The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-16

AOaQ01Au ySb0 ~ OoUWkOu
the OssipsevitA ~ Itasea aad a. Oa1i.
do viii the0alsna. o. ths seprbosrd Of
the aeet vss the properpnition Of ths
AoaitoIs o. lroa-clads. For6 Ifotess
opened upss - q tea niass1S pass I
o'clock and soon after this The aslioa -
esAe lively - Ne steamed up The mais
ship ehaaneI. Thsts vss soshs dj0lsalty
aeoetd and the Hartford passed On ahssd
Of TIE Deooklyn. \
At 40 niaatss past the monitor Te,
eunseh wss struck by = torpedo asd
sunk, going dsva very rspidIy, and oar,
syiog down With her aiI the ofReen and
crsw, with the exeepsioa Of tho pilot and
eight or ten men, who we're asved By .
beat thss I Sens iren the Alstse>nss
which vas alongside Of ne. The Hart
ford had passed ths fprts bslose 8 q 'clook.
Finding myself naked BY the rebel gus
boass, ] ordered the Aetaoonst % eess
of aud 60 u parsuit 81 thsm, oae OF
which. the Selma, she succeeded 10 cap
turing. All7ths sssssls had psssed the
fOrts BY $50. bat the rebel nm vas ap-
parestly unisjuIed in our rear. A signal
vas at onos made TO alt the feet to turn
again and attack the ram, mot only With
gaBs, but with orders to run her down q
full speed. The Monoogshela VS. the
6rst that struck her, and though she ma,
have injsred her bsdIy, Jet she did not
succeed in disabling her, The Lackawsns
also struck her, but insffectually. The
Gag ship then gave her heavy shock,
With her bow, sod - she passed fred into
her shols port bSoadsids Of nine incl
eolid shot and Is pounds of powder, at
distance Of not moro than twelve feet
The iron-clads were closing upon her,
and the Harssosd and the rest 81 The fisss
werc bearing down on her, when At 10 q.
n. she surrendered. The rest of the
rebel 6ess, Wis; the Nosgsn and Gaines,
succeeded in getting back usder the pro-
teotion OF Fort Morgan. Thss ternisa-
ted the sctios Of the day.
Admiral Bachsasn sest me his sword,
being himsslf badly wounded With . com.
pousd frsetnre Of The Veg. which, il il
sappcssd. Will have = b amputstsd.
Having had many Of the men wound i.
ed, and the surgeon being very desirous
to have Admiral Buchanan rsmoved to
the hospital. sens Gag Of truce 70 the
commanding officer Of Fort Morgan, Brig
Gen. B. 8. Page, to ssy1yhai il be woald
allow the wospde1 u de heet = we'll as
the rebel wounded 70 BE- taken 70 Pensa.
cola, where they eosld be bet.ss cared for
than here, wosd send ous one Of our
vessels provided she would b. allowed 70
return, bringing back what she did no,
take out.
Gen. Page consented and the Astaeom-
ct was despatched. Loss on our side lt
killed aud 8S wounded. Oa che rebel
ram Tennessee we're captured 90 olkcerl
md shout ITO mes. On the Selma yer.
taken 80 officers and men. | will seus
a detailed dispatch Sy ths6ss ., p,ru
nifty
i Very respectfully your ob't. .erv't.
j d. g FARRAGUI, r. A. G. WE. B. B
squadron.
Hon. Gideon Wells, Secretary Of I'll
!, Nary.
| The New Orleans Era says Admire
raj Farrsgut chose . novel position in &,
ing into the fight and maintained i
throughout ellis he teri bio firing. Dssir o
1t once to overlook tie eaemy snd ws,ol
the movsmeDts Of his oss feet be ascend
! ed TO the mainsop OF the Hartford and ~
shere lashed fast. A speaking trum 4
~as sent down 70 the deck and ~ Office
stationed At the lower end to recsive d
Admirals orders and pass them to the oa
|, cor whose dstysis w. 10 see them execl
. ted. This proved most sdmlrable al
} rangement. ~