The New York herald., 1862-10-11
New York. Saturday, October IL, 1868.
THE SITUATION.


Az the details Of the recent battle at Perryville
Ky, come in, the completeness of our victory is
more firmly established. At last accounts Gene
raj Baell had a terrific fight with Bragg at Chap
Lin creek, when the rebels broke and scattered
over three different roads, pursued by the forces
of'General Buell., who followed them for distance
oftweivc miles. General Gilbert, who came up
to the relief Of General McCook on Wednes-
day. has got into the rear of the enemy,
and the probabilities are that the whole rebel
army will be bagged. Our force in the fight of
Thursday was 10 900 infantry, $500 cavalry and
cisht batteries Of artillery. During the afternoon
these were reinforced The loss Of field officers in
our ranks is very large. The rebel army in Ken
tucky is utterly broken up by this defeat and fol.
lowing closely upon the victories Of General
Rosecrans and General Grant in Missi ssippi, must
have stunning eject upon the rebel cause in the
entire West, and must destroy the programme
which the rebel chiefs laid down FOR their winter
campaign in the fertile regions whose richness they
hoped to enjoy.
Probably the most astonishing news OF the day
the report that stuart's rebel cavalry have
7osscd the Potomac at Hancock, ard now occupy
hambcrsburg, Pa. despatch from Colonel
lcClurc to Governor Curtin states this fact The
advance OF the rebels is one thousand strong with
ak pieces OF artillery Colonel Mcclure and Pro.
vost Marshal Kimmel went out to meet them TO
make some proposition for surrender, it was
presumed.
Our news from Corinth is not very full; the
pursuit of the enemy continues. Our troops oc.
cupy Rieuz. The chase after General Price was
still kept up at latest accounts. We had then
driven his forces as far Ripley. 1t is stated
that General Oglesby is not dead.
Our news from the South to-day contains Gene
raj Lees official account of the recent battles in
Maryland, and his orders issued from headquarters
in which he congratuates his troops on their va.
lor; but warns them that they have yet to meet
the enemy the soil OF Virginia. The Rich.
mond papers comment upon the late fight at Co.
rnth and the affair at Franklin, near Suffolk. or
course they make the results Of both battles look
well for themselves.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Her Catholic Maiesty's steam irigate Princisse
de As.urns, Captain Alvarado, arrived at this port
yesterday from Havana, whence she sailed on the
18th ut.. coming TO New York via Hampton Roads.
She mounts hfty-one guns, is Of two thousand tons
burthcn, has propeller engine of three hundred
and fifty horse power, and carries crew of five
hundred and ff;y-onc men.
or the reinforcements intended for the French
army in Mexico the following detachmenis had
either arrived or were on their way at the latest
dAtes:-2,so0 men and 800 horses had arrived at
Vera Cruz ON the 22d Of August and proceeded
immediately to Orizaba. Up TO September 6 there
had touched at Santa Cruz, Tcneriffe twelve
vessels. all carrying troops or provisions to Mcxi.
co. namey:--The City Of Lyons, with ,o25 men Of
the Fifty-irst regiment; the Tlsit, with General
Ncigre and $50 men; the Duquesne, with LOIS
men OF the SiXty-secoua regiment: the Eure with
$50 men, artilleris's: the st. Louis with Genera
Barzaine and ], ,o34 men Of the Nnety.tlirdre.
giment; the Navarin, with General lie Castagny
aad 034 men Of The Ninety.ffth regiment or
these six vessels, the last two had sailed from
Toulon. and the others from Cherbourg. The six
additional are tie ma.clad frigate Normandic
the transports Moselle, Curmorant and Yonne the
CoTtettc tndptIi, tHc sEll Ot-lne-ilhc
renne, having Generals Forcy and d. Miiandol.
with number Of troops on board. The total OF
troops in the above resume will probably reach
zen thousand men, and all have by this time arrv.
cd at Orizaba.
At the battles Of South Mountain and Anietam
,he Union arms captured fourteen pieces Of can
noa fifteen thousand five hundred stand Of arms
tDrty whine colors and six thousand prisoners, and
killed nearly four thousand rebels and wounded
eighteen thousand seven hundred. These are the
battles according TO the Richmond papers ard
the bogus Congress, which resulted IN splendid
Confederate victoriesn
One hundred and forty.throc miserable, half
clad, frightened and woebegonc ccntrabands arriy.
ed at Chicago ON the 9Th inst. They were Guar.
tered u The coorcd Baptist church.
The Peoples Union County Convention last
evening nominated David X. Jacques, Of tie sIx.