The national Republican., 1861-12-20
ZoIIicOHer Crosses Cumberland
River.
FIVE PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENTS OR
DERED TO KENTUCKY.



brought down from Baltimore, this forenoon,
the Hon. Chas. J. Faulkner. Mr.. Faulkner
spent the forenoon at Gen. Wool's headquar.
tiers, and was SENT by a flag of truce, to Craney
Island, at noon.
Capt. Millward, on his return, brought down
Capt. ]. B. Ricketts,, of the First artillery, who
was wounded and taken prisoner at Bull Run.
He is released on parole, and will be exchanged,
If possible, for Capt. J. A. Delang.
The steamship S. Spaulding, Capt. s. Howe,
which left Port Royal on Sunday last, arrived
here at an early hour this morning. She
stopped at Hatteras, leaving that place yester.
day, and bringing mail and passengers.
Everything is quiet at Hatteras Nothing hap.
pens there to disturb the monotony, except the
usual storms.
The schooner Charity, Captain White, said
to be owned by Senator Summons, of Rhode
Island, arrived ut Hatteras on the 18th, with an
assorted cargo, including large proportion of
whisky! He also took collector TO Hatteras;
and on arriving he procured building from
tho commissarv, which he proposed using rs u
custom. house. Captain Whites papers were
very irregular, however, and on the l7th, Cap,
tain Worden, of the Stars and Stripes" seized
the schooner rs n prize and sent her to New
York. The collector, captain and crew of the
Charity arrived here in the Spaulding to-day.
They are very. indignant ut their treatment
Among the other passengers from Hatteras
was COmmissary John Clark.
There IL little news of interest from Port
Royal. The Federal troops have fully occupied
the town Of Beaufort. Large quantities al cot
ton continue to be gathered and brought to the
coast. The s. r. Spaulding will return to Hat
teras on Friday. The steamer Illinois Is re.
ported to be leaking badly, and Ia expected to
sail for New York this afternoon.
BY a flag Of truce to-day, we have Rich
mond paper Of this morning-the 18th. We
extract the following news:
The Brownsville Flag Of the 2lst ultimo-two
weeks later than the last previous advices from
that part Of Texas-gives an account OF an at,
tack on the city of Matamoras, by General
Carayaial. The General appeared before the
city on the 18th, and commenced an attack on
the goth. Great carnage took place and, At
the hour of the Flags going TO press, both par.
ties claimed success.
General Floyds army has been ordered to
| Bowling Green, Kentucky. 1.-THE removal of
| this army" says the Richmond Dispatch,
"leaves a very large portion of Virginia OK.
| posed to the enemy: The effect upon the TEN.
per OF the people in the exposed counties will
be extremely untoward."
The Richmond Examiner of the l6th says, we
are assured that resolutions have been intro.
duced into Congress Offering sympathy to the
people of Maryland, and urging such policy
to her admission into the Coniederacy.
On Saturday last the hustngs court entered
an order directin all free negroes to be sold
who do not pay their taxes by the January
term of court.
LouisriH6, December THE recent engage.
ment at Mumfordsville, proves, when the DIS
proportion of numbers iS considered, to have
been the most brilliant victory yet achieved.
Four companies, OF about three hundred and
fifty men, OF Colonel willich's regiment, led by
Lieutenant Colonel Van Weber, drove back
over three thousand rebel cavalry, arti iery
and infantry.
They were first attacked by II regiment Of
| Texas cavalry, whom they repulsed and fol-
lowed, when they we're drawn into an ambush
and fred at from all sides BY the rebel in
fultry.
The Federals returned the fire vigorously
| and stood their ground until the rBbes fell
back, leaving all their dead and most Of theiI
wounded on the field.
| No reinforcements reached Colonel Van
| Webers command, as reported yesterday, un-
| after the engagement was over.
| Captain Stones Louisville battery supported
| the Federals from the north side of Greer
river. The firing was at very long range, will
| rined cannon.
-Four other companies ere on the south side
of tho river, but engaged as pickots mile AM
II quarter distant from the scene Of acti7
Among the Federas killed were Lieutenant
Sachs, of Cincinnati, who himself had killet
eight men with two revolvers, but finally re
ceived nine bullets from the rebels.
OF the Texas Rangers sixty were kiled
besides Col. Perry. The number Of the wound
ed is not known, but is supposed to have beer
large.
Parties who have just arrived from the seen,
of the fight report that, yesterday and to-day
sixty nine dead and wounded rebels were foun'
in the bushes.
The Federal loss was ten killed OF the spot
seven mOrtally wounded, and thirteen uih6r
wise wounded. OF those mUrtalIy wounde
four have since died.
The Federal forces IN the south side Of tn
Green river have been considerably augmented
} but the report of general crossing of Fede
rails to southward, which was current yester
} day, is denied. This movement will not prob
ably take place till the Green river bridge, o.
which Il large force Ia now engaged in recon
structing, is finished.
} The rebels sent Il flag of truce today, aSkn
permission to inter their dead.
The postmaster at Somerset writes on hi
waybill of the 18th, that Z1lliCufler, with seve
thousand men, had crossed the Cumberlan
} river and was entrenching himself.
The Thirty first Ohio and two East Tennessee
| regiments had arrived at Somerset, making tn
Federal force about equal to that uader Ioll
} Golfer.
Harrisburg, Dec. ls.-Two regiments Of ca,
} airy, three OF infantry, with Squadron of Ca
airy and 4 battery of artillery, nave been gel
D to Kentucky from Pennsylvania.
From the N. Y. Times, OF yesterday.
D As the transport steamer New Brunswicl
having on board the Eleventh Connecticut rel
n iment, was proceeding down tho harbur la
Tuesday night, on her way to Annapolis, III
n Revenue cutter fired blank shot to bring he
to. This warning was not needed by the pilO
n whereupon the cutter sent up signal rocket
n and when the steamer had reached the Ma
rows, Il shot was fired from Fort H,tmilto
q striking the supports of the steamers walkin
beam and, in the rebound, falling into Il stat
n ROOM which, fortunately, was not occupied
the time. The soldiers were at Il loss to undo
n stand the import OF the iron messenger, AT
we're much surprised that tho first gun shou
n be from n United States fort. No damage WI
done to the machinery of the vessel. The Ca
n tain is stranger to this port, and was n
u aware of the Reyenue cutters mission, but Ge
tainly no excuse can be offered on the part
q the pilot for not Immediately attending to Il
signal.
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