The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-30

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FEDERAL 1asssnsAta n snas soestanl
We nave i1lmmaaion fsen tks viclnlty q
Rari6, T6nneoeS6, 70 the eject tlaat m fed.
erals have evacuated MURRAY. and eone In
tho direction Of Fort Henry. On Wednesday
night our pieksts q the fort were drivsn IN.
cannonads upoa Fort Hsnry. Thrsc Ssiis
catered ana exploded. bat did no massriaI
damage. Our Jorcss fired only one run 6
tnsm, ana ma 2 ID only half : charge. shoot
% draw the easMy nearer bat shSy took
| the hint and retired.
At Paris, on ThurudAy. = RESPECTABLE meet
Ing wa held. to respond to the demand OF
| ttsn: 1tlGhman for i've hundred volunteers
Tor me defence of Fort Henry. A committee
OF three from each Maxistsrial District In tn
| county WIS appointed 70 wait upon each citi-
report the arms obtained. and the men who
| AZ ready for duty, at Paris, at noon to-day.
It y said that the Fedsrals have force Of
| ABOUT q, 200 In and about Tennessee river.
| and then to endsavor 70 take Forts Henry
| and Oonels0n. There 10 said to be large
force inside Fort Henry, and within the past
lew days large reinforcsmsnts have been ssnt
| In that direction. Fort Uonelson II rsga rdsd
| - tmpregnabls. II, however, the enemy
should succeed At the forts, 1t II believed that
| they vail make for Tennessee river bridge,
and either hold OF destroy 1t. a. the circum-
II was reported 1t Hopkinsville, ON Thurs.
day, that the enemy were thfeatsning that
place, and q heavy force has been sent to
NEST them. There 10 also large fercs now
stationed 1T Tennessee river to protect the
bridge.
It's said that nearly the whole Federal
army. in the vicinity OF Oairo, have been sent
toward Tennessee river.
It IL reliably stated that the Fede rails are
under command Of Gen. Smith. At Cairo,
last mondAy, there were only 900 Fede.
| rails, 100 at Paducah, and 5000 At Birds
Point.
fPREDIoTnD PAIL OF Fort asHRY AID sussIeuHxr
DIsAsTRR.
The correspondent Of the Memphis Aua-
! iascke, writing from Paris. TENN, nd inst,
| says:
A messenger from Fort Henry last night
reported that an Immense force, supposed 70
be 20, 900 strong, were attempting TO cross tn .
Tennessee river at galloway town, about IL
miles from Fort Henry. THIS morning we
] have q cOnnrma alton OF tho same report from
another source. gentleman who left MUIR
ray yesterday afternoon, to bring reliable
intelligence from that town. states that the
Esderals had evacuated Murray and gone TO-
ward galloway town In large force, At which
point they were crossing with view to at
tack Fort Henry.
There IL possibility Of the fall of Fort
Henry. The river is SO swollen that the
water is reported within q few feet Of the
| batteries, and, besides, there is no adequate
force outside the tort to successfully resist
the large army which the Federals have
concentrated In that direction. I learn that
two regiments at Henderson, ON the Mobile
and OHIO railroad, nave been ordered to the
defence Of Paris, but thus far they nave ut
terly refused to oDey the order. It is true
that We are constantly told that Logwood's
cavalry and other forces are in the rear Of
the EsderalS, and that Cen. Oheatham, with
a large force, Is harassing their rear. Still
We believe no such reports here. On the
contrary, we are disposed to believe that the
fsderAls are in such large force that they will
md but little 10 impede them, except ~ Fort
Henry; aud that In q few days, unless large
fOrco Is sent to meet them, they will find
their way up the Tennessee river 70 the rail.
road, and take the bridge.
HED8RAL ourRAGns IN TRExKssRB.-
The Knoxville RsSistsr says that the late
Federal victory NJ somerset has slim ula.ed
the enemy to commit the most despe1 lie
outrages In East Tennessee. Several horrid
murders have already been perpetratsd in
anderson county. The tory population Of