New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-18

surf So,
Tic bands OF music soon commenced playing. while
the ruen could be seen running about and rolling
In the warn sand Ike schoo!-chidfcn enjoying hon
not sign OF any enemy could be ct this time In
At 10 O'clock about Coo troops having been landed.
skirush line sent forward on the beach,
Admiral Porter signalcd To Capt. Gibson command
ing the Sarst e., move with b.. gurboet division IN
side OF tic line Of the frea!e and sDe tAe ceacn ~
ancc of The skmishers. The division moved III 'ls
Santiago Se Cuba II gun. Monticello. gees.
Fort Jcck'on guns Abonua ;'''-''1S nus
sas.ous 10 guns keystone state lis Euns
&c ippe q ........ gus Quaker City ...--.. gnns
b. IL. Cuyler......l 10 ga-s. lasco.. .IO Guns
Marptanza D guBs.
Kaode Island IL guns Total guns. lE
asi " nn 10 !" With mile aud haf Of Fort Fisher
where we drolped chor about nile in TIE rear
TIC iron clsd c,. and fily two niles In advance OF all
bal,rce Of the feet, which were in the veini!yof
tie aad IL the troops where they remained mp TO
O'clock III tic Afternoon.
From err advanced position had splendid view Of
tho work Of roa-cads waich tEe main business
OF tie de,, though of the shells fOm Fort Fisher
fred at tie monitors came in rather cioe" proximity
The thing on tie tort from tho uiooitors ahd Sev
Irorsidcs was magnificent sigh.
From o'clock la the morning up to- o'clock IN TIE
afternoon the monitors poured Ia their ponGerons shells
at the rate OF four per minute tie whole nupe' 'aTo"h
IN t,ut time being not less tl!an two thousand.
Every stot struck TIE entrasnrcs or psraPe. Oh tae
fort and the gunnery exhibited ives never surpassed.
return; bur the difficulty they ha' managing iheiT
guns aml the XXI losiDn o. ours and the clouds o.
sand that constantly enSeloped :. x from oni Well
directed shos doubtless MARRIED their gunney rs most
Of their shells struck e,oad or short II The marx
All OF our ships however. received honorable scars in
"a fight and We could see that several Of their smoke
.,oers b.,p bssn 10, Sorsted ard nrrnor bruised
The damage To the fort. by outward appearance wa,
mcst distinct What the internal damage msy be Is u
AL,ut o'clock dense and continued smoke frors
the INSIDE of the fort Indicated that some oil tue kete
nuts had been fred
AGESEaAL BOMDiEDMgSr.
Ala O'Clock the Admiral si,nded 10 the vessels IL
the line II battle Number J., 10 take the positions
marked or, for them the char, and Join Ia The born
berdment They moved forward IN the o:dr giYeA
above the fourteen vessels led by the Brookyo carry
following rapidly was az order to the line Of battle
number tao 10 take position aud JOIN IN INC po oa!d
tnent II imme lat. y cd forward, as follows, pre-
senting array Of the largest vessels IN the service
magnificent spectacle OF Cd wooden walls with their
pOndrrous armainelts:
Minnesota...... SO guns Juniata guns
Wabash. 40 guns. ihenanGoah. 10 guns.
POEhatln ..---- II guns ilcondeTOge .----.-v guns
fe,ai. .............i76 guns.
Attwoni, mnu.ts 10 1--WE O'clock these two immense
divisions carving 3l2 guns. III addition 20 tac IRON
csds joined in the grand aud awful yet tcflihly or.
hant cannonsd- spectacle that will probably neTe,
be witnessed again during the present age. -,
The number Of shots fired willie this great borbsrd'
ment lssed hour and haf closing at ten minutes
past six O'Clock could not have be- less thea four per
se
o.t the slightest inerlsson occasionally nier'persod
With the dense base OF the Gftcen-iIcn & II TIE
monitors.
-Four shots per second during this time coants "
twenty thousand six hundi ei shots.uGesd Lave
no dorbt that Up to the withdrawal Of The wooden v,s
this evening not less thaa tven, i've th"ues'i SHELF
weio fred into Fort Fisher.
Alter the gene ral bonbariment couEcncej, but ocs
sho, iii oil by the fort In return. consequently noas
o! the wooden vessels were Injured.
The Irousides and the Monitors did 10. withdraw
when H.. ri ral given for the wooden walls 70 eosss
firing hu: keit At work throughout the night throwing
rspnirIg Of degiages BY the garrison.
she caup frJ. ci oar troops on the shore together
vita toe ocrUil Vi siensi. and tie display Il wh!t
and green anser-s By the neeI presented s'Aa1 'f'
tacle. .,,,
mile and half ~ Fort Fisher their camp nTes '.'eio
iug down he beach 70. more ttan Liiie.
n order has been rccei, cd from Tire Admiral !: IS
ing toand impossible 20 bring our division in'o tie
6eh the snchor.ng room beiig 700 coaiEseed TO pro-
coed III ho.e IL the encampmenis Of :ao toer
fron any assault by ia.igg from wilmington
The tfocp~ rs !. learn from officers who ass's'stu
,,ndin trer, sc In high spirits, AMI aniou. 10 lie led
forward t. IL assault Of the fort Theo "ish TO ec
out the stain upon th'm by the wthdTsFel o' "ga
Butler and ~ prove to ths eoun'r! hst t.'? CO A''
believe the fort could net be- taken.
Tie announcement received here to-day LOT nsh-
Batter had been relieved from the comn,and OF We
Army Of the james ard directed IL report y Lowe
Muss. caused grea. rejoicing throughout TIC neeh
Iregrc. to learn that one Cf the free inch e..
the Mslopsc burs,ed to-day but plcssod o. AID s-'
OF her iron clad crew were ll)uleu ny t-Ss'N4'
sion She remained ia the fight Throughout &C cay .
so.ne ocd shooting Elsce iy the keS.,' ana AZ
tho iicrclad have naa.ruus indeht to1S o. '"e
and petior ton " u cir smoke stackr
SECOND DAY or BATTLE
SATURDAY Nosslso Jan. ~ itVs'
Anothe- bright AID beautiful day has 10 'nee,
being ,he third since Jeff Beaufort. se1ceg eon9
Tbn n'gh, Was mn 9nhccrtly brilsn'.the nis qu;ri'
q warm Shedding It's si'rrJ ia!a snoU.
ba.diy to cause ripple made everything p'T'icH"F
pleasin.. - liam {, rdo- eri
,,.n,y M, a eloul IS psrccItble on ne sky. ID
cheering ray, of Old sol have already ci''eh OH
srhe r,ont,-s and the iionsdes have cohtinh~
hror chout the nigh 10 throw sarl every zen .nlnIi.
INTO ,ee fort discon naing their work only rs hayiig'
approached. - L,,, n 4, IA finn, and ara
the r.osi splendid spirits. .., =. . II.
A Soracing parts mas jrst returned TO camp w
nearly one hundred head oi cattle ana horses "'i~
tbcx .ucceeded In picking up during TIE neh,,
4 number Of the troops advanced during the MS
6ce Fiji PaSc.