uth r a.—Intelligence from New York, up to the 15th, by tele-
graph vie Cape Race, has arrived, from which it appears that another week has elapsed without the long-expected battle on the Potomac Laving taken place, the most important event of the week in that quarter having been a grand review, under General McClellan, at which the President and Mrs. Lincoln were present. All the posi- tions recently abandoned by the Confederates had been occupied by General McClellan, who was engaged in constructing strong fortifi- cations at all the more important points. A rumour was current, though not generally credited, of a battle at Cheat Mountain, Western Virginia, which had resulted in a victory for the Federalists. The official details of the affair of Hatteras Inlet had been published by the Navy Department in the shape of despatches from Captain fardner, of the steamship Susquehanna, from which it appears that the importance of the affair had been much exaggerated, and that the Confederate loss could not have been near 700, as was at first al- leged. The .Washington correspondent of several New York pa rs contain rumours of "a difficulty" between the naval and military service, and it is even asserted that a special meeting of the Cabinet, for the purpose of arranging matters, had been .held but nothing reliable on the subject had transpired. In the West, the charges made by Colonel Blair against General Fremont, still occupied a large share of public attention. Colonel Blair had again been placed under arrest, but in consequence of an order from General Scott, General Fremont bad again released him. It appears that the original charges made by Colonel Blair were con- tained in private letters to the President, which were described by General Fremont in his order for Blair's arrest, as " dis- turbing the President's confidence in the commanding officer, and seriously impairing the efficiency of his department." Immediately on his release, Colonel Blair wrote to Adjutant-General Thomas, denying that he had made any unsustained accusations against General Fremont, or that he had been guilty of any act of military impropriety. Upon this letter coming to the knowledge of General Fremont, he gave an order for the re-arrest of Blair, who, nothing daunted, immediately forwarded to Washington a long list of charges and specifications against Fremont, comprising charges of the gravest character. The first charge is one of "neglect of duty and unofficer-like conduct," in support of which no less than twelve specifications are advanced, the principal of them being his alleged neglect in taking proper measures for the relief of Lexington. The next charge accuses him of " disobedience of orders,' the two instances adduced being his alleged refusal toproceed to St. Louis as ordered by the Secretary-at-War, and his refusal to comply with the President's order to modify his emancipation proclamation of the 30tH August. Three other charges, each supported by numerous specifications, respectively accuse General Fremont of " conduct un- becoming an officer and a gentleman," " gross extravagance, waste,"
, and "despotic and tyrannical conduct." The report of the evacuation of Lexington by General Price had been confirmed, but nothing was known with regard either to his motives or his subsequent proceedings, nor was anything positive known as to General Fremont's movements. A proposal in the Missouri State Convention, that it should be an instruction to the Commtttee of Ways and Means to consider the expediency of con- fiscating the property of all rebels, had been carried by 28 to 22.
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