The New York herald., 1862-09-22
Gosa o. the Rebcl Side Very Heavy and Far
Exceeding Ours.
o&oial Report OF General Grant.


Oficial Report Of General Grant.
I-v-K-A, Miss. Sept. 20, 1862.
20 Major General H. W. HALLyoK, General In Chief
General Rosecrans with stanley's and Hamilton's d..
visions and Msoners cavalry, attacked Prics south Of
this village about hours before dark yesterday and
aad sharp fight until night closed in General Ord was
20 the north with armed force of about 900 men,
and mad skrmishing with the rebel picEets. This
morning the hght renewed by General RoseoSans,
vino nearest 70 the town. but it found that the
snsmy had been evacaating during th6nigh going south
Generals Hamilton and Stanley, with cavalry, In full
pursuit.
This will no doubt break up the enemy, and possibly
force them TO abandon much Of their artillery The loss
etner sidc killed wounded from 400 to 50o
The snenys loss in arms tens, &C., will DO large. We
aavs about $50 prisoners.
have reliable intelligence that Prices intention
70 move over east OF the Tennessee In this he has besa
thwarted. Among the enemys loss General Little
killed, aud General whteaeld wounded.
cannot speak too highly Of the energy and skill dis
played by General Rosecrans In the attack and OF The
endurance Of the troops General Ords command showed
nutriug zeal but the direction taken by the enemy pre-
vented them from taking the active part thcy des ed
Prices force was about IS 900.
U. g. GRANT, Major General
Our Corinth Correspondence.
C0RIxrH Mise. Sept IA, 1852.
sou.ssent Of Troops Near C1ss,hArrical of General
Roscrans-Toops WKhdra,on from T1scsmbia-AAack
Upon Lw.sa by me Rebels-Raivosd Collision-Ssrsral
06scUs injured-TAs EdsthNorks around CoSnth-
Movements Of Price-Preparations for Actirs Eops-
msns-Re5el Orders, de-, dc.
We having considerable excitement in this vicinity
us now, aad the monotouy Of lives is wonderfully
relieved, especially for the last few days. Four days
ago Renz point fourteen miles south Of here the
Mobile and Ohio Ailroad, evacuated by nearly all
the troops, with the exception Of artillery They
were ordered to the Ohio river the also Of excite
rnsnt everything in the reports receive here is
They under the command Of General Gordon
g. Granger, old soldier Of tho regular United States
Army. and man whose courage is undoubted Colonei
JOAN v. Dubois, old soldier also although young
years, and who General Halleck's Chief OF Artillery
IN this department, has taken command of the few
oaiuing forces At Renzi, and certainly Will not be
given up BY him without q desperate struggle.
last week General Rosccraus and staff returned from
Iuka, to the surprise Of everybody although
rife OF large force in tho rsghborhoOd As
as Rosecrsns got here the troops from ruscumbia
arrived.
Immediately after ION Friday afterncon the rebels in
very large force attacked luka, which still occu
pied by 800 Of troops. among them portion
Of tbs First Missouri artillery, the Fifth Min.
nesota, and portions Of two other regiments
s commanded by Col. Murphy. Our troops succeeded
in keeping the enemy at distance that afternoon and
night, with considerable loss their sde-the number
could not be northumberland very little Our
had been Sighting behind ntreuchments erected by
about Ave hundred negroes, superntendsd by the First
Missouri artillery. They were very strong works. As
tho Of the fight received here the
Seventh Illinois sent down 70 reinforce and Colonel
Murphy met six miles this side Of Iuka, in
treat towards this point Our troops have been strongly
reinforced IN that direction. and train with the Six
tesnth Iowa went down last night to within six miles Of
tue Of the fight. No danger appears 70 be appre
hsnded here by our commanding generals General
Grant says he will give them gosd thTashing very
General Ord says the only object Of Rcssaus return is
concentration of forces at this post Large numbers
OF troops arrived hero from Bolivar last night and this
morning. These troops have been replaced there by
General darbu;s division from Memphis, and everything
great state Of preparation for either attack de-
fence The officers in command have been very energetic
..or the last Cow days passing in all directions, examining
tho deenccs, and evidently expecting something.
impossible to lind out what, as they scp, very close
The train from I-u.k.a had u collision last week. Gene.
rats Ord Paine aud Stanley board At the time,
aud Paine somewhat injured in the head aud leg bu.
enough any fears permanent injury seve.
other officers aud citizens slightly injured On
Thursday night the train from Columbus fired
from cornned, and the engineer fireman and another
person engine wondcd The engineer four
suoksho; in body, and Il cared he nortay
wounded but it is thongh, he vii recover They
going y, thirty miles an hour, aud OF
tho wing by the guerlas avorite weapon-ths
shotgun The train stopped some two miles ana
hale or and word back jackson, only Eve miles
rom the coruneld, and the Whether any
Of the devils have been caught We do not know.
The points lu-k-a and Tuscumbia and the country
tha have In
or Aabama, ana undoubtedly healthy and salubrious
camps FOR Troops and avoid being sorry that
they are evacuated; but believe IL have been do
dcdiy tho best policy considering the situation here
which, Of course the most important FOR US to hold
We had but few troops inside Of our which,
by the bye entirely surround Corinh from Chewala to
Danve, and from Danville around the former place
such earthwors have seen either those here
whom wc those since built by fney are most
imprcgnabls when defended and manned in sodierkc
manner The ouy for the recent retro
grade movement is tho fact OF Price, with his whole
army, being In the neighbolhood. esmacd at some
thirty thousand and odd men. He was reported here
this morning have been at Luka Inst night with hi.
main body; and, II such Us the fact may expect
trcable. AZ he is stirring fellow, continually tho
move, and, tho darkoy says Of The white man. VERY
unssrtn,n on that accoaht.
Troops having long marches in this country at present
sdner very much from heat clouds og dust wich n
their throas and nearly blind them rendering frequent
course to their cantcens very pleasant no, very bene
ncla, To regiment come III from day S march Is
pul Covered with dust and exhausted hey cquen,ly
iia down In the arst place they nnd regardless Of
eating The only article they will look water aud
sey sleep soundly than IN feather bod 4 as
sure you aud Know, for have tried II myself. ue
The troops 81 this pos,. have iust understood are
ordered to dvc days ratons two hundred aud
forty rounds OF ammunition Immediately prepared and
ali ~ preparation among tho and III ORDINANCES de-