The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-02-18

Commanding came alongside this ship and
said il has become necessary 10 Te-cmbark
the troops; will you
sESD YOUR BOATS TO AssIsT?'
Nou can judge Of my surprise at the turn
affairs had taken, for at that moment every
thing seemed proPitious. The bomhardment
was at lie hight, little or no surf on the beach,
aud no serious indications Of bad weather
STILL the order Tor retiring had gone forth and,
our boats were employed till very late fthe
lauch not returning till next mOruing) in re-
emhsTking the troops, the surf not interfering
seriously with operations till midnight when
it became impossible 10 land with any safety.
Much dissatisfaction, j am told, was shown by
the soldiers aud their officers when they were
Informed that they were 10 re embark, aud IL
was with some difficulty that they could be
made TO get into the boats. They were loud
IN their CcnuuciatiOus Ol the order turning
them back, saying that they had gone there to
take the fort and they were going TO do il be-
fore they left, etc, etc.
The next day the surf was too high f0r safe
transit from tie shore, and this vessel was en-
| plUyed In making a reconnaissance Of tie
eHamys works. Nothing new, however, Was
discovered, aud alter exchanging a lew
/ shots with Fort Fisher we returned 10 the
anchorage for the night The following day
al our boats were sent, AID altor some digi.
Guilty tho remaining troops were safely en-
/ barked."
On the morning Of TIE 27Ch all the troops
! had re embarked aud the transports returned
| to Hampton Roads, while the Acct anchored
\ IN the OAHR and Tepiouished their Hmmuui-
/ ton aud stores from the store. vessels In the
afternoon Ol t4is day the garTisOn-intercsted
! spectators Of the proceed ugs, aud hardly able
4 t0 credit the evidence Of their own eyes
FIRED A SALUTE
/ about as aggfaFating a thing as they could DO
/ under the circumstances. Ii was but little con-
ISOLATION to reflect that II was no fault Of the
! navy that the expedition which had been 20
4 long iu prepriug aud which bad set out with
/ such flourish o. tTumpcts, had failed. IL was,
4 however, decided 10 try conclusions with Fort
| Fisher once more, bat bad weather coming on
nothing could be done until IL moderated.
the brooklyn proceeded 10 Beaufort, OF which
port she anchored and WcathCTCd the gale
/ which lasted Tor nearly three weeks.
On The 18TH OF January. the weather being
tair the heet again sailed f0r New Inlet with
the transports having The troops on board In
close company. This time Con. Grant made
no mistake IN the selection Of a commander
for the troops. Alfred III. Terry, a Major
General, and true soldier, every inch Of him,
was chosen. The COulodorates had not been IA ID
IN thc meantime. They had repaired tho damage
done Ia the first bombardment and Lad
strengthened all tho weak points. They had also
changed the commanders relieving Gen. Viii.
ting and putting Gen Bragg In his place.
Az O'clock on the morning Of the 18th oil
January 1865, al the small boats I'm the feet
were pressed into service 10 land the troops
which numbered 1000 and by . o'clock thew
had all been landed with al their stores and
munitions 0f war.
The feet now got under way and steamed in
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