, 1864-09-05
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zints might bo expected ut any moment Ho
Wtre 1nfulmtd ucxt morning bY tho rehcls
that after Es'n Hurts to e1t.pgush the flro
fhcy became greatly ala1mca lest tpey q hunid
ali Ut down up, Md Hooded the magazine
with Water and threw large quantity ri
poN der into tbs well5. No sooner via tina
Light discovered than GcLe1nl Bailey nr1lered
all our batteries to commence dr1ne in mr.
DIR to prevent the rebels trou, cx.inEuiab abiu.
the hahies. which they did Tlth great Yigor:
and shells IRON n.ne''neh Damgscn nud
eiGbt aI d tR:s-fnch Mtrtarz fell nu,id the
fumes with fearful rapidity, driving the reb-
els TO their caae1nstcs and producing a sccuo
OF grahdt LII ra1ely witnessed For fully an
hour this nwiUl sccne continued With lsnd
Ike FURY, wafh the nrlrg ccaeel suddenly, 70
the nstonfatment Of those ,ho wit1 eseed tho
hHafr from the shipping in thu buy.
TIE FORT WAVES SIGNAL LANTERN TO TIE
FLEET.
It wss explained next morning By Gen,
Eailey thht le sAE e0ulr Of the garrison 70
down to the beach aIu wave q lantern to lle
fleet, cyfuently signal Of surrender. The
Gtrcrai Hatctcd this movement steadily
from a position be had cautiously obtained
Se'y eloke up to tho glacier Of tho fort after
watching half an hour, the rebels, finding
the Heel hlsde no answer to t1elr 6Icual,
Ptobsbl5 because it was hot seen, OF, IL seen.
hos ulderstCc1. Nttndrew to thu fort with
tut attcmpfiGg to signal the aFr1g. Had
they doAe so, 1'.ey might haYe been spared q
VERY uncomfortable night, Ird ne should
have taved k1so quantity Of powder, shot
ind shell. for Gen. Bailey immediately or
dErcd bic batLellca to re-open, aud the gnrrt-
Eoh OF Fort Morgan slept to or we're Kept
wide awake b. the music Of bis guna.
A PRoPosAL TO SURRENDER.
At twenty minutes to seven o'clock on
Tuesday mornisg = rcbel eficer, Captaln Tar
lor, b tAriog + white ds=, end accompanied
oJ sbout forty men, carrying small sail
boat, marched our at the main eallyport,
thclcg Fort Gaiues, with the lntsation Of
pushing of to The fagehip, tLree or four
miles aista1t, with Hote from Gan. Page
proposing to surrender the fort, and asking
what terms woufd be granted; hut here again
they were thwattea ty the ubiquitous Bailey.
They we're determined to Ignore the army
entirely; they would not treat with it; they
would not surrender to 1t II they could haya
had their own Wny, probably because Gen.
Pagc, who #as long an officer Of the nayy,
has still . lingeriug affection for the old
Union jack. Gen: Bailey informed the 1ag
Of truce officer Tint the army aud nayg were
one, tbat they represented one Government,
and That they wGre fighting in the same gIo
rioua cause; tlst hIs artillery commnn1ed
Eott Morgan and bis tntantry every foot oi
Mobile Point outside the fort, and thut he
could not and would not permit q rebel
boats crew to pnsl Oft from shore underanv
pFeten6e whatever.
ARRIVAL OF GEN. cpAvorp
About thls time Gsoeral {,ran,rsr arr,vea ~
The wharf, In front OF Fort Mofgau, and 1le
1ofe OF Gen. Page Was handed to him. Gen,
The contents Of the note to tne s4ss ado.;r!i sn5
when his answer was rprr,ve5 rho to-,,a au1 ~
surreyder would be tlicfstsd n e ahoet ~
time thereafter, Grn. Granger sent Gen. Ar
mold, cliff Of artillery, Capt. Dra3 ton, of tn.
for the Immediate and unconditiona3 anrrcn.
der OF Fort Morgan, with its garrison aad all
public properly, to the army and navy Of tho
United States, guaranteeing tho treatment Of
an cIltghtet Cd nation to prisoners Of war.
Gen. Page wished to ftfpu'ate for the re-
moval OF his slck aid wounded to Mobile,
but this was aatly refused, and he then sent
NOTE TO Gen. Granger, stating that hc ac~
cep.ed MS term5. but requesting that the for.
mslitg o. surrender might be detsrred until
TWO o'clock 1u the afternoon, that he might
nave lime to PACK up MS baggage aud get his
Een IN order t. march out. This request
was aeeeaea 70.
THE REBELs MARCH OUT.
Accordingly, at precisely two o'clock, the
rebel army, num peripx prubablYa q littie over
si1 hundred, uurched uut at t8s main aal,y-
port. without music and Wlthuut hunner1
and 1spra drawn mn IN line at fha fnnt ~ tha
rlac,er. Fronting forwards the hav- Two rcoi.
ments Of UnIon fufantr-the 9th IoyTa and
10th Wihcon6fu-nrtcefe3 nv n hr.sa hand
nlsyinr ssIis5i Go]ambia. y and With tsa stara
and st7ipes and the coiora Of thrir 1sanent'
i've States fioating proudly above them
marched By, and halted about five paces in
front of the rebel line. The rebe]a then
stacked their arms, after which the band
struck up the s.Star spang1ed Banner" Thc
rebel Es9 WIS torn down, aud the old flag Of
our Union was onca more 1une to the
brcezes which are waited oyer the r.mnarts
Of Foft Morgan.
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uHlgN eAtoIE;
t,a 1nla f nstoaa ~ snts was thunoeIea from
tne suns ,is ~ tac ten.ot,war % IN ne o4y, and
II VIC Gna 1E9m rolt oalnes, ana from soma
o. oa1 uaHgIlts On tae Pcnlnan!a. when the
e9t1uslasm !, 1a1 some"na1 enosided the rolls
o. tne r. oei conlpanlss we're called and Ver1-
f1eo. the omcers and soldiers placed on board
TRANSPORTS, tLe formal surrender OF Fort
Morgan was completed, and the command of
the entrance 70 Mobile Bay passed forever
from the rebel states.
TIE SPECTATORS.
While the salute was being fired hundreds
OF ofhcers OF the army and navy, in brilliant
urifoEmF, and hundreds Of soldiers and sail
ors, who seemed we'll pleased with the work
fort to Titnets the imposing scenes.
WHAT VIE lave GAINED.
a cumming up OF results will prove thta
10 hate been one OF the most brilliant and
cucctfe1ul caogalrUs OF tue War. lfom 1t8 IN
Eepti0n to its cloae. Although General
GraDe er had stuptndou8 obstacles TO contend
against, from lack Of water transportation,
not moment Of unnecessary delay OCCULT
Cd, nota blunder was committed, not life
was unnecessarily sacrificed. The very best
Feeling existed between Farragut, Candy aud
Granger, and the cooperation was constunt
and cordial What are the resnltsf Exactly
twenty days have e1npsed since the landing
81 INC army on Uanphin island, aud two
Gy aays 'a,es-1ae oth-the ueet passed the
tI tGst7. s.nes .nat t!me We havs compelled
fosaoS 1.aaIaon ~ .. VI 1otk 1oMtn, re nave
with nc wo-F: ona ,.nt'a ~ ,nsr,.t eam5e'
tim and alter homhardment nf twentv.
four huurz We have almost iestroved ara
compelled the surrenfer nf Fart Tnronn
heretofore corsidered hr manv ah1s off,ce1s,
as the etronpest fortrrss ~ tha Ginitad
Statca. We have taken flffeen bnnd,e5 wis
oners, one hundred pieces Of cannon.
and 4 vast quantity Of small arms mn
munitions Of var; We hive also taken nrnVi. %
sions enough to feed the garrison, whirh We
ehall place iu the forts, for six months. We
have captured, and now hare in perfact f1rht-
irg trim, the 1am Tennessee, tie strongast
war vessel afoat. In fact sheis invulnerabIe
to the broads!des Of Ill the navies in the
world We have taken several other vessels
which can all be put to naeful purposes, and
We have penned up In Mobile harbor ut least
three tirst-class English blockade runners.
All this has cost tie army one man killed
and sfx wounded. It has cost the navy the
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