The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-10-11

Brilliant Affair by Captain BaTne,
and ten men-The ceIrbrated white
Horse kiiled-federa, Fleet ia The
Lower dis>issippi-Resuit of Intes.
tigating COmmittce-illinoisC ayal-
u-The Secretary of War en- route
10 hissouFi-The Rebels To have a
Chance 10 fish:-Fayorabiea dvIces
from HissouTi-Offic' ai from Hattie
Ta>-Three Vessels suuk-Terr,iie
slaughter of Rcbei~ - seven Hun
dred Drowned.
WAsHINGToN. Oct 9.-Le~liissii.e will be
retained, Is well a. the othes positions taken
by our forces.
To day portion Of tie trou under Brig.
Gen. Porter, aiso advanced an occupied Nj
nor's Hill. 10 the right OF Faii, church and
commanding that village anu BarTett's Hill.
which latter Is now IN posses "a OF the rebel
pickets
Gen. Mcclellan and staff accompanied by
Capt Bankers Dragons crossed over the
Chain Bridge at an early hour thi. morning
spending the whole day in making recon
nOlssances of the new positions taken by the
federal troops.
About i've o'clock Yesterday Captain bar
ncy Of the 9th New York advanced three
miles beyond Falls Church on the Leesburg
turnpike. with ten mer, where be surrsed
= picket guard oil eight of ten OF Col Stew
arts cavalry. Three OF them we're killed
and one iahea prisoner.
They also captured i've horses equipped.
hirteea navy pistol. iou. sabres. one car
bine and one telescope.
The horse killed was a white one which
has been often seen by our pickets. and Is
believed % belong 10 Captain Pow ell. Slew
arts CasalrS.
The capture took place within hall mile
OF the enemy cncampment.
No Official returns are obianable. butt
the impression i that the Peoples Tickle
IN the Pennsylvania camp. is elected.
SPECIAL tn TsIBUNs.
There /, reason 10 believe In the retost
from New Orleans via Richmond annonn
eng the presence OF national vessels at the
head OF the passes ot the Mississippi. They
are doubtless acting under Instructions given
long since. aud engaged in protecting the
men building batteries on each side OF the
river. above the point where the five mouths
divide. for the purpose OF efiectually block
aiding them all The guns TO be mounted
are probably the - 9-ach Dahlgreen which
were ordered for Pckens, and not being re
qured there. we're put ashore at Tortugas
The Mississippi viii be efeciually closed
by those batteries.
Twenty vessels could not do il so well
Potter's Investigating Committee adjourn
ell to day. The first report includes the names
OF two hundred and thirty seven employees.
against whom evidence of treason was pre-
sented
Tomorrow the second report vii be pre-
sented. giving two hundred and thirty five
more names.
Investigations will probably be renewed
at the commencement of the session of Con
gress.
Five Colonies stand ready to command five
regiments OF Illinois cavalry to be raised, of
which acceptance Is pressed upon the war de-
rartment by Gov. Yates and others. The
department j. willing to accept one. and the
Others as Infantry.
The cav airy regiment of Col. Barrett j.
accepted to serve on the Indiana frontier--
The lliinOisaus are also pressing the claims
OF Chicago tor the Western Arsenal.
Brigham Young has lost the Utah Valley,
one OF the most fertile in Utah, after having
anaoun ted his intention TO settle IL with
SAINTS. The President by an order dated
October lst. has directed an Indian reserva
ton 10 be made there.
The Secretary Of War and adj. Z General
left This city for ST. Louis on Tuesday.
The Herald's Washington dispatch SAYS l.
there il ans desire for fgh, in the rebels. il
j. very likely they viii be gratified To NOR
row, not only IN iron; but up and down the
river
De-ersers from the rebel camp and our
scouts csTroborate the opinion that the rebel
army j. not disposed either 10 advance upon
orr lines or 10 accept the pFOaered battle
The enemy = not discovcrab.e in strength in
front Of our works south of the Potomac
The dispatches TO the war department are
more encouraging than heretofore in regard
10 the NOV ements Of Gen Fremont In Mis-
sour.
SPECIAL TO TfNIs
Commando Channccy arrived here this
evening from Hsueras Inlet He reports
that on Monday the rebels organized an ex-
petition To attack and recapturc the Forts oc-
cupied by our forces The expedition con
sisted OF SIX Steamboats, and about three
thousand men. The Steamers were loaded
with heavy rihed cannon and mortars for
throwing shells The attack ~as simultane.
Gus Lut intellectual The Forts fred she'll
and we're assisted by the vessels stationed Oft
the Inlet. After while the rebels retired,
though not till two or three steamers had been
SUNK. going down with all on bOari Judg.
ing from the crowded Appearance q the YES
se- it Is estimated that about seven hundred
men were drowned. b sides a large loss must
have been sustained from the bursting OF our
shells and the plunging Of our shot ~ the
gus were sert ed in a mos, mastery man