The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-02-12
Summary OF war News.

The following brief account Of the rebel
attack on Fort Donelson, has been received
at the headquarters of the army:
"MuRFR EEsBoRo, Tenn, Feb. 6.-To
Maj. Gen. H. w. Halleck, Commander IN
Chief: The rebels unoer Wheeler, Forrest,
Wharton and Woodward, attacked For.
Donelson yesterday, at ten clock P. m
with four thousand men and eight pieces
of artillery. We had eight hundred men
in the Fort, under Col. Harding. They
charged the Notifications several times,
but were repulscd by our artillery with
great loss. The enemy, as usual, before
and after the fight, demanded a surrend-s,
Offering to spare life if accepted, &c, &c.
Col Harding replied that he was ready
for all the consequences. The epemy's
loss In killed was over one hundred, and
| in prisoners three hundred. Our forces,
under Col. Lowe, from Fort Henry, ale
parsuing them, and others have been sent
/ to intercept their retreat. Our loss was
twelve killed and thirty wounded.
TSigned ". S. .ROSECRANS,
Major General.
The Rebels have stories of the driving
of our gunboats back at Fort Meal lister
L
us, SO far as they are certain, was the
shooting away of the hag-staff of an iron
clad
From Houston (rebel) papers we get an
account Of a disgraceful affair at Sabine
Pass They say that on the 21st ult. they
captured the Union brig -of-war Morning
Light and schooner. If they tell the
truth, NJ orning Light might easily have
driven the rebels off. There is something
wrong In the matter.
The report relative to the capture Of
the priyatcer Florida was not confirmed
by tie latest intelligence from Havana,
brought by the Roanoke, which arrived
yesterday.
y Nashville dispatch records smart
cavalry dash at Middletown, 10 miles
! from Murfreesboro, on the I'd inst. Our
Tennessee cavalry surprised a Rebel
camp and captured a hundred prisoners.
Western dispatches say that the Union
ram Queen OF the West ran the retel
blockade at Ficksburg on last Monday
morning = at daylight. One hundred heavy
siege guns opened on her as she steamed
past. \ Rebel steamer also opened
brisk fire, which was replied to. The
Rebel steamer was crippled. The Queen
was under fire three-quarters of an hour.
The canal or cutoff project will be per-
severed in, and large force viii be kept
at work until ii is flushed.
\ letter from Port Royal, dated the Sd
! inst says that the iron-clad Montauk has
been engaged in attacking the rebel bat
terry on the river, and although struck
| sixteen times upon the turret, the shots
all glanced off, doing our boat no damage.
Capt. Worden had nearly demolished
most of the rebel parapet, and expects soon
to capture the battery, behind which lies
the steamer Nashville.
The iron-cad Passaic is said to be up to
Warsaw Sound, aud heavy firing was
! heard there on the ID.
The rebel ram Fingal is in that vicinity
T he Patapsco and Wehawken are hourly
expected.
The harbor of Port Royal is full Of
vessels and troops, and Gen. Porter had
| arrived.
Port Royal papers of the 31st uit, says
| the City Of Baltimore had arrived with
troops. The Cahawba had passed the bar,
and large fleet is waiting for the fog to lit
| to enter the harbor.
No news from the Rappahannock.
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