The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-02-14


Our shots jsmouutrd two guns, driving III
/ enemy through the emhfasures. Onr OF their
rl6pd 80 FOUNDERS burst duriag The rngas,-
mpnt, and wounded the gunnsrs.
/ The rebels captured clain Ia have ha! but
eleven eff, c,ive guns, worked by 81 m n; The
number, all told, Of the prisoners taken. fhry
! los, FIVE killed and len badly wounded.
The infantry left everything behind them ia
their flight, and vasi deal OF th,ir p!nadrr has
fallen into our hands, incluiing a large AID
valuable quantity oi ordinance stores
Gen. Tilghman appeared ishsartrnril. He
thinks the capture of the fort Is one OF the
most damaging blows Of the war. In surren-
dering 10 Com Foote he remarked, Il arm glad
10 surrender 10 so gallant an officer"
Com. Foote replied, "You do perfectly right,
sir, IN surrendering, but you should have blown
my boats out of water before should have sur
rendered 10 you"
In the engagement the Cincinnati was in
the lead, and lying the flag officers pennqn',
which was the chief mark Flag othc'r Foote
and Capt. Stembla crowded her d-hantly INTO
the teeth OF the enemy's guns She gbt thirty
one shots, some going completely through her.
The Essex was badly crippled when about
gainst the enemy, ball wen, into her port side
through forward port, then throng the heavy
bnkhead, and going squarely through one of
hr boilers, the escaping steam scaling and
killing several of her crew.
Capt. Porter and his aid, s. p. Britton, Jr,
and Paymaster Lewis, wHrr standing IN the di-
rect line OF the balls passage--Brllion being IN
tn" centre of ths group, thp shot struck hlm on
the top OF his head scattering hls brains in ev-
cry direction. The escaping steam went into
the pilot house and insanity killed Ford and
Bride, The pilots Many of h- soldiers, al the
rusb of steam, jumped overheard aci were
drowued.
The Cincinnati had only one man killed and
six wounded
The Essex had six seamen killed, two officers
a1d seventeen men wounded anl Eve missing.
There were no casualties on the ST. Louis or
Corendest, though the shot and shell upon
them like rain.
The St. Louis was commgaded hv Captain |
LEONARD PduIding, who stood upon the gun
boat and fought his guns TO the last. Not a
man 1rnchrd. and with cheer upon cheer sent
shot an! shell among lhe enemy.
Official .Hcconnt of The Surreaaer Of Fort
Henry-Gen. TUghmaa and Sfs6' md Sic
fy Oiher Prisoners Taken- -Tweafy Cannon
md Serrnteen Mortars Captured.
WASHINGTON, Feb. T. The Navy Drplft
ment, at two P. M. to-day, received the follow
ing Important dispatch:
US. Flag Steamer Cihcinnaf,
Of Fort Henry,
Tennessee River, Feb. 6, 1862
70 Hon. Gideon Wells, Ssc'ry Of the Navy.
The gunboats under my command = Essex, Com
nander Porter; Carondelet, Com'r Walter; Gin
cinnatI, Commander Stenebel; ST. Louis, 1t.
Comd'g Paulding; Conpstoga, 1t. Commander
Phelps; Taylor, 1t. Commanding Gwinn, and
Lexington, Ii. Comd'g Shlrk-after a severe
and rapid fire of one hour and quarter, have
captured Fo,t Henry, and have taken Gen.
Loyd TIlghman and staff and 60 men as pris-
onprs.
The surrender TO the gunboals Was unconGi-
tiona, as we kept an open fire upon them until
their flag was struck Ia half an hour after the
surrender handed the fort and prisoners over
to General Grant, commanding the army, on his
arrival at the fort IN force.
The Essex had shot in her boilers, and after
fighting most efTectualy lor two-thirds of the
action, was obliged TO drop down the river, as
| hear that several Of her crew were scadet TO
death, including the two pilots. She, with ihf
Other gunb1as, officers aud men, fought with the
greatest galantrv
The Cincinnati received thrtr-one shots, ans
had one man killed and eight wounded, two Sc
riouslv.
The fort, with twenty guns and seventeen
morrars, was defended BY Gen. Tiighman with
the most determined galIantry.
will write as soon as possible.
| have sent Lieut.. Commanding Phillips and
three gunboas after the rebel gnnboats,
A. H. Foorr, Flag officer.
The Star Of this evening says:
"The rebels had sustaining force Of s1me
filsen thousand tas believed here this moruingl
lowering around Fort Henry TO sustain It.
That this force has either been routed By Geo.
Grant, (who was cooperating with Commodore
Foote'S gunboas,l or A briore Grants army,
leaving the fort TO its tale, is PLAN from The TACT
that Grant stood ready and able 10 receive the
fort and priSoners from the Commodore half an
hour after the latter had taken them
10 PRorEsTs AGAINST THE ABoLIToNisTs
DESIGNATING THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE