New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-18

,onded with AMMUNITION for Fort Fisher this forenoon.
being unaware that our forces on the Cape rear
River when the boat was about rounding 70 lana.
she was stopped and boarded By car hTees ana ms
whole Institution captuTed. There was only snAn
patty in charge Of tie hcet and barge While engaged
in unloading tie ammunition 70 save 1t, gnhpoal
came down from Wilmington and attacked our n'ei''
wounjing Capt. James H. Reeve, commanding tne
81 " Y. NGls ly sell. which crushed his lex ooio"
the knee -Four were wounded, and IL IL r'pVitei'
that one man was killed train wss laid to dow up
the barge IL we ind we cannot hold IT, gunb)at was
sent down 70 riya our men away which shecd across
the PENINSULA not over a mile.
Artillery he's been landed today which VIII DO sent
across and so planted 10 command the river Inc
Rebel eunboats are iron-cad ana can be managed
by eur land batteries they can be planted on
the river.
\ citizen prisoner, captured last evening reports
that the Rebel garrison has been reinforced and now
numbers 800 men, all Of whom are contained in Tie
bomb.procfs Of the square " East port They have
te or no ditch around tho fort but The parapet Is De
tween twelve and ffIoon feel high and The frech
traycrsos are least nteen feet higher, or ~ ieet
above the beach level These immense piles Of saId
at distance OF few miles, appear Ike 70" oil huge
hay stacks Between are the e;nbrasures, where the
heavy guns Of the fort seventeen in number he coneh
ing and. far appearances so. stu nearly intact
notwithstanding tie terrible haumering by the Goet
These high and mountainous piles Of sand lo ps'ec'
protection agsinst en- euhading fire however strong
They swallow our shot and shell like tie ocoa tie
only difference being that the iron thst is pro-
ectc into them tho harder they are and the stronger
they become to resist our shot. Tie fire Of moai
a.. taoh nnS.lr fscfg l
square into the ewbr Of the fort. close nspe'
ion by the glass this morning shows that two or three
% tic Rebel gun, have been disuounicd by the heavy
FIRE Any permanent breaches of such fort. however
are Wholly oct Of the question few eartosds Of sand
may be displaced which. under cover % the night.
when onr ro s suspended can easily be shoyeled into
repetition o. TIC IRE.
The settlement II Gen. Butler and OF Gen. Weitze.
tia; y first boubarancr, had not materially damaged
the Rebel work. might also lave contained tie sddi
,otu remark ths. possible amount Of shclng could
effect an purpose whatever against such a work.
Trustworthy information obtained since cur arrival
here is 10 tho effect that during the first attempt TO
.eke Fort Fisher the Rctcl grnarIs we're at no time
Withdrawn from ,hor glas. During the heavy Gro
they were perfectly coyo-cl by snail bou.bprco,s or
q pacr holes by Tie side OF each piece AID were ssdy
10 pop on, end cpca any body Of troops sitcnpiit:
TO storm the gOrs.
The p,oyle Of Wilmington greatly rurpris d at
The coming OF GU forces second time, aad. says
tie citizen they vero greatly In doubt as 10 the real
design. direct nt.aci OIL Wilmington vas sstiri.
mated This impression PROSE from landing nile
and half higher up .le beach than tho former ooca
sion.
32-poundcr sec-coost gdo. which vas oapturcd yoS
torday at tho Mound Battery only Loosely spiked
Ly q wrought ron nsl which easily removed. and
the qua has been trained upon then today. There was
also a magazine full Ct ammunition captured which viii
be found very convenient.
Tie energy q oar soldiers s. constructing nsrcnch
en;s since they iauGoi hGs been theme Of praise BY
every one. Ticy began work at O'CLOCK In tho morn
ing and a, 10 n compcte tre,stwork five feet high
had been completed from Inc Flagstaff to the Cape Fear
River. distance Of nile and half In straight
line but following zig rag course II was probably two
miles In length. A; the ssi1e time the men we're on
gagged oil night In carrying their shoulders bread end
pruy! sous G distance Of two r,es 20 the advance line
now occupied.
The Gre. man injured shortly after landing yester.
day was u Captain IL the lc9th EewYork. wounded In
The leg a slight wound by musket bal.
Daring lust night the oneny in Fort Fisher fred at
intervals down the beach shelliug but nobody
was hnst.
The sheirs Of For, Fsae. continued ny 70 sunset BY
large portion Of the Gunboat feet and monitors The
Fort replied at longer Intervals than during yesterday
and moro lcisuroy than beforc largo fre broke ont
Ia the FOR. and burned FOR about two hours this IN.
The monitors confirmed ter Gre sftor tho body 81 tbs
feet had hcnled Of
Ia all fairness I onGh. correct my statement
respecting the landing Of the trcors yesterday ~ far
"a to soy IL boats If blue jackets from one
of the slips Of tho naval fee; who frt lardsd the
beach i do 10. know what ship they belonged IT,