The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-01-04
THE WAR NEWS.

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The attack on Wilmington has been aban-
doned. The expedition is given up. Gen.
Butler with his land forces has returned TO
Fortress Monroe. Admiral Porter with the
fleet has Withdrawn until ordered to Gre
proceed" Butler says that Fort Fisher is
i~mpregnable.
A war has begun between military and
naval men about the responsibility for The
disaster at Wilmington. Each branch of the
service lays The blame OH The other. The
navy says that Butler should have made an
assault. The army retorts that Pouer's pow
der explosion should have damaged The fort.
This is the principal occupation not only Of
The. military, but also OF the newspapers,
and though there is great difficulty in deci-
ding who is 10 blame, there seems 10 be a
perfect agreement Of all concerned that the
expedition was a failure. Butler has with
drawn all the and forces from the expedi-
lion and has gone up The James 10 his old
headquarters at Deep Bottom, leaving the
troops under WeiIzel 10 sail up from For
tress Monroe more leisureIy. The greater
part Vi IOIt0I , lcOk IL OF DCdulOlb 1NOlNu
Carolina, taking supplies and coal on bord.
A desultory bomdardment of Fort Fisher is
kept up by a few vessels, but it is rather 10
make a show of doing something than the
precursor OF another attack. The Federal
losses on the EXPEDITION are variously esti-
mated. Five or six of the vessels were Sc
riousIy damaged six Of the hundred poun'
der Parrot guns burst. The loss IN the
fleet was rs killed and wounded. /; in the
army il / is stated to be lao.
There seems TO be some discrepancy in
the Confederate and Federal accounts OF
Hoods late defeat. The Confederate ac-
counts state thai Hoods losses are about e.
oral 10 Thomas, and that seventy pieces OF
cannon were brought by Hood sonth OF Co
lumbia, in his retreat. The Federal &C.
count has il that Hood lost four times as
many men as Thomas and that when Hood
crossed Duck river, at Columbia, he had
but two caissons, and they were being drag
ged off by The Confederate soldiers.
We have contradictory accounts of the
movements of Generals Davidson and Gran
ger in Western Florida. 1t appears that
Granger assembled The Pascagoula river
about thirty miles, under the convoy of two
Tin clad gunboais, and then leaving The
river, marched towards Mobile. Nothing
has been heard from him, however Oa-
wilson, with a large force Of Federal cavalry
is still encamped at West Pascagoula.
Thsre are rilmors from the army in front
OF Petersburg that General Lee contempla-
les a new movement, The Confederales in
front of portions OF General Grants line
have kept up a vigorous Smelling for sew
( eral DAYS past but have made no other de-
monstrations
Four Federal g~unhoais have been lost or
disabled recently on the Roanoke river,
near PIymorh. They ran against t~orpedoes
twenty-five hundred ConfeGerates are
7 threatening an attack upon Baton Rouge
General Burton commands The Federal gar
.ison.
II is announced from Washington thai
the Brazilian minister mas accepted Sew
ards apology for the seizure Of the Florida
Moseby was not killed, as is reported
He was dangerously, though MOI morally
wounded -Agei