The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-19 00:00:00

I v'7,M - , I 1~~ - W-S PAPER A ~----- - ,---.7_,_.e.,..- I tta \ . • ..- Zt ' ,! ; - 7 r-g -, --i1,4?, ,-,44=`2,-.lv-'F.cl .447 . 42, a place among those of whom theroiortry - ii prOnde4ig, -- ~.... a", , ...,,, 0 .. l"-LIktid-'4% -9 , . . Plant torpedoes thick and proititly, sa3r w6,-2,n C -. ~ eh„, ' . , -, put diligent and daring men to watcii otarivS. St , 4 I '''-- ---- lir" .2y ri ,_ ,i , ;,. 6ta,7 ) • , - ~ , '-'.: ~41- , .,, 7 ----- - ) . •' .. •:. • -Z' *r . ,:•• Their utility and efficiency . are no longer doubtful." r - 1: :a ~ ' 4 l o . 4 .,.....„ Ai: 1 '0)1,1111 1 r s . s,'t _-_,._ F=--,-.7! - 4. Illit -4 0' c -tv- s_ka4l.- , , ~ "t'r, ._._ -4 _ I;e3_, , . - _ "`• ' "V.*: ' . - - ...4 -, .. Some interesting particulars concerning blockade ' e, - A 6 , \ \--•‘ -1 , 7). _ A , ..., ... " :41 ~&, '' '„ft. * d I 1 7/ , , . ' 4 - . 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Eaval and Military Intelligence. laboured at this duty, and none but his personal friends can know the amount of zeal he brought to bear upon it, or the tact with which he worked out the important plans intrusted to his care. Rear-Admiral Sidney Colpoys Dacres, C. 8., the were of frightful size. Some of these mon ster projectiles passed entirely over the fort, and fell in the river beyond ; and this, notwithstanding the fleet, with the exception of the ironclad, stood off at long range, The fort replied slowly and delibe rately, but with what effect is not known, though Col. Lamb, commandant of the work, telegraphs that he is confident the enemy suffered more than he did. There were 23 men wounded on our part—.l mortally, 3 severely, and 19 slightly. Two guns were dismounted, not by the fire of the enemy, but by unskilful management on our part. No other damage worth naming was sustained. But fearful as the bombardment was yesterday, it was hilt the prelude to the infernal fire of to-day. The att ac k was re newed at 10 o'clock, and raged with great v i o l ence until 6 o'clock this evening. Such a rain of shot an d shell never before fell upon any spot of earth si nce ooTtotheir work in mostgunpowderwasinvented. gallant an the eConfederate s style. Many f them had never been under fire before ; and yet "At a single stride Mr. Bellew has taken his place among our popular novelists. ' Blount Tempest' has all the charms of an interest that at moments becomes enthralling."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. present Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, yesterday morning embarked on board her Majesty's paddle-steamer Fire-Queen, Staff Commander Paul, from Portsmouth dockyard, and proceeded to Spit head, where the Admiral boarded, and officially in spected the screw frigate Aurora, Capt. Sir Leopold M'Clintock, then under sailing orders for the .West Indies. The Aurora was to sail from Spithead last evening for .Barbadoes, calling in at Plymouth Sound on her way down Channel. The Aurora is lone of the handsomest wooden frigates in her_Ma jesty's navy. She is in unexceptionable order in every part, and her crew are in excellent discipline. The ship's armament is arranged as follows :—On main deck, 14 8-in. guns, 65cwt., 12 64-pounders, 60cwt., muzzle-loaders ; upper deck, eight 40- p ounders, 35cwt., one 7in., 82cwt., breech-loaders ; total, 35. Two 20-pounder boat guns, one 9- pounder ditto, one 12-pounder field gun, one 6- pounder brass gun for short practice. The follaiing appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Robtert H. Stewart, naval cadet, to the Victoria ; Chas. H. Cochran, naval cadet, to the Royal Oak; Frederick H. Chown, assist.-paymaster, to the Princess Royal ;. Thurston Stringer, second master, to the Landrail ; Thos. J. H. 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This costly work also contains 4 , 4 -Pete t e estimates for furnishing on the following revised Now ready, price 365., 15e., and 10s., with Map, POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1865 (66th year). The smallest Edition, price 108., with newly-engraved large Map of Landon, is oy far the cheapest Directory ever published, and comprises in two ak;habetical lists the " Com mercial " and "Court," which contain no less than 154,000 names and addresses of persons residing in London, whether carrying on business or occupying a private residence. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, in rRE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone fide with MRS. ROSELE A.? AT THE SEA-S I uE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, ii, Regent street. 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NoT p t fo r . tu - .CE I HEREBY GIVE that the sum set aar L ge redempti ma of Bonds under c lhe operation of the Smit h,' u s itod h as been ap plied to the purchase of the under- C o o f the New York Section of the said co oned BONDS t f , 4l Patly, viz.:— . P. 4 8 , Nos 44, 92, 112, 227, 302, 303, 331, 400, 420, 401 , ten Bonds of 1,000 dollars each lO,OOO dols. ,I_llsl that the Bonds, together with the half - yearly Coupons iZeinterests Warrants, from July 1, 1t , 65, to July I, 1879, both he ei l l 'ive, attached to each of said Bonds respectively, of 1 4Q clo a have d No tary p.y cancelled lic.by the undersigned William Gra i n, Pub SAMUEL GURNEY, JNO. KENNARD,I Trustees. London, 14th Ja CHAS. MOZL WILLIA a n u lla rYoB6s. Notary Public. T"E CITY OF MILAN IMPROVEMENTS COYIPANY (Limited). lONS 1 4 IS lI EREBY GIVEN, that NO APPLICA - Apr ER T? r SHARES in this Company will be received instant, JO our o'clock T HIS DAY (THURSDA Y ), th e 19th (Flap 'L ; London, ad Twelve o'clock TO-MORROW Y), 20th instant n , for Country applications. • By order of the Board, Tem J. D. O'BRIEN, Secretary pro tem. Por ary Of fi ces, 17 an d 18, Cornhill, January 19, 1865. 1411ERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT No rr ASSOCIATION (Limited). HEREBY GIVEN, that the FIRST ORD - 4 • "' , IERAL M METING of the Shareholders in this str,ZaYon will be held at the London Taver , n,Bisho ci p , ! l gate o i the City of London, on MON D A.l , the 23 l'urpo,;/' 18 65, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely , fo a r y the 41 eilt oet(f receiving the Report of the Directors and ••state- Ptirp ose. Accounts, of declaring a Dividend, and for general At thr Bing, Year wMeeting the Election of Two Auditors for the en ill take place. By order of the Board, Cr osby TT W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary. —6llB O 95, Bishopsgate-street, Jan. 10, 1865. 14°NDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. 441t,141„1S HEREBY GIVEN', that the next HALF ]b ,xENERAL MEETING of the above Cerei any DA ru Z held at this Station, on THURSDAY, the 16th day of id' B Wi t tr' R ,, lB , 6 3, at One o'clock p.m. precisely, when the Direc .V"lend—vnlit a Report on the Affairs of the Company, the w9l be declared, and the General Business of th i 44' .4 4 g ti R ill be tra nsacted. iroe 14 her iven, that at the said meet- Jroposed t e o submitto g the PropriAors the matters viz. :-... it4tii,v. A rran YR „,s,eraonts for the working by this Company of the 114 tbO a l i, ,-",t Undertakings of the Sidruouth Railway and Airas."lPartv iithiw,.-Zrnehts for the working by this Company of the pf the Altbn Alrestord, and Winchester (or Mid i` 11 -4 1WaY CompLy, authorised by their Act of inslB. is Pip, 4 e Creation and Disposal of the Share Capital Railway .‘ e t, 163 rt authorised to b 2, created by the IlfracombJ 4.1 11 Ilot• c e is hereby further given, that at the t -0, th e re 111 be an Election of Two Directors in e the d pls e _c e e e n s 1' Heneage Dutton, M.P., and Syph F,Lioi; '21171 Sergeant -at• Law, who retire at this tint by T r 'e '4,, 4 d, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. -ursd,l,`ter Rooks of the Company will be Closed from '"he 2d February, 1865, till after the meeting. By order, Witte r i 3 o-urich FREDERICK CLARKE, Secretary. at on, ase St i L mbeth, Jan. 12, 1865. 4 °l.------------- ' *nn-road, ~,A , ,,L FREE HOSPITAL, Gray s-. 1 w- -. , . .ti, -..e i mmediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail brininus, Hing's.cross. vi e „,fatroy,..... `‘ Tier Most Gracious Majesty the ,: r atro n __, . re., Royal Highness the Prince of W QU A E L E ES . , G R.G Tina ."e llt---11 is Grace the Duke of BLICCLECCH, K. ... - li lio , ~ e BPital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estan ' n e do DrinciPle ot free admission to the sick poor,_ without PlidenZ3i,,ssd difficulty of Governors' orders. is whol'y de- It fr "r su Pport on voluntary contributions a nd legacies. dditi a o °l.ds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in a ti tlt u i t l e ta,klili,s, the average number ot attendance of the and 4, 00 6"' for a con iderable period averaged between t o ,oritrib., w eekly. nz, p.n‘o...s are received by the Treasurer. Edward illas -rmoo' ea,u'Ntliechoolas-.lane; also by Messrs. Coutt and Co.; Ilarelay'l4ll.:retieutoGqn and Co. ; !Terries and Coe; Ransom . I leY, and c ' eo ; v s ,utiote, and Co.; co., Live 0 ; Nimet lams, Deacon Smith, Payne, and Co. , eßreaninde.dGanurd rPool and :11 1 C e o fos B p e i r tfi l l e . from 10 till 5. r a s ii -street I . 0 A T . t . STAN FOILD s MIT H, Secretary. ''kjj4ClßS' OuRPITAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11"E ` —ataPstead. OffiOes. 77, Cornhill. Nt th e PATRON —The QUEEN. -,, g o •,-, TRUSTEES. -4N . n..e r Champneya Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon I Thomas Baring, Esq., m.r. It. 0 Th._ J L. t e , an 1 ., TREASURERS. *IQ, InStitUtiOtl' Fsq• 1 Robert Hanbury, Esq. The Ta! 4 •, , In asylum tD;thgned hoansuplua daughters of sailors in I t Ay a great national .. It ei nt a ," '-'4av3r and Mer li the o t vp Service and of Marines. 7ervi-..u.sel maintans,canand s er e cates them for domestic lleul t t - ""‘- 1 Provide re ~f expense for former t e __ _es.while ou tot 1844' Ti mle , thus shielding them from the Tplations they rni ght u o a the u r B wise be exposed to. Tlol,4('oninlittee earnestly APPEAL for CoNTßlßlT tecebt to meet the inereasi g applications througrli the f!torns and loss f life at sea, and to enable them bece sti l pY to obtain premises more commensurate w th the 8 .3 1 104, ' a le, of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 who may4l by casualties alone, without including those sub Perish by war tt arel serlotions th,nkfully received by the . t 4r „ av, Beva, and Co., Lombard- street, and by t h e Secre x, at the Offces, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Sac. CHARLES NASH, Sec. RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another h, t , _c!rne to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer wa,„„'.."..Tocr, friendless, young females were rejected from be en 7 e r n T FUND friendless , and room, making a total of 3,087, who have of the most way in five years. Here are brief details of a few recent cases : flallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. (71 3,liomeless, both parents dead. C.B' 17, eenn, 'm o t tt h hh e ee r rr dddeerdd ,:deserte d by her mother. A 15, 8., ag d 15, ed 16, 1 fa,ilmeneieTzti Parente dead. parents des her parents. H. S. aged 14, h M. H., aged 17, fallen, botl: C. H., aged 17, fallen, both dtzia; A. G., aged 18, f a ll en, father dead. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, B. 8., aged 17 , f a ll en, b oth parents dead. M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both pare n t s dead. 8. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. }The new home the Committee wish to form wovld be for , °llll g girls, almost child r e n, f rom th e age of 8 to is, who aye been led astray from the path of virtue. u Co ntributions will be received gratefully by the SecretarY. "i r • Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen • street, Cheapaide; or by Messrs ar aaY and Co.. Lombard-street OME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., of for the Reception, from all parts of Kingdom,theon crime, Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging tinder 10 years of age. President —ROBERT HANBURY, Esq., M.P , VICE - PRESIDENTS. ONtephen Cave, Esq, M:P. I Sir S. M. Feb. Bart . M.P. E. Gurney. Esq, I Abel Smith, Esq., li-P• amuel Morley, Esq. I ea suier--Ny li. Winans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. COMMITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H . M'Sorley. Mr. E. 11. Burrows. I r. W. J. Maxwell.. r. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. P. Ged " . I Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moo-e. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. ii Ur. Francis Lycett. I Mr. IL T. Turnbull. °"l'ltrY Secretary —Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Snfrolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W. Ilankers—lTessrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, P.C, a t e !node of admission to the Rouse is twofold, ar e ,; IV election of the subscribers . Boys thus admitted _ received free, arced,bo clothed educated, and taught till gev are 11 years ot ' , t i s t.h • t he view I 0 B, c e u . re the election of the most deserving ', tile Committe have from the first discouraged canvas- Iniiesi!lidric,they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. fin 1 " 11 0.. Papers contain a description of each case, as care tin,„Y lovestigated by the Committee, and with this informs tii-4ethe s ubscribers are able to judge for themselves as to 2(1. littlest eligible for free admission. All cit.PaYMent of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. ad rro ..., tdren must be under 10 years of age at the time of tinu;°ll,sol. Those received on payment are admitted at any tief,..oauon as approved by the Committee, irenua.tis of t he to be adialtred free will take place as adAii7itx a s the increase in the annual subscriptions will cab s , , ti the Home is fi,ll; they will then be held period!. 11:47"Of me Rom'PPlication for the admission of children may be e, and of the HonortuY Secretary, " Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the third edition. It is the work of a scholar, a Christian, and a man of real science."—blorning Herald. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. " The reader will find in it much thow,ht and much read ing. There is plenty to think up. n, plenty to study, plenty fo entertain."—lllustrated London News." London : F. 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St. George, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Director-General of Ordnance ; Lieut.- Col. E. M. Boxer, F.R.S., Royal Artillery, Super intendent 'of Royal Laboratories; Capt. J. C. Caffin, C.B. Royal Navy, Director of Stores, and Naval DireCtor-General of Artillery, with other officers, and Capt. the Iron. George Wrottesley, Royal En gineers, secretary, arrived at Chatham yesterday, and commenced their inspection and inquiry. into the system for the storage -of powder, shells, and cart ridges at the several Government magazines at that garrison. The committee were met on their arrival at .Chatham by Col. F. M. Cromartie, the Superin tendent of Stores, and other heads of departments, and proceeded in the first instance to the Upnor Castle gunpowder stores, facing Chatham dockyard, on the opposite side of the harbour. These stores contain the whole of the powder and shell required for the squadrons at Chatham and Sheerness, as well as the ammunition for the use of the troops quartered in the district, and for the Artillery and Rifle Volun teers. The magazines and stores cover a considerable extent of ground; aid wain the last few years have been greatly enlarged, until they are now among the most extensive of their kind in this country. The Crown being the owner of little of the land in the neighbourhood, with the exception of the site on which the buildings actually stand, houses are erected almost close up to the boundary wall of the maga zines, while close to the waterside of the stores steam boats are calling at the Upnor-pier at short intervals throughout the day. It is, however, in consequence of their proximity to Chatham dockyard that the Government ought long since to have removed the magazines from the locality, and placed them some miles down the river, on the dreary wastes between Chatham and the Nore, far removed from any dwellings. The danger to which the dockyard has been long liable will be increased tenfold on the completion of the dockyard extension works, the largest of the three steam basins now under con struction being exactly oppositethe Castle, in which the chief store of powder is deposited, and this cir cumstance did not escape the attention of the com mittee yesterday. After completing their inspection at Upnor Castle the members of the committee crossed the river and proceeded to visit the forts and magazines within the citadel, directing their at tention, in the first instance, to the grand magazine, adjoining the Royal Engineer field works, which is constructed not only for the reception of large stores of powder, but also for many millions of cartridges for the supply of the forces within the district. Al though every necessary precaution is taken to pre vent any accidents at this magazine it has always been a source of anxiety to the authorities that it is not sufficiently isolated, a public roadway passing close to the boundary rail of the building, and within a few yards of the magazine. The other forts and magazines in which the principal storages of gunpowder are made at Chatham are the Fort Amherst and the Belvedere magazines, besides smaller stores, both of which were visited by the members of the committee. There was, however, nothing in the situation or internal arrangements of these to call for any special comments. The day's inspection was brought to a close late in the after noon. The iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard, 3, 150-horse power, Lieut. Commander Challis, fitting for ser vice on the coast of Scotland in the protection of the fisheries, has undergone a careful survey since she has been in dock to ascertain' the working of the new Lumley rudder, with which she has been fitted. The result was most satisfactory, the rudder showing that no wear whatever had taken place, and that the steering apparatus was in as good a condition as when fitted to the vessel at the com menceinent of last summer, and that notwithstand ing the severe weather experienced by the vessel last year. In an official communication received from the Lords of the Admiralty, their lordships state that the commanding officer reports that he is well satisfied with the action of the new rudder, particu larly in narrow and tortuous channels, as the ship requires less helm. When the helm is hard over her way is considerably deadened, which is a great ad vantage when there is danger of a collision. The operation of fixing the false keel to the iron clad frigate Lord Warden, building at Chatham, in anticipation of the launch of that vessel at an early period, was commenced yesterday. The work of completing the frigate is being pushed forward with as much energy as the resources of the dockyard will permit, and nearly a thousand workmen are em ployed about her externally and internally. The last of the broadside iron deck beam which carry the upper deck has been fixed in its place, and a commencement has been made in laying the decks, the main and lower decks being already completed. The, external teak-planking, to which the armour plates will be fastened, is bolted to the timbers by means of galvanized iron bolts, instead of the copper bolts usually employed for this purpose. Little progress will be made in the way of fixing the ar-. mourplates to the sides of the frigate until she has been docked, the requisite machinery not having been fitted on the building slip for expeditiously fitting the armourplates. The work of removing a portion of the paddle boxes of the large paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 800-horse power, is at once to be proceeded with, in order that she may be ready for being floated into No. 3 dock at Chatham during the approaching spring tides, with the view to being examined and having the injuries she sustained from her late stranding made good. It is announced at Chatham that the Terrible, with some other large and power ful steamers, will accompany the Great Eastern to assist in the work of laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable, and that during the time she is in dock at Chatham opportunity will be taken for fit ting her for the particular service for which she is intended. Her Majesty's ship Saturn, which is now used as a naval hospital and storeship. at Pethbroke-dock, will shortly be broken up and replaced by the train ing ship Blenheim. It is not known yet what vessel will take the place of the Blenheim as a training ship. We have to record the death of Captain Robert Harris, R.N., which took place at his residence at Southsea, Portsmouth, on the 16th inst. We learn from O'Byrne that the deceased officer entered the Royal Navy in 1822 as a volunteer on board the Euryalus, 42, and in 1824 was employed at the blockade of Algiers. 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The Charleston Courier publishes an interesting Confederate account of the evacuation of Savannah by General Hardee : " Our fortifications extended from the Savannah river, some four miles above the city, on our right, to the Little Ogeechee river, near the Gulf Railroad, some eight miles from the city, on our left. We held Fort M'Alister, on the west bank of the Ogeechee, a few miles below the Gulf Railroad. We had also strong batteries at Rose Dew, between the two Ogeechees, at Beaulieu, Thunderbolt, Causlin's Bluff, &c., and troops stationed on Isle of Hope and Whitinarsh Islands. Our newly erected fortifica tions on the land side of the city were very strong and capable of turning back almost any kind of as sault, though they were not commenced till after Sherman had nearly reached Milledgeville. Sher man's army appeared before these works about the Bth or 9th December, and on Saturday, the 10th, considerable fighting occurred. Several severe as saults were made, in which the enemy were signally repulsed. Early on Sunday morning the 11th a tre mendous cannonading began and was kept up for half the day. It was supposed in the city that a heavy engagement was going on, but it proved to be only a general shelling from the heavy guns on our lines. Sherman was in no condition to attack our works. He was scarce of ammunition and had no heavy guns, as well as other difficulties in the way of his giving battle. During the siege severe assaults were several times made on particular points, with a view of storming our works and breaking through our lines, but all these were handsomely repulsed. On Saturday, the 17th, a flag of truce was sent in by Sherman, demanding the surrender of the city, and on. Sunday, the 18th, a reply was given by General Beauregard, refusing to comply with the demand. On Monday the evacuation commenced, the first squad coming out about midday, another came out at 4 p.m., and two other at night. How rapidly the eva cuation was thereafter conducted I know not except from report. It is said the evacuation took place on Tuesday night. I fear all our soldiers did not get out. Some of them were 12 or 14 miles from the city, while many were eight miles off. The heaviest fighting of the siege took place on Monday evening and night, the 19th. The enemy were repulsed in all their attempts on our lines, so the soldiers must have been there, and not on the retreat. If so, I cannot perceive how it is possible for all to have come off by Tuesday night, though they may have done so. We had several boats, capable of carrying 500 to 1,000 each across the river at a trip, and a pontoon bridge besides. Very few of the citizens left the city. Many would have done so if they could, but the realisation of their position came too late. It found them all unprepared, and escape impossible. There was no alternative but to submit to their terrible fate. It does seem to me that our military authorities should by some means have given some notice or hint to the people, or time allowed those who desired to do so, either to get away or set their houses in order if they intended to stay. Perhaps lam wrong in this conclusion ; I will not say, positively. As before stated, the people were in the dark as to what was going on. They hoped we would be able to force Sherman to the coast, either to the right or left, and save the city, and in this belief very little private property of any sort was sent off. Neither of the newspaper offices were removed, and all the material of both—including a considerable quantity of paper —fell into the hands of the enemy. If they remain there long, we may expect soon to have them issuing Yankee newspapers from the offices of those hitherto substantial Southern journals. The last issue of the News was on Saturday morning, the 10th. The enemy had cut all the railroads and telegraphic wires, thus cutting off any outside information by mail or other wise, and the military authorities desired nothing concerning the situation, or what was there taking place, to be made public. •Under these circumstances the paper was stopped, and editor and printers went into service. The Republican continued to issue a quarter sheet, but it contained no news, either local or from abroad, and was, under the circumstances, the most unsatisfactory newspaper that I ever tried to read. I never witnessed such a forcible illustration of the value of newspapers in a communityl Everybody was in a state of suspense. There was a pretty general hope that the city would be saved, but no one could give any substantial reason for this hope, having no certain grounds upon which to base it, and igno rance of the real condition kept them from arriving at a different conclusion, and preparing for the worst. All was uncertainty and doubt. Hope was mingled with fear, and it was difficult for any one to decide which preponderated in his own mind. Every man, when he met his neighbour, inquired and was inquired of after the news, and neither could gratify the other. All were the victims of every imaginable kind—rumour and opinion, from the best to the worst. I hope never to pass through such dreadful days again. Such suspense is worse agony than any reality, be it ever so dreadful." The following account of the Federal attack on Fort Fisher is from the Richmond Dispatch of the 4th inst. : " Wilmington, Dec. 25, 8 p.m. " The Federal fleet which had been lying off this port for some days, and which consisted,' it was sup posed chiefly of transports, was found to be com posed of over 50 ships-of-war, including two Moni tors, several armoured vessels, and a large propor tion of heavily-armed frigates and sloops. This formidable fleet stood in at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and at 20 minutes to 1 it opened a furious fire upon Fort Fisher, the principal work at the mouth of the Cape Fear. An English naval officer who was with Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic, and at Sebastopel, says the fire exceeded anything he had ever seen. It was maintained with unabated vigour until half-past 5, when the fleet drew off. The enemy's shot averaged 30 to the minute, being 9,000 for the five hours he engaged the fort. The space above the fort was filled with white puffs of smoke from bursting Aliens, m any of which like men who knew not what fear was. We have no report of the casualties to-day, communication with the fort by telegraph having been interrupted; but there is reason to fear that they have been heavier than they were yesterday. Unofficial tele grams received during the afternoon, however, be fore the wires were broken, stated that all was well, and that the garrison had *plied tdthe enemy's fire less frequently than on yesterday. But the most serious part of the fight to-day remains to be told. A portion of the fleet, moving up the beach 2k miles above Fort Fisher, swept the shore with grape and canister for an hour, at the end of which boats were lowered, and a force (estimated to be three brigades) were landed. This force was immediately engaged by Kirkland's brigade ; but at half-past 5 o'clock the enemy still maintained his footing on the beach. It is not improbable that other troops will be landed to-night, and possibly some artillery. The enemy is now between Wilmington and Fort Fisher, and has cut off communication by land with the latter. If he is not dislodged soon, Fisher must fall as Fort Morgan did, and with its fall the port of Wil mington will be sealed. Once firmly established on the narrow spit of sand upon the outer end of which Fisher stands, the closing of the river above will be only a matter of time ; and then away go Fisher, Caswell, and all the other works by which, the harbour and town are defended. There has been gross dereliction of duty between here and Richmond ; but whether the military or railway authorities are responsible for it remains to be seen. But more of this hereafter. General Whiting is in command below. His report of the operations to day has not been received as I close. General Bragg is doing all he can with the handful of men present to hold the place. I omitted to mention that one of the Federal blockaders got aground on Friday night, while chasing the Little Hattie, and was abandoned and blown up. The Little Hattie got in safe." Further Confederate details of the affair are given in the Wilmington Journal. " On Christmas morning, as the bells began to ring, summoning the worshippers to church, the deep booming of guns from, sea announced that the enemy's fleet had re-opened on Fort Fisher, and the deep, heavy, and incessant roll was kept up with terrible rapidity during the whole day, and away into the night, and all day yesterday, with little abatement until about noon, when it is probable that the gradually rising sea compelled the fleet to haul off, or at least slacken their fire. Up to 3 o'clock on Sunday the casualties in the fort were 43. On Sun day afternoon the enemy succeeded in effecting a landing at a point not far from the head of the Sound, and just below the site of old Camp Wyatt, say five and a half to six miles above Fort Fisher and 16 to Wilmington. They were confronted by General Kirkland with such of his gallant men as were then with him, their object being to interpose between Wilmington and Fort Fisher, ours to pre vent their doing so. Their force became swelled by new regiments landed from their transports, ours by arrivals of some of the most gallant veterans on the continent. On Monday General Bragg assumed command in person. The communication with the fort is uninterrupted, with no Yankees in terposing between our troops in the field and our troops in the fort ; the fort is all right, and the men in fine spirits. The enemy's proud ar mada and terrific bombardment have so far been powerless to effect anything against the scientific sand-hills which guard the New Inlet to our river, and which stand a proud monument to the scientific genius of the able engineer under whose eye our defences have been mainly planned and executed, and who himself was also in Fisher to watch the performancces of his works. Fort Fisher and its defence will always be associated with the names of Major-General Whiting and Col. Lamb. During the night of Sunday and on the morning of Monday two attempts were made to take Fisher by storm, but both were gallantly re pulsed by our junior volunteers. Yankee prisoners say that the land force with the fleet consisted of four brigades of four regiments each, each regiment numbering about 560 men. Of these three landed, all under command of General Ames. The fourth, composed of negro troops, under Weitzel (captured at Plymouth), had not yet landed." The Richmond Sentinel of the 2d instant, reports the repulse of a Federal expedition to the Roanoke River : " The Yankee gunboat movement up the Roan oke River resulted, as is known, very adversely. From an interview with a deserving and efficient officer from that locality, we gather some interest ing items, which we present to our readers. The expedition comprised 12 gunboats and several barges, the latter of 20 oars each. Two of the barges which went ahead as torpedo hunters, were vigorously attacked by our sharpshooters, and lost 31 killed. The crews then displayed the signal of surrender, but - before the barges could be secured a gunboat approached and shelled our forces so furi ously as to compel the relinquishment of their prizes, which drifted down the river to the gunboat. The barges exploded several of our torpedoes, but failed to clear the river. The gunboats continuing their progress, several of them were blown up. Deterred by these losses and by the hazard of still greater, they then beat a retreat to Jamesville, 12 miles above Plymouth. Up to last dates only six of the 42 boats had returned. Their officers stated to the citizens of Williamston, 22 miles below Fort Branch, that they had lost four boats by torpedoes. When asked where the other two were they made no reply. They also admitted the loss of 1000 men. Admit ting their statement—which is believed to be true —we can account for the other two missing boats. The officer in charge of the torpedo force, in recon noitring, discovered a sunken boat, of which no one was aware, and cut from her about 15ft. of her board ing nettings, of very large size. The sixth gunboat was sunk by our light field battery. Among the gun boats destroyed was the powerful Otsego, a double ender, bearing 14 11-inch guns, and m anned by 3 i r n a crew of 300, reinforced by the same number o picked up at fantry. Four of her men, who were on board not dif ferent times, agree that of me t il he wreck. A more than 60 escaped with life from pressed into was s e officers and worthy and reliable mechanic e 6 w o : u p from the wreck declares Yankee service to make coffins f or release over 200 had been boxes for the men that up to the time o Plymouth; the men to be buried made and shipped to there and tile officers to be sent to fis f he h d is the 'United States. The work of fishing up the dead was still being pro- Many of the bodies sce nted. of those blown up on the different boats had floated down to Jamesville. Thus has resulted an expedition doubtless designed for the reduction of Fort Branch and the capture of Halifax. The torpedo bureau has in this one ser vice merited a claim upon our gratitude and praise which it. gives us pleasure to acknowledge, and the brave men who co-operated in the defence of the Roanoke and the signal repulse of the foe have won " Notwithstanding the alleged ceaseless vigilance of the Yankee navy in watching blockade runners on the Atlantic and Gulf coast of the Confederate States, their close attention has amounted to com paratively little.. Setting aside all that has been im ported on State and individual account the pro ceeds of the blockade have been very great. The re strictions imposed upon foreign commerce by the Act of Congress of last session, prohibiting absolutely, during the war, the importation of any article not neecessary for the defence of the country—namely wines, spirits, jewelry, cigars, and all the finer fabrics of cotton, flax, wool, or silk, as well as all other merchandise serving only for the indulgence of luxurious habits—has not had the effect to reduce the number of vessels engaged in blockade-running ; but, on the contrary, the number has steadily in creased within the last year, and many are under stood to be now on the way to engage in the busi ness. The President in a communication to Con gress on the subject says that the number of vessels arriving at two ports only from the Ist of November to the 6th of December was 43, and only a very small proportion or those outward-bound were cap the Ist of J u l y tired. O u t o f 11 ,786 b a l es o f cotton shipped since last but 1,272 were lost—not quite 11 per cent. The special report of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the matter shows that there have been imported into the Confederacy at the ports of Wilmington and Charleston since October 26, 1864, 8,632,000 pounds of meat, 1,507,000 pounds of 1ea,c1,4,933,000 pounds of salt petre, 546,000 pairs of shoes, 316,000 pairs of blankets, 520,0001 b. of coffee, 69,000 rifles, 97 packages of revolvers, 2,639 packages of medicine, 43 cannon, with a large quantity of other articles, of which we need make no mention. Besides these, many valuable stores and supplies are brought by way of the northern lines into Florida, by the port of Galveston, and through Mexico across the Rio Grande. The shipments of cotton made on the Go vernment account since March 1, 1864, amounts to $5,296,000 in specie. Of this, cotton to the value of $1,500,000 has been shipped since the Ist of July and up to December 1. It is a matter of absolute impossibility for the Federals to stop our blockade running at the port of Wilmington. If the wind blows off the coast the blockading fleet is driven off. If the wind blows landward they are compelled to haul off to a great distance to escape the terrific sea which dashes on a rocky coast, without a harbour within three days' sail. The shoals on the North Carolina coast are from five to 20 miles wide, and they are, moreover, composed of the most treacherous and and bottomless quicksands. The coast is scarcely equalled in the world for danger and fearful ap pearance, particularly when a strong easterly wind meets the ebb tide. It is an easy matter for a good pilot to run a vessel directly out to sea or into port ; but in the stormy months, from October to April, no blockading vessel can lie at anchor in safety off the Carolina coast. Therefore supplies will be brought in despite the keenest vigilance." The New York Times publishes the following re specting the Confederate steamer Shenandoah arid her exploits : " Captain S. J. Gilman, of the schooner Charter Oak, of and bound to San Francisco, from Boston, called at our office yesterday and gave us informa tion respecting the capture of his vessel by the rebel pirate Shenandoah, in lat. 7 deg. N., long. 27.50 deg. W. The Charter Oak had a cargo of coals and hardware, furniture, and preserved fruits. On the sth Nov., about 5 a.m., when the wind was very light from the south-west, saw a large ship (looking for all the world like a clipper) astern, which ship the captain, half an hour later, discovered was get up steam and making for the schooner. At 6 a.m. the stranger, ran up alongside to the windward, fly ing the English flag, having fired a gun for the cap tain to heave to, which the Charter Oak did, when the steamer ran up the Confederate flag. A small boat with an officer and several men, all armed, then came up alongside, and told Capt. Gilman that the schooner was a prize to the Confederate States steamer Shenandoah. The captain and crew were then ordered on board the small boat, and taken to the steamer, the former being allowed to gather up and carry with him his papers, &c. He was con ducted to the cabin of the steamer, and introduced to the captain, Waddell, who, after duly examining his schooner's papers, gravely informed that nothing could save the schooner, and that after taking what he wanted from her he should burn her. After removing a few things from the schooner she was set on fire, the pirate remaining in sight until she was dismantled and nearly burnt to the water's edge. Capt. Gilman and his crew remained on the Shenandoah seven days, during which time she burnt the bark D. Godfrey, of Boston. Capt. Hal lett, bound to Valparaiso, and sunk the brig Susan, of New York, bound to Rio Grande, S.A. The course of the Shenandoah was of course very erratic ; but her principal cruising ground seems to have been from 26 to 32 W. long. It is probable, however, that by this time she has crossed the line, following the Brazil coast, and cutting across to tie Cape of Good Hope. (Capt. Gilman comes to this conclu sion from the fact that the pirate chief took his chart, which was the first and only one he ever had, giving this course, and seemed to be highly delighted at obtaining it.) On the seventh day Capt. Gilman and his crew were put on board the ship Kate Prince, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Capt. H. Libby, bound to Bahia or St. Salvador, Brazil, where they arrived on Nov. 23. The Kate Prince was bonded for $40,000, which would seem strange were the fact not known that her cargo (consisting chiefly of coal) was English. Capt. Hallett, of the bark D. Godfrey, of Boston, and Capt. Staples, of the bark Helena (captured eight days before the Charter Oak), were put on board a Danish brig and sent to Rio Janeiro. Capt. Gilman and his crew reached this city on Sunday last, in the bark Grace. Her crew was as follows :—Zairil Burges, mate : Charles E. Burse, second mate ; John M. Sampson, Manuel Tratus, John Ennis, and Frank Rogers. The Shenandoah (formerly the Sea King, of the Bombay trade) was built at Glasgow in 1863, by Stephens and Son ; has an iron frame, planked with teak wood ; 220 ft. length deck, 33ft. beam, and 22ft. hold ; is a full rigged ship, carrying three royals ; iron lower mast, topmast, bowsprit, lower and topsail yards ; standing riggings ; a very high poop, which runs about 10ft. forward of the mizenmast ; topgallant is forecastle, 6ft. from her foremast. She is v, telescopie ca ll e d an auxiliary steamer, smokestack 6ft. abaft the mainm as t, capable above the rail. having of being lowered so that it will be on l y 6f yili to clear capable of steami ng but with steam and sail can Her propeller can be hoiste d so as the water whenever not used. S he is about 7f knots an ho ur, make 11 knots, though n ever 12. Her propeller has two flues, and her engin e is about 250 h orse power. Her bulwarks are of white pine, an inch and a quarter thick, and therefore easily penetrated. The id Painted black. Her arma menttsou: of the vessel onsistso f four s smooth-bore 68's, two rifled 32 , 8 , and two smooth-bore 12-pounders. The Shenandoah was purchased (Capt. Waddell stated) in England for £45,000, which was an enormous price, with the understanding that she was to be a pirate. She was taken to Madeira by her captain, and delivered to Capt. Waddell, who came thither with his officers in the Laurel, an English steamer chartered by the rebels, it is supposed, to bring her officers, guns, &c. The following were some of her officers and men :—Capt. Waddell ; First Lieut. Witten, lately a prisoner at Fort Warren, having been captured on the Mississippi River ; Second Lieut., name forgotten, of Charleston, South Caro lina, formerly of the Alabama ; Third Lieut. Lee, a nephew of Gen. Lee ; Master Bullock, also late of the Alabama ; and first and third engineers, names forgotten, also of the Alabama. At the time Capt. Gilman left her she had 43 men—seven from the bark Helena, all of the D. Godfrey's drew, except the officers, and three from the brig Susan. Capt. Gilman is confident that the Shenandoah was for merly the Sea King ; the hub of the wheel had this name engrossed upon it, as also the locks of her two 12-pounders, and one of her bells." 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