, 1864-08-19

The Situation at Mobile.
THE EXEMea0ND PRESS M
NORTHERN FO1.1T1ssS

n0l1HERN POLITICS.
MOBILE.
ID = From the R.cbnoud Examiner. Ann, IN
b, Assuming the Correctness OF the tacta =
/. egraphed from Mobile, the conclnsi,n
=. iheE1tahle-a traitor bus delivered ~ r. r
CIT N. powerful Confederate fortrr4s n
:" Of the chief dcterses. Of Mobile harbor.' o. ~
; Ii6oncd by xix hundred men and nrnv;s;oS7,.
II tor six 'n,olils-dehvercd 1t 10 affrr - -.
0 lours' she1lihg, and" co.trary to the ernrs = rs
e command OF Lis superior otlcets-i,1i ~,
9 II up with al it's garrison and stores M
powerful armament: Which hse, ;of conrs
pten tuIneo against the other deicusss ,t tt
Il fhts ase is Halr LIZ ars Il Is ela9k lata9y.
, post, large or sflall, By Confsdc1ats a otficf
70 lfa CHI ny, In which tbs marks NM: si,sn
u reason lie unulistulabio-it. lie d Is o,fr
! 1s Iue. ne" 0Ilears looked bad vet III -
~ Mss loI1lng Which might not posaibl; bea
tnc explanation Of criminal liuDfoyiienca
= on the: part OF the Government, ns,nrs tn
csan'- and LOO Hervpus fear, wilrn the tin
cahe, oi exposing rich cjtv to shot m,
eneHL Inc surrender Of Cumberland Ga,
Mas sIlll RoFF; yet drunkenness or iuco u
PeaeAce or both combined, may bo and hay,
6eeo supposed as kjnu OF poor pllliatiun
~ the whole, &c very milIest thcor; O
ahat Transaction was paiu1ul, and the les:
eai1 about 1t the better. =
kut here What is to be saia: Col Charles
AnoeIsoD, of the 2lst Alabama regiment. II
Eact q N command of that fine work sces
Fort Powell. ninor fertilization. aban5on.
e sId olowu up {why nc do not jot kuow}:
nnds that the dtttnec Of the haroor depends
70" npon. Ills own p1st and that Of Fort
I Morean.: DC Is "rcpeatedly telegraphcd" pY
! superior officer OIL shore t1 hold on to Lis
!o1ti nut alter few shells have fal;en upon
H-"ithont ahy communication OF his Dur.
lose 70 Lne commanding General-ou tue
same n1Eht''-t1at il, the night Of the 7th-
| sh's Col Anderson Was on board the Yuukca
nest sarsa1sinsss terms Of capltui2tion.''
LUIS pert0rmance, as We flud 1t en- the 1is.
I,atch. Tnat document mentions yery ofsen
Tue name Of Gen. Page, aud il apparently
nfelarcd with view to produce,tho improi-
SION mat THIS Gen. Page used great exertions
tentlon Was attracted by signal guns', at the
fAude1son's) purpose Was. Then Gen. Pa.e
repeatedly telegruphed 'ho}d on to ynnr
1oIt." Gen Page 'visit:d Fvrt Gaines that
same night" and found that Anderson was
poan9s pn ooafd .a. the Yankee feet. Now Was Gan.
fsSc's tine to net. If eser; aud the dispatch
tells Us that he did act; be ''re1ieyed Audcr.
son Of LIS coumanu,s.' and lett peremptvry
c1dtfs for him, ION his return" :" nut to snr.
render. On lis return? Why was the trat-
Tor ever to be permitted to return? His su-
.a .-..t eHASSt 40 VI lHt spuL 1ouad that he
VAS with The enemy, aud relieved him on the
spct-ola ne DOT then give the comma nd 10
some other officer? Did he not order that
chcer to Keep Anderson out Of the fort. "a
~ vas our, anl to let hltu stay among his
Yankee friends and surrender lIs own carcass
gn!y and il not, why not. And who ia
ten. fase? We never heard Of him before.
The commanding General at Moollc is unier-
ftuod to o. Gen. Maury; why 40 not We hear
Wy mosa o. MN, and 10 very much Of Page. |
:. ~ course It is out OF the question to take |
II for granted, the perfect nccuracy Of a tirst |
Press alspateh, and especially trom Mobile.
More ]iEht will be shed nppu that dark traI,a.
action IN t=w days, and neither treacherr
nor co~ardlcc il t. be hastily attributed to |
officers OF the Confederate army; but 90 tic
~ aa.ter appeiIs TO stand no1, upon the IT, /
formation hich has c3ue to hand. Colonel
Charles Anderson appears to have commit.
feo diEgraceful treaecn Gen. Page to have
behaved L mauner yet quite ungxpl uned.
and Gen. injury to have done nothios. at aU
ING capituation OF Fo.t Gaines may p-ob. !
ssely !; oe ioHoWed by the reduction of Fort
oiofgan also, Snd, II So, tic ebemy will fuen
oe nearly IN ls favorable position for besirg-
Lrs the place as they were IN resoect 70
Charleston, nfter taking, the batteries GU tla
notth end Of Morris Island. Mobile ia rot
even 5et peslegtd: and has probably tho
tuction Of all the out.r forts msy place the
:lty Within reach Of ehclle. and then Mobile
will hayea taste Of the fankecs' .pcculiar
si!le OF Warfare, as already experienced at
I1arieefon' Atlanta, Pctersbur: and Frede-
they can not actually be- !.
'scr tie heads Of its peaceful inha5ltants.
q osds to reconcile them to the s. Union Of
htlr 1atlers." The defense of the place now
,'sy cost Huch mcrc fighting, by reason OF
he ICES q the outer forts; SO 1htt the c4pit-
aiauoh q fctt Gaines, " To save the eIasiun
VI hI5{1 - NJ In !
nc tEuslon OF ten times as mich blood
'ut thtL 1t viii 2ot be Colobc! Aade:so1l's.
TIE SITUATION.
rFsnn the Richmond Disps,th, Aus. til
And tho city of Mobile 1.,ay likewise he
aVed: II her defenders viii only determine |
1at &c shall not be. eusrsndered. II they
eyE ttn motal courage. to stand shc!lin.. !
Cba1ieston has bec:, doing for more than
= eITe months. rs Petersburg has been duln,r ; ]
or TWO mouths, and rs All Aut. has been d.
e 'oI tue lsst thirty days, the TuaLecs may
Ii q lcW uaarned cftiZeas-t!IeY 1laT kuock I
own OF burn up cct;4in upmber OF housrs
they moy compel the women and Children {
? .ake 10 me cellars for the securits Of tlelr :
Ves-thtJ = may furnish the food fsr Harp pcr's !. +
'ood.cuts and tho army correspondents of I
ne 1ankee newfpapers-but they can M i
aore take Mobile thsn thcy Gun take Rieh. q
'ond. True, the outer fortilcations hive t
cen taken Or rendered u eless. Fors Powell /
- N~>NN "AV - 4Rs AAA i Hlk N1uluEd uh8 3efp
uFrenoered With strong suspicion Of trea- r
IN True, Fort Morgan, isol.ted and sur- +
otndfo, may be taken or blown up, But I
ttre nre etfli formidable defcuscs md Oh. !,
|rnctfons before the shellip. point can BE- =
achcd, aud then, and BOT till then, Mobile 81
III be put upcn her mctt1c and afford an op- d
o1tnDity to rival tic glory ot Charleoton. u
Petersburg, AID Of AtIanta,. THen She Il
Ill have M opportunity to show, what has G
zen so o1ien shown In this War, tLat q bold ),
ea1t Is superior to all mechanical contriY- | =,
'ces. and that determined courage and a Ii
olutaon to Win or die, are more than equal Il
the ls1Eest ply sical odds For tie TRES. b
It. she ia not 50 badly of as Richmond Waa is
20 cars ago, when Norfolk had bten taken. o
htn York bud been abandoned when TIL; a,
lm6s atd Iork gare access, to t'io' Yaukee-i h
ct almost mp to her very doo,s. Fortu- II
EteIs. too, 1t IS understood to b The policy *
CIV up no more cities. The case Of New ic
Elears will not be repeated. m
II the Yankees get MobiIe-ucle-+ there be y
orc treaEon breWing-they wilt b. c5npell. "
to fglr fuf it. a few SHELLS or II great fl
my Of them, will not do the work, Ihe7 N
ast land and storm our batter.-a-must to
ick Tue nut before they can get Possession tt
the kc1ntL h,
SCENES AT A FLAG OF TRUCE, ol
THE TRENCHES, NEAR PkTERsnUso, y..t ~
AF3.xr