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n correspondence. The irregularity of the mails has detained our Wilmington letters so long that they have lost much of their freshness, though they still retain a good deal of interest. We give them as they come to hand: Wilmington, December 25--8 P. M. We live in wonderful times. This is the Sabbath day; and yet our, enemies neither keep it holy themselves nor allow us to do so. It is Christmas day--the anniversary of the day when "the heavenly host" made proclamation of "peacChristmas day--the anniversary of the day when "the heavenly host" made proclamation of "peace on earth" and "good will toward men" and yet these same enemies give us war instead of peace, and a fearful fire of shot and shell instead of good will. We are not even permitted to drink our egg-nog in quiet, nor to fill the bags of the little ones with the gifts of thoughtful Santa Claus, nor to repair to the house of God, except with the accompaniment of 15-inch shells and rattling window panes. The Federal fleet which had been lying off this port for some days, and which consisted,
oy property, save in one instance, where Captain Oliver, with the Fourth New York, went out; but getting lost in the fog, and surrounded by an invisible foe, the command did not do much damage. Threatened attack on Baton Rouge. The New Orleans correspondent of the New York Herald writes under date of December 24th: Twenty-five hundred rebels, under Scott and Wirt Adams, threaten to attack Baton Rouge. They are in the neighborhood of the town, and say they will eat their Christmas dinner there. --General Burton is prepared to give them a warm reception. The cost of the torpedo that did not Blow up Fort Fisher. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing about that torpedo that Admiral Porter had read so much about that he could not help trying one, says: Every appliance which scientific knowledge and ingenuity could devise, and enterprise and manly daring execute, were put in requisition to insure the success of this novel and important feature of t