New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-13

,;I,od mostly BY artillery. We lost five men killed
ana one officer Lieut.. Roflinetl ana nhe fpo on
wounded Our loss altogether must DO Low
wouDded and killed. al. = no;.
rear. We can hear his heavy guns now; ne
endorsements are pouring III. They are sendihe 10
oceans OF prisoners from the front. Ia idCe 'ho
Rebel army is auoilaied and destroyed.
sl"''A D'''-'N" CAiRo. Oct. 8, 1867
The,s or. movements at Helena betokeDing an
;n,ordiste advance in some direction, but whether
on Vi,kaburp or Little Rock ~ not perlniI'ed W
transp,re Tha, il will be an Important movement,
aud come quickly i'd indicated by the publication Oh
a recent ORDER there forbidding the movement {"
civilians in that direction.
M.mubis remains the quintessence of dnIness.
we learn that there is Rebel force OF consider-
able Importance at Holly Springs, winter II IS prop
abe the scattered remnants Of the army just beaten
al Corinth and on tine Hgtchie will rendezvous.
There ia no truth the report OF the death Oh Oen'
Oplesby. A gentleman, who left Corinth yesterday
morning, says he saw him there, a0d, although
severely wounded lie was expected to recover.
Iae returns of the fight on the lIatcbic come IN
slowly and it is impossible at present TO furnish
list of Casualties
The army has probably stopped pursuit by this
t.me--certainly that portion winch lett Bolivar
| Gen. McPherson, at last accounts, was moving
south with 5000 men.
a prisoner at Corinth told our informant that at no
time during the engagement Of Two days az Corihth
md the days at th. Hatchie did The kebei iorce
number exceeding 30 600 Ii this IL true, there
are not enough of them lett 10 swear by. lie siid
that brigade was forced into the river al The FORKS
OF the Hatchie and "A large number drowned. lie
thinks we mus. have from 900 to iUOCo PRISONERS
md their loes in killed and wounded Is ~ nnch
more or course these figures are mere estimates,
which, when the retnrns come in, may be largely
rsdueed; but believe tie number In the main cor
rect d.
f. il almost certain that the backbone Of the ke'
| bell on i, broken IN this region. go.
We have had no intelligence OF the killing Of Col
/ Oliser and do not believe 1t.
! Col. Mower OF Missouri regiment who com
m .uded a gade, was slightly wounded and taken
/ prisoner. He managed To conh-csite horse WHICH
was lying around loose, and escaped d,
The Rebel attack upon Battery Robinette, situateo
ON the hill between the two railroads north oil Cor
iutA. WAS the nlost gallant Affair OF the engagement
The battery was the key to tue whole position, ana
command, d the entire Rebel lines stationed around
the edge of the forest, that 1t was impossible 10
advance while that wss 10 our possession.
Gen. Price Ia rangued LIS men, and insisted on the
inheritance Of its psuTe and called upon them for
volunteers TO take il. Col Rodgers and Col. Ross,
,he former frou Texas aid the latter from Missis-
lpp volunteered lead the fOTlorn hope comp oscd
OF 900 men, who, at Gen. Price request, tiepped
IRON the ranks. They advanced IN splendid style,
slaughter, succeeded in placing their flag on tie
ont.r work. The lighting War OF tue Il ost desper-
ate character aud all OF the b. Il y bei IN the
positon throwing double cnarger OF grape and can
ister Ait,r they had the position, the batteries
turned their attention off the tort, and compelled
them TO leave with precipitation. In 'his charge the
kebel lore must have exceeded Ia thousand. Three
hundred dead bodies piled about the intrench-
meut-, IN u space OF one hundred feet by four,
among them Co.'s. Rodgers aud Ross.
REPORTS VIA CAIRO.
Special Dispatch 10 The Chicas Times
CAfEo, 1nursdsy. Oct Q 1902
II 10 with great gratlic anon tunt am able TO re-
port thAt Geo. Ogiesby stil lives, and will probably
recover.
Passengers Iust in from Corinth report that our
forces are At kitey and that cavalry il siill Ia
pursuit OF Price. The latter is making for Holly
Springs.
We occupy Rienz, and expect to forify 1t as a
permanent Ipst.
DOT Of the entire brigade which made the attack
on our battery on Saturday, but fifty men are LETT.
A. was conmanded by Col. Moore who il moriaiiy
wounded aud n yri-o lie .ays he was ordered
by Prcc the battery il cost the iie of every
man IN his command.
Commodore Davis has taken the gunboat Caron-
del-i Tor lbs hagsblp.
REPORTS VIA MEMPHIS.