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*GEN; BUTLER'S REPORT OP TACK ON FOUT FISHER.

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CITY POINT. Va.. Jan. 7 186/5. \ Bvn. E.M. Stanton, Stc'y of Warl

DEAR SIR :*-fcivre$itb I have the honor to forward Maj. Geu B.°F. ButlerV and his subor­

dinates reports of the * xp* dition agaiust Fort Fisher, N. O. As the report or R ar Admiral Porter has been published in the papers, I would respectfully rt quest that Geh Butler's •report, wn.h all papers accompanying it, be given to the public. VVry respectfully,

' - Y o u r ob't servant," U S, GRAXT, Li«jut. Gen.

HSiDQGARTgPS ARMIES OP V A . AND N . 0 . Y HiADQiH. A P M Y ' i F UHS J A M K S . >•

ij." THK FIHLD. Jau. 5, A865. } To Li tut, Gtn Grant:

(jfKKTflftiL :—()*> the 7th of Dec last, in-obe­dience to your ordets. I moved 6 500 effectual men, conn-tog of Gen. Arms' Div. of 24th Corp*, and Gen Pajn^'s Div of 25th Corps, Ui.der command of Maj Gen Weitzel, to an en­campment near Bermuda.

On tue 8;h the troops embarked for Fortress Monroe.

O i the 9'tb I reported to Rear Admiral Por-t-l that the army portion of the conjoint expe-diuoft directed .against Wilmington WHS ready •to prpef-ecj. We WAitsrd there Saturday, Sun d;i* &i,d MuiKt «.y. th«- i-0 h, 11th ami 12th.

O-r. *h=? I2m R--.it Adttmal Porter informed me iht fl.st would sai. on the ISth, but would be eoitged to put into Beaufort to take on am-ffiUTiitioo for the monitors.

Tt"; expedition having become the subject of rewurk. fearing test its destination should get t o the jnemj , iu order to direct from it all the attention, on Tuesday morning the 13th, at 3 o'clock, I ordered the transport fleet to pro C"«-d up the Potomac during' the day to Wat-kit> Polo i. ?<> <*» to be plainly visible to the scout? uiu\ signal c:en of the enemy on the northern nt-cK. and then retrace their course at n;phi a>. d anch-r uiidt-r the lee of Gape Charles

Having given the Navy 36 hours ptart, at 12 o'cbx'k tsOi>n th<- 14 h, Wednesday. I joined the trauppo: t Q > t ufi Cap-, -Henry and put to sea. a iming at the pltu^ ot rendezvous-, New Inlet n^ar r or| Fisher, ou the evening of Thursday the 15. a.

We taere v?aiied 'or ther Navy Friday the 16'h. Sehmidy the 17th and Sunday the 18th, daring waien days? we hud the finest possible Wf^cht-?, !4-! ) ih" smooth st seas. On the even-ia,j? of «be 18-. h Admiral Porter came from Beau-for* t o t h e p i - tee 01 r e n d e z v o u s .

"thv.i tvening the sea became rough, and on

thrown op in such a position as to give cover to the garrison by their bomb proofs.

At this tima we lost 10 men wounaed in tbe skirmish, line, by the ebella from the fleet.

Quitting my flagship I went on board the Cumberland, and run in within a few hundred yards of the fort, so that it was plainly visible, I t appeared to be a square-bastiened work of very high relief, say 15 feet, surrounded by a wet ditch 15 feet wide.

I t was protected from being enveloped by an asaaultiDg force* by a stockade which extended from the fort to the sea on the one side, and from the marshes on the Cape Fear to the sal­ient on the other.

No material damage to the fort as an effect ive work had been done. Seventeen heavy guns elose up to the beach.protected from tht Qre of the Navy by the traverse 8 or 10 feet hight which were undoubtedly bombproof. ' It wa? easy to maintain thig position, but the shells of the navy which kepj; the enemy in their bombproof8 would keep my troops out.

When these ceased falling the parapet was fuliy manned.

Lieu. Walling, of the 142d N. ¥.., pressed up to the edge of the ditch, and captured a'flag which had been cut down by a shell from the navy.

Mon<Mj, the 19th. tbe wind sprung up fres' so tb-'is it vs?t»s impossible to laud troops, and by c i t ies of A-dmira-l Porter communicated to me b j iex^r, I ordered the tiansports to rendez­vous so Beaufort.

This W-̂ 2 a necessity, for the transports coaled and watered for ten days, had already waited th$t t-rme, to wit, tiom the 9th day on which we 'were ready to ^ail to the 19 >h. *

On ?tic-8d;iy the 20;h, Wednesday the 21?t, T n u r f i & y 2 2 d , b r i d a y t h e 2 3 i , i t b l e w a aal*- .

J wr.« oc-Upie.'i in coaling and watering the transport fleut at B a.uhn t.

Tue Baltic bav.ng a large.pqpplj of c o a i ^ a s enaVded to remain at the place of rendezvous, with a biijiade of 1200 m-n on board, and G^n. Ames reported to Admiral Porter thai he would CG operate with him.

O i ! tb'3 2 3 d .1 s e a t C-jpt . C l a r k o f m y staff

from B-aufort oti the fast-sailing, armed steamer Chamb-TIAIQ to Admiral Porter to in­fo?---, hint on the evening ot the 24- h I would be «••£ =he rendezvous with t e transport ieet for the pur^o-^ ot eo-naieucing the attack.

At 4 o'clock, tm the evening of the 24th, I catne ia isi^ht of Fort Fisher, and found the N&VA] fieefc en^a:jp:i in bombarding it. The po-.vfior v-.j*?el having been exploded on the morning previous anout 1 o'clock.

Xhf.-,«r;o »>_'u Weitzel 1 arrauged with Ad-ra«r?.l to .cO'amf-nee the lauding under cover of tbe iiU'T-Ooatt* as early a-̂ 8 o'clock the nexf

morusi'.wC. a-* fro.i-n :n possible after the fire «f the IWd 11.11 and Half Moon batteries had be<'?J silin..ced. These are up the shore some two or thtee miles above Fort Fisher.

Admiral Porter wa? quite sanguine he had pilenc d sh-1 SUM-*-ot For: Fisher. He was then i , , . ,? . i -,i tit . t w u r e >-o, to r u n b y t h e f o r t i n t o

C'pe r ear m<r. and f'en the tr«.ops could land •>inl r.-o-id. t h - b tae 'n * itlM-.ut t h e l i a b i l i t y of

beUu? Veiled by the enemy's gunboats, the "ale-i'&^ie b-injr ften m the river.

Ii K- to ie r-Uieniber.d that Admiral Farra-<»•..• =isii f r. rv liefer taken a tort except by run^ Hi ; t.-,- »ud yiun.g it oif irom all hope of re-[,:,; c-ir.vit e.ri Fust Jtck^oo add Fort Morgan S.T' ti.;•,-' all cusemated tort* had been silenced by % u&ivl flie durin-g tbe.war, that if the Ad pliiai would put bis-snips in the river,, the ertfsy to-sid supply .acrosK the beach, as we had p r o v e d to FarragUt at Fort. St Pbiliips, that a» i-a.-t.tb-* blt*c'k.ide of Wilmington would be effectual even if «v>* did not capture the fort.

To tteit the A'ttnirai replied that he should pror*a»-<lv los-? a b>-it oy tbe torpedoes if heat-tetti ,te i to run by.

He wai reminded tJ-a-t the army might lose §00 rae.i Hi rbw a»-«*u.lt on tbe foit. and that the k>:*f' of tbe bo.it «ouid unfc balance in a money point of view, wi'h the lives of these meu. The Adciirnl declined going by and the expedition $3%$ deprived of that essential element Of sue

ce?H.

At 12* o'clock, M , of Thursday 25th, Captain Gle^vr commanding the covering position of the fl. et, repor;ed the batteries silenced, and his vesvel^ ia position to cover the landing.

The transport fleet following my flag ship, stood within 800 yards ot the beach and debark­ing was began. The landing was successfully effected.

Finding the reconnoitering party on shore could hob! the^beacb, I determined to land a foroe %ith which an. a-sault might be attempted

Brevet Brigadier Gen. Curtis, who deserves well for his gallant'conduct* immediately pushed op his brigade wi*bin a few hundred yards cap tsrfng U-ilf M'>oa battery, whote men were t aSeso f by the navy.

Tbts ekirolsb line approached to within 75

It is a mistake as was first reported to me thit any soldier entered the fort. An orderly" *as killed about 4 of a mile from the fort, and his horse taken.

In tbe meantime the remainder of Ames's division Captured 218 men and 10 commissioned officers of the North Carolina reserves, and other prisoners

From them I learned that Kirkland 's and Hapgoodrs brigades, of Hoke^ division, had left tlje front of the army of the James* near Richmond, and were within two miles of the rear of my forces, and their skirmishers were then actually engaged, and that the remainder of Hoke's division had come the night b-fore to Wilmington, and were then on the march. I learned that these troops left Richmond on Tuesday, the 20th.

Throwing the strength of Hoke's division, I found a force opposed to me out of the works superior to my own..

In the meantime, the Weather assumed a threatening aspect, the surf rolling in so that the landing became difficult.

At this time Gen. Weitzel reported to me that to assault the fort, in his judgment and the experienced officers of his command, who had a gkitmish line, with any prospect of success, was impossible.

This opinion coincided with my own, and much as I regretted the necessity of abandon ing the attempt, yet the duty waB plain, that no so strong a woik as Fort Fisher bad been taken by assault during this War, and I had to guide my experience on Fort Hudson with its slaughtered thousands, in the repulse assault and double. assault of Fort Wagner, Where thousands were sacrificed in an attempt to take a less strong work than Fort Fisher.

After it had coatin ted and fully as severe a fire, neither of the instances! have mentioned, had the assaulting forces ia its rear, as I had an army of the enemy larger than i- self. I therefore ordered that no assault should be made, and that the troop3 should re-embark.

While superintending the operations of this the firing of the fleet ceased instantly, the guns of the fort were fully manned and a sharp fire of musketry, and grape and cannister swept tbe place over which the column must have ad. vanced as the skermish line was returning. •

Working with what diligence we could, it was impossible to get the troops aboard before the sea ran so high as to render further em­barkation Or even the sending of supplies im­possible.

I lay by the shore the next day. Monday the 26 till 11 o'clock, when having made all proper disposition for getting the troops on board, I gave orders to the transport fl-?et, as fast as tbey Were ready, to sail for Fortress Monroe ia obedience to ray instructions from the Lieutenant General.

I learned from deserters and prisoners cap^ •tared, that the supposition upon which the Lt. General directed the expeditionj that Wilming^ ton had been denuded of troops to oppose Gen. Sherman was correct, that at the time the army arr'ved off Wilmington there were only 400 men in thf garrison of Fort Fisher, and: less than 1.600 within 20 miles, hn-t the delay of three day8 of good weatherj the 16th, 17fn atsd 18th. waiting for the arrival of the navy, and the further delay from the storm of the 21st, 22d and 23d, gave time for the arrival of the enemy from Richmond, three divisions of which were either there or on the road.

The instructions of the Lt. General to me did not contemplate a siege. I had neiher siege trains nor supplies for such a contra* !*eney. The emergency of possible delay for which the foresight ot the commander of the armies had provided had arisen, to wit : the large reinforcent of tbe garrison, with the fact that the Navy had exhausted their supply of ammunition in the bombardment, left me no alternative but to return With my army to the a- my ot the James. Tbe loss of Friday. Satur-d iy and Sunday, the 16th, 17th and 18th of December, was the immediate cause of the tailure of the expedition.

It is not my province to "suggest blame to the Navy for their delay of four days at Beau fort. I know none of the reasons Which do or do not justify i t ; it is to be presumed, there­fore, sufficient.

Trusting my action Will meet the approval of the Lit. General, this report is respectfully submitted. (Signed) BENJ. F. BUTLER,

Major General.

I regret to say that our loss, is severe, ee-! pecialiy in officers.

I atn not yet able to form any estimate of the number of casualties.

ALFRED H TEBRT,

BcevetMaj. Gen. Com'g Expedition. FORT FISHBR, Jan 16th 7 o'clock A. M.—Af­

ter a careful reconnoissance on the 14th.it was decided to risk an assault on Fort Fisher.

Paibe's division, witb Col. Abbott's* brigade, to hold our line already strong across the Peninsula, and facing Wilmington, against Hoke, while Ames' division should assault on the West end.

After three hours of heavy navy firing, the assault was made at 3 p. m., on the 15 th,

Gurtiss' brigade led, and as s e n as it was on the west end of the land front, i t ' was fol lowed by Penny backer's and the latter by Be 1 's

After desperate fighting, gaining fo*t by foot, and severe loss, at 5 j>. m. we had pos seession of about half the land front. d

Abbott's brigade was then taken from our line facing Wilmington and put into Fort Fisher, and pushing it forward, at 10 p.m. it took the rest o1 the work with little resistance* the garrison falling back to the extreme of the Peninsula, where they were followed and cap­tured :

Among others were Gen. Whiting and Col. Lamb both wounded.

I think we have quite 1 000 prisoners. I hope our own loss may not exceed 500, but

it is impossible to judge in the night. Among the wounded are the commanders of

the three leading brigades, Gen. Gurtiss bein-r wouiad< d, not severely, but Cols. Penny-backer and Boll dangerously,

The land front was a formidable one, the parapet in places 14 or I5 feet high. But the men went at it nobly, under a severe mUfketry fire.

The marines and sailors went up gallantly, but the musketry fire from the east end of the lanrj front Was so severe that they did not suc­ceed] in entering theVork.

The navy fire^n the work must have been severe, judging from the holes.

Many of the guns on the work were injured. How many there were On the point I cannot

say,, perhaps 30 or 40. 0 . % COMSTOCK,

Lieut. Col. and A. D. C , and Chief Engineer.

Another dispatch estimates the number ot prisoners at 2.500, and the number of guns at 72.

Gen. Grant telegraphs to this Department thalt in honor of this great triumph, at bieved by the valor of the combined gallantry of the aroriy atid navy, he has ordered a salute Of 100 guns to be fired by each ot the armies oper­ating a-gainst Richmond,

C, A. DANA,

Ass't See'y of War. FORT MONROE, Jan. 17.—To Hon. Gideon

Welles, Secretary of the Navy : The Atlantic just arrived from Wilmington. Fort Fisher and the works on Federal Point

ate in our possession. The assault was made by the army and

navy on Sunday afternoon, and by 11 p. m. the; works were ours.

indents. S. W. Preston and B. H. Foster of the navy were killed.

Our captures are 72 guns and. about 2.5f,»0 prisoners, and Gens. Whiting and Lamb, rebe ?•. are prisoners and wounded.

The Vanderbiit is on her way north with •dispatches,.

Two IMuch guns burst on the monitors. • E. F. NICHOLS.

PEACE MOTEMEN rS IN NORTH OLINA.

The following is a report ofBrnjajorityof the committee of the North. Carolina Legisiature to whom were referred a series or*re*blations..j entitled "Resolutions to initiate negotiations for an honorable peatfe :"

"T' e majority of the Joint Select Committee of the two Houses^ to which were' referred Se late resolutions No 4. entitled "Resolutions to initiate negotiations for an honrable peaces" report the same back to the Senate without amendment, and recommend that they pass.

"The majority of the committee believe that while every eff>rt is being made to increase and strengthen the army by the most severe drain upon the people, of men and means, these 'extreme requirements shoald be accompanied by some manifestation of an effort and desire 'O secure an honorable peace by all. other legitf uaate meaaurts.

Ci.mmisfioners heretofore tendered have been refused by the ttaited States upon the pretex thi,t their reception would imply a rt cognition of the Confederate Government^ as prelimiua ry. and that in case of a failure to agree'upon a treaty, such recoguitioo would nevertheless stand. These ref«oiut\ous seek to remove tbis obj -etion hy appointing commissioners on the part ot the States, whose civil existence and authority bave never been denied; but, at ttie same time, to make their tender and all power* d^pei dent on the action and adoption of the President. It is not proposed that these com­missioners derive any powers fiom the StMes, but ouly (hit th:y be tendered by th« President or a peace con ere nee, he giving to them sqch

powers and instructions as he may deem necessary and proper.

"JOHN POOL, Chairman, "A. C. COWELS,

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DEATH OF EDWARD EVERETT. BOSTON, Sunday, Jan. 15.

Edward Everett died this morning at 4 o'clock, at his residence on Summer-street, ot apoplexy. His age was 70 years and about 9 m-mthsi Mr. Everett addressed his fellow-eitiz-ns at Faneuil Hall on Monday last, in aid o! sending provisions to Savannah, and during the afternoon of that day, was present in court, in feferenee to a claim for damages against the Oity of Chariest own, for Overflowing a portion of his estate in Medford. by constructing a dam on Mystic River. On Tuesday he became at lected with quite a severe cold, but neither hi-triends nor himself deemed it Berious. Satur­day evening he appeared about as well as usual, aad retired to bed, declining to trouble any one to remain with bim. About 3 o'clock thin morning his housekeeper enx ;red his room, an<> iound him sleeping uatuially. An hour later ane was alarmed by bearing a heavy fall in his room, and lound him lying on the floor,, breath* ing heavijy. A physician w.vs promptly sum moned, but befo.e his arrival Mr Everett died

T e event was announced in nearly all' thf churches at the commencement of the morning service, and created a profound feeltug of Sad n e s s . S h o r t l y a f t e r n o o n t h e c h u r c h b e l l s of t b e

city and suburbs were tolled Mr. Everett's luueral will take place at noon on Thursday n xt, in the First Church, Rev, Rufus Ellis pastor. It is presu ned the state and city au­thorities will take part in the obsequies of thi great and good cit z ni,

RETD-BN OF BLAIR.—Hon. Francis P. Blair, rir, retmned to Washington on Monday aftei-noon, from Richmond, which place he lett oi. Sunday morning. Dispatches State that Mr. Blair was in consultation with the Presiden; 4tid Secretary Seward, toucbiug'a proposition ;rqm Jift Davi to send Peace Couimissiouers to VVasuiugtou Tbe Ricbmond Examiuer ot ^a-tusday gives as the current verdict oi the n -eult oi Mr. Blair's visit, that be and Mr. Davis h.id a. pleasant social chat, ai.d that at its close .VIr. Davis handed j ir . Blair a note to President Lincoln, in which be expresses a willingness't send peace co.mmii'sio^ers to Washington if the President will receive them, or he will receivt them it eent to Richmond by Mr. Lincoln.

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CONDENSED NEWS. ^ A letter from E. A. Eollins, Deputy Com­

missioner or the internal feevenue, announces, for the guidance of assessors, that the law -requires the income lists to be kept open for tbe purpose of public inspection.

—It is said that the clergy of Sarannah omit from the usual formula the .prayer tor the Pres­ident of the United States j and Glen. Sherman is reported to have said when one of these Rebel Episcopal divines called upon him to ascertain if be would be allowed to pray for Jeff* Davis : "Pray Jor Jef, Davis, why cer­tainly '. You ought to pray for him every day, for Jeff Pavis and the d—1 need praying for very much.1? *t.

- rBon. iHenry S. Foote, member of tbe rebel Senate fromi the State of. Tennessee, who re­cently declared his intention of leaving the Coniederaey* has been endeavoring to "carry out his purpose* He left Richmond a few days ago, in company with his wife, aad succeeded in reaching a place about fifteen miles south­east ot Alexandria. Here he was overtaken by rebel cavalry, ,and compelled to return to the rebel capital. His Wife was allowed to come Within our lines.

—•Richmond papers of the 13th Inst, chron­icle the arrival of *Ho'n. S. P. Blair in that city, but withhold the particulars, of his visit. They profess to regard his mission as an at* tempt on tbe part ot Mr. Lincoln to set the rebel Government wrong before the world, by proposing terms of peace which he knows they cannot accept, . - -

-*-The sloop-of-war San Jacinto, Capt. R. W, Meade commanding, was lost on the morning ot the 1st inst., on a reef off No-Name Key, on the Bahama Banks. Every effort was made to get her off by running anchors out, but a heavy gale setting in from the eastward, frustrated ail attempts, and at 10 o'clock the next day she bilged-*—her sides being crushed in- The captain managed to land his ere..-. without loss of life. He also succeeded in saving the guns and most of the stores.

—Lieut. Gov. Jacobs, of Kentucky, has re­turned from Richmond. He represents "the feeling in favor of peace .to be strong not only among the lower classes but among officers of high grade.

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Each bottle, price One Dollar, bears t h e Government Stamp of Great Britain, to prevent counterfeitg.

CAUTION. These Pills slwuU not U taken byFWalet during ffu

FIRST THREE Mt/JTHS of Pregnancy, as they are sme to bring on Miscarriage, but at any other ttm (they are safe. • In ail Cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Pains in

the Back and Limbs, Fatigue on sl ight exer t ion, Palpi­tat ion of tne Hear t , Hyster ics , and Whitesrifti»dO Pilte will effect a cure when all o ther means have failed'; and a l though a powerful remedy, do no t soniain i r o a * calomel,antimony o rany th ing hur t ful to tbeconst . tutJon.

Fu.ll dirpetiou in t h e pamphlet around each package , which should be carefully preserved.

SOLD BY ALL DRUGGIS1S.

Sole Agent of the United States and Canada, JOB MOSES, 27 Cortlandt St. , New York. *

.N. B.—$1,00 aud 6 postage S tamps enclosed to any authorized Agent, Will insure a bot t le , containing 60 Pills, by r e tu rn matt.^

H. T. BUTLER and SNELL & HUNTINGTOH, Agents for Mexico. 21y l

40tf

new. w-

. ^ ^ T h e n<w three-ceut iracvioaal currency -\^ i, i f>,r «hu M w r t i t u r i ; o t tnt : II hOOIl t

C'I e a - i i r y .

AiTlhOou be ifsucd Dy tbe Secretary ot th

A NOVEL CASS.-^-According to a verdict rendered in the First D strict Court Of New Orleans, a man may. Whenever he bap no other way to amupe himself, throw a negro boy over board from a steamboat, prevent any of his friends from rescuing the drowning struggle*, stand .quietly looking On while he goes to fh^ bottom to rise no more, and be considert-d not guilty of murder or any Other crime; This is almost as enlightened a verdict as we Wen accustomed to in the palmy days of thu ggefy. *~Louisville Daily.

M a s o n i c . Mexico Lodge, No. iaB, * F ree and Accepted

.iasou* will meet on the df s t and th i rd Monday

evening ol each month , a t Q& o clock, u n t i l t u r t h e i

lo t ice .

| UliTUA'lE SALES.— Whereas Lydia 11. Morse aud • JL Jed'-diah W. Morse, of the chy and county of u>

wego, by the i r ce ta in indenture of mortgage b«-ariug da e the twen ty - fou r th d y of Septembe, A. D. one

ecure tm* th lUdtud t i g u t 'ilia ired aud tifty nine, to p ty iueu t ot one h u n d r e d and fifty col lars , to be paid in d x months Irom d a t e hereof (date of said mortgage; rtiih iutc-russt,<lid ino r tgageauu convey unto Polly Bi own oiii tue same p u c e , all th i t t r ac t or p-ircel ot laud sitUaif m i be town of Scr iha , in the .eighteenth towuhhipoi

cf ioa 's pa ten t , euutaiuiug Uity two acres of laud, an'd

SAN FRANCISCO, Jau. 12, 1864 —The Ckili fornia Art Uuion, lately organized in this city, gives its first exhibition to-day, with 130 paintings, many of which are by resident artiftt-. The enterprise bids fail to be a success.

The annual reports show the total revenL^--] of the General Government On the Coast lor t h e p a s t y e a r , w a s a b o u t $ 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , a n d t h e

total disbursements were $645 000 in excess. The duties collected on imports amounted to nearly $G 000 000 in gold. The total coinage at tbe Mint reached $16 000.000. The rece ipts ot gold ffom 'California show no abatemtint. The extra product of gold and silver tronx all the Pacific mines was about $55,000,000.

yards Of the fort to the glacis, which had been ] mandant of the fort.

GLORIOUS NEWS !

FORT FISHER CAPTURED BY O0R FORCES.

2500 Prisoners and 72 Cannon Captured.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17..—To Maj. Gen. Dix The following official dispatches have been re ceived at this Department : j

HEADQUARTERS IL S. FORCES, 1

ON FEDERAL POINT, N C , Jan. 15th, *•

VIA FORTRESS MONROE, Jan, 17. $

To Brig. Gen. J . A. Rollins—General: J have the honor to report that Fort Fisher was carried by assault this afternoon and eve'ning by Gen. Ames' d'vision and the 2d brigade of the 1st division 24th A r̂my Corps, jgal lantly aided by a battalion of marines audi sailors from tho Navy.

The assault was preceded by a hea v y bom­bardment from the fleet, and was ma <ie a t 3;30 p. M., when the ls% brigade (Curtis^/) of Ames' division effected a lodgment an the parapet, but full posses-ion of the w-or*fcg- Was not ob talned till 10 pf m.

The bravery of both ojflo.ers and men was most admirable •

AH the works soufu of "Port Fisher are now occupied by our t roops .

We have not less 'than 1200 prisoners, in­cluding Gen. Whiting and Col. Lamb, the com

MISSOURI is FREE.—The Constitutional Con­vention of Mifsouri, otiTue?day, passed an ordi-

I nance abolishing Slavery throughout that St.ate-*-to take effect immediately. Missouri is therefore a Free State henceforth and forev er The vote stood 60 for Freedom to 4 for Slave:ry. So this latest and best of Missouri questions has been settled by a decision the reverse of the Dred Scott.

No MORE MAILS BY CANADA —An order was received from Washington on Saturday by the Lake Shore Railroad Cos., to take the western mails Which have heretofore gone to and fr< >m Detroit by the Great Western Railway. It is probable that the order was given because the < Jreat Western Co , had withdrawn its expr ess trains Which carried the malls, rather than from any purpose to take patronage from the Canadian Railway.

LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, Jai |^ 13 —Gen, Jim Lane was'.to day elected ,FJ. S/$Senator for six years by a vote 82 to 17. £•

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DEFINING BIGAHT.—Senator Cole has intra duced a bill in the State Senate aroendatO'y of the Revised Btatutes, providing that every person having a husband or wife living, who shall marry any other persoa, Whetn *r marii^d or single ; whether such marriagHi shall tak place within this State or otherwise, and shall afterwards live and cohabit with such person within this State, shall be adjudged guilty of bigamy, aid upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in a State prison for a term not exceeding five years.

crroa 's pa ten t , euutaiuiug Uity two acres of laud, an'd boaudeu as follows : on t .e east by lot number twenty , owned >y J'ohn ii.ivib ; On tn« south by the south line of the Hu lbur t t r a c t ; on the we-t by lands owned by John Carpenter ; aud on the nor th by the lake road, bu-iu^ the south p i r t o f lot 1 wt-n'.y-oue in whai iscojamon-ly ca«Ied the i lu r lbur t t ract , in t h e town of Scrii a as aforesaid., in the county of Us.vego aud s ta te ol New York, m the e ghteent-h towustnp ot Scriba's pa ten t , al'ore>-aid ; which said mortgage with the power of s,Ue in •reiu. contu.iu.-d, was duly recorded in the Oswego oounty c le rk ' s otiice Septera'H-r 2 i t h , iS59, at 2^o'Ciocb p. m. , i'u liber 51 of mortgages, at page 4o8, wh-oh said moitgage vvas <luly asrsigued t.i Chandler fii Atnew, being known -.s James S Chandler and Leonard Amos, Ocio-ber 15th, I860, by Hotly Brown ami B. Brown, and that the said mortgage has bren duly assigned to Harr iet R. [•). H a n s o n , who is now the lawful owner and holder oi the same. And Whereas default has been made in- the paym-u t Ot the money secured to be paid in and by said mortgage, and there is claimed to be due a t the date or the Prst publication of this notice the sum of two hun­dred dollars and frity cents ($200.50)-*

Aud whereas Martha J Petty and Calvin C. Petty, he r u n h a n d , of th*- city aud c u p t y of OsWe.o and•'-tatc ol

; N'eW York, by their certain indenti 're of mortgage bear­ing date the 7th day of August A. B. ot,e thousand eight hundred and sixty, to secure the payment of the sum of five hundred dollars and interest,, did mortgage and con­vey unto James S. Chandler aud Leonrrd Amos, both oi the town ot Mexico, county and s ta te aioresaid, all thai t ract or parcel of land si tuate in the town of Scr iba , in tne eighteenth township or Scr iba 's patent, containing fifty-two acres of land, and bounded as follows : on the «'a*t by lot number twen ty , owned by John Davis ; on the sou th by the south line of the Hur lbur t tract • on the west by land owned I y John t arpentt r , and qn th*-iiMi th by the ake ro-td, being the south part of lot twen­ty one, m what is called commonly the Hur lbur t t r ac t in the eighteenth township of Scriba's patent, c-j.unty and

.-.late aforesaid. Also twelve atid one-half acres of land, being the same

premises conveyed t>y de' d oeariug date the 1 7 t i da.v of August, 1859, by Calvin C. Petty and Martha J . , his wife, and si tuate and being a par t of lot number twenty-two in the eighteenth township of Scriba's patent , county ol Os-wegO and state of New York, to one Lydia H. Morse, and by said Lydia H. Morse and jedediah W; Morse, her hus­band, to the said Martha J. Pe t ty , by deed bearing date tue 2d day of April, 1860, which said moitgag'e with the power of sale therein contained was (July recorded in he •iswego c uiify clerk's office August 8 th ,1860, a t 8 1-2 o'clock a, m. in liber 53 of mortgages, a t page 308.

And whereas the sa d mortgage has been dulyasHigaed to Harriet R. D. Hartson, of Mexico, Oswego CO., N'. Y. , who is now the lawful owner aud holder of the same.

And whereas default has been made in t hepaymeu to f the money secured to be paid in and by said mortgage, and there is claimed to be due a t t he date of the;8ifbt publication of this notice the Bum of one hundred atid forty four dollars ($1.44"06),.. And whereas no proceed-

, ing a t law or in equity have been insiituted to collect the f said sum of money now due on said mortgages or any

part of the same, now therefore notice is hereby given t h a t by virtue of the power of sale contained in t h e said mortgages, and pursuant to the s ta tu te in such case ma'ie aud provided, the said mortgages and each of them will be foreclosed by a sale of the said premises above de­scribed, except 12 1-2 acres described in t h e last men­tioned mortgage, which premises have been heretofore released from siid mortgage, a t ptttlic auction to the highest, bidder, a t t h e law office of L'vi Downing, in the

MEXICO WARDROBE,

J. B . D R I G G - S

OTJLD inform the citizens of Mexico and adjoining towns, tha t having purchased the Clothing stock

• if Drig=ts & Pa rkhur s t he will continue the CLOTHING Business a t t h e old stand-,, and devote his entire t ime t<« hat business. My large increase of t r ade t h e pas t year

nas clearly demonstra ted tha t I can sell

CLOTHING much cheaper than it can be sold in Syracuse, Ful ton or Oswego. Any man who is a financier can plainly se* •hat I can afford to sell cheaper , as t ransporta t ion on Woolen Goods from Oswego to Mexico is b u t slight in comparison to t h e differtnee in store r en t , house rent, i-uel, etc ; besides I do not buy ANY TBIE BILLS, but esclu lively lor NET CASH. •

I h a v e a full assor tment of Fal l and Winter G o o d s -there is no use enumerat ing. My Gloth Stock is com plete. To gentlemen ia want of

OVERCOATS,

[ would say tha t I purchased a large lot of Beaver Cloths by the Case last Spr ing , before t h e large advance and additional duty, and can get up O V E R CO A T S much uheaper than the p. esent marke t . In fact, the greatest portion of "my stock was purchas&d last sp r ing , all ol which I a m selling below the present marke t .

I Would call t h e at tent ion Of Fa rmers and other la boring men to m y large stock of Cloths, manufactured by Ogden Clark, of Oswego. -Many people iu this vicin­ity a r e accustomed to using Mr. Clark 's cloths, and know them to be subs tant ia l , durab le goods. As 1 purchased the goods when wool was 25 per cent, below the present price,I can sell them at nearly t h e price of an Eastern Satt inet , and they wi l ldo double t h e se rv ice .

Furnishing Goods, A good assor tment , consist ing in pa r t of Fine Sh i r t s ,

Undershir tsand Drawers, Neck Ties, Suspenders , Glove? Silk and Linen l laudkerehiefs , Linen Shir t Fronts ,Linen •And Paper Collars, Umbrel las , Satchels , &c.

Ladies I invi te the attention of t h e Ladies to my superior as­

sor tment of l a d i e s ' Cloths, Black Cloths, Zephyrs , Beavers and Water Proof Cloakings. My Beaver Cloak-ings were purchased last Spring, and I can sell them at present New York prices. Ladies ' Cloths a r e cheaper than common Dress Goods for p resses . I have a verj hands< me shade of t a n color, 'and a full line of desirable shades for F a i t I have also a full assor tment of Bead Oimps and Ornaments . Cloak Cloth bought of inewil l be cut free of c

vinWe of Mexico, in t h e county of Oswego, N, Y. on the 15th day of April, 1S65, a t 10 o'clock in t h e forenoon ol t ha t day.—Dated January 19,1865.

HARRIET R. D. HAl L. DOWJOTO, At t 'y , MexicOyN. Y.

A full assor tment of Mens ' and BpyV.

Boots* Customers who have had Boots of Briggs & P a r k h u r s t

for t h e pas t th ree yea r s , wi l l find toy Boot Room well stocked wi th the same kind of goods, including Men's Calf, Rip and Stoga Boots, Youth's ' Boots and Boys' Cop­per Toes. My stock. Is all first-class, and was bought last Spring, which, enables m e to se l l less than the present m a r k e t .

MR.4300P1R is s t i l l with m e , and will guarantee fits,

GLORIOUS NEWS IN PARISH.

THE PARISH MILL is completed wi th four runs of of s tone, good bolts,, and mach inery for cleaning

alt g ra in , and having two first-class Millers, we can In­vite the public with confidence to b r ing their grain to this Mill, as the re Will he no pains spared to suit cus­tomers, and grinding Will be done a s cheap a s a t a n y uther Mill. * We a r e not to be outdone or undersold.

Who will not come to the Parish Mills w h e r e they can get the i r grinding done a t shor t not ice, and a t a Mill tha t is worth more than any o ther Mill in the country , and pays more t ax than ai/y man in t h e town of Par ish except one, which Biay be seen by reference to tbe As­sessment Roll. While pur ne ighbor ' s Mill is assessed a t $1,000, t h e Par ish M ill is assessed a t $3 fc>00.

Who in Parish is not proud of such a Mill ? An orna­ment to the village of Par ish , and paj S so liberal a t a x .

Who will not patronize a Mill of so much benefit to the Town ? Look back one moment to the, former Mill t ha t was formerly assessed a t $.1,300. That shook t h e vary hearth-stones of Par ish and awoke tbe inhabi tants -vjth i ts hideous yells for mare grease . We say this is the Mil ft r t he people of Par ish aud o ther towns to .•ome to and sit by t h e warm stove, and smoke the pipe ol friendship and chat Over the gone- t>y days- of old as comlortable as at home in your own parlor , and when your g r i - t is ground we th ink you will s a y : '*1 am proud of t h e Par ish Mill, where I can go and get the b'*st of wock, and my grist, and not the toll, as no Waste will be allowed in t h e Mil l . "

This Mid is well stocked wi th Grain, Flour , Meal, Shor ts , Ship Stuffs a n d all kinds of Feed. Look a t t h e prices :

Winter Wheat Flour, $2.94 per sack . Spring '< 2,90 " Meal f ' 3,7§ per hundred . Ooats,rye &corn for feed 3,50 « ^

We sell t h e same g rade of Flour as cheap as it is sold in Oswego, and war ran ted as good. A. THOMAR,

J . Bus s , 1 M , ] > M V Proprietor , i ) . W, THOMAS, / - " - - '

DOCTOR V. A. BAKER, Special office day, S A f U R D A ¥

afternoons. Chronic (long standing) diseases made a speciality. Calls, for acute as well as chronic affections, in village or country, at­tended with punctuality.

NOIB.—Those .afSicted with old complaints may find consolation in th is s ignif icantfact , that t h e grea t major­ity of persons suffering from such , generally find p h y s i ­cians a r e IhdiffeEeHt a b o n t a t tending to the i r cages, a n d if they do a t tend afford bkit l i t t le relief. The reason is th i s : b a t v«ry few Physjcians have t ime to devote t o the care of siioh pat iehts T do not desire t o t r e a t t h e m , and if t hey do s o , do not ' general ly do i t wi th a v iew of curing, b u t s imply bet ter ing. Aside from th i s consider­ation," ex t ra s tudy and care i s requ i red , different r eme­dies t han those for a c u t e diseases,- feci, &c. ;—hence per­sons suffering in some ins tances for y e a r s , and hav ing been "pa t ched u p " by different phys ic ians , a re cured often and p e r m a n e n t l y , b y those who a t t end special ly to this . Cases of th'S kind nearast h a n d , t r e a t e d and

.cured, can be rjaferred to - Hay ing hfl,d t h e esper iehce of twelvfe y e a r s ' act ive pract ice, and aside f romTegular

• Collegiateand hospital a t tendance h a v e spent much t i m e in ex t r a a t tendance in t h e bes t hospi tals in the TJnited States , and in pr iva te and pub l i c instruct ion, m view of a t ta in ing, if possible, a. thorousrh un-'terstanding of t h e eaube of disease and means of c u r e , offer our services wi th some degree ot confidence. We re ly upon remedies chemically p repared , from, vegetables most ly , at once pleasant and rel iable. To patients suffering from Catar rh and affect iofis of t h e t h r o a t -we would say,, we-cure such without t h e Use of caus t ic . We can cheerfully refer t o cases nea r a t h a n d , t r e a t e d successfully, in some ins tan­ces where other modes of t r e a t m e n t badfa i lea . as affec­tions of the digestive organs- (including siomaoh and bowels ) , debil i ty, o ldniders , tumors,ffts, weak and a s t h ­matic langs , lohg-stsr^dingcohghs. discharges rrofti t h e ea r , affectioB&of t h e eyelids and eyes , skin diseases, nervous debili ty, and in fact t h e whole category of " o ' d ' compla in t s " t h e world over, if cu rab le , cu red^and b y such means as will not cr ipple, or cure.at t h e expense of t h e constitution, 18

Agent for

Howe's Sewing Machine. . N B-—I buy m y goods for Cash, a n d in future shal l

sell strictly;for CASH; •"

Empire Block, Mexico, Sept . 20,1864*

New MiUiiiery Goods. a H. CILIKTON

WOULD inform the % a d i e s of Mexice and vicinity t h a t he has ouened , in coimection 'with his other

business , a s tock-of

MILLINERY GOOUS, and will keep constantly on l iahd

MOtJR^ING BONNETS. , Also, shirred and pla in

SILK AND STRAW BONNETS, Ladies ' Dress Caps, Collars, Ribbons, F l o w e r s , :

Mexico, Jan . 4 ,1865. ,

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A 05TE-HORSE P E H L E R ' S WAGOK, w i t h s. c a l a sh : top , will be sold cheap. *

Mex*o,<luly 14 ,1864 . [80tf] 85PA^t CLARK.

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