The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-13 00:00:00

THE CAPTURE OF FORT MORGAN.

The navy department at Washington had re-
ceived the following from Admiral Farragat :

Flag4hip Hartford, Mobile Bay, Aagost 25.
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had the honour in my despatch, No. 31, te Mate
to the department that Fort Morgan had surrendered on
the 23rd lest to the army and navy, though at the time the
despatch was written sod mailed, the ceremony of surren-
der had not actually takeu place. The correspondence
preliminary to that event is herewith forwarded, and the
department will peroeive the terms of capitulation were the
same as in the ease of Fort Gaines. Gmeral Page eodea-
Toured to obtain more favourable terms, but without .suc-
cam I regret to state that after the erseenbFog of the
rebel officers at the appointed hour. 2 p.m., for 'intender
outside the fort, it was discovered, on an examination of
the interior, that most of the guns were spike 1, many of
the gun-carriages wantonly Injured, and there was
every reason to believe that this had been
done after the white flag had been raised. It
was also discovered that General Page and several of hie
officers had no swords so deliver up, and further that some
of those which were nu rendered hr I been broken. The
whole conduct of the officers of Forts Gaines and Morgan
presents a striking contrast in a moral principle, that I
=Dot fag to remark upon it. Colonel Anderson, who
commanded the former, finding himself in a perfectly un-
tenable position, sod encumbered with a superfluous num-
ber of oonseCptn wiry of whom were mere boys, deter-
mined to merenier a fort which he could not defend, and
in this determination wr. suppose ted by all his officers
save one. But from the moment he hoisted the
white flu, he scrnpu'oasly kept everything intact, and
in that condition delivered it over, whilst Page and hie
officers, with a childish spite, destroyed guns which they
said they would defend to the last, bat which they never
defended at all, end threw away or broke those weapons
which they had not the manliness to use against their
enemies.

Fort Morgan never Brod a goo after the commencement
of the bombardment, and the advance pickets of oar army
were actually on ite glad/

As before stated, the ceremony of surrender took place
at 2 p.m., and that name aftmeoon all the garrison were
sent to New Orleans in the United States steamers Ten.
name and Beeville, where they aer:ved r,sely.—Very
respectfully, year obedient servant,
D. G. Luuticur, Nor-Admiral.
Fort Morgan, August 73.
To Rem-Admits' D. G. Farragnt, U.S.N., and Major-
General G. Granger, U.S.A., Commanding, Az.

Gentlemen,—The farther sacrifice of life being USIDOODO-
wiry, the sick and wounded suffering and exposed, humanity
demands protection. I ask for terms of apito'ntion.—
Very respectfully,
P.. L PAGE, IL:p"er•General, U.S.A.
Head-quarters U.S. Forces, Mobile Bay, August Zi.
Gentlemen,—l h►ve notified Admiral Parttime of your
desire to capitulate, sod until his arrival hostilities will be
suspended, when your proposal will be duly omaidered.—
Very respectfully,
G. Gli/11018, Major.Geaars', U.S.A.
To Brigadier-General P.. L. Page, Commanding

Fat Morpo.
The New York Evening Post's correspondent
writes as follows :

New Orisons, Augr•t 24.

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The heavy bombardment of Fort Moran, which began
early on Monday morning, August 23, was perhaps the
most severe firing which bar yet been directed against the
rebel fortification., except Sumter. The range was
obtained previous to the opening of the C 111311011140 on that
day. So on the morniog of that day Farragut's fleet,
including the flag-ship and other large vessels, the monitors,
the rebel ram Tennemee, and some blockading semis, took
part in the bombardment in connexion with land forces
These were stationed on Mobile Point, in the rear of the
fort, and heavy mortar batteries were planted within. It is
report. d by an eye-a:knees 5C3 or MO yards from the fort,
that the vessels were stationed on either side of Mobile Point,
and the fort was therefore invested on three sides. The
fire from early dawn until 6 o'clock was regular and effective,
but shortly after that hoc. it became rapid and extremely
heavy. The rebel ram Nashville was blown up by the
Mataeornet just below Mobile. The gunboat Oneida fished
up 11/1 torpedoes in the dismal below the fort.

The New York Herald's Mobile correspondent

Uri :

On the morning of the 23rd of August Captain Taylor,
bearing a white flag, accompanied by four men, marched
out of Fort Morgan, carrying a smell era boat, with the in-
tention of going to the flag ship, three or four miles distant,
with • Dote from General Page, proposing to surrender. A
check was pot upon this by General Bailey, who said the
arm► and navy were one, and, as his artillery commanded
Fort Morgan, and his infantry every pert of Mobile Point
outside the fort, he would not permit a boat's mew to peas
off from shore on any pretence whatever. Soon after Geo.
Granger arrived, sad the note to Admiral Farregut was
taken by him, saying he would communicate its con.
tents to the admiral. In • short time a demand
for unconditional surrender was made and granted. The
results of the victory at Mobile may be wound up thus :
Compelled the evacuation of Fort Powell. The surrender of
Fort Gaines. Almost destroyed and compelled the surrender
of Fort Morgan, heretofore considered the strongest fortifica-
tion in the United Metre. We have taken 1,5 C D prisoners,
100 pieces of cannon, and avast quantity of small arms and
munitions of war, also provisions enough to feu t the per:-
on we shall place there for six months. We have captured
and have ready for use the ram Tenuous., the strongest
versa afloat ; also several other war vessels, and h►ve
peened up at least two English blockade runners. Ail this
met the army one man killed and six wounded, and the navy
the lose of the Tecumseh and • part of her crew, and very
few casualties in other ships.

A NEW TONE.—A letter from Rome states that
the Pope has addressed an encyclical letter to the Bishops
of Poised, in which be expresses his grief at the situstion
of catholicism in that country. Pins IX recommends
peace and obedience to the constituted authorities, and re-
commends the clergy not to take any part in the revolt,
declaring th►t the Holy See is opposed both to schism and
to revolution.

The reports of the Frankfort autumn fair this
year state that it has passed off favourably, the transac-
tions in woollen, worsted, linen. and cotton manufactures
having been large. It is remarked as a proof of the
growing prosperity of the people that the sale of common
goods is continually falling off, while that of the better de-
scription is increasing. The horse-fair is also said to have
been successful. About a thousand bosses were sold at a
satisfactory prices, and permits from England were among
the buyers.

At Teplitz, near Treatscbin, in Hungary, eight
violent @hocks of an earthquake were felt on the let of
September. The visitors who were sitting in the perk
listening to the band of the Hungarian singles jumped from
their eats; the musicians threw down their instruments,
and the people rushed out of their houses in terror. The
motion, which was from south to north, lasted, h
bat throe or four seconds ; bat beyond frightening the
people and shaking down several dilapidated chimneys, the
earthquake pained over without nosing soy damage.
The National Convention of Spiritualists, which
had been is asseica for five dare at Chicago, adjourned ea
the 15th. No definite plan for a central organkatica of the
body of spiritualists was arrived at, end t►e diecuseious
were sot shwa 7s dignified or regular. "Communications"
Isom deaasd mammies from Ev. downwards wars intro-
duced by many speaker& One gentleman, Wood, brought
forward, after recovering from a moon, a resolution, framed
by spirits, appointing a mass meeting in this oily is Sep-
tember, but it was rejected with derision.—Nan York
paper.