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yNATME WIII,.NUMBp .2p
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Duke Domum!
t The fine old fragment stiltased as a college chant
with the touehing refrain of 4 13 ales, deice demen," is
`ituribitted 'to a youth, who, on being separated front
=home, to"which ha wile passionately attached, lan
' guiehed and died front the elects of the bereavement.
4 The writer of the renewing lines has attempted a fuller
• inteopretation of the /intik which pervades the old and
almost forgotten lyri'd.
Ah! racked pine, on Ina gronito stecp,
Shadowy from each blowing wind,
And dashed with dusk from yonder cloud
With fires of fading sunset lined,
W:thin my brain your imagelies,
Transformed; and looms upon mine eyes
A castle black against the Ihicie.s.
• " ' ' Dulce,duice domum
UP many a terrace, gleaming white,
With fronts that gate/collie 'north; •
liigft over leagues of iieled
And purple elilf adi oaring forth,
It aitteth like a house of rein, '
One clot stain on the burning west;
Sun, moon, and mitt its ehinging guest,
Duke, stolen domutn
Within the circling 'garden walls,
The cedars brood above the flower.;
Across them shadows from the roofs
Slide bluely in the lighted hours.'
lice my sister, cold and fair,
'Shake in the sun her ftuzen•lunir:
Would onto God that I were there.
Dolce, duke domum.
Night east and west: i hear a slop,
Come ghoatllk e, tip the corridor;
I . see the slender taper stream.
Between the chinks across tip floor:
Oh mother mine, why iarn nardle
00l to eh dreaming an the day.
Great Clod, her hair was thin and gray!
Detre, deice domum
Where Mem thou, gaunt-plumed and swift,
Slrong engin, pa. 4 the 4,,,a
Rll , lll on and tell them that ,o hear:
Ie wor:i from beating at it- b
Ru.lt it.trit o'er •WllO4 of haul and foam,
'llty fierce eyes cleave the chyle. ,
Tell them tin =tck te tlutith for home.
I)'cc, dulao thunutu
Ah, woo is tne!
' 'reside. me dril'y
Take shape and hue, and moved in) bra,
When wheels the bat ea tw.itgle
I climb the terrace, o'er ale flows
'Their laughter sucked through vale and rose;
Seetielenolee lei race upward Erows
Deice, CIiIICC flOrfilitt/
And, beaten deem from veep io
:me the dizzy walls leap higher;
The tender voicer *ink below
The (inn breath or an Eacter choir.
Quick, startled by the night-stutrd'.4 tromp.
Dpwards I throw hands, clenched and dump:
They strike the bracket, of my lamp.
Dulce, deice domum
yotela me a leaf of n:pliodel,
1 long to feel it in toy
And dying, tearful, hear without
The mournful Babylonian psalm.
While Teruel, by the willow* , droWse.
Pined for her home with ash-strewn brow:,
Anill pine for my father's house.
i .1 .
Dulce, deice domum.
[Once a Welk
Battle Hymn of the Beptipic
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the
Lord:
Ile is trampling out the vintage where tLe grapes of,
wrath are riored;
He honk loosed the fateful 41.tning of Ills terrible
swift sword; "
His truth it; marchin on
I have •ern Him in the watclt•fres of a hundred cir
cling camps;
They have budded Hint an altar in the evening dews
and damps,
I can rend His righteous sentence by the dim and flar
ing lamps;
Hisdny is marching on
I have rend a fiery gospel writ In burnished lows of
steel•
Us ye deal with my contemners, so with you my
grace shall deal;
Let the hero, born of woman. crush the serpent with
'• his heel.
Since God is march in: on."
lle has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call
' • retreat;
He t, silting out the hearty of men before his judgment
Gh,UNswill. my soul, to answer Him! be jubiliunt my
feet!
Our God is matching on
In ihe beauty et the lillies Chnst lens torn across the
sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigure, yon and
4.111 F dicd to make men iet as die to make men
free, " ' ' ' '• "
'ille God ie marching on.
tAticuttie .3fonthiy
geintifutts'.
A Night Adventure
It was during the filet months of my resi
dence in Paris, in the days of Charles the
Tenth, and nearly five-and-thirty years a g o.
I had been to take a farewell dinner, and a
temperate glass or two of Medoc, with a fel
low townsman and neighbor of mine, who
was on the point of returning to the pater
nal roof in Somersetshire. Ile had been
studying medicine and the elements of prac-
Peal chemistry for the last year, under the
watchful eyo of his uncle, a pharMitcien in
he Ple'ee Vendome, rind it was there, in the
email sky-lighted back-room behind the shop.
which fronted Napoleon's triumphal column.
that we had our molest symposiuM. 1 was
loth to part with him, he bad been So true n
friend; he it was who crammed Die with
Colloquial French—the popular idioms of
the Parisian highways; who made me ac
quainted with 411 the ins and outs, the by
ways and the short cuts of Lutetia, and
taught me bow to solve the difficult problem
of cutting my coat according to my cloth,
which in those days.was unfortunately very
scanty indeed.
It is not much to bo wondered at Ova I
forgot the lapse of time, and thur, when at
length I screwed myself up to the pitch . t
baying the lest adieus, and had tompseelf
away, it should be verging towards the small
hours of the morning.
.In wos on
the point
, ofptpling Opp when i left the
house, and before 1. - bad well got clear of the
broad "Place" the hour had struck.
. .
:At any other timed . should not have caied
a straw about this, but have walked on
quietly to . my lodging in the Rue Richelit.
but now I knew that would be of no use.—
That old concentrated essence of verjuice,
Ganache, the porter, to save 'thyself a little
trouble, had detained my letters of a morn
ing till I I came down, instead, of sending
them by the garcoa to my room on the fourth
floor, and I had quarreled with him in con
sequence,
...e.ndgiyen notice to quit at the
end of the month. Since our quarrel ha had
used me savagely, and I !suety hey.-as no
more likely to let me in after one „o'clock
than he was to pay my tailor's bill.
This reflection brought me to a stand-still.
What should I do? 'Where should I go?—
To increase my chagrin, it began to rain in
a rather sharp shower. Instinctively I faced
about, ran across the Place, and got under
the shelter of the piazza in .the nue de Cas
tiglione,just in time to save myself from a
drenching torrent which buret on the streets
4 ,?.k0 a waterspout. I was walking up and
down in the dark, taking counsel of myself,
until the storm should cease, when I scum
bled end
up
over somebody lying
criuciied up at: this foot of pillar.
"Is that you, panin?" said a rather whin
ing voice, which seemed to proceed from
some one in the act of waling from sleep.
"No," said I, "it
,isn't ganin; who are
you? and why are you lying hero at this
time of nightll'
"Un pauvro avenglo!" surd be; am
wm.leg here fur my comrade, who is gone
to tlis weetuele. You see, M'sieu, Janin is
fond (..f the spectacle, and, while,,he is get
ting his fill tif it, I take my pastime on the
,11
I thougat bdt n grlril ; Hu., arid
1 , 1,1 nun 1 , liould think net,er
were inure considerate for hie fr lead,
The poor blind wretch did not agree with
me, and, to my so rpri,o,
L!, , -. • I, "
ho said, , ; „ d
eyesight, and why should he I, .;
lle may as well be blintra , .; t„ it he to to see
nothing. Oti . e should not. be selti-h although
one is unfortunate."
1t biro ha VMS speaking. and I was in
wardly admiring his simple magnanimity.
! ratan canto up at a quick pace, and chant
ing a lively ditty. "What, my old philoso
pher! s) you have company," he said;
am afraid I must disturb your conference."
"Make no apology for that, I pray," said
I, "but if you can direct me to a lodging I
shall be obliged."
"You are English," said Jnnin; "there is
an English house in the Rue de ?Odeon,
which is always open till two. If you make
for the Pont Neut• at once, and step out,
yim w,ili he there in good time."
"Good night, then, my lads." And away
I trudged c . l a round pace for the Pont Neuf
—crossed it in a pelting shower, and made
the best of m raj tc the nue do l'Odeon.
I accounted myself fortUuatc: in reaching the
hause a few minutes before the hour for clos
ing the door, but found !het I bad not so
much cause for congrattil;tdon as I I had
imagined, as the place was full, and the only
accommodation the landlady could offer was
a small truckle-bed in a two-bedded room,
already bespoken fur the night by a previou's
comer.
Being wet through by the rain, and feel
irg that I should not mend matters by far
ing further, I was fain to make a virtue of
necessity, and accept the truckle-bed.—
Moreover, wishing to get out of my damp
garments ns quickly as possible, I asked for
my candle, and was forthwith shown to the
dormitory, which I found was up four flights
of stairs. I lost no time in getting between
the sheets, but had no intention of going to
sleep until I knew at least what sort ea
subject wag to be the companion of my
slumbers. So I too'Y a book from my pocket,
and, placing my candle on a chair by the
bed-side, began to read, resolved to keep my
light burning and myself awake until the
soundi'of footsteps on the stairs should ap
prise me of the approach of the stranger.—
After the lapse of about half an hour the
sounds I was listening fur 'approached, and
then, clapping the extinguisher on the light,
I lay back, half-closed my eyes, and affected
to sleep.
The figure that now entered the room v . zi;.s
not at all a fasainating oue, to my view at
least. He was a man about five-and-thirty,
jauntily garbed in one of the pea green,
high-collared surtouts current among the
fast men who affected the Luxembourg
quarter of the Paris of that day, but which
surtout, like the rest of his garments, seem
ed to have run all too suddenly to seed.—
There wee something boozy and vicious in
the expression of his face, which, spite of a
fierce-looking mustache, gave one the idea
of meanness and servility coupled with a
reckless sort of bravado, which smacked
rather of swagger than of daring, and in
every feature there SVP73 the impress of de
bauchery and intemperance. Ile uttered a
brief common -place greeting its lie entered
the room, but finding that I took no notice
of it, probsblyk included that I eras asleep,
and so said no morn.
In lc.s than G+•.^ 1
had •
an; 16::or a fear mintatf,,
')f 2::C,ttaL:i7lC•• s not
bets. Though I had formed tho worst opio-
"NO ENTERTAINMENTIS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING:"
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, : FEBRUARY ,15, 1862.
ion of .mynompanion, -I did not feel the
slightest alarm. Ho evidently had no hos
tile purpose; he had no weapon of any kind,
not even a stick, and I felt assured that in
a personal encounter I could easily master
him. Still, there was something in his
wandering eye, which never rested for a
moment on.a single spot, thatl did not like,
and I felt a little annoyed with myself that
I hod nut placed my garments nearer my
hand, instead of spreading there op chairs
in the middle of 'the room, in order to geL
them dry. These thoughts, however, were
but momentary, and in a very brief 'erne
I had forgotten everything . in a quiet slum
ber:
,I suppose I may have slept about two
hours, and the dawn was just breaking,
when j was awoke by a slight noise like
something falling on the tiled floor of the
apartment. Luckily I did not.stnrt or intake
the least movement„hut ,half opening my
eyes, in the full consciousness of the situa
tion, I Flaw that my companion wits in the
act of getting out of bed. His movements
were slow and cautious, and so noiselessly
made, that they roused my suspicion, ancl
watched him narrowly through nay see s
ingly closed lids. With the stealthines of
a prowling cat he gut upon his feet, and,
with his eyes flied on Me, advanced slowly
to the foot of my bed. Ilis object plainly
Jens
tube sure thatl slept; and I took care
to betray no sign of wakefulness that might
undeceive
,him. After a st.G.tue-like watch
of a few moments, ho seemed to have as
sured himself of may slumbers, and, turning
softly round, thrust his hand into one of the
pockets of my pantaloons, and, withdrawing
the contents, retreated to his bed, carrying
the plunder with him. Here he lay motion
less for several minutes, watching me atten
tively the while. At length he raised him
, self, and, drawing a canvas bag from be
neath his pillow, deposited within it the
booty he had seized, replaced it, and lay
down, as its.) compose himself to sleep.
My blood was boiling in my veins at the
fellow's impudent rubbery, and I felt half
inclined to riso and pummel him as lie lay,
and or: pr.porzy. Vt'a , 110
, rt• ti, howea ca., fur any hurry; and, iv
' fleeting that second thoughts are sometimes
best, I lay still, end, avoring to form some
plan for doing myself justice, if it might be,
without a scene of violence, which might be
attended with unpleasant consequences, but
fully determined to do battle for nay own. if
no other alternative presented itself. The
contents of the pocket which the fellow had
rifled amounted to about•three pounds Eng
lish, all in five franc pieces, which I had re
ceived of my friend of the night before, in
Coal discharge of an accommodation account
between as. This was no great sum, to be
sure, but it was more than I could theta af
ford to lose; and indeed the idea or hesign.
ing it 'withot:t r. struggle was the last I
should have thought of entertaining.
While puzzling my brains for some prac
ticable expedient, which, however, did not
present itself, I could not help admiring the
calm placidity of the countenance of the
villain who had robbed me, who, frern his
satisfied expression, seemed to be enjoying
the consciousness of some good action; but
in this I was much deceived. The rascal
was no more asleep than I was. If my anx
iety and indignation were perplexing rne,
his apprehensions were at the same moment
troubling him; and just as I was abandon
ing all hope of concocting a plan for the
recovery of my money without fighting for
-it, a movement on his part put Inc in pos
session of ono which had tat least the pro
mise of success. I saw him open his eyes
suddenly, and fax them full on me; then ris
ing, he withdrew the canvas bag onee more
from beneath his pillow, and stoppt4 out of
bed with it in his hand. There stuud upon
the window-sill a withered geranium in n
glazed earthenware pot—the plant was a
mere stick, which had dried up end djed for
want of water. To nay amazement the thief
lifted the plant out of the pot by the , stem,
raising the earth in; which it had grown,
and which was all matted together by the
roots, along with it; he then deposited the
bug in the bottom of the pot, and, replacing
the plant, got quietly into bed once more.
I saw at once that this move. placed the
result of the game very much in my own
power, and I soon made up my mind hams
to act. Ido not suppose that either of un
went to sleep again; and I have often thought
since what a curious study we might have
presented to any concealed spectator who
should have been in the secret of our rela
ti've predicaments during the following two
hours or so. I knew, of course, that nay
light-fingered friend would not think of ris
ing till I was up and gone; having placed
his booty where he might reasonably deem
it beyond the possibility of discovery, he
was doubtless prepared to outface any accu
sation that might be made against him, and
therefore ho would lie there until he had the
field to himself. Accordingly, about seven
o'clock I got up, deliberately washed and
dressed, and, having finished my toilet, was
almost ready to start, being well aware all
the while that the fellow, who was feigning
sleep, had his eyes upon me, and was watch
ing fur the moment when I should discover
my loss. Of course I did not discover it;
bat when I had drawn on nay boots, and
was ready to go. I became suddenly aware
that r!--T ntir sphere of the roam w-3.%
ter 1.T1,1 r..7,4an t , i niltY rt. 41
1,11 ICU tO , !'l,lllll
r!,. vt-r pf Air ; at I) Iriltl
Zt. Hi•?: .tire I.N, tiire:VC it while w3al ono ilia& I.
and leaning forward, as if to catch the morn 1
iv,. breeze, awkw.ardly swept off the:flower
pot down into the little court seventy feet
below.
In an instant the seeming sleeper was
standing in his shirt in the middle of the
floor, and demanding with an angry oath
what I had done.
"Nothing," said I, "beyond breaking a
Sower-pot—the plant was n it4e r ed and good
for nothing. Excuse my awkwardness; I
will indemnify the landlady. Good morn
ing."
My nonchalance deceived the scoundrel,
And stood aside to let me pass, looking
rather black, however, as I walked out.—'
;Chore
.seemed to be no one astir in the
house, „Gave the garcon, who was roasting
coffee at the ,ppen front door, and I was
only made aware of him by the agreeable
fumes which assailed my nostrils, as I sped
like a gr.....3hound down the stairs. In half
a minute I tras in the little back court,
where lay the smashed remains of the Tot
and the withered Gower. Feeling fpqralt.v
certain that the blidek-head and scowling
visage of the thief wore protruding from the
window, I drew the cativo.; .bag ,from the
crunitded dry mould, and held it up to his
gaze. There he was. sure enough, growling
and grinding his teeth with rage and morti
fication.
"Why don't you cry 'Stop thief!" I bawled
out to him. "Did
rt y on think to catch the
4leop? Au revoir, Coquin!"
I waited no reply, but making for the
street, jumped into the first fiacre that came
inyview, and in half an hour had alighted
at my own budging. As I was mounting to
qty apartment, au qualrieme, I met on the
stairs my friend and chum 911endorlifl who
was sallying forth to meet his morning
pupils. '
"Halloo!" said he, "you've 'been out all
night!"
"Yes," said I, "and I've had itn adven
ture."
"Crull let me hear all about it."
I told him how I had passed the night;
and all that had happened.
"Capitol! he cried; "and have you exam
ined the t bag'?"
"N“,l have not &no that yet; but of
,course it contains nothing but what is my
own."
"Do,not be too aura of that. Come, we
examine it together."
lle followed me into my regal, and I
lugged forth the hag, feeling confident that
the fertile imagination of my philological
friend had misled him, as it was apt to do.
To my astonishment there were in the bag,
in addition to the money rifled from my
pockets, a gold napoleon, a fivc•frane piece,
and a pair of enormously large circular ear
rings of alloyed gold, such as one often sees
in the ears of the provincial immigrants who
crowd the wharves, the ma - rkets, and ware
houses of Paris. •
"There!" said my friend, "you see that
the rascal had more strings to his bow Main
you gave him credit fur. If you had trade
an uproar and a charge of theft, be could
havo retorted the charge upon you—would
have shown his own empty pockets, and
might have stood as good a chance of crim
inating you as you of criminating
flowerer, you may forgive him since he has
paid you for the trouble of defeating his
purpose; and really, I think he has treated
you handsomely."
"Against his will; but, seriously, whit
ought I to do? had I not better put the af
fair into the hands of the police?"
Da you know the rule in such cases
here? Hoot, I must tell you that if you
put the thief's money into the hands of the
police. you will also be compelled to hand
over the whole contents of the bug; and how
much of it you will get back, and wizen you
will get ally, you must be cleverer than 1
am if you can guess."
I finally decided not to trouble the police
with the business; but as I could not have
made use of the scoundrel's money, any
more than I could have worn the huge ear
rings, I wrapped both up in paper together,
and placed them in my pocket-book until
time and circumstances should present some
fit and proper mode of disposing of them.
It was about a year after the above ad
venture, and when the detailsof ithad almost
faded from my memory, that I was invited
by a friend from Ragland to accompany him
on a visit to ono of the Parisian prisons—if
I recollect right it was the New Bicetie,
which after a deal of solicitation and trots-
Me, he had obtained permission to inspect.
While we were wandering through the work
shops, in which the prisoners labor together
in silence fur so many hours a day, as my
friend was committing his notes to paper, I
amused myself by scanning the demoralized
physiognomies around me, little suspecting
that I was destined to find an acquaintance i
among them. Close to my elbow there
stood a man al a bench, bending over his
work, which was that of carving sabots
from unshapely blocks of willow wood. I
wits admiring the rapidity and boldness of
his execution, when he suddenly lifted his
head and exposed to view the face, which I
bad formerly studied with such deliberation
of the Rue de l'Odeon. I knew him at once
and saw that the recognition was mutual,
fur he lowerel his head instantly, and plain
ly sought to elude my gaze. I could not,
t 11:71 withiut c
INEI
1 - :1 , .t • ~.,
' Ine Memphis and Ohio Raifro id bridge,
to. , • a v.(' had f. z. lif, ea miles above the fort, has been taken
hated our survey. Ho was as good as Lie i possession of by our troops.
word, and before leaving. Oa p,rison, I was
conducted to the delinquent in his own mell.
whither he had been remanded that I might
see him. The poor wretch, who it was clear
imagined that I was going to lodge a fresh
charge against him, seemed struck with a
mortal pallor as I entered.
"Do not be alarmed,"•l said; "I have no
complaint to make against you; but I have
been wishing to meat you, and to make a
restoration of property which may perhaps
be of use to you." I unfolded my pocket
book and took out the little packet contain•
ing the napoleon, the five-franc piece, and
the ear-rings. "These, I think, belong to
you—is it not so?"
He bowed assent, but did not speak.
"Take them," I said, "and take better
care of them than you did when you bad
them last."
He glanced at the attendant, as if to inti
mate that the man's presence prevented his
saying more, and merely replied, with im
pressive earnestness, "31'bieu, you are a
man of honor!"
I wish I could return the compliment
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.
FUT HENRY CAPTURED.
The Flags! the Union Flying in Tennessee.
Official Account of the Surrender of
20 CANNON AND 17 MORTARS CAPTURED.,
THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE FORTS
AND THE U. S. GUNBOATS.
Commodore Foote hands over the Fort
andPesonsrs,(inelnd'ng General Lloyd
Tilghman and Staff) to the Army.
INTERESTING DETAILS or Tux FIGHT
WAsruNcrox, Feb. 7.—The Navy Depart
ment at 2 P. M. to-day, received the follow
ing highly important despatch:
U. S. FLAG STEAMER CINCJMNATI,
Off Fort Henry, Tennessee River, Feb. G.
Hen. Gideon Welles, Secretary Nary:
The gunboats under my command.—Es
sex, Commander Porter; Carondeict, Corn-.
mantle; Walter; Cincinnati, Commander
Stenalel; St. Louis, Lt. Commanding Paul
ding; Conestoga, Lt. Commanding Phelps;
Taylor, Lt. Commanding Gtrinn, and Lex
ington, Lt. Commanding Shirk—after a sc.
were and rapid fire of one hour and a quar
ter, hare captured Fort Henry, and have
taken General Llnyd Tilghman and his staff
and t;io men as prisoners.
The surrender to the gunboats was un
conditional, as we kept an open fire on them
until their flog was struck. In half an hour
after the surrender I handed the fort and
prisoners over to General Grant, command
ing the army, on his arrival at the fort in
force.
The F..sex had n shot in her .builcrs, and
after fighting most eaectuully for two-third.,
of the actin, was obliged to drop dewy the
river, ns I hear that several of her crew
were scalded to death, including Am two
pilots. She, with the other gunboats, offi
cers and men, fought with the greatest gal
lantry.
The Cincinnati received 31 shots, and had
one man killed and eight wounded—two se
riously..
The fort with twenty guns and seventeen
mortars, was defended by Gen. Tilghtnnn
with the most determined gallantry.
I will write as soon as possible.
I bare sent Lieut. Commanding Philips
and three gunboats after the rebel .7:ant/oats.
A. M. FOOTE, Flag Officer.
Despatch of Gen. Haneck Annonnei-g
the Victory.
Sr. Lours, Feb. 7.—The following is just
announced from headquarters:
"Fort henry is ours! The flag of the
Union is re-established on the soil of Ten
nessee, and it will never be removed."
By command of
INIAJOR•GENERAL lIALLECK.
W. W. Slim, Captain and Aid-de-Cramp.
Particulars of the Fight—Two Rebel
Generals and three other Officers, with
100 Privates made Prisoners—The
Memphis and Ohio Railroad Bridge
taken Possession Of.
Cats°, Feb. 7.—Fort Henry, on the Ten
nessee river, surrendered yesterday at 12
o'clock, after a determined resistance. The
fight lasted one hour and twenty minutes,
and was conducted on our part by the gun
boats Cincinnati, Essex, and St. Louis.—
The Cincinnati fired 125 rounds., and re
ceived 34 shots from the rebel guns, but
had only one man killed. The St. Louis
fired 11 . 0 rounds, and received no damage.
The Essex was disabled at the first round
by a ball striking btr boiler. By this oc
currence she had thirty-two men killed, be
ing scalded to death by the hot water nod
escaping steam.
" Captain Porter was also badly scalded,
but not dangerously so :
Two Rebel Generals, one Colonel and two
Captains, ar.d one hundred privates, %veto
taken prisoners.
Th" f.rt mounted seventeen guns.
-•l force did not :each the scene of
t• for two hours after the surrender.
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Fort Henry
$1,50 PER. YEAR IN ADVANCE; 32,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE
INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF
TIM FIGHT.
The,Snrrender of the Fort—Five Thou-
Baud gqbel Infantry cat and Run,
Leaving Everything behind them in
their Flight.
Cisctsx.trr, Feh. 7.—The Gazette and
Commercial's Cairo correspondents give the
following interesting account of the bom
hardment and capture of Fort Henry.
.f2'esterday at 12 o'clock 30 minutes P. M.,
the gunboats Cincinnati, St. Louis, Caron
delet, and Essex—the Tyler, Conestoga and
-Lexington .bringing up the rear, advanced
boldly against the rebel works, going to the
right of Painter Creek Island, immediately
above which on the east shore of the river
stand the fortifications. ICeeping out of
range till at the bead of the island, and
within a mile of the enemy, and then pass
ing the island in full view of the rebel guns
we steadily advanced, .every man being nt
quarters.
Every car was strained to catch the Flag
Officer's signal gun for the commencement
of the action.
Our line of battle was on the left, the St.
Louis next, Carondelet next, the Cincinnatti
(for the time being the flag-ship, and having
on board Flag-Officer Foote), and next the
Essex.
We advanced in lino—the Cincinnatti
a boat's length ahead, when, at 12,30 the
Cincinnati opened the ball, and immediately
the three accompanying boats followed the
example, and the enemy, no ways backward,
gave an admirable response.
The fight raged furiously for half an hour,
but we stedily advanced towards the enemy,
receiving the returning st wins of shot and
shell, when, getting within three hundred
yards of the,enerny's .work!!, we came to a
stand and „paured dnto them right and left.
In the meantime the Essex had been die
abled, and drifted away from the scene of
action, leaving the Cincinnati, Carondelet
and St. Louis alone engaged.
At precisely 40 minutes past one o'clock
the enemy struck their colors, and such
cheering and such wild excitement as seized'
the throats, arms and caps of the four or
five hundred sailors of the gunboats cannot
be imagined, much less described.
After the surrender, which was made to
Commodore Foote by General Tilghman,
who defended his fort in the most determined
manner, we found that the I,lebel infantry
encamped outside the fort, numbering four
or live thousand men, had cut and run, leav
ing only an artillery company in command
of the fort!
The fort mounted seventeen guns, mostly
32 and 34-pounder; one being a magnificent
10-inch columbiad.
Our shuts dis Mounted two guns, driving
the enemy through the embrasures. One of
the rifled 32-pounders burst during the en
gagement, wounding the gunners.
The Rebels captured claim to have had
but eleven acetic° guns, worked by fifty
four men, the number all told, of theprisoners
taken. They lust tire killed and ten bad'y
wounded.
The infantry left e.erything behind them
in their flight and a vast deal of their plun
der has fallen into our hands, including, a
largo and valuable quantity of ordna . nce
stores.
General Ti/g:unon appeared disheartened.
Ure thinks the capture if the fort one of the
most danaging blows of the •wnr. On sin
rendering to Corn. Foote he remarked, "I
am glad to surrender to so gallant an officer."
Commodore root repliel: "You do per
fectly right, sir, in surrendering, but you
should hare blown my boats out of water
before I would hare surrendered to you."
In the engagement the Cincinnati was in
the lead and Cying the Flag Officer's pennant
which was the chief mark. Flag Officer
Foote and Captain Stemble crowded bar de
fiantly into the teeth of the enemy's guns.
She got thirty one shots, some going com
pletely through her.
The Essex was badly crippled when about
half through the fight, and crowding steadily
against the enemy, a ball went into her
port stile, through a forward port, then
through the heavy bulkhead and going
squarely through one of her boilers, the es
caping steam scalding and killing several of
her crew.
Captain Porter and his Aide, S. P. Button,
Jr., and Paymaster Lewis, were standing
in the direct line of the ball's passage.—
Button being in the centre of the group the
shot struck him on the top of the bead,
scattering . his brains in every direction.—
The escaping steam went into the pilot hoit.,e
and instantly killed Ford and Bride, the
pilots. Many of the soldiers at the rush of
the steam jumped ever board and were
drowned.
The Oincinnatti had only one man killed
and six wounded.
Tho Essex had six seamen killed, two
officers and seventeen men wounded, and
Gee missing.
There were no enusualties on the St. Louis
and Caron&let. though tho shot and shell
fell upon them like rein.
The St. Louis was commanded by Capt.
Leonard Paulding. who stood upon thegun
boat and fuught his guns to the last. Not
a man flinched, and with cheer upon cheer
sent shot and slall among the enemy.
LATER. FROM TEINNIEIZSEIZL
Sot Pursuit of the Flying richels
Reported Treachery among Them
PA LCC.AII, ICr. Feb. 7.—General Smith
on the west, and General Grant on the east
side of the ricer, are pursuing the retreating
rehele.
It le reported and credited by some of nor
officers that the rebel troop. from Fort Hen
ry accre not tree to the rebel cause, hot took
advantage of the °ppm-unity offered by the
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attack to run away from a fight tharw:
distasteful to them.
Fort Donaldson to be Attacked.
"LOUISVILLE, Feb. 7.—A despatch from
General lialleck to General Buell this eve
Meg ssys:
• ••We have taken Fort Henry. The enemy
has retreated on Paris, leaving a part of his
guns. Our cavalry Age in pnrsuit of him.
- "Gen. Grant will attack Fur liJnaldeor.
to-morrow."
Lonsvir.r.E, Feb. 7.—Three lP large
ers, the Ben. J. Adams. E. li. F.iirehild4
and Bettie left here for the Cumberland and
Tennessee rivers this evening.
All is quiet along the line of the Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad.
The Victory—The Panic among the
Rebels—They -Leave Everythinc .
Behind—The V. S. Cavalry Par
sue Them and Capture Pourte an
Cannon.
CINCINSATI, Feb. S.—Special despatches
to the Commercial and Gazette give addi
tional details of the capture of F.,rt Henry.
At•the time of the attack the rebel infantry
were in their camp eating dinner. They aban
doned everything, leaving one thousand shot
guns and all their• camp equipage behind
them. In pursuing the enemy NlajorCul
lough, of Col. Dickey's cavalry, captured
six guns, and Col. John .1. Logan captured
eight guns and thirty-three prisoners.
Advance of Gen. Thomas' Division
into cast Tennessee.
CINCI:s:NATI, Feb. O.—A special Indianap
olis despatch to the Commercial says that
General Thomas' di: ision is !taro
made a forward movement and will invade
East Tennessee at three different points sim
ultaneously.
General Carter gnus through Cumberland
Gap, General Schwpf by the central ronte,
and General Thomas will cross Mill Spring.
They will advance immediately on Knox
ville, where they will take possession of the
railroad, cutting off supplies and communi
cation with the Hebei Government.
Later from Port Ileury— Ad
vance of the Federal Gunboats
to Danville—The Bridge Dtsa
bled—Large Amount of Pro
perty Captured.
CiNcrxNArt, Feb. P.—Special (lest:when
to the Gazette and Commercial dated Fort
Henry, Bth February, give the following,in
tslligence:
Directly after the capture of Fort Henry
the gunboats Lexington, Tyler end Cones
toga started up the river, with instructions
to procbed as far as they saw fit.
Yesterday the Carondelet, in charge of
Colonels Webster, lliggins and McPherson.
of General Grant's Scat, made a reconnois
sance as far as the bridge of the Memphis
and.Clarhsville ilmilrocl, at Danville. They
found that quarters had been built at the
bridge, and occupied by some troops.
There was also a large amount of army
supplies and commissary stores, wagons.
San ,nt Danville. The bridArt was partially
disabled by the first gunboat which wen:
up the river. Another of the piers was
crippled so as to prevent the passage of
trains.
Only eight guns wore captured by Dick
ey's cavalry and Colonel Logan's troopers.
instead of fourteen as first stated. Nearly
all the runs were spiked with telegraph
wire, which can easily be removed. They
are brass six pounders, and in goes] order.
All the prisoners taken, about ono hun
dred in num ter, were sent to Cairo yesterday.
The amount of property eigitured will es
mil in value $1,000,000,
IteconnoiNgancei had been made by Col.
Logan and others to within a mile of Port
Donaldson.
Gen. Grant anal Staff will make a recon
noit,saneo this afternoon beyond Danville.
LATEST FROM. FORT HENRY
Sr. Lortq, Fehrititry 10.—'rho army is
till encamped at Port Henry, but prepara
tions for further nyivements are progressing.
file river is very high, and part of the fort
is overflowed.
Five additional regiments are expected
and the unfinished fort oppo:ite llenry has
been taken posseqqinn o f.
The panie iu Tennessee, owing to the re
cent defeat of the Rebel.. is be cxtcnsic•o
that the river is considered open to its beat:-
waters to the Union fleet.
The Rebel garrison of rort llenry that
fled trhon the fort was attacked lied taken
re:uge in Fort Donekon, makiog the whula
numher there from eight to ton thousand.
A letter from a prominent Rebel. found
ill II mail bog captnred by our troer.. !peaks
of Oro demoralizing . fleet of the defeat nt.
Somerset, and s 1) a that nnetbet at Fort
Henry would tp.3.tinio , t irreparable.
The Rebel stenmet 4 Ire was ehnso/ be fire
Federal g,nnboot Conestoga and al - and,. -4
by her crew, :titer fir,a setting her on fire.—
Several other Rebel sn-ttners are reported
to hare been cop:urea by our gunlmats,
which will problbiy go as fur up the ricer
as Florence, Alabama,
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The following are the prisoners taken by
the capture or Fort Henry:
Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman; Car.
11. L. Jonei, of Kentucky. noting Quarter
master: Captain J. Hayden, Chief ot Encin
eers; Captain John MeLanghlin, Quarter
master: Major IV. L. :NlcCornien, Aq.i.ntant
Adjutant General; Captain Je•!e Taylor.
commanding garrison; Lieutenants J. Orin.-
ley. Watts and Fred. J. Weller. and Capt.
G. R. R. G. Jones, and eisty private!.
TTIE TIFT:£I.q ANTICtrATED DtrEAT
A correspondent of the Alemphis appe.Nl
(30th F peaking: of the anticipated
attack on Forts Donelson and Henry mays:
Fort Donehmn, trith its 3,000 heroes, will
be held against all opposition. Moro solici
tude is felt about Fort Henry. In the Gm:
place, it is built in n low place, which is
easily commanded front a high hill on the
opposite soil.
That hill is now in possession of our forces
and if we lose it, Fort Henry eannut long
bold nut, though there are provisions enough
there to last nor forces for months. Those
in possession of Fort Henry here resolved to
fight outside of the intrenchmente. The
water at the Fort is said to be vrithip a few
feet of our mognzines, and within six feet of
our Iri rgemt gum., and nt last accounts' ,tbsi
rirer we- still rising.
Tnc CVNIVO.I.: VDE nr rt)!IT IT C7l TM.
At least via hundred %Ott were fired dar
ing the engagement. It was a most terrify
cannonade. The Ran• were v.-ell served. I
saw siz deed Rebels. Their loss could not
he necertained, the dead hnring Leen take•.
nwny. The sr-ne inside or the Rehet in
treneimente was terrible. In three ma-, nt
their 14,1 barracks not r.ne escaped.shn• nn
eheli 1, .ring torn everything to splirrerp;.
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