The New York herald., 1864-11-30
Scenes in tho Mexican Town
Of Bagdad.
The Murderer of Lieut.. Wainwright
U.S.. N, Leader Of Lawless Band
OF Rebels and Mexicans.
Two Prizes Captured by the
Fort Morgan.
The Rebel Admlrai Franklin Buchanan or
Board for the North,

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rb .Unted states supply steamer Fort Morgan, Acting
! Iieut, william b. Eaton commanding, which ieft
| New nk the 18th OF October for the West Gulf
souado p reached Fortress Menroe on the 9th instant,
| sailed ne 1t day, aud arrived hore last night.
The FOR Morgan took rsom Fortress Monroe FOR Now
! yo, near three hundred TO be discharged,
their term service having EXPIRED also few invads
| and numb. Ct officers ordered Nos,n.
| The foowi NJ is . list OF the
ovr, CrRs or THE Porr MORGAN.
Ac,no Yoi,, ter Lten nans Commanding William b.
h"s91 Ar1;,o master and Rr C5rce,'-Charles Huggus
1ct5,a ass;s,, It PosnaaSler--H. Leroy Jones
sc,n', 1ss,e,, iSW0e0u-Samue II. We'll.
Tno,gs,rsAcn First Assistant. in charge Frank NJ
Iarrar: Ac,ipr So cond Assistants, George Tyer.o S.
Tranch' Nciipy n ird Assistants, H. +. Brown, Lewis
1otfao Ens,oas Peter Fauncc. william Kelley, Ir
William Wing, Robi S3n uinoru
Sran,n;nic cjert- " ilan I. Stevenson.
acflng Mqs,ey,s al Ms-J W. Pease. !. K. r Atkins,
Hsory A. Case absent in prize.
CRUISE OF THE rosr MORGAN
Tho koyt ,o,oan Ian New York the 10th October.
with moils supplies sn officers the wes Gulf block
aiding SQUADRON and arr ,ed Key Wcs the 2lst ut
leaving there mails des 'aches anc oicot5 ordered 70
the Esst Gulf blockadipp luadrou.
She sailed from Kew Yves, the next day, aud reechcd
Pensacola on the morning OF the 25h ut After supply.
Ing the vessels then in pc ~ ana coang anp et lof
Mobile and reached there on inc zUh ult Shc tound
lying at anchor in the bay Il Hartford, bearing the flag
OF Rear Admiral Farragut. IL Richmond Lackawanna,
Owasco, Winnebago, MaDhati ah-'he last Two named
being Monitors. The Monitor Chickasaw ana double.
euders Mc,acomet and Port syal, With the gunboas
Kennebec and Pembna were oil iog river bar, some
three and hall miles from the cry o. Mooie.
Near this point the rebels hav important fortifcaons
and earhworks und their onl, Runboat that escaped
from our fleet In the memorable ght IN hooo Bay tne
Morgan AS YET however, no au sok has eeen made by
vessels but the fall OF the Wy OF Mobile s only
matter OF time TO be determined pom by the gallant old
hero Of the Mississippi river and VI ODfle BOY
Tho Fort Morgan left Mobile Bay on the 21a ntmo for
the const OF 1evus stpppng or ucasica, Sabine Pass
Galveston, velasco, Maegorda, Br % santiago ana the
on tie Rio Grande wero anchor ID large number OF
merchant chips, some eighty ode ana rcnch and
Eoglsh steam irgate, as also the ui oa states g"nooat
Tho state q arais in Bagasd a,o wn on the Mexican
side Of the Rio Grandc is wretcbat tfe exreme. A
spirit OF prevails and tn town IL said to be
full of rebel dcsperadoes wha have my threatened to
take the Me Of any federal oHs sy may sy,a meet
| Galveston bay in the attack on vh Harriet Lane,
| and shot down Commande- Wail wright after he
surrendered Il NJ this time leading spirit In Hagdad,
saTc 81 o % ned ssscs at aschor o .Ss
mouth Of the Rio Grande II will be DO rEe fn mind that
sway or tho Emperor Maxmisn ,aa .r whose 70 M.
admirers Of monarchy predicted are nd to anarchy in
on the ith The Fort Morgan ID f tho mouth OF
the RE erandS t 90 her nnssard yoy
from them their mais nvsiids and sc ba.ged sesmen.
ocas Of Texas, gave chase 20 ,on .oyerhauod the
scnoonor j. A. Hsaard laden with al assorted cargo
a y
attempting TO run the blockade, ,iacer and rriae
pat board Of her an she was sent 70 New
Orleans.
On the morning or the next day. the s,n Fort
Morgan, after short chase capluI s schooner Lone
aeknos ieagng tha. he wa bound into 7oiasco prias
put en- boerd of this sel. and she vas Ike
The Fort Morgan experienced very heavy weather /
while on the coast ot Texas euo auntes1s two very So
ihe following vessels compo % tho bloesading force
west o. .hs Mississippi river ON tho Rio Granas the
gunbodt
eunbon Scioa of Vessco, nboat ,seca oil 81 Louis
kai.hdn and seminois OF I. nives.sa The issahoS,as
and Gertrude of sabine pass nd the Penooscot and New
She arrived New Orleans tho sth inst, where the
Fort Morgan detained fou do Us enecting repairs
Tho health oi tho city anf sssg of war iu the river
BUSINESS OK all kinds vas xcee ,d,ag,y duil.
Major General Candy, CO snaing the Department OF
the enf yso nca shs line before been sho. by
was said doing sa ly WE'LL his wound being
painful, but not dansef ous one.
Nrginn, Antoona, Ar,xeia and two Monitors from ~.
Louis dfssnod fer Moko hy and OF Quarantine, the
iron CLAD ram Tennessee at rsbe and tho sloopO
Lci. New Orleans on the laih inst and communicated
on the 14th WED sne sic opo war vircennes, at Ship
Reached Mobile the is,n and received on board the
mals nvsas ma u-cn ssd scanien OF the heet AZ An
she lcf. Mooll. Tor Per s,cols on the
Ion. built Monitor y issapoo, bound the Bsy Of
Mobile Arrived as.oos the same day and ,ei, on
Franklin Buchanan Ad his aids, 10 be carried North
The rebel Admiral spirits general health
good His wound "A 40 far improved ss 10 admit OF bis
transportation and removal from the Pensacoia hospital
Le In Pensscof harbor the Potomac, Geueeec, Pnoa,
Cctorora, kanav m, Ssbago Arthur, W. @. Anderson-
she Aonongahela and Cayuga having left for the OF
Texas, via Mob fe communicate with the Admiral.
This Lackawana Rad sailed also for Texas
The Fort Nor Gan arrived At Key West the evening
o. The 20th In 81 Acting Rear Admiral stribIing has
relieved Actr Rear Admiral Bailey In command OF the
East Gulf bk Grading squadron.
On the me rning following the supply steamer Bormr
e. mom oiadephis, arrived, and called for Pensacola
i during the same day.
Left In the flagship Dale, Honduras and the Pro-
eeus the iattor about 70 cruise The Fort Morgan was
detained IN the hsrbor Of Key West by heavy gale
unti I'M 23d nst when she eft for Fortress Monroe.
On urdsy, the Goth, spoke The United states steamer
khodc Island, cruising, all well, and from her learned
tna no rebel pirate Tallahassee had been engaged by
unio gunboat, but managed 70 ESCAPE and run into
WIZ nngton
the 9th inst, a. ses, exchsaged signals with the
Up tied States steamer San Jacnto, bound 10 the SOUTH
ard. and At ten u n Of same day arrived 81 Fortress