The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-08
Passage Of the Gunboat Bill.
&c., &c, &c,
The Surrender Of Fort Henry.

Cincinnati, FEB. The GAZETTE and Cow.
Nrrci'Ls Cairo corrcsp pndencc give the following
account OF the bombardment and capture Of Fort
Henry:
Yeaterlay, at 1850 p. m, the ,unboa,l Gin in.
natl, st. Louis, Csrondelot AMI Essey, the TYLER,
Conestoga AMI Lexington bringing MP the rear, al.
vanccd boldly against the rtbe works, coin, 20 IN,
/ "sht "i Painter creek Is,snI Immediately above,
wi ere on the east shore stand, the G,rtlGe,,,,,s.
and keeping oui Of range I'LL at the heal Of tue ID.
land aud within a mile OF the enemy, passing the
island IN FUN view o. the rebel guns. va steadily
advanced, eyory man At quarters, cvcry car strained
To catch the Nsg-ohiccr's signal gun COR tho COM
mcncemcn, OF the action.
Our line Of battle waI on the len tho s.. L,uiL
next tie CarondNlc', newt Ito Cincinnati ,,,r the
time being the flagship, having ON banrl FLAG.
Cmccr foo,el, aud the next ,ho Essex. We al.
Nnred IN line, the Cincinnati boats len.th ahead,
when, At li.3o, the Cincinnati opened tho ball, and
| Immediately the three sceomplnyin. boat ,llnwci
| suit. The enemy was not backward, nnI gave An
| admirable response. and the hyht ragged flri1uay
| 'or ha'i An hour We steadily advanced, receiving
srh returning the storm ~ shot and shell, when,
.e,tiug within thi co hundred yarl. of the cncmv's
works, We came 10 a sani and poured into hun
| night aud len In the meantime the Essex had
| been disabled, anil drrted away from the scene u
| action leaving tie CincinnSt Carouirlet and a.,
| St. Louis alone engaged.
Al precisely forty minutes past one, the enemy
struck MS coors, anil such cheering, such wild ak
element, seized the throat, arms or caps Of the
four ~ five hundred sailors % the s1inbos can bs
imagined. Amer the surrender, which was made
To Flag ONcer FOote, by,GoD., Lloyd Tilghman, who
defended his f'rtin Ann Predetermined manner, we
found that tie rebel infantry, encamped outaiie tie
Fort numbering four " five thousand, had cut and
run, leaving the rebel artillery companies IN com.
nNnd Of the Fort.
Tie fort mounted seventeen guns, most Of them
80 and Gipoundcrs, one being magnificent 10 inch
columh,d. Our shots dismounied two o! their
guns, driving the enemy into the embrasures. Quo
Of their rlied 32-Poundors burst during the engage.
mcnt, wounding some Of their gunners. The rebels
claimed h have but eleven effective guns, worked
10y hity-iour mcn-thc number Al told " our pri.
soners. They lost FIVE killed and ten badly wound.
ed. The infantry len everything IN their night. A
vast deal of plumber has fallen into our hands, in
GLIDING large and valuable quantity u ordnance
stores
ten. Tighnan is di,heartened. lie thinks i
one OF the most damaging blows ~ the war. In
surrcnderng TO Flag Olicer F,otc, tho rebel Gene
ral remarked, al am glad - surrender 10 gallant
an officer" Flag Ofncer Foote replied. "You do
perfect right, sir in turreuierng but You should
have blown my boats 'uI OF the water before l
would have surrendered 70 YOU"
In the engagement the Cincinnati was in the
lead and hying the lag oacer'r pennan', WIS tho
chief marx. Flag othcer foote and Captain STEM
bel cUwded her dehanty into the teeth Of the enc
my'' guns, she sot thriy-one shots, some OF them
going completely through her. The EsseN was
badly crippled when about half through the fight,
and crowdlng steadily against the -neuy,a ball went
uto her side forward port through her heavy bulk
end and souarelv through one Of her boIl.r.. the
escaping steam sclding and killing several NJ ,ha
crew. Capt, torter, his aid u, T.. Britton, Jr., i
aud PAym,S'er L'w's' wer' "''ndins in direct
Iue ol the oN@ ,A'','s' 'h'' struck Mr. Brit
,tro,i,, r,. ,s ~. IA
''o'' SWAN "'u' INT" 'ho
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The Ci,cirro1l had cne kirlsI AMI AZ, -,