Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1865-01-25

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sent North to their respective States as fast
as they can be placed on transports, of
which there is an ample supply.
|, On Monday morning, between and 7
o'clock, the magazine OF Fort Fisher ex-
ploded, killing and wounding two or three
hundred persons. After the capture of
the fort all the troops were Withdrawn. ex.
cept one brigade, left in charge of the work.
How the explosion occurred was not known.
but Gen. Terry believed it was occasioned
by accident or negligence. Gen Hoke's
division, reported as five thousand strong,
was at Wilmington. A portion of it was
thrown into the fort not long before the as,
sault, and while that was going on dem
onstratlon was made by Gen. Hoke against
our defensive line, but it was found too
strong for anything more than a skirmsh.
Ing attack. About eleven O'Clock on Mon
day morning heavy cloud of smoke was
observed over the fort (Smith) on the south
side OF the New Inlet. The naval officer
commanding that station reported that
the enemy had fred their barracks, and
had eTacuated that fort
You will be pleased to know that perfect
| harmony and concert of action existed be.
tween the land and naval forces and their
| respective commanders. Admiral Porter
and Gen. Terry wed in their commenda.
tion each of the other. Each seemed more
anxious to do justice to the other than to
claim anything for himself, and they united
IN the highest commentator of the naval
and military officers and the forces engagedi
To this harmony of feeling and the conf
dent spirit inspired may perhaps be attrib.
uted IN some degree the success of our
attack, with nearly equal numbers, against
resolute enemy, in a work unsurpassed,
if ever equalled, in strength, and which
Gen. Beaure2ard a few days before pro
nounced inpregnable. The armament of
the fort was 72 guns, some of large calibre,
and rifed, and one Armstrong gun. The
troops in the fort had rations for sixteen
| days Their loss in killed and wounded
was between four and FIVE hundred. Gen
Whiting had three wounds in the thigh.
Col. Lamb, also, who had gone into the
fort with reinforcements, and to relieve
Gen. Whiting, on, Sunday, is wounded.
On Monday everything was quiet as
Sabbath day; the dead were being buried.
and the wounded collected and placed In
transports and field hospitals
| Gen. Sherman renewed the movement
of his forces from Savannah last week.
The 18th and 18th Corps went in trans.
ports to Beaufort on Saturday, Jan. 14th
The 18th Corps, under Major General
Blair, crossed Port Royal ferry, and, with
portion of Gen. Fosters command,
moved on Pocotaligo. Gen Howard, com
manding that wing of the army, reported
on Sunday that the enemy abandoned his
strong works in our front during Saturday
night. Gen. Blair's corps now occupy
stong position across the railroad and
cover all the approaches eastward to POGO
taligo. All the sick of Gen Sherman's
army are in good hospitals at Beaufort and
Hilton Head, where the genial climate
affords advantages for recovery superior to
any other places. The peace and order
prevailing at Savannah since its occupation
by Gen. Sherman's army could not be sur
passed-tew male inhabit ,nts are to be
seen in the streets, and ladies and children
evince a sense of security
No instance of disorder, or personal iu-
jury or insult has occurred Laboring
men and mechanics, white and black, are
seeking employment. The troops are
cheerful and respectful towards every one,
and seem to feel themselves at home and
on good behavior, as if in their native town
Trade is restricted for the present to actual
military necessity. Many ships with mer.
chandise from the North are waiting at
Hilton Head for permission to go to SaYan-
nah, but Gen. Sherman has admitted only
a limited quantitity of supplies, required
by his troops: A mistake prevails at the
North as to the present inducement for
commerce at Savannah. There it not yet
any large population to be supplied, no
credit or money, no commodities to ex.
change, and there can be no great amount
for considerable period All the cotton
and products now within Savannah belong
to the Government as captured property.
Stringent precautions against supplies
that might 60 to the enemy have been
made, and will be enforced by Gen. Sher-
man.
The cotton captured in Savannah, of
which there is good deal of Sea Island,
has been turned over by the quartermaster
to Mr.. Draper, special agent of the Treas
uary Department. The Quartermaster
General remains at Savannah to execute
the arrangements for Shipment.
K. NJ STANTON.