Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-08-18
ACCOUNT OF AN EYE WITNESS.

The New Orleans Pcsyune is indebted to the courtesy
of officer of the navy who witnessed the naval
ment, for the following interesting particulars;
" Between seven aud eight o'clock in the morning the
feet moved il the following ORDER -Four monitors and
wnoden vessels the Iecumssh leading the former
and the Hartford ship of Admiral Farragut) the lat
ter. advanc, d. The monitors the Tecumseh, Man
haitian, Wnnebago, and Chckasaw The wooden vessels
(ollo0 ed para
1.-THE rebel ram, the Tennessee and gunbosts Selma
Morgan and Games ly ng In wait under the guns o.
Fort Morgan ready Ia attack The Federal heet as il ap
preached. 1t opened them with grape and canister
the Has tord and other Vesselswith such severity that
nothing could Withstand the force Of the terrific attack
The gunns r. of Fort Morgan, in The time, we're
driven from their guns fierce The fire from he F-
deral fl ,et. The Tecumseh in passing the f,rts, w
blown up by the explosion Of torpedo rhe captain aud
all board, with the exception ten, sank with her
"16e Con edeTa.e rau Teunessre after first cknQ
the et 1t advanced, seemed to return for sheIte-
under the gus of Fort Morgan, but, thu et had
procrrded Distance up 'he bay stood town. -
if to give battle whereuRon h liar
an' M we tr,SSa ~ fleet stood for her. aud a
n'oS' ''''o' o'.-rgement commenced. The Tennessee
~n' ra@.acd by the Hartford the Lsckawana and the
ran0EE rhtia, the Lacka~ana striking her under fun head
way, aud AL the els delivering heavy fire at the same
instant The Manhattan, meautme put one solid Is inch
shot ut her. which rated her armor through aud
through, ana lodged the opposite side Admiral Far
Eagnt during the eng, Nmrn stationed in the main
top, where he had ,shed himself should receive
wound, communicating his orders below throUga
ns iabrs. After most de ermned and gallant eng tge
mrnt, the Tennessee showed white flag AS a token OF
surrender, aD officer of the Federa feet Ten boarded
the Tennessee aud demanded the sword of Admiral Blu
chhnsn, which that officer rndrred and it TAX
On busrd the f1gshp. The Confederate admiral was
wounded severely and will probably have to suffer the
ampu'atiOn If leg
The Confederate eunboat Selma, in the meanwhile
retreated up the bay and followed by the Melacome
Llaut. Commander Jewett and Port Royal Lieut. Com
mander Ghrardi. The Selma surrendered to Lieut.
Jewe;t. The two other rebrl gunbosts, Morgan and
Gaines took refuge under the guns Of Fort Morgan and
(says our forman) would probably be captured in the
course Of yesterday
The United States monitor Chickasaw, Le1t Com
IN nder Perkins, steered CALAMITY up to Fort Powell,
took 10 tow st5Gm barge from immediately under the
guns OF the frt After taking the barge Uf range sh
returned and peted the fort vigorously for half hou
with II inch shell Fort Powell finally evacra' ed
and at eleven o'clock at night blown up by the rebels
"Ot course the rbel vessels concentrated their FIR
principally upon Der she suffered the greatest loss III
total Federal loss including that Of the Tecun n (whic
blown up by the torpedo aud sunk in killed wound
ed, and missing, was about 2d0."