The weekly sun., 1864-08-20
Monday. August IS.
ADMIRAL FAkkA(.tT.


Monday. August IS.
ADMIRAL FARRA(:LT.
DssAileA Accsuats Of the Movement Against |
Mobile.
Hss yo@k, Aug. 1.-THE stesmship Creole |
fron New Orleans the Ith, has arrived st this port
with passengers spd freight, and bringing letters
sr the SUE, containing the following highly i'm
portsps details Vi Admiral Farraguts operations
sss.as. Mobile.
Especial Correspondence ~ the SUM-
Nos Orleans. Aug. I, 1864. The preliminary
sttAck On Mobile has becn successful. and although
tie news received here In not altogether official
gather the following from the lest sources OF intor-
nation. Admiral Farrsgut, WHO had been prepar-
inx " pass the forts on Mobile Point and Dluphin
Island, on Thursday Last sent up the iron-c
winnsbago thin striking distance, aud made
demonstration on Fort asines driving Oh soIuc
ammunition steamers, and obtaining the range,
withdrew. A. you may not be familiar with
The lay Of the land. ! seud herewith u de.
srrip&ion. tprspArcd " send you by the last
s,camr). On the extremity vi Mobile point, low,
sandy SPIT reaching out some ten miles rotn the
pain lAnd. Is situated Fort Morgan, strong case.
mssed work, built by the United States, and at this
ums mounting about 100 guns including those
lucased u the water battery. THIS fort ~ at the
right VI the swash main channel, us Il IL
entered fron the eastward. From Font Nor
gar. scross tho channel, two and half miles
wide. u row Vi piles Is driven, otsuuciing
the water wuy to Daupbin Island. on the east end
of which Is Fort Gaines mounting sixty guns, u'
sluding those erected sand batteries on the
beach. Dsuphin leland lies st the bottom Of Mo
bls bay, where it is about four miles wide. To
ths westward Of Dauphn Island. On sand island
IN Grants pass, Fort Powell, with . dozen gnus,
commands both sides Of she pass The channel Of
which Is stl 10 the westward. and further pro-
tscted by water battery Of ten guns located upon
small sand opposite. From ibisit will be seen
that Forts Morgan and Gaines were the most TOR
snidsble positions Vi the enemy, and IN his
operations Admiral Farragut boldly pssscd
up close under the terrible batteries O,
Eort Morgan, from whence to Fort Gaines stretched
der OF distractions the heads Of piles being fas
tened together with chsins = small entrsuce o per
haps thousand yards vide being len open.
On the morning VI last Friday, at early sunrs-,
the feet got under weigh and lett their anchorage
proceeding sowly until in line, the monitor To-
crmseh, = guns, leading, followed By the Ma-hat
IAN, 2 guns; the Chickasaw, turrets, gut
and wiunebago, turrets guns. Atei
the Iron -cluls, the wooden vessels stcsinel
IN pairs, viz. The Hartford Cfap-shpl. 70 gum
brooklyn. "a guns, Richmond Is guns Lackp
wanna, II guns Ossippee ~ guns Monongsh ella
~ guns 6aleus, Il guns Oneds- ~ guns IN,
a. a
Roya. guns with the octorara Itasca and Sem
.uole, light drsught vessels. The heet IN this orde
sailed In. every At his post-Adruirsl Fsrra
gus mounted in the rigging of his flagship, iron
whence he directed operations Arrived undo
tbs guns Of the rebel fort, signals were made 70
The line " Close up, aud, while this hein.
done, the guns Of Fort Morgan opened FIRE. A
tbs same time, several rebel gunboats VI
the other side Of the distractions CON
menced fring upon our fleet. Til
attack wss replied to by the hundred pound
ers " the bows Of our most advanced vessels, A
the dest came abreast of Fort Morgan, Admire
Farrsgut ordered broadsides 10 be poured in, .
raIadly that the rebel gunners were driven out .
the lower batteries, and for moments the gun
On the Sort ceased TO fire. Meantime, the Monitor
Ill advance were firing into the rebel ron-elai Ten
IessaS aud her cousoru.
Presently All explosion WAS heard. or rathe
seen the Tscamseh bs,ny partially lifted u
Vus Vi the WATER and sinking altnos
immediately tenssah the waves, carrying
down uie commander, Craven, aud nearly ever
nasn w board. lesru only about dozen Of III
crew wsrs saved by a bOss from the Aetacone'
ammsd,s,sly sent W The rescue Of the men N til