The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1862-02-19

III lstvc'~s - ne -. Louie Oemocrat.l
q CArno. February 10 -3P.fM,-comnsn
!. der Foot reached here q Il o'clock !,
I. night On board The gunb boat Conessoss. II
!. ssormed Font Donelson on Friday =. -. wi,
the gunboals.
j the snsmy's firing was very accurate. :
They had three bsiteriss--ons near the W.
ter enc 6fsy feet above this. and ,hIr
my Feet above the second. Tho upper on,
mounted lou: eighteen. Founders. This on,
was heidi reserve until our boats 90, With,
IN four hundred yards OF the fort Our fire
was directed principally at the wate,
battery. 0ne the essm,'s guns burs. and
. number were dismoua,ed. The enemy
could be seen carrying their dead out Of the
trenches. ..
CAiRo, Feb. l6.-The steamer Minneh.ha
'eH the Tort at s o'clock last evening, bring.
ing 100 Of the wounded to the hos pital 4,
Paducah. The fight commenced ON Thu,s.
DAY; Friday and Saturday, the contes. was
desperate. Swartz's Battery, which was "a.
ken BY the enemy. was rscap,ured By our
men, Two Colonies were wounded end two
killed The loss 10 very hesvy on both
sides. The MiunehaLa met the mor,s,.
boats At Paduesh. going up.
81. LouI=, Feb. l6. -.Dispatches received
~ headquarters cay that all the guobos,s
were pretty efiacluaily disabled, exceo,
one. M
Commodore Foot was wounded twice. bu,
not fatally. Inn"
The Upper Rodoubt was taken bv ~,
roops. Il commands Fort Donelsor. and
ren' Grant selegrsphs ihat he would be ub h.
Q capture tha. fort to-day (Sund,y). mp
e. LOUIS FEB. l6.--A Cairo Special ,ot
ne Democrat ssys that Capt. Wise Or Tho !,
'eamer Minnehsha. reports that the en-. b
my made asoriie from the fort ., 10 O'Clock d
es'erday morning and drove on, forces b
ack three-qusrsers OF mile. Al one b
CLOCK OR troops rallied. recaptured ,he "
'''ery and drove the rebels before them "a
% planted our flag on their Notifications n
81 Louis Feb. 10 A special 20 The Y
emoers'. dated "In rear OF For, Donel. ~
a. Friday. r. M says: Last nigbt was y
~ severe'on cur troops, rain having sci -
wh'ch turned 70 snow. Il is freezing 10. 70
y and old citizens Say they rarely have o.
ca cold weather In this latitude. "
The more see Of The for, the more CO. hi
'ced en- that itcsn not be reduced win "a
terrible bsstIe. Its rear seems slr,o., on
preenable. The entire works and b.. Dc
% are located on ridges $50 to $50 fee, -
~ covered with dense timber and under. -
win. Upou similar range OF hills ont.
q these our army 10 drawn up in line y,
battle. completely encircling The enemyl y
y The Cumberland south Of the fort n wh
oackwaser Of stream which tanks m rs
on The north. p
zen. Oglesby. who has The extreme ~, -
y pushed forward his brigade las. niph, per
az Cumberland, and has planted : bst. Der
commanding the river. which efies,ually o.
'en's re'niorcemenis. In fact we have, - ,
n completely surrounded. and can com. theI
me JOB a. our leisure. Considerable No
nishing occurred during the night. both III
e endeavOring 70 crawl ia upon each :
=. w.
es'erday afternoon. after tho s,ormipr A
had retired. and when the rebels h.dl ~
crowded together to repel The asssuh "A
am Taylor opened on them with she'll = a
terrible effect. His practice wss ~. M
creating The greatest CONSERVATION IN r.d',
ranks. and causing them 10 take refuoe neie
n" inuenchments. alter
le runboat assault we terrific. ex...a lin 81
yen the Fort Henry bombsrdmsnt. II aaa
aoou; an hour and half en-.
ssp,soror r.s- rants
sS'ua'y io.-Ihe follow. all &C
q been received as Hea dquar,ers: ernm
'uisvILLE. February l5.-To Major Re
rs' Mcclellan: Mitchelrs Division 81
ed march. reached the river q BOWL
reen to-day, msking ! bridge 10 cross. -
'nemy burned the bridge Il one o'clock d. y
morning, end were evscua,ipe the suppo
when he arrived.
o'gneo D. G. BUELL., r@o
"Brigadier- GcnersID