sitvated a imtll werk whose guns throw
their missilea across the channel.! Next
cornea Fart Caswell, built by the United
States bcfara the war. It ii a work with
fite aides, three af them raouotiig gens,
about siztj all told. Tais work has been
strengthened recently, and is undoubtedly
a very formidable affair. Possibly the iron
cttds naj operate against this work.' Just
abore Fort Caswell is a email work, locat
od oa Battery Island." On the right a ml
aide ef the river coming down, js Fort
Johnson, situated at Smithville, and about
one and a half miles Iron Fort Caswell.
Abore this, at various points a the river,
are said to be batteries of various air.es,
bat mostly small and of little itupertaoce.
' On Pases.-The Washington Chronicle
(19th) has a liberal and creditable editorial
en the people of tie South, entitled " Wor
thy Thought." After asking the question,
if the people af the South are so tired of
the war, why eo they tight with such te
nacity? ltanswers it by a reference to
the social -influences and their hih sense
of honor. Havers that no gentlemen could
be more agreeable and no ladies more fas
cinating. It closes as follows:
Person?! honor was the absorbing pas
sion of the Southerner's life. The stan
dard msy have been faulty, but was rigid
ly adhered to. Suck men may be heartily
sick ef a strife, bnt they willuot abandoa
these engaged in it. They my long fur
the close of the war, but the will not de
sert their colors. Tbey majr deplore the
necessity for the dread onsets of forUra
battle-fields, bat once on them they will
ewaquer or die.
As deserters er willing' captives, they
know they will be ustracised from the
homes of the friends they love when the
contest is ever. Hence' the war will bo
continued end desperate battles be fought,
aatil, by common consent, the struggle is
regarded as utterly hopeless, or until such
terms are offered as tbey feel.at liberty to
accept
Shall we deal w'lth then as plucky, bat
erring brethren, whose seuse of honor, de
fective as we may think it, must be reject
ed, and whose pride of character should
not be broken down ; er shall we undertake
to regard thru as lawless, defiant rebel,
who ere to be bumbled, if not exterminat
ed?' Do we not want these couregeou
seen, these enduring, high spirits men. to
anito with us to laying broad aad deep the
teaadatiess of a democratic society that
under the iaspiration ef free institetiont,
shall throw $11 our past prosperity, bril
liant as it was, ia the shade ?
o t
Pnci. Most of ear Georgia exebaages
are urgiag the importance lor action on the
f artef the Coafederata Government or by
the States to stop the war aad secure!
peace by negotiation, i no alacoa con
federacy says;
Shall we coatiaae to Ight on, or oSa.ll we
begin teceit about aed ascertain if there
is ao method or mode by which this creel
and aadcsirnbte war cs'a be terminated?
la it policy, is it lo oar interest, to coa
tists the exiling of blood, tha expenditure
of trvBere'and the eafeebling of our Go
vernment, without ever asking directly
or enewy to stop this war aad settle the
2 uestie etkerw'ue that with the award?
eielr it it net Then whv, in the name
ef all that i good and just, d we not make
the piopositteu? Let t. either by State
or Confederate action, ask' a cessation of
liostilit.es, usd if that is graoted (and it i
folly to cry tliet it will be reteied, for no
one has any 'iafermatioa open the subject,)
a odjai'ment eia ba accomplished.
If, heTue.te:r independence end sep
aration U-?t',:&.,ao reot harm will have
been dese.sn- Xc ppl eftbe Suth will
then be ia fovar af a prosecution of the
war until tLi last Soathera cuaa sinks in
his ewo b'.zii. The tiroa for the proposi
tioa of this qesstioo has arrived, aad jus
tice to ka isaity and oer stfierieg people
demands t'tj?.t it akoold be dene.
Bat jsrkipi soma lover of discord and
eoeitatite, who is kaxious to misrepresent
koaett tut, aad to fabricste real hydra
assent ivtettere eat af imagiaary ones,
will r' us with being too comotfstive,
po.tiUr sk kneed; bet to all suck no
dorr faUttffs, we aay, have patieoce, aod
perhaps to year atjiBUjsat, yea will
leare. that sei ate truer ta tha caase tkta
yourself. '
K York pprs ef the 30th eaatatt a
leagthy oifieial repeii oi Admiral farter
about Die Wilwiagioa disaster. It opeas
with an eceeeof o iho anilieg f the fleet.
aad then a m!o tre psruculara ef a great
Joapowdcr plot ftr the klewiag ap ef Fert
flf lis b'mbardatiat ef Fort Fhhtr afiir
the failure of the gunpowder plot, the ad
miral says:
I regret, however, to have to report some
severe casualties by the bursting of six
one hundred-pounder Parrott cannon. One
burst on board the liconderoga, killing ait
ef the crew and wounding seven others;
another burst oa board the Yankee, killing
one officer and two men; another on the
Juniata, killing to officers, and wounding
and killing ten other; another on the
Mackinaw, killing one officer and wound
ing five men 5 another on the Q iaker City,
wounding, I believe, two or three ; another
on the Susquehanna, killing aod wounding
seven. I think the bursting of the guns
(six in all,) much disconcerted the crews
of the vessel where the accident happen
ed, and gave one and alt a great distrust of
the Parrott cne hnndred-poumlers, and as
subsequent events proved, they were'unfit
for sorrier, and calculated to 'kill more o
our nn ii. en than those of the enemy.
.Some of the esN were struck once or
twice. The Mackinaw had her boiler per
forated with shell, and ten or twelve
persons were badly scalded. The Oscela
wa struck with a shell near the magazine,
and Was at one time in a sinking conditio! ;
but her efficient cummander stopped up
the teak, while the Mackinaw fought out
the battle, notwithstanding the damage she
received. The Yankee was the only vessel
which left ihe line to report damages.
The troops were landed i'i one hundred
small boats, and after making a thorough
recoanoistance of the Fort both General
Weitrel and the Admiral were fully .f the
opinion that the pla:e could not be "carried
bv assault, as it w& left substantially no-
injured, as a tfetenstve wora, oy the navy
fire.
The exploits of the laad farces may be
thus summed op, is recounted by their
commander Maj. Gen. Bnj. F. Butler in a
tetter addressed to Admiral Porter. They
captured FUg-Poad Bltery and its garri
son, consisting of sixty-five men and two
commissioned officer; and Half Mono
battery with a garrison of two hundred and f
eigat men of '.he 3d IM.t;. Junior Reserves
and even officers.
Thelatter adds that Gen. Weitzell'ad
vaneed bis skirmish line within fifty yards
of the frit, captured a horse; killed abrar-t
er of diptches to Gea. Whiting, and
brought aay a flag from the parapet of the
fort. Fiadior that the fort cealfl only be
reuuesa oy rega'ar siege operaiioos, in
view of the threatening aspect of the weath
er, thev were ordered to re-embark. Bat-
m ..
lev's engineers aod officers report Fort
Fisher as substantially uaiojsred as a de
dam, work. .
i
The Fall or CLtiraxa. -Ve take a
mournful pleasure ia endorsing nhis brief
but lisadioase tribute from the Montgom
ery Mail to the gsllant heroic Cleburne.
A nobler tod braver soldier never breath
ed the atmosphere of the bottle-field tbta
Mijor General ratnek CIcbaree. who fell
in the fight a H.irpeth Creek. Gea. Cle
burne's history, cUil and military, fs toe
well known, to require a biographical
sketch at our hands. He was an lrithmia
by birth, and a Southerner by adoptisa a
soldier from cboiseaad by education. He
served whea juiteayeath.il the British
service, where wss inculcated those sol
dierly qualities of diseipliae aod training
which have rendered Kim distiogoiabed ia
the present war. uhea he nrst emigiated
to this country he settled in Arkaisis,
where he studied and practiced law, snd
in that profession -had, previous to tbe
straggle, formed a partnership with t ie
present Maj.uea. madman.
Whea the war commenced, Le ealisted
as a private, was made Csp'sia of his com
pany, was arterwartis elected Colonel or
his regiment, snd from one grade teaaoth
er gradually rase to the position he held
at the time ef bis tan. Amoor his contem
poraries he was distinguished for his stl
dierlv oailities, and For a cerrcctnesi of
judgmeat ia the council of war and epsa
me neia or action, wnice gave nit opinion
great alight aad iafiocace. lie endeared
himself to his devoted troops, aad woa the
admtratisa aad repsctof every aoUier ia
tkeermv.bv kisattentiea te their ireeril
welfare aad by hit gallant bearing'epea the
field, aad his ceol and intrepid behaviour ia
the hour ef battle. , The eoaatry has ast
sastnaed a greater lass state the death of
laelsttieated Jacassa. I he Army el lea
aosfie anoerai the lost of iti right arm,
which has twice laved it freae disaster,
rue Cwafsdsracy we e;i tver the leriis
ferae af ktf adapted na.
UILLSIiftROUGU, N. C.
irettnvsdns-, January 11, 1SC5.
Btaaips of trees rasy hi diitroyed by
beriav hole ia the eeatre of the ataeip ia
the fall, tea iochti deepnd filling it with
vitro!. It wUl rit tkt aUaia by ipr'ttg.
TalE RIETfS.
The .paat woek' hat furninhed ut with very
newt of importance. Gen. Lee't lines in Virginia
have keen quiet for tome time. Con. Earlt cavalry
forcei in upper Viiginia have had iodw tkirmihos,
hut the condition f the rotd now pe vent opera
tiunt. The Yonkeee tUtckfd Suliville tume days
go, injuied Iho titltwerkt and dettreyed contidera- j
Me tilt, bvt did nol bold he place. Il will lake :
m.MiUi ta repair damage. Geo. Brtkiur.die bs
had tome engagemente with the enewy in Wiiern
Virginia, in which the enemy wet w iM.cd.
Since Slierman'e enhance tnln Savannth hut lit
tle hat occurred lo develop hit inteoJwl mot epontt.
h it titled thai he ht ihrown a purtiuu of bit iroop
aeerots the 8avannah rivtr. and that a at.wng columo
wa advancing upon Braochvilie.S. C. The dkn
cvtof Charleaton are being tlrisngibeneJ, io antici
pjlion of an aitaok.
iv .porl haj Ueen in circulation of iho death f
lit-a. Hood ud of Geo. Forietl, tut oeithor of them
have bien cotifinoeJ. I -
The dealt of (ion. Sterling Price hit IJ hern
nnouiiued, and it generally believed wU Uue. Ii i
miJ E'e died ajddt-nlv of apotiUiy.
It ia enJerttoad that Ueu. Lee run hceo apjointed
Gneu in Chief, an I wdl bere:ler h iv dirrvi ceo
tro! of our iml tarjaffjira ni all point.
(Jen. Jeieph C. Jhoi-m. it ia taiJ, b been ap
poiwitd t Ue eommaud of lh army of Tonne.
Gen. D. H. Hill pMi lU.ougn UbarUi oo tiie
tOih oil , under order te rep.nl lo General Ueaur
gardlt CbarleMoo.
Tnereis oae gratifyie reslt of the fail
are of the eaemy here w huh may be al
most as valuable in its mirul effect as the
rale of hit vatt anntJu wis in its mill-
tary censeriueneea. If tie Utier be sad
the latt remaining srapjrt ol the Confed
eracy, the first ha dene mech o' rettoie
the spirits and confifence of our people,
(t has keen the turning-pointto a long suc
cession of disisters. It l.as shown what
tan be done wben peop!e are determmed
that it4'ite tlnie. It shows u that wo
ere neither deprived of help from Provi
alence, nor reudered incapable of helping
oarselves. Tne i.ews from MTilmiagton
wit immediately felt at ftithmHd. Pend
ing the attack here gold distppsared as to
tally ia Richmond aa it did hire. As soon
as the repulse of the eaemy brcame knew,
it begaa te crawl tim'uliy f'frth, at grade
allv decliaing rates, although fcaifolly et
trevigaat. Gold went tip somewhat ia
New York. It will probably go op etiii
farther W lulng Un J$rnL
. . f ""' ..
CONGRATL'LATORV ORDER FROM UN.
BRAGG.
The following order from Cea. Bragg,
congratalatiag the troops en the sucrefrl
difcace ef Fert Fisher, has beea pooiithed :
llead Qiertere Department IN. C, )
VTiImicgtod, Dec 39, IISI.
Giisait Oaosat,?
'.17 $
TheCommaadingGeaeral drslres to con
gratulate tne officers and men eegtged ia
the riceat operation! near this place on
their successful termination. Oat of the
molt formidable eipedttton yet organ !.!
by the eaemy aa itapotia,; lorce t Vete
ra u troops supported by a fleet tarrying
ever five haadred guns, has acceiaplnbodl
no ether object thao a truitlcts hn ling n
a barrea coast, followed in forty-eight boors
by ahuty re embarkation.
mm. I a - J .- . i
lnit aaspicioes result is oae, aotier a
mercifal Providence, te the skill of Major
Geaerol Whiting, who planned the defen
ces at the mouth of ihe Cape Fear, to the
gallantry and endurance of Col. Lamb and
the brave garrisoa of Frt Fisher under
bis immsdiate command, worthilv second
ed by Lieut. Chapman of tke fiavy and
bis devoted seamen serving Battery Bucha
nan, sad the steady col ei with which
Br gsdier General kirklsnd, with a part ef
his brigade, caeckod the advaice ef vastly
aaperter a embers ef the eoemy.
Thoi another gigsatic effort of a power
fal eoeaty has ceiae to osvght, bat aot
without affording as profitable lettoni. The
aacccstfsl defrnee of Fort Fnher, sgaiatt
eae ef the most formidable nival arma
ments ef modern times, proves that the
eperierity ef land batteriei over ship
ef war,. st eae time threatened by the i
prevemeats in artillery aadthipsrmor.has
beea re-eotobtieHed by the gtmas of the
eagiaiir t aad tke weaker party oa the de
f;aive may etitl defy the gtater aamberi
aad ntchaaieal resoarc! ef aa arrogant
ii viler. Let kipc that the thick which
the enemy haa received at the mouth of the
Cape Fear may prove the barbinzerof a
renewed nertea ei Uo.niederate victories! v
Bv order of General Brse:
(Signed,) . ARCHEit ANDERSON. ;
A. A. Gcneiat.
It is estimatad that' over 20,000 shells
were thrown iato Fort Fisher during the
late bombardment. Oue thing t certuin,
tht the most formidable fleet ever fitted .
vj pj iisiiwH, mi wrrii uiBConillieil,
put to "grief," end itsnhattered rragiaento
hurled back whence it came; end North
Carolina may justly feel proud that her
soldiers accomplished the feat, standing
epon their own soil. trogrtu,
Goixo Up.- The Wilmington Hail Jour.
nal has putitasupscoiption to 910 a month.
are charged ti per square. The Clumb'u
I 'L . t. - . - .. i . t .1
auu iiincniq papera wan aevancru meir
rates to SSO a year, aad their adverliaing
rates to $5 per square.
Firk at CHAOLorre. Charlotte, Jao. 7.
A terrible conflagration eicorred here
his morning about three o'clock, originat
ing in the Pay innater'a depaltmenl, adjoiu
ing the North iud Sotitli Carolina ilejxti
ahrd, mIucIi, together with the adjoining
wanlioue were burned to the grvuud. A
vital amouotui alorrs were cousuaaeU. lea
meu are uppoieU to have Wen burned. ,
FitOM CUAKl.E-iON.
Charleatoii, Jan. ; l"e vuemy ia oa
known force cid New River wo the
road tu t tahuit ille loia-woming. Oar
Ibicra have umnl the Ondg acroa New
Kivtr- The uiaiu body la null believed lo
be in the ucigUberbou. Wiii ler it wotch
tiig hit mowincuia i4ih ore uolyei fully
developed. ' ,.
FROM UL'tNCftAL 11JGD.
Uichmoud. Jan. 8 Geo. Hood reports
Irvui Spring ililt, Derrrooer t7, that ni ln
mtiruing or the I5tfi, lu Irwtit wf '! ille.
the enemy attacked both lUnit of hit or
my. They were repultd o.i the rig'U wtt i
heavy I oit, hot tnwardt cveiiiiig rHey tliote
in lua iufdintry uotpott n tu Ut dank,
Karly on l 16 h the eurmy U'ade a j;--ucal
t(ck n lua entire tu.e. All ineir
assaults were htuUmchr rrpulted witii
heavy us hntil tnrte ud ImII p. Uu,
when a prtiit oi oar iii to tell ol centre
... . . . I. ...
e - - - -
give way aiali po.uu. Ujr nw-pt rctrral
ing rapidly, fill piece ot rtilcry aod c
vcrtl or Juance wagoua were left uy o toat
oay. Our lo io aJleU'ood wounird a
herstsfore, toiill ; in pnourr aot aacer
famed. Mijer'lin. til. jo.inaoo, IJrigv
dier Gent. 1. B. Sauiti end II. K. Jackteo
ere cplareJ.
FRO'4 THK NttKTH.
Kickmond, Ja. 6 I'he Ihltimore A
merieao (eveniag ediiioa; of tke 4th, ls
been received.
The two Bair have returaed 16 iVsH-
iagtoa. Grant refatin to pas them lUrongri
hi lines without aiihojtv from the Preaf
dent or .Xfcrotary Wor.
A dwjiaUh lr I levator aytStradaiao,
in comiiMod of conderable cavalrv force.
hail crod i i f cattfo ia vurnit f
lleod, who a rni'iiv letreating. .
Gov. Fenton t niitge'iited at Albany
to day. lie iiurd o prveUmatin j whirH
he says the war for tne ptescrvation of the
Uttioa must continue aulil tee It enemy
to the national support shall be subjugated.
Ihe American nsyi a letter from d'ler
a a t . . .
man, dateil zout ait, states that large
portion of his army is in motion. The re-.
tells ef hie present operatives promise to
be very important.
K iriea i advices ep te (he 25'.h receiv
ed. Taw lj,e of Ueme, in rctpenve to ihe
Coafe lerato maafesti, applauds too patri
otic sentiments expressed t'lerem, and de
plores a further contineance of ni bloody
struggle. He will not fail, he says, to
nvaii himself of every fiverahli oppertuai-
ly lo urge peace.'
Aoguoia, Jan. 7. The (Jkronide and
fleaimol has received the Federal Svan
aab Ceorgien of the 21, which contains
Sherman's general order te the cenlroliag
officers at pott. Il is liberal and concilia
tory, ami declares that families will not be
disturbed, churches, schools, and pUcss of
amusement allowed, aad taeclueica aod
tradesmea allowed the free ate of ahepi.
fats, &c Unoccupied homes are taken
for military visa. The Mayor and Coin
cil continue ia exercise their faactioni.aad
citiiens are required ta ahoese at aate
hither tkey will stay or depart in pace.
Toe aewspspira are allowed, bjt forbid
den to make cemmetU en the cily eather
t s. Tha Fire Ucartmaat.lad a gisnd n-