Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-02-13
FROM THE United
STATES,
from FONT FISHER.
TERRY : ARMY READY TO yOyE,


F.-- FISHER. Ieu. I.-Gtueraj Terry 5 army lays
.-r..-. II. Iutf,uct,j ,cr1>s tLe peninsula Ot Federal
r..rf. r,-,r 90 stl-.c~ slI to conquer when the
r-..,.. t.u.-.t. auL zoe ".ro vt command ''coi
-.-.r ..,RarIH 81, given by Tie myiucible Alfred
t.rrr .. tgr old lutI corps. 0u our lght lays the
Ari..-.- .ud t., m.es,5ry booming Is cur lullaby
d.. l..U. Uu ,ut ic.t Che Cope tJNr river, dotted
81. ta uufN uulu.l,. at laying lu battle array, theu
-,.i.s Open. guns thrown OUT aud strong rope net
Dina. rll.rg tiyIr bows % draw zap toIpedOes. In
U... r.s. tg.A Jle decks Oi our advanced vessels
d >.ruug eJi.btpI is visible Ou tbs west bank OF the
tIt, fe.i Ir,> work Is known, - descrters tell
... IS iult Anderson, aut rs approaches ty laud
.1t water ar. tWcEis sn&E with tDTpedOes
a l,eguu,is.suye was ordered Uy Gsu. Terry
tao davis tl o. 4ully develop the enemy s'pOs.tou.
Irfs uos successful! accomplished al thrilling
I,-.. Iu General TER, ; mont s Ho6es Division
1n- .luc,l pisEets axe about one mile tro'n those
...ra, Rebels. Mhhe the army VAS feeling the en-
....,-s position Ou land, Admiral Porter sent for
ward the Monitor NahoPac towards Fort Anderson
Tic Monitor Tired $50 shots at The FORT eleiung no
RESPONSE Tue Monitor grounded, aud every gNer-
mon yas required 10 get her on, Which was dohe'
and sla ruW lies Iu advance Vi tue wooden FesSelN
ready i.r action. We can sec Rebel steamer go
irz aui coming lr.sureiy no y orr Anderson
AS INSPECTIONS or INA REBEL WORKS.
yesterday Major General Bernard and Breyet
B..-.lier General Com,tock made a careful survey
.riIr abandoned Rebel works on Smiths island
am yf T6rs ClsvcU. The "mOund system OF for
rls,.tIag has been CARRIED out in All The deience'
t,..ttgut, These mounds, or, technically, "trS-
verses. arc tbs perfection OF bomc-prooiS, pre-
~eat.r . a-uJss OF earth from t"eb'! 10 'hF'H
f,,s o. te penetrated.
smiths baud is garntsncd at It's extreme Poihi
--f.'l,.r Inovn as Cape Fear--by semi-clrcle OF
tL.s. formidable and deliberately constructed
r,.,rl, and twelve heavy guns, ALI spiked and the
gun-y,uisgcs partiaIly destroyed by ire
FORT CAswEIL.
Or, M 3D. III +i,. s,r.,rd foresight not TO trust
the original brieS enclosure against our improved
proiccJ.lr,. TEey threw mp heavy fainpar's ol
e5rJn asaju>t tie covered ways, huit Immense
..ua,.nI.." and between the .-mounds mounted
trcsr- guns. The tra-ersss OF Port CaS"eii are
tl..llr.e5t soi best constructed Of any IN the VI
Cia.tv.
~ the blowing up Of the principal magazine o.
the tort tlc -eajcr part OF the walls were disin-
tc-rcte 4 end tImbled into the mOat, Every build-
,ag ia amt around the fort was uBrO"led, ana the
mounds nearest tie magazine were rCnl from base
a. apcv, rhc guns between them hurled from TIC
.r.ir-uroIs vth their carriages, and nearly buried
f,r, v-. Ia the sand. TCc site OF the magazine is
t,~,iip- q vast "a n, not unlike the crater OF some
.~-ioct or qu.csceTt volcano. Tue quantity o.
7,-,lor a. the Margarine at tue time oi the explo
si.a must haze been immense.
The ssus are al, ,liSed, but these spikes are be
,sr,lv,.l and Fort Caswcu viii soon be ready Z
trteud fho-lorjousIa now waving rom MS tai stsl
t,..,r tie Guns pt CaSwc! i l19-pounoer Arm
Britsa authorities. The solid mahogany carnage Q
fb,s Arlrstrong is partially DESTROYED BY ire ana w
NAV bay, 10 furnish this gun Of Sir Nlulah wiz
more democratic Carrlage' ID 80,
Tbs quarters Of the Rebel garrison, which ~er
outsidc the fort, were burned by the Rebels leS'
ING nothing standing but the blaekened ehi,he!
Ssysral sd pieces we're also lsls here ana ID %"