The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-21


Pope With bes. regards, yours,
To Mr.. o. s. Halsteai, Jr., Newg.k, n j.
THk VERY LATE ST FROM THE NORTH
We ere indebted TO tue coarteoy Of Capt.. Ttcs
d. Jetiross, OF the 18th Va, duty at tn.
Libby prison, for ctpy of :he New York Herald
OF Saturday last, the 18Th inst. We give below
some interesting extracts from ths news IL con-
tains:
THE BATTLES IN KENTUcKT--A CHANGE OF
TuNE--rHE REBELs NOT "RoUfED WITH
GREAT sLauGHTER.
New that the elections 1T the North are over,
the dispatches from Kentucky which wsro evidently
intended 10 effect the voting, have changed .laie
rally i'll their character. 4 dispatch from Louis-
VILE on the l1h says the Joarnai OF that date dis
credits AL the reports shout the defeat of Ri,t,y
Smts. al Big Hill, which deserted as an "ntte
rout iii The dispatches OF tie day Lei.re The
giesE victory Claimed al uhBplins Hill after tie
FerryVilis battle, is thus disporei Of by . eorros.
ponient G. the New York Arald, writing from
there:
When wrote you yesterday morning. ill,re-
diattiy subsequent to the battle of tie day before
wss willing admit that il wa, a drawn battle
! 6nd only claimed that we had. with 10 600 men
held our own against 50 CO of tho enemy. But now
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with nisonera snd our wounded left beyond oar
! ti!e, claim = victory. There are thousands O..
evidences Of the complete and disastrous defeat of
the enemy. Ind it il due to the gallant Rousseau
WHO alone Conducted tE6 engagement, and whose
division, unaided, Wa ihe victory that lie should
, have tbs Gre di. that is undoubtedly due him
| Tue right brigade was driven back, ;is have de-
scribed III the detailed account sent You Yesterday
| The ilen weTs despondent, but lot despairiug -
! They were not beaten, though oyerpowered Ru.
ae d'd not thea kaosc that zoe had actually gained The
day. AID tia. The rebels sSsre as glad for niAt 10
i c019a as are The wounded left on the field when
the right fell back state that no sooner had night
masked them than tie rebels began to retire They
! fe back in haste bearing their wounded but none
! ot Their dead and taking many OF our wounded
officers with then.
Captain Jones, OF General Rousseau's staff yas
taken prisoner after the tight while looking for the
body Of Col. w L. Lytle, who, it was supposed,
was dead. He and Captain Grover, of Col. Ly tie 3
s.af, were engaged in the task together, when they
were approached by General Polk and escort and
compelled tosurrender. They were taken to Hrrods
burg, and remained the guests of Gen. Polk until
paroled They represent Polk joculsr fellow
WHO is continually punnine This is the only char
acteristic mentioned of him. Genera! Bragg WAS
Oil the field, aud Captain Jonss had an interview
with Buckner at Polk's headquarters.
A letter. dated Louisville, the l4,h, says the
losses ia Rousseaus division alone at Perryvi!le
were 2O00 Among the officers nine ware killed and
fifty wounded. 1t says:
IwrOie Yesterday detailing the situation OF camp
Dick Robinso1, into which the affrighted rebels had
tulabled la order to brief respite from Bu
ell d assaults, and dwelt the chances of battle
at that place. but today the scene changes The
rebels are in full retreat from that doubtful fighting
e. ound evidently soreseeing thsir inevitable de-
structon if caught in that trap and are headed out
wildly into the barren wastes Of East Kentucky.-
In this direction they will find only prolonga.ion
OF their miseriss They will not escape Buell. pur
sling army but will add their other affections
q ThaF0 * N hai
fer them in he direction they are now taking 1t
is only desperate plunge into uncertainty.
On Sunday our forces entered bOh Harrodsburg
aud Danvilie, the enemy, rs usual, flying before
them. At HarrOdsburg we found nearly two thou
sand rebel wounded-the result Of Wednesdays
battle e-who had been left in the hasty retreat of
the enemy. We also got number Of prisoners a;
Danviile, and captured about two thousand from
the Of the enemy line they franically tur.
bled across the Dick river into Camp Dick Robin.
scn. Altogether Gen Buell. has taken about five
thousand prisoners in and subsequent to the Perry
vile battle.
telegram from Washington, dated the 18th,
says.
Later advices from the West show that there has
been no bsggng Of the columns of the enemy,
though there IS heresbouts, they have lost guns,
&c. Wiss Generals look sharp to their base and
line OF retreat and it is only those who do not do
this that are 10 danger Of being bagged The rsdi.
Gals think it is easy to bag rebel armies; but In
practice only army has been in dsnger of eniiEe
destruction, and that was the army Of Gen. Pope.
The ADVANCE By MGLkLLAN's FORCES-TwO RE-
CONNOISsANCEs-THEIRR RESULT.
From papers Of the l7ih We yesterday gave an
account of McClslisn's advances by way Of far-
psr's Ferry, and his occupation of Charlest0wn -
The New York papers, of ths 18th, state that at
the same lime of that advance Gen. Woodbury's
division crossed tho Potomac at Shepherdstown
ford taking the road leading to Smithfsld a su all
village half way between Cbarestown and Bunker
Hill The Dispatch which il dated The 18th, p. NJ,
says:
Gen. Woodbury. encamped last nigh. between
Lsetown and kearneysville, about seven miles
from 6mithheld His troops met with but slight re-
sistance during the day from tho snemys mounted
pickets.
This mornng he advanced his cavalry towards
Smithfsld, six miles from Bunker Hill. where he
met the cavalry belonging to Hsneock's divison.--
Before reaching this point tbs enemy was found to
be- In very large force. Tbs reconnaissance hero
ended its object being TO ascertain whsre the main
body Of the rebel army WA.
There il no doubt but that tho rebel Generals in-
tended 10 give battle at near their present loca
ton The indications are that thsy will not have TO
wait long before they again meet ths Army OF the
Potomac.
MeCisllan was with Hanasek's division In ~ ID.
vanss on charlastown. and the Telegraph agent.
thus nssisss his nplAdd eondnst" q ~ oeeaslOa;
0an MsOsllan VA On ths gTesnd dufhe IL
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