The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-13
THE TREASURY NOTE BILL.
tHEvALIER WIKOFF IN TROUBLE.
&c. &C., &c.
The GunLOa, Expedited TO Alabama

10 hIaDAHn.
Cincinnati, feJ. IL Special dispatch "a TO
the Gur'rr and COMMERCIAL, dated For, Henry,
io.L !r', give the tolo wing aec5un, Of the gun.
boat expedition M the Tennessee river.
Ate the capture ~ Fort Henry the Lexjup,rn
O'hrHt'' ana Tyler gave ohsse q the rune s,r.l-
- buhnN' hud on reaching the N rnplis an
Louisville rulr al bri igo set tire L, amor ion II Il
ana captured some stores g. They then p,ss 4
"a III chase ~ the Dunhar, bit aid not overtaks
up snIua creek.
"DuiinR this night the g'i1laat4 wen, /, Florence
AA'AnA, tie head Of ,yit stion, and two hundrei
and iitty miles from Pulucah Every VII ere ninr ,
tue river they were received with astonishing wi
come 10y humorous uion families iu ; ,uthern Ton.
ntts'e and Northern Alabama, and At the town.
t'hs VIC f''I lhr "ld u.; was looked upon a. a
iic"cmer. and hailcd with shouts Of i1y,
The people Of Florence were = delighted at
uhdlhg tue stars and Stripes once more giving pro-
tcl"n t. them, that they were prepared u give a
grand bail % tie officers OF the gun boats, bat
they could not remain to accept o, their oourte
sitA
"whereyer our boats landed and the pe,pls he
came assui ed that We did not me h. destroy Lut
IN save they seemed o. have means toU extraya.
giant 10 express their delight and Joy.
"Our gun boats captured four steamers. lnclud.
theirs"
They captured large quantity o. stores and one
hundred and eighty stand Of arms. Uae boat goes
up the river this morning.
Captain Gwynn, Of the Tyler, has recruited thirty
men for service on the gun boats, and says he can
get enough for the whole fleet The weather IL i'm
proving and the roads drying.
81. Louis, Wednesday, F,b. IA special dis.
patch 20 the RErrnLIctS, dated For, Henry, nth
instant states that the gun bats C,nsstoga, Tyler
and Lexington, returned from Upper Tennessee
last night.
a. laRafu upvaNu Faw LII.
received with the Widest joy al ,ns the river.
Ola men cried Ike children At the sight Of the Stars
and sriuss' and invited the on ers and men OF the
gunboats 70 their houses, and told them all they
had was =, their disposal.
laIge numbers were anxious 10 enlist under the
Old h'g, and the Tyler brought down two hundred
and fly men 70 All up the glnhoats crews.
Opr ohcers were assured that II they would wait
afew days whole regiments could lie raised and II
he government would give them arms to defend
Ntmfelyes they could bring Tennessee back into
toe lLi7n in a Few months.
They sad that when the secession ordinance was
passed., armei men gtcnd At the polls, and every
tlipg wen, as certain politicians said
Al Savannah, Passport aud Florence the officers
and men o. our gInbosts went ashore without
arms, and mingled freely with the people. The
'Ht'A h'l' h'olb tHe ilNer comprise the wealthy
and lest portion % the inhabitants, large number,
# whom have American tAgs. Nj gun was Il. oil
either going or coming.
The rebel gunboat4 Eastport, slllie Ward ana
Music, only partial finished, were captured, AMI
IRE here. The T. ustport had two hundred and itty
sh' ussnd feet ofnuber on board, and the Ward
had a quantity OF iron plating,
The steamers Sam KrkmAn, Linn Boyd, Julia
smith, sam. Orr, Appleton and Belle had been
turned b. prevent them nom falling into our hands.
The railroad bridge at Florence was not destroy
ID.
Alpantity Of papors were captured on the EIa-
port belonging to Lieutenant Brown, late OF the
Feleral navy. Among them were letters from
Lieut. Maury, stating that submarine batteries
could not he usod successfully in the rapid streams
f the Wast
one hundred and ENy hozsheads of tobacco and
quantity % other froish,s will be brought down
run the mouth Of indy river tomorrow.
A daily line Of packets has been established be-
tween Fort Henry and Cairo.
Mining, during the war, has been 30 prostratng
to the rebels AZ the late victory of the gunboat OK
petition mentioned above.