Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-18
RRoX KENTUCKY.

diiionsl news Of the lite bIths In ksntuoky. A DIS
patch from Washington says:
It Is understood that a dsspI;ch from G n,ral Boyle,
dated q. Louisville At 10 o'clock lasi night, reschei here
thh morning, saying it .s generally believed Inst me
rebel G ,nersls Biagg and ohsathau wore both killed In
the engagement OF We'd les lay last near Bardstowp;
that our loss in killed, wouadad, and missing Was be
tween one thousand Eve hundred and two thousand,
while that OF the enemy was much larger, aud that We
held the fsli that night and skirm!shed with them In the
retreat next morning.
When this dssp,tc left Louis yille a courier was eI'
pected to arrive 10 the course Of the night, bringing de-
tails of the pursuit Of the rebe,s and Of q battle which
was probably fought yesterday.
General B lyle eI presses his belief IN the truth OF the
account Of the killing Of the rebel G'nerais b;ass ana
Chsstbsm 10 ths ACTON Of wednesday, then prevalent
In Louisville.
The following is the off ,L dispatch from General
Buell.
"PnRrvLLs, Kr, VIA BARDsr VIZ,
October 10, 1851.
ITO Mi, General Haieck, G~snsra,-tn Chief:
81 haya already advised you OF the movem 'nts OF the
army urd 2 my command from Louisville. More or less
akirmisling has occurred daily with the enemys cavalry
since then it was supposed the enemy would give battle
at B lrds.oWn.
CIV troops reached that point on the +h instant,
driving GU. the enemy's rear guard Of cavalry and artil'
lery. The main body retired TO Yards Springfield, whittier
the pursuit was continued. The centre corps, uncer
General Gilbert, moved on the direc: road from Spiilg-
field to PerryVile, and arrived on the III instant within
two miles of the town, where the enemy IVES found TO be
"rhe left column, under General kcCook, oims upon
the Nashville road about ten o'clock yes srdsy, the 9Th
instant. II wal ordered into position to attack, and u
strong reconnaissance directed.
AT four o'clock, | received a request from General
hcOook for re~inforcenents, and learned that the left had
been severely engaged for several hours, and that the
rigat and left Of that corp, were being turned and SO
vsrcly pres ed. Rsiniorcansnts we're Immediately sent
forward from the centre.
Orders we're also sent to the right column, under Gen.
eral OrUe1d 20, which was advancing by the Lebanon
road, to push forward and attack the enemys left, but
it was impossbls for it TO gstin position In time to pro
duce any decisive result.
The action cootinued until dark. Sons fighting slso
occurred on the centre. The enemy we're eVery where
REFUSED, but not withou. some momentary advantage
on the left. =,
"The several corps vera put in position during the
night and moved to the attack at SIX O'Clock this morn.
lag. Some skirmishing occurred with the enemy's rear
guard. The Eain BODY bad fallen back in the direction
OF Hsrro isburg.
az have no accurate repo7. Of our loss 81 yet. It lie
DR. bably pretty heavy, inolu ling valuable cfi ,ers.
&c sLerals j ickson and TsrIil, l regret to say, are
among the killed. ID. Y. BUELL.,
N or General Commatd n.y."
Tho Baltimore Daily Glz,te-i new piper-of the
18Th instant, 10 its situation" article, publishes the fol.
lowing:
The news from kentucky is somewhat co1fused a. re-
CARDS details connected with the report OF tho late Fed
ersl succrts. Ii il denied that there ives a second - sc
we're battle" near Perryyile, on Thursday Of last week
so that the whole battle in which it is represented the
Oonfsdsrstes were pui 70 II gh', was concentrated with
in the previous DAYS operations. The remains OF the
Federal Generals, Jackson, Terrill and Webster, had ar
rived at Louisville. Tho 0onfedeTgtss SeTo said TO be
Il ,eiug towards Harrodtburg, but 1t appeare that in the
meantime the Confederate General Kiroy Smiths Who'll
forcs has turned up in another direction, near Frank
fort, and captured a Government wagon train, wsh ~
eral tfi jers, and thst $50 Of I'm. His forces, who haG
straygiod, have siss keel captured. Gayson, alsD, hsG
been taken by the rebels. U.oaonsSi:g was heard IN
Saturday at LauFsnceburg, ky, snd rsiltoTLemea4
we're sent from LouisVlls in that direction. A Ia er
desppch says thsI " all Is qlje', although the anon alors
condition OF Kirby Smith causes some u:essuess."
Toe Herald contains an ar icls In repy 10 one in Il q
Tribune the day before, which throws much lsht on the
yisv hell a. he North Of Blu liz " We orr" 1t says:
In the Il I'd pg article In yes:ordays Tr;br1e, entitled
"Tne Wa" the Fed Marshal Of the ne roeJ no. Only
denies that Bdell wen any yis.ory ia Keu.ucky, the n Iii
a: Ptrryy lie bei-G iudecisiSe, bu: attributes compete
su scess 10 Bpgg in capturing Aaps'ord.vlls, "pluldsr
ing tbs ric1 i - Grass regiol TO his heTr.J content"
and gs!ting away iron a tOice dju5ls hs own, afe lalL.
ing on part OF Il with the Whole If his amy and hand.
ing /. i pretty ro8gh'y, and then re~rrat.g 81 bis leisure,
when 7. inducements GAms up Greeley Tidiculss Gu
'oks" bee ,usc THY raise a shout OF vic DRY, " end asks
"Whsre are is tropAie, :" VIA; arms, baggage and
prisoners have w. taSsnS Taey tell US that Bragg's ar
my is surrounded and cannot escape. We shall soe.'-
A. II be were in the secret OF tbs reb .b, h. intimates
that it is prob ,ble Nashville will be tAken by lhsm, in.
volying a UniOn Ices scarcely less than thlt Of HarDeI's
Ferry. he say-, though Basll was close on Bag,', d,nk
tion," ald, in fact, stopped lhree days OH hi N arch for he
''pefnittei hun 10 take Elnsf'r3svile wilhou, Interrupt
III, plrpose OF allowing him 10 d. il. Il, winds up With
THE insuli.g and infamous conclusion: I'VE do MOI
know that Buell. is either a tool or d traitor, but il 10
clear tia; Bragg ac!s on the presumption thst he ia che
or the other"