... battered by our guns, if they have escaped the perils of the sea, and disasters from the storm that has but recently subsided. The new and handsome piece of ordinance invented by Mr. Utley, of North Carolina , has been tested by Gen. Huger, who, I learn, entertains a favorable opinion in regard to its power and accuracy. Gen. H. A. Wise, accompanied by his son, Capt. O. Jennings Wise, left this city...