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he 23d instant. From Wilmington--five blockade vessels captured. Fort Monroe, January 20. --The frigates Minnesota, Wabash, Colorado, and a greater portion of the larger vessels of Admiral Porter's fleet, recently operating against Fort Fisher, North Carolina, have returned, and are now anchored in Hampton Roads. The steamer General Lyons arrived here this afternoon with five hundred men of the Tenth North Carolina regiment, captured in Fort Fisher, who are to be sent to Fort Delaware. On the evening of the 18th instant, Colonel Abbott, commanding a brigade of troops, started out from Fort Fisher on the way to Wilmington, North Carolina. A general forward movement of our troops against the town was actively engaged in reconnoitering along the banks of the Cape Fear river, and in sounding for torpedoes and removing obstructions to the free navigation of the river. New York, January 21.--The United States steamer Massachusetts, from the South Atlantic blockad
Fayetteville. General Johnston's defeat of the enemy last Sunday, the 19th instant, occurred at Bentonsville, near the Neuse river. By these facts, we are informed that Sherman has been pushing towards Raleigh in two columns--one moving due north from Fayetteville, the other northwest from Newbern. General Hardee fought the former, General Johnston the latter. News from Fort Warren. A returned prisoner, who left Fort Warren on the 13th instant, informs us that the following Confederate Generals are in that prison, and well: Major-General Edward. Johnson, of Virginia; Brigadier-Generals Gordon, Smith and Frazier, of Tennessee; Brigadier-General Jones, of Virginia; Brigadier-General Henry R. Jackson, of Georgia, and Brigadier-Generals Cabell and Marmaduke, of the Trans-Mississippi Department. Brigadier-General Page has been sent to Fort Delaware. Major Harry Gilmor is also in Fort Warren, held as a "guerrilla" chief, and not subject to exchange, as the Yankees say.
untry. The Baton Rouge Gazette of the 5th says: A letter received by Mr. G. Gusman, of this city, from his son, Captain A. L. Gusman, of the Confederate army, conveys the intelligence that the brave young captain has been released from Fort Delaware on parole, and on condition further that he is to leave the United States within fifteen days from the date of the release. Captain Gusman was for a long while confined as a prisoner on Johnson's Island, and was one of the two who persiave the United States within fifteen days from the date of the release. Captain Gusman was for a long while confined as a prisoner on Johnson's Island, and was one of the two who persisted in refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the Government. He was subsequently transferred to Fort Delaware, where he was confined for several months previous to his release. The Advocate says that Captain Gusman left New York for Vera Cruz on the steamship Moro Castle, to join and Magruder.
Fort Delaware. --The engineer department has been directed by the Secretary of War to commence at once the cleansing and repairing of Fort Delaware, either by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and consistent with proper dispatch. The cost will be defrayed from the rebel prison fund. Fort Delaware. --The engineer department has been directed by the Secretary of War to commence at once the cleansing and repairing of Fort Delaware, either by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and consistent with proper dispatch. The cost will be defrayed from the rebel prison fund.