Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-09-08

In the world We have taken ssvera otbsr 1a.sa S
can all DO put TO useful purposes and wa have manned mn
IA Mobile rbor at least three rst class EogI blockade
runners All THIS has cost the army one man killed and
SIX wounded. liz has cost the navy thu loss ~ a. -
sch and part OF her crew, and very few eaat an oth
ships Surely We ought to DO satisfied with IN, tvantv
days campaign in Mobile Bay 1t is rsmarkahla Gct
that dur ng The bombardment on Monday Fort moroan
never fired gun. Our batteries fred rapidly and Win
extraordinary accuracy that the rebels did not dare
snow themselves outside the classmates Fifteen guns
were broken dismounted, or in some rendered
useless TO the enemy had he been able to man them
PRESENT CONDITION OF THE FORT.
tn a.. no thousand shells were exploded 10 the fort
gtcA walls inside and oat fearally battered and
Que cilaae mass OF ruins l was informed by Capt
rarey that it will require from one hundred aud ffy to
TWO hundred thousand dollars repair the damage done
scaIaS S pSmoardent. The lighthouse is pierced and
caied n dozen places and ia ready to tottle and fall
eelore Inc highest breeze The rebels kept lookout ia
'op until our sharpshooers it too hot for him.
o"ys put musket balls through every pane OF glass
n. haa Iae OF eighty FOUNDER PARROTS and ouroch
Dahgrens the latter under command of Capt Tyson Of
Tue hartford within fifteen hundred yards of the fort
rom threo 10 i've hundred yards ia trout of these we hid
an Irregular ne Of mor-rs eight and ten inch cabrs M
aor command OF Major Roy of the First Indiana artillery
THE EiERcESEss THE CANNoNADE
letter dated at New Orleans on the "a ultimo gives
the annexed general view of the assault as reported by
eye.winesses Of it:
The heavy bombardment of Fort Morgan, which began
severe hrDg which has yet been directed against any
OF the robe orcatons except Fort Sumter The range
was obtained previous to the opening of the cannonade
mat day so on the morning of 22d Admiral
nse including the flagship and other large vessels the
Monitors the rebel ram Tennessee and some bockadng
Vessels TOOK part IN the bombardment 10 conjunction with
me land forces These situated on Mobile Poiut in
rear OF the FORT and heavy batteries were planted
wtnln t IS reported by eye wtuess) five or six hum
either side Of Mobile Point aud tho fort WAS Therefor, in
vested on three sides.
The firing from early dawn until elk o'clock was SECULAR
aud effective butshorty after that became rapid
and extremely heavy. The sight from Fort Gaines snd
other points from which the joint operations of the feet
aud OF the land forces could be witnessed covered the
tire held and the appearance of the bombardmen de-
scrbed as one Of the most grand and stirring displays of
the war ebursting of the heavy shells the fort
over was constant and for four hours the rebel
received IN that of about shell each
minute OF time he Monitors fired close range their
aim was unusually good and the explosion Of their eleven
md fifteen inch shells could be distinguished from the
bursting OF the shells thrown by the other guns which
were Ut smaller calbe. The rebel Tennessee assist
I'd in this action and did good service. The large
4 the heet poured in continuous brosdsdes aud the
OF the fort covered by the fire Of the army The
guar discharge OF cannon in the directions around
the fo6caton the fight of the shells and their loud and
often simultaneous explosion. cannot be ad, qunt de-
scrDed This RAPID work continued until ten clock AMI
then sackrned somewhat though the firing kept up
ln all this time the bells, who driven fom their
guns dd very little work An officer VINO witnessed me
whole OF the heavy b)mbardment able TO ngalsh
but tour shots from Fort Morgan after the principal work
the day began from batteries 1t des not appear
hat the rebels had any hope of being able TO resist the
attack of our forces.
An officer who lately arrived in New Orleans from Mo
bile Bay describes the prospect of the early capture of
Mobile as extremely encouraging The confidence of the
officers Of the naval and land forces complete; and
hough accounts of the preparations for the attack the
city not gven because contraband it is asserted as
the opinion of persons who best qualified TO judge that
the capture of the city just feasible the cap
ure of Fort Morgan The certainty Of that result is not
questioned by the officers; and 1t held that may hear
Of the fall of Mobile much than have been
customed to expect that event to 1t understood
that the rebel land force at Mobile is quite small