The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-12
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4 WAsHHarox, Oct. The Tribunet dispatch
says brevet Major. General Wool tsfrived here
70 day and reported 70 the Secretary OF War
this forenoon. The directors Of our affairs in
Missouri greeted h.s coming as honest evidence
that Gen. FREMONT had been superseded and
would speedily b brought here TO con!rohtsa
martial. But they Gro grossly mistaken. The
facts in this whole caDe are these. General
Wool vas ordered here for consultation with
Gen. Mansfield to take temporary command of
Fortress Monroe, that being military point
Of too much importance 70 be left even day
without an experienced commander.
Gen Wool this morning had an interview with
the President Secretary Of War and Ger. Scott
No new command had been assigned him, nor
has Gen. Mansfield been ordered TO remain per-
manently at Fort Monroe. No Cabinet decision
has been arrived OF in the Missouri question, but
within the next forty-eight hours the Aduiois-
tration will decide either to supply Gen. Free
mont with the reinforcements, arms and money
asked for or supercede him. II the latter,
Gen. Wool will oe ordered at once to ST.
Louis IL take command, and, 10 that case, men
aud money and arms will be sent on. 1t is not
believed, however, that Gen. Fremont will be
superseded, unless the next news from Missouri
is of an unsatisfactory and disastrous character.
| Our troops breakfasted this morning six miles
beyond Alexandria, on the Fairfax road. A large
laetachment went TO break up nest Of 1900
| rebel cavslrv, who we're plundcring Union farm,
ers of the district and turning them out of their
homes. The rascals, apprised of the expeai.
ton. got into their saddles at daybreak lust IN
| time to receive the IRE of our head rifles The
wounded fell in numbers. but were thrown on TO
| their horses and carried off. The church was
| used as a barracks. the beds on the floor were
vet wsrn, From the church for mary miles
vest. north and south reconlioiss nee ses
made. which showed that there were no large
bodies OF troops this side of Occoauon. The
Reconnaissance was pushed about nine miles .,ir.
tier into Virginia in this direction than any
made since the hattie of Bull Run.
A dispatch from Gen. Mcdowell this evening
| 20 Gen Mcclellan saws that Lieut.. A. r. seigier,
Of Stewards Cavalry Regiment (rebel), has just
| been captured BY the pickets of the New York
3oth. He gives but little information, but says
that JEFF. Davis, Beauregard, johnson, and
| Smith (late Street Commissioner OF New iefk,
now General in the rebel service,l were ut
Fairfax Court House yesterday reviewing tue
troops.
The special to the World makes the following
statement: s0
The city Is not yet purged OF traitors ana they
still maintain themselves undetected to cur Oil
GERS, high in power. An occurrence by which the
might expedition asainstMunson's Hill ,m'scarred
in its main purposes demonstrates this fact. Gen.
Mcclellan did not subject ~ 700 men TO nisht
msrchwith no other object than the Occupation OF
an unimportsnt hill. He had formed plan to cap
turc the or 5000 Rebels, v no were IN that vi
cinity, and had arranged certain signals TO De
displayed from " ashington, in case any unfore-
seen occurrence should cause the expedition to
be Abandoned. at the last moment Gen. Ne
Clelan did not confide his plan to any but a
very few prominent officers, whose cooperation
was necessary. What was his indignation then,
when he was on the field personally superintend'
ing the movements OF the forces to see the sig
nails from Washington, requiring the troops 70
remain 10 camp, The Rebels had discovered
signals before he did, and although he redoub'ec
his efforts to hasten the departure Of the troops
the Rebels had got beyond his reach, when he
arrived at their entrenchments.
a ;!Iera,d's special.1
renort has bean set on foot here tonight
that Gen. Mcclellan was about to start to Ken
lucky. to AXE command of that Department. an
de, the immersion that there Is TO be no occupa
ton for the army IN the Potomac There is nc
foundation whatever Tor this report; at least
nothing ia known of such movement at Gen
McCieilan's head quarters
This o. M "A party of rebels, evidently making
reconnaissance on the Virginia side near Great
Falls, halted and opened fire upon our forces OF
the MARYLAND side. commanded by Gen McCall
A couale of Parrot guns were immedist, /,
placed in position, and about six shots from eaci
OF them threw tie rebels into confusion, sac
put them to flight before they were aLIs tc d;
any harm to our men,.
Information has been received by the Govern
ment that the British steamer Bermuda, 250t
tons burden. which was several weeks ago re
ported to be fitting out to carry arms and provi
sions to the Rebels, has succeeded in runnins
the blockade and entering the port OF SaYan
nah with q large and valuable cargo OF arms
ammunition. provisions, clothing and militar,
stores r.oi, a
Advices were receive this morning from S
Grant, army contractor, dated Santa Fe, Aug
20 He informs Government that Forts Buch
anan and Breel;nr;jse were DESTROYED nv fir,
by Lieut, Moore. t., prevent their falling int,
the banos of the rebels. Fort Mclean has beer
| abandoned and Fart Fillmore had been t,caeb
erously surrendered. BAYLOR. who belongs tt
the rebel hind 9, inns to be Governor of Ari
z,nia
Gran. raised the .stars and strincs over MI
panchr ond-,lrcs.od his mnle trains ri,,, SINAI
tlaps, in the face Of the rebels. His mues, va
pon trains ard outfit have been seized by tn,
rebels.
Rebels and I,aiaos are devastating the Who'll,
country.
rSneci,l IN Evening Post
Advices which have lust been received her,
| from the West renresant that the oeonle ar,
intensely excited over the rumor of the remoya
of Gen. Fremont So general is this cutlery a
the West that the G oyernment has determined
not to interfere ui,h him until he has Asd am
nile time 70 show his capacity for command |
IS certain that he viii neither be supe,s. isd mo-
court mar,;al,ed while his troops are in the fac,
of the enemy. and his friends are flied with N,
most ardent homes,
Gen. Wool lett this city by the morning trail.
to jay Il is sunnosed that his destination * s.,
Louis.
Gen Mcclellan has nut an end to the visits O
PENNSYLVANIA politicians in our camps.
The Richmond papers of Thursday. state tina
Jeff Davis arrived AZ Fairfax C. II. ON WefInes
dan. and made so.ecb to the soldiers. trlIip,
them thew would make good use of their rides
they wou,d wish Ia soon be in Bnltimo.p.
The Richmond Journal also states that ih
sick soldiers of the Rebel army have l,ep sen
from Manassas to Richmond. and that this move
ment was made with the expectation of a b,ttl,
Il ~; +, :. IL Ay =. no.u..-. ~ :.