Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-13
Mofe Good News rom r,nnlessss 4

More Good News from rennesse.
GtNCtHK1If, Feb q s. u
Gassi and iSfsSi i Fo.t III -
4 I, e9i l9ln! give the following account Z
j. the e3pe edition up the Tenne "a Fiyef,.
7eAtter the capture OF Fort Henry. IN
Lexington, GonestogR and Tyler ave chss
\ 70 the rebel steamer Dunbar. Rsacbin,
the Memphis and Louisville bridge. on
GOATS SET nte TO 9 portion of It, took
4 quantity o. stores &C., and passed on II
lisnase o. the Dunbar, but didn't oyertak,
heF. lt Is supposed she escaped BY run.
ming up some creek during the night.
H. ne gqnpoats went TO Florence, Ala al
the head OF navigation, two hundred and
nifty miles from Pad6cah. Eyerywbers
along the river they were. received with al.
/ tontshlng welcome by numerous Union
families IN Southern Tennessee and Northern
Alabama and at the towns along the river
the ol9 nag was looked upon as redeem
er, and was hailed with shouts of ioy. 3
Capt. Gw1n, Of the Tyler, recruited thirty
men TOR service on the gunboats, aud avs
ne can get enough men to man the whole
The people Of Florence were a dsIisbt5
cd at finding the Stars aud Stripas once
more their protection, that they 5Fen 49,, ~
TO give call to the officers Of the qnn-
boats, but they couldn't remain to accent
their couftesies.
MheFeYerour boats landed, aud the peo-.
pie became assured thltW6 did not come
come 10 destroy, but to save, they. seemed
90 nave no! means too extraYaRant to ex-
press their delight and Joy.
Our boats captured four steamers In.
sclnatng an unfinished gunboat, and burned
seven others. They captured d large onan.
tltY OF stores and one hundred and eighty
stand of armsE =
One boat goes up the riyert his morning.
y. Meather Improving and roads drying.
me ne CoWgssyetas says Our army liz cen.
I 70. tAesntuckyi s tnmotiou. Gen. Nelson's
DIVISION Is matching along Glayson turn
PIKE PIKE Gen. Mitchellis division crossed
t ~ river on Monday morning, taking
Green. y -'e'H mug
ST. Louis, Feb. PA special dispatch
70 the RePu6heau, dated Fort Henry, Feb.
The gunboats Conestoga, TAYLOR and
Lexington returned from Upper Tennessee
last night. The boats went as far. al FIor..
ence, Alabama, aud were received with the
Widest joy by people along the river
Old men cried like children at the sight of
the stars and Stripes, and invited the Off
GERS and men to their houses, AID told them
all they had was at their disposal. Iarpe
numbers were anxious to enlist under the
old dag, and the Tyler brought down two
hundred and fifty 10 fill up gun boat crews.
Our officers were assured If they Wenld
walt few days whole regiments could be
raised, and if the Government would give
arms to defend themselves they could bring
Tennessee back to the Union in a few
months. They saidWhen the secession or.
,dinance was passed, armed men stood at
tue polls and everything went as certain
politicians said.
Atsayanpah, Clifton, PASSPORT and Flor.
ence, officers and men of our boats went
ashore Withoutsarms and mingled freelv
with the people.
The Union men along the.river comprise
the wealthiest and best portion of the in
naoitants. Large numbers of whom have 4
American flags. NotR gun was fred eth
.er going or coming.
The rebel gunboats PASSPORT. Sallie
ward and Muscle, only partly finished were
captured and are here. The Eastport had
two hundred aud fifty thousand feet of
lumber on board, and the Ward had a
quantity of iron plating.
INC gteHrHe St5Sul XXI l1rlilA,i5 Linn, RoYd
9nlla omlth, Sam Or and Appleton Belle,
were burned by the rebels to prevent them
from falling into our hands.
The Railroad bridge at Florence was not
destroyed.
A quantity Of papers were captured in
the Passport belonging to Lieut.. Brown.
late of the Federal Navy, among them was
q letter from Lieut.. Maury, stating that sub
marine batteries could not be successfully
used in rapid streams Of the West.
One hundred and fifty hhds. of tobacco
and quantity of other freight will be
brought down from the mouth of SANDY
river tomorrow.
:, A daily line of Packets have been estab-
ltshed between Fort Henry and Cairo.
Nothing during the war has been SO
Frustrating to the rebels as the late VIC
tory and gunboat expedition mentioned
above,
From Fortress Nonroa