Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-20
LATEST YANKEr kCIOUNTa.

LATEST IANLkE kCuOUATE.
TIE Baltimore American, Of Thursday eiterncon, ly;h
Instant, brings US tie latest newspaper eeeoln!s from
Kentucky. We copy the following ~telsgrams'
LOUISVILLE, October l4.h.-A despatch to Governor
Robinson, dated DAnvlle, says the rebels have left Camp
Dick Robinson, going South towards Lancaster. The
Ielercl1 ere in pursuit.
TIE FSderal iSrces ocgupy I%syiugtou. which the rebels
evacuated yesterday. -
A large body OF the enemy are reported at hichol'
vile.
LOUISVILLE, October Is There was skirmi hing yes.
! terdsy all along our lines from Hirrodsburg to Stanford.
The rebel, ars trying to get out Of the State, and 1t is
thought the. Bragg hAs b. rriet souihward, because cn
the day Of the Perry lie battle no hoard thit Generals
Price and Van Dorm had been beaten a: 0ofnth, and
| inat lie sS9ii 70. get endorsements ircm that quarter.
Large numbers OF the raosi decd ere still lying uhburied
o. Perryvle.
r,6,l detachment cams to the field under a n.g Of
truce, saw their dead, and left them without any at en.
ton.
Tae guns which the rebels took from US, AM which
w recovered, were spiked with telegraph wire, shici We
EASILY removed.
CrscIsSArr, Oct J5:h-Gen. ortogss'e advance took
possession OF Paris, Ky, to day.
LOUISVILLE, 01t. l5.-The journal has a special des-
| pltcl from frankfort, sali3g ths: General Kirbv Smith
and his command have been oIrtared tssween KING
| ton and Hirrot,bafg. There has been 10 ncss OF this
| kind received ct headquarters here, AID the report Is
discredited.
The same paper says that B,sl Dakr, a brOihcr.lu.av
O.. JOHN MoIgsa, has besa kilei that three huudred
| Rebels CANA iato L~sIiaEton this morning, and that our
! forces captured 500 coo worth of ans from Smiths
command. AL Lose reports eed ~cOuf
A Rsbel clicer, writing to Lexington, scys the Rsctl
| General Claiborne was killed near bsrryV vile, and the
Rebel General Wood wounded. TIE la;ter'e command
he'd been tranffsIred to General Preston. He also writes
| th,t the Rebels had sbou; fifteen thousand engaged in
the battle at PerryViiie.
Tbs Nashylls papers ef the Ia h say thss the D0it,d
States forces are coucen;ral ug a large ioice c! J ut Don
| ojson, and we're 10 clear that portion Of Tennesses Of
Rebels. Many Of the Rebel families at Clirks7ille were
preparing TO losvA. Toe "ross-sateF' policy 1910 be
GUNndonsd
TIE main boiy Of our army this evening is near Grab
Orchard. TIE Rsb, ia are ia full retr cat 10 two columns,
moving TOT ARDS Cumberland river.
IL is reported, At tie stat usDt g discrediLcd, that
| the rebel General Buck uer Wa SO. erely rojnJeg in Gu
attack made by The Rebels on Gen. q ibergs force on the
sh inst.
The reported deaths of General, Bragg aud Ca alham
have not been confirmed.
TuE PIdHT MAR HARRISBURG.
Tae Louisville J. u;nGl Of the 10 h iust. gives the fol-
! loving particular OF the fight pe!t HtrrOGsburs. Ken.
tugky,
Oip.ain Watson, 0! 10 oh ~IndiAn', who Was
wounded on Wednesday lis, lsf the visility OF Perry
will On saturday at ! o'clock. T6o r bels were in line
Of ba.l, near H,rrodsburg. aud or loIcas a. PerryVil'e,
during he morning, aud a hoayy engagement had CON-
me- ID. OIL. Lytus and iour hundred aud icrty OF hts
nan have bs,u p1rUled ny Bicknsr.
"Gd Friday WolicriB cavalry cap'Urid ever one bun
dred wagons, o0o battery, aud a thousIrd prisoners
| P,ro!sd prisoners cav Kirby Smith hs .h.ctsd a juno
ton with Bragg. Oar forces were msaicd on Saturday,
and Captain Wslton beard heavy csrnoaGdrHg Unt! he
was beyond the Iceue Of the engagement His impress
sion Is that the entire Rs1el army is present. All OF ours
are near PerryyUle, and . general srg 'gomeni was un
doubteily progressing. Rebel prisoners report their loss
at thirteen hundred killed and two thousand wounded.
"This was admitted by u surgeon OF Cbeltham- bi
pAds, who vas buryns the dead under 4 Tag OF truce.
We have abou, t~s' 'toralnd three hundred wourd,d IL
AID around PeuyVils. The came su=e'o on gays the Re.
he's los, ore GeYe'al I'D ser and fourteen CGiones e1d
Lieu .enant C.l1prls. Rebel prisoners claim their whole
force al se7su.y Eve thous4nd, and cay that Camp Dick
Rlb;asoa is to be The hstditch'
OR troops suff,r greatly for water, and the 6gh. on
Weareslo vas cLiehy to obtain sprine' and a command
of the Chaplin crock. Perry vilo is entirely ,Ehiusret
Of .rov sions, and nj The houssE AID churches are riddled
by the FIRE of artillery.
KIRBY Smith leh Htrrodsburg Oh J. .iiay morning to
form 4 juaetion With Bragg.
Reports received on Saturday evening lead ma to be-
lieye that the Rebel troops evacuated Lexington on
| Tues lay last, aud that thero hss been no Rebel forcs
there si1cs that date.
Humphrey Marshall left Lexington on Sunday last,
rettea.ing Ia the direction Of NichoesVlis with his CT.
tire force, which consisted Of Two thousand infantry and
fous hund ,eI cav Try. Jim Morgan, with his command
o. five thousand men, was tbs las' to leave the pace.
There il said TO bs a camp of fifteen hundred Rebel
near Hoykinsville, under command oil The uotor Qua
Woodsard, who is pretty we'll suppl.d With camp equip
age and stores, which They have captured from our
troops.