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During, the last week' the public anxiety
respecting this .enterprise was tantalized by
conflicting rumors, coming mainly through
rebel sources, and none of them very cheer
ing. The particulars of the first attack upon
Fort Fisher, the outer . guard of the city, are
now known, and they involve, as will be seen
below, a grave question respecting the gene
ralship of the land forces, which under
Generals Butler and Weitzel accompanied the
expedition. 'The elements, however, were
not propitious, a storm having so scattered
the fleet as to put back operations four or
five days 'behind tht programme, thus en
abling General Lee to' send in a strong rein
forcement.
The first attempt upon the fort was a novel
effort to demolish it by the.concussive power
of the explosion of a monster torpedo boat,
disguised as a blockade runner, apparently
chased by the fleet, and making for the fort.
All worked well up to the point of explosion.
The fuses were fired, and the men safely off.
She ran up to within two hundred and fifty
yards of the fort, and then sea and land were
shaken by one of the most terrific explosions
ever heard. The result was two hundred and
fifty tons of powder gone, and the fort tough
and solid as ever.
This was on the morning of the 24th. It
was immediately followed by a furious bom
bardment from the fleet, doing various severe
injuries;
but at the closing in of night, the
strength of the fort was not seriously im
paired. All this while the transports con
taining the land forces were detained from
landing, and hence were not in co-operation.
The next day the bombardment from the
fleet was renewed, and the land forces, after
some delay, succeeded in landing and taking
a battery on the beach upon which they
hoisted the Union flag. But on feeling the
strength of the enemy, the assault was aban
doned, and they returned to their boats. The
fleet thus failing of their co-operation, which
was an essential feature of the project with
drew, not to abandon the enterprise but to
await orders from Washington. The trans
ports with the land forces returned to Hamp
ton Roads. We append the following corres
pondence, as furnishing all the light which
we now have,' respecting the causes and the
responsibilities of the failure—a failure which
there is good reason to hope is only tempo
rary, and which was attended by only a few
losses.
GENERAL BUTLER TO ADMIRAL PORTER.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIR
GINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, Dec. 25.—Ad
miral: Upon landing the troops and making
a thorough reconnoissance of Fort Fisher,
both General Weitzel and myself are fully of
the opinion that the place could not be car
ried by assault, as it was left substantially
uninjured as a defensive work by the navy
fire. We found seventeen guns, protected by
traverses, two only of which were dismounted,
bearing up the beach and covering a strip of
land—the only practicable route—not wide
enough for a thousand men in. line of battle.
Having captured Flag Pond battery, the gar
ison of which—sixty-five men and two com
missioned officers—were taken off by the
navy, we also captured Half Moon battery
and seven officers and two hundred and eight
men of the Third North Carolina Junior
Reserves, including its commander, from
whom I learned that a portion of Ffoke's di
vision,
consisting of Kirkland's and Hop
good's
brigades, had been sent from the lines
before Richmond on Tuesday last,.arriving
at Wilmington on Friday last.
General Weitzel advanced his skirmish line
within fifty yards of the fort, while the gar
rison were kept in their bomb-proofs by the
fire of the navy, and so closely that three or
four men of the picket line ventured upon
the parapet'and through the sallyport of the
works, capturing a horse, which he brought
off, killing the orderly, who was the bearer
of a despatch from the chief of artillery of
Gen. Whiting, to bring a light battery within
the fort, and also brought away from the
parairt the flag of the fort. This was done
while the shells of the navy were falling
bout the heads of the daring, men who en
ered the work; and it was evident, as soon
as the fire of the navy ceased because of the
darkness, that the fort was fully manned
again, and opened with grape and cannister
upon our picket line.
Finding that nothing but the operations of
a regular siege, which did not come within
my instructions, would reduce the fort, and
in view of the threatening aspect of the
weather, the wind arising from the southwest
renderingit impossible to make further land
idg through the surf, 1 caused the trooops,
with their prisoners, to re-embark; and I see
nothing farther that can be done by the land
forces. I shall therefore sail for Hampton
Roads as soon as the transport fleet can be
got in order.
My engineers and officers report Fort
Fisher to me as substantially uninjured as a
defensive work.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
BENJAMIN F. Bimrm,
Major General Commanding.
To 'Rear Admiral Poster.
ADMIRAL PORTER TO GENERAL BITTLER
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, UNITED
STATES FLAGSHIP MALVERN, OFF NEW
INLET, N. C., December 26, 1864.—General:
—I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of this date, the substance of
which was communicated to me by General
Weitzel last night. I have ordered the
largest vessels to proceed off Beaufort to fill
up with ammunition to be ready for another
attack in case it is decided to proceed with
this matter by making other arrangements.
We have not commenced firing rapidly yet,
and could keep any rebels inside from show
ing their heads until an assaulting column
was within twenty yards of the works. I
wish some more of your gallant fellows had
followed the officers who took the flag from
the parapet, and the brave fellow who
brought the horse out from the fort. I think
they would have found it an easier conquest
than is supposed. Ido not, however, pre
tend toplace my opinion in opposition to.
General Weitzel, whom I know to be an ac
complished soldier and engineer, and whose
opinion has great weight with me.
I will look out that the troops are all off
in safety. We will have a west wind pre
sently, and a smooth beach about three
o'clock, when sufficient boats will be sent for
them. The prisoners now on board the San
tiago de.Cuba will be delivered to the Pro
vost Marshal at Fortress Monroe, unless you
wish to take them on board one of the trans
ports, which would be inconvenient just now.
I remain, General, respectfully your obe
dient servant, DAVID D. PORTER,
Rear. .e.:dmiral,
To Major General B. F. Butler, command
ing, &c., &c.
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New Orleans dates of December 22, by way
Cairo, states that an expedition under General
Granger, in considerable force, landed at Pas
cagoula on the 15th, and pushed rapidly on
towards Mobile. A brief skirmish occurred
on the 15th, near Franklin Creek, and the
rebels were quickly routed. Many of the
people rejoiced at the sight of the Union
forces. The navy rendered valuable assist
ance to the troops in landing. Two tin clad
gunboats have just gone up the Pascagoula
river thirty miles, and everything is progress
ing favorably. Refugees report .but 5,000
militia in Mobile, and that a strong Union
sentiment prevails there.
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Hood's army is still north of the Tennessee.
Gem. Stoneman,
Gillem and Burbridge, have
returned from their raid into South-west
Virginia, 'having captured 250 prisoners, 13
guns, engines, ears, stores, &c., and destroyed
valuable lead and salt works. Gen. Ganger' s
expedition was 30 miles from Mobile, Dec.
19th.
TILE steamship North America, of this city,
on the way from New Orleans to New York,
foundered on the 22d of Dec., with loss of
197 lives, principally sick soldiers.
DEATH OF GEORGE M. DALLAS.—The
announcement of this event, in the papers
of Monday morning, took us by surprise,
as it was only two or three days since we
had noticed him on the street, Woking, as
we then thought, hale for his years. He
died on Saturday morning. Mr. Dallas was
a man generally and deservedly esteemed
for personal qualities.! Though never as
signed the front rank in statesmanship, his
qualifications in that line were far from indif
ferent, and the high honors which at one time
and another he received froni the country,
were secured in a manly way; without resort
to demagogueism. His official career com
menced when, a young lawyer, he was
made private secretary to Mr. Gallatin,
Minister to Russia. Subsequently he was
appointed United States Attorney for this
district; then chosen United States Senat,or
from Pennsylvania, and afterwards sent
abroad to represent the Government at the
St. Petersburgh Court. Silas Wright de
clining, he received from his party, (the
Democratic,) the nomination for the Vice-
Presidency, to run in connection with
James K. Polk, and was elected. As pre
siding officer of the Senate, he gave the
casting vote which carried the abandonment
of the protective policy and established a
revenue tariff. His last public service—
one where his polished breeding and social
urbanity were eminently serviceable—was
that of United States Minister to the Court
of St. James, during the last Presidential
Administration. Since then, until the event
now recorded, he has lived in retirement in
this his native city, enjoying a respect fOr
his personal
,virtues, which, as far as we
know, has never been forfeited in the wiles
and strategies of party politics. We are
not aware that he has taken any decided
stand in the important issues of the present
times;, at least we are not award, as we
gladly would be, that like his illustrious
Democratic compeer, Lewis Cass, he had
given his strong and ripe influence in such
unequivocal form as to make it a felt power
in support of the Government.
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tions to the Capital Stock received at the Offices of the
Company,
Ntis. 23 dc 24 WASHINGTON BITIKAING,
South THIRD Street, and at the office of
PHILIP H. ERICH & CO.;
3051 WALNUT STREET.
I WILLIAM McCOIIOI4
$1,000,000,
fit timtpaitiro.
THE JERSEY \YELL OIL CORPAIY,
$250,000 Slums, at $2 Per Share.
PRESIDENT.
DR. ALBERT G. EGBERT,
Of Venango ,9ounty
VICE-PRESIDENT
AI3RMEUM MARTIN,
Of Philadelphia.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
WTITJAM M. BARLOW,
Of Ledyard & Barlow, Philadelphia.
THREE PER CENT. PER MONTH
$500,000.
DIRECTORS.
DR. ALBERT G. EGBERT,
Of Venango County, Pa.
SAMUEL GRIFFITH,
Of Mercer County, Pa
WILLTAM G. ROSE,
Of Mercer County, Pa
WILLIAM M. BARLOW,
429 Chestnut street.
EDWARD E. JONES,
No. 631 Arch street
In calling the attention of capitalists to this
enterprise, the Directors have no hesitation in
expressing their belief that their return from it
will be more certain and more liberal than
from any new company now before the com-
munity. The property of the company consists
of the following:
No. 1. Three-eighths of the #orking interest
in the celebrated Jersey Well, on the Hyde and
Egbert Farm, on Oil Creek, with the acre of
land on which the well is located. This well
has been flowing since early in May, 1864, at
the rate of about three hundred and fifty barrels
daily, and is now flowing at that rate, thus
yielding to the company between fifty and sixty
barrels daily, worth, at present prices, twenty
thousand dollars per month, which will pay to
the stockholders in this company
More than 3 per cent. per Month
from the start. There is room on the land for
several more wells, two of which will be imme
diately commenced by the company, and in
which we shall have the same interest as in the
Jersey. The character of this property as oil
land is well known ; it is only necessary to say
that no well on it has ever failed in getting oil,
while it has already produced the Maple Shade,
the Coquette, and the Jersey.
No. 2. Twenty-five acres in fee on the east
side of the Allegheny River, opposite the mouth
of Big Sandy. This tract has about forty rods'
front on the river, and contains a large amount
of boring surface. Oil wells yielding largely
are found near this property; among them the
}Tubbs, the Hoover, &c. The company intend
to proceed at once to develope this fine pro
perty, and feel sanguine of success.
No. 3. A lease of fifteen years on the Wm.
.B. Wilson Farm, on Slippery Rock, Run, in
Lawrence county, Pa.
Nos. 4,5, 6,7, and 8 are also leased on Slip
pery Rock Run, containing four hundred acres
in all. They were obtained in 1864, by Dr.
Egbert, and continue for fifteen years from
their date. They secure to the lessees all the
oil and o* minerals contained in the several
tracts, with the right to divide and sublet, with
all other rights and privileges connected with
the business of mining for oil, coal and other
minerals, 'and reserve a royalty of only one
eighth of said oil or Minerals.
The Slippery Rock Territory is a new and
only partially developed oil region; but the
success already obtained there and on the Ma
honing River, a few miles west, together with
the large quantities of oil found north, south,
east, and west of it, leads us to hope that it will
prove a successful oil region.
The company have already an excellent
engine, tools, and all necessary fixtures on the
ground, with a well partly down, and shall
proceed to develope the property as fast as
possible.
These lands and leases were all selected for
the oil purposes by the President of this com
pany, whose great success in the oil business,
sterling integrity, and force of character are too
well known to require comment here.
Subscriptions received at the office of
LEDYARD & BARLOW,
No. 429 CHESTNUT STREET.
Only a Limited Number of Shares are
For Sale.
PHILADELPHIA