Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-08-20
From the New York Tribzne. i'
FARRAGUT,s yICTpRy.

'..' FARRAGUT'S VICTORY. AfJ4
75 Admiral FARRAGUr's splendid achieve.
ment, at Mobile, together with the New
Oriears, narratives, clear up some points
which lhe Rebel dispatches !, left doubtful
Not this war nor any other affords par
alel to the action of the 9th August, nor
any other naval engagement done SO. much
to unsst,le still further the question for he
last three years at issue, touching wooden
and iron clad vessels of war. no. xxx.
Farragu's feet consisted of four Moui
tors and fourteen wooden vessels. The re-
markahle phases Of Z action are: liz,
l. He engaged Fort Morgan in broad
dayli ght., There was no efffrt to run by
under cover Of darkness
The Admiral formed bis line of battle
al sunrise, four Monitors leading, wooden
ships coupled closely following.
III. The soooden ships silenced the fort
1t does not appear that the fire from the
Monitors had any considerable effect
Their eight guns capable Of Icing discharg-
ed about once in fifteen minutes, could do
nothing against the tremendous armament
of Fort Morgan stated q: 140 heavy guns.
Bit Admiral Farragut took bis ships of
wood close in under Fort Morgan, and
with broadsides of grape and canister drove
the Rebels from their gnns-and so steam
ed past, little hurt. Sich tactics, AMI such
heroism as it requires to put Them in force,
are beyond praise. -..5. 4-. .a
1t is idle 10 talk Of armor-plating-
more than idle TO eulognse lumbering two
gun monitors when The broadsides of wood
en- ships are made, hy the genius and cour
age of one man, to do such work as this.
The wooden ships defeated and sunk the
rebel iron clad feet. Rebel papers excuse
their defeat by the overpowering strength
of Admiral Farragut's fbrce. That will do
for after the fight. Before il, The ram
Tennessee and her consorts--all armor
plated-xeic beraIded invincJIe. 1t is
clear enough they were an overmatch for
the four MoHitorS-or three, if you please
the Trcumseh having been sunk by
torpedo before getting into the fight.
Nothing coud be more gallant the way the
Monitors were taken into action. nor do
any tfficerS deserve moro credit than theirs.
But the Tennessee was beaten by the as
sault of the Lackawanna, the MonoDgahela
aud the IIartford-the shock and the
broadside of the latter, Farragut'sI own
ship, finally bringing bown her fig. The
helpless clumsine;s of the Monitors was un-
happily illustrated in the collision between
the Hartford aud the Metacomet--the lat
ter running almost at full speed into the
Hartford, spite of all efforts to prevent il; /;
and the Admiral had the modification of
seeing his flagship, almost unhurt by the
| ahal fro IN ha
ageability of one of Mr.. Ericsson's ma
chimes s. .trg ....,.f .....
There Is no exact Information as 10 the
position Of the cooperating land forces. -
They are said to have invested and caused
the surrender of Fort Gaines on DauphiDe
Island; but while there is no doubt OF
the Fort, it is little uncertain how
much the army had to do WITH the capture.
Rebel accounts said the surrender was to
the naval force ,..ai, -..tf .....
CoUSry CONVENTION The County nom.
mating Convention met at Jefferson on
Monday. nominated a coupiy y ticket. pass.
edoresolutio6s, etc., sai gssool o. slcas
go Mr.. Howell chairman of the County
committee, called the convention to order,
when Hon. A. Kellogg, of Jefferson, was
chosen chairman. M. A. Leonard, of Pier
pont. and W.T.. Simons, Vice President,
and Sidney Kelsey Of Conneaut, aud g 60.
o. Waite, of'K,Ilogsyille, Secretaries. -
The following ticket was placed In nomina.
tion.s 'Auditor, j O. A. Bushnell, present
incumbent; Commissioner Joshua Fobes,
Wayne; lnfrmary Director, nfor years,
X ID Nettleton, Of Kingsville; for shor.
term, Harvey NEWTON was nominated by
scclamationI "A series of resolutions full,
endorsing Abraham Lincoln, urging his re
election mildly eensurng the protest O
Messrs Wade, aud Davis, expressing re
gret that such docnment should be pro
mulgateds by them. believing q il impolitic
unwise, and calculated TO injure the unio
cause. passed. ~ y . orogfg io ssVat
The following report on Resolutions wa
adopted unanimously. except as to tb
secopd resolutiop, which after some discu:
sion was adopted with few votes in th
negative, f,om those who desired to pas
the matter ip silence. 's2+ '"lts9 ~
Resolved, BY this Convention. That "
most cordially adopt and endorse the serie
Of Resolutions or, Platform OF the Unio
National Convention which met In Bait
( more 90 The lib OF June last t,-regardinl
Q J, as the most independent, straight foI
wad. and proper expression Of politica
principles ever made by national nomina
ting Convention. We hail the declaration
|. ofthe great principles set forth therein, a
most encouraging festure of our Ma
lional progress worthy the support Of ev