Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-06
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WASHINGTON. Jan. Alt is said that c;rcun-
srssces have trausPired Uisiin tie last sc~ days
leading - The belief that il Will not be difficult
To designate with certainty the source whence the
rebels hxve seE1vei Their Information within the
last ~. months t
STecia. 20 the Tribune ssys:
dispatch received here this evening from
Louisville. ststes up to latest adyices iron Buelis
army no engagement had taken place. and IL
was expected that but rrtie- time would ciapse
before there would be decisive battle fought or
. rapid retreat. The rebels we're reported 20 have
taken their position and the Unionsts were with
in oue and half days march Of them.
The Nor.olk Dey Book Of January lst. con-
tssiTs the fpilowiug telegram:
NASHVILLE, Dec 81 "A special dispatch 10 the
Louisville Courier from Hopkinssille. says that
Col. Forrest cavalry. about 800 strong, ard the
Union cavalry alonf the same number met at
Sacramento ON Green river, on Saturday, wien a
skirmi~h eipsued. - - -
About nifty Unionists were killed, woyndei
and taken prisoners Our loss Consists of Cant.
Clay Mcrriwesiher, of Louis,i lie, and one private
killed. and one wounded
The enemy del in great confusion.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 3Oh ult., saws
that Hon VIM VI Brown an Enelishman iorul-
erly editor OF the New York Journal Of Com
merce has been commissioned a. acting Secretar,
OF State during the temporary absence from Rich
mond of the Hor. X. NJ. II. Hunter. This con
firms the report that Hunter. with Breckinridge
had sailed from Halifax for Europe.
The Richmond papers of the 18th say Charles
ton was fired in several places on Sunday even
ing last, and several buildings of but small value
destroyed
1t is almost certain tina. the English will, il
they have not already occupied Matamoras, viii
the design, it is feared, OF opening commerce
with the rebel States by way OF Brownsville, ex-
porting cotton and importing contrabands.
The Heraid's special says
4 fight occurred On the 81 inst. between the
Union gunboats Yankee and Anacosta, OF the
Potomac fotilla, and the rebel battery at Cock
pit Point.
The msss from the rillesl guns of the batter,
struck the Yankee, dong bat small damage.
Several of the projectiles from the gunboats
took effect IN the midst oi the battery.
The Times has the following correspondence
Six rebel prisoners were taken to headquarters
to day. They were taken by our pickets of the
left wing of the army Their information i
deemed of high value. and stringent measure.
were taken to prevent all communication will
them.
The rebels are expecting an advance of oul
army along the whole line.
The rebels are reported to be more than ever
discouraged by discord among their public men
General Masruder is believed to have been re
lieved of his command.
Gen Wise, who has been quiet since his return
from Western Virginia, is expected to assume
Command at Yorktown, or if not there, at Fred
erick a.el
There is well founded belief of serious disaf
fiction I'm the rebel Government at Charleston
amounting almost TO insurrectiun, Wy means o
the apparent abandonment of the South Carolin.
coast to National invasion and the immense de
structou of property that owners have willingl,
consigned to the flames. They have destroyer
not less than 81 0 000, 600 worth cf cotton which
at last accounts, they were deploring, as the,
supposed the blockade was about to he raised b,
England and they might have shipped and sold it
They were holding JEFF Davis responsible TO
these disastrous losses and many citizens wcr'
bold enough to say that the old Government wa
better tllan the new.