The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-20


for 9 sake b encounter white men" Yet " tho
detire 20 be free has beep strongly oxpressed.
particularly smong the more Intelligent and ad-
venturous. Every daE almost adds fresh tale
Of eec ap-e, both solitary and In hunters con-
ducted with courage, a foreczlst, and skill,
worthy Ot haroet
The report, from which We oStrsc, con,idars
at leug'h tho best couree TO be pursuNl t0asrd
tho noyrOrS and proposes eystom wh'cI
tortompiates patert al Discipline for the time
NtJrj it'etd,d Tor ptJsent uAe only wi d the
p'cerort of be'fcr things ia tha fulure As last
~ - L. 'c'e'', L. says, "thoW tnsm Olives lifted
tur ST ;ht privileges of artsa1s. they she n bO
Unused fnuc be- y stem and ali wcd 10 folog
tnS Omplo"'ac they Dlsase and where they
rlsAse. 1hey should aave the powsr to ac Iuirs
trc '.s simple Of lard, Ather v ith the prJcoets
" tneit 'hor, cT ~ re ard r sptclai merit
aud Il Moula hc cell to quicken their zeal for
90 4 h.h,yi'r ~ proper reto--itiOn.7
NJ Pier Q slsU urges immt dia'o action upon
TIL iVeiBment, re whn eyes IL done Oh iuld be
dono III "bc-. 'A'cssdy iup r'ant time has
pe's,d, in , vc-V foS sit W. bn t,n
l. 'c to p,' pate ( trrp an too lato go assign
usctul Nptk .u - = lah icrI to, Il Nrtr 70 10 ~.
inLLOfe III, imrcot1'r i"iC-v N iri 90 .,r
D,psttu'ut 20 avert tts c,lawtt". which -rus.
'usus e. III .u'tta: poatP. n"m-n'.'
The FNp'd'u"n "a Florence How our Gu,-
boat Iltci ". : u, cciV Il on tire Tcn"e-,rc
ENer
Tao first complete account that lA' boon
givon Of The Federal cNfc iiti,n up the Tonnes
TOO River from Fort Il,nr, to t'oronoc, Ala.
bsn,s, ~o hud In thu Cincinnati Gazette Cf
Monday
On tho 9TH instant, sNou after the surrender
OF Fvrt Henry Comu. siuro FOJtc gave orders
to Captain y. l. Puolp-, ct tho ConostogL To
pr, ceed up the 1enuosooo Ri,or, ia command
OF diyiscu csns,s itg u ihe Tsy,or, der
the oommt'tl Of lieutenant Gwir, ths L,Ning-
ton, uudef comLa,G 1t I.ioutcnaut Sh k', aud
hi, osn vo,,el. After dark OF the same day,
the ilo'iliA arrived A. Tho ialro "a crossing, 2j
miles above FIR, Henry, and du9.r wei latSs
amount Ut camp cquptsc abandoned by tho
fleeing bells The draw Of the bridge WAS
found closed, an 'ho machinery t,r worK,ug IL
disA1le'. Uu' mlo and "A halt above the
bridge were several rrb'l trlg. port s,oa uors,
making good heal yay no tho srotm. CipAin
Pbolps ordered a squad t msn TO Opsn the
draw. 1nis was douo IN ahout an hour.
Ihs 1ay lor rein tie ,luWvs' Of the gunboats,
LieutcLsnt GSiu Aut,.i fore, 70 destroy
portion Of the railroad trJck and 10 scJre such
militry s,oros "a could DO found; while Cap.
tain Phelps anl Ii It"nnnt Shltkt with the
Co nos'ogi and laN'ngton, tollpNe I tbs tugj i've
rebels with l,roA' Spset, la i've hours tho Con-
nostogt ~ cectod IN frctng tue ruhcls TO ajan-
don and barn three ni th,ir boats lotied with
military stI.s. Tho first one fred 10y the
rebels Ohe Samuel Orr) nal on board guam
tity OF HubnarIno batteries, whicn very sOjn
! exploited. The iccond ono was iraightod
with powder, cihuln grape bslls 6
Fearing AN explosion fisn tho iito1
bo.ts Cthcrc weio Two of thom cl)so tO;nthor)
captain Pnoips hat sJoppud al u diItiuco ul ouo
thuu-ard v'ids uut even ,ho sNyi thts ot the
Q, .. '' ... were h ,ken 10y tn Coz cussiuu
th' hf' n deck was raised bl lly, door,
~.ic 10 ed upcu Htd lo,k' and a,tchins, ev-
| yh.ra tr KIN. tn. whole rivot tor IA III a
| .. r.ruu'ettly lftkt.u In hyJ H..
| Z ing " guuu;l, a 81 tho showers ol 80. .lI
| alH. Toe house. 1t ropu oil Ul,un man wA
| rluwo 10 pi' c-e. IL is u'p"c 81 there was some
| sd,E oulgn ~ landing th' buits id front of tha
| DO med h ,u,c. This l. Niugtou hiying rll,u
! arteTr, sul ri bout u pilot ca bnIut, Cap ala
helps conrind,d u wait .or 10Th OF ,ho boats
| 10 come IN.
They AL proceeded up the river Iieute rant
| Gwin bad dsstro oi some OF tho tro'tlb work AZ
! the end OF ths Nrldgc. burning a . alot Of { amp
| squipsga j. N Brown. formerly lieuten AIT
/ - tho federal navy, nOs Of tho CJui lderztrs,
had Il G,d with suci precipitation as to leave his
| papers behind hun. LisuJ. Gwln got possession
| OF those. They CJnsis'od Of an olli.lI history
/ Gf tho rebel floating pr pnrauOns on t1e M-,i-
| sippi, Cumherlsnd AMI In ness. o. Lieut.. bc wa
1t sppsars, hal cnsrss ot tue construction Of the
! rebel gurbOa.s.
A. nit ht on tho h, the H. liza arrived NJ n
lanliu,. in llltGin county, Tennessco, known
! as CcrrO GOtdJ, whore they found tho NJ a nor
| EA~tpDrt being converted INTO 70 Del gulbOtt.
Armed boats Gre we're i'm ooii ttsy sont on
board. On roac'ing har, II WAS found that she
hal bsod scutt,ed, aud tbs sosIOn pi pos broken.
These axis wore sOOa stopped. number OF
iiho shots 'ro fired at the federal boits, but
cou ,lo Of VOL directed sho /, dspersoi the
rebels.
On examination, Captain Phopa found that
thero wero large quintitie, OF lImrer prepared
for Ill ing up the Eis'port that the vessel it.
self, two hundred and eighty feet in length,
WAS ia excellent cOl1itiOu, and already half
! II .hed. A cJnsi .bla quantity OF the iron
plating was lying on the bank, and everything
| M hand to co nplcts her Lisutenant q win re-
mained with the Taylor to guard tho priE, tim
bor, Sc while tho other boats proceeded up the
| river.
Soon afler daylight on the 9Th, they passed
Eas port, Mississippi aud at Chick tsa~ further
up near the state line, se lod tha steamers Sallie
1 Wood aud Muscle, tho former lais up and the
latter frtighted with iron, destined for Rich
| mond, for rebel use.
ARRIVAL AT FLORENCE, ALA.
The foilla proc. eded up tho river entoring
the sia'e OF Alabama and ascending 10 Florence
at ths foo, Of the muscle shoals. OJ cImiug ia
sight OF the town Of Flo encs, three steamers
were d,scoverel by our men, but they we're n
medately sot On lire by the rebels. ) no shots
were fired from the oppo-itc side OF the river be-
low force was landed and nsidarAbla
quaint es of supplies marked Fort Henry were
secured IRON the burning wrecks. Some had
been loaded Al d stored. Oar tloIlla tO,k pls-
| tesaIun If % much OF th-s9 stores as they could
| yiug away 40 destr. Y d the remainder A
lug- quantity Ct non pLuHg, evidently inlond-
| ID 'O- Easlp II was found here also.
4 d,pu'a aton Of the cltL' ot Florence I,
,s,rc upbb Captain Phelps, desiring thu, ihpy
iyht be ma'c able 10 q1lct tho fears ot their
Aiy,- aud GA iglters with ASSURANCE that they
.uu'l not be no e' tei also, praying tha. tho
. J.. Il woul rot destroy thu "a lroad 'dge.
4 tor ho frs prop SitOl, the a1xious ia
,hris and hpspa.ds wore assured thll tho ied e
rsl- were reither ruff ms nor sayagcs, ard that
hey were on an eTrand Of Profession 10 loyal
" and enforcement Of law. As TO tho secO nd
prop sitiOn, Captain Phelps said that IL tbs
bridge were away, ho could a'cend no higher,
and that il couli possess so far as he sa~ no
military importance IA it simply connected
Florence with the railroad on the south Oank Of
the river.
Our brave command had seized throe rebel
steamboats,, ono Of them halfinishsd qua
boat, and rad forced the robsls TO burn six
others loaded with supplies. Tnis was heavy
, blow 10 tho en-. my.
La the official report Of This important expo
dition. Captain Phelps says that no me. with
the most graft ynR proofs Of oyalty every where
, aero 8 Tennessee and in the portions Of nj ssls-
, sippi and Alahama VISITED by him. Most affect
ing instances greeted him hourly. Men, wo
men ard children several times gathered n
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