Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-02-19

A steamer brings a report that four OF
our Colonies were killed yesterday after
noon, among them Col. John A. Logan,
Of Illinois.
A special 10 the Democrat, dated in rear
Of Fort Donelson, Friday 2. NJ, says last
night was very severe on our troops, ram
having set in, which turned to snow. 1t
is freezing to day, and old citizens say
they rarely have such cold weather IN this
climate
The Fort at its rear seems almost i'm
prenable. The outer works and bastions
Of the fort are located on ridges $50 to
$50 feet high covered with dense timber
and underground. Upon a similar range
of hills outside these army is drawn up
in line of battle, completely encircling the
enemy from the Cumberland South of the
fort to the back water of a stream which
TANKS the fort on the north.
Gen. 0glesby, who has the extreme
right, last night pushed forward his brig
ade to the Cumberland river, and has
planted a battery commanding the river
which will effectually prevent the arrival
of endorsements. In fact we have them
completely surrounded and can complete
the Job at our leisure.
A formidable attempt was made last
night to take Taylor's battery by the enc
my who approached under cover of the
darkness, but they were calamity repulsed
by the Goth Ill. Considerable skirmishing
occurred during the night, both forces en-
deavoring in the darkness to crawl in up
on the other.
This morning it was discovered that the
enemy had placed logs on the top of their
nreastworks, leaving little space for them
to shoot through, and diminishing their
risk from the unerring aim of our sharp
shooters.
The casualties among our artillery thus
far was very small. Theloss of the enc
my, as far as can be a~scertained, is con-
siderable. Yesterday afternoon, after the
storming party had retired, and when the
rebels had been thickly banded together
to repel the assault, Capt. Taylor opened
on them with shell with terrible effect
The gunboat assault was terrific, exceeding
even the Fort Henry bombardment. 1t
lasted about an hour and a half. The
enemy has, fronting on the river, two bat
t%eries, the lower one of g., and the upper
4 guns, besides q 10 inch columbiad.
Com. Foote pronouncest the engagement
the hottest he ever witnessed. Seven of
the 9 guns in the lower tier of the enc
my's battery had been silenced, and eve
rything was apparently progressing favor
ably, when the rudder chain of the Caron-
delet was severed.
The Pittsburgh was damaged in her
wheel so as to be unable to stem the cur
rent, and the pilot house of the St. Louis
was knocked away, killing the pilot and
slightly wonnding several others, among
them Commodore Foote.
The fleet was then obliged to retire
One of our shells struck Immediately un-
der one of the enemy's guns, throwing
the gun and bodieso of the gunners high in
the air.
A great number of dead and wounded
could be seen carried up the hill.
Com. Foote'S wound is slight. The St.
Louis was struck 81 times, the Louisville
IS, the Pittsburgh q, and the Carondolet
&c.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
An official dispatch received at the Ma
w Department this morning from Com
modore Foote, near Fort Donelson, Feb,
18th, says that if the boats had been able
to fight fifteen minutes longer, would
have resulted in the capture of the fort,
as the rebels were running fromtheir bat
teries. The enemy had twenty guns bear
on the boats which were only able to
the fire with twelve. Foote also
says he has sent the gWnboat Tyler to the
Tennessee river to render the railroad
bridge impossible.