Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-18
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CosleTeiag has the foIloVing
On leAFnipE tbat thesfet els ere 80 :
attnE Bowling Green, Gen. B1sll d iesfSe,1 (
forced march BY Gen. Mitc6ell q s4e. e
possible. the railroad aud tnrnpfl,a 81 -
on Big Barren River. They had. aoIue1Gr.
been destroyed when Mitchell. reached the
SS OF the Figef- The hriEadas9 sof
BIecki1ridgs and HindHlan were. INN
Thursday evening. lt woodland 6tatio59
The rebels left nothing AZ Bowling Green
except few old wagons. Part OF TIE tom
e reported 70 have been burned. Its be-
lleved there ara nou no rebel forces il Ken
tueEy east Of the direct road from BoWlfn.
Green, VIA Rranklin and Nashville.
CEittende1 Is trying to organize another
army &C Carthage, on the south hank Of
the CumbeFla1d. This Is the only rebel
force on The line from BoWlinG Green. To-
Nashville
Breckinridge and HiBdma1.s bFigades
have fallen back on RussellViIIe, where
Buekner and Floydis bTiRndes have been
stationed for some time, HaFdee and
Johnston were also believed 10 be a. that
point on Friday. Il : presumed, with the
exception Of the above brigades, thar the
whole rebel army has been moved 70 Fort
DUnelson and C1aEksVille.
What movement may have been made BY
the rebel forces since Thursday. can only
be cOnjecturel, but the probabilities are
they have eOncentrated their whole force
on the Cauberland. IT, however, they
have not done 20, the divisions Of Nelson
and Mitchell will be ample TO cops with
all they may have between Bowling Green
and Nashville.
u Is believed that the diVi1ions Of
AsCOok and Thomas embarked at the
mouth of Salt River on steamers, for The
Cumberland, on Saturday night and yes
TrOoDs that hare been in the camp Of
instruction at BeardstoWn, were At Louis
Vile yesterday embarking for the Gambler
land.
Three Indiana regiments and y battery
OF artillery leave New Albany to-day.
The aggregate of these reintorcements Is
perhaps 10000.
Gen. Buell.. We understand, goes with
AcCook's division 70 take command in per-
sou on the Cumberland, where Our force
will, by Tomorrow night, number about
$4,000. While he presseS the enemy ON
the Cumberland with his tremendous i0rcs,
their flank aud rear are menaced by The
heavy divisions nnder Mitchell and Nelson.
Since writing the above We learn that
ten regiments now in Ohio camps are or
dered at once 70 the Cumberland.
ST. Louis, Feb. I6.-Despaiehes from.
Gen. Grant TO Gen. Halloek adnoance the
surrender of Ft. DoneIsOn With 10 900 pris-
oners, Including Gems. Johnston, Buckuer
aud Pillow.
ST.. LOUIS. Feb. l7.-Further official nd !.
Vtces from Donelssn, say that Gen. Floyd
escaped during the night, and the rebels in
the fort denounced him as black arted
traitor aud coward.
The enemy are known to have had 30. ;
600 troops, $4,000 of whom are our pris-
ouers, 6,OOo escaped, and the balance are
reported killed, wounded, or otherwise dis.
abied. Our loss IS not stated, hut the
slaughter in our ranks is mentioned Rs ter.
ribly severe.
ST. Louis, Feb. 1.-THE CASUALTIES on
The gunboats Et Fort Donelson were as
follows; The st. Louis had three killed.
including p r. Riley. of Cincinnati, and
two wounded, among them Etsut Kendall,
slightly. The LouisYille had tiye killed
four slightly apd tYo 4eSetsly9 sounded,
away. The Garoudelet had four killed
and six badly wounded, Including WIN.
Huaton, pilot two severely. Tue PITTS
buFgh had two wounded.
The force "a rosie for DoReIson had
nostly come up, and were located on the.
Gen. Wallace, with the 9Th Missouri and
18th Indiana, arrived on Friday,
ST.. LOUIS. FEB. l7.-Rort Donelson sur
rendered AZ nine o'clock TO our land forces.
The gun boats were present At the time.
An immense amount OF war material,
&C., are among the trophies of the ricInrT,
Floyd skulked away the night before The
surrender.
The gun boat oarOadelet, Capt Walker,
has arrived At Cairo.
Large numbers of our wounded have
been brought to the Paducah and Cairo
hospitals.
This city is wild with e1citement aud
JOY. The ueWs WAS read ut the Union
Merehauts' Exchange, causing the most in
tense enthuSiRsm. The Star SpanRIeCl BAN
ner, Flag Of Our Unioa, and Red, white
aud Blue, were sung by all present. After
which they adjourned and marched to
headquarters twelve or fifteen tidatlred
strong, where three rousing cheers were,
given for Haileek and Foote. Gen. Hal.
leek appeared 1t the window, thanked the
people for this hearty demonstration and
said, 81 promised when came here, with.
your aid, 20 drive the euemyis Tag from
your State. This has been done, aud IL is
low virtually ont of Kentucky, and viii
soon be out of Tennessee" More Sheers.
for the Union The Star Spangied Ran.
ner was then repeated aud the crowd dis
persed. . -
Judge Holt Wspt for joy when he heard
the news.
Many stores are closed, the city is being
decorated with flags, and evidences Of great
JOY are everyWher0 mantfest.
Gov. Yates, Secretary Hatch, aud -Au.
dltor Dubois, Of Illinois, leftfor Fort Don.
elson this morning TO look afterthe Woun-
ded Illinois troops.
A requisttion has been made for all the
steamboats, in this vicinity 10 be held In l
readiness for the transportation of troops,
government stores, Sc
LoutsylILE. Feb. LMitthell's troops
have crossed Barron river, and are in poss
session of BoyylinI, Green isi5 81 -