The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-28

"'' 'NfHoIIdlloA.
FROM NORTH CAROLYN.
ne military operations in progress in
North Carolina Justly occupy mucb If
pnhIic attention they may be regarded
rs part OF the siege of Richmond, and
are on many other accounts, of the first
Importance Wilmington is the only one
Of our Seap0rts that the enemy have not
succeeded IN closing, and its Importance
10 uS cannot he over estimated Waoro
s'a'' 10 he able to announce that it seems
there need ho no apprehension for IFS
safety. The report, current vo.tordor
mat oFt Fisher had been captured. was
not confirmed by any official intelligence
received np to last night, and our Lele.
grams from Wilmington go far to assure
rs Of ITS safety, General Bragg saws he
has opened communication Will, the far, |
which had been interrupted by the force |
l''''''" ny tho enemy. 1t seems the
enemy landed with only three days' "a
"ohs, expecting, evidently, to carry the
tort by assault. We stated Yesterday
't"' lhey had been repulsed in eyervas-
sau!t " hen it was first announced th.t
the enemy had effected a LANDING Wa
reared that they had come well supplied
al" would entrench themselves batwaen
i"'' usher and Wilmington. This {
would have been awkward forus
yesterday the Yankee fleet w,s 70 8
ported to have hauled OIL from in front q
OF Fort Fisher, after having made two 7
feeble attacks on Monday night :.
\ word on the topography of the
mouth ct the Cape Fear river and our T
d'iehces there may he found interesting A
al 'hc bar, the channel runs within itv h,
or sixty yards Of the shore and close I'M. -
der the guns Of Fort Fisher and Fort cg
Lamb, while at the western bar Fort a
Caswell guards it equally we'll Beside 10
These main dctences are several minor :.
batteries strung along the beach. located 81
al points that, to an engineers eve, VI
seemed to bear most upon the track of III
'esSels coming into the river. There j. y -
'lso, close by Fort Fisher. and on noint n
u land between the RIP" and the bar St
large eafthWork or mound, erected by SIT
,oIohei Lamb Commander Of the fortsl W.
linen mounts some powerful guns. For ~;
eVcral months past this has been a ter in
u 10 the fleet outside, and has very
Ioperly kept them at respectful dis. WI
,nao Tl vi" ant
'h'e; These guns have plunging fire gao
pom the channel from the "Rip" to the cia
ar and beyond So it will be extremely trol
'I''t iof even an lron-clad to enter the !" II
trbor until these guns are silepced - ill.,
caring upon the RIP" are several the
Gently constructed works, mounting mae
ry effective ordnance. ASST
trOI
LATER-The following official disnatch
Is received at the War Department last
sht:
" WIMINGroN, NORTH CAEoIIx,I
Icct mbtr q, lsGI-3 = NJ A
- Hf''"T''' q, the President OF the c3yqtcaerat
Hfato. vest
The enemy has re embarked under Geo
.er OF his fleet his movement is NOT salu
'eloped | have visited Fort Fisher Gay
lind the damage slight, except the ~; w." -
Idings not necessary for defence after
" two guns disabled. The marks re- ampt
ming Indicate that tho bo,,,I1 gers
varv hoor,, charg
MAJOR General Whiting, commanding Fo
80 ''io ''lou'h ot the river rlOuS
onel Lamb, commanding the fort and BLOOD
officers and men composing the gar Casl
n, deserve especial COMMUNICATION for made
eallantrv. efficiency aud f,rt;.,,a. from
1orad ura.r $780, night
f"S vi one C
COS tOwar
" Signed BRAxToN RRAca " was
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FROM Southwestern VIRGINIA Co.. :
VIZ" Al" 'iN"0 IL oiii southwestern was o.
una yesterday Stoneman has made appar
bis retreat, and has gone. The prison
age he inflicted upon us, though not
ana -. ...,.'..... 80 'N''' John
the departure of the enemy think toaS :,
can be repaired and put in working ThnnJ
" 'he lirSt OF February next. compa
large quantity of salt, already gotten station
WAS DESTROYED .nd on a., L,;Ir fms
. ,,aco oro ,... ~ cunning picket
tllery were also captured. by them, DrA
hey got but little else of any kind the n
gentleman who passed over the rail sonnet,
from Bristol to Glade Spring after Thund
'nemy advanced, says the bridges KEGS, {
cen these places are all burnt, but that IN
he trscL t. o, His dis