New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-15
4 Rebel Communication Broken,
The INTERVENTION AGAINST MEXICO.
The Engagement at Cape Henry.
A REBEL BATTERY SILENCED.
Special Dispatch to The n. z. TrIbune.
WARRINGTON. Mondsy, oss Il, 1881.

the effect that the Secretary of War returned
to st. Louis last night from his visit to Gen.
Fremont. RumOrs followed him that, while ct
Upton, he delivered to Gen. Fremont an order
| from Gen. Scott directing him to surrender
his command to the officer next to him in
authority, namely to Maj Zen Hunter, and to
report by letter to Washington Bat the
rulnor is not well founded. When the Cabinet
is fully advised of the facts Of Gen. Tremonts
military administration, final action upon his
case will promptly be taken. Gen. Fremont
has 10000 men in and around Upton. He
cannot move them, though for want Of trans
pOrtation and provisions. Within his entire
command be has 10000 troops.
Before leaving st. Louis this morning, the
Secretary of War. BY letter, ordered Gen.
Fremont TO discontinue as unnecessary, bis
field works around the city, and that which ne
is erecting at Jefferson City; to suspend work
on the Barracks he is building near his resi-
dence for his body guard of 300 caysiry, and
ordered him to employ all the money IN the
hands of the disbursing officers to the payment
Of the current expenses of bis army in Mis-
souri,, and to LET all bis debts IN ST. Lous,
amounting to $4,000, 600, remain unpaid until
they can be properly examined and sent 70
Washington for settlement. He aso or
dered that tho dlsbursing officers should
disburse their funds and not transfer
them TO irresponsible agents, persons
who do not hold commissions from tue
President, and are not under bonds; and be
further ordered that hereafter all contracts,
necessary to be made, be made by the regular
diabursing officer Of the army. Gen. +. was
aiso informed that payment would not be made
10 officers appointed by him. 1t is said there
are over 200 of them whose commissions do
not bear the Presidents signature, and that
Paymastcr Andrews had been verbally instruct
ed not to make such payments. Special eI.
cepiion was made in favor OF officers OF vol
unteers The number Of forts planned by Gen.
Fremont for the defense Of st. Louis is eleven.
A REBEL COMMUNICATION BROKEN.
! One of the few remaining sources through
which information of movements of our army
has been conveyed to Rebels was discovered
to-day, through the medium of letters inter-
cepted of the Post Office Department. The
parties are citizens of Maryland, and have
been checked in their efforts to give conspira-
tors details of our naval expeditions. They
will probably be removed out of harms way
in the morning.
| THE INTERVENTION AGAINST MEXICO.
! The intimation of The London Times that tho
i President has given consent to the projected
expedition of England, France, and Spain
against Mexico is uniounded in fact. If cur
Government has taken any steps in the natter
which is doubtful they were simply in the
nature of an inquiry whether the integrity aud
independence of Mexico were menaced. We
are in possession of no data for further action.
Some of our Ministers mention rumors, but
the dispatches Of none contain anything definite
on the subject Nor do those of the English,
French OF Spanish Ministers here, from which
! it is inferred that no de6nitive arrangement
has yet been entered into. The foreign jour
nails indicate something, and some shrewd OBJ
servers, of course, of foreign politics believe
that France is not in earnest, and that the
whole thing will end in smoke
THE RECENT MOVEMENT BY THE REBELS.
The chief reason which led military men to
believe that the Rebels meant to make gen.
eral attack on Saturday was that they planted
siege gun on bill opposite our batteries.
1t is rare for siege guns to be brought to the
front, unless with the design of seriously as
saulting the positions Of an enemy. Field
pieces alone are generally used in reconnOiS-
sances. There has been no sign from the Reb-
els since. The woods on and near Miners
Hill were cut of to-day, so as to give range
to our artillery. This movement 10 thOaght TO
be equivalent TO an advance of two miles.
THE ENGAGEMENT AT CAPE HENRY.
The following is the official report Of the
engagement between the Daylight, Commander
Lockwood, and battery at Cape Henry. in
which the latter was slenced, received TO-
night. This adds another to the roll Of our
naval achievements:
| us PRoPKLLnR DAYLIGHT
| BIocKApING orr CARE Henry Oct H. l9oi;
SIR: Yesterday afternoon, a few minutes Dv ,
4, it was reported to me that battery On seoio
| in Lynhaven Bay had opened hre on inc hnei's'
ship John Clark of Baltimore, wnieh nau 'on;o -
and anchored during the gale, and dragged wi;laa
| range of the euemy's guns distant ABOUT miice-
oot nndsr WAY aud stood down to her assistance,
aud on getting within range opened hfe, anu spn
tod engagement was kept up on both SIDES ioe ABOUT
forty minutes when the enemy cesseu hii"g, 'ue.
battery of four or five guns beng sienceu 80 .as
although We remained within ASSISTING sj tie sim
| 70 Get under way not O shot was hrea ey 'ne'p,
Our shot generally were well direcleo, anu .h;s
have done execution. Fortunately none OF ' mh
shot hit US but they came quite near spS winged