Show feete cl r cincinnati 16 the e geralds Seral heral ds special say says a admiral porter ter has senta sent a communication to the vivy avy department in which he responds V 0 some of butlers statement statements in regard ithe naval part of the expedition de dei i laying the attack on fort fisher and thus causing its failure butler started obi on the expedition before the naval fleet was fas ready to ci operate and thus by exposing posing his transports to the view of the enemy warned them of their danger he also charges that tile the army portion of the enterprise was got up in a very im military unmilitary manner gen butler states that he learned from deserters and prisoners that the supposition when the expedition was planned that wilmington was denuded of troops to oppose sherman was correct so that at the time of the arrival of the army oft off wilmington there were less kess than men in fort fisher and less than 1000 within 20 miles but the delay of three days in waiting the arrival of the navy and ana the further delay by tle the storm of the 2 dist 22 and gave lime ble bie for reinforcements to arrive from richmond and was the immediate g au se of the failure of the expedition ign uen grant endorses the report that it was vas never that butler I 1 should accompany the expedition gen gem bitzel eitzel being specially named as commander y washington 16 ve house concurred in the senate resolution terminating the reciprocity reaty ty I 1 pa a refugees concur in the statement a wat mat t sherman will move on branchville branch ville text dexl t week jk new york 16 e times temos special says the house kouse house li ommittee cittee on elections after a protract id session slon sion over louisiana have decided no noi not t to admit the members exe except ept opt from orleans ce the he tribunes washington letter says bels rebels beis have commenced arming the degroes negroes heir hegr ies bes and that it certainly is known Wy ashington that there are five black regiments in richmond I 1 the philadelphia pa I says since t lie the first explosion in uth dutch 1 gap canal two more explosions with good id results suits at the la lax explosion much of the dirt was hiow blown biown to the other side of the river the fr in the james is rushing through thermal with great rapidity and aromi sesto accomplish the desired result all head leit by the explosion h haafeen en carried away valley station col 16 tho r hundred indians burned four bundled ranches and one mail station items lettiere wetTie f etre vere re yesterday stealing a large cumber of sf horses and an cattle destroying a laig larg amount ant of df property r the tele g graph r i lne ine was torn down some distance 3 TT and the mite wire anre carried onn off th there was wa s csome 0 me fi fighting gIffing but the number killed is not at yet ascertained 14 new york 17 the Ir rt eralda special says blairs beairs sole business to richmond Bich rich mond was to recover a it number of important private papers title deeds ac his house by the rebel rebels when near washington ho he was very kindly received and had alfrank frank and free conversations with lenn jeff davis and a number of others but these resulted in nothing definite the correspondent in front of riehmond richmond bleh Bich mond says maj gen gibbon lately commanding the ad division of the ad corps has succeeded maj gen ord in command of ortho the 2 ath corps gen ord being placed in command commil ild iid of the james advises advices from hayti ann announce Qunce that prest geffrard Jeff rard has proclaimed that the revolution is vanquished and alid peace restored the death sentence passed on traitors has been commuted belfast me 16 two companies of the state deards guards arrived here yesterday and today to day proceeded to the battery in view of our recent canadian difficulties it is understood that the coast and frontier of T maine are to be prepared for emergencies and companies have been sent to castine and achim machias 51 washington Vas hington 17 the army bill as ig reported from the commit committee teb of ways and means appropriates the appropriation made last year for the army amounted to nashville 17 gen meagher arrived last night from chattanooga with several thousand veteran troops on tile the the army corps organized as a provisional division oll of the army of tennessee to join sherman at at savannah via new york k I 1 cairo 17 the louisiana Legisla legislature has elect elects ed gov halin hahn U S senator for the term of six years after the fourth of march when smiths ferm term expires new york 18 the tribunes washington special says baysy it is a well known fact that the taking of fisher does not stop the blockade running into cape fear river beikes jelkes isi tsi island nd commands the other entrance cairo 17 A severe gale was reported off the tho mouth of the rio eio grande on oh the uit the british bark john bull with a car ear cargo 0 of cotton was wrecked and is a total loss other vessels were considerably damaged fortress monroe 17 to the president the rebel bag flag of fort fisher was delivered to me on board the steamer spaulding off that place on yesterday morning the signed TERRY an acknowledgments and thanks for their theu gallant achievement was given in your name to porter and terry from whom the following particulars were obtained the troops arrived off fort fisher on the night of the and on the were all landed under cover of a heavy fire from the squat squadron ron and sance sauce was made by terry on the a strong defensive line against the ene mys forces coming from wilmington was established and anu held by men chiefly colored troops and an assault q was determined an assault was made on the at p m the sea front of the fort had been greatly damaged by the continuous and terrible fire of the fleet for three days the front was assaulted at the hour named by a column of seamen and marines 1 1800 isoo 00 stron ull uil der command of C capt apt ya breeze reebe pl they V ley reached the parapet but after a short conflict were checked and driven back in disorder and were afterwards placed in a defensive line jine taking the place of the brigade brought up to reinforce the assaulting party of troops although the assault on the sea side failed it performed formed davery a very useful part in diverting the attention of the enemy and weaken weaken ing their resistance to attack the troops on the other side the assault on the other and most difficult side of the fort was made by a column of of the old loth corps led by col curtis under the immediate supervision of gen terry the ene mys force in the kort fort fort was over 2200 the conflict lasted seven hours the works were so constructed that traverses afforded tile the enemy a new defensive po pox from whence they had to be driven they were seven in number and the tile fight was carried on from traverse to traverse for seven hours by a skillfully fully directed fire thrown in the traverse as one after another they were occupied by the enemy admiral porter contributed to the success of the assaulting column by signals between himself and terry at brief intervals tile the fire was so well managed as to damage the enemy without injury to our troops at about ten at night tile the enemy were entirely driven from the fort and forced down towards federal pol poi point ab followed by a bri brigade kide jide of our troops nb A about out 12 at night gen den whiting surrendered himself and command to gen terry unconditionally condition ally aily us its prisoners of war over 1800 the remainder of his force had been killed and wounded our loss is estimated at 7 or killed and wounded besides the naval loss which was slight not over killed kille and dand wounded not a ship or transport was lost col curtis is severely but not mortally wounded col bell died of his wounds on monday morning morning col moore and rend col lyman are killed col packer and col boddie are wounded on monday mornings morning the magazine of fort fisher exploded explode d kill kiil ing ana and wounding 2 or after the capture ot of the fort all the troops were withdrawn except one brigade in charge of the works gen hokes division reported at was at wilmington A portion of it was thrown into the fort not long iong before the assault and while it was going on a 1 I demonstration was made by hoke against our against our defensive line but cut it was found too strong for anything more than a skirmish at about 11 a m on the oth a heavy cloud of smoke was discovered over fort smith on the south side of the new inlet A naval officer commanding th that at station reported the enemy had fired their barracks and evacuated that fort the armament of fisher was 72 guns some of large calibre rifled and one armstrong gun the tho troops in tile the fort had rations for 16 days Their loss in killed and wounded is from 4 to gen whitin whiting had three wounds in ills his thi thigh i fali col lamb also who had gone int into 0 the fort with reinforcements and to relieve whiting on the is wounded on the lath everything was quiet as a sabbath day the dead leing being burled buried and the wounded placed in transports and field hospitals sherman renewed the movement of his ills force from savannah last week the and went in transports to beaufort on saturday the and rth corps under maj den gen blair crossed the port royal ferry and a portion of fosters command moved benhow gen howard commande com commanding mandi mandl that tha wing of the army reported on sunday anty that the enemy lia ila had abandoned his strong works on our front during saturday night blairs beairs corps now occupies a strong position across the railroad covering all the approaches east of pocotaligo signed STANTON new york 18 maximilian has written a letter to his ills minister Escude rau reaffirming ream reaf reaffirming firmin 9 his views as to the churek church church and announcing that though there is to be fulland full fuli and free toleration of religious opinion yet the tile state religion will be catholic A savannah letter says the union sentiment is increasing in consequence of tile the mildness of shermans Sher mans policy and gearas administration of affairs in the city no restrictions are placed place dupon upon trade trade trado except cotton and articles contraband of war shermans Sher mans policy is having its effect in the interior in southwestern south western georgia five counties have bave issued calls for union meetings therease Ther eare two daily papers dublis published lied in Savan savannah nali all sherman wi will I 1 allow st louis 19 the bill of rights was before the convention yesterday and ard the following section w was as passed we hold it to be self evident that all men nien were created equally free and endowed by their creator with obtain inalienable rights among which are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness ad that there cannot be in this state either slavery or involuntary servi servitude C except as a punishment for crime wherein the party shall be duly convicted 3 that no person can on account of ills liis color be disqualified disqualify as a witness or be disabled to contract or be prevented from acquiring holding and transmitting property or he be liable to any other punishment or any other of reneo renco than that imposed upon others for like offense or to be restricted in the exercise of religious worship or to be hindered in ae quiring acquiring education or to be kubicc subjected in law baw to any othen other othen other restraints or qualifications new york 19 A fort monroe correspondent says the rale nale baileigh I 1 1 i 9 t whig comes out openly for recon reconstruction str u e on owing to intestine troubles the interior of tile tiie eState th state is filled with deserters and outlaws the state militia have thrown away their arms and gone home new york 20 the posts special says blair left Washing washington tm for richmond doday do day taking the ibe steamer for city point it is believed that lie he is to have an interview with a prominent member of the rebel congress boston 20 the massachusetts senate voted this p m for a U S senator with the following lo 10 ing results henry enry wilson 37 J A andrew andre W 3 th the e sa s1 maine alne aine house hou se of representatives have unanimously passed resolutions in favor of ani amending ending the constitution of the tile united states and abolishing slavery in tile the house the senate joint resolution tendering the thanks of congress to gen terry and tile the officers and men of ills his command has passed unanimously A resolution tendering the thanks of congress to gen thomas and tile the officers and man men of his ills command for the skill and dauntless courage by which the rebel army was signally Ig nally defeated and driven from tennessee has been unanimously adopted the senate joint resolution of thanks to rear admiral porter and the officers seaman and marines of ills his command for the recent attack on fisher has been unanimously passed new hew york 20 tile the monitor patapsco was destroyed off charleston on tile the 1 ath while doing pilet picket duty by a rebel torpedo forty or nifty fifty aty of her crew went down with her 0 st louis 20 the democrat learns that the corps under gen schofield will soon jin join sherman via tennessee and ohio river and by rail to tide water thence by sea portress fortress monroe 19 the steamer blackstone arrived this a ni from fort fisher the latest news is that shortly after tile the surrender of tile the fort the rebels blew up eort fort cas well and other works defending the entrance to cape fear river at the time of railing sailing tile the smaller gun boats had entered the river and were actively engaged in searching for torpedoes preparatory to an advance against wilmington the rebels have destroyed the works on smiths island the admiral says he was at fort malakoff Mala maia koni kofi a few days after its surrender to the french and english and it would not compare either in size or strength with fori fort fisher new hew york 21 the aads correspondent says sherman had ills his preparations reparations for a new movement nearly completed the corps cords under blair and hatcha hatchs division of 14 Fosters army were in secure possession of the important position of rocq roco caligo hallib bridge on the charleston and savannah railroad tiie tile co corps aps would soon join them sherman had issued an order giving notice to farmers that they may inay visit savannah fernandina and jacksonville to exchange their produce prodie for supplies needed by their families and guaranteeing them protection in case they or any union citizens of georgia are moles tedy severd severe retaliation isto is to be visited on the rebels he also encourages tile the people to meet together and take measures measures for the restoration of the state and the national civil government m e nt several everal vessels were already loaded with captured cotton when NV llen lien a sufficient number were in readiness to sail they would be di dispatched northward under a strong gun gunboat boat convoy two or three unsuccessful incendiary attempts to destroy portions of the immense stores of the valuable staple have been made the times savannah correspondent of the says the tile left win wing of slier sher La mans mants army is moving from savannah on a line which the enemy may possibly ascertain for himself it is thought that tile the rebels will make a stand at ashens 30 miles south of charr Chark charleston ston continued on page pae g IN L continued from page 1291 1291 new york 21 the commercials special says the finance bill passed yesterday yes ferday gerday aut authorizing liori zin the issue of one hundred and two million million treasury notes which will at onee once be paid to thearty th the army earmy washington 21 admiral porter in his detailed rec I 1 port of the attack on |