Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-31

mspis nor The strength of he enemy. that
caused in-succces 10 the cxp<dItfons n ras
srs,f Of 90 oprafion- while fipsis upon this,
OF course, admit NAT thefo may have been
jnst reason for Tho nring q ths "tcrpedo' ON
Idssy .iEhs-sns Ne sr.y wss :. - Bssu,ors :
which sttended the bou;bsrdment. I am re-
cordiug he cvents, and that IL all. blame
90 one IN thls statement OF the facts. When =
eivs t1s stafament OF tho Admiral 10 the Gem
crsL thst There wss not . rebel within nse
nile d The fort,n 1 ask no further attention
70 " than this, That the Admiral.was nct,Fell
Informed. And when say that the Saturday
tie work, and bht ihs wounding of .vhIte
man and the kllllng Of negro servant, have
nb other ambition thu 70 let the country know
tue truth. Tho Truth, ttey ssy, ought not, II
ali times, 10 be ,npoksn. Perhaps this 10 true
philosophy, bat ~ Do not 20 NJ .s.l !. s,.
Amer full discussion d the fortnighps
event and ali The circnnstsn.cs Of the case,
the army 70 the James. Gen. Bpner notied
Admiral Porter Of this purposA and atAted, !
| bklieyc, that II did mot come within the scope
| Oh his irstructions 10 DO more than hs, had
done, And thereupon the Transports were
ordered 70 Fortress Monroe ~ ~ z. .ftS
Notwithsanding the rising storm and fhe
general thrsatening appearance Of The vsetner,
navy are poSnalSns ~. v,N.s away ,,aas mn %oI5s
day. I do not think they VIII carry the work,
although my prayer and hope are tho, othei
way. / have no feeling in the matter, a. Be.
tween the two arms OF the service. To me II
| Il small matter which arm Of the service gaint
the prise, 90 long as the rebellion "a being
squelched. .rie
squsre. bss,ioned hsld work, with fronts ol
shout $50 yards In length, and with strong re-
liisf, ditch and glacls on every aide but Tho
IHater iront; . stockade running from The
cpunfcrpuarp OF the north front 70 the water'i
edge The only front Of which ! had accurpt.
observation and report 10 the north hont ant
On this there 10 an elevated bsstion next 70 ths
%. and along the curtain nanh and faceI
r1sing apparently siI feet above The parspet
| These trayerses are 80 large that they sr,
belleved 70 be- bomb-proofs. The WORK Ia attn
sisd on The point OF land between the sea ant
| Cape Fear river, whore the point has widtl
OF about 800 yards, aud about 100 yards from
Tho Iocesn beach, the ground immediatel.
1 around the work being well seen. A rebe
i pioneer ststes that the work d entered BY
4 bridge about 20 feet long, over ditch from
4 70 10 feet In depth. 1t IL believed, from TIL
4 feports OF naval officers and what saw. tha
/ on the sea front all OF the guns are cal emated
| belleve tho work 70 be fully garrisonod, q
| they had three regiments OF Kirlapd's brigade
Hoke's division, In reserve above Sugar Loa
Hill, ,,r Ia, t.,,,-t I ~, t..,. J..iiiJ A.,
The proper method OF defence OF this work
subjected as II has been 70 : heavy shell hre
would be 70 put all tho mon Into the bomb
proofs, excepting few a. iookoots and tenti
i nels, and keep them there until the very mo
ment OF assault. This method seems TO hAy
been The one adopted, as the are on our skir
mishers, as long a. the naval nre continued
wss very slight, The moment that ceased, tn
musketry Are became very heavy, and was &C
companied by grape, canister and shell.
Death Of Ex-vies Pr.sidsnt George n
r." " Dallas. L'ft' ~
PnILApHrrun, Dec. sl,-Er-yice Presidep
Dallas died at his residence st 9o'elock thi
morning He was wei enough 10 be out yes
tsrday. q -. - ssi ~