Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-12-27
WAR ITEMS.

: others 2200 strong encliLped in Benton an
D. Henry Counties But as soon az they hear,
of his approach, they beat rapid retrea
n towards Ross Hill, johnson county. leavin.
n all their baggage, arms, munitions, papers
: &C., in cur possession. Gen. Pope thel
:. threw forward ten companies of cavalry ant
a section Of artillery in pursuit, following
4 with the main body Of his army. The rebel
q closely pursued, scattered in all directions
i but mostly towards the South, Gen, Pop,
|, then forced strong cavalry rec 1nnoisanct
: TO within fifteen miles OF Osceola. and inter
! cepted and captured $50 of the fleeing rebel:
and sll their baggage, stores. &c. Other
squads of from some ten TO fifteen we're taken
making the aggregate numbers about 800.
, No fighting is reported. Gen. Pore says
the country between Ross Hull on the West
and Grand River on the South, is clear Of
reaels. Cen Price has only 5000 troops at
Osoeola. Gen. Pope will send "a strong
torce of cavalry to lexington. The main
body of his army is uOw en- route Tor Sed lila.
The names Of about 300 rebsis have been
enrolled at the Provost Marshal's Office in
St. Louis. on whom Contributions are to BE-
levied, under G.n. HAileck's general order,
Tor the benefit of the South western refugees.
About sixty OF tie most prominent OF these
are levied upon for sums varying from 500
to $1,000.
Adviees from Somerset, Ky. state that
Wednesday morning at daylight. Gen.
SchOeH with all his forc-. marched out to
attack the rebels Gen. ZJllcoff.r is in po-
sition on Fishing Greek, with some 60O0
men and some artillery. Gen. Shoef's force
consists of two Tennessee regiments, Hoskins'
Kentucky regiment, and the 18th, 3lst,
35th, and 38th Ohio Regiments, Standards
Ohio and Hewitt's Ken lucky batteries of
ten guns. Gen. Zoolicofer has no wagons
on this side of the river. and but Indifferent
means OF crossing. Gen. Schoef was confident
of whipping him. The Tennesseeans lead the
! column. 1t is probable that the battle took
place yesterday or to-day.
Thursday morning, rebel battery Of 3
guns, hsnked by about 2U0 infantry, sud
denly commenced shelling the encampment
of Col. Geary's Pennsylvania regiment, at
Point OF Rocks, Md. About 20 shells, well
aimed, tell in the encampment. The req
ment battery opened fire with 2 guns, the
first shot disabling O,e of the rsbel guns,
aud the second falling IN their centre. Our
battery then advanced and pOur,d a cpnt;n-
uuus fire into them, silencing all their guns
driving buck fourth one, about to reihforcc
item. The rebels were driven from their
position in full retreat There were at least
IA killed and many wounded. Our side
suffered no loss.
4 new rebel battery on the Potomac. op.
pOsite Run POINT. consisting OF three guns, |
one OF which is a 81 pJunder, opened fire |
last night. Two OF the shells fell into the /
camp Of a New Jersey Regiment on the /
Maryland shore. Neither Of them explod- |
ed.
Parties from the scene of the fight at
Mumfordyille, Ky, report that sixty-nine
dead and wounded rebels were found IN the
bushes. The Federal loss was ten killed on
the spot, seven mort1llY and thirteen other
wise wounded. Of the former four have
since died. Among the Federals killed w~'
Lieut., SAKE of Cincinnati, who killed 5ight
men with two revolvers, but was himself
finally killed, receiving nine bulhts from the
rebels The rebels lost Colonel, Captain
and Lieutenant. Of the Texas Rangers. o.
wers killed, besides Col. Ferry. TIE num-
ber of wounded is unknown; it IS supposed
10 be large. Tne Federal forces buried thelr
dead. Fourteen of the rebel horses were
found dead on the rebel field, and three reb~
els were taken prisoners.
The rebels have at Columbus an available
force of about 80 600 men Very few of d.
tue regiments are uniformed larg, ma
jurIty of the soldiers are poorly clad, and
,ome even without shoes. At least one hun
dryd guns are mounted on the earthworks :
about Columb bus, many OF them Of the heav
lest calihre. The roads in every direction
are obstrueted by fallen timber and masked
batteries have been plan ted IN the woods
back of the towa The men composing |
the rebel regiments are represented as the
lowest OF tue poor whites" Whiskey Is !
freely distributed among them by the COM
msnding ficees, and their courage is thus
kept to the sticking polnr. t
4 letter from on board the steam frigate :
Niagara, dated Dec 3, says the frigate San
tee has destroyed fortlfcation that wa T
1eary completed at Bolivar Point and was /
intended to drive our ships from Gal
VestOn.
4 spirited and successful engagement oc-
cured yesterday near DrainesvIlle, half way
between Lsesburgh and the Chain Bridge.
At 6 o'clock, a portion of Gen. MeCalPs
division proceeded in the direction of Drains
Vile OU IL lOIdSlu7 tApSNAbiOhS 'hN ASSOH | n
noisance On arrival in that vicinity they :
the enemy, who had four regi- .
nents of infantry with battery OF pieces, =,
md regiment of cavalry, under command /
If Gen Stewart. The troops on our side :
hat engaged IN the affair, were Gen. Orr's ,,
brigade, the First Rifles and Eaton's battery
IF 4 guns. The enemy were completely
routed and fled precipitately after fight of
IN he UT and a half, leaving two caissons and
/ quantity OF small arms, blankets, great .
coats, &c. more than our troops could bring I;
away. At four O'Clock. after the action,
Gen. Mccall sent two officers to count the J
rebels, killed and wounded, when 1t was as '
,ertaned that they left on the field 81 killed .
Ind % wounded Three Of the latter died q
IN being removed. They no doubt carried I
If many more. Our men also brought IN h
,ome prisoners besides the wounded. Our
oss as near as can be ascersained at present
s about ten killed and fifteen wounded. The O
expedition returned to their Camp at Lang .
eV's at 9 O'Clock. Gen. Mccall in dis q
natch received ut headquarters says too much :
,rsdit cannot be given to Gen. Orr for gal 4
antry and skill throughout the day. Eat
ms Battery was admirably served and did
rood execution. The rifles also behaved i
inely.
A despatch from Louisville Dec. 20, says
Gen, Johnston's brigade made reeonnoi-
,ance in force to day six miles south of Green
River without finding q trace of the enemy. =
No official account of the Mumfordsyille fight !
mas vet been received at headquarters nor .
anything from Gen. Schoef.
A Frankfort KY, despatch Of Dec. 20, a
,ays there is nothing from Somerset. Two
Union men and one secessionist write from G
owensville saying it is reported and gen.
,rally believed that Generals Marshall and
Williams have Is, 900 troops between West
Liberty and Piketon with scouts extending
10 near OwsDsville.
A special despatch to the \. Y. Euen,ng s
Post saws Gen. Burnside arrived at Annapo-
lis, Friday, aud immediately commenced his
for the departure OF the expedi-
ion 20 the South. 4 grsnd review OF ten =
regiments OF the Generals command took =
place. The men are in excellent condition