The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-16
FARRAeUT's VICTORY.

ffOh Ne Tribune.
Admiral Farraeuts splendid achievement at
Mobile together with the New Orleans narratives.
clear up some points which tho Rebel dispatches
left doubtful. Not this war, nor anv other.
affords parallel TO the action Of the 9th Of
August, nor has any other naval engagement
done so much 70 unse tie still further the lues-
tion for the last three years at issue, touching
wooden and iron-clads vessels Of war.
Farragut's feet consisted Of four monitors and
fourteen wooden vessels The remarkable phases
Of the action are -
l. He engaged Fort Morgan in broad daylight.
There was no effort to run by under cover Of
darkness.
The Admiral formed his line of battle at sun
rise, tour monitors leading, wooden ships coupled
closely following.
IL. The wooden ships silcnccd the fort. II
does not appear that the fire from the monitors
had any considerable effect Their eight guns,
Icapable OF being discharged about once In fifteen
minu es, could do nothing against the tremen-
dUus armament of Fort MOrgan--stated at one
huhdrt and forty heavy guns. But Admiral
farragut took his ships of wood close in under
Fort Morgan, and with broadsldes of grape aud
canister drove the Rebels from their guns-ard
SO st,am, d past, little hurt. Such tactics, and
such heroisn as II required to put them in force,
Pre- beyond praise
4 1t l. idle 10 talk Of Rrmor-platlng; more than
aidle TO eulogize numbering two.gun monitors,
when the hroadsidcs Of wooden ships are made,
! by the genius and courage of one man to do such
work es this.
The wooden ships defeated and stink the Rebel
/ |iron.cad feet. Rebel papers excuse their de-
feat by Il ovCrpowering strength of Admiral
IFauagut'S force That will do for after the fight.
EBeiOrt IL the ram Tennessee and her consOrts-
,2ll r-plated-were heralded as invincible.
IL is cl al ,nough they were an overmatch for
ythe four monitors-or three, if you pleasc-the
1pctmS h having been sunk by torpedo before
HgettnR into the fight, Nothing could be more
gallant than the wav the mouitors were taken
ptO acti n, nor do any officers deserve more
4,redit than theirs. But the Tennessee was beaten
Sby the assault OF the LdckdUdand, the MonDn0d-
ItctG and the HdrtfOrd-thc shock and the broad
u side OF the lauer, FaTagut's own ship, finally
bringing down her flag
The helpless cumsiness of the monitors was
Xphappily illustrated in the collision between the
3 hartford and the MctdcOmct-the latter running
3lmOst at full speed into the Ho,tford spite Of all
Isfort- 10 prevent it ; and the Admiral had the
4moTiltCation OF seeing his flag ship, almost un-
shnrt 10y the Rebel fire, reduced to Il wreck by the
1nmanagtability Of one of Mr.. Ericsson's ma
|chipes.
We shall get later news in a day or two. The
arrival yesterday brought nothing su late AS had
comC before through Rebel channels. There is
no eXact.lbfOTmation Ms 10 the position of tue CO.
Operating land forces. They are said to have
invested and caused the surreLdcr Of Fort G lines
Dn Dauphne Isand but. while there is no doubt
of the taking Of the fort, it Is little unccrt dn
bow much the army lad to do with the capture.
Rebel accounts said the surrender was 10 the
hawai- force.