Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-20
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATER FROM FORT DoNELSON.

| The Rebel Surgeons Estipl1ts heir Loss at from
| Three to FoEr HHadred Killed aHd Double that
Number WoHndsd-Gsn Grant Ensrgstieally
!, Ordering Speedy F0TUard Mousment-The
Rsseh Etpsct;d TO make Desperate Stand at
| Nashville.
Sr. LOUIS. Feb, Is.-The Democrats latest ad.
vices from Fort Donelson, up to Msnday, says
1t is impos.iss 70 state the precise extent Of the
| captures, everything te!ns Ia such confusion
within the fortress. The 51st and 57th Virginia
| reeiments. and several Arkansas, Alabama ana
| left with Pillow and Floyd in the night
:, The tebel and federal officers fraternize since
| the Eight, ana the best feeling, and even Union
sentiment, is PtersiIing auaong msny Of the Eris,
| subsequent intercourse with them. This remark
holds specially true Of the Tennessee regiments
| The best officers among them, who yielded TO the
are sick of the unnatural xar.sre- NfsIed by the
politicians first and betrayed by tneir generals
| since, they have become the most thoroughly dis
gosted with the bogus Confederacy, and desire 20
withdraw at once. ........sr rs
General Grant has energetically ordered spec
| dy forward movement TO still greater victories.
The rebel officers ASSET that Gen. Johnston
will concentrate every available soldier at Nash
| Vile, and make desperate attempt to retrieve
he misfortunes Of the past.
The tebel surgeons place their loss In killed
and wounded at Dete-een three and four hundred
killed, and double the number wounded
THE LATEST.
T,co More Regiments CaPtErsd-FEgitirsS Com
ins iH--TrlnIsHJs Amount Of Stores, Munitions
Of War, st-Bnryins the Dead.
FORT DoNELsoN, Tenn, Feb. 1S.-Two more
rebel regiments were captured to-day TO the east
Of the bntrenchfflents, and a number Of fugitive
| troops have come in aad voluntarily delivered
themselves up.
IL, 600 stand OF small arms have been taken.
Many Of the rebel troops destroyed their arms,
and large numbers were thrown into the river.
There are two water batteries included in the
II Hnvn hn feA
with one heavy rihed gun OF 81 pound bore, and
two 81 pound cannonades. The tower water
battery contains eight 81 Founders and one 10 inch
Columbiad. mounted n embrasures
Two thousand barrels of -four, Il, 900 boxes of
beef, and a large amount Of other provisions
were found today
All of to-day has been occupied in embarking
the prisoners and gathering up the stores and
munitions Of war, and in buryirg the dead. A
great number Of the rebels are still unburied
Captain LaSene, aid to General Grant, gnes to
Clarksville tomorrow With fag Of truce with
the bodies Of two colon.ls, and to effect an ex-
change OF wounded prisonerswho have been sent
| to Nashville.
1t is currently reported that Governor Harris, Of
Tennessee, has ordered all TennesseanS TO Law
down their arms.
BURNING OF The TENNESSEE IRON WORKS BIZ THE
FEDERAM GUNBoATs.
FORT DoNBLsoN, Feb. 1.-THE great fire seen
up the river last mig ht in the direction of Carks
Vile was the burning Of the Tennessee rolling
mills, four miles from there, by our gunboats
The works had been used by the rebels for the
manufacture Of shot and shell and other materials
OF war Ii was an extensive concern.
Gen Grant has promulgated a most stringent
order against plundering from the inhabit ipts.
Also, against stealing property taken In battle.
Before surrendering, the rebels threw most Of
their late mails into the river. Col. NJ Markland,
postal director, however, succeeded In seiZing a
number Of msil bags and some outside letters,
supposed to contain important information.
Ployd's first brigsde, fearing they might be
taken, threw their arms which were Mimic RI Ifes
~ the ht a. hind into the river and the crews of
the gunboats are now engaged In HsnIng su-Ei
out
Capt Dixon, the rebel chief OF artillery, and
the engineer who constructed the fOrtihcaton,
was killed in the bombardment on Friday In one
Of his own batteries.