The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-01-07
Friday. Dec. SO.
WILMINGTON.
Admiral Porter's Report.


Navy received his .n-ru, on the following, by ,pc.
cial mssaonser:
Noaru ATLANTIC sou,puoS, L. s F'ASrhpC
Malvern. At Sea of New lnlet, ncc. 26, 1854
sn-iwA. in hopcs thu, should have been ale
" rrc-ri., 10 the ns,ior Fo-t Fsher and DE
roua Ing work. IS Christmas ofer.n& but am
sorry 10 say u hn not teen taken yet. attach ci
IL n the 94th inst. With the Ironsidce, CsnoncuS
Ma opsc, Mousdnoc, Minnesota, Colorado, Mohi.
can. ruscsrora, Wabash, susquehsnns Brooklyn,
Powhsush Jlnist,, senccA shsuan losh, Pa.
tuxenL T'c'n1orogA MsrkinAw, Msumee, Iante,
Kansas, Issco. cr,ker city, Monticello Rhode
Island, sassscuS chippevs, osccol,, r.couy, Pou-
ioosuc, Santiago d. cuba, Fort jackson and Van
dorblt having reserve ~ small vessels consist
inc Of The Ariel H,wqua- Wilderness, Cherokee,
A. ID. Vance, Auemone, .f,luA Get,yshurg Als
baina, Keystone State, Psnshc~ Emma Lillian,
Tristan shsndy, Priusnl.. GOV. nu,kiu ham aud
Nausemond.
InE rowptF smr.
Prevlou. 10 making tho attack. a torpedo On \
large scale, with smount of powder on hosrl
rYposed h. 10 sufhce u ~ explode the powder
msssgne Of the fort, ". prepared with groat carr
and rlaced under the command oi Commander
G. Rhind. who hsd .sap.tAted with HIM on this
per,lnus service, Lieut. $. W. Preston, second As
Sstant Engineer A. 7 Mullen OF the u. ; \.
Agawsm, and Acting Masters Mate Paul Bsyard
and seven men. 80 much had been sail and writ
Ten about the terrible effects Of gunpowder In an
explosion ,hst happened lstcly in Englsnd, that
great results were expected from this novel mole
OF making war. Everything thst ingenuity could
devise Vas adopted b. make tho experiment q s'ic-
c-ss The veS-ri was brought round frum Norfolk
with groat care and without accident, In tow OF
be L. 2 sassscns, Lieut. Commando l. ps-
Viz, who directed his whole attention to the matter
IN hand aud though he experienced bad weather
and ost one II his ruideru he took her safely into
Reaufort, where We filled her ur with powder, AMI
| perfected al the machinery for blowing her up
General Butler had arrived at the rendezvous he
tore uH' aud hAesncd matters ali that could, .,
that m uunecoeenty delay might h laid u my
| charge.
SAILING oF InE VLsGT.
IN the 18th inst | sailed from Beaufort with al
| tbo monitors, the New lrunEdes and the small veo
sells Including the Louis ans, disguised as bl och
ate runner, for the rendezvous, twenty miles cas-
o. New Inlet, ~ c., and found all the larger vcssc
| and transports assembiei there the wind blowing
LIGHT FROM the y T.. On The 10Th q heavy gale ~
| In from ihc 5.W and not being abb " make
| port without rAucrtns all the vessels determine,
| ~ tide u out which c,d without accident Of any
kind except the lo-s OF fcV snchors, the monitor
| all behaving beautifully. DULY two vessels weii
20 rs IN ORDER h. AVOID tho gale, and fafri no bet
VI than thoee at anchor. The transports, elm
short oi water, put into beaufort, n. g., and wer
not suitable for riding out At anchor such hcaSl
weather After the South wcster the wind chopts,
srouDd W the Westward. and gave uss b.suutu
-pel q weather which could not afford " loyo
and tic Transports with M Troops not making tn,
appearance, detcrmiucd W take advantage Of n
AUD attack Fort Fisher aud its oltworks.
Exrrosioy o. 1ur rowpER shIr.
On the Esd directed Commander Rhnd o. pro
cera and explode the vessel right under the wall
a Fort FshE. Mr. Bradford, OF the coast survey
haNt in Mol Md. A..
could place vessel Of sovon fest draft right On q
| edge 1t the beach, Lieut. Il. II. lawson, oummAuJ
! ing The Getty sbury, volunteered to 20 IN nc Wi
delness Acting Master Henry Arsy in command
and tow tho Louisisna mIo position. A. 1880 }
NJ. the powder vessel started la towsrds the l1i
ami was towei by the wilderness uuUl the en-
brasurrs OF Fort Fisher were plainly in sight. III
Wilderness thcn cast Oft and the LouisAnA pre-
c"eaed under Team until within luO ysrir OF ID
n@rh, and about 500 wards from We Fort Con
nAndor Rmnd snchoroi her securely tnm'
snd oooiy went to work 70 mA"o
his afrsngomon,s H. blow her uI
This no was enabled h. 10, owing to a tlockad
unncr going in right ahead Of him, the fori
making he blockade runner signals which the
also dic g. The Lluisans. The galiaut party, OH
co1lly making all thor GrTAngemt ntr Tor the ~
piUs.ou lois tue vessel the atI thing they did b
ing 10 49, her on tire under the osOin, and tht
taNiug 10 their boa q they made their escape ~
dc Wilderness lying close by. The wlicrne
heu put on shore with COOL spccd W avoid any
ELECTS thai might happen from Ihe explosion.
| 'oyty -?yc minu.cs past one Of the morning ~ q
| filL, the cIrlVsiun took plsc's and though Il
s.vss was noth.ng like NJ severe as was eApecie
I It shook tie vessel some aud broke one VI ~
gIassrs, but nothing mo'c.
OPENING CF TUE ATTACH nv 1nE FIrRr.
Daylight ~ tho Path the feet got under-w'
| snd stool IN line OF battle A. III 90 A. NJ, u
Z | leading, aud the M1nsduoct, CAuouicus and hah
| paf following. rhe IrOns,des t,ok her position