, 1862-09-22
GOOD NEWS from GRANT,
BE MOVES on TIP: E1!EM7'a
WORKS,
RQuts the Rebels near Iuka.
Federal Loss 500, Rebel Loss 300.

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Cairo, Sept. %, 1862.
It has been kuo I'll several days to the iati- |
itiated that great battle was on the tapis in |
the vicinity Of Corinth, but considerations Of
public policy has prevented mention till no =. |
Gen. Grant has moved On the enemy's works
successfully. lie asgiren Gen. Price aud his |
leeions sound thra5hing. The intelligence is
not so full as we desire, but this appears to
be the substance Of it.
Day before yesterday with Gen, Rosecrans'
army Of the the Mississippi. formerly Gen.
Pope's army corps, mai ehed from Co1inth in
the direction Of 1uka- Here they met Gen.
Price with 5000 men, who vas max
i1g for Eastport, with the evident in
intention Of tordiny the Tennessee River Mt
Muscle shoa1s, to join Bragg's army. Yes
terday AFTERNOON at o'clock hea-y sklrmish-
irg commenced, aud was continued I'LL night
| fill, when darlSe5s compelled i 6upensiou Of
| battle.
Ear1y this forenoon the fight was renewed,
| and continued TIL noon, when the enemy gave
way aud took mp line Of retreat to the south
| vsrd. The fighting was done mostly by Gen,
Stsnley'6 division Of Ros ecrans' army. The
ICES to the federal side is, in killed and wound
I'd, not far from 500. The rebel loss Is not
a*certaired but Is supposed to largely exceed
that number.
Among the rebel casualties is one general
killed and one severely wounded. We took
about 800 prisoners. Our army is In full pur-
suit, and hopes are entertained that we shall
be able at least to capture the enemy's artil-
iery.
The troops engaged are mostly Illinois
troops, the 51st Illinois. Col. Bradley's, prob
ably being among the number. Messengers
cavalry played conspicuous part In the en-
gagemcnt
Gen, Ord moved from Corinth to Iuka via
the Memphis and Charleston road, but did
not arrive in eeason to participate in ths en-
gaggement.
10p m-The operator at Corinth adds that
, the fight occurred 20 miles e:st OF 1uka.
The rebel Gen. Little, formerly governor OF
+ Mississippi, Was killed, and the rebel Gen.
= Whitfield wouBled and prisoner.
Our forces arc still pursuing the enemy.
Tie loss on both sides is 500 killed and
wounded
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Ttibune.1
MEMPHIS, Sept. 1910 a. m.,
VIE CA1I:p, Sept. 70, 1872. {
Everything, so far as known, is quiet here
ard at Helena
!. The Grenada Appeaz says: The gunboat Es
!, eex passed Baton Rouge, aud on the way down
, Stopped at Natchcz. demanding the surreude
of that city. They refused and threatened f
+ return her fire. Sue stopped at saundersoa'
= plantation, took sheep, cattle and negroes
. aud trred Get Morgan's oyerseer. At Por
Huason the Essex was fired upon By rebe
y BATE 1ies, and 4 fight cnsued Of short dura
0 ton It Is thought that one shot entered th
= rcrt-hole Of the Essex, causing damage a
' smoke was seen aud screams heard; but tn
u injury, if any, vas not ascertaiaed.
8: The rebels cali the Essex pIratical Graf
- ard say she was on her way to New Orleans
Il CAIRO, Sept. 20.-2l0 additions! negro wa
ID men and children have Just arrived from below
" Some fifty white refugees frcm MisstsslpE
= and Alabama arrived last evening and wer
N | on this mornings train North. They are q
D. utterly destitute and helpless IS tbs nekroe
n. They were shipped to this place at govern
~ n.ent expense, and from this place at the raj
at of two cents mile, the gover0meut foottn
d. that bill also. Thus 1t will be seen that Ut
aristocracy of thc South not only crashes tt
% negro, and makes him 4 public hurthen. b.
~ that it reduces the non-slayeho1dtng whites
~ ~ the same level.
~ No ARRIVALS from Memphis today.