New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-26
LARGE NUMBER OF CANNON CAPTURED.
TWO REBEL GENERALS AMONG THE SLAIN.
OUR ARMY STILL PURSUING.


Etor Our Special Correspondent
CAIRO Sept Of, 1857.
This community il iuot now lubilant over bril-
liant victory achieved by Gen. Rosecrans over Gen.
Price and hislegions. Full particulars have not yet
reached us, but enough is known 10 warrant US IN
claiming magnificent victory.
Those who have watched tie progress Of events
in Tennessee, have I'll along been that bat
&c was impending, and liable TO occur AT any mo-
ment. We have Known Of the movement Of troops,
but from consideration Of public policy have forborne
TO mention them. We have known that Gen. Grant
bad shipped large Plumbers Of his veterans to Louis
vile aid Cincinnati 10 aid in repeliing threatened
Rebel invasion, and this knowledge has led 10 the
fear that when The decisive moment should arrive,
cur army would be wanting. Happily these fears
were grOundiess. {" We have met the enemy ani
they are ours" We have routed him, "hOrse, foot,
and Graeoons." We have slain and wounded from
FIVE hundred to a thousand. We have taken 500
prisoners. We have captured SIX entire batteries.
30 cannon, and large army train. We are now
pursuing The euery, and hope before il be intermt-
ted to be able to announce The capture oil the entire
Rebel army.
a glance at the map viii show tie position OF our
frcss and tic location Of the enemy. Troops were
en- the march from Grand junction to re-eniorce
Gen. Pioe, who lef. Tupelo q week or two ago.
United, tLoy marched TO the vicinity Of the litle
town Of Cotton Plant, whence they were TO strike
acoss the country diagonallyto Easpor, here they
intended to cross the Tennessee, at Muscle shoals,
and thus form junction with Gen. Bragg.
80 far as can be learned, the enemys forces must
have exceeded lj.o0O-a welcome addition 70 Gen.
Baggs army.
Gen. Grant heard of this project and at once set
himself to defeat It. lie proposed 10 move upon
he enemys works" and this Is how be did it.
Frs, he se-t Gen. Rosecrsnss army, the for
uierly commanded By Gen. Pope, to Rienzi. Second,
Gen. Ord, with Biz divisions, was sent 10 luk;s.
IRienn ID on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad south of
Corin'h, and lrAa is On tie Charleston and Memphis
Railroad east Of Corirthl Here were the two sides
Of tie triangle. Rcsecrans at KeDzi aud Ord at
'aks, aad Granite army a. Coiinth, the apex.
Bosecrans REACHED Rern without difficulty, but
Gen. Price is too old bird to run directly into tie
fOwler's snare 20 Is turned bis course and left the
line Of the Mobile and OHIO Railroad not far from
Cotton Plant station, ten miles below, and made
diagonaly across the country for Iuka. Through he
souts Rosecraus learned Of this diyerson and, not
be behind his enemy in enterprise, he also started
for Iaka. R9sccrans I'D the advantage Of distance,
Is he moved directly across the country between the
two sides Of the triangle, while Price had the ad-
vantage in time.
Rosecr.ns moved ap;l'y aldreached the village
or rather what was tho village before our troop
burned it, just the enemy's rear guard was leaving.
Tna was in the afternoon Of Friday. Our army,
although weary and osore did not r,st, bltosge'ly
sought tie foe. They found him two miles east
Of Iuka in the direction Of fhe river, and here
commenced the ba0le which has ended 80 gloIiously.
A, there was hut an hour before darkness would
sete upon The earth sud cover, mantle, the con-
tending armies il wss po deemed advisable 10 bring
Oh general engagement.
There was skiruishiug firrt on one 81 ie then on
tie Cher and tie two armies, having surveyed each
other, Ike two men preparing FOR pueiistic en-
counter, seeking each tber advantage laid down
upon tie battlefield and tept. To The welrcd sol
dem, sleep with her healing wings, came tripping
through the fomber night. They reyeled in sweet
dreams VI home and tie dear ones left behind. To
bow many Of these brave men would tie morrow
Prove the occasion OF that slamber which knows no
ws1ng.
A. daybreak the fight was renewed and continued
vigorously til noon, when the enemy = line, wayer-
ny ander vigorous attack, gave way. Our forces
trayely followed up their advantage, and eoon TIE
Rebel army broke and ran in wild confusion.
Our artillery hurled deadly storm Of ire upon
The fugidyes and he cavalry completed wbst it had
begun The enemy were beaten, dea.olaiizeI and
testered
The Union army is now in pursuit. Two Rebel
Generals were placed A0rs du comLat. Gen. Little
h'iled and Gen. Whitfield is wounded and q
prisoner.
lie Cnoa loss is large-protaby four or five
hundred IN killed and wounded. OF the casuaiu0a
Dothing more il known. MAI.