, 1862-02-25

Wednesday the 18th, following some hours
after the U. s. gunboat Cairo. O4r trip was
toga is Of the racer breed Of boats and walked
the water like thing Of lite, an entirely origi
md term beg you to note. When Gen.
Foote has despatch in his eye he takes the
c 1nestoga. 7 have observed it is customary
to praise the boat you ride on, but this is
me1ited, and not puff, the Conestoga not be-
ing now in the carrying trade, though by the
way take that back, She did The other day
help to carry Fort Henry.)
Just above Donelson We passed the still
smoking ruins Of the Cumberland !ro9
Works which do not now cumber the land
with appliances to aid the rebels. JOHN Bell
owned share of these works and their fate no
one will regret The blac6ness OF ashes
marks where they stGed 4 1he %z3ld fe
stand by, and hold bard with quotation marks:
And so on to C1a1ksSille, thirty miles from
Fort Donelson- -.....
Here was where the rebc!s were to make
stand. This was to be the Gibraltar, seba5-
topol and Manassas I'LL in one, and to require |
m sextaa conyu1sion Of the anaconda i tire |
eome beast, who must have given up the coll
duet Of the war to somebody else, for who !
ever knew Of d boa having Fuote Ciarks-
nothing but The guns and men to use thenl-
The rebels built two forts and a:p to speak
Of them but Floyd did : not speak Of
stopping to defend them nor DID Pilow.
The rebels did ,t1y to bar:l Clarksyille on
not permit it, and their remonstrance pre-
vailed At r. u. the Conestoga rounded 2
bend in the river called LinTood Landing, and
before us loomed Fort Severe. It was sgysre-
eV sad sE s a oa e f osan nz9es q o
cannon looked almost down into our chlm-
ucys from I, height TWO hundred fcat above
our heads. We counted two guns and white
flag, and that settled it. There was nothing
to fear from Fort Severe.
| On ne steamed, and still another fortress,
| Fort Clark, named after the original Clarh
| from Nlaom Cla7Isyiile takes its name. Here
| there was no flag flying. It is at the junction
! Of Tue Red river with the Cumberland, very
pretty spot to rake an adversary. The Cones:
| 1oga lela her breath an instant, whistlcd, and
l. watched events, which came in the shape Of q
| very dirty white flag creeping slowly up the
staff. Later ne we're informed that this white
flag blew down and got soiiel il the heavy
Foote sent force to take possession Of these
Forts, and over both the Stars and Stripes
were speedily flying. Dust Us we came mp, the
railroad bridges across The Cumberland and
tie Rcd river were both discovered 10 bc on
fire, the rebcls having applied The torch just
as we came up. ::
At t5p. n. We reached Clark sv;lle, when ill
residents OF this place who had not run away,
came down to the landing much us the dis
tinguiAhed residents received Columbus the
! discover, t1Ut Lit CVluHlOua tuW 1UVtl 1s
i shortly to discovery Hon. Cave johnson,
Judge Wisdom, and The Mayor, had IN inter
view with Com. Foote, at which meeting,
not being present nor invited, got up IN in
} teryiew of my own with two laus, one oi
| whom had a white flag lying astern. Said ono
! Of Them to me, "a good joke on yer dirty
/ old ilag.'' I looked around to ask the gunner
, to ayc1gc the insult with 64, but the urchin's
; finger ard NY OWL eyesight corrected MY first
: impression. The Conestoga's coal smoke and
into
: dusky lint, from which rcd, white and blue
t had Disappeared; SO when the Ciark5yiisf
, youth told nc that on our approach the stor,
Z grew that nc were coming up s. with thu hlacE
, nag flying" we nearly scared CErksyiile intt
tits. mention the incident to ask it this ma.
t not account Tor other blaeh flags
I We hauled off into the stream for the night
C and this {IEur5day) morning more thorough
!. examination was made Of Fort Clark. I Tcn
g with the party. We looked carefully thraug]
= that the rebels had attempted to issue mag,
& zine sin parts" and Clarksyille would hay
II lad benefit Lad their plans been carried out
= for in this magazine with some hundred pound
It of powder in cartridges and fixed ammunition
e half consumed port fire lay, with its a:he
+ more ard Fort Clark would have reported i
is self missing III its essential parts. 4 larg1
Il share Of the ammunition our men took Q
{. board, throwing the rest in the Tirc
le Ckrksyine is now in the Union. and h'
d scared residents may come home again. T'lt
Of are over fond Of the white aag- It will be be
ID ter that they float the rcd, white, aud btu
Is Our land forces ire in possession aud the WI
+, is open to Nashville We shall hear from the
L soon that the Stars and Stripes are aoati!
y there, and there arc nl2ny in Nashville vi
&c will welcome the day. God speed IT,
II. =; -5-------1- ----.--1-- r
u EoE. Robinson Of Kansas imp peac1iet
~ ~ Tie 10000 fraud on the State Treasury
ID Kansas, pcrpetrated By Gov. Charles Robi
ds sor il; Aha e,1a If uar bonds at toss t1,,n tht
1s market value, is likely to get him into ey
le 5oennr trnub1c th,n 7noro Totor;ety- Tt II
az eeepe4 1ouo., rn-1l - ~. -' -,,
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I'd tsooee. D. ese'eAs .. h'" IVY - nsnes.
ut .ne eeate eeliate' wv ie'so'u ~ paA uoo
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ny LII, Aas 4ePol'eu tn's sus oseu "'3 NJ
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tu- appointed eomla1'lee u n'e, "lo snoou'
'is company WALL 1ne A&.oineS oene4a4, plo -
red cue INC 11npeacnll'enI ocAo'c 'i'7 eenf''e'
'ur 1opeka 11seo'u saSs ~,
70 nor T cha1Ias Wohtneon. Yesterday. ID Inc
IL instance Of similar action IN the history Of
rec II nl!ea 4 fSe tes,ionyy ny inroyinE the Aud
tea | and Secretary in the swindlins transact
nd eb s s5on q down
hle concerned the scverest penalty that can be inf
be- n a. onsEagsp u4e annormnq
naa E vindlca.ien. During the trial which will dot
s9Gn m Dc yeH H. eg az Se 6er edea i
hen unbiased and impartial conclusion.
IL the meantime; e1 a ~ = r. IT, sc
,hat called to tie aizcharge Of his military dntie
a. the commandant Of the Department.