The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-23
Enthusiastic Celebration Evsrywhere
Important Congregational Pro-
cecdings.
Wilmington.


FdAiin7toH, FEB. Y3.-Ths Navy DEPARTMENT
bAs received the following trom Admiral Porter
"C 2 FL,a-ur NAIvrs-,
CArS fEAE RvrE, Feb ~.
'SIa nave the honor IN port die surrender
NJ evacuation ot Fort Anderson General sohS~
ned advanced from smithvillo 9TH eight thousand
men ou tho l1ih inst. Al the same tine / attacked
be works By wster, placing the Monitor 'nt,uk
close 70 the right s1d END lAding them with ,hc
Paw'ucket, IAnopee, Unst,ils an Pequot the hdc
and wind not allowing more vessels To get undeF
Gre. Tho fort answered. u sky, but luieted down
bv sunset. On the ls.h At O'Clock, moved up
closer, with tie Montauk ie.ilng, followed by the
ssctinav, Huron, Si-sacus, P3utoosue, NA-a-
tAnz,, Linopec, lnNIils, Ps~tuckoL Osceoa,
shaWnut senacA Nysck ,Chippew, Gnd l.ittLs Ada,
ana kep, ups heavy trr through The dAv, until
late iH the afternoon, The oncuys batteries we're
slenced at three O'Clock, though wo tspt up the
fire until dArk. We Aiso trcI through the night.
Ia the meantime Genera schohed vas working In
tho Of the rebels 10 cut them Oh. The
latter I.d not wait Tor tho army surround them,
bua left in the night taking ave p!cces af
hsht artillery with them, and every thinr eise Of
value Al daylight this morning some al our
troops that wsro uesi by wen, in and hoistod tho
he monitors There were ter heavy guns in Fort
Andersen sHd q quAnuty Of ammunition. We lost
eH thr-> lu.l~d and Eve wouudei.
"DAvm n. PoHTEa- Rear Admiral.
To Hon Gideon WelloS Secretary u tho Navy
tFor, Anderson. SINCE the capture Of For,
F,sher, has bceu regarded by The rebels a. the
} msin deionce OF Wilmington. since For Fisher
tel into our hands, the rebels have hecn busy
engaged n fcrtfylug H. sud, IN addition, placed
numerous obS,rucrons " the river The garrison
Z Lso heavily REINFORCED, and fresh guui
hrolgat up and placed N position Il Ia rtu,,ec
IN The south bank OF CAp- Year, shove Fort Cs-
vel. Its capture removes the most to.uicHr 4
obttscle W the oonques, n Wilmington, to whicl
, q is nov believed sLeTe Is comparatively tree -
Gees
EEonSp DIsrArou
) Soi''merC FEB. 22-Fort Andorgou was cap
nlrci on sunday by General schohe'l AMI Admira
Rornr Most Of the garrison escaped toward
! Wilmington, though the fort and all the guns wer
Lftin good colditon. The army was following OF
towards Wilmington. accompanied by two mon
tors and II was expectod by the messenger tina
Wilmington would be in our posse sAoa OF Eon4al
Third DISPATCH
udsht1etoH Feb. 22 In addition - tho dis
patch Of Admiral Porter IN relation W The surrer
der or evacuation Of F1rt Anderson. iufor,natio
was reccNeu ~ lle SEINE VINO Al tlc nav l(tlhr
ment that Lieut.. Wm. H. Gushing constructed
mock montor 90 closely resembling one u tho
vessels that no difference could Hc detected at n
distance OF no yards. On Saturday ui.hL II
18Th, 1t about II O'Clock, tbs vessel taken "
~ within about 400 yarJs Of the fort, end s.
sirh. "A there was r,ron honI tide she move
up the river an passed tae .ort as Il under so
stsan. A. tAs ..ns the army al u.rksi Hboi
two-third. q tho distance around and IN tho
the fort, aud tie ryuciS no doubt tA.nkiu; the
communications would ~ tu, OF 10th by hu
and water, hastily escaped by ia only Aven'
opsn 30 thcu, leaving th,lr g1i-s Hnsp kod' The
magazine uuniured- etc.
ForutH ptsrArCH.
Washington Feb 22.-Gen. Scloarl was no' 4
4 from wNni g,on whan Lieut. Commander Crs
ing left Nortn Carohua ounisy and ne no
Srnv1lis conhdenty expected 10 SiinS inform
tou of tho ,apturr ~ that civ