Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-21
rRom TmE INITED sTATEs.

W.la~s received the New York Times and Pltla-
tsl,i4 rl,r-- Ut the 18TH and the Afternoon e,i
tor. o. the Baltimore Ao,-f.rlq Of the same day.
Tlsmost interesting item otBows j, that contain
sdHtIe accounts OF the capture OF Port Fisher
after blJcI1 contest, which stamps the conduct %.
the .arri,ou that defended it with JLe seal oftht
most devottd Ler5Ism.
Old Blair mission Is now Acknowledged &c
amount to nothing at all.
TIE CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER.
We extract from the Baltimore Ame~,cgr's CORE
spoudencc, an account OF the closing scenes attend
am, upon the assault on Fort fisher:
qur Grand poyr,EDVENI AND ASSAULT. OF FoFI
FISHER.
AT tel o'clock the frisltes Wabash, Minnesota.
P5Naat:u aud Colorado took their positions in lin,
and I0l.sd u re t.mtardSeutl which ma b. re-
gar..ci rs The announcement Ot the grand nnll at
f.mnt 90 take the fort. VIII, therefore, give YOU
ms Journal OF notes VI the further operations Of the
Cay taken the hsEt progressed;
iOIyfA. M-The boats from the ships with the
marine aud sailors 70 JOIN in she assault were called
away 90 The nagship-about one hundred boats, With
rye g. men in each. They staTted H. high spirits
and on were cpGtcnjiBE for The opportunity. The
nudes uubUat Monticello, commanded Uy Lieutenap
Clsa-uE, Tas u close 90 Ihe Tort and seBt out boat
20 take sondiags. DO getting IN position to pro
rect tie gssauung parry and ll' sutceede1 IA smell
/. ~
I5..O A. M-Ihe Retef gunboeis Chickamauga
% Tallahassee can be seen from the masthead
c5rirv io@u Cope FEAR River, ana shclhng the
,vo5d. where Cur soldiers assembled preparatory
IN lie assault Our army battery on the river Is en-
casing the Rebel boats but With what success could
not be ascertaned.
1850 A. I.-Tbs firing Of the iron-elads, fr,gateS
and ggnblats is getting quite DISK. Tue ioit re
naming silent, except some rife shots hTed NJ the
daring Gushing, who seems brave 10 recklessness-
the only shots fred by the Rebels are from the
Mound and Water Batteries south OF tie fort 1t Is
believed that al tie seventeen parapet guns on the
north wall Of Fort Fisher are disabled.
N o'clock A. M.-The boats. crews are landing
-On tie beach gOoUt nile from the fort Ihey num-
Der about . 900 sailors Gyd marines. Shells are eN-
piJduy u AID around the fort al the rate OF co per
minute, although not than halt OF the vessels
are yet IN position 1.-The hrLg Is deliberate ana INC
aim most acccrate.
Ills o'ciockA &.-Tbe Admiral'' Signals 70
CJpt. Gibson % take his division Of gUnb0sts lnto
alton, sud TO take position in front Of tie Water
Batteries aud the Mound Battery south Of Fort
Fisher. The view OF The throngs OF boats going to
the beach with the sailors is most insphiting About
oue-half of them have already landed aud are form
ilg in four divisions tue Beach, their bright sa-
hres gl.stening in the sun. The bombardment is
increasing I'm volume and{hc burStmgof shcllsover
Fort Fist,sr keeps IL almost enyel)ped in smoke anu
living sand 10 would seem impossible for mortals
~ exist in IT, though itsoomb proofs ore said TO be
most capaci0us. The Aduirals hagship IS moving
epffy from sue point 20 another in the. thickes OF
be fht and brilliant with signal tags, giving orders
10 the various divisions rs 70 their movements
u33AM .-The stilOrs aud marines have all
landed and are marching along rhe oe2en IN Tegu-
lar military style number Of the small gunbOats
are arranged along the beach throwing sheis across
the peninsula at the rebel gunb0ats IN the Cape