The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-02-13
Railroad Bridge Destroyed
Fright of The Rebels Houses Deserted
Guns Spiked with 7el'grCpk
Wire
OVER 81 1000, 900 OF PROPERTY CAP
TURED.
Later Movements of Our Troops.

Especial Dispatch 10 the Cincinnati GazetteJ
Fort HENRY. Tenn, Feb. 7, P. NJ, !
Via Paducsh, Feb 8. I
The stars and stripes have foatsc
proudly over these rebel forti6cation.
since three o'clock ye.terday p. NJ. A
contest, mainly with the gunboats of a
bout one hours duration, gave US one o
the most complete and signal victories il
the annals Of the worlds warfare A bou
ten o'clock in The morning. the time
sent the last dispatch, all things being in
readiness. the land forces on both sides o.
the river began to move-McCernand':
division oil the east side OF The river, ant
those under Generals Smith and Wallace
on the west side After the land force,
had got under way, about l2 o'clock, tn,
guDboats Essex, St. Louis, Carondolet anC
Cincinnati. the iron clad Lexington, H.,
Conesloga and T. lor moved up stream
The four first named formed in line nea
the fort, and at | O'Clock p. NJ. precisely
the ball was opened by the gnuboat Is
sex. when succession Of firing was KEEP
up for about an hour aud quarter
When all was again silent, the Confeder
ale dag was hanled down-the fort bad
SURE udered. From this time a preoipit.
ale fight of The enemy commenced. until
the fort and It's dependencies and camps
we're entirely abondoutd, the rebels leay,
ing everything behind them in their
fight.
From appearances. The troops were a.
bout eating dinner. abandoning their
Quarters without removing thing
Thousands Of shot guns, and all ,heir
camp equipments, clothing in TACT. ey.
erylhing connected with an extensive
camp fell into our hands. Our gunboa s
silrnced seven of their immense guns in
fifty minutes Near the close of the en-.
eagemens the Essex received shot in
her bows. which passed through her bill.
ers, killing Mr.. Britton. Aid to Captain
Porter, and scalding 10 death Messrs Nc.
Bhde ard Ford, the pilots. Tie number
OF Killed and wounded on the gunboats
was 81 Five or six Of this number were
lost by Jumping overheard Capt. Porter
was seIiouly but not mortally injured by
being scaIeed by the steam from the
boilers. Six others comprise the loss on
the gunboa,s, The number of mounted
guns OIL the fortdcalions captured ia l6.
We also took q battery of six pieces Of
fly ing artillery. The lattsr was taken bv
Major Nc Culloch Of Col. Dickeys Fourth
Cavalry. on the road to Dover. ColoLel
Dirkey. learning the enepy had taken
fight, dispatched Major McCulloch on
tho road leading from Fort Done!son 10
Dover. with two companies Of cavalry.
tie overlook them some six miles from
Fort Henry. They abandoned the guns
upon his approach. We have not lost
more than half dozen of the land sold i.
iers. it so many. There WAS 10 fighting
on the part Of our land forcss, except that
of firing upon the fleeing foe. Among
the prisoners laken-numbering about
sixty-is Brigadier General I'll ighlman,
commanding, aud Captain Taylor. oil.
John A. Logan took eight guns and thir.
ty'three prisoners late last night.
SECOND DISPATCH.
FoRT Henry, via Paducah, Feb. s
Directly after the c,pture of The Fort
the gunboats Lexington, Tyl1r and Con
esIoga started up the river. with instruc.
tons 10 proceed as far as they saw fit up
the Tennessee river TO Alab ma, and are
doubtless at that point ere this.
Yesterday the Carondolet, in charge of
Col. Webster, Col. Rigg MS and Col. Nc.
Pherson, Oi Gen, Grants staff, made re
connoiSsance as far as the bridge of the
Memphis & ClarksviIlo Railroad. at Dan
vile, They found but one family left in
that town. At the bridge, quarters had
been built aud occupied by some troops,
where was found a large quantity of army
supplies, commiSsary stores, wagons, &c.
Tie inhabitants arc deserving their
dwellings, for miles around; aud fleeing in
every direction.
The bridge at Danville was partially
disabled by the frSt guuboats, which wen,
up the river on Thursday evening. An.
other OF the piers was crippled 90 ss to
completely prevent tho passago of any
trains; aud il vas also found that the
railroad had been obsllucted a short dis.
lance from the bridge, by a land slide.
Instead of there being fourteen gurs
captured between Colonel Dickey's caval.
~ and Colonel John A. Logan, lhere was
bu, eight.
II appears that Licu'ensnt Colonel Nc.
Cullough, of Dickey's cavalry, won't out
on the Fort Donelson road some three
miles, In pursuit OF the retreating rebels
and overlook and had skirmish with n
party who had three guns in charge, the
rebels abandoning their guns and retreat.
Ing. one man being killed on each side.
Col. Mccullough did not, however, bring
in the guns. Meanwhile Col. Logan,
with small force of infantry, was order.
ed 10 pursue the enemy and me, DicEey's
mon near where the guns were taken. aud
requested them to advance, which they
refused to do. as their horses were too
much jadcd for further use. Col. Logan
found no could not 70 any farther with
Infantry. and leaving tho captured pieces
IN their charge. which they brought 10,
took with him eight mounted men aud
advanced some three miles further, when
he ovsrhauled four more guns. under a
guard OF men. who surrendered them,
with the horses, ,etc., which were also bro't
into the fort. Colonel Logan went
within half mile Of whore another gun