Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-17
LArRR FROm KENTUCKY.
F-H P@~Herfsrs From Southern S0"''

KNoxvILLE. October I6.-The Knoxville
Register has information, from which we CLEAN
the following particulars:
The fight in Kentucky has been confirmed by
the arrival of " e%ouriers, who state that il
commenced at .Rsrryvile, in Boyle county, OF
Misunderstanding, the 8 h inst, General Hsrde'
commanding the left, General Buckner the cen
ter, and Generals Marshall and Morgan the right
As the result of the 6rst days fight Hsrdee cap
tuged 1000 prisoners, with very heavy slaughter
to the enemy.
On Tuesday the fight was renewed with still
greater slaughter to the enemy-Hardee cap
turing four thousand prisoners, and Marshall
an Morgan capturing three thousand and twO
hundred prisoners.
The enemy were driven back twelve miles
with tremendous slaughter.
Our loss in the whole engagements was very
small.
We are not posted as to who were in com-
maud Of the Yankee forces, except General
Thomas, who encountered Gen. Hsrdee.
We captured forty pieces of cannon.
The following is an extract from Colonel Pal
mer's letter, dated October I4.h, received last
night from the Gap:
WOUNDED soldiers are here from the battle OF
PeTryvile, one of whom is 8 csptsin Of a Ten
nessee regiment. They report that on Tuesday
and Wednesday Bragg and Hardee fought the
enemy at PeTTyville, and drove them back tel
miles, taking about two thousand prisoners,
and killing and wOunding about fifteen hun
dred.
The next day Witber's division engaged the
enemy and captured niue thousand prisoner,
aud OF Friday Kirby Smith engaged them on
their right, and beat them back, capturing Eve
hundred prisoners. and killing General jackson
and capturing General Tom Crittenden. He
says the enemy bad s%eventy-fve thousand men
opposed to General Bragg Our army was con-
esntrated at camp Dick Robinson.
New York Politics.
The New York Herald of the l4th has been
received. The first page is filed with accounts
Of an immense gathering of the Democracy at
Cooper's Institute. Horace F. Clarke, HOratio
Seymour, John Van Buren, and Richard O'Gor-
man were the speakers on the occasion. Reso-
lutions were adopted in favor of the prosecution
Of the war, but insisting on the fulfllment, by
the administration, Of its pledge that the war
would not be wsged in any spirit of oppression,
or for the purpose Of overthrOwiDg the estab-
lished institutions Of the States.
ship az sea.
AUGUSTA, October I6-The Richmond Dis
patch has foreign dates to September Is.
The ship America, from Bombay, with eight
thousand bales Of cotton, was abandoned at sea.
suecess Of the . 99OD
The London Shipping Gazette says the Con-
fedsrsts steamer 300 destroyed Eve Federal
merchant vessels at sea.
CettOn Market.
LIVERPOOL, September 26.-CottOn rallied
one-half penny. but is still one penny lower
than previous quotation. On the I7th the mar
ket was still upward, with q slight advance Of
all American qualities.
Federal Exports frOm Kentucky.
Northern papers Of the IIth contain q dispatch
dated Louisville, October 10Th, which says that
in he battle of Perryville the Federal Generals
Jackson, Terrin, Webster, and Little were killed.
Que dispatch says that military e1igencies re-
quire the suppression Of details.
Rise ia GOId.
Ia New York on the I0lh, gold closed at 1915,
and e1chenge at I41 to I42.