Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-02
THE EsURRENDER OF FORT MORGAN.
Interesting Particulars Of the Siege and

THE SURRENDER OF FORT MORGAN.
Surrender
The New York Tribune correspon dent gives
the following interesting par Of the cap
The fort was much damaged, owing to the
rarid firing of the feet which was so quick
and constant that the fort could scarcely re-
ply. When the white flag was hoisted, the
enthusiasm Of our officers and men Knew no
bounds; they Immediately commenced pro-
uiscuous sa1uting with m uskets, pistols, &c.
The following dispatches have been re-
FLAesH1r HARTFORD, Mobile Bay, August
&c. fS6l.-To Com. Palmer, Commanding al Neo
Orisaas - Fort Morgan made an unconditional
surrender p m 70, oay' 70 tne ,otcee q sSe me
MS wait as long as l expected. We will cneer
cur flag and salute IL, when hoisted. with An
hundred guns by the whole fleet. Congrat-
ulate General Candy upon the great success
which has attended his first effort in this De-
partment. Nothing could have been more hAI-
monious than our combined operations. we
had no ambition TO excel each other Snt IN the
destruction of the enemy's works, which was
effectually done by both Army and Navy.
Very truly. yours, DO. FARRAaUr.
THE SIEGE AND ITS RESULTS.
Six hundred prisoners were captured, and
are now on their way up the river on the u. s.
steamers Tennessee and Bienville All Satur-
day and Sunday night regular artillery duel
was kept mp between the fort and Gen. Gran
gers men, about one gun being fired by the en-
emy every fifteen minutes, no damage result
ing TO either side, as far as known. On Mon
day morning at daylighta combined attack by
the land and naval forces was begun, and shot
and shell were fercely rained upon the doomed
place, until between and 2 O'Clock yesterday
morning white flag was displayed over Nor
gan, and firing Immediately ceased.
Gen. Paige was given until ? O'Clock p. m.
before the fpal capftulation took place, which
was unconditional At two O'Clock Fort Nor
gan was taken possession. At five O'Clock on
Monday afternoon the inner works and quar-
ters Of the fort caught fire from our Shells but
the flames were speedily extinguished. At
| out, which spread rapidly and burned with
great fury until 2 O'Clock a. m, when it ex-
hausted itself.
During the whole Of this terrible time, our
sides, rendering the place as near hell upon
earth as the Imagination can well conceive
So fierce and continuous was our fire that
the enemy were unable TO respond in q way
that in the least intertered with our opera
tions; but one gun was worked by the rebels
during the whole engagement. Our losses
during the conflict are stated at one man killed
and three slightly wounded.
Fort Morgan is badly shattered by our ter
rife fire, and is but the wreck Of the strong
hold over which proudly waved the rebel nag
on Sunday last. salute is now being fred
in honor of the victory.
uertiser Of yesterday evening says
The stock market shows q slight recovery
from the reaction Of yesterday afternoon. The
transactions at the morning board were large,
and to an unusual extent speculative The
options were about equally divided between
buyers and sellers, showing q very great diff
ference Of opinion about the future of the mar
ket The presence on the market Of operators
who have been long absent is making itself
felt, and there can be no doubt that more activ-
ity will henceforth be shown.
The proposal OF Secretary Fessenden for
bids for the balan ce Of SIS, 600 600 OF skies Of
fered June g, has depressing effect on Gov
ernments. The Isl bonds were sold at q de-
cline OFF,; Five-twenties opened at 165k, and
sold up to 1C9H, closing at decline Of I. There
were large sales of certificates, under which
the price fell to g3b-a decline Of z. Seven
thirties of April are scarce and wanted. State
stocks were dull, but firm. Railroad bonds
were quiet, the principal interest being on
shares.
Gold shows a strong tendency to recover the
recent decline. The fall created strong
"short'' interest, and the purchasers 70 cover
the "short" contracts have forced mp the
price.
The Evening Post says:
The new government loan is attracting con-
siderable attention, and although il Is offered
ten to fifteen days later than was deemed pru-
dent by the financial authorities, who urged
its issue, still the hope is INDUCED that no yery
serious or protracted inconv nvenience will re-
suit either to the interests of the government
or to the engagements of our commercial class
es. large amount Of currency is now going
West, the demand for the moving of the crop
having set in three weeks earlier than usual.
The new bonds, it will be observed, will be
SKIES OF 1881. Five-twenties it was supposed
would, in the present condition of the for
eign demand, have sold better, and a limited
amount may perhaps be hereafter offered to
the public.
The stock market is lower and feverish in
consequence OF the prevailing incertitude as
to the arrangement in the money market, which
may be caused by the pay ments on account OF
the new government loan.