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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-02-13
SECOND DISPATCH.

The Emperor's speech to the Corps
Legisiot;f, oil the 25th. was expected with
great interest. under tho belief that he will
say something important on American
affairs.
The London Times. in another editorial,
says:
We need not be eager to NEEDLE with
American affairs. This is the time for
waiting. and We can afford TO wait quite
as easily as the North and South can af-
ford to be looking across the Potomsc. at
a cost of two millions pounds a week 10
each Of them. If there does come any
real cause OF complaint. it will tell all the
more for our present patience and forbear.
ance."
The London Globe editorially remarks
that The maritime powers cannot be ex-
pected to respect the Federal blockade
unless really effective. Tho commerce OF
the world cannot suffer itself TO be despoil-
ed for an indefinite period under mere
PAPER blockade" As TO intervention,
says the Globe. eve may be invited or
offer to intervene, but our great aim must
be to preserve consistency with our own
The Gibraltar Chronicle says the U. S.
Consul at Cadz protested against the as
sistance given the Sumpter at that point.
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TREASURY NOTE BILL.

The Treasury Note Bill, authorizing the
issuing Of SI50.OOO,0OO of Treasury
notes, has passed the House Of Represen-
tatives, and will doubtless become a law.
Attached to the bill is a provision making
them legal tender in payment of all dues
in the United States. This completely
overturns the long established financial
policy Of the Government. II is Re.
disastrously to the people and the Govern.
ment.
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REPORT or COMMANDER FooTE, Z. s. NAVY,
OF THE CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY.

REPORT or COMMANDER FooTE, U. s. NAVY,
OF THE CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Feb. Z, 1862.
Sir: have the honor to report that,
on the 9th inst. at l2i o'clock p. NJ, |
made an attack on Fort Henry. on the
Tennessee River. with the iron clad gun.
boats Cincinnati, commander Stsmbe: the
flag ship Essex. Commander Porter;
Carondelet. Commander Walker; and ST.
Louis. Lieut.. Comd'g Pau!ding; also ia
king with mo the three old gunboats.
{ Conestoga, Licut. Commanding Phelps.
the Tyler Lieut.. Commanding Given.
and the Lexington Lieut.. Commanding
Shirk, as second division. in charge of
Lieut.. Commanding Phelps. which took
position astern and in shore Of the armed
boats, doing good execution here during
the action. while the armed boats were
placed in the first order Of steaming, ap.
preaching the fort in parallel line.
The fire was opened e. seventeen hun
dred yards distance. from the flag ship,
which Was followed by the other guuboats.
and responded by the fort AS we APP
preached the fort under slow steamng
till We reached within six hundred yards
of the rebel batteries. the fire. both from
the gunboats and the fort, increased in
rapidity and accuracy of range. AT twenty
minutes before the rebel flag was struck.
the Essex unfortunately received shot in
her boilers, which resulted in wounding,
by scalGipg, twenty-nine officers and men.
including Commodore Porter. as will be
seen by the inclosed casualties. The Es-
sex then necessarily dropped ont CT line a
stern entirely disabled aud unable To contin
ne the fight in which she had SO CALAMITY
until the sad catastrophe. The
firing continued with unabsted rapidity
and effect upon the three gunboats. as
they continued still to approach the fort
with their destructive lire. until the rebel
flag was hauled down. after very severe
and closely contested action of one hour
and fifteen minutes.
A boat containing the Adjutant General
and Captain Of Engineers came alongside
after the flag was lowered. and reported
that Gen. Lloyd Tilghman. the commander
of the fort, wished to communicate with
the Flag Officer, when | dispatched Com
mander Stembel and Lieutenant COmman
ding Phel ps. with orders 10 hoist the
American flag whore the secession ign
had been flying, and inform Gen. Thigh
man that l would see him on board the
flag ship. He came on board soon after. the
Union bad been substituted for the retei
flag, by Commander Stembel. on the fort.
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Official Report Of the StOrn,ing and
Surrender Of Fort Henry.

The rebel Fort Henry. on the Tennes
see River was taken by Federal gun boats
from Cairo and ST. Louis. last Thursday
The following is the official report of the
engagement
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TuEl
Missouri. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9. 1862.
Flag Officer A. II. Foote, Cairo:
| have this moment received the off
cial report Of your capture of For, Henry,
and hasten to congratulate you and your
command for your brilliant success.
(Signed) II. w. HALLECK.
Major General Commanding Department
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Louis NapOIean Proposes TO Raise
the Southern Blockade.

HALIFAX. Feb 10.
The steamship America. from Liverpool
the Goth, ria Queenstown the Goth. has
arrived.
Sales Of cotton on Saturday 5000 bales,
market closing quiet.
BreadstutIs dull. Provisions heavy.
Consols o92@92 10.
There are vague rumors that the Empe-
ror Napoleon has announced that he will
shortly officially demand joint action in
raising the blockade Of the southern ports
Of the United States. II England refuses
to take part, he will take the initiative
alone.
The London Times continues TO urge
England not to Interfere. and says the
nation can afford 10 wait.
The pirate Sumpter is reported cruising
off Genoa.
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It's stated by the Washington cores
pendent Of the Philadelphia Pres. (good
authority. that the expenses of the gov
ernment arc now $3,OOO,OOO per
day! The Chicago Platform, which is
considered. by Republicans. worth fifty
Unions is proving to be rather a costly
structure.
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and possession taken. / received the Gen
eral. his staff, and sixty or seventy men
as prisoners, and hospital ship contain
ing sixty invalids, together with the fort
and its effects. mounting 90 guns. mostly
of heavy calibre. with barracks and tents
capable OF accommodating $4,000 men,
and sundry articles, of which, as | turned
the fort and its effects over to Gen. Grant.
commanding the ARM, on his arrival, IN
an hour after we had made the capture. he
will be enable 10 give the government a
more correct statement than | am enabled
TO communicate from the short time l had
possession Of the fort. The plan oftheattack
SD lar as the army reaching the rear of the
fort TO make a demonstration simultane-
ously with the navy, was prevented by
the excessively muddy roads and high
stage of water, preventing the arrival Of
our troops until some time after had ia
ken possession Of the fort.
On securing the prisoners. and making
necessary preliminary arrangements.
dispatched Lieut.. Commanding Phelps,
with his division. up the Tennessee RIVER,
as had previously directed, and as will
be see n in Hclosed order TO him, to remove
the rails, and SO render the bridge incapa-
bic Of railroad transportation and commu-
nication between Bowling Green and Co.
lumbus, and afterwards to pursue the
rebel gunboats and secure their capture if
possible. This being accomplished, and
the army in possession of tie fort. and my
services being indispensable at Cairo. l
left Fort Henry in the evening of the same
day, with the Cincinnati and st. Louis,
and arrived here this morning.
The armed gunboats resisted effectually
the shot Of the enemy, when striking the
casema!e.
The Cincinnati. flag ship, received 81
shots, the Essex Is, the ST. Louis Z. aud
Carondele, G; killing one and mounding
in the Cincinnati. and killing one in the
Essex, while the casualties in the latter,
from steam, amounted to 90 in number
The Caroudelet and ST. Louis met with
no casualties. The steamers were admi-
rably handled by their commanders and
officers. presenting only their bow guns
to the enemy. TO avoid exposure OF the
vulnerable parts Of the vessels.
Lieut.. Commanding Phelps. with lis
division. also executed my orders very
effeciually. and promptly proceeded up the
river in their further execution after the
capture of the fort. In fact, all the Off
GERS and men gallantly performed their
duty, and, considering the little expert
ence they have had under FIRE. far more
than realized my expectations.
Fort Henry was defended with tho mos
determined gallantry by Gen. Tilghman,
worthy of a better cause. who from his
own account, went into the action with |
guns. of heavy calibre, bearing upon ouI
boats. which he fought until Of the mum
Der were dismounied or otherwise rendered
useless.
Very respectfully, your obedient serv't,
a. Ii. FOOTE
Flag Officer Commanding u. S. Naval
Forces. Western Department.
To Major Gen. IL. w. HALLECK.
Commanding Department Of the Missouri
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THE ISATTLI AXE.
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We are under many obligations to DR..
j. ID. LrMoN. Of LaPorte. for many favors
which we shall endeavor to reclprocate ii
occasion offers.
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The Confessions and Experience of a
Sufferer.

Published as a warning and for the especial hen
eft of vomiy men and those who suffer i. Ner-
vous Debility. Loss of Memory, Premature Decay
&c. &c, &c by one who has cured himselfhy sim
pie means. after being put to grea, expense ami
Inconvenience, through the use of worthless med
icines prescribed b, learned doctors.
Single copies may bc Outlined of the author, &.
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The following letter is from son oil
DR.. O. BAIRD. OF Bremen. connected with
the 9th Ohio Battery. Although most OF
the facts in the letter have been published.
yet the letter will repay perusal. Ac-
companying the letter was piece of Zolli-
Golfers paats.
SOMERSET, Jan. 18th, 1862.
Surprising that the most Of your readers
have heard Of the great battle Of Fishing
Creek but would like TO hear few details
o! the battle from a soldier who was there,
| will write something about it.
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NEW-YORK MERCURY


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Notice.

On Saturday evening February 90. 1869. Bour-
bon Lodge No. 203 |. q. O. +. will elect Trustees
to serve one year, or until their SUCCESSORS are
elected.
BY order Of Lodge,
It3pd |. SIIADLE, Sccy.
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THE WAR IN TIE GULF.
NEW ORLEANS AND ITS DEFEycEs

y
New Orleans is distant 100 mites above the
mouth Of the Mississippi river and i've miles
south Of Lake POntehartrain, with which il
communicates by water and railway The
leges has an average width Of about 100 feet
where 1t fronts the town, which stretches pa-
rallel 10 IL for about five miles, snd extends
from one 10 two miles behind il, chiefly in the
direction Of the lake. The river Immediately
has q width of one and a half miles, and a
depth Of from $50 to 100 feet; and sweeping
around from the vest, frst in 4 north and then
in a northeast direction, forms large crescent.
shaped curve.
II, as seems probable, the attack has been
made by way Of Lake Ponchartrain, the feet
in entering the lake had to pass through one
Of two channels formsd by an island at its
mouth called the Rigolets, which were exteu.
sively fortified. The fort on the island is
called Fert Pike. Opposite this fort on the
rish. there was a heavy battery, name un-
known, and on the left hand side of the other
ehannsl stood Fort Wood. Batteries have been
erected and intrencbments thrown up within
the past year, extending FROM Gulf Montein,
in Lake Borgne, along the border CT Lake
Ponchartrain, gusrding in all directions the
approaches 10 the city-the principal defenses
being called Lakeville and Lakeport.
The rebels, however, seemed to have ex-
pected the city would be attacked by way of
the Balize, and made more extensive prepara-
tions for defence in that direction. Below we
give an extract Of letter dated from New Or
leans. and Published in the Richmond Dis
patch, describing the defenees Of thst city,
which enables the reader to form 0 more ac-
0arate judgment Of the fGrti6eati0ns erected
on the banks Of the Mississippi river, below
the city, than We could hope TO furnish from
the sources Of information at hand:
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THE MORTAR FLEET.

NEW JSE FOR GRAYES:-When 0ur troops
dismantled the rebel batteries at Cockpit aud
shipping Points, on the Potomac, the soldiers
Of the Massachusetts, First came across num-
bers of graves. They were laid cut, says
correspondent of the Boston Traveller, in the
streets, carefully labelled, and contained pa
thetic remOn2trances against disturbing the
repose Of the dead, and violating the sanctity
Of the tomb, so that suspicious were engender-
ed that the sacred dead might be brought TO
life again, and made to see a little more ser
vice under the sun. Spades and shoyels were
accordingly brought into requisition, and
speedily were exhumed, not the bodies of de-
parted csnfederates, but numbers of nice, new
tents, packages of clothing, mess chests fur
nished with all the appliances of modern cook
cry, trunks Of various articles tools, &c, &c.
The grave-diggers were complimented for the
success of their first sacrilegious experiment,
and recommended to try again.
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TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.
Prom the Army Of the s,uthwest.

sr. LouIs, March Is Special ad Ices to the 81.
Leuis Democrat, dated Cross Timbers, Ark ,
March goth, says The supplies Of forage and
provisions having become exhausted in the re-
gion about Sugar Greek, our army made retro
grade march Of thirteen miles yesterday 20 his
place. The enemy are recuperating, and are
probably being reinforced by fresh troops.
We have Information that large body has re-
eros aed Boston Mountains with the in ention Of
attacking US again, but this may be only strong
reconnoitering party. Our troops are in fine
spirits, and anxious again to gfapple with the
foe. Our wounded have mostly been removed to
Cassville, and are doing we'll Col. Clay Taylor
has arrived from the rebel camp, bringing Lieut..
Gels. Heron and Sands, With proposals for an
exchange. .
Two rebel captains and seventeen pflvates were
captured yesterday on Indian Greek. a
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THE REBEL FORTIFIcATIONs-RRPOR CAPTURE
OF FORT PINE, NEAR NEW ORLEANS.
CHICAGO, March ~ The Tribnne's CairOeOr-
respondent says that an arrival from Memphis
brings intelligence that 300 Federal prisoners
there have been made victims Of much abuse at
the hands OF their guards One was shot for king
ont the window Of their prison. Three gunboat 70
are on the ways at Memphis, but ii will take some
time TO finish them.
At Fort Randolph only four guns are mounted.
Fort Pillow Is strongly forti fed mounting twenty
tive Gl and 2! Founders
Fort Pike, near New Orleans, is reported 10 be
Ia our hands IL 10 only temporary structure,
mOuHti HT three or four guns