New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-14
Then q fhell hnnt in the embrasure Of

arotber 80 pouuder SCATTERING aud tea'lng on ner
,D,7zle and killing snf wounci'g all tie men VINO
,rera seryinc her. Captain Taylor WAS stsnci"g be-
,;do ber and agmeu, Of n she'll struck lam IL the
bcck bu, without ecr.u, injury. "Obe OF my
.n aid he. twas At nv side when the sh-ll eX-
nlo6ed Thst was the last saw OF himi INT us
soon IS could look again Il raiaiet and embfSsufe
were stained with blood, aud sTewed with irng-
,rents Of Lis body" Thus. early in the fight, four
of Liza eleven guns which boie upou ons boats were
disabled.
Car,ain TAYLOR wi.hed TO report to General Thigh.
man. and they eai down for uoueuts convention
on the banquette, when 8 snel struck tie parafei
snd exploded, bur,ing them under TWO feet Of esrth
and hurdles Several Of the Other guns became cis-
mspte6 end j. was e,. eui that tie fort could rot
hold out much longer. he men, weak from ieCeot
attacks of the measles which had gone through tue
carlson, and worn by their visle Of lsst Night, were
greatly exhausted and pro ing The defense in''"er
would only sacrifice more Of them. by order u
General Tilghman whi'e flag was rals'd' o"' j.,
dd not seem TO attract tie notice OF zoe %
Gle guuboats and tler q ing continued 'i-, ,'',
Tie great flag Of the fOt WAS lien h3U'''
and tue attack was ended.
Capt Taylor reports tic loss ID 'no e''''''
follows: -. p....r .-a
.Kuirp-Dousls,s. Mc'5s. Lee C-'S'o' '''"''' ana
V,arSp.pcopo,. Renfrc~, McAvOy seiAlk' Carter
an s, ave o,oe P,, ..,s Tad.I7.
me FIGHT FROM THE GUNBOATs.
Thu. far 7 nave IT,, ,,ed oniy what saw sud heard;
y General sketch Of Tie operations Of tie naval and
land forces will form more coherent and lees ego
tsdsal narrative OF ,be eveuts Of The day. For 'be
GREAT practical resuls vhch lave been accomplished
Ieh praise is due to Commodore FOote. Uucer many
Disadvantages lie has labocd unrringiy to prepare
tie guu-bouis for their Urotsut PAT IN The opera
tons OF tie war. lie las found It very difficult 10
obtain the right class Of men 10 mCn them; instead
Of soldiers and such otter Material be could Ob-
tain 10 tue West, he should rave marines furnished
from the navy. who would Understand the duties
they were expected 20 perform Az be Is ROT allowed
20 offer bounty AVID the wages paid ore Ices than
those given by the slegrloai captain 10 ibcr larde
he Is ne, able to ott in the beet elss Of raw
men.
The Plan for taking For, Henry originated with
lin. As long ago as the 18th Of Jauuiry, be lee-
fraphed 10 Gen. Haleck t1at it WIS practicable.
After lie reconnaissance of Ta'sity lie confidently
remarked, ~ can take that fort IN about an hour.
Others wee inueduous, but lie did take it in an
hour and fifteen minutes.
Tie uou-e'ad guuboa's, in parallel line, commenced
the attack at the distance Of 200 yaids IRON tie
fort, sid continued 10 move slowly up, in perfect
order, uutl when the fag wGs struck they were not
more than 100 yards from it, Trey fired only lie
guns IL their bows, that they might remain facing
the fort as their bows much better protected
sgails, tLos than any otter part Of lie vessels.
Trey therefore, used bUj II gaus-,he ssiaennmber
that the Rebels directed galEst them. TIE wooden
boat. remained in tie sear. firing over teen. Tic
balls rained upon the ;isg-o neIruai, aud she
ceved 81 sbots-inore than all tie others combined.
Only four struck her iron plating tlg,tly dentirg i,
but gancirg of HE haI from a roof. TIE wood
WORK Of the boat rddled, and one ball passed
almost her entire length, nor more than two inches
shove her machinery. One Of her smok, -.iacks re.
ceyed ever shots, and was nearly cut OH but old
not fall. Com. FoOle was IN all parts Of the boat.
encouraging tie men, telling them 10 keep cool,
watching tie gus that ,ley might not become too
much heated aud overlooking the other boats
Once while, ne was in tire ilOt house, SHOT struck
il at rot right in font Of his breast. IL sprung
IN tie iron pating aud wood work, almost TO biz
loiy, which was nearly foot FROM It, and though
lie was not touched, the conclusion " knocked tie
breath out Of him, aud il two three minutes
before lie recovered Commander Slembel fired
nearly al the guns bimsef AID maintained the Ut
NOS; GOODNESS under t'e bet fire,
Where the hrail hsir.br-sd'h Of an IT.
Wac al ths, sundeftd lie iiom doth"
The men. though raw behaved admirably.
THE DISASTER TO THE ESSEX.
Toward the close Of the engagement, The Essex
received q shot in one Of her boilers which causeda
great escape Of steam and created such panic that
several solcels and sesmen jumped overheard.
Commander Porter was sliguug scadsd aud several
were killed by the steam, Including the two FiIols.
Mr.. s. b. Britain, Capt. Poter's clerk, wa con-
veIsine lsuglinsly with the commander when The
shot stuck, carrying away tie wtoe bach part OF
his bead, aud passing on 10 Tie boiler. Tuls cgias-
tOphe, Of course, disabled the E-sex and she war
lowed down the stream. The Clrondee, received
six sbo,s the St. Louis seven and Le Essex fifteen.
None Of tie wooden bo4ts were tonched. About coo
sbcls were fired at the tort. Alter the sugr,Dder
Capt Sembel had the deserved honor u planting the
sars and stripes and bringing sway tbe Rebel ensign.
The Cincinnati is covered with honorable scars,
where the grape and other missiles perforated her.
As she lees than 400 YARDS tom the rrea, guns
Of the fort during The beat Of the fight j, il wonder
ful that size escaped 80 e.eily. Commodore Foo,e |
believe, was fully dete riued 10 take tie fort or 90
% the bottom with lis whole feet.
LIEUT.. PHELPS ~ ROUTE FOR ALABAMA.
Immediately after The capture, Lieut. Pbelps
with tie Conestoga, Taylor and Lexington. started
a. the river in accordance with orders previously
gwen by Commodore Foote, to penetrate as far a.
possible Into ,he enemy country, ana capture any
Of biz gaDboats and transports that be found Oh,
tle n,,., Tepreeece l. r,,, krovsu tl.f