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WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 1864

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~yr <-rtr WARRINGTON, Aug, 8 1864
Gen Butler has tellegraphed to the war de-
partlnent that Richmond papers Of the 9Th,
announce that our forces occupy Dauphin's sd
Island, hut the Admiral Farragut. had not
passed Fort Morgan to attack Fort Gaines.
.'' .'t' WAshlNGroN, Aug. 8.
+. Richmond papers OF Saturday last, an
nounce that our forces have taken posses
sion Of Hauphin's Island South ofthe har-
Dor OF Mobile, and in rear of Fort Gaines.
WAR Dept, WASHINGTON, D.. g.
- Aug. 8tb, 1862, PIX.
Maj Gen. Dix: -
The following announcement Of tho sue
ccssfui operations against Mobile, appears
in The Ricmond Sentinel of this date, and is
transmitted by Maj. Gen. Butler to the
President - g. ..>..
F~om Headquarters Maj. Gen. Butler,
3-p. NJ. Aug. 9th, '64
TO His Excellency, Abraham Lincoln
The following is the Official Report, taken
from the Richmond Sentinel Of Aug. 9Th.
ls'gnedJ B. F. BUTLER,
Major General.
Hon. J A. sedden, Secretary Of War;:
| Seventeen of the enemy.s vessels-four-
tee, ships and three iron. clads, passed Fort
morgan his morning.
The Tecumseh was sunk by Fort Nor
gan.
1he IL nnessee surrendered after d 8 e.
per"te e' gagement with the enemy's feet.
Admiral Buchanan lost a leg. and is a
Iprisoner.
| The Selma was captured. The Gaines
was beached near the hospital. The Mo
gan is sac, and will try to run I'D to night
me enemy,s teet have approached the city.
monitor has been engaging Fort Powell
all day.
(Si5ned) Oh. MAURY.
Major General
oAAHA City, Aug. 10.
The !! dians are hourly committing new
1chredatlons, stealing stock, burning trains
ard killing indiscriminately.
| They were within ECO wards Of the nick
els OF Fort Kearncy last nj cht and fred an
4lroW at cne Of them.
A coach arrived at Fort Ccarhey this
'nor:,'ns and reports having passed several
rains vi ch had been burned and dead
bodies lay by their side. 800
p'r'y OF six whites were killed at
Three Mie Creek last night. - -
! The | dians have stolen all the stock It
Cotton Wood Stion, 80 miles west Of Forat
kearn y. 1t is we'll known that reneesd,,
|supEoscd 10 be from Quantrlpa old band
are associated. with the Indians in these
lcbred i ons.
FoAr LAnM1HB, Aug.9.
Tho indians are 60 iting very bold. There
IS great alarm throughout the country.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WAsH1xorox.,
49, Aug. 18th, 1865, 1890 p. III. !
II Eh'or General Diz:- .
The following report of the success ofonr
operations at Mobile, extracted from the
|R'cbnend Enquirer of this morning, has lust
be n received by this Department from
Major General Butler: rf-... r.. A.ss:
Noble, Aug. SON Friday nipht 1t.
Colonel Williams commanding Fort Powell
evacuated and blew up the Fort.
Yesterday and to day the enemy Arc
sheilng Fort Gaines. - -
Inc people OF Mobile are al ready for
fay, q! great confidence prevails,
Inc people are satisfied with the conduct
o! LIS buchanan, Maury and Barnet of the
Navy. " '"'
80. ..,.,. SECOND DISPATCH. -
NOBLE, Aug. SIT is painfully h,,n;,-
atIns TO announce the shanefr, snr,end
0! For Gaines at $50 O'clock this - s.N:r r
by Col Anderson. ' '~'ssn'hg
s;- ~ werini work was provisoned for
!S'~ '"' n'ns, and had garrison Of 500
iie Communicated with lie cnsmy,s feet
nv iag OF truce with the rsanc.isn Of Gen,
Pig. who snquired by signal what his pur
pose as. but received no answer.
| il!s @ttsnti. :, VAS attracted By signal guns
Ian Pase repent edly telegraphed him TO-
hold on 10 the Fort. -. -
! Ihe same night he visited Fort Gaines
land .nhnd Anderson on board The Yankee
ct ranging the terms Of capitustion.
I tie ieit peremptory orders for Anderson
on ,si's return, not to surrender the Fort.
and re ieved him Of his command.
! Fort Morgan siguaglIed this morning.
hut no answer WAS received except the
nois,ing Of the Yankee flag over the ram
! part. Il Fort Gaines
! .An9srson's conduct 10 officially pro
nouneed = inexplicable and shameful.
Dsi atchss just received from Gen. Sher
idan report his brcss moving against the
enen, up tho Shenandoah.
al 4 P. n. they were skirmisbing about
ten miles from Winchester.
This morning Gen Grant reported tb, ex-
fiosion OF N ordinances boat yesterday, load
ed " 2 ammunition. It City Point wharf.
70 dstails have been received.
Coz Babcock. or Gen Grants staf "a.
tsl:gasy wounded.
| NJ operations before AtlantA 81 eonse-
ioes.-e are reported to. day.
f.ftions Of Ssoncman's command are
cens'i ueiDs 70 arrive. and the total Ioss will
no exceed ,O0o. e. II. SrAxrcx
/ Sccrs.a .aTy of War.
WAsHIxsrox. Aug. 10. 4
Subscriptions u III 7.3o loan reported 10
{ tn ,TsasmJ to-day amounted to 1853 $50.