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ting. The opposing forces are now almost breast to breast, ready to open the work of death upon each other at any moment. Cincinnati, Feb. 17, A. M.--Fort Donelson was taken yesterday with fifteen thousand prisoners, including Buckner and Johnson. St. Louis, Feb. 17.--Dispatches from General Grant to General Hallock announce the surrender of Fort Donelson, with 15,000 prisoners, including Generals Johnson, Buckner, and Pillow. The Singe--three days fighting--Federal gunboats diGenerals Johnson, Buckner, and Pillow. The Singe--three days fighting--Federal gunboats disabled. St. Louis, Feb. 16. --A special dispatch to the Missouri Democrat, dated Saturday, Feb. 15, P. M., says: Commander Foote reached here at twelve o'clock last night, on board the U. S. gunboat Conestoga. He stormed Fort Donelson on Friday afternoon. The gunboats St. Louis, Louisville, Pittsburg, Carondolet, Tyler, and Conestoga, after fighting a little over an hour, withdrew. Fifty-four were killed and wounded on the gunboats, pilots Riley and Hinton, of the St. Lou
The truth and rumors of yesterday. A dispatch was received at the War Department yesterday, dated Cleveland, Tenn., Feb. 18th, which states that Generals Johnson, Pillow, and Floyd, with over 25,000 men. were holding Nashville, and that it was intended there to make a determined The Government stores in Nashville were regarded as safe. This report comes from as agent of the Commissariat, who telegraphed the Government, in order to remove all anxiety in relation to the safety of vast quantities of subsistence stores accumulated at Nashville. Later in the day it was reported that the Adjutant General had received dispatches confirmatory of the one above, from Cleveland. Dispatches were also received at the war office which show that our loss by prisoners at Fort Donelson had been unwittingly increased by the addition of a cypher, during transmission over the wires, and instead of 15,000 captured, the Yankees succeeded in taking but 1,500 of our troops. We understan