Cleveland Morning Leader

SPECIAL DISPATCHES FROM SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.

Fight Near Somerset--The Second Cavalry Engaged--Killed and Wounded.

[To the Cincinnati Commercial.]

Somerset, Ky, June 11.

The force that marched on Monticello yesterday was under command of Colonel A. V. Kantz, and consisted of detachments of the 2d Ohio Cavalry. Majors S. Purington and Seward; 2d East Tennessee Infantry, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, of Wolford's cavalry: 7th Ohio Cavalry, Colonel Garrard, and Companies A and F, 45th Ohio, Captain Scott; with two sections of mountain howitzers, Lieutenant Law.

They crossed the river the night before, and were in motion yesterday morning by four o'clock. The rebels were completely surprised by the celerity of our movements. General Pegram commanded in person.

After driving them through Monticello our forces continued three miles on the Jamestown Road in pursuit. It not being the intention to hold the place, our forces began their retreat at one P. M., leaving a rear guard of Companies A and F of the 45th Ohio, Captain Scott, and parts of Companies H, Lieutenant Case, and K, Lieutenant Pedrick, 2nd Ohio Cavalry, and Company D, Captain Lindsay, 7th Ohio Cavalry, all under command of Major Seward.

Our men were but little molested till we approached Captain West's, eight miles this side of Monticello, when Pegram's forces overtook the rear-guard and fighting commenced in earnest.

We were now reinforced by the remainder of the 2nd East Tennessee, Lieutenant-Colonel Melton, and the 45th Ohio, Major Ross, but under command of Colonel Carter. The whole of Colonel Kantz' command now moved against the enemy, who were pressed back one mile.

Taking a position behind a stone-wall they made a stubborn stand, and finally pressed our men heavily with greatly superior numbers, and compelled them to fall back fifty yards.

The 2d East Tennessee dismounted and were ordered into the woods, where the enemy was now spreading his forces. This regiment came on in a splendid manner in double-quick, and, raising a shout, dashed into the rebels, who were soon compelled to fall back.

It was now dark, and the fight for the time being over, and our force being numerically inferior to that of the enemy, Colonel Kantz wisely determined on retiring about four miles, where the men bivouacked, and this morning returned to the highlands opposite this place, which they were ordered by General Carter to hold.

No enemy having appeared our forces have been withdrawn from the battle-ground to this place. The 7th Ohio cavalry, under command of Colonel Garrard, was our rear guard. Our men this morning were not much harassed by the enemy, but were much fatigued.

The losses of the rebels can not now be ascertained. We saw eight dead or mortally wounded. Many more were, no doubt, killed in the dense woods and not discovered. Their wounded, of course, must greatly exceed this number. Two rebel lieutenants were wounded early in the day.

We lost, as far as known, four killed, thirty-four wounded, and six missing. We captured at the same time Lieutenant Taylor, of Phipps' battalion, and four privates.

Second OHIO CAVALRY--WOUNDED.--Lieutenant G. Chase, Company H, right breast, severely; Orderly Sergeant D. P. Bealan, Company M, ankle, severely; Corporal John B. Laundon, Company H, thigh, slightly; Corporal Henry Gordon, fore arm, slightly; Corporal David E. Brammer, Company K, foot, slightly; Andrew Bishop, Company H, right fore arm, slightly; Frank Hale, Company H, thigh, severely; Anson Chapman, abdomen, mortally; Henry F. Schenck, Company K, thigh, slightly; George F. Hartman, slightly.

Somerset, June 11.

Information received from the other side of the Cumberland shows conclusively that the rebels were badly whipped on Tuesday. The rebel report a loss of sixty, and that Colonel Ashby was wounded in the foot. They sent in a flag of truce during the night to look after their dead and wounded, supposing that we yet held the field.

Surgeon Smith has returned. He was treated with great kindness. Lieutenant Case, Jacob Wise and Joseph Taylor will be brought here to-morrow. John W. Devalin and Anson Chapman, of Company H, 2d Cavalry, are both dead. This makes our total dead seven.

The missing of the 45th Ohio have all come into camp. The dead were all carefully buried by Surgeon Smith, near Captain West's.