Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-13
BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY

Fort Henry Captured by our Guabodts--
Land Forces nos' Employed.-stSh0rply
Contesttd Battle-7hs Rebel Troops leare
the Arti7srists to their Fdte-The Rebel
Commaader Tilohman and .FVty:tomr
ArtiVersts Surrendcr--T The lnterrieio Be-
t,oeen Commodore Foote aud General
TIghman-T Terrific Accident 10 tie Gun.
boat Esser-H Her Boiler ErpLodel- Ser
eraI .Seamen Scalled 10 Death Captain
Rbrey Wounded, and hn ALL Lnstanfh
Killed Grcdt Quantily Of Artillery aud
Stores iSecured--An Ec- Cincinnati Mer.
chant Among The PTsoners--List ofMe
Killed and Wounded, dc. .. .,-.-..
Especial Dispatch TO the Cincinnati Gazst,e.l
~ CAIRo, Feb. Z.
The gunboats Cincinnati, St. Louis and
Essex have justs retuysed from the rebel
Fort Henry oI'ths Tenl lsssoe river. The
Stars and Stripes now wave over that place.
Cincinnati, StIiouis, Carondolet and Essex,
the Tyler, Conestcga and Lexington bring.
ing up the rear, advanced boldly against the
rebel works, going to the right Of Painter
Creek Island, Immediately above on the
east shore Of the river, stand the fortifica-
tions, and keeping consequently out Of range
till they arrived at the head Of the Island
and within mild Of The enemy. They pass
cd the Island in full view Of the rebel guns
they steadily advanced, every man at quar-
ters, every oyc strained TO catch the flag
officers signal gun for tho commencement
Of the action. Our line of battle was on the
Left, the st. Louis next, the Carondolet
next; the Cincinnati for the timc being the
flagship, having on board Flag Officer A.
H. Foote; next the Essex. We advanced
in line, the Cinsinnati boats length in ad
vance, when, At II: 80 she opened the ball,
and Immediately the three accom- panyina
boats followed init. The enemy wsre moi
backward, guVean admirnhle response, and
the Rght ragged iunously for half hour.
We steadily advanced, receiving and return
ing storms of shot and shell. On gettinD
within three hundred yards Of their work.
we came to stand, and poured il into then
right and left. IL was magnificent TO heal
the whistling shot, the chugs of tho zip zips
and the cheering Of our men Is our shot,
took evident effect. M ,4l .iofpg
In the meantime the Essex had been dis
abled and drihed away from the scene Of
the engagement, leaving the Cincinnati
Carondolet and st. Louis alone engaged
At length, Ut precisely l.4O, the enemy
struck his Aas, such cheering, such wild sx
element ~ seised the throats and arms and
caps Of the four or Eve hundred sailors Of
the oats-well, imagine i'll .i
Aiter the surrender which was made 10
flag officer Foote by the rebel Genera
Tilghlnan, who defended bis fort in do
termioed manner, we found that the rebe
infantry snsampment, to the number Of
some 200 OF |; 200, outside the fortiaca
tioas, hs3 seutt thd run, leaving the rebs
ardllsf9 xehpAsAS in command .ofthe SeEs h
their fatey CIV 81 81 f.rsitfle
The, forAcnountsd seventeen guns, most
Sssniscsas sn @ io-soch Columbisd. Thew cIsiu
| 10. have Aed but elsven effective. guns, work
Fed By Aflyf0ur msn-ths ,Rpuber, I'll told
Of our prisoners. Our shots dismounte
tw0os Ne snemy's guns, driving them ftor
their emhrasures, tore their smbankment,
and playedsmash with them generally. The