Dispatch Of Admiral Porter

North Atlantic Squadron, } Flag-Ship Mnlvern. Otf Fort fc'sher, V Jauuaiy lOtli, 1865. ) m I Sm. - I wrote you yesterday. We have all the forts of the etiemy ; have captured 4,800 men and a ïarge uumber of officers, including General Whitiug and Cüloiiel Lamb. The guuboats ure now in the river, and Wiluiiiigton is te'aled against blockado runners, The rebels have destroyed the works ou Sumh's Ii-laud, and if they do not destroy Fort Cuswell, it is oí no use to them. We will get that aftor a little while. You uiuüt uot expect too much of us at one time. These vtorks aro treiueuüous.. I was in Fort Malakoff a few days after its surreutler to the Freneh and English. The combincd aruiies ol those two natious were mauy moutha capturing that stronghold, and it will not compare either iu size or strength to Fort Fisher. The Fort contaiued seventy-five guns, aud rnany of them were heavy ones. I hava not yet learned what our easuaities are in killed aud wounded, but I thiuk threo hundred will cover them all We had a bud explosión in the fort this morning, which killed aud wounded a nuniber ui' men - about 100. Some of our mimen were blown up, and Acting Assistant Paymaster E. II. Gillet t, of the Gettysburg, was killed. I wil! seud a detailod report as soon as I can get off the wounded and arrange matters generally. The world never saw such j ing as our soldiers did. I am, very respectfully, You obedient servaut, (Signod) D. D. Pdrteu, Rear Admiral. To Hon. Gideon Welles-, Secretary of the Navy, Washington,