New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-25

oeEa"t ,Sa ~ and yerc all ready The troops;
however did not get into poalon uht,l Ia,ed ther
o,Iook tbe .icnni came The vessels changeu me-
9rc 10 me miner b,ito1es al the steam Whistles MI
bown and tie troops ana sailors az ne ,ha M ranct
yiein with zach other 20 Tcach we p "a If ,ba large
we had evidently (wc thoDghU hgui'u o. INV one
guus an that theS could not be tired 10 annoy ,.y -
INC saors took TO the assault by mo hS t tbTongh
beach while Ito troops rushed u 9' VIZ he lbe lire of
/ the palisades that had been knocheu ""'' =
All The arrangements on the part q le tos "n
lhsen wc carried out thoY had sleeeeoeG ~
10 within shout oisanJe q 'nt yery few killed and
,,orned ~ ,bis ronf The marines were 10 1e'o n o
itho rife.pts and cover the boarding parry, w. b
i.ilc5 "a 10 On rushing through tic palisades, Wllen
80 90, ~ lori 10 the sea the head Of the oolaInn
received murletous FIRE OF grape ana % ~ are
1id not howoycr check the officers aiu sGio h who
Heading. the parapo,s now sv armed WIZ ~; NO.
rnrs, in destructive Ere oI musEeiry ht 1nl' no o
mont had tho marines performed tneif uu'!' ''' WV
of lie Rebels would have been Killed. ,,.,. ,,o
hols cxnosed themselves, and what an aG'ahuhgo
lthor gave our sharpshooers whose guns w.Ie ~
fred or fred with precision NotNits,anoans s
re- &c oaicers and sailors In the lead rushed on, anu
some even reached the paTapet large number having
reached the ditch. .,-oo, lilo cbaF
and notwithstanding al the efforts made by conhahu
ers OF conn anies 10 stop thcm The mon III IHo ~
seeing the slaughter in 'front.' ana thht tnoy Ill 90
covered Inv the marines commenced to retreat anu u"
there q no stopuine sailor II he fails on sueh IN ot'
zion on the first rush said the whole thing hau W 10
given up. In the meantime inc troops WIZ ~ 49,,
I eessful on their side The Rebels seeing 80 lhrh1
body 0: mon coming them tho sea SIDE were unuer
the i'm prei that il the main attack ana eohceh
trated the largest part Of their forces az tn point hu
when lhey gave three Rebel cheers thinking that they
had gained the day they received yOey oil musto'y
In their lneks from our gallant soldiers who had Deen
successful in gaining the highest parapet. Incn SOm
meuced such q system Of fighting as has never been
beaten Our soldiers had gained Two tTaverses, WINE
directed the Ironsdes to fire tho traverscs ocen
pied by the Rebels. Four five and SIX traveises "e'
/ oor Inv pr frou n r.
These raverses are immense bomb-proois aoout SIXTY
feet long, ffty feet wide and twenty feet hshsenen
traverse OF bon proof OF two heavy guns Inc
fighting lasted until 10 o'clock at night the lrohslucs
and monitors firing through the tra'eises IN advance
of our troops and the level strip OF land called odefa
Point being enladed by the ships prevent reinforce
nents reaching the ReDes -
Gen. Terry himself went into the fort and kept up
constant conu unica.ion with him until three hearty
cheers. which were taken up by the meet announced
the capture OF Hort Fisher Finding that The General
felt anxious abOv The enemy RECEIVING reenoicclehl
directed the sailors and marines 10 releVc the tOop
ia the outer line f defeBses and large nGmDer OF
soldiers were thus enabled 10 join our forces In the
! fort.
cav ANYTHING lee III, fearless gaantTy and endurance
Displayed by our troops They fought Ike hons ant
knew no such w>ord fail. They finally fought and
chased the Rebels from traverse to traverse until they
reached Battery amb at the mound face of work ex
tending about so yards in length At this point the
Rebels broke aud fed 10 the end Of Federal FONT Our
TINS ended orc Of the most remarkable battles Oh
record and WI oh win do damage TO the e bel
cause than any thai has taken place IN this war. Jven-
tythrce hundred Rebels manned Fort fisheri 700
ksn me es wsTe Nth Sr rgd to
these military matlaIs which viii leave 10 Gen. Terry
10 supply.
works and find their strength greatly beyond what
had conceived. An engineer might be e1cusable in
saving they could not be captured except rs regular
siege. j wonder evan now how Il done. The
wo, H. az ssd before, Is really stronger than the Mala
kon tower which def sd 80 long the combined power OF
1l Of under the Fo OF tho guns of the feet and IN
seven hours after the attack commenced in earnest
cannot say much in praise Of the conduct Of this
feet during The time we have been engaged in these
operations. DO not know officer in command who
has not performed his duty TO the best or ms ahlitl
There be scmc who have done better than others
but after all that mry be mere matter of opinion or
matter OF pref d.ce and pariaiyi all did their best
and can ask no more.
Kind would be causing natter for dispute aud shall
content myself with saving that the Government may
well be prond Of those whom it has entrusted here with
The command OF tho vessels.
leave each commander to tell what his subordinaes
have done and refer the Department 10 the report OF
divisional commanders for an account OF what they raw
and did, ] VIII LOwCYer, make special report OF what
consider due TO those who have been engaged in this
contest ond hafe persistenty fought for the nion
refer you 10 Lieut. Commander X. IL. Breeze who
led the assault The result was not what expected
when planned the attack bat IL would have succeeded
without severe loss had the marines performed their
duty AS II is We have lost heavily, aud the country
has lost gallant officers who ien on the enemJs
remparis.
men, it seeins, must die that this Union may ye ana
ihc Constitution under which have gained our pros
pelity must be maintained we regret our companions
In arms and shed tear over their remains; but u
these Rebels should succeed would have nothing but
regret Jeff US and yes would be spent IN terror aud
sorrow.
As soon as the forts were taken, pushed the light
draf gunboats into the rivers that as soon as could
find and buoy a channel and take up the torpedoes
wLcih were very thick. We found the wires leading "
many, and underran them with boats. We found the
torpedoes too heavy 70 i with our ordinary boats and
Rebels seemed disposed 70 pay us back isr the famous
torpedo Louisiana which exploded in their haibor and
did them 10 harm.
We had some difficulty in getting tho vessels across
the bar ard into the river Tie channel 10 narrow and
the bar very shoe few Of them got stuck but were
got of again with the tide. We oil TO the con
enson that we had followed the right plan to capture
Fort Fisher one in which tho nautical man Of any
sense win After got three Of the gunboats
inside the bar and under the mound the Rebels pre-
pared TO eyacuaic Fort Caswer. Two steamers near
the fort (Which think wcr2 the Tallahassee and Chick
amauga) set fire TO and blown up after the Rebels
had set fire 10 the fort; that blew up last night with
heavy explosion, followed by some minor ones; the bar
racks were apparently In flames oil night, and sDDc
little works between this and Caswe!l blown up have
cent vessels what has been done and shall lie
governed accordingly. think they arc burning up
everything in Wilmington. and ore getting away as
fast as they can In the meantime a orge force OF
gUnbOae occupies the river between CGsWCl and WI
Iningt0n; that place 10 Theoretically sealed against
blockade MINERS and no Alabamas Florldas Chick
amnugas or Tallahassee will tit cut again from
this pOrt ard our merchant vessels viii soon hope
be enabled 10 pursue IN safety their ayocation
send you let Of killed and wounded. We have
lost more than first estimated.
We expended III the bolnbardment about 30 OCO shells
aud have as much more on board.
feel much indebted 10 the Bureau Of Ordnance for 81
promptly supplying with ammunition and guns. |
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