From Fortre*. J*o»roe. >

FosTKkfts Mono*, Jan. 18.—The barque I

John Tracks; With D'Esplncul's Zouaves, the 1

fchooner Col.. Satterly, with the signal oorpe

, of Gen.Bofnrido VexfMkfitira,'the hospital

Ship of the expedition, and several other res-c

#aU of. th* fleet, left with favorable wind this

.. forenoon.. , rv..; : iS

The Constitution,from Bos ton/arrived this'

• forenoon. Herdestihatfon isufcknbwn.

ATrenoh wiriteamer arrived below this

f afternoon, aaid to betheGnerierrodelaHer.

The regular Thursday flag of truce, to- day,

thok to Craney Islxhd several jkaettnger* for

the Sooth. Th* boat broaghtbankthefol­

•lowing, released r.prisonera: ,Capt.> Brower,

Brigade Quartermaster, Bhoielilandßrirade:;

Lient. of, the. First Minnesota Regi-

Josnti Cent. A.#',Kellogg, Col K, Second

Connecticut Regiment, an (TV private." Nine­

; teoni cltUeai came drer to gbiforthr _ '

. Theonl^ 1 newsin.the Sootbern papeTs ia an

e**gswated' aecbont of the affair between

Genotal Garfield, in­

whldp -itisstated-thatthe former was re*

treating when attacked. /The fighting inaid

to have: been ivery/hot, .and tha.rebels, of

course, gained a tfetory, with a small loss. ■

One hundredjtnd sixty prisoners offar are

expected here to-morrow, to’ be exchanged

and sent North. • .=

The gunboat'Bho'de.Titahd 'arrived from

Galveston thiS mOxblhg: Her dates are: Gal­

veston, Doe.~2Bfh; Ship: Tsland, 3lst; Mo­

bile, 31st j Fort'Fiekeni, Jah;>2d; Key West,

Bth, and Fort Royal, 12th.; Bhe brines a

largemail... /

Tha'gobboaU. Louis, New .London and

Water,Witch ..left. Ship Island on the 31st of

December, for Biloxi. The result was.not

learned, betas the RhodeTsland was leaving

the: New l Lbridon’was* wen' returning with

three'sehodners in tow.

• The schooner Venulr was captured off Gal­

tmt4n,by tiießbodSlsland, bhe was bound

frpm.Pprt liabelj'for Franklin,, La., with a

cargo of tin, copper, leaiLand wood valued at

$lO,OOO. v She was sent to Ship Island.—

The Confederate steamer'Florida is inside

Hdrn Island. ‘ The WissaMekdn is off that

place. . , -

The Confederate batteries at Bensaeota hav­

ing repeatedly fired at our small vessels, Fort

Pickens opened on' the Confederate steamer

.Times,, which was landing stores of the Navy

Yard, on the Ist January. The.' rebel, bat­

teries responded, and the firing was eontinued

till evening,- Fort Fickens firing the last shot.

The rebel guns %ere well slimed, andnbe most

;<>f their inside the Fort." '.Only one

man was wounded, however. Qne of our shots

madeia large-breach in Fort Bareness. In the

evening our firing set Warrington on fire.

| The conflagration continued allnightjand the

i place r wa« still burning on the evehing of the

: 2d, whea theilhode Island left.. The fire was

seen at a distanoe of 33 miles at sea. ■-

The Rhodo Island will sail for Philadelphia

this evening;; Inconsequence of the fog she

was dotainc4.off ,the 'Capsi/all day yesterday. i

• IheMoonfc Vernon, whioh arriredhereyes­

twday-to ooal, lefth€r sUtion off Wilming­

tonvN. Ci'y'oir tbe 13th. ; * The 1 Chippewa and

off Cape' Fear, and the Fer­

7nandina* and'Mabda.weredff New Inlet.. .The s

Mount Vernon enconhteredna storm on Mon­

day night, and arrived hei«:y*eterd*y.. •af-

She saw part of the Bnrnsidc fleet

- off Hatterag.. . - •

The. Mount .y*fnon. reports that she bunA a

ship on New Year's night, which was

ibomff .out for a gnn-boat, hhder the guns

uf FortCaxweli.

-■> The rebel steamer Gorddn is on .the stodks

ftrTTOltif, according td theveporm df odntra­

b>fadibn:b6*i'd;t|ie'S6dnt account