The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-30
FARRAGUT.
Confirmation ofthe Fall
of Fort Morgan.
Its Surrender, with All the
Garrison, Guns, 60.
GEN. PAGE A PRISONER.
Official Announcements from Gen. Grant
ard Secretary Stanton.
The Recent Naval Recsnnsissancs
Of Mcbile Bay.
Our Vessels Within Three Miles
Of the City,
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Secretary stanton 20 Major Gen oral DIX.
Wan DEPARTMENT., wAsmsoros, August -, 1894.
Major General DIX
The capture Of Fort Morgan fully confirmed BY dos
patches from Generals Grant and Sherman who derive
their information from Richmond and Mobile papers
appears from General Grants dispatches The Prssi
dent just received that Fort Morgan Was surrsndsrsd
Crr Porn August -, 1854.
A. LINCOLN. PPegIdent:--s
Since my despatch Of this morning have received the
Richmond yctinci Of the 2th It contains the following
despatch from MOBILIZE
"Ths report Of tho surrender Of Fort Morgan most
unexpected and wo await explabasoa o1 - uneortu
nate an occurrences.
rhe press Of Mobile hopeful and confident of their
ability TO hold the city,
U. s. GRANT, Lieutenant General.
The latest intelligence from The cA.-.ndoan valley
represents that large part Of tho rebs force has oesa
Withdrawn towards Richmond.
rns latest reports from General 6Asfman represent
that thus far bis recent movements 70 occupy tne e0es
lines Of supply have been successful.
EDWIN NJ STANTON Secretary Of wsT
wAsursoros, August 70, 1884.
psaua,ones received in wasninstos from "before Az
an,a state that Atlanta papers Of the 27th instant an
novnce that Fort Morgan 10 forces with
Al. y. garrison Including General Page, guns munitions
| Of war, &c.
Our Mobile Bay Correspondence.
| OFF FoRr MORGAN, August II, 1854.
rnB REcoNHorsAroE TOWARDS NoBiLA
The reconnaissance before mentioned, 70 within shrss
r,w tba
Port Royal ana Selma, and the Monitors Chickasaw and
winnebago.
sARruwoRK oHoCTAw POINT AND oTHsa BATTxRrEs.
Discovery was made on this reconnaissance thss The
rebels have an cartnwok at Choctaw Point mounting sir
guns.
To tho right Of Chocsaw Point, ana in the bay. iss
small sand battery OF two guns.
Near TO this there battery OF six guns, which sur.
mounts logs secured together nearly In the shape of
squars and filed In with sand.
floating battery to be sunk In case Of necessity, and
thus to obstruc. its navigation thrown across tho main
channel
TWO MORE RAxs-oErRucnoSs.
At each end Of the floating battery there two rams.
smaller less formidable, but modelled after The
Tennessee
Eastward from the Seating battery just mentioned
there old ships hulk Intended to be useas noas-
Ing battery; and still further east cassmstsd fors
mounting ten guna
Between the batteries ana tho rams and the shore
each sde spes sawed OF just below tho surface Of tho
water into which Iron bolts sharpened % ~ 70 pane
tra.o or destroy bottoms q boats vensuRng near
,hem obstruct oil the intervening space.
The two cames which liehtered tbs ram Tennessee
Dog river bar and an old brig arc sunk " the span
ish river channel
On the western end OF tho marsh there are TIVE rams,
or something resembling these offensive wasor cram, %
which workmen are still engaged
STEAMBOATS, At IHH wHARvrs-BIocKAps RcSSHM
The whsrycs are crowded with stsaubeas though but
few Of them had steam up.
Four Epglish built vessels, supposed 70 Do blockade
runners lying q The whArvss amoas We ssesne'
rus sYRxns noBrLs DrEsnp
The streets Of Mobile nearly deeertcd and tho city
to-day Is very unlike what 10 was before the war.
rRorosm nxczAScn or rRsossss.
Major Cunath, rebel agent Of exchange, visited by nag
OF truce the feet Mobile Bay e effect an excnars'H
the Fort Games prisoners Admiral Farrasut n'ormsd
him thaihe prisopers had boon placed At tho dkp sal Ok
General Candy and therefore ho could do Aotang In ths
natter Arrangements were made 70 Nnd packages 70
the prisoners from their friends.
News ~ way es New Orleans.
CAiso, August 70, 1884
The steamer McGn, from New Orleans on shs 12d Inst,
hes arrived here.
Her news 10 rssdsred valuable BY the announcement,
through Richmond papers, Of The fall effort Morgan
Rebel Reports.
Nosnn. August n, 1904
Fort Morgan 10 In tho snsmy's whether surrsu.
dsrsd, blown up or evacuated, Is unknown There
conflicting reports. bus nothing reliable
Tag Of truce boat visited tbs snsury's upper fee. to
day
The federal exchange agent not having arrived nothing
was accomplished.
Sudden Death OF Hon. Ephrafm Marsh