Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-08-17
THE NEWS.

NE"os
Union accounts of the recent operations
of Farragut's feet off Mobile are received
and show that for once the rebel dispatch
cs describing the situation Of affairs there
were singularly truthful A rebel ac-
count of the fight off Fort Morgan, main
ly with the ram Tennessee is also receiv-
ed and corresponds so nearly with the
Union account that we are forced to be-
lieve that the rebels are going to try tell
ing the truth about their battles-by way
of change. The victory of Farragut was
both brilliant and important. Brilliant
because he met the flower of the rebel ma
Wy and vanquished it almost by his SIM
pie presence; and important because it
will give us CONTROL of the port and city
both of which have been of great impor-
tancc to the rebels. The dispatches this
morning state that Farragut will push on
and take the city. We hope that is his
intention. for although to have control of
that important port for blockadcrs, Mo-
bile bay, would be of great service to u.s.
we can never get CONTROL of the city east
err than now, and it's value to the success
of the Union cause is plainly apparent.
Accounts from the Shenandoah valley
for several days past have reported Sher-
idan as whipping Early and his corps Of
thieves and greatly harrassing his pro-
gress southwark, but there has been no
decisive battle yet and the engagements
reported have uccn nothing more than
skirmishes between Shcridau's van and
Early's rear. In these skirmishcs we
have been successful. and Early is so i'm
peded in his march by his heavy loaded
trains of plumber that he will probably
have to make stand and fight. lie IS
trying to get in good position for bat
tic, and all accounts from the rebels agree
in stating that he is being heavily rein
forced by Lees army, one account repre-
senting that Lee himself has gone, to join
him. But General Sheridan has an ar
my of veterans. and in any battle of rea-
sonable fairness may safely be trusted to
take care of Early and his reinforcements.
The Richmond papers and Washington
specials unite in sustaining that Gen.
Grant is moving his troops and artillery
from before Petersburg and placing them
upon transports. Correspondents with
Grant hint at mysterious and important
movements, and this may be the COM
mencement of them. Gen. Sherman does
not send many dispatches lately, proba-
bly, because he is too busy to make his
try and write 1t out at the same time. But
he is pushing forward the siege of Allan
ia, and his vigorous and splendid cam
paign will soon be crowned by the occu-
patton of Atlanta by his gallant army.
The rebel pirate Tallahassee is having
a brilliant career on our Atlantic coast
So far she has things her own way, and
has robbed and burned union vessels with
impunity. Already she has quite string
of naval scalps at her belt and is rival.
ing in brilliancy and daring the career o.
other piratical vessels. But vigorous
measures have been inaugurated for he,
capture, and it is to be hoped that her ca
recr is nearly ended Her captain is re
ported to have said that he should scor
visit New York harbor. That would b,
, bold thing for him to do but hardly {
safe one, and it isn't probable that h
will redeem his promise now that our YES
!. sells and gunboats are starting for every
4. point to try to intercept and capture him
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