The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-12

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YaalLse Operations IA WiinaiHG toa
& We publish. in full the report OF Adm-
/ raf Porter concerning his failure 10 take
Fort Fisher: The Nouher1 pApers are
yef.y nlIclI vexed about the affair aud
I.Ylosts ef them. east stlfe tiaule ON Iho
shoulders OF General BuLle iron who's
report 10 the Admiral we extract the fo!-
fiowirg passages:
I 8e1rRAL.-U Upon landing the troops
aud mixing q thorough reconnaissance
of Forth Fisher, both Gen. Wejzri an@
myself are fully OF the cpilion that "a"
| cauid not be carried ~ assault, a
/, was left subStantially uu ajured, rs "a
4 defensive work by tire navy ire We
i found seventeen guns, pro1to-e1 hG-afaa~-
verses, two onlv of " hich were dismouni-
cd bearing on he beach and coverin&a
strip al land, tie only practical route,
act wide enough for 81 thousand neu IN
line of battle.
NV engineers and officers report Fort
Fisher t. me IS substantially uniljured
ns u defensive work.
The Admiral replies and intim9tes
that tie excuses Of the Beast are snb'el-
r,ges. Ind-eu, .lupiies than there was
some cowardice in tue business.
( A correspondent of the New OK
/ rrjbuee thus describes the torpedo that
e was blown up in front of Fort Fisher,
e bat failed 10 DO am bar -r
e Every appliance whicD s, -ntltic KNOW
d edge and ingenuity could devise, and en-
II ,erprise and manly daring coa,d execute
o were oput in requisitlon 10 insure NV
q success of this novel and important le'-
o ,urc of the expedition. Inc ooat Sc
T Eected for the purpose was tre y 'u' ''''''
5 a-proneller OF about three hundred tol>
&c L5rIan.- About one hundred and forty
}. TONS. at powder, together with the nFcef-
It sarv Gomez fuses aud other appliances Tor
4 snriIy an instantaneous fgnltlon OF mo
o,st mass of powder that was put ON
ne board before the boHt leit Hampton
e Roads. sQae huadred AZ fenty ions
h. more Of powder wrfu >; ~" bea"'V, :
T. wbere she nut in on her ay to the
as SCENE Of action. nlals;1~ in q. two nun
es Irp y and sixty t,.,,s, or 520,""l pounds.
~ THO aggregate COS. Of powd2r ana n9"'
Ii 10 THE Government "-s s"e":y ~ \
's. cess of quarter Of HllAil0u = "ot' = =
or af1 ~. 80 l--1l-S - - .-A --sa
to A NoyrI.SnoeTtx NJ ATcH.--- l Eat MoiA'
n reuo,-r ed pistolier, Capt, John raw
IS q s A has accepted u caallenge 70
two thousand dollars Il side, Whish VII
IL, conn. off on the 29th instant, ut Moh'
re romarV Hall. la tnis city that toT novelty
Sc. Is.st.. will. tai~~ The sead- OF sFer
ne march we have ever heard OF u; yet.
u.s. Can't. Travis. in this atch, will shoe
nd ha 6k wards. hcIllnr' lie pistol up SD
nI Aavs, between his leS, a. H.teeh p%c'
be distance from Il e mark aimed al VII
ct string lneasureI lent t:oln center To CO.
the ter. at tile same time giving MS oppohV'
IN half an inch on each shot.
l ~ snc.n q ptAiC q n
nee formerly of tn, 10th Mississippi re!
the ment and ont Of the first men WI
ing sIarted for Peu 5Acolt in lS6i, viii sho
ned ,g1lir,4t Capt. 7, avis, holding las lisi
ems tie s,Auai way. and with the aid OF b
aeTs ane arul..s ~l.r ....,.s. $685. e-t
ard We have been iutiT2 ely acqualn {
as VIII no,h these gentleman Tor years, ~
d oi know Chem both as good marksme
q to vet ON Am occasion iiiAa TIE present,
s. fear the we'll eGfDed ?ntatioh OF Ca
lrls, TRAVIS. who has shot one hundred Il
) tor twenty nine matches without once ~
3 IN irr been beaten, Is somewhat perm
ngle He has to assume n very strange aititu
and .rd +, would not be singular IT thlo III
ltest Ire should loose his match. IT he u
W 10 sncreed the mar, docs rot live who {
one he.t him at 1,istol shooting, IN any G
jet ceivable POSITION. Couversing with Ga
Issed travis the other day on the subject
the areurate shooting, lhatgentieman sta
II pa to us. ha was ready to wager TIVE
thousand dollars that he would take
pass one regiment that might be turned g
,osite 10 HIM. and in thirty da+s after
i ter would acheerully lose his. wager II +,
and did noe beat, in accurate shots, any OF
rams regiment in the service OF the CONF
seeu. rate States. IF Capt. Travis can acc
t,st Of dish i feat of this descrip ion, and
sburg one who knows him well, doubts his
I the iIy, why should not the GoYeroH
1ther, assign him to such a position, an,
from him turn out every month, a DOG
entJv ebnrpshooters whose aim, in every
arm, Itance, could be relied upon, for eihe
nts or ID * lust this sort of man we wani
which give eclat to the service, ana secul .
,on to Independence tor which we are cont
,ur o: ing
from With regard 10 the iiatIn 49,, 49,
lowed take place at Montgomery Hall, we
1ounc That ali who love Feats OF ski Will
In In attsndance, and see for themseives
+ was constant practice can accomplish II
,'norts cnrinp Jaccaracy of aim as pistol !
Sflycr III Iostksmsry Nal.
'n.alad FaKg NKcRors IN MAKYuAND.--Ih'
= c;,v il Of freeing sIs negroes OF MARY