The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1864, Page 2

THE NEW YORK HERALD. aes = eae oer + WHOLE NO. 10,206. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1864. PRICE FOUR CENT: ; | aioe al van be gathered from tho follefeing extracts from rebel ] the forts in the Mississippi river, the same as | esst bank Of the channel, as did all the fleet in obedience | of the Hartford was put hard a port, her macbinery official documeats:— the Kears»rge in herpmemorable fight with the Alabama. | t0 orders she put her bead out dirécily for the rebel | started, ate described a secrarot of a circle, and jnst aa Monrvat, Juty 11, 1864. Bo other alterations: were made to them, nor were these fleet and fired her third shot, siming at the Tennessee. | Buchanan had thought wo strke ber squa: amidepip ‘To Captain Ganunea Fort Pawell:— Preparations vonsidered imperatively necessary, it | She had proceeded but two or three loogths on her now | and cut her in two, as he was capable of doing, the tow- a aaaits ae ts the Abies, pendence wD wooden ships of old | cearsewhen she struck the fatal torpedo that terminated | ering prow of the noble old ship struck him @ tromen- —— w ruct Mr. ‘and beat’s crow to bold them- The gun! that were to accompany the sloo) her career. It was a mournful, heart-sickoning sight to | dous blow on his port quarter forward, that knocked every pelves 1a readiness. V. SHBLIHA. 'y it ‘wes not deemed proper to expose to ook upon the suddenness and completeness of this catas- | man aboard bis cra(t off his (eet. The force of the col- Fort Monaan, July 12, 1864 tromoudous Ore that was looked for. They are all side- | trophe. Tho explosion of the torpedo was unheard where | tision checked the headway of both veseela The blow ‘To Captel Qaianaamy:— * wheel vessels, and but poorly adapted to eucounter the | I lay, but tho agitation aud upheaving of the water about } given by the Hartford was@ glancing ono, and the two meal T pines, en where the last line was left of fire of land bakeries. It was therefore determined to | the starbourd bow indicated some calamity. ‘Tho little | yesse!s came up broadside to broadside, At this moment & ‘Answer im: ey. haan Gusset Suis 162-4 rere place one on the outsite, or port side, of each of the sloops, Mooitor fs bit,” some ove cricd Immediately every glass | full broadside from the Hartford was let go at ber antago- To Mr. Rupp, In charge of Torpedoes, &c.. Fort Morgan:— where they would be protected from the shot and shell | was bronght to bear upon ber, Some one elgg cried out, | nist, but it was like throwing rubber balls against a I will go to’ Port Morgan in one hour. Vhrown from ‘the fort, and, in case either of the sloops | ‘‘Its a torpedo—she is going down!» Inctan@y she ap- | brick wall. Tnose heavy nive-inck solid shot, though J. GALLIMARD, e |, would be able to tow ber away. Port beam, bows well up, thon over | the muzales of the guns that fred them were scarcely MARD, should be disabled, peared on her port oe nn } Captain and Engineer 0. 8. A., In charge Gull Line, ‘THE GRAND PLAN OF THR MOVEMENT, completely, bottom up, 80 as to show the entire of ber | ten fect from the target, bounded away from the sides S:a—Your attention rs "FARRAGUT. Pull and Graphic Details of the Victory in Mobile Bay. one of their aides, and revolve by means of a Cogwheel insite, Ashot striking them, however, ts quite sure to disarrange thom, especially if open. Three of them were disarranged during the action, and ono shot entirely away. Her armament consists of six rifled guns, of the Brooks pattern—two of six and three-quarters inch bore on aaél roadside, aud one seyen-inch bore on gith The bow and stern guns are pltotted, 80 aa bo either of these portholes,’ straight on the starboard, or port broadside, Outside of the casemates are covered inch iron plates, Tler casemates overhal of the vessel, somewhat after the cons Monitors, so as to aiford greater protection to the hull, Hor boilers are in the hoki below the berth deck, being at leart six feet balow the water Ime, Her engines are amidahipa, but a trifting portion ef them being above the water line, and that portion securely protected by the casemates. She is driven by two high pressure en- ‘aines, July 12. 1964, | @8 originally devieed, was to commence the advance at | bull, and sunk from view. The terrible tra- | of the rebel Monitor and dow high ia the air in all direc- POC e order in } three o’clook in the morning, 80 as to revch a point oppo- | ged¥ Was completed within the space of one minute. | tions, having failed to leave more than a siight indenta- whieh ih Ube conducted aa sore Nowe. site the fort at aaylight. This seemed desirable, as it | Attended by the deafening roar of hundreds of cannon | tion in ber iron to show where they had struck. Simul- placing of torpedoes all the acuta neanarty chared with the | was supposed that lu advanciog ap the channel {rom Sand | and sholle bursiing over and about her, surrounded py | taneously with this fearful dischargo Buchanan threw Fospectitaly, 9 GALLIMARD, Island to the fort, a distance of three miles and a quarter, the utmost din of a terrible battle, that little craft went | open bis ports and digcharged nis broadside of four | gines of great power and splendid foish, though not new Description of the Bay, Cha: Caplaeank Mapes eA the fleet would’ be expored to @ heavy fire, which | t the botiom, carrying with her upwards of a hi Brooks’ riffes, which passed completely through the | forthe vessel, Thoy were taken from some steamer in ebarge Lower Bay Line | would require the vessels frequently 1 yaw | brave men whom sho had thus far bo Hartford and'expended their force jo the water beyond. | that formerly ran on thi river, Those drive, 1 FR Ob: i To Mr. Nxvii.e, Assistant Fngineer, Fort Morgan. about, to return, and so delay them, keoping through it al, Her career wi Such was the relative fighting and resisting qualities of | by a aystem of gearing, a propeller screw, worked #0 far nels, Forts, Obstructions EiikD EAQUUDER'A EATON? Cor TRE: RERENOES, them #0 much longer under fire. The Monitors were to | yet recognized in honorable warfare was she destroyed. | the two vessels, below the water as to be removed from any danger from ; ‘The following ofMcial report from the rebel engineer in | lead the way, the sloops, with their consorts, following, | 4% gallunta crow as ever manned a ship perished: but OTHER SLOOPS AND THE TENNASSEB. . | aaenemy’s shot, Her pilot house and lookout for the and Other Defences. charge will show tho formidable nature of tho defences | each vessel presorving a distance of about one-third of a | the ignoble moans that murdered them early in the ac- The Tennessee immediately put on steam again and | commanding officer in action ia under she casemates, for- of the bay two months before the attack was made upon | mile astern of ite leader. On passing Fort Morgan tho | tion only udded {ncreased lastro to the laurels that should | started to try her strength with some other of the wooden | ward, and undistinguishable save by the greater he\cht them, and the vigor with which their completion was | heavicst possible fire was to bo poured into it without forever adorn the memory of them. They gave them- | ships. The Brooklyn lay noarest. and for that vessel she Detag pushed:. delaying the passage of thi Is, and then all were to | Selves a sacrilloe to their country. They met the fate | headed. Here she was met with almost precisely the Enamern’s Orriox, Font Gaines, June 2, 1864, | Steer for the fanchorage of +! er Fleet, beyond the | they had some reason to expect, and by bravely con- | same recoption as with the Hartford, Instead of buttin ree EER |§ Overton. Font Garnus, June 2, 18h... | Tange of the guns of any of the forts, the Monitors grap- | fronting ib averted it from others. It was an heroic act | sho received a butt; beth vessels camo together, broa (about i fect) of the casemates at that’polnt. Her rudder dhaing pars under the grating that covers tho casemates to the after end of them, and then down to the main dock, under the iron that covers that end of toe casemater, Thoy then run along the deck, being pro- I have te honor to report to you directly the following | Pliog with and fighting tho rebel fleet. After securing @ | $0 lead that flect through those dangers. None but be- le to broadside; both broadsides were discharged, aud The Fiecet as It Went Into | 7 rave tie poner to report to you directly the following | rostuold. ity the bay “tho desien tee to take whe forte in | Foes would haye ventured upon such a duty. As heroes. | tho ram wont on er wuy to try a third, In thisminner | tected me-ely by an inverted trough of cast irom about 1, Battery east of Fort Morgan. Yesterday f went to that | turn, beginning with Powell, the weaker, and reduce one | then, they died, were buried in their deep blue sea | ehe encountered the Richmond, the Lackawanna, the | an inohthick. This was the most defective arrango- Dattery to take away sixty three hegroes and send them to | after the other. with more than a hero'ssalute. They died as they woula | Quelda and others, in each case’ with exactly th 7 u i tly the same Fort Powell, thas reducing the torce to sixty-eight, The SOUNDING FOR TORPRDOFS—DABING BXPLOITS. have wiebed to die. and their country will cherish the | result, And then she turned to run back tarough the ce ; mn 0 eee antnited tannd ro the rootue: The platforms are | 10 perfecting bis plans for the movement, the Admiral | fame they so gallantly won, fleet, She had tested their matal; her sider were some- placed and would do for barbetie carriages; but, ay it is in. | Manilested bis wonted unconcern about the torpedoes, ‘THR SURVIVORS. what bruised; but she bad suffered no damage whatever. tended to put Parrote’s on sieke carriazes and Biakeley’s on | To use his own language, ‘torpedoes were nover bis From the bubbiing waters that marked the spot | But for the limit of the powers of endurance of her crew field carriages, counter platforms have to be elevated two | bugbear.” Still he was not neglectful of them, but put | Of the frightful catastrophe there rose to the in the heated atmosphere beneath her close casemates, feet thred inches more, exposing the guus and gunners. I | forth every offort to ascertain their whereabouts and | face thirteen men, the sole survivors of the gallant crew. | ghe could stand this manner of fighting all day and not respectfully recommend that small barbette carringes and | number, ana go guide his fleet as to avoid them, For | Two were subordinate officers, the rest the humble Jacks | be burt. chasias be construc uns, line of ritt i Chasing be constructed for these guns, A ling of Tie, Pits | this purpose Flag Lieutenant Wateon and’ Mr. McKinley, | Who have made the American’ navy cur pride and boast. mR MoniToRS, to Navy Gove on the north to be constructed. (These works | the Admiral’s private secretary, made nightly trips | Nine of these woro rescued by ~ small boat, which nobly But as she started to run back a new combination Were subsequently constructed as reromncnded, but were | during a period of two or 'thres weeks previ- | put away from the gunboat M@tacomet to rescue them, | awaited her. The Monitors bad come up, and were now all destroyed when the rebeis withdrew into tha fort. They | ons to the fight into the bay, sounding the and four swam to the shore and were made prisoners by | to participate in the fight,as was evitenced by their ment about tho ship and her greatest weakness. The quarters tor officers and crew are fll on the borth deck, below the water line, and, although close and poorly ventilated, are spacious and well arranged. As has been said, this formidable craft was scarcely Injured at all during the action. Fifteen minutes after tho sur: render sufficed to repair her rudder chains, and © smokestack was brought from New Orleans {a a couple of days, when, with an improvised crew on board, sho was horself at work hammering against the wails of Morzan. It is eald that sho cost the rebel government two millions of dollars in gold. At the rate wo have been spending Action. THE C@-CPERATING LAND FORCES, Interesting Narrative of the Passage | Mii%.¢ formidable and copiete nature, and capable of | Chanel nod making observations of all opatruc. | Wo murderers of thelr conaraden heavy discharges at every opportunity they could get to | money on tron-clads, she is worth double that sum to us. yiogas rreat annoyance. —CORRKSVON OTST | to ye gon. | tions and destructive preparations, and arranging THR EFFECT OF THE DISASTER fire. CAPTURE OF THR SRIMA. ef Fert M structed vel one man (o place there to co the work, & route that would be perfectly practicable and as free as | Was most demoralizing to those who witnessed it. Ev AN RXCITING THM3. During the fight with the Tennessee the Selma, Hnnts- organ. THI. Main’ Channel.—Kizbty-six torpedoes, plaoad on'the | possible from unsecn dangers. The exploits of these two | Dody was appailed. It was so sudden, so fearfu The appearance of the Monitors seemed for a moment | ville and several other rebel oraft attempted to excane vp ay to Mobile; but the ever watchfol eyes of Farrarut ift gunboats were the detected the dodge, and several started in pursuit. The Metacomet, Captaln Jowett, over- verhauled the Selma about five miles up the bay, and im- mediately opened on hor. Tho taster teox no time to reply, but crowded her steam to oroas Dog river bar. The ‘race promised to be ® very exciting one at first, but it was soon apparent that the Metacomet was altogether too fost for the rebel, add was rapidly gaining on her, ind so rapidly ‘as to dispel any hopes or fears that the latter should escape. When within onsy range the Metacomet opened her hundred-pounder Parrott, the sbel! from which. being admirably directed and thned, fell and exploded directly on the deck of the rebel versel, disabling, as was afterwards ascertained, every inan aboard of . OF course she hauled down her colors at once, falling an easy prize to the Metacomet. DESCRIPTION OF THR ARLMA. line, extendmg from the can buoy (opporite the fort)to | gentlemen, and the dangers to which they repeatedly ex- | its nature that the stoutest hearted might well quail. | to disconcert the rebel. From the first he had mani- i men ye oy eA biped San ree 7,0, posed themsetves in seeking the valuable information | Fortunately only the communders and pilts of the com- | fested a wholesome dread of them, and by sk#lful ma- Seceremeain ciate teat tho Lartodints ale rale of in ane wih pais they were charged, are deserving of especial | Panion Monitors saw the foartul spectacle, their crows | nanvring and bis greater speed had manaced to avoid very indi 'erently Iaequered: that the Loree of the current | Mmentiva and commendation. being below, where nothing ts seen or Known. These | them. Now they were hammering him to the utmost of must rub the lacker very soon and expose the tin to the cor- TUR CO-OPERATING LAND FORCE—GRNFRAL GRANGER. vessels alacken’d speed a little and hauled closer into the | their ability © three had managed each to get a po- roding action of the sea water; and that it takes a very Admiral Farragut had not designed this attack without | Shore. The frooklyn saw it with all ber crew, upon | sition in a different direction from the other, and which- short tine to place them. If there Js not an immediate né. | the co-operation of the army. After numerous consulta. | whom it bad ite full elfect. They were brave men on | ever way the ram turned he met these ugly and yet in- eee aan Regecnesy g gemn tions between hirnself and General Canby, it bad been de. | tbat sbip, not liable to give way to fearsor foolish appre- | vincible foes. The tight promised more of equality. His can be placed in one day. iT | tetwined by the latter ( rend an efficient laud force at hbensions, yet this was @ moment to try men’s souls. | immense armor made bim invulnerable to the armaments mber were placed on theday | the appointag time to ansist in the great work, all its | Résponsibilities were not to be rasbly assumed under | of the wooden ships, which he could ridd'e with ease. fleet entered ¢ —Connrsroxpent.| The | movements "nd operations to be made in conjunction | such torribly threatening circumstances. That fatal | Tron against wood isno matcb. His greater strength and proved re as they have floated | wiih those of the navy To the command of this force | 8Pot might mark a barrier beyond which no vessel could | equa} speed made him an equal for the whole fleet. But See itera teten pr cia auehening thems: ead 10 tbe eral Canby osizned Major General Gordon Granger, | pase in safety, Would it be right for the commander of | now he saw a {oe that he considered hig equal, and it be- them asunder, [It ts not definitely known what was tbe nid oflicer Of the regular army, and whose services in | ship to rush abead into such danger without notifying | nooved him toexercise caution. At first he was hy end character of the olsiructions here referred 10.—Corrus- | the prese: ¢ advanced him from the rank of | Dis superior? It was not a lack of courage, nor was | geomed irrosolute as to what course to pursue. His ire PONDENT. | colonel, with which be entered the volunteer service, to | evidence of weakness or indecision that the comman Tesolution was of service to Admiral Farragut, who at 1V. Fort Gal ‘The work on this fort has been aban- | that wi: 2¢ now holds, During the war he has suc- | Of the Brooklyn stopped and signalled back to the Admi- | once organized a plan of battle that was signalled to the fened since April for the want of hands, Only one bastion | ce-stvely commanded w regiment, Brigade, division, corps | Fal, “We have lost our best Monitor—n was simply | other ships of the fleet, and was ready for exocution when P een ofsand; | and departivent As commander of the Fourth army | #he diecbarge o duty. Had it rested with him to | the monster had determined on bis course, Buchanag DISPERSION OF THE REBEL WAVY. Full Account of the Battle with the Rain Tennessee. the two olbers fronting the sea have been com z ns eusST OF THY VICTORY. | puters for the colimbiads are’ constructed ree'the nee, | Corps be particularly distinguished himself for coolness | determine the course to pursue under the circumstances | geomed to have determined on getting out of bis | The Selma was an unprovised gunboat, being an old * | faces One of the columbiads has been mounted: the | at bravery at Chickamanga, and on @ score of battle | he would doubtless have been fully equal to the occasion. | bad scrape by running through the fleet back to the | towboat, with six heavy Brooks gus mounted upon her others cannot be placa! unul the bastions are razecd to the | Uvlds. before as well as since that memorable action, he THE ADMIRAL $0 THE BREACH. frieodly protection of Fort Morgan. Scareely bad he | open deck, She is not,as hae been reported, an tron- height of the wall. The chemin de rondi is to be filled to in- | hus neil rmiy developed the qualities of a careful, wise, The Admiral, on receiving the signalled communion | get:ied upon this plan and eesayed its execution, than | clad, or anything approaching to one, She has no iron crease the thickness of the parapet, reverse fire traverses to be built, galleries in bastions and macazines to be con: ee ai Sagacious, brave and euterprising Officer. tion, simply replied, ‘Go ahead.” and, pressing on~all | Farragut’s tactics were developed. The little Monitor ENBRGY OF GENERAL steam, rau by the Brooklyn, and himeelf took the lea. | Manhattan appeared directly ip front of the ram to head uns.and on the covered way of the A respectable column, numbering It wae the display of @ characteristic trait in the great | him off. The rest of the fleet formed a circle about the On the went of the fort, at one mile and s quarter, a itor of | troops, of all arms, was originally assigned to this expe- | Ssilor’s character—feariessness and determination. He | rebel craft, and all commenced paying their beavist com- breastworks and sea coast battery are to be constructed. | dition, but @ late day the exigencies of the service | knew, too, what was likely to be the effect of such ®ca- | piiments. It was a terrible fire that thus for a short {Commenced and abandoned.—Oonrnesronnent.| ‘The | seemed to cail for the greater part of these men more | lamity, and that it could only beaverted by a counter | time was poured into that venturesome craft. but she wharf tobe rebuilt entirely; this isot the most urgent ne- | imperatively io other fields. Subsequent consultatione | demonstration. By rebel the front of the tine him- | siood it boldly, returning the fire as rapidly as her six armor, tor any pretensions to any. She bas no case- yates. nor any cover of any kind for her men above her ain deck. She is a long, law, black oraft, strengthened by two tmmense arches ching from to stern, giving her a sort of nondescript appearance, ris! they do bigh over her enormous wheelhouses She car- ried a crow of mout ninety men all told. The boat wae totally uninjured in the action, THR HUNTSVILCE AND THNDERS, Deing very light Grancht vessels, by huggiag the eastera shore of the bay, where the water ja vory shoal, managed to excape to Mobile, ed, and bombproofs for men and commissary stores, erses between Bescripticns of the Captured Rebel G@unboats. . A light artillery _ , tyes nehee aaron tan cecuseuibe Geoarel with Admiral Farragat led to the determination that the | Se!f te tospired everybodg% with his own boldness and | guns wonld permit. And in this contest our ships were Granger—Oounwsroxpunt | attack peed not be deferred because of the unavailability | enthusiasm. Amid the roar of the battle there was no | getting worsted. Every rebel ball that struck them did V. Litile Dauphin, The work on this island is ready to | Of the eatire force at first assigned, and, ag baste was | time to think of the fallen or shed tears over those who | execution. Great holes in their sides showed tho ac- Feceive cunaon the west end, but the work of completion | essentin! to success, a force of between two thousand and | bad gone to the bottom It had been intended to pass | curacy of the rebel aim, while their bloody aecks told of Rag bee Bippeeg (OF mane of pend twevty-(ive bundred men were embarked {rom New | the fleet by the fort, and no obstacles, however great, | the fearful effect of the work. On she contrary, the injuries Sustained by Farragut’s 01 = f= Orleans on the 31st ult., with instructions to rendezvous | should frustrate it. The whole fleet was reanimated by | Tennessee, mancuvring 80 aa to keep her most invuloer- THY, GAINES. Pieet, carry on this: in Mississippi Sound, opposite the east end of Petite Bois | this display of dotermination, and reassured of success. | able sides oxnoged to the Manhattan, which sho bad dis. | was badly. riddied in tho action, though exaetly to what Ree Ro. ac. the nnmber rR Island. It was only ‘after almost euperhumad exertions | No more halting; no, indecision on any hand. Every ves- | covored carried the only fifteen inch guns in the fleet, | extent is ‘unknown, or how great were tho casualties je the most useful implemenis for thia work, is worm eaten, | that General Granger got this trifling foree afloat. Every | 8@! was in-tnosion as’before, and all headed into the bay, scaped upburt. Every shot that struck hor glanced | aboard She received a vital shot ia ber stern below and in a sinking condition, and the crew is not complete. possible obstacle seemed thrown in bis way. At first the THE HARTYORD PASSING THE HROOKLYN. v Mike bber ball, leaving only a slight indemtation VIL Cedar Polntis totally abandoned. ‘The workinen for | troops were acatiered allover the Gui Derartmcnt, | During the time that olapsed io the sinking of the To ) ju'hor iron to mark the spot where br hgleme Lere Rae eeee me neers cont be ebealed te Raigh themes | When brought together they were unacquainted with | cumseb and the development of ts effect upon the rest of ‘A CHANGH OF TACTION. ‘and covering of the bombproof, © | each other, disorganized. demoralized, discontented ana | the fleet, the fort had not ceased its firing, nor had our To this promiscuous fighting it was difficult to tell ‘his is the state of ‘on ibis 'ine at this moment. To | Spiritfess. ‘The commander to whom they were assigned | Vessels abated theirs. The work of destruction went 00 | which of the voasels was doing the best work er which complete this line as it is intended it would require a large wees perfect mene to hema, sue they to him. Trans. a 4 ter hepa geo ah a one was receiving the most damage. Al! of the wooden . a portation was lacking even for a single reciment. and it | W! PI nearly al it—some- | ships were suffering too much to admit of such a mode of The present foree, and that required, 19.48 follows:— Was only alter the most untiring exertions of the General, | what eoutherly—of the fort. She bai atarced ‘or. | Agtting being continued. Farragut’e ready. resources Required, Tota’. | exercised aay and night, without cessation, that any | ward again, however, as the Hartford passed her, | supplied a change of tactics at the opportune time. ‘The “Tao ‘209 | means could he obtained for transporting this nucleus of | and at that moment both ships were exactly | vessels were pus in motion, describing acircle about the the wi ine, and was campalied & run under the qune of Morgan early in the fight. Hore sho sunk in shoal water, and was subsequently, whon eur army was about moving oo Fort Morgan, burned. Her crew took her smal! boats and those of the Tennessee, which bad been loft near Morgan, and escaped in them to Mobile during the night after the action. ‘TUR MORTAR seems to have suffered very little, if any. Sne avoided our fleet aa. much as possible, evidently fearing Lena Mr. Thomas M. Cook’s Despatch. Ovy Fort Games, Mone Bax, August 16, 1864, MORILE BAY. 3 gent you some days since a rough chart of Mobile Say. At that time opportunity failed me to give with it way explanation. The following description of the bay Fort Morgan wi wot be without interest at this time:—The bay ts | Fort Gain 24 300 | an army to its Held of he fi 3 D perations. opposite the fort, As the old fingship passed | rebel, the sloops and Monitors being directed to ram her f them. During the battle with the wall landlocked, Mobile Point on the east prolonging the ae Pong. 1 a This litte force, amply supplied witb heavy artillery, | the Brooklyn both versela simultaneously discharged | every time ae came around, This order of battle was Senne pan Geert out from Morgan ‘an ff to go to the re- feetm land nearly haif way across its mouth. A very | Littie Daupbi 300 300 an rot oe of operations on Dauphin island, in the | their rat a cs nine Ppa guns “pine ie Lo quickly pat into execution and was productive of the | ltéf of her Admiral, but when balf-way out thought better om ald ( aines, where they rendered most valuable | tery e fort. The effect was tremendous. The dat- | most gratifying results. Kach vessel ehased its leader | of it and returned. In the darkness of the following Wits west of south from Mobile Point, distant three and | acgreyates 88 Pry tama | Service, though not so conspicuously employed as wag | tery that was most feared was offectually silenced. Fight: | about, throwing a broadside into the enemy at every op- | night she algo escaped to Mobile, so prolonging her exist- quarter miles, is Sand Island, covering the principal I wonid re your answer about the place. | the navy. A narrative of their operations would be in- | en vine-toch shells bursting at once ip the contracted portunity and whenever the chance offered running in to | enc v8. ‘ ment of the torpedees, and an order for the powder to jill | teresting, but is necessarily omitted. apace occupied by a single battery would naturally de- | geta butt at her. In this way the plucky fellow was ter- —_— @enth of the harbor, This island is appropriately | {he forty-six empty ones. | am very reapecfinlly. ac, moralize its occupants, The rebel gunners fied from their | Fiply used. Every tit of the slo to Cc a plnsd, bebaginsibing (bahia hsapsel maadeetop aber’ LJ. FRRMACK, Capiain GC. 8.A., laces fo cofuslon und terror: nor eoeld they again, dur- | Tily wed. Every, ime one of the scope came oa ps a pcmegpeb nd ar . Entrance of the Ficet Into the Harbor. | y AgBIN, him the concussion was such as to throw her crew of ‘The narration of events transpiring on whe water hee ran on 80 rapidly that the little land force on Dauphin Island, in ‘the rear of Fort Gaines, bas veen nearly for- gotten, Bat they were not inactive by any means nor uninflueatia! in their contribution to the general success of the day’s operations, The locale of the naval fight that succeeded th® passage of Fort Morgan was almest immediately under the gums of Fort Geines. Indeed it seemed to be a part of Buchanan’s plan, when he deter. mined to attack the whole fleet, to draw them as close under this work and Fort Powell as possible, in order that he might have the assistance of the heavy batteries on those works. But his plans ally failed. There was not water enough in the vieinity of Fort Powell, nor within two miles of it, for our lager vessels to navigate, and they, therefore, avoided that locality. But Gaines they could not so well avold. Here, bowever, (General Granger’s operations afferded them most valuable assist- ance. His engineers had located a battery of Rodman gune—the Second Connecticut—on a sand knoll withia iree-quarters of a mile of tho fort and elevated several feet above the escarpment of that work This battery was served under the immediate direction of Captain the First regular artillery, chief of artillery staff; and s0 ringly were iis en-inch colum- socompletely uoable to man asinglegup. Thier and Bngineer in charge of Lower Bay Line. if : ing the pendency of the fight, be induced to reeume their menjor General. H. Mavny, Mobiles hY™OWPS Clerk: Friday morning, the 610 inet., at erly dawn, prepara- | proper; pisces. Sleoala wero then mede for the other | ts described by har eflcers ‘as tearfully confused. The THE FORMIDABLE WATURE OF FARE. oy URDRREAKING tions of an unmistakable character were visible in the | S0tp® im passing to ngs bree perm 2 and the Hartford | frequency with which she wae rammed and the continu- Here, then, is a range of forts au batteries of the | fleet. Vessels were being lashed together, despatch boats pen am OP tvs naa Erect eatant Tron the freer | cus artillery fire that was rained upow ber so demoralized strongest character, with tofernel machines aud gbrirue. | wore hurrying about in all directions, signals were dia | the fore.” paalc sntmed lorrovall amag thet, and, alteouss ax yot bay, and extending overs semicircular lino of eighteen | PiAved and answered, email boats were lowered away | or angen nA Yeas action the wind, | 082 had boon hurt, they berged to surrender, fearing, mil i “4 capil of fio forts, Morgan and Gaines, | and anchored, activity prevailed on every hand. It was bas iste there clo was io ia eae blowing all our ie teeter tees yet merlasiay they ‘could are old works, built on the most approved plans for bar- | as apparent te the rebels at the forte as to ourselves that | smoke direotly uvon ibe fort, where it hung in dense | under the existing ciroumstances, bave infiiered but bor defence, by the genera! ernment in time of 5 tpon which vest seme of money and Tofinite laber hed | *Bé time bad arrived that was to test the ability of the matees, obscuring, the Ril of, their gunners and pre, | uriting more damage oo us because of the course pursued been expended. They arc compiete, with bastion walls. | rebel appliances to keep a hostile fleet out of-the bay. | { fore Gta! ‘ere | by Farragut, which prevented them getting rau; e here polled to fire by guers, doing only the slight- itches, glaces, traverses, bombproofs and every other | Circumstances had arisen that prevented a strict oom. | ent yoonble damage. Indeed, none of the, vessale were area tes now iuiad aaaiant UIs rok asa. oo eons fame D1 appliance of strength and security, mounted with the ‘ , most approved modern. une, fully garrisoned, ‘pro. | Pliance with the Admiral’s plan of commencing the move. | injured by the Gre of the fort. he could only rei ive, and oocastooally. as he visioned and stocked with boundless stores of ammu- | ment before dawn: but, hav ing determined to enter the } 14 would be simviy a series of repetitions 10 deacribe | Could comfort the fears of bis men and coax them to nition. ieee of these it were impossible for a vessel | bay, he manifested not the slightest concern at giving the | the pacaage of each of the veanels by the fort. ‘The clouds De dog oe broadside. od = pt ata Ah Boa to enter t ¥ from any direction without eucounter- | rebele the benefit of the earliest possible information. | of smoke tbat cover it after ibe seriou commencement | Tribe 1No work of each vasgel in tnay mixed encounter. Jeg A most destructive cross five, that would be sure de. | The attempt having been determined upon it sbould be put | of the fight prevented the rebels from watchiog our ferther F pos, wena ebteely, nme gu Lecanto Sop ig howe through despite any and ol) disadvantages. movements with any definiteness. They could ouly fire by pent bag enny (gg rapid bla ates eo Lal 0) ‘ol 0 move. Even shou! ‘THB START. ‘ 0 were the fire of the forts be resisted, the numerous torpedoes | Tt was six o'clock, with the aun a foll bour high, when | Sees into thin #moky Danie, and truss to tbe chances of & cloud of smoke, the continuous roar of « hnodred and filling the channels threatened their destruction st every | the foal start commenced. The sloops and wooden gun- | well mige the {rand as they came up each poured in its | [uty heavy guns telling of the pr tongat the strife, step, while unseen and visible obstructions were liable to | boats started from their anchorage, outside the outer bar, | broadside, acc: 0g it work of destraction, and tuen Occasionally the Tennessee could be made out, apparently stop their approach at any point where the enemy’s artil- | three miles southeast of Sand Isiadd. The Monitors an. peasing on toder cover of .its own smoke. Io tbe mesn- ppg to eacape her ony be asa ae lery could have the most damaging effect. chored in Sand island channel, inside of Sand Island. and | time two of the Mouitore, for rome reason, bugged the | (7, enemy. ktrikinggher on the qaarter, would throw ber Behind this formidable line. 0 _g | Naited until the rest of the fleet was opposite Send Island, | ghore close under the fort, contenting themselves by | masio. During thie /exciiing melee the Manbattan got ind this formidable line of defensive works | and then moved out into the main channel, taking ori” | pouring thelr heavy diecbarces of grape and canister into Dig sat gS ccna er rag ese and appliances were moored a fleet of five | tion in advance of the wooden fleet, forming a live. with | the rebel work aud keepmg her water battery silent, | Ore ford S| rectly at ber broadside, uge gtnboats, carrying the viest armament pro- | distances of five hundred yards between each, in the | jeaving the work that bad been assigned them—the de- —_ Soc pieced peyton ha ete kote Be level of the soa. It is of triangular shape, its great- tt length being about half a mile in an easterly and wemerly direction, To the west of Sand Islands reef Wretebes away to a distance of three miles, koown on the eharts as Woe: Sand Island. Pelican Island, with in- werveoing shoals anc banks, continues the chain of bar- (ters to the see ia the same goneral direction, gradualiy frawing around northwesterly to Dauphin Island. Baepbin Island i@ the easteromost of the chain ( low sandy islands that separates Mississippi Sound fom the Gulf. It is twelve miles long, cast wad west, though its western extremity is simply a mad Deach. The eastern third of the island widens out, wiangulariy, to a breadth of a mile or more, and is severed with sand hills on the southern shore, timbered feck with small pines and palmettoes. A very narrow wd ebaliow pass (bridged by the rebels) separates it wom Little Daupbin Island, which at no remote period wes probably a portion of the main isiand. The eastern frente of Dauphin and Little Daupbin islands are uolform, a4 preserve the general circular direction of the inner doundary of the bay, stretching northwest, inclining Sraduelly to north, towards the mainland at Cedar al Dind, was quickly swept that they w curable within the rebel lines, and one at least, the | order that bas beeo published. leet—| 7 Point, ‘The intervening space, two miles, between the | most complete and invuinerabie specimen of naval archi- Sas ruveaioarvescus See oe cally Om Nor core Te acRectly | tm the eftort, bis was the only shot that over passed | Rialwnent town, resort ie trath ie agtegted by Colo. ‘ tecture afloat, that seemed confident, alone and unaided, It was a grand and imposing sight to ee the noble old through ber iron. It seemed and was truly wonder. F yi serthera potnt of Little Dauphin and Codar Point is very ae . 5 posing sig 0 the guns, the sbricking of the fying missiles, the bursting | ful hat a craft of aby kite could’ 80 long hold ous | B@l Anderson. the rebel commander, who says that “but thallow, and easily fordable except across the channel | '? defy any a uns a Lect 4 sateen belle ayond ie Fine’ fg aed yond cb te | of abelis in #1! directi+ns—all this, with the circumstances | ggainet such odds in number, and against mh & terrible | for your (our) land battery your (our) fleet would not taown a6 Grant's ’ase—an artificial outlet into Missis- mauvene. te ve that called it ont nnd the thick dangers that impended on | Chononading apd punching as the fellow was exposed to, | Dave had so easy a time of it with the Tennesses.”” | This Such was Mobile Hay jess than one week ago, and | the rebels, defying their tost determined and desperate is 1 ae such the formidable character of ite defence,’ But | eforte at resistance, eballenging ‘the enemy to mortal | sterteraca shasting, that cancel te Tener aa the time had come when it was deemed proper by the | combat, confident of its av, little affair, more than anything else, developed the weakness of Fort Gaines, and doubtless wag imifwentis) in determining iis surrender, which occurred so soon after. ont OF THE VICTORY. ‘Tt was truly a ew ‘and glorious victory to enter that harbor despite all the obstacles the rebels had placed in the way, and all the appliances of engineering sk!!! and artillery inventions that bad been prepared in the co bit. It was & ly break wp aud the considerable nucleus of « navy that had been But he exhibited no outward sicns of weakness; he only ts To Ope with AT defen ee |e ae eye Lealely COON Ee rete ta ggpitt | nought to got away. Otherwise he was ar good for the bational forces to take possession of this stronghold and | preparations of the remorseiene foe and overcome them. | the fort a new danger was encountered. passing | fight as when it commenced. drive the rebel force that occupied it into the graduatly | Vevery vessel was ed out with ail its bunting. The DISPRRMON OF THE RERKL ¥LERT. Hee CLTRION OF b opheiemerr4 ers but sorely narrowing limits allotted them. The task of | Stars and Stripes waved proudly from every peak and | The ttle Woottor Manbattan was the fist to emerge | caret “to nce ne yarn Mt at noemothiag nee accomplishing this berculeap work was committed to the | gait, the only exception being.nm the fore of the Fartford, | from the cloud of smoke that enveloped the vicinity of | Compelied to succumb, alter a fight of something more Joint naval and land forces that have for a long time been | which was graced with the broad peupant of the Admi- | the fort, and as ehe stewmed aw: took a coarse di- | than an Legal The Focal’ hoo goer dod ed Operating in the Gulf. The n rm of the expedition | ral, rectly for the rebel fet, openiog ber guns upon it ae | made & fash to ram, the Tennessee amidships, wen tue was committed to Rear Admiral D.G. Farragut, whose THR FIRST GUN. soon as abe passed the fort. The Hartford, being a faster Lalcae dade ue ihe tun alnten teak 4 fodomitable will, untiring perseverance, undaunted | At preciscly six o'clock and twenty minutes the line | gaijer, enon overhauled ind paseed the little fellow, lete | pass! clove ander ber eee eras tppi Sound. This pass never earried more than six and ahaif or seven feet of water, and is so narrow as to for- Bid the passage of two vessels abreast. TRE CHANNELS, ‘The main channe! |to the bay, and the only one prac- Goadic for vessels drawing more than cight of ten feet of water, runs close under the eastern shore of Sand Island, fetmg from that point @ direct course to Mobile | bravery and wonderful re ‘The effect was terrible. genius forced hix fleet of wooden | was oompiete, the head of it then being two miles from t £0. i feint, whence it diverges to tho northwest, in which | ships pust Forte Jackson and St. Philip earlicr tn the | the fort. The Tecumseh, baving the advance, signalized po aay, The bee Geopais Tebacion es thier ee te the ‘emoke haem Of the rebel close es Soni aie tious bone herds Lc ase waders seuree, distant from five to ten miles, is the anchorage of | W8F; defied the intricate mazes of batteries at Port Hud. | the start by fring « shell trom ope of her ‘Afteeu inch | the other, opened their guns on the same wark, and 6008 | Lnd'srmteed’ itso ae’to render it immovable, At tne | WF Coa any where, and was of Iteelf equal to more than half of our fleet. it the vietory had been dearly bought witb the blood of brave and loyal men. Not many bich to rank had fallen, though there were none nobler thao Commander Craven and his luckless companions of the umseh: por than Licutemant Prentice, of the Monou- gabela, who fell at bis post. But chiefly the losses were among the men. The full list of casualties bas already been printed. Se pepente, esd: wadrom were one hundred and forty-nine wounded. This oes, though seemingly slight in comparison with son ut a lator date; assisted go materially in the redito- | guns, which fell and exploded with remarkable accuracy { tion of the outaide batteries at Vickebarg: and, {tn the | in the snore battery of tbe fork The whole line then Sanne fad os toon Se whole history of the war, though more actively and con- | moved slowiy forward, preserving their distance with | jeed Aght was aliogeth¥r differen m that which | Cl BOF closed sufficiently to afford eg Unecaety qugleved than any other naval officor in com: | much precieion, « loug’ taw gun Occasionally being dis: | they bad ptomiacd Vemenives. 1 would seem thas they | Seler was reported to Buckenaa, who ran aft with bis mand of & fest, never suffered adefeat. To attempt a a reminder to the rebels, should their optics | had calcatated on the probability of some of the Monitors Sa be esced to direct repairs. * A _ La — to eulogy on ‘an officer would be simply a work of jem, that the fleot wes approachitig. The Monitors, | getting into the bay; but that any of tbe vey iny bbe aadhindge sy Ml, BEd supererrogation. His name is familiar in every house. | contending with the ebb tide, bad difficulty a wooden ships, with their immense — batteries, | fee" just inside giving directions, when the Chickasaw, hold in the land, and bis daring explotis and grand | slow beadway’that was desirable, in consid the | could pass the fiery ordoal of Fors Morgan in’ Poway | es. Leni oe begs diac! the achievements are handed by ha rt Ad tongue. eeneee oan a beng case el - Del, — safety, = wears destruction from the hundreds firee the por Noah cabana the weed we a ES en- cure e used themse! Torpedoes shat filled the ebannel, were probabilities | vcred the porthole, striking the wood owe usta. Los ot my privilege at this Hine to spenk particularly | by Kk off am occasi poun that bad net even deen eotertained. But now the whole | in ay yards ‘The pose fellow who was at fase ‘ad. the Lower Fleet, or the point re heavily laden vessels fre obliged to lighten. The city of Mobile lies thirty ‘miles up the bay, approachable only by vessels drawing fees thao elgnt fect of water, The main channel into the Lower Fiest carries not less than three and a half fathoms Many poimt. Leaving the main channel at the ood of the spit, half @ mile (rom Mobile Point, and leading away te the cast, is the Swash channel, so-called, carrying six moment it was half open, not far enough to run ng The dis- i of 1 composing the squadron. nnd \¢ firing was exceedingly desultor; va ecrena feet at low water. Tole course ies around close to the | Pus raviis commana The names of most of ihe: anipa | withatandiag coat it was well eirected, passcd eatiredy | fee'batn ena tate Gk te aanied icon Woder tha rite | Justiag tbe port cover was blown to pieces. A large | Oe sche Tand battla, Tee altzoes waprocedonted “ia tore, aud bas been the favorite route for Inward Dound | and gunboats, as well a& their armaments, are known te | uonoticed by the fort. fre of the fort, separating itself from itn consort, thus | spiuater struek Buchanan in his right leg, just below the | Tethetercr naval engarements, and fully attests the Mockade runners. The middle cbaunel, ef Pelican chan- | the rebels, who have good-reascn to hold them in terror. THR FIRAT RESYONRE FROM THR PORT. doubling the numbers of the iivadling foe. At frst the | Toe, shattering tbo bones. Another, soamas, standing! severe character of the fight. Whea #0 the te ie Sirus tivson ore ory ctl, anno tho ar | ieee ga oe painting fa | A any noon cnc, te Menge an van | beta pret tat fn | Hh AAS rel a a Nye | ste oe ming oa tony re ro ee from botween West Sand and Pelican islands, In high posi @ grand army, that it in range of the fort, the Tecumse then being | and for afew minutes beld their position, but the rapidly the point where the tiller chain down, jamming the Tecumseb, sweMing the vumber to two hundred and would be manifestiy improper to make public #0 long as | close uader the rebel work, and the entire fleet ‘Sand |"; ween ir eae wwe are engaged in actonl wan. Yet auch vessels as the | island, the fort opened in response to our gues, ‘Her fret seta entietpenae orrend tuctoase of toe ce hay ae cers tobe tiie cuain Darton’ lear tun’ tue coup dettowe Hartiord— that hervic eld ship that hes carried the Ad. | shot was dicecteq,at the Monitor feel, but it was impos. | eeived, tended matvrially to modity their views of their cate abaes eur Maree, tn. tn deneeniel Bendy coioaion ate tmters oUbe Marara ine | ther naret Sad war’ Feast at saernnsraer's | Steeda soeasoue'an'a'stse, Graaaaih ey | ssetet hg te pero the Ceca bering he » ; ya re running a rent plan of battle. v Tackawanna, Mcnoazahela, Oneida, Kenuebeok, Seminnle | epeed, the four being apparently lye tometner. The Feat vaue: uetore: Furraguv’e, Goes, cossslosaity eee, sory ot recerwfog the wuzrexder 0¢ be abip. and Oasipes, snip | [ eel shell struck the water in ihe midBt of them and ex. | forth 2 wild disobarge, then showing their heets, measur. SARRAROS'S Baevact ree BocmARAs: Stete, rendered. tbe - ing et the same (ime their streogth and speed with ue, | When t was reported to Admiral Farragut that the vices ren are country; THR ACTION HRCOMPS GENERAL. ‘Fue speod seemed to be wiih them as against our Mont. | rebel had surrendered, and that Buchanan was wounded, ing and teat ve gunboats | Metacomet, Octorara, ‘The action now became geveral. All our veesels opened | tors and sloope, and the Union gunboats had no erders to | be sent « staff officer off to receive the rebel admiral’s Port Royal, tance - 1 Galena—such ‘veewels are |:their batteries freely, the fort fired as briskly | purswe thom. skilful manceuvring they managed to ‘ord. Some one asked Nag it be would not go ofr known throughoot the length and breadth of fire our vessels were now raining | giip around ve oor rigft, avoiding the Monitors, and es | himself aod see Buchanan. The former merely roplied, the land et ore a © portion of Farragat’s im- | upon it would permit. The Tecumeeb fired but | our fleet reaches the lower anchorage they fouod them. | “No, sir, he is my ewemy.” Subsequently, when the mense fleet on te 6 ones setecied for the dan. | two more shots, at considerable jntervals, seeming | scives wader ihe :belter of Fort an, the Tennessee | Stat officer returned with Buchanan's sword, it was rep- gerous duty tbat waa to be sparformea In addition to | disposed to reserve her fire and the energies of ber orew | alone for a abort time contending at long téoge with the | resented to the Admural that Buchanan had >. these two arr a a itor gunboats from the | for tne coming. contest with the Teunessee and ether | yictorious fleet ax it defiled into the bay, and then she | Wied to see bili Well, afr, he shant see me.” revlied gen const, the Man! - Tecumseh wore added to | rebel vobsols. When the fort frst opened she fired one | followed her companions 10 Morgan, and the first fight | Whe old Salamander. Then looking along the bloody decks the fleet with espectal reference to this work, and also | shot, and @ second as she passed abreast of the fort. | ended, of bis sh, headded, *€ supy he would be friends; two double torretted boats of the same general pattern | The.other Monitors, on the contrary, loaded and fired as Tm victory. bat with d brave men, my comraties, mangled, dying from the Mississippi river—the Chickasaw and Winoe- | raplily as possible, their heavy shell prodecing @ most | Thé victory was won—complete, glorious, grand. at | and dead’about me, and, looking apon the destruction be bago—the Matter of which, however, was equivalent to | marked effect o1 rater battery, which vould be | twenty minutempast eight o'clock, precteely One hour and | bas caused in this fleet, I can only consider bim an ene Dut a single turret boat, because of the failure of its for. Decause.of the tremendous fire | 4 mayen from time they Rad first eocountered | ™y.”’ ward turest to work. Toe was an Kad’s turret, put om wooden ships, farther astern, | the rebel fire, the crews of there noble old ahips were catPren OP TES TENNER, as an experiment, promising improvements on the ab play onthe traverse gnox and pired to breakrane within the strongly defended Mobile ey ee ee seventy four—two-thirds kiled—it will be conceded that the fight of Mobile Pay was the most severe that isre corded in the bistory of naval cogagementa, ‘TRE MONTPORS. The Monitor Chickasaw received one plunging shot th gh her deck: otherwise she and her consorts of clags passed through the action unfnjured, always eon tin te Tecat No one was injured on any of them. turrets of all of them, save ene, re! wo revolve, for some unoxplained reason, goon after the ac- 08) ere worked by Pee | the their guns to bear, the same as with other vesseis; bus it ls a slow process with boats that handie no casier than de these craft, Their ability to repel rifle shot of calibre ), however, fully eet aod oa ‘ol - “a thus taken mio enemy will unity, were of great service, indeed, the Manhattan made tbe only penetrat- Ing shot into the Tennessee, and the Ubtckasaw compel!ed the same vessel to surrender. Jt was, therefore—and it js but jus} to put the faet on reeord—the Monitors that floally the boasted Benneasee, as the first Monitor beat the prototype of that vessel, the Merrimac, eariter in the war, in Hampton Roads. This fact, while des thie channel is practicable for vessels of ton feet Greught. Suod vessels, on reaching Pelican Bay, make @eir way iatothe main chanael south of MobWe Point. Bix and reven fect of water can be carried from Pelican @ay into the main harbor via the eastern point of Dau- gain Island, passing close under Fort Gaines. Thie is the voute our supply ‘boats now take, and will be compelled follow until the gurrender or reduction of Fort Morgan. (ight draught wonsele can enter the harbor by this route without passing pearer than two miles to Fert Morgan. Detward bound blockade runners have formerty followed 4be middie chammel, passing down the main cheane! until pest Fort Morgam. Pelican channel proper, though stilt existing on the carts, has been clored up by #%e action & storms, which have materially changed the shape of Petioan Island, cutting it in two, and teaving what was formerly its western end moreiy a sand spit, jutting out fom Dauphin Isiand, woo; but, Ike many such costly experiments that have | curtain batteries of the m: fort, which ded to 3 that bas yet been een, ‘uate, though excellent Ya ‘eory, was aeddedly. | ue tre vigorously, vhougu wits hwemect ncryen, | ARRARPART 10 DIETORNED. this or any country. Two years wero consumed In Ber | teas ‘prove thet’ nov imnrovessenes can be made upor Rebel Defemves of the Channel. WORE ee an os He alt (oA gg | bea the engagereet bed Those wearied, powder begrimmed, bloody sailors, are [ony heer i work — Le a ge 3 a “4 them, al > need. @ pre if 1c | , whose long’: ' Grani's Past, the only other entrance to the P this fect, then, consisted of five Monitor turrete—tonr | tearlul storm to follow. Gere SRT ae esc ee ee eae ete neeeee | clded to BM. predtionl | bre ot the detect 7 eee @ay, bes already been alluded to, This channel | vessois—oarrying six'eleven-toch and four fifteen.inch POSITION OF THR RADRL FLWET. hands 6 quarters.” Like the long roll in the army, thie | f the Merriméc, onabl him, with anijmit ‘Usivep Sraras Fiacamr Harrrorn, ) Dahigrea guns; three Ores class sloops of-war, having an The rebel fleet, under the of Admiral Bu- the warniag aboard ehip means at bis disposal, to produce » craft of ai aggregate armsnent of six one hondred.pounder Par. | chanan, during thie tme had iy ta getting’ ite | her eed, bed Bicted the’ Aitutiorne te whaas | strength, speed and eccet ty, Her length, (tom mensure- Totes, wx thirty ownage Faezetta sat Afty-four Hine Inch | Position and preparing for action At the moment | yonder moreies sbé bad been consigned, apd. re Degraft of the flag. Dablyrens, 8! of tie second and third | now referred to it was drawn ap Dearing @own with all speed upea the wi bun foot; and her Bar, Angust 6, 1s0#. ) ks to the ofMcers and crows of their gallant conduct during as guarded by the rebels by an improvised work alied Fort Powell. This fort was made of sand, brought over on barges Crom the main land and dumped on a knoll Airsotiy on the northern dank, a corner of it projecting | clase. having a1 aggregate Of about twelve one | the south, siroteniag acrom the a for Her hall was om fortune to nee dred: Parrots and seventy-two nine. | nol, lying about « te northwest rt, of the ato the chnouet ‘The work wae of pentagonal form, | RURdred.pownaer Par Trove, cur "oodte | Se fing, sbowt crttiont of the for Fhe Fight With the Tennessee. tid pet togaiage ithe viregest weaver possibue, “Her | {uty wih more evurage nod hortnese: fo loot ditches, Sut surrounded by ® row of pili pounder Partotty avd nine ard sievon-loch Dahigrens, | Tennessee; next the Soima, 60 soon ‘de adorned When 16 was reported to Admiral Farragut thet tho deck Ise! ty above the water line amidsh! for ‘asairucl ino, od ‘although they witvesse wbion filed the double parpree of an outside wall anda | with a fow ried guns of with the Star Spangled then tffe Morgan, a | Teonessee wee bearing down upon bim, he Bastened on rises to two (ep) or a trifle more forward and am. 0 all ‘annibiiation of our Sreskwater Tho chaunel was farther obstructed by rows img uaregate of say two hondred al | grim looking, though shi id neat r1OS | gock with the bu is ted Bite three bi ow tea — . aod driven across it, but which ro easily re. fed pat Atoamer On'ber leit doomed to destruc: stho remark, He is after mo; let Rim come eco betes v7 pao Wo mat i by Admiral garragut om the rebel aba r- ‘Seon wero. woodey and four tron. tion, and, finaly, the fnsignMfcant craft; | om, if 16 must be 805 admiral for admirni—fagedip for fs about six Y i ‘wel Desttation io follywme Saute Hat gaits fers, aTesenes nr Gey | ss sacitn wi ASec ot neta haath « cnnuhorsae'| ened tea pane Sues Scnsiny ecr aac ieee See | Samet! He. Foch ahipe wot inmeditsy | SAD Cong jot both "hee. end oder eae, we Rhee eihing enespe rary without, Whew Ferragut’s, fees entered the harbor the | aquedins wee tories so lay Culaide'the bay as n reserve, | fyidg abou ameve thie eet, but tbey found ie incom. | *talled td weigh anchor and be ready for action. The | Seen, yy ekeenewe "cre" coonren othe Wea -we Dad sgiree. ost work was wholly aateng! eine attack being made from ® | and also with shovr long Tango gune to make a diversion | venient to protrag {their stay alter being admonished by Dostle Of preparation wasapparent on every vessel The | layers of pine and oak wood, be ‘all De blown wp as certainly as we a\- on b : 5 hell D uniooked for inprovided for. The the conth anal s@utheaswern fronts of Fort Morgan, | 8 fiftcen-iveh ebet m the Tecumseh that there was | enemy was close at hi former and middia oF Poiioan y the guns ot Fors | while anot lrenment of fur gunbouts tu Miasigalppl-| deager in tho air,’ To Blockade Yorded with ae ope td phage Mayan sehenatty taace teks Ach imple ooasasaes | povouiet ‘or Morgan cara to ron the | Bound opereted tga wat Fort owl cotton (or Fogiaud We evans, were aise’ Ising ia the | 47H at the Barttora, eyidentiy. with the tnteation of Gian tockee Sead Thies ancsher ayer of irom hy NO SANRAGET | og et of Morgan the main channel. ate OT TMS HOCH IN FMR bay, but quiakiy doi. to return to Mubile, ae did also | funding ber down, The admiral mounted to the roaintop oroea\ngy plates a ‘Admiral, commanding W. @, B. Squadron Sweapeaidlaba 4 thi “Twill be remembe Ved thet all the sloops méntioned in | three or four email 9 Wamers, apparently army tran | and surveyed bis Around, arranging bastily bis plan of | Me sdine width, Ponty tere eh too of one +t Morgan guard@ hin rquadron are proj wiled by stoam in addition to their | ports, that, during the eWrlier morning, bad bean plying iH16, This weliled In bie own wind, he quietly awalt won Low pervoudioularily. making Ie all six inches of ba weliled in bis 5 sited | fron A (orm idatin HORS a het at © Sime Gnrer @aceh. eres ‘Dut a formidable fleet Jam. we that which deed fii. Their ansiltar motive powers a opoiier | wbout between the for nel Neri . tee c 45, 1904. 1 pehioh, ond portions of the boilers Lor or m@ TecUMsEN, hb of the iron monrter, Avehanan must have Caro, August %, 1 Acrors the bay, ee the water Hos, Anticipating | a.Wus for th\ Moattora to dispove of this he hod caught bis ndvoreary napping, from ar. Saeas caveihes baveae prs ry ‘Sbous | _ Nine querifias and rabel sptes were shot by the military Reve ober racted bh dona fire an pase) We the forte, (bese © were | ity Shou Wt be succeed 1a getting bie parent quies that now provatled on Forregat’s flag. | forty-five eck The roof te formed of aathorities at Paducah yeaierday aad the day derore Plies #9 p.wced that Ouely went to Pane Weola to fe (or the action, St, ik WOuld o# all bat cond Non pew wae fired no crew were to besten. her | hoavy icon grating, which affords ample voutitation tor — es fer 0h gone of one OFMNE Other of | Vojgaivut meets and y ¥POe wero all taken 6", with | 4 of Nem at ove encouttor, g felly expoved to the tremendon: blow he | the crew in achon when the porte are cecesaituy cloeed Reavy ® Addition to this, torpedden #tthowt | cio her superfiaone rieeing, Md thor, ste thay wouNt be muon cut wp In | was bastening 80 give, int suddenly tors wanwebange | ti. prosier part oF the vine he eaanmates hive ten} fm ail the chonra's, Ube docap ta’ [the aide. thee wenld Be exporad } np on “ CoorNE, at ROR RB THR MARTE KD oND v ‘ Poteact hr done each (i Kaw ond veateen thougand dollers, Fedsis, Some itea of tlegem ¢ te ue end boilers, 7 nee Tae ned the point oxet of tt fort Whew tho TERE BAd Anyproach cd veer eoonch t * ork inobn y 1 with #b of | Scates bonds, were stolen yosto Beechinon. and the cere with vlatine f ” be . voing ¢he } these observacond amd fuily amore. iau ¢ va vivete on {De contre af | Louse of Brewsier, Sweet & Fo ub ™ » hoe work o ; 3 he 8 . “a