, 1865-01-16
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnne.1
WASHINGTON, Sund.y Evening, Jan. II.

WASHINGTON, Sund,y Evening, Jan. il.
TIE FORT FISHER rA1IunE.
Rear admiral Porter has forwarded to the Navy
Department two supplementary reports relating
to what he calls the attempt now being made to
create the impression that delayed much longer
than necessary, and could have attacked on the
18th ns well as on the 18th. He says: "Ifthc ar
my, after anding on the 18th. could not undertake
the assault they could not have done so the 18th.
The delay, If my, gave them thousand more
men. When Gen. Butler was about to start from
Fortress Monroe. having embarked his men
in storm, l told him he could
not leave for three 'days, and asked
him to wait day at&eE started, az my yessclwas
slow, but be started for the rendezvous he had
himself established, showed himself to the enemy
andrevealed cur whole design. The Admiral
then makes extracts from the 1os.book to chow
that from the 10th to the 7sd the weather was not
calm a. General Butler reported, md Bays the
General left the rendezvous on account or stress
ofweathcr. althoush neither the monitors or the
pogder~boat were able to ride It out no uot he
eave, attribute the report that VIC had wasted
time to the General, bat to some Junior member
o; his etat, who was not os good
fcsnsu as the General He goes on to eaY tn.
tile military part Of the expedition vas got up }u
most un1ullitsrJ manner, and proceca6 to specify,
mentioning bad transports, no arrangement for
condens1ug water, scarcity OF cooked rations, no
entreuch1ng tools Us saeso guns, no allowance for
~ - ,honrhf cnod ;1ca1 wonld t,c donc h.. "a
e~7,,n.,on ~ thc norvder bo,t. a1,honpb he djd
~ aonen5 nnon #. III c1a,ms thot I'm trnnns
might casily have taken the fort, and even says
the garrison lett ater nIchtfall 10 arold capture.
In the next dispatch the Admiral fortides his dec
,.-,t1on thot he con1a not hayo landed on the 1sth
hv thc te.tmony OF Lteut. Preston and au officer or
4Eo roast surrer. and defends himself from the
cb,,.e n blowing IN the p..wae. boat premature
lv. he also srrucs it would have been impossible
~ "a rho rehe1a 11e conclndes. 81 sho11d
.1.aa h.,.o -r,1toa 81, tho nttoct wsa r,oda ~,
tha NV Int that +, not a .,ood rnle In mak1nr
wn- sfo1l tt.ht inst A read,,r IN defending tbe
,,a<-s ocs;rst its t1,dncers ns v,ula no.inst a
-ah., ed mink n vine 1,rec,ut}on to i've thu
1,n..,t,,ent Io,nrmnttnn about every movement r.
~ Is,a o-nodi,,on ;, Nome c,n make , rood ca.a
- 80 49, r,1nrc M matter how clever rho ane-
~, ,,,a.d,no 1uav he Generals WettzcI and
Amca mn, other nromfnent officers Who accomDs-
.sas a.. x.enn+ w,1mtncton cvned,t,,n- wi,1 In
1,o6o-s he com,n;t,ce m tho coo1nct
w.. T.. rncs~s-,r, +o tha rr.ttcr ,,sa aJvct-
~ ~, w. ua,ta- - ~ ~ other navnl ot,ccrs.
Au ~ NJ D,- -. -,,sx-....x.,~n.a.-.
o., c..-,atn1,s frfard. 1Jta thu aao,or
go. stssta hrs,nass :, set NJ, "a t.c NJ.
o'1n s13. ., "4,e - 49, - 80 ~ ~ Son+b IT.
10000 herc tn ncmocrat1e G. c,-ssessmcn, that
a,omeo ne1e ~ % .".''re NJ, opportunity to talk
ns w noasg ,eaders on peace II he cou}d cct IT,
'0 ...1 ~ jndcnendent of This to bring North n
tarr,a ~ ncirea- VIM xpre in destitute circum
~, ncea The denial of the Richmond papers that
"a Fran1, D1sf- was within their ltpea is known
here bel to be merely blind, and Blair may not havo
gone .i:cct to Richmond but he is kno"n to DO
-: @''s= rn'soxzas q VIZ; >......-
r.,e Ias ScreSy @ s ns.
Of va! held in eess : confinement or IN 1Gns
~ medIsts1y and p.sccd On the same footin. Is ord
aa,y Rrsonsfe 81 %
nho io. ,ave hcrn eoofpca for ,onr t,me In dun
eeon @ Of libby Prison, haze already been released
nom close confinement, and will soon be cz-
enAu e:..- se:a.a ao,,tarna ,ost rc,1 hv f.arcro,
[sIuiue Ees..,.19r ~ or-nr-amo ort, .vo-o
oalnf'es - anes.-e =. r.si un.ssn-o.- .ttn,s
teacIeo =. - .s1e -. hes-. ~ sn,s 5a<re ~
YET 70 I4uaoo1' WV na1 ~ ..1 s.-e e0's ~
9fant neao9oai~.e alsa ''' "0spAo'a'
r'oA. nss.s.,.,. l., ts e.,.,.
ane1e T. eoneius!aue a".," opaoo. 49, 10 11'
Min'a1s commlIIse ~ connln.as osneia' - T. a.
alleeeo CopIeIneao1s"'
ten. j. D. bflsoin' o' As.' 1nu 9sn: osas'
from the ARMY o1 inc Eotolnac, af' III t9"n'
RAEaoNAA eASAs'
Thirty National Banks were antnorl.ea last aea
week, With an aEEfeeatc eap1ta1 oi sf'@ao'o1o
Among them wore tne Io!lo"lns:
West Bsns, Nat1onal bshs' muscauoe, Ao"a
Ypain SNntsn1o 1,,nt rh1c,oo nlfno1s can1ta1
s:6l1tn
First National Bank, Anrora, Indiana. Capital
$19.0M ,u, n,,. Nav .,,.,v r,...o,
ca,4tsf xsi s9n1 GU1A1 IN A' N@s" *A'0A'' A'''
Merchsnts' ind Farmers', Quincy, Illinois.
Capital <150,o0
First ~ Nadona1 ae hans, hinneapons. n'nneeosa'
Inmmercisl Rank. Chicago. Illinois, Capttal
sad0.0o0
First National Bank. Batavia. Illinois, Capital
$t0'"
me amoun1 o. Ha.aoaa' oonA as tssneo t.ea
ata e T., ctc9.,a "a I'm an
A'''A ~ 49, .+<-.-.n~ ~. sr,1.
s,,asor .1ohn M Toh1nson ~ Cincinnati, haz
tas-, IN be diahonorphlv dtscharre tha
sarxt~ IF 49, In,te5 states with rorfe.t OF a nav
| and allowances. md 10 be forever disqualified
Fn, hn,atnc nv off7ra of tnst or erno1ument m.
der the united States. tn nav fine Of $500 and to
| he confined at hard 1ahor for one wear in such
prieon az shall be destenated by the Secretary OF
| War: this sentence 10 be published In any paper
| in Cincinnati. Among other charges which arc
proven against him Was that Of obtaining money