Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-07
Gen. Mcclellan will Not Resign.
MORE SENATORS TO BE EXPELLED.
CAPTURE OF A CONFEDERATE SPY
The Friends Of Fremont Urging his
appointment to a New Command.
Later from Gen. Burnsids's Expedition.

CAIRO, ILL.,, February Fort Henry,
Tennessee River, surrendered yesterday at Z
o'clock, after determined resistance.
The fight, which lasted an hour and twenty
minutes, was conducted by the gunboats
Cincinnati Essen and 81. Louis.
The Cincinnati fred one hundred and
twenty-five rounds and received thirty.four
shots. from the rebel guns; only one man
killed.
The 81. Louis fred one hundred and ten
rounds, but received no damage.
The ESSEX was disabled at the tenth round,
by ball striking her boiler. Thirty two
were killed scslded to DEATH Captain
Porter was badly scalded, but not danger.
ously. Two rebel Generals, one Colonel,
two Captains and one hundred privates were
taken prisoners.
The fort mounted II guns. The land
forces did not reach the scene of action until
two hours after the surrender.
The Memphis and Ohio Railroad bridge,
fifteen miles above the fort, has been taken
possession of by our troops.
ST. LOUIS, February THE following is
announced from headquarters of the army
in this city:
"Fort Henry is ours. The Flag Of the U Union
is re- established on the soil Of Tennessee. 1t
will never be removed.
"By command Of Major. General Haleck.
Nv. W. SMITH,
"Captain and Abide Camp"
PHILADELPHIA, February IA dispatch
about reported riot at Norfolk is incorrect.
1t is stated that the riot occurred at Rich.
mond, not at Norfolk.
New YORK, February THE Herald has
the followiDg
WASHINGTON, February 6-General Nc.
Clellan received dispatch from General
| Hallacls Lost nioht atatipnr that nur nm hoat,
commenced the bombardment of Fort Henry,
Tenn, on the Tennessee River; and that our
troops in large forces had landed three miles
below the Fort. No details of the battle had
| been received.
New York Tribunes Dispatch
NEW York, February 7.-Gov. Sprague,
of Rhode Island, telegraphed Mr.. Spauldiug
to- day that the Providence banks desired
| the legal tender bill to become the law OF
the land, and speedily.
| A dispatch from Cincinnati expressed the
| impatience of the bankers of that city to
lave The $3.50, 100000 notes made legal ten
| der.
The alterations made by Mr.. Stevens sub.
stitute leave the legal tender aud other char
acteristic features of Mr.. Spauldirg's bill
untouched, but it retires the present $5O,-
900 of notes, and orders new notes for
that amount to be substituted SO as to have
| all of the same description. and appearance
1t frees from taxation United States bonds
and stocks issued under the act, and allows
holders of notes to fund them in six per cent.
twenty. year bonds, or seven per cent. five
year bonds, and provides that the notes may
be impressed with the United States Trea.
sureI's seal, and that the signature to them
be engraved instead of written, and pun
ishes counterfeiting of them with utmost Sc.
verify.
The bill will pass the Senate.
A delegation from Boston, among them
Governor Andrew and Colonel Amory, are
here urging the immediate establishment at
q suitable point, of works for the production
of various kinds of ordnance to meet the
present and future protective necessities of
the Government.
Better opinion is, that Mcclellan will not
resign in consequence of the change, but
will strive in the Department. of the Potomac
to rival Buel in Kentucky, and Hslleck in
Missouri, on level with whom the new ar
rangement places him. 1t is understood that
he consulted with several of his generals re
specting the course proper for him to pur.
sue.
The last million of dollars in the Treasury
was sent by Mr.. Chase to Kentucky for th'
needy troops that are fighting the enemy.
Worlds Correspondence
1t is now currently rumOred here thai
either General HeintZelman or General Nc
Dowell will take command of the new expe'
dition South, which is fitting out in New
York, and which will comprise a division o
the army here.
Tomorrow a delegation of Congressmen
favorable to the interest of General Lane
will have an interview with the Presden
for a definite settlement of the troubles eK
isting between him and Hunter. The forme
telegraphg to-day that if it can not be &C
complished, he shall Immediately visi
Washington.
Times Correspondence
The expulsion of Bright is likely to prov
only the beginning of the war against Sens
tors suspected of disloyalty. Attention i
already being directed toward Mr. Powell
of Kentucky.
II is said that shortly a resolution will b
introduced into the Senate directing tn
Superintendent of the Document Room t
inform that body what public document
Mr. Powell has ordered to be sent to mem
bers of the Southern COnfederacy since tn
formation of the Provisional Government.
A rebel spy was captured yesterday by
) company Of McDowelps division in the hol
low OF an old tree, where he had been sc
? creted for several days. He was fully sur
piled with provisions. He refused to Civ
his name or business.
Several of the Congressional friends c
; General Fremont, including prominent meu
i bers of the Committee on the Conduct of th
War are understood to have preferred an u
= gent request to the President TO have II
General assigned TO a new command.
. Private California letters and dispatch,
y y make probable the early election Of the r.
! publican Governor, Stanford, as Latham
successor in the Senate.
MEMPHIS, February 5.-Tbree Federal gul
e boats appeared on the Tennessee River ye
, terday and opened fire on Fort Henry. I'll
p latter responded. There was no damsl