The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-01-28
OPERATIONS or THE NAVY.
ADMIRAL foI ter's Dispatches.
fIlD-,nIr MALyrRN, orr For vIsHEr. y 6.
JAnuArN L. l-ha

fLlD-IiIr MALyrRN, orr For GIsHEY.S C.,l
January H. 500.
Hr'-i ave m" hcror ~ inform yoi tssi opera
tons have bcer resu..l'i sl,ans tho tort. NJ N.
cnu,nce Of Cape ~ X yer. encc tho frs, attack
on that piece, AID tto sui seguent withdrawal at
nc v"'r-, r- oc'n ,Wplpycl in filing the
An r. with ammunition md Ca, TIE difficulties
We have On 'ourter~l no one can ronce Va Our
work nsd " 10 done With lhe larger vessels an.
ch red on tic olsH', eNp1Sed-you may almost sny
At -"a-to tho violent gates that blow hero aiuia-,
necessarily, On these gnles the cnefny depended
- freak Up oar IrcY..atious We havo gone
thro - tho worst Of 70; have held on through
ga'cs heavy enough 90 drvc anything ~ ace: and
VIC have sustained no damage whatever. Alter the
troops Hrgv a, tNe weah,r set IN bad AZ the ssle
was very heavy. l. however, got unlrt-
Vav on the ian inst, aud frriny the
Vcsscs ia three lines, with ths transports N com
pAuy, steamed iur FOrt Fisher On the morning
o. tic 18Th the fleet took station in three Lines,
close ~ the heAch, and tho boat. Al orce
To take Oh the troops. These were lspded with
a5au1 twelve days provisions, At sbou, O'Clock
i. VI. I 80 time ! pursued different plAu In
attacking he rebel works. sent IN tho new Iron
sizes, Commodore Btdtorl, leading the monitors
SAnsus, C.uouicuS, Monsdnock and Aahopae
A. 1850 A. NJ thc forts OF mel on them A. thvv
appto ched, hut they .qlietv took M their old
posit nH within QUE thousand yArur OF ForI
Fisher and whom ready they opened their batter
10 aud quite spirited engagement went on be-.
tween the forts ard use I-onndes and monitors II
Nts soon apparent that the iron vessels had the
southern Ansl" Of Port Fisher son
commenced N look very diapidsted IN, guns
verc slruced one alter the o,her. and only one
4, ucavy gun IN the southern angle kept MP us IRE
The fire ot this gun not ~ al accul ate. A. IL
inflicted no damage on the iron vessel. The wer.
ht though several times. ny way Of letting I, e
enemy snow Nc had some sheil len on hosrl the
wooden thips and did not Intend h take sny unfa
advantage Of hun 10y usug tlc iron vessels alone,
ordered line No l, lcd by Captain Alden of The
Brooklyn, and line n, 2, led by Commodore
Insch or, OF the Colorado, " go and Atl.oi the
ba,teries. THIS Vas uone IN the hAndsomesl man
Uer; not q mistake Was committee eNctIt nriuy
NO rapidly aud making too much SMOKE T =
heavy nre Of tho large vessels smut uJ the enemv's
guns At once, and alter firing I'll alter dark, Ae
"oolcu yes els dropped out 10 their anchorage.
| Tie lronsides and monitors mautiuct Their = 81.
non 1hrou N tie ughL dring shell now ana I. en-
lhoy are now yIuE ~.shln 100 yard, Of the tort ami
/ We l"fl DOES not TIRE asAlu at tlcm sinking no
/ douo' Wal 10 a waste OF powder. Tue firing IRON
/ Tie whole meet Wall commence a. soon as VIC 20,
| broakla and lie sept up a. long as the ordinance
/ department provid us with shells and yuns
/ rhore Is Ierioet understanding between General
! Terry anu IA seI. 4 ueiirye everythlns has he.,
done % sun nlm. have heard Ne conIplslpts and
know ihat We have fst every q tposttion u bclr
the Army s'oug We have q respectable ior,
! landed ON q strip Of land winch our naval gun,
Co 4pieitIy command ami pace Il defence NLi, i
! Sould enable US b. bold on s,aInst very lAry,
| army.
10 Hon. Gideon wellsS
ls,gued. DAVID D Pos7Es,
Rear Admiral.
SECOND nIsrArca,
Bd htnJton, Jan. ii-Tts Navy DcpArGnep
has rrctrti the following
From orr FoRr F,sHIA, Jan 10, 1865.
Ho". G'deon EsIiea, secretary Of the Navy:
S's ;--flr Fisher Is ours. l s.nd bearer
t~ps'y G win = brici account OF the AFFAIR Geu
r"r. IL eluIicd 10 the highest praise aud tn
.rautudr ul his country Tor tie manner IN Whlc
n, has o-u !u-ted his part OF tho operations. IA
u NY bcJl idsII o! solder and general Ou
~ operation u,.s tcua u-Ost corulA. The res alt !
'csO.y, which VIII always be ours when he arm
AMI navy goes hSnd IN hand. The navy loss Il
Me assault ~.s heavy, The srmy loss Is ais
heavy.
y. H. Pog1RL
Roar Admiral Commanding.
OPERATIONS OF TUF ARMY