, 1864-09-02
EEl0G NEW ORLEANS.
Matters AZ Mobile Before tho Surren-
der Of Fort mor:ah-ETuta LpuisI.

..1s NsW York, Thursday, September Try the
steamer fszoo We have New OrleAas dates 10 The
s4ih ult. The 3atest rom Mobile IS Of The isr1.
which fsye: The work go.s brsve,y on. on
batteries are nov planted On sldrs u Fort Nor
Gan sn9 Mi!hin po n:;tlank range. and II reems
1mpose1oic fhat the p'Atc can long Withstand our
6omoascment We 1eard list evening 1har on
Saturday Atehs the rebels IN Furt Mur.an could
~ ases ssta saps e. znd basnn: ths
destr9E,ns q the srmnmen. of1he fort preparatory
TIE PuIser Of the Yazuo reports that orr feet
attacked Fort Morgan IN the murntax OF Tue .sd
aid the rebel GeIefal Paige surrendered uucondi.
tionall3 at TWO 10 the afternoon or The I'D. The
bounded. oA
The steamers Tennessee and B,cnville wee
passed in the river b. the Yazoo on The :th, VIII
the prisoners from Fort 3or.sn On board
!, General Banke has ..saed al order requiring
the osnke OF Louisiana as condition to the lar-
ury Io1ts OF the Cnltsd Sta es In e1chause 1t aAr
iCr tbctr o1n Issues.
New 5onK, Thnredty. Sept 1.-The Eeeainq
NEW o1iEASs, Ane. sI~rhe nssvy boab.rd.
meLf Of tsts A0rEan, which be.su eatlJ on Mon
cay. ihe a.d. Il 1'eFoape the mo=t heavy hrin,
ltncaticns except Fort Enm'tr. Th- raa:e vas
obtained prevjoue 10 the opening Of the cannon
sde: o. ,hst day; he morning Of the I'D,
and other iaree vetstts, the monitors, The ra:n
Lima End eszae bockad,nc vrs-e!r, VA ca tonk
part IN the bombartutnt iu conjunction w,th the
laid forces- Ihese we're eftuEsed Oh Mnb:le Pattt,
in the rear Of the fort, and ta heavy pieces
wcse planted wl.l.n: Ths Se-sels we're stationed
On sttr s RE s o. no3e rS[n ard therefore T.
fslns from from ear Al! sx d,wn mil o,ce;k
45e 3a; h9s5 NE iii. L o@ Fort ts ape ssd sspd
othtr polns from which the joint opcrstiuns OF
tie Geet aud The land iorceA could b. Witnessed
covered snn entire field, and fhE appe,r Of the
the homhartmertt IL described a. must grand and
stirring. TIE burrlng OF the heavy shells In tbs
ftrt, u over It Was runstacr, and ior tour hours
the rebel garrison rtcrlve1 In that way average
o3 atout one ttelI PER Minute sf time. The Mon-
i:61s fired at c!t'ss range; their aim was uou-n-
ally good, ard tht explosion of their II and il
!nch elellt conld he distinguished from the b7tas
were Of smaller cn1tbfc.
TIE 1am Tcnn.seee assissed in this action and
cid good service
uous brnadei6es. ED the rear Of the fost WAS COW
cred br the tire of-he army. The reeuta: dtfchhfge
OF cannou In VARIOUS dirrct.ous ssouud the f,rtin
Cations tee flying OF the shells aid lhcir loua aud
often simultaneous eSplnsioD, cannot be ade-
qrate!y described. This rapid work continued t,1l
y o'sloek atd then slaefsned .omeTha.. though
lie work
An officer who Witnessed the uhole of the heayy
reimbursement was able 10 distinguish but Ioar
ehots ircm Fort aInrGan after the principal Hork
OF the day bepau from our ha.te1es.
II dccs not appear ttat The rebxIs had any hope
Of being able 10 resist the attack Of our forcea
The surrender Of the fort, as you will learn from
ether Fnu1cee, TOOK place On the 7sd.
An officer rtcertly frcm tht field OF operations
Describes the prospect OF the early cap'ure Of No.
hl,e ns extremely encouraging. The confidence OF
1hr officers Of the uaval ana land forces is COM
p!c:c. II IL as.cr:ed as the opinion Of persons
who are bt at cuslided to Judge, that the capture
Of the city te just a. feasible the capture OF Fort
GMorrau Tae. The certainty OF that result Ia aot
questioned by the officers, AID 1tt Led taat We
may Ecat OF he fail Of Mobile much sooner than
We have been accustomed to expect It IL under
stood lhat tie rebel land force at Mubile IL quite
tul1H-
NEW YonK, T1urEdaY. Sept 1-The steamer
Mcclellan from New OFleats. 24th u1L, via Mo-
bile Day. eth has ar-ived. She brloys Far7ayut's
fflc'al dirpasctts regarding tile capture OF Fort
Morgan and the 1aes Of the rebel ram Tennessee,
the rcte1 .tcuuicr Selma, md of Forts Gainea ald
Mnrgbn.
The rebel ram Nashville was blown up by the
Metaccmet> OF the hight of the 18th, jnst below
Mobile She waR ED ieet long, and TO mount II
guns. Six toFptdues in the chnunL below the
io1te had been nehed up.
The Tennessee yould room leave for New Or
1cans. The Selma /. doing duty In tha Union
cause.
Our forces ashore aid On shipboard Ire In ex-
celfent condition. -