The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-04-17

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propelled with such iOrc6Ihat th,y wen
clear though lbe.walls. at nearly ever,
FIRE. = 80 .f
Col. 0lnstead was in'commaDd.} II,
telegrapbed the previous evening that nc
one could stand spon the ramparts for 4
single moment, and that over one ibeus
and shells had exploded within the fort.
The Republican publishes the above a,
a postscript TO part Of ils edition, and
makss no commetVs nor giyeSany partic
ulars as to the unmber Of men and officer,
in the fort at the time Of its surrender
1t says. however. some ofis defenders
were killed. aud bnt four w0undej.
A Richmond paper contsins an EDITORIAL
exhibiting considerable leat for the safety
Of that city, 1sinIima'es ttat the Moni-
Tor, Nangaluck and Gslena, all armored
vessels, might easily come up James Riv.
er, and by their inyulnerabllity and pow.
erful guns take and keep POSSESSION Of the
city.
To prevent such aresnlt, it proposes
that the channel of James river shan be-
obs.ructed Iy stone, which i; saws is a.
bundant for the purpose, and should be
used at once. ~
! The Merrimac has not come out, and
nothing has been seen ofherlo day. 7 The
tide has been low, and this may have kept
ber in. Early in ihe morning a r. bel tug
ran out from behind Sewals Point. but
soon returned Later in the day there
vas large fire in the woods on lhe. Point,
apparently from the bdFnug Of the brush,
and gave rise to some speculatiohs that
the rebels werc building a new battery
there. tJDst(Ifr 7 HsgtIIIIH =
Nothing important has been received
here from, Yorktown, Preliminary oper
ing. ''''' 80 %
Gen. Mitchell Takes Huntsville, Ala.
The publ;e has for some days been a.
ware that Gen. MitcherS Division did not
accompany Gen Buell. on The march to
| Pitsburg Landing, but PROCEEDED to
MuFfteesbpro aud Shelbyville. Its now
announced that be has laken Huntsville
Alabama, where he bagged two hundred
4 prisoners, and that which is vastly more
important than men Or guns, fifteen loco
moti0eS and mauy cars. The surprise oil
the enemy must have been complete, or
they would have run off their railroad
rolling stock. The Confederates have no
locomotive manufactures, ana have great
difficulties in keeping their engines in
working condition Their loss at Hunts.
VILE will be- severely felt. The railroad
equipments taken belonged to the great
Central Southern RaiIroa:!, which is now,
at last, broken. Ths road. has been, not
ihaptly, termed the "back bone of the
Southern CoufeJetacy." Railroad com
munication is now, between tIie South
west and the East, efectually broken
Huntsville is ten miles North of the Ten
nessee river, and is west of Ohattauooga,
and east Of Decatur. 1t is one Of The
most beautiiul'aDd Hourishing towns in
the South. 1t contained in 1850 fiue
Court House, bank, market house, IT,. S.
Land Office, five churches, an academy, o
seminary, eighteen stores, three printing
offices, each issuing weekly newspaper,
and two thousand eight hundred and six.
ty.three inhabitants. The Court House
is Of Grccian architecture, and cost $45,.
1000. The bank is of hewn stone with an
Ionic polticc, and cost $6OO00 Tht
houses are neat, and many of them ele
CANT In addition TO the railroad thers
is turnpike and navigable canal 10 the
Tennesse river. The town is upon
splendid elevation, and ono IF lis most re.
m'rbabie' features is the water works,
the power for forcing the water. into the
town beng Obtained from a single spring
which gusLes from precipitous hill aud
makes beautiful cascade. 1t is in the
Congressional district OF Geo. S. Hous
ton, and the people were strongly agains
the adoption of the ordinance of secess
ion. At Athens, neighboring town
the stars and shipes were kept flying and
Union meetings we're held, Some time at
ter the commencement of hcslilIi4s. =
Gen. Mitchel's forca is believed 10 be
sufficient not only TO maintain its position
with entire security, but 10 proceed c
business vigorously. He already cuts of
a great source of supply to the rebels al
CorinIh, and the news of his bold move
ments will disquiet them exceedingly
Reckoning from this point, he is conside
rably more ttap half way to the Gulf o
Mexico Gin Commercial. =.
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