New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-29
.,om CAIRO AND MEMPHIS.
a uassle Reported ia Progress mt New
v.Sxid-News from Southern Papers.
D;spaioh TO The Chicago Tribune.

.o,.l Dispatch 10 The Chicago Tribune
CAIRO, Oct. "a, 1862.
=. a. re,orted al Columbus that battle If IN
,,ss az New. Madrid. No particulars nave
poeetad Ms save the bare announcement of the iae'
and it may De untrue. ..; :, GAN cra,,,s
Department. ,,-,,, ~, ., VI, Cairo Oct. "a 1852.
o,r Sherman las caused Col Anthony. Provost
.torhal 10 s,ay execution IN sending OIL The iari-
hes of Secessioniss, IL punishment lor hrng upon
rnor,ned steamers by suerriiias. Flteeh Gays are
=, ba allowed 10 bear3rOm the Rebel powers, 10 see
bo,hsr thev oprrove or authorize such inhunan
s,J cowar3lv acts of the bushwhac kers. AT the
~ If the time ixed prompt action viii be taken by
Ger. Sherman. =. 4, CT,
have intelligence 10 the ioth. some acdtiohsi par
tcnlera are gyen OF tho battle nj Perryvllle, which
sonthern accounts claim as brilliant Confederate
rictorv The Confederate loss IS estimated At 800,
and Tie force engaged 1900. Major Ge1. Polk, il
seems. narrowly escaped capture about dark Leav
ing hs staff he rode 10 the 25d Indians KeeimehI,
rbich was maintaining a brisk fire. lie mlstook II
for a Confederate regiment seized the coionei oy ire
,boulder and ordered him To ceqse i!ring on MS
friends The Indiana colonel replied that nc was
not aware he was committing such mistake, wren
Gen. Polk demanded his name. "C0ionei "i the
cd Indiana" was the reply. Gen. Polk at once
saw thar he was m for It. and fearing that the colo
mel might identity him as CoheoSrWe "nioer'
soain shook him roughly. Before the latter had re-
covered from his surprise, lie put spurs 10 hls cSs
aud callored aySav A similar mistake ooss Acii-
coi.er bis hfe az Mill Spring. .
a Glsrasch from Charleston indicates speedy ac-
tiyity on the coast. Two al the blockadlng boats
have been discovered sounding Charleston haIbof,
and two more boats destroying battery being
etected below Georgetown.
Some one telegraphing TO The Chattanooga Reb't
from Lavergne, near Nashville, enter'slns the be-
lief that Nashville is being evacuated. lie is salts
6ed that something is going on
The steamer Emerald started for Vicksburr, this
afternoon, with 900 prisoners TO be exchanged. She
"a conveyed by the gunboat Lexington. Two OF
the Rebel officers VINO had been paroled have dlsre-
oasded their obligation, and slipped away. Their
nsues are l. I. Holmes, Assistant Surgeon OF the
~ Kentucky, aud +. =. Kettle, Lieutenant an
Louisiana.
sp.cisl Dispaieh to The Chicago Tribune
CAIRo Oct. p, 1852.
Two Of the Secession prisoners, officers OF the
Confederate army. now here on parole, made their
escape last evening. Their names are l.. j. Holmes,
assistant surgeon Of the 4rh Kentucky (Rebel In
fsu,ry. and +. A. Kettle, lieutenant OF The 9Th
Louisiana infantry.
A car lead Of cotton was burned on the lcyee, TO-
dsy. 1t caught fire from the sparks Of passing
locomotive. Loss, So 600.
The steemer Wake, from Louisville, brought
down this morning 20 prisoners from Caseyvie.
Trey are citizens of that village, supposed TO &c
concerned in the late attack upon boats IN that
vicinity.
When the steamer Nevada passed Paducah, last
rigbt, q report WIS current, based upon telegISp
received from Fort Donelson, that fight Of con-
siderable magnitude wes progress at lopklnsylllc
Six hundred ne Rross are at work on the iottiheG-
tion about COrnth The soldiers Of the Oh Division
have been ordered TO perform the same duty.