The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-17

kA11ef 10A1H111 HA1 1yW1.
FROM the Nsw YORK Hosa1 and ys~ss. Of the
18th, ~ EXTRACT tbs 1Dllowfng i.en II gen.
oral interest.
uovsnuyss OF fus vsDsaALs.
| 81. Loun, Feb. II. lsda "A Cairo specia.
| dispatch to the Denscyss says that passengers
BY he Evsnsvuls packet report passing q
=" Tns Forty III ii, Thirty. arss. and rosr.h
Illipois rs9tmsats. battalion OF The Twsa-
| ty.ntuth lHinofey sBd . oOwpAny OF tns
| Eighth Wisconsin, left heae this morning.
Signal nrs balloons, apparently sent mp
| from MAY asld BY the rebels. have been seen
hero the past three nights.
CIsots1Arr. Feb. lS.-rhs weather Is I'm.
proving aud NE roads Avedry ing. asa r-1g
Tho Cemarrcisl says that our army in Gen .
trail Kentuckyis in MOTION. Gen. Nelson's
turnpiks. Genera Aitchells dIvtsion had
crossed Green river on mondAy NOR ming.
king The advance Of the main cetnmn to
Bowling Green.
AIcoxyoIAAIcI OF yoAT DoIxLsot.
/ 0r. Louis, Feb. N.-Feur more regiments
marched from Fort Henry iast MS ut on 70.
eOnnQt1erinG p3rties, and went within ons
mtls a Fort Donelson. a squadron OF our
cavalry barely escaped capture BY the nine
| AAoA~A1 ~ AV~~s SO'~~-$e ~~41~'~ -
uy.
ng,oIcixas ovIs rHs EEcsxr vIcroRiEs.
The reception Of tbs news from North Oar.
lima AND Tennessee has oecAsioneQ great re.
toicing here II 10 now understood that
these movements are onl y the beginning Of
what 10 to be done. and there 10 reason to BE-.
lieye that the rebellion will be effect lily
disposed Of within very few weeks.
TIE CAPTURE OF YoBr HKNAY-rH8 OPTICAL RR-
PORT OF PLA1 OFpIcER YOOrB.
WAsHIaaros, Fob 1.-The following - an
oniciai copy 81 the rspo: or Flag Omcsr
the capture of Fort Henry:
OAIR0, ILL.,, Feb. 7, 1859.
Sir-I have the honor to report that on
the eth inst, at half.past IL O'Clock, p. ID. +,
I made AN attack on Fort Henry, ON the
Tennessee river, with the iron.ciad gun.
boats CINCINNATI, Commander SteInDel 1.-THE
nagsnip); the Essex, 4 ON maudsr Porter; the
Uaronuslet, Commander walker, and the
st. Louis, Lieutenant mmanding Pauld.
ing, also taking win me she three old qua
| boau Oonestoga, TyAsr. and the Lexing ton !,
a. q second division, IN charge of Lieutenant
Com n andinY Pasli g, which took u position
astern and ~ saoIs u me armed boats, doing
g0o0 execution there Ia the acton, while the
armed boats were placed in the first order Of
| stsaming, approaching the tort Id parallel
lire.
hundred yards dist,.nce from the d e snip.
which was followed by tbs other KuabOa. 9
ana responded ~ by the tort. As We ap.
preached The fort, slow sxamiDg Till we
reached within SIX hundred SAr0s OF the
rebel DHttsrles, the FIRE bolh from the gun.
b0Als ANA the fort Increased in rxpidity and
accuracy OF range
at twenty n.lnutes before the nag was
struck, tho ) sDex unfortunately received u
shot III her bJilv9e, which resulted In The
Wounding and seaialnE Of twsaty .nias ON
GERS and men, inoluulnx O0mmanusr Porter,
a will % seen in The snclossu list Of casual
ties.
The Essex then necessarily dropped out Of
line Astefn, enureiy disabled ana unable ~
continue Tie tkh. iA which she HAD " gal.
lantly participated until the sad catastrophe.
The firing cohunuoo WiIh undated Ia
pidity and etc. u pon the Three guuboats, Is
they con tlnueu stlIl ~ approach the fort
with thelr deSIT ncuve drs, unul the rebel
d4x Was hauled down, after u very severe
ana closely contested xctioR Of one hour ana
fifteen minutes.
A boat con saining the Adjutant. General
and Captain OF EAxtnsers came alouxslas
After The fAx was 10 Wers 81, ana &c ported that
Cen. Al.yu TilxAman, tho commander OF
the fort, wished 10 commitments Win the
DAG officer, when l dispatched Commander
STEM Del and Lieut.. Commanding Rheips
win orders 70 holsG The Amsrlcan dag whore
the rebel enslEn mad besn hylpy. ana ~ In.
"a. m Cen. liixhman that / would see nam
on board the flagship. He came on boAra
soon after the Union had been su oesituted for
The repel nag On the fort ana possession
lnksu OF IL. received the General and his
s.arf aud some sixty or seventy men a. prs
oners, anu y HOSPITAL snip, con taininx sixty
invnlids together with .he fort ana his ef.
feots. mount ng twenty guna ,nostiy OF heavy
onlibre. with SArracks AID tents cap. BILE Of
accommodating 10. 40 men, and sumo DRY aru.
cies, winch, Is tnxIco the Iort anu Its s6ecu
over to Gen. Grant, commanding the u nv,
on his arrival, Ia an hour alter We had made
the cap; ure, ho Will ~ enabled 10 give the
dover nMent more correct ststenent oi
ihAu am e. abled 10 cJnm up icats from the
~ hah Q.zsin nf he $rYr
The plan Of tho attack, 30 far ~ the army
reaching the rear OF the fort to mai o n d.
mons1ras!on sim ultansous with tho navy,
Was frustrated by the excessively muddy
roads, and the high stsEs Of water prevent.
ing the arrival OF our troops until some time
after had Ia ken Possession Of the fort.
On securing the prisoners, and making tho
necessary preliminary arrangements, ! dis.
patched Lieut.. Commanding Phelps, with
his divi don, mp the Tennessee river. as I had
previously Dir scted, And as will Do seen in
the enclos cd order to him to remove tho rails,
and 60 tar render t. Q bridge Of the railroad
Tor transportation and communication BE-
tween Bowling Green and Oolum hus useless,
and Afterwards % pursue the rebel gun boats,
and secure their capture, II possible.
This being accom- plished, and the army In
poasessinA Of the fort, and my services being
indispensable At Cairo, left Fort Henry In
the evening Of tho Same day, with the Gin.
cinnatt, Essex and st. Louis. and arrived
me armed gunboats resi- ted enectually
the shot Of the enemy, when striking the
caseM ates. -.v,9. g lt..s1 SECS
The Ciocinna Att, the flagship received thir-
ty. one shots; the Essex fifteen 'he ST Louis
seven: and the Cayondelet six; Hi. ling oBe
and woundipg nine In the Cincinnati, and
one in the Essex. while the casualties la the
latter from steam amounted two twsnty.
eight In umeer. The Cxrondelet and ST.
Louis met With no casualties.
The steamers were admirably handled by
their commanders and officers. presenting
only theic bow guns to the enemy, 70 avoid
the exposure OF the vulnerable parts Of their
vessels.
Lieutenant Commanding Phelps, with hts
division, also executed roy orders very efYec.
In thsir fur ther sxecniion after the capture
OF the fcrL. In fact, al the olncess and men
calamity performed their duty, and, consid.
ering the little experience they have had nm.
der FIRE. far moro than realized ny expsc.
t&aions. sst1 -
Fort Henry was defended with the most
determined gallantry by General Tignlmap,
worthy OF batter cause; who, from his
eleven guns OF heuvy calibrs bearing upon
our boats, which he fought until seven Of the
number were 0ismAntled or otherwise rem.
dered useless.
have the honor to b.. very respectfully.
A. II. Foors, Flag on,cer.
Hon. Gideon Ws!Iss, Secretary Navy, Wash.
Ing son.
TIE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
W. d. Porter, com mAndeT, scalded.
J. II Lewis, pay n fster. sca.ded.
T. p. Perry, third m Astsr, sosidsd badly.
3. b. Britain, masters mate, killed b.
cannon shot. 70 -,.ts-
James McBrids, pilot, killed By scsld,.ar.
William II. Ford, pilot, killed By y s,asn.
John Matthews. QuA'rmastsr. ,. div sCaId.
Cd.
= A. D. Waterman. espts..a Of sor.cas,le,
Is.r. o.rc.,
samuel hay er. nremen. ccaldet naAiv
yo0n saw, fireman, Atsetnk.