Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-02-03
News of the Week.
THE FORTS BELOW WILMINGTON.
HE fUhIS bEI.UH MILNLNGIUN-
DESPATCH IRON ADMIRAL PoRTEs.
NORTH ATLANTIC SosDRoS.
United States Flagship Malvern"
OF Smithrilie, y. c Jan. 20.

CseWeN mao Deen DlOEn up ana evacuated
10 consequence Of the fall Of Fort Fisher /
sent Lieut.. W. B. Gushing around in the
! Monticello 10 western bar TO ssc, rtain what
had taken place and to obtain aid from off
ccrs in command Of the Nyack and Vicks
burg. and take advantage OF the occasion.
Lirui. Gushing did not Obtain the aid he re-
quired, for what reason have not vet learn
cd. but, with his usual energy. pushing oH
in bic toats and found that Fort Casweli m
ben blown up, Bold Head FIrt destroyed
aud showed also that Fort Campbell, t0she
westward VI Caswell. was abandoned Al
these iorts mounted . and 10 inch guns snd
Armstrong $50 ound' r..
Lieut.. Cushing then Iushe6 into Smith
VILE after huisting the fig Of the United
SAFE, over fOrt Casweil Next thing SAW
WIS the fies waving over Sithsilie, which the
rebels had lett 10 great hurry / after
wards saw our boats approaching. leaving
| everything IN beautiful order, and the heavy
tort uniuJured, ana twI 9-iueh guns only
-piked IN the fort 81 Deed Water Point
In tho meantime had succeeded in GET
ting one gunbOat, TIE Taclney, over the IN
tcriJr bar ami sent her up to Reeves Pl,nt
! G. disable the guns at that place. about 3
/ aile- on The west Tide Of the river above Fort
I FisieT
Thus in "a hours after the fall Of Flrt
I Fisher, all the formidable Chain OF fUris 10
tais river, al lie entrance, built 10 keep any
thing We Lad, have fallen into our hsnd- -
They are gaaIrisJned for the present with
slIiJrs.
-cnd You let Of The forts fallen into
oar hands since Fort Fisher ten. with t.,J
. o..
/ iO1ud here IN each tort AN Armstrong gun
| UiJh broad arrow OF il and tic Name 90:
/ ; v iiliam Armstrong max cl DO full on
/ toe trammei- AZ The Bn.i-a G5yerum.-.t
/ ,iaims tny exclusive right % u.s. th.-,-
! guns DC would lie interesting u know
I how they csluie into fonts h,li Us Stuthcui
/ le5clz. / ind tiat immen>e quaniitie- %,
/ provisions, stores ami ClJthinz have com,
! tar5ush lis Fait into ruis ldJm. am all
must afraid 90 mention the I'm lunt. bat IL
/ J. enough 10 sup " over sixty thousand
/ mon. IL j. all English and they have n
/ &C 'c tn last cTg 20 more " Il ev
/ .unr Tar wav. We licked up a telegram
/ !."ln Lee 10 his subordinate here saving If
/ For Fisher and Caswen were not held he
would have t0eyaeuate Richmond. he says
mort truly and | should not be no all sur
] NlAHtA Al IL aElA Ah UllH AAOAIel.HH ~ 70 LIahN
I plenty Of force % hold thi- place agfinst
I the SJIthcrn COnlederacy. have 25u guns
/ bearing On the barrow strip OF land where
I our troops are heavily entreuchcd. ADJ tine
| vessels 90 lhe river are OUT Sc. and we only
hUpe tney viii attempt o. relake it. Two
thousand men an Fort Fisher with the guns
Of the squadron would bold this place long
Ime.
We md this better place 20 catch block
ade runners than outside. ! had blockade
rJnners lights lit last night. and vas Obj Eirs
enough L. answer their signals. whether
right or wrong We don know Two uf
them, The Stag and Charlotte, from Bermuda,
loaded with army blankets, Shoes Ac.. came
ami q4Irkly anchored near tie Malvern and
were taken possession Of.
{ enclose o. li-t OF guns captured hy the
navy since the isli ui Fort Eisl-r. and naii.,.-
oi tHv lif-ruut va rks Thi- number. added
10 tho-c taken around F.-,,r. makes los
gone iu sil
II. C.urloue brings fgc E1-lIsa ra=.en-
ryI-. anu au English army offs They ali
cnuc over. they xffc--ci b.. ''Jr 3d. lark
and Wslr ufsIus rl.iu.. '.c- quite t i1Iiy'
ca tire uin over tieir champaign. AMI 14t-
t.liu- themselves 900 their stf.arrl
Very rl-T. ,t.uIly.
Dawn j. PHsTEH.
Rear Admiral
TIE Euerfii.a- mace sail au the O-c1-
gtH b-.ow Alexandra Oh tuesday. earning
ofi .rything %. value.
! letter dated IIeaiquarier. Army Of the
= ri4,- Jan -. slv-. TGis morning. aI-iut
".H ..U- D.
r,ction of Fort Brady. winch proved O. lc
ouT gunbpsrs opening on the Ighel feet as
t1e. attempted % pas the tort ou their vav
hack irrya their unsuccessful attempts &C. rlu
pat uuT works What damage wac dJncit j.
Imtcssille 90 ASCERTAIN.
The Richmond D,.Tatch Of January .. .
say-. the -iiy was foil of rum0r- yesterday
morning q tie fleet that an armisiicc had
ie,u agreed upon Cor go days. letVo,n ttc
Confederate and United Srat,s and some
went - far ~ % say that white a ~ wc-a
flying from hostile liner below Richmond
Itcse stoIies were IDLE iaucIts 81 ar from
there he.n- an armis'Ice between islli.,r
erts. our TINES were more active than tl,y .
uayo lcen since last November Oar rams
and small wooden b1l;s started down the
rive. at au cailv hour. With Ihv design.
az De -uFpos- d, "i dam g.0s rl.e Yankee pom
roon bridges NEAR Deep Bottom and thrir
shipping, and It fortune favored. their store
houses 90 Bermuda Hundred and Cry Point
~ official intelligence. las Ircn receiy, j .
from the cxi-7lni'n. hut unofficial nrIlrrs
say rfat in attending 90 plss distractions.
thc Dr,wry. "a very small hlif, ctrryins tW
guu-, got agr,uni and was ol--ued --,o1 hv
the encuys batteries. 4 hundrc, pound
shot penetrated her magazine and blew her
Up. OF the rest the fredericksburg alone
passed the Instructions. and she soon put
lack
The Richmond Examiner of the 18th has
the following
The President has signed the bill creating
a General in Chief Tie bill is now law
No appointment has vet been made.
Dispatches received at Washington state
& at Wednesday morning at O'clock. The
rebel feet Of vrssels-the Richmond squad-
rcn-so long being prepared, came down the
river 10 destroy our depojs and works at Civ
Point. High water, caused By frcshct. en-
aided them 10 pass the distractions which
our commanders had placed above City Point
Tor the better protection of the place
4 battle quickly ensucd between the rebel
feet and our near II battery or fort. in which
one OF TIE relSl ves-tl- Vac blown up and
instantly end cntir,ly destroyed while two
others were - lady injured hy shot and
sh,ll, a. 10 cUmYsi Them o. seeS safety by
ia,dy flight lack IN the direction 0i Rich
iuont acc5mlnuicI by tie other t,yo. which
escaped dIuIase
admiral tarragut lei- Washington Tor the
scene u the action, ana il /, understood Is
- a; Oncy as,uLa- naval command there
The R ehmJnd Despatch Of the 22I con
l4,us the ~! ,wlag
James \. Seldom has resigned the port
;ol!o " War. We have n0t hc,n a6.e -
learn his sucesssu,, though several prominent
gentlemen are p ken Ul Is likely % he ap-
pointed. Among them are Bisxtpn Bragg,
ten. Breckenridge, and Senator HUI, Ui
Georgia. IL ls reported that the I.lse, vas
offered 10 Breeken idgu, bat hc declined IN
lsss be WAS sliUwtu 10 select his cummIs-
saTy.
Hon N = Fse.e al T,pr..s.a In. tf.i-