous.
Herald's dispatch
A scouting party of Union troops went
into Fairfax Q. d. village to-day, and
learned that the rebels had not been there
for many days, but were as far back as
Centerville and not strong even there.
The rebels sll along our lines to-day on
the Upper Potomac have not been seen
( there
No news to- day from down the river
The vessels of the Flotills are on the watch
below Matthias Point and above the mouth
of Quautick Greek. Our troops on the
Maryland side are opposite Aqua Greek
and along the shore, and are actively en-
gagged in erecting Notifications.