Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-01-19

The Wilmington expedition furnished much Of glnry
eus de joie and pyrotechDical dispaya
sa ues and fireworks In ceebrs-
ted the blood!ess capture Of esvanna but this was
poor for the failure the valuable port
Of Wilmington Ia spite of all their vauntings OF recent
cAimercal conquess they conceal the chagin
sped by what intended be the grandest expedition
and the o.t mazn 6ceut triumph the Ii s
enough should produced by asco
paIpsb.e and lanenshle The dsappont ct the
def at must be in direct ratio atiors OF
vlcsory. The preliminary exaNa,ion il tair measure
the quent depression But We who cid not patici
ter. We only in with the rest of the world
the udicroasne.s Of me spectacle and laugh at he
m-sncho dsccH ftufe which hah raken ssbgune
and s,ious nkee brethren Ia fsct, .ecmen OF
Il IL is whole n,r surpas-es ythIg la
lne hat he i've geDius of the rkees has of
.cr.d us GurtuE 1t apply illustrated by the
story OF Ktog If France, ~h with twenty
thousand narcnen BIZ b'r and hen srca-d 'vn
.gain. Of LIE grand Dagobert Qa ootes
Eenrers; oy hat pivus La OF tons'Aotnep'e
rnsly p.ramcuia &c the ,hoIong tsrss Of the
tropois rAting the of the Prophet-tig ~
each Of which the insEsfc Of the coHciu
sion arkAbe eonnens'y ON the mag iheence o.
But the issue Of ths "Mmina ton ex
petition o contrast still striking With Inc mag
nade preparations which peceded and the exsv
of the preten.ions whch It. The at
Fort Sumter by Duponts fact, last year, was
probably the Sreafeat ehoIt which had, ba
time beer ,ade Bot its ai concealed by calling
mere exp rme"! az NE %inofa~sl Q, ans Vesse
military manovres, which have the effect reduc:lo
absT on the Porter Butter attempt indeed mar
ia enterprise his ht greater claim to be O. lered
tor dis trebte0 cHtOrs; Which
the contume and ebuse 1t heaps th
other Po. rts that his fire tc1hc that
Immediately silenced the fort and know la ac tha
it passed aa! thing of the kind before raned
defensive work The vaeHt Admiral therefore, nat
uraly supposed Buffers soldiers have nothing
to do but walk into ahsne oned and Shattered
But Buffers soders thought quite osrentIy and Bue
himself under the stion Of Gen. Weze came to tn
that the Yankees might as well walk into tb
gates Of into those imminent deadly breache
OF Fort Fisher. From Porters report one would masin
that the fort had been entirely knocked and
incapable resisting demonstration But Bnte
says unimp paired defensive work. Hence, iron
the military point of view the navy had wouly failed
cary out it's part of the programme witch contested
reducing the fort to comparatively unrcsisng condiuon
But other side, Bu Ter relates with air OF pride
parapets, and how vaorous officer cspt1r ed g, and
yentusome corporal killed rebel orderly and bagged hi
dispatches From all of which the incredulous Porte
draws the inference that where few did 30 much, n
whole might have done ever much more and from
WHICH the New York Herald considers Itself entitled t.
prophesy Ia its anal feIctous manner, that For: Fisher
which stood out the amazing fire OF Potters ct
defed the threatened assault Bu lei army viii be cap
ued some e day next week by SO lad of Yankee ma
rjnes ls this the He Gld doubt ID only iHdu gng in
little of its peculiar hamsr. That paper means, we
sumo that ihs marines will lake Fort Fisher but Lha
to OF both Butter aud Porter ought to have bee
10 those proverbisly creduou.
mona Whts, 7U inst