New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-31
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Review OF Gep.-ni su,i-r'. BrYcrs by
ssear-ASn,rai Porter,
So.lH AqLASIlC SQUADRON. u. 5. FAesHP
Mantle, CAPB gRaR KISER jim y ie'o

a., w,cb be bsre pnst). end thode late results (he
esst,-e OF 1o.t Fisae} fays CO" g.e,ey reiHea tle
assertions Of Gems Butf' and Wotse, CO., ouS
-cror, ~ o.if receive sore nOlce o: my hands
10 use tho rliid,e; fai IDS can, lroee1Ict ne
~no.e -opart tissue . OIL tsc 'aents iron ees4nriHs
:, euS sear.eiv e,nlled hy tse r3isStatencnIs maze
,sgar liug tte Liclfe"ant General
TIE uevy lied been waiting tor two month"; to start
.p tis exp> ton but fcI known 10 tue Lien
tenaDt-t rsral aud myself AID which were pFIecuy
&C. sfactory me, the proper time was wGisd i0r VS.
SGated success, not fI,ufe. -
was never connected VIII tao t1peotioh except 20 D,
Ii out. When She expedition dis prepare 20 siett a.
was pomg 20 ire attack % 'he srpposIn2n ~, 'pV
poyder vessel ,oi.iraliv prepared by Gen. buIeD
woua blow the lcGs do Gnd The troops wcuid nave
nss no opnosci hyself to the experiment Cor
think everything worth tylnFl ana gave al VI! 'im1
And aieutioD - The cntrrlisc emo Nj.'nc ~ y. 80
,-sse! wa hard ~ wok gettirg rec ". Ls41g her
sith powder, aud lad placed her IA one c"fihv'ot
fsnds. the wcatfer boxing very sQn1'yi laose W s
surJnise wien Con H;.lsi came on bc1-c e haESiP
~ Norfolk. and told me re YVES enoarsmF tAs lOS "a
t.anaports, aid woud be reedy IA sals ~ Two NS,'
teLl hiU that was ont o. the 1us t!oni heNy "a
ives. gale Tos coming on that TOuiC iIs1 tEFcs u!e d"
least aUu could ict 80 sca Of such tiue h,iVF
eouli hs transports move. My advice was MOI 20 Ell
lark the mer q The gae was over. .,,.
He did elbark she troops, reVe1th'less 1Ne Ee''I
hiev heavy for iogr day., and tho troops Dnst DNo
heeE very uHc0Hi rlah.c ~ .he qua oi tHt saie nc
fee sailed. cold Gen. Bascr thlt NY Resse's 5;e AZ
dow; the monitors woud i"'e ?" De to"e NuuS '1'r
Ia INTO EcaUOit t. 80 mp with awuuHlton enf god
afraid ~ WIN too riucn Ia thcn
advised hi1 10 wait until We 20 GO th.t-stS oouis
star N hir and also Uended hin t. rendezvous
a. Beaufort, y. C., where he would hnd Food h.i or
Yy,n NJ 70 is tine h. liz p1i tcl mo that ke liuseu
was scfn aiour but tt 70 belize .hitGen Nc' zei
was 10 be IN cnWmana. No did not take o'y "prioh
shout sailing lis iTAusporJs sailed before aiN OF the
Sect ercart the monitors ard instead 0 rendezy1dsmg
q Beall0 where could hone to tnd ia, nc rem
dexyoused of hIsauhorou-a Ipct slowed rs uns-ebp
decko out wl:h iss 10 ios entu! ID to!t Scr ana
Dad OF ms trsnspors 1ref up0n ny gcis hcar 'c
fort lg tie mean tiJie lWolkea nign, ana Day ~
Psaufor 20 &c tao ra1itors ready, ard compete tf
s-nsugemens for The poWderhoa', and sai.~! ~hch
f.sdy There was no time whoa any troops could have
landed without dauger NJ tho time the trs efiack
took place / be- the iudge Of that, rot zen,
Saler ioI had dat Gath IA his ship which
would induce ae to follow him b'mdiy, though de-
termined to do Ill could 1r hin and MAKO the eApeIi
tioD a success, II possible.
soon saw though nat Gen. Batter depenotd on tie
powder.boat entAely and said We wou'' nave no
assault h0W the beginning.
Twill now proceed /, notice Gen. Buffers report in
detail end 81 te whore II is incorrect. lie INST says
he gave iho navy IS tolls start That Is rntIue-'he
transports starved besOro tho navy or disappesiedi
Ben Butler himself lef amer d.d. He speaks OF tbc
sfnest possible weather" lie bad ct sea. bGs says
DO hing aDont the surf Oh the beach. No boat car
strong of the lad. and the days III question by
booking tbs log boVs you viii ind the wind bowing
B. " an 5. Oh The 18th tho monitors had rot arrived
q Besafort. end The 10th cn i7tn were onainS ana
Sing with Ammunition. s1d had 70 wait smooth tine
20 get over the Gar-t1e wind blowing :. W. on tie
18th nth and 1871, aBl throwing in heavy sur, on
The Coast Suvcy. cane near being capslzed IN the
breakers while making Reconnaissance II WIS Gen
Buffers duty 10 hav reUdesyoasad az FeoWort ana
waited unit the monitors aud po"9el'nef on WGcl
he 50 much depenSed) were ready. Tie movements Of
fhc light transports should havo been suborcinae t.
Tia large eed SOw-movipg frgaies and ron.csds, and
Ne should have been where be could have arranged
re all the DETAILS Of the attack; but no, lie kept
net of nv way, and think 10 do !; 'tuaicu7ly.,
When arr, I'd On the r9anc, 81 the .aya! rendezvous
ordered The at in On tue night Of The 18th
tthe snoothes beach had he.' pt a. 0en' &
request communicated Through Gen. e"naa a. y
cree Of tie Fleet Captain q lieut.. Com "eo 1r.iar
Preesc pos poned the explosion until tsI Dc, r
ss5uld say he Tes ready. lie correspondence ., 's
sno,eet has al Deen sent 20 you and you can ladge A.
yoCI self row far Gen. Buffers statement Is true
Cen Butter states that Admiral Porter was quite
sxnguine that &c he'd enced the guas OF Fort Fisher
teries into Cape Fear River aid then troops could land
and hole the be loh without difficulty. oI Without abi
Of being shelled By the eaepys eanbo4t Tallahassee
Gen Butter does no. say who ureec me- gut heYeF
,sw him s snd after the landnf On l9e Deaca, nor
did ever have any eIsatiJn With HIN, or see Elm
foIceD. ON tie deck OF MS vcssa rs passed ny ~ we
ffgship) from tine lei Fortress Monroe ndti the
Nms ne Jeff here @. Ter his .aiiage.
he slowed himself by that remark Just a. ignorant
efhydrograpfy as the Rebel Ge1 Whiting did when ne
buit bis fort where he opposed srge ships ocnd rot
get near enorgh 10 attack H.: Neither myself nor a'y
g.. el,e in ts squadron he'd the fal.est idea wAere
fta obelne. was OF what depth u water there vas III
II. We kD.w there gas IN n VIse $3.50 Sst ,nr,.
Z
tnia nun INV on which ba the bloc con-
stantly grounded, and had T. rcit fr high water 10
rel ots A.,cr NC Iau u0 guns 70 annoy us and had
Ee cAanne' sounded ont und cslefuly 6Goyed. nearly
al the gunbOets Of Light draft az bady tgIonu aiu
remained there for whole tide. We were forty-ePpt
hours voting gunbOgts of light batteries over the hsG
hsr aSd thew he'd f. anchor unler tie guns oil tne
heaviest forts. They wold have Jared bhdly had the
Gebels manned them.
Three d1ys were consumed in getting tho g1nbosts
ever tbs firs" and o. them Is stuck there sth
The .Rrs' Gre commanded by about twenty iV,incn
oups asd lO1-pouudeIs and not Il gGnooat would Lave
fesp eit had they attempted TO ran the bateres IL
ynight have been Epor. Gen. Batter, Tut u wound
Rave been uea.h 20 tho gnnJcets. i Lcyer had TIE
syhtest intention Of passing the batteries until me
fort was taken; tie Department sa" my pan ana te
uttaF impossi binty Of doing
would certainly not have been Influenced ~ Gen.
prtl.r. o,,ton In laulici mateIG o. IIssel my Ves'
sels 80 aUuse hin. To-. ..
All the next paragraph in Gen. tnts's report IN re-
Iatoo 20 M the ''SGicirs" said and Whist the al
riy ar declined t. do Is filfe from beginning 10 ehH
IueyeY had Gny oo4rsrsaaon Of the kind win any
sre-uGeCd, the Whuie report j. tissue ol Hls'e4ic
sonatoos cuding the pert shat say me iT.tyhs
hs received did not co8te1piste siege &c, When
be knowe h. never received any b.stiuciioAS' uiu
Ioinsd u ey edition without Q, deIs 49,.
Cen Butlel speaks II 'lUsh 70 up NJ men 70 "iinn
few hundred yards oi OFT sstf, ala cap Mn
AEON Battery ard It's Isen' Ire General certainly
uast have had something in Lis eyes ard did got see
vel IalfHooa T. tory IS four In ron Fort Fslc.i
he'd ore qua Ia e. which o.euced 0ler isw shots
from tie guu50afs and 10 one ever entered H. III was
emali stn1-EIl tn.s twenty men cogi4 lave taAel'
Tisg POND Gattrry was larger work thrown Up ~ the
Rebels in = .cl eight ,ncb ggn that ~ Ouist
Scue time AGO. The guHbOas shclet ", abd on we
tsndilg OF h8 frst DOaosd u troops TIE soGmen vent
ny aud found some boys and ca L.ei At a. L. JnhJi
Gesofges) an3 carried et on 70 me >ahll0 ,O'.
lac prieonefs were qvi.c willing to co. Jho troops
efcaward SUR .ised 2l5 officers sEd mon near T"rt
r lsher, and c.ptufed them.