The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-08-18
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Little Rlne, tint the tndmhe W iues
day last commencing an indiscrimlnatt
murder Of the whites in iAat region
S,arr route staiion.l cepcrs and seitel'
l.rs are all leaving, Over land stage
coaches have stopped running t..
'viu ltff l'tat 'Sr. Lotis Aug. 10. +
The Dem Gratis Fort Lcnvenworth dis
match says tdr indiun outrnRes conip''
NE In Northern Kansas. People IN Tn"
sorth,westcrn counties have been muF-
derei, crops destroyed aud stock driven
of. Evidence accumuletcs that all OF
nearly all The ,ri1rs on the plains ha'e
banded together Tor war,
Gen. Blunt has issued orders that no
arms. or ammunition be sod them ana
npiified all ,ffiecfs having authority over
Indisnsto not nllow them TO leave their
rcseryations for The Wes--'hat such acts
will be taken US proofs OF hostility, and
i treated accordingly. $500 ~
'lraIn ar0 WAsmNgroS, Aug. 10.
The following official dispatches have
been received by the NAVY Department;
,,e FLAGSHIP HARTFORD, MoBiLE BAY.
Aug. 6.-SiR: have tho honor TO re-
pert to the Department that this morning
I catered Mobile BAY, passing bct~
Forts Morgan and Gaines, and cncoun-
. to-ed the rebel RAIN Tennessee and gun
boats ofthc euemy, vizi Selma, Morgan
snd Gaines. The attacking fleet was
usder way by 6:45 Am, IN the follow
ing order: The Brooklyn, with the Oc'
surona on her port side; the Hartford,
,yi,b tho M.,aeomc,, tho Richmond, with
tho por, R,vnI. the L,cnwnnna, with the
eeminole; the Mononaahala, with I c
Tec,mssb. tho Oa,iua. with the Itusca
and the On,id,, with the Galcna. On
,he stnrbo,rd side of The fleet was the
nroner nosit;on of tho monitors or iron
rlads ...t
Fort Moruan opcned on us ten min.
u,es mast seven o'clock, aud soon amer
this the action became livly. As we
steamed np the ship channel there was
some dilliculty uhe ad, and the Hartford
usssed on ahend of the Brooklyn. Al 10
,ninntea nast 7 the monitor Tecumseh
wns struck bv n ,orocdo aud sunk, going
down very rapidly, and carrying with her
all the officers aud crew, with the cxcep.
siop OF the pilot nnd eight or ten men,
who were saved by a boat that sent
from the Me.ncnmet. which was along
side of me. The Hartford had passed
tho boats before 4 O'clock.
Finding myself rakcd by the rebel guh-
boats, I ordered the Mehcomet to cast
Oft and 90 In pursuit Of them, one Of
which, the Selma, she succeeded In cap
turin I.
An the vessels had rassed the forts by
s:sO but the h bel ram Tennessee WIS
still apparently uninjured In our rear. a
signal was al once made to all the feet
20 turn again and atsck the ram, not
.uS with guns. but with orders to run
her down az iull speed The M,nonga.
hala was the fret thnt struck her, and
though abe my have injured her badly,
vet she did M, succeed N disabling her
The Lackawarns also struck her, but
in, iicciually. The Aagship gave her u
severe shock With her how, and as she
passed fired into her hole port broad
side Of solid o-inch shot and ~ pds. OF
powder, at a dls,ancc OF not more than
twelve feet. The iron.crds were clos
iup upon her and the Hartford aud the
rest of the fleet were bearing down upon
her, when, at 10 4. NJ, shc surrendered.
The rest of the rebel fleet, viz, the Nor
gin and the Gaines, succeeded in getting
bscs under the protection Of Fort Nor.
gan.
This terminated the aciiun of the day
.AdmitAI BurbS,ni Il sent ME his sword,
being himself BADLY wounded with corn.
pgurd'nneture OF the leg winch umsup'
pHscd w'uhavc to De nmputo'ou' nav
lhg nau many OF my own men wouuu,'o'
shd Wc surgeon oi nc iehnessee oe
lng very desir1us 10 nave hdmlral
l'llceehndnan llleh n ,b,eempycd to the hosp'tai' sent
oirort Morgan, prlg' uen; nnnnfu H.
Page, to say that u he wou'd allow tue
~vueeI OF the Meet as wen Us ,helr
NNn 10 DC tsken 10 fensleoin' whcre
.hey could DO oe''cr careui ior 'nan mere
nroyiSod wGS % sho ,Sm,Ia V", "a no rorm,,,sd "w o.
return. bringing bnck what .he did not
take out. Eenrral Pare consented, and
The Mctacomet was dispatched.
Total loss on our side, 40 killed and IS
wounded.
On tho rebel ram Tenncsscc wcrc
e,pIured 90 officers and about I7O men.
On the & lima uere tnksn 90 off ar, mud
men.
Twill send a detailed dispatch by the
first opportunity.
Very respectluly yonr ob'dr sery't,
, ID, G, FARrAsur.
-.,. RAG. w. q. IA. Sou.dro,.
To Hon, q ideon w Giles, Sec'y of NAVY. .
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