Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-01-31
NEWS OF rHE WEEK.

temp By tbs rebels 20 Us Onsn the world by a
grand naval display at City POlntand Hampton
ROADS, being almosl the 0uly sensation.
Ine account Is gyeu BY reporter with the
army Ot ts Potomac under date Of the 24th Oi
January, as follows.
Last night the enemy made m unsuccessful
attempt u ron past our batteries They took
advantage Ut the storm and darkness u send
do"n Let OF SIGHT yes-als Of WAT aud three
to- pedo-bOats. InI, aJtllt insisted Of the ! IT,
gihia, treJencksburg, aDd Richmond, uon.Clacs
mounting tour gulo each, the wooden ytsse,4
Dfs"ry, NansemJnj, ana Hampton, of twO
guns each the Bedford, one gun the steamer
lOtIe1O, aud three t0rpe1o-5uats.
Ine lUlIOwn are the particulars ~ far IS
they could no Obtained from deserter IRON the
expedite n, who came into our lines after day
Iisht this morning
The hset lett lts moorlng about SIX o'clock
last evening and proceeding lstly until 1t got
near our bat cries, they weie di covered, and
Immediately the batteries opened on them, 70
wnlch they replied. At about IL o'clock they
succeeded IA cutting The cham IN front Of our
DISTINCTIONS beyond the lower end OF Dutch
Gap Canal, when the fredericksburg, under iull
head Of steum, passed through the distractions,
completely demoIishlng one Ut The sunken canal
boats. lhe kchm0nd, Virginia and Drewry,
IN attempting 10 follow, grounded, when the
fredericksburg bad to 20 10 their assistance.
Ihe Drewry could not he GOT oil, and was
Obliged to be abandoned. as II was now day.
light and they were IN range Of battery Parsons.
AS SON as II became light the battery opened on
the Drewty, one Of We shells falling on her
magazine, which exploited, com ple,ely demolsh-
my her and the remainder OF the laet again
made their way up the river. Il was supposed
that an atempG would be made TO 20 through
again tonight, though what their destination
mdy lie can merely DO surmisel The only dam
aye done Was the disseminating Of one gun on
t0It Brady.
Admiral Farrsgut has been sent down TO
Ham ton Roads, 10 take command OF the dest
There, and atteld to the rooe itjn clads when
they next venture abroad
NOlhiDg definite has b. en- made pu0lic OF the
movements OIL Gen. Sherman, although there is
no doubt that be IS moving norm aud The reb-
els appear as ignorant Of his movements as We
ale
The expedition against Wilmington has not
made much progress, except TO occupy all the
delencs at the mouth OF Cape Fear river and
thectualiy Close the port Several blockade
runners have b,en the victims OF misplaced
ojlflence, and been easily captured by Porter =
9.et.
ANOTHER REroRT FROM ADMIRAL PORTER.
The Navy Department received the following
repOrt from Admiral Porter:
NJRTn ATLANTIC ceuADaOS, UNITED STATES, }
FLAG sup MALyEnN, OFF SNlTnyLLE, n. &.
Jan 20, 1865.
SIR 10 my last informed YOU that Font
Cas~eil had been blown up aU1 evacuated in
Consequence OF The tail Of Fort Fisher. | sent
Lieut.. b. Cushing around IN ths Monticello
to The western bar, ~ ascertain what bad taken
place aud To ohts aid from the officers in com
iuand Vi the Nyack and Nlcksburg, AM take
advantage OF The occasion. Lieut.. Cushing did |
not obtain the aid be required, for what reason |
i have not yet learned, bat with bis usual ener.
gy iIe pushed on IN his boats aud found that
Fort Saswell had been blown up Bald Head
Fri destroyed Fort shaw also, aud Fort Camp
bell, to the westward oil Caswell, had been
abandoned. All these Forts mounted nine and
ten lnch guns and Armstrong ona hundred and
nifty Founders. Lieut. Gushing then pushed in
To omthyllle, alter hosting the Aag Of tho
Union over Caswel. The next thing saw
was the Lag waving over Snithyiile, which the
reoas hal iei III great hurry alter they saw |
our bo'ts approaching leaving everything III |
the beautiful and heavy fort inlared, and Two
nine'inch guns only 'pIked III the fort at
Dep alter Point la the meantime had
succeeded IN getting Que gunboat, the Iacony
over tue Kip, an Interior bar, AM sent her up to
X eves Point to disable the guns at that place,
atoul three miles on the west dc Of the liver,
above Fort Fisher. Thus in twenty four hours
alter The iall oil Fort Fisher and in outwJrks,
all The iJrmidable chain Vi forts In this river,
at Its o'trsnce, butt to keep out anything We
had h.ya III. trf.1
rirOned ior the present. with sailors.
can scar,ely give description OF the,e
works. Tney are certainly the most formidable
and lne best built tstthwOrks ever saw, aud
d. credit to the engineer who planned them.
OAe would suppose that the whole southern
CJnlederacy had been at work throwing up mud
and sand and Gen. Whiting, the engineer, eel
tainy had an abiding faith IN the durability Of
the ConedeIacy, rs he shows bis opinion ~ his
WORKS, winch have been tour years building,
and we're taken in as many days. Fort Cas-.
well Is vi the same shs pc as 1t was before il fell
inlo the rebrl bauds, except that the rebels have
covered Its walls with earth on the outside, aud
made then almost lnperylous ~ shot and she'll.
l. Is IN many respects stronger than Fisher and
barber " take by assault. Sull 1t could be
taken, aud the rete.s knew t. Three or four
gunbJats outside would soon have started them
out. have hal great deal OF d,ihcdlty IN
getting the gunbUats over the bar aud the rips,
and ouly succeeded this morning in getting toe
last one through. The rebels lett plenty of
good stores and provisions, aud our men are
Low subsistlng on them.
send you u list OF the forts that have fallen
into our hands since Eorl Fisher iell, with the
number and oahbre of their guns. We have
found here in each fort an Armstrong gun with
the " broad arrow GU 1t and the anne, Sir
William Armstrong marked IN full on the
trunnes. As the British Government claims
tie exclusive rigut to use these guns, 1t would
be Interesting to know how they came into forts
held by the Southern Rebels lid thut I'M
mense Quantities OF provisions, stores and cloth
ing, have come through this port into rebeldom.
am Almost afraid to mention the amount, but
u Is enough to supply over SIXTY thousand men,
lts ali Eugllsh, aud they have rec iyed the
last cargo no more will ever come this way.
We picked up telegram f,om Gsu. Lee TO HE
subordinate here, saving that ii Fort Fisher and
Caswell we're not held he would nave 20 eyaeu-
ate Redmond. lie says mVsi truly, and
should not be Ut oil surprised If ne lett q, any
IN, ment
We have plenty oil force to hold this place
against The Whole Southern Coniederscy.
h.yi 200 guns bearing on the narrow strip OF
land, where our trOOps are heavily entrenehed
There are We sells 10 the river aud outside, anJ
We Only h, pc they wall attempt to retike H..
Two ihOusAni men ia Fort Frher, with the aid
II tue az iadrOn, would hold this place long
tine.
We found this better place To catch block.
tsFu nan al slHR hat th. kaa.