Show 0 GREAT SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 31 TELEGRAPH: mercy that some of the spars or other timber the departing' Mercury — '‘No uever Y TIIKSKM1-WEEKL- of the ship which from an immense height fell into the water did not strike and sink one or both the boats A soon as we coukl breathe we endeavoured but without hope to ascertain if any of the unfortunates left on board had by some miraculous accident been Not one! The re- saved and still floated all — including the devoured moraeless sea had unselfish and heroic captain whose lamentable fate brought tears into almost every eye and caused even those who not long before had been loudest in charging him with cowardice to acknowledge that a man may be a and yet be entitled to rank amongst th very bravest of the brave I have only to add that we reached the Tagus in about six hours aud when landed at "Lisbon our troubles and dangers were at an end” MONDAY AND THURSDAY jlFUlSStD EVERY 8TEKHOISE Editor T B H lnder tub leaves ft gTn leave from the oft brown earth thera forth Tn ljtb lUj’i' fint £10 1 promt Brrttb from ced of summer tlooui ti fragrant aweet perfume Vn ter the leave lie Lft them what raarTdtoas beauty II Jew bimoatbi from our thoughtleaa roey or purest white Slay flower Hie sudden light lift tb ir cups to 1 eye! non-duelli- Under the leave holy doe4 — Jlr there no Use who His reads who avc no eje Motive and action— in silence grow Into rare beauty and bud and blow C oder the leaves A " ‘ l roe-tinte- j st -- d wo p £ -- ! i a j I’ - i -- n-- j I pauic-feur- j had now skirted round the edge of the and speaking in a low whisper Jack GRANT AND OTHER HIGH OFFICIALS copse: © ! stud ! 1 ! repair of damages by tearing up our pocket handkerchiefs and binding up the fluttering trousers to his scarified leg At last we set off the squire leading the way and stooping to listen every few minutes after about a quarter of an hour's ramble up and down the narrow paths pricking my legs tripping over roots and getting smacks in the face from the rebounding hazel Jack turned round to me and said: “They’re gone Bob’ “A very good job too’ said I for I felt excessively crusty and wished myself back by CN 1 ie 1 f -- -p--- the pre-wtima- ry ar T three-quarter- " ed cch' 17 1 a St The Commercial editorially York 17 brant and says are both moving Bhrmin ftirnultaueoualy with the attack on Fiher aud predicta more newa of a fa- vorable character daring the week Letters from the armies of operations agains -- Richmond contain no news The Tribune’s London letter says five steamers were recently launched on the Clyde for the blockade running trade between Wilmington and Xaa-Gitand otker are being constructed A Beaufort letter gives account of tho landing of the 17th corps It brought all Its transportation aud stores and ia evidently preparing for a movement The men are quite ragged but will be reclothed immediately The Augusta Chronicle says Mobile fs etfbngMfe fortified Sixty million dollars have been expe ded to make it impregnable Georgia paper say repairs on the railroads do- troyed by bherxaaa are progreasing slow) yT Washington 17 The army bill as reported from the committee of ways uml means appropriates 251 120000 appropriation made last year for the army ai to $£’20000000 Washington IT The Richmond Whig of this morning contains the following: The unwelcome news of the fall of Fort Fisher commanding th entrance tu Cape Fear river was made this morning aud occasioned a sensation of profound regret 'Hie capture of the fort ri equal to the closure of the harbor of Wilmlagtou by the enemy’s fleet It is situated uhuut IU miles below the city but was the main defence of the entrance to the rivw iu fail will provuut in future tho arrival and departure of blockade runners How far thi revr may prove injurious to our cause j remains to be seen we regard it as At rather an unfortunate thanpreunt' a disastrous event The following h the official report TO llsaffqoarters Jan bouiTo Sod don -- Bragf- report that theeneiuy barded Fort Fisher furiously all day ycaterdiy At 4 p rn their Infantry advanced to the awsult a heavy demonstration at the bantu hour being made against their rear by our troop At hajf pabtalx Whiting reports theirattark had failed and the garrison was being strengthened with fresh troops At about 10 p m the fort was captured with niont of the garrison No further particulars at this time are known Lek (Signed) No dispatches have been received from Uen Terry since that of Sunday announcing tho result of the assault Daxa (Signed) Asst Secry of War New York 17 ' y The Richmond Whig of states that P Soule had arrived in Mexico on a mission for the Confederate State Street rumors in Richmond sav that Setidon has been removed aud Brcckin ridge made Secretary of War The Confederate House of Representatives has declared by reohi-- ’ tiou in regard to Foote that under all the circum- stances of the case it is expected that the military authorities will discharge him from custody and it is presumed that he has been released ' Nashville 17 Gen Meagher arrived last night from Chattanooga with several thousand veteran troops On the fifteenth the 17th arm corps orgattried as a provisional division of the army Of Tennesf started enroute to join bheruiati at Savannah via New York u ! j to-da- j I j j ks e Washington The Navv Department has received the following from on Fort Fiahur 15: To Welles: — Fort Fisher is ours I send a bearer of dispatches with a brief account of the affair Gen Terry is entitled to the highest praise and gratitude of his country for the manner in which he has conducted his part of the operations lie is my beau ideal of a soldier and a general Our hich ry ed SUM- MONED BEFORE TUB COMMITTEE ON CONDUCT OF THE WAR! dii -t gray-hair- fover “We’ll get the hedge here and beat through the cover” saying which he gave a nvw ud en"n"- There was crash and then the squire’s voice gave ntteranpe to something that sounded uncommonly like an imprecation “Oh hang it!” growled Jack “Well what is it?” I reiterated “Oh come over? I'm staked!” I went over but in a slower and more cautious manner ami found that my friend’s ! La-d- BUTLER theory I handsomest manner not a mistake w committed £ too rapidly and making too moth smoke The heavy fir of the large veLr shut the enemy’s gun at once After tiring until after dark the wooden vessel The Ironsides dropped out to their anchorage and monitors maintained their position through the night firing heli occasionally They are now lying wiUul lQOO yard of the fort The monitors are within 700 yard The fhrt doea not firp a gun I see no reaeon to doubt our success and that tha forts will be used upx soon a we hav-respectable force lauded ou the strip of land which our naval gun completely command and a place of defence which would enable u to hold out against a very large army POUTER (Signed) 1 I 1 -- A confectioner In New York got up a Thanksgiving cake for the Lucies’ Home Mission which was 10 feet long 22 inches wide aud 16 inches thick To make it took 1000 eggs 175 pounds of flour 125 pounds of sugar and BO pounds of butter Bather expensive Three Russian officers have lately been degraded for being engaged in a duef and one of them who gave the provocation has been deprived of his title of nobility Professor Xeumager says that in 1865 a comet will come so close as to endanger the earth and should it not attach itself to us (as ono ploblile of qnicMvir to another) or annihilate us (that’s a cheerful alternative) the effect will be very beautiful (we should think go) “During three nights we shall have no darkness but be bathed in the brilliant light of the blazing train’’ It is stated by manufacturers of artificial wooden limbs that they make eight left Ieg3 for soldiers to two right and about the same proportion of right arms to left onet allowing that about four times us many lose left legs as right and four right arms to one left Thackeray when in New York after swallowing one American oyster concluded he would as soon try to swallow raw babies A lady at Remscheld presented her husband last week with no less than four healthy daughters at a single birth — Foreign Paper A citizen of Massachusetts has made a discovery for which a patent has been obtained by which the sulphur ia extracted from Picton and oilier cheap coals so that they can be used for forges and iron work The chemical is very cheap costing less than Si a ton to prepare the coal The coal thus prepared gives a stronger heat and is better for iron nses than the costly English coal now used It will introduce au entire revolution in the use of coal miud— il first-rat- e see-r-t- VOL 18G5 armed with a constable’s staflT and I with a keeper's bludgeon were on the point of slipping out of the front door when a faint scream arrested us and upon turning round we saw Mrs Xtavnshaw and her sister at the head of the stairs The news had ascended to the drawing room and a scene was impending but Jack rushed up to his cara sposa and amid a torrent of expostulations and expressions of fear I heard him keep up a running fire orj“Xo of —conatablea danp‘rkwper— plenty help — vagabonds — quiet — care of nrfyselt etc and a few moments after we were off at double quick inarch over the lawn when the darkness compelled us to reduce tha speed to a walk We 4ieard another allot from the same direction as we issued from the front door and then all was silent with the exception of oar hurried foot-fal- ls as we hastened on I having on my part enough to do to keep up with my companion Our route was very dark and rendered none the more agreeable by our having to squeeze through an occasional hedge or force our wav through a plantation clothed as we were about the lower extremities in dress boots and trousers Ilowqver we pushed on till we came to what seemed to be an extensive oak plantation where Jack began to reHe stopped at intervals to listen connoitre but the whistling and moaning of the wind through the half bare trees were the only sounds that greeted our ears —“Let's go round by the other side’ he whispered at last and then we can head thorn towards the vtl- I almost lage and ho cut off their retreat wish now that I had sent down to the lodge and brought up Jones aud the watcher and then we should have been sure of them” said I ironically “3° do Eh! who you're not afraid are you? ’ ”0 no I can’t say Tm afraid' I replied “but 1 don’t much like the job” which was speakinf facts “There ’ll le no tussle” said Jack “all you VO got to do is to hit the first lellow you BETAUA OF THE ATTACK ON POIlT FISHER! come across smartly on the right arm above the elbow and he'll give in directly” REPORTED CONFEDERATE BRECKINRIDGE “All right!” said L taking a Ircdh grip of SECRETARY OF WAR! my weapon but not without sundry misTHE SOUTH FEELS BAD! givings that the advice I had received might prove worse in practice than it sounded iu MAKES ASTOUNDING SURFEIT OF PRESERVES “Its a JANUARY 23 hang the boots!” In leas than two minutes we had slipped on our shooting jackets and hats and Jack gun Bob and I would’nt — take pass the decanter thank you — wouldn't bruised and crushed y inking from spirit and bright take fifty pounds in —“ VValnuts?” — No thank mi jj-Touched nd painted with heaven’ own light you — in hard cash for it — Let’s Under the leave — hares two brace of pheasants and a wood pigeon besides your bag and I’m certain we p fresh clusters of duty borne should have done twice as well if it wasn’t Fairest (411 in that shlow grown for the confounded poachers Woadr'na the fragrance that sweet and rare hidden there C matjroiu the flower-cu“By the way old fellow’ said I passing Under the tSfitre but previously taking toll from the decanter — “by the way that last cock assuredly belonged bjr our vision dim Though to my bag Winged as he was I was sure of hi e im are known to him j ao him without your pouring that second charge Wait we content for his Heavenly ray — the poor brute” into one himself Wail nil our uratr day L f t e t h the leaves “Nonsense man he'd have gone clean off Such pieces as yours are well enough lor par- Church Monthly tridge shooting but for a pheasant tbre’s - on FI HE— nothing like a breechloader” the shipNow I know from experience that my old CAPTAIN friend Jack Uavnshaw would have his own way if I talked for an hour so I made a fconcludedI virtue of necessity and gave him the disputed I will attend to the steerage passengers bird which was on the whole generous see- Now men he added in tones as calm as if that Jack had asked me down for a week’s lit- were calling them to a banquet — ‘now! ing and the bird in question was uninn bo toady prriaft: Lot fall the boats in shooting bis own probably hatched iri a hen time No panic no hurry but bo doubtedly ji!4 fed lawn on roost the and certainly watched mxl u well as stead v ‘Av ay fcir was Over with na much nay more care than any the men who drew hop and old the r pon-e -chanticleer on the dunghill ojuire in a courage from tho captain's composure was a staunch preserver and had Kaynshayv IVv minute the duck wuo crowded by the been so ever since he came in for his uncle's of them ivrrur stricken pasbgew estate and left me the sole occupant of the screaming praying iu all the wildness of second floor chamber in Gray's inn But his nobleness the attache conspi- was not fellow a In bad Jack pros'taking an amune-all for t them iouabjectness of his bosom he had to done so without fear which caused him to forget he had a wife rierity in heart his and it displace letting spite of a on hoard ‘Captain’ he screamed stuttered certain amount of egotism and of his having ‘the mine at will hold you responsible for taken a wife to preside over the Hall Jack am the bearer of despatches my safety ‘Hold your tongue sir “Where 13 was Jack still aud many a happy fortnight that we spent together talking over old times ronr lady?— wp shall save her if possible We mntube our chance — a poor one I am after dinner and keeping the ladies waiting afraid Better try to remember Rome prayer till out of patience whilst we in a happy that I suppose even your mother must have staje of forgetfulness discussed a bottle of nectar which glowing upon the old mahogany taught you than to scream and gesticulate after that foolish fashion’ The boats were table sent flashing back the light of the fire in a spirit of independence that seemed to by this time aloogside aiid the crews iu them ‘Men said Captain Frobisher ‘it W our first say: “I’ve not lain forty in bottle without of my own that can put your a duty to avo the women and the children’ having glow evanescent light into the shade” ‘Ay ay sir—and you— we musT save you’ ’That dujunds upon God's will Jack got up and poked the fire into What I you to distinctly understand is that no loan or boy is allowed to enter the boats till woman and child are safe in them opposite by turning his back to the Hold on with and should cheerful blaze and then tuckitig his coat tails your boat-hooanv man attempt to precede them drop the under his arms selfish coward into the water’ “Now Bob a cheroot each and then tea ‘Ay ay sir — never fear' The w omen must each take a and the ladies All! if it wasn't for the child upon her knee Now then be would'nt be a prettier bit of smart there poachers x " and steadv’ miles round: there’s no shooting for fifty I nder the influence of the in the neighbourhood covers such But I beorder captain’s toJiis crew and the certainty that they lieve those fellows of mine are enrs Jones has taken on a new’ watcher this week who is w!jd obey it the embarkation of the 1 the wives of the private soldiers and to do wonders: but haven’t seen him vet thf‘ children was ’em! I don’t think the’re rogues or J’d Hang safely and swiftly accomplished ‘Now then lor as many of us as say they were in league with some of the th" hosts will float However “Set a thief Hack sir he shouted to poaching vagabonds the attache’ who nished forward to i’ll take on one of the a catch to thiel” le the fr-- t in the isari saved ‘Back place and make him Age before rank if biggest poachers Like I if yM please Here you having my game veteran’ keeper for liang-mJ was lias riuud speaking to a been in down the it way is it your kept first tar)' T he transferserjeant from the mined hot over at ritubhleton the other day and I could ‘iedi went on Lieutenant Hurt who have sworn to one hare I saiv hanging at the rapidly --Aiouid The beggar had no tail and I’ve Uiiai fifty rather n)X huag back poulterer's tuaa more than once prcval i or ward — actuated I kugpose seen it about the nine-are- s creme de la creme tothe have ia of shaano arvl remorse But well A much youngerfeeling man stepped forward beffjre morrow old boy — We haven't been to Copse Cbmer yet and we ll have almost a battne wait a iniuuUj if you L‘ ‘Uciiant Burt it is You must put a stronger charge in Vas ever there ‘your turn venKud? God that gun of yours and I’ll give you a few — What the deuce was that?” iod bless you 1 had heard nothing and said so a miserable c “ hat ‘This is no time for words “J’li give you a few shots — There again Now then’ I was the last who emBy Jove they’re at it in the very place! saybarked and there were seven of the youngest ing which Jack rattled down the shutters still standing on the deck of the doomed and flung open the window The wind swept attache one of them though he by in gusts bearing with it the dry leaves £wi scarcely support himself— when a the gravel walk the night was as dark in the hold warned Captain upon explosion as tunnel and we stood with our a Gbi-r- r that npt one moment most lx? lost head3railway for a few minutes attentively listenout 11 people ia the bouts were to hare a ing I was just going to drop a hint about chance of life his mistaken when “hang bang” went 381 ke shouted ‘and pull for your two being guns evidently at a distance of about v ou Ives have barely time to save them’ s o( a mile from where we stood A ve you captain’ shouted the crew “In my best preserve’ roared the squire evnuot 30 will save you’ ‘No my lads “in the very place — hang ’em” Down went The captain muist be the ia(l “ impossible window the “Ill let ’em know” Jangle UiiUl to leave Ida Pusii off I gay ship beLL “Youll come with me went the hn°Jt and pull vigorously or all will perish jangle p Bob?” ' and God bless you all’ Ue oars fell into the water the men “Of course” said I “But what are you polled tfia will and as that heroic man warned going to do?” not a moment too soon We were not to dor he “Why take 're than fifty yards from the ship when the the“Going vagabonds to be sure Here Thomson” UP with a tremendous explosion he shouted to the butler “my shooting jacktoe boats rocked fearfully and it was God’s et and bat— my boota too’ fie roared after lair white flowers of LKh Mid trust U MONDAY (Signed New York 17 A Commercial fpecsal nays many Congressmen regard the finance bill with apprehension fearing to entrust the fcecreUry of the Treasury with power to inflate the currency at his discretion Washington 17 The following has been received from Admiral Porter: the fire “Humph’ said Jack ( Presently the squire tripped up and went sprawling into the bushes I helped him to pick himself up and we were both muttering anathemas upon the darkness when we heard a sharp crack as of a dead branch snapped by a passing footstep and then the rustling of underwood us though somebody were forcing a way through “Now Bob!” Haul my friend as turning in the direction of the sound he groped his way on I wished myself anywhere but where I was but there was nothing else for it so I pushed on after him fully determined to have the first cut at any body 1 met I had but little scuffle time for thought for there was oaths blows and then a great brute of a fellow came at the pain I hit at There was no stopping for conversation and following out my preconceived determination I hit at him and the bludgeon came down thug upon the fellow’s shoulder He roared out an oath and in a moment my left arm fell numbed to my side all thoughts of cowardice vanishing with me like a bull him single stick fashion and it was give and take with us for the next five minutes The fellow must have bad an iron skull for I know I caught him over it five times and ia return received several nasty blows and a cut on the forehead from which a comfortable warm stream began to flow' Just in the height of the conflict I heard some one come panting and blowing behind me and dreading a new enemy I made a desperate cut at my adversary TO UK OOVTIXUED There are twelve million women in France Quite a family for one man PORTER Flag ship Malvern off Fort Fisher 14 I have the honor to inform you that operations have been resumed against forts at the entrance of Cape Fear river Since the first attack on that withdrawal of the troops place and the subsequent I have been employed in filling the ships with and coal The difficulties we have encountered no one can conceive All our work had to be done with the larger vessels anchored on the coast and exposed you may almost say at sea to violent gales that olow here almost incessantly On thesgales the enemy depended to break tip But we willsee We have gone our preparations through the worst of it We have held on through gales heavy enough to drive everything to sea and have sustained no damage whatever After the troops arrived the gale was very heavy As soon as the gale was over 1 got under way on tig 12th and forming the mael in their lines with the tranqorts in company I steamed for Fort Fish- On the morning of the 13th the fleet took up its station in three lines close to the beach Boats were sent at once to take off tho troop These were landed with about 12 days’ rations at about 2 time I pnrsaed a different plan in atpm This tacking the rebel works I sent in the new Ironsides commanded by Eudford leading the monitors Sangem CanonjcusMooJuock andMakopoc At 7:30 am the forts opened on them as they approached but they quietly took up their old pdf' tion within 1000 yards of Fort Fisher When ready they opened their batteries and in this way tempted the enemy to engage the monitors that we might see what guns they had and seeing where they were be able to dinmonnt them by our fire Quite a spirited engagement went on between the forts and the ironsides and monitors It was soon apparent that the iron vessels had the best of it Traverses began to disappear ami the southern angle of Fort Fisher commenced to look very dilapidated The guns were silenced one after the other Only one heavy gun In the southern angle kept up Its fire which was not at all accurate as it inflicted no damage In the Iron vessels They were hit several tidies By way of letting the enemy know that we had some shell left In the wooden ships and did not in tend to take any unfair advantage of him by using iron vessels alone I ordered lino number one on the plan led by Capt Alden of the Brooklyn line number two led by Com Thatcher of the Colorado to attack the batteries Thin was done to the am-ruuniti- j ! Cairo 17 The Louisiana Legislature has elected Gov Hahn U S Senator for the term of six years after the fourth of March when Smith's term expires: Baltimore 17 Correspondence from Fort Fisher states that the troops under Gen Terry numbered about 1 0000 The pirates Tallahassee and Chickamauga were both iu the fight and were driven up the river Our gunboats went up the river on Monday morning The magazine in the fort exploded by accident on Monday morning killing and wounding 200 of our men New York 17 The Advertiser in an article on the defences of Wilmington says Fort Fisher has 72 guns Caswell S7 Johnson 10 St Phillip a Other works estimated at 30 We may consider the capture of all these works as now foregone The conclusion is that those south of Fisher are cut oft' and roust surrender on demand while those above oanuot hope to make a successful resistance against the approach or our fleet and array New York IS The Charleston Mercury of the 12th has an article which gives a most deplorable picture for tho cause of the Confederacy of the condition of the army in South Carolina It nays that the troopa are a herd of stragglers and outlaws under tho It adds the path we aro command of imbecile now travelling is straight to destruction The result of the next month wfll brtog thu Confederacy to the ground oi will reinstate to power Without reform we are doomed The Tribune’s Washington special says it is a well known fact that the taking of Fisber doea not stop the blockade running into Cape Fearriver Be ike s Island cqgmiaud the other entrance Rear admiralQ P Lee informs the Navy Department that a resolution will noon be introduced m the Alabama legislature recommending the return of the State to the Union Butler’s testimony before the committee on tbr conduct of the war lifts the veil which has closely covered many disasters and blunders in front of Petersburg lii testimony produced a profound impression and summonses wore issued for Grant and other high officials The Times’ special says Blair obtained part of his papers while in Richmond but ail idea of any other result arising from bis visit is now completely exploded The Times Savannah correspondent of the 10th says a special messenger left on the nth with dispatches from the authorities of Havannah to Gov Brown relative to the return of Georgia to the Union V i |