Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-29
UAlEDl DI lnuNUIGM II
NOON DISPATCHES.
THE WAR FOR THE UNION!
The Latest from Great Salt Lake.
General Scott to Retire from
the Army.
Fremont's Removal Sure Thing, "PrO-
Vided he is not in the Presence
Of the Enemy"
GEN. HUNTER TIE COMING han.
Forward Movement Demanded South
Of the Potomac.
The War to be Carried to the
Gulf Of Mexico.
The --latest from the Naval
Expedition.
TRAITOROUs PROCEEDINGS OF ONE
OF THE COMMANDERS OF THE
EXPEDITION.
THE LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
The Rebels Strongly Fortified at
CenterVilIe.
Special Dispatch to tho Now York Tribune. |

WAsHIEGToN, October 28.-General Scott
will voluntarily retire from his rank and
duties within the next ten days, solely on
account of his physical infirmities. The
recent act of Congress provided there should
be no reduction in his pay, subsistence or
allowances in the event of his withdrawal.
1t is we'll known that General Scott has had
an unsettled account with the War Depart
ment since the Mexican War. Secretary
Cameron has recently given careful exam
ination of his claims, now thirteen years old.
JEFF Davis's malignity brought him in debt
on account of his expenditures and receipts
in Mexico, and so far as the SecretRrys re-
port could do it, discredited him as a finan-
cial agent of the Government.
Mr.. Cameron has reported that General
Scott was not only entitled to the money
be claimed of the Government, but that he
had saved to it millions of dollars, which,
by the laws of war, he could have pocketed,
under the settled principles regulating the
distribution of prizes and contribution
money. This opportunity of personal ad.
vantage Winfield Scott generously diverted
to the founding of home for invalid SOL
diers One of the Smonuments, long after
be is dead, will be the Soldiers Home, near
Washington.
On Saturday last the order of the Com
msnder-in- Chief that General Fremont
should surrender his command to the officer
next below him, General Hunter-accompa-
MED by letter of instructions to General
Hunter-was sent out by the President to
General Curtis, in command at St. Louis,
with directions to deliver it to General FIRE.
mont unless he was actually in presence of
the enemy, or pursuing for a battle.
Senator Chandler Of Michigan, Wade of
Ohio, Trumbull of Illinois, and Wilkinson of
Minnesota, are here, representing to the Ad-
ministration that the popular demand of their
I = A1,aA ILL
else, shall Immediately whip the rebels or
the south side of the Potomac in pitched
battle, and as near Bull Run as possible, and
| from thence roll the tide of war steadily
southwark till it meets the waters of the
Gulf.
The Tribune states that one of our cor.
respondents with the great naval expedition
writes from Hampton Roads, Friday evening
last, that he had just been informed, on GOOD
authority, that the Private Secretary of Com
modore Du Pont, commander of the feet
had absconded, carrying with him the map
and charts and even the sealed orders of thu
Commodore. We do not vouch for the trutl
OF the report, but only for the fact that the
writer is worthy of credence. We hope tn,
report is erroneous.
A Herdlds dispatch says a scouting part,
of Union troops went into Fairfax Court
house village, to-day, and learned that tn
were as far back as Centerville, and stronl
even there.
The rebels all along our lines to-day, OF
the Upper Potomac, have not been seen
There is no news to-day from down tn
river.
The vessels of the fotilla are on the watcI
below Matthias Point and above the moutl
of Quntico Creek.
Our troops on the Maryland side are oppo
| aft A 30 aud aIn thn otnra on,
are actively engaged in erecting tortiica
tions.
GRBAT SALT LAKE CRY, October % =
Washkee, Chief of the Snake Indians, al
rived here to day with band of Indians, an
returned to NJ. Bromley, Agent of the Over
land Mail Company, number of horses an
mules stolen from the Ben River Station b
the Bannock Indians, he having capture
them from that tribe.
This is the old Chiefs first visit to thi
place. He received suitable presents for h
exploit, and ls being well entertained durin
his stay.
He is the best friend the whites have in tn
vicinity, and were it not for him great de
relations upon the whites would constant
.. be committed.
, Correspondence of the st. Louis papers,l
CAMP MoRRIssEY (thirty four miles sout
of Warsaw, Mo-, October 2S.-General Lar
captured transportation train of the enem
, near Butler, in Bates County, and took Il
escort prisoners, a few days since. Amor
+ the latter were Captain Whiting and Lie
tenant Vaughn.
Lane also reports that he found a lar
number of sick and wounded rebels, at Re
Hill, johnson County, in a starving cont
r ton, to whose wants he administered.
8 Nine contrabands arrived in camp d.
Q or two ago sent here by one OF Lanes
D fcers. Their case has been Investigated al
r it is understood that General Fremont W
d return them to their masters.
: Lane also captured large amount OF le
0 in one of the western counties and sent 1t
Fort Scott, Kansas.
8 There is no definite news OF the wheT
abouts of Price or McCulloch.
y FoRTREss MONROE, October 2s.-One hu
9 dred thousand Iations have been distribut
Q among the regiments attached to the gre
y expedition this evening, preparatory to thu
= departure.
. ? orders to day.
J 1t is reported one of them has open
!: his orders, and diyulged the destination
! the feet.
Men and animals on board suffered grea
= during the gale of the last two days:
= Two recent deserters from the Confed
y ates state the rebels at Yorktown are sum
y ing greatly from want and sickness.
y BosToN, October 29.-The Democrats OF
:; Fifth District have nominated Hon. Geol
a. linton for Congress. He is strong Uni
y man, and accepts with disclaimer of
partissnShip. 1
es Maryland Negroes secreted ON NIen