The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-02-08
Night Dispatches.
FROM FORT HENRY

Further from ~. Henry Valuable Stores
Caufarsd-Gsnerai 1iisnaa and Sfae taken
Prisoners.
CINCINNATI, Feb. L. The Gazette and
Commercial Cairo correspondents give the
following account OF the bombardment and
capture OF Fort Henry.
Yesterday at ~ 30 r.. III. Gunboats Gin.
cinnati and st. Louis, Carondalet and Essex,
the Tyler Conestoga and Lexington bring
ing up the rear. advanced boldly against the
rebel works. going 10 the right of Painter
Greek Island, Immediately above which on
the east shore Of the river. stands fortified
tons. and keeping out of range ill az the
head of the Island and within a mile Of the
enemy passing the Island in full view of tho
rebel guns. We steadily advanced every
man az his quarters. every ear strained TO
catch the Flag officers signal gun for com
mencement of action. Our line of battle was
OH the left, 1T. Louis next. Carondalet next.
The Cincinnati for n time being the Gag
ship. having on board Flag officer A. II.
Foote and next the Esse.. We advanced in
line, the Cincinnati a boats length ahehd
when al IL 30 the Cincinnati opened the ball
and immediately the three accompanying
boats followed suit. The enemy not back
ward gave admirable response. and the fight
ragged furiously for half an hour We stead
ily advanced receiving and returning storms
Of shot and she'll. whheu getting within a
hundred yards of the nnemys works We
came 10 a stand and odened into them right
ami LEFT. In the meantime the Essex had
been disabled and drifted away from the
the the scene sf action. leaving the Cincin-
matt. Carondalet and st. Louis alone engaged.
--.-s--fr IN -~...s. -
the enemy struck his ooloIs, and such cheer.
ing,-snch wild excitement a. seized the
threats, arms and caps Of the four or five
hundred sailors OF the gunboats cannot be
imagined.
flag officer Foote, by Gen Lloyd Tilghman,
who defended his fort in a most determined
manner, we found rebel infantry encamped
outside the fort numbering -four or five thou.
sand ~ho had cut and run 'eaving the rebel
artillery company in command Of the fort
and to their fate.
The Fort incurred IL guns nrosty 81 and
"a dounders. one being a magnificent ten
inch Columbisd. Our shots dismonnted two
OF their guns driving the enemy from the
embrazures One OF their rifled 20 poundert
burst during the engagement wounding one
of their gunners.
The Rebels claim they had only eleven
effective guns worked by fifty four men. the
number all tod, of our prisoners. They
lost ten killed and ten badly wounded.
The infantry left everything in their flight
IA vast deal Of plumber fell into our hands
including a large and valuable quantity Of
srmy stores. General Tiighman is disheart
ened and thinks il one Of the most damaging
b ovsbof the war.
In surrendering TO flag officer Foote the
rebel geAeral remarked I ana glad TO surren-
der to so gallant an officer. Flag Officer
Foote replied you do perfectly right in sur
rendering. but you should nave blown my
boats out OF the water before ! would have
surrendered 20 you.
la the engagement the Cincinnati was ia
the lead and flying flag officer Pcnant was
the chief mark. flag officer Foote and Capt.
Stembel crowded her dehsntly into the teeth
Of the enemy's guns. She got thirty one
shots. some ofthem going completely through
her. The Essex was badly crippled when
about half through the sght and crowding
steadily agains, the enemy. A ball went
into her port side. forward port. through her
heavy bulk bead and squariy through one OF
her boilers. escaping steam and scslding and
killing several of her crew. Capt, Porter,
u- hu .. 4 DIlteou. anu fafmasttf Lewis
we're standing in a direct line of the ball/
passing. Britton being in the center Of I
groupe a shot struck him on top Of the head
scattering his brains in every direction. The
escaping steam vent into the Pilot House
instantly killing Pilots Ford and McBide.-
Many ofthe sailors. At the rush II the steam
jumped overheard and were drowned.
The Cincinnati had one killed and six
wounded.
The Essex had sin seamsn killed, two off
GERS and seventeen men wounded, and 1--WE
missing.
NO causualties on the n. Louis or Caron
dolei. though shot and shell fell upon them
like rain. The ~. Louis was commanded
by Capt. Seward paulding. ho stood upon
her gundeck aud fought the guns 90 the last
Not a man finch ed. and esth cheer upor
rheer cent shot and she'll among The enenv