, 1864-08-18
Ahteag91 Irtt,r,ne.
THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1854.
FROM MOBILE,
ADMIRAL Fafrsgut's Brilliant
Victory.
The fo1ts Invested bg General
Granger,
TIE DEFEESEB OF MOBTI,E.

oneloa, Galtna, Port Roya1, Metacon.
Uetol"ra, Seminole, 1tlsca, end tbs ruonito
lecamseh, Manbatran, Cuickasaw. aud wi
netaso, et and the Admir- steam barge Log
eot unaor way at the anchorage Of tic {
tfatce 10 Mobile Bay. at sunrise, the mon
tors n advance and the wooden vessels gofr
toselAer In pairs, the llg ship taktaE til
lssa When within poiRt blank range
TUT ~ lofsau tho vessels ahead were sloEe
Gown TO e1able tho line 10 close up, and {
1fc On tho fleet, which ras returned frol
INC leo'pounder Parrots pl,c:d or the .bo y
Of our vessels it the advance.
Inc a q m'ral waited until directly abreas
o. foIt Morgan, when he delivered succes
eion Of broadsidcs from the ntne-inch eun
q t0e Hartford With such precision and gs1
Ing effect that the rebG!s werc driven Ia
tom tleir guhs. anl the water battery an
fort were eiIeDeed. at this time the nonj
tors engaged the rebel iron. clad ram Tennaa
sec, "Lieh Was diEc0Gertd lying N pusitio,
to advance on our noble Admiral.
At tltis moment 1hc ,Monitur Tecumse1
sttncE torpedo, and WAs eJen to rise anf
disappear beneath tho water almost INSTANTLY
me hrlns now became terrific, and the fleet
| although stcaming ahead at 4 fnll rate n
speed, Was completely enveloped in damt
! and elnoke. The rebel rnm ma1e several at.
sjnr Gmrte 81 70 run our passin:, vessels down, but
1n'cd TO 90 20, ana in the mIdet of all this J
poat was lowered from thc Metaeomet to
pick up tue survivors Of our i1I.,ated Moni.
Tor. II was beautiful and appalling sirht
TO witness this boat 70 wing around on its
sacred mission to rescue our dro gniur men.
Witn Us beautiful aag flowing to tue breeze,
and tue missiles of d~ath and destruction
striking and ricochctiny all around it. But
me gallabt officer {an ensign, whose nan1e /
1cfgct,} hecdle6ely Kept on his Way md auc.
ceeded In resculny the pilot, one OF the OH.
GERS ana three men belonging 10 the t.
cuu:sch.
From the \. 0. Times, Aug. 1o.]
ne arc fortunately able to present. q de-
tailed account Of the naval action as NohiIe
Bay OIL Friday last, derived from the state:
ments Of an eyewitness. We desire to nc
KnoWiedse our obligations to Mr.. n, T..
Hotchklss, Of the Tennessee. and Actin~
Master sterret, of the Port Royal, for their
slnduess 10 tayorlcg us with details Of tho
dgns. A1LLthousll occasional shots were fred
for the Immediate passing OF the forts occur
red untA s o'clock on Friday morning, At
that time the feet which lay In the blockad.
Ing station just out Of the forts' range, began
pntnt, large sloop of~ar on the starboard.
Us sGrt Morgan side, aud smalJcr vessel on
TIE Fort Guines side. Tic monitors wera
stationed thus The Tecumseh and Winneha-
80 or the right and LETT OF tho line, short
e1s!ance In the advance; they were folio we'd
osi,i ~ ine .aanhat ttan aud Chlckasaw. This dis
posltion was made to prevent the wooden :
vessels from being ramn4td The situ ,tfon is
well described By the Tunes correspondent
9n q me "1nnebaso the day before the arht
He says: u'
That you mar fu'ly understand the nosi.ion of
haa ha'1Ft &c. me explain: Al wc lay, head 40 the
,oohd inc h:ht- t-1onse, well known TO many OF youf
ssn,dets ,,s;,i Immediatcy opposite aud soout i've
itss a.f ~ N the 4osheaa end of Daaphta Island
~
lanes Il dt1yeo tier OF piles, h.t464S ,oe,h.,
GS netw91E Of shalas. cpposta each 'oEe.aes fot,
- ;'d;t =, ,:it open Of hucdred yards
channn - 1o[ ,dn dne a,e91 bloekads rannera II The
on which the guns Of her water battery sra
ttaiutu say NeTe, for our boys DESTROYED aoont
q To- mem ia.t night Outside OF the piles arc
,e5s 5e.t lnfia lits of The osztsacon is yag The
~ ptiGe anu hopc-the ram Tennes-ee-apd
At nalf-past the pit partitions being com.
r!ete, tue line steamed ju-tho Broo siyn und !
Octorofa III the aosaance-but before coming
unoer @ IRE the vessels met svi.22e obstruction |
"utcu delayed them, and the linz +Fas f.,en t
n fls following order:
l. Hartford Auu Mctacomct
Biock1}n aud Ortcrora
). Richmo1d aud Pert Koyal.
9. Oesipee and 1ta5ca, followed by thc
inc first shot was fired by one Of tha
':u;nltofs, fhe Iecumscb, At distance Of t;yo
"a ~ r.. ~ WIS merely experimental, to ret
oe o..tanes n.a. ana range Bus tic actual bat1ls
,sEcls. ''-'7 VI Liz "o1asu
a. The Hartford went in she poured q
o1us4te iuto Tue Water t4ttelies, ucur which !
ere DarIleks Containing SONG 600 nerroes
a!e oie ofoads1de CAUSED the whole con.rc.
uon 10 stampede up the hills in tue most +
allcat manner, c4ch Ec1amblior IN s.c nil {
himteli and pulling ut the FOREMOST lna,'s
Regardless OF the consequences, They q
hid Ut seen hansin. in pairs to 4 patr of
- tHat ula lt6 utmost to Kick them off I
'tN tuc bands could Il ,1d OH no longer. and |
~ ss.a Gown the hill to get,up and try it
! NJ sinking Of fae Tecumsell has been NJ.
Wy ue5cfib:d As thc vent down some
Il eu jump.d l1om her turrct. Eight of thaae
i ). tne painter OF her yawl, aud escaped to r.
e Z dispatch boat, :Iae1r uaines are-Ma asscrs Il
hn Gould. Peter c. Parker, Frank Cozz.ns' b
u: u: oHIltu, sam. S. Sn1nn and Richard r.
lllb. Ensign NceIs, of the Matacomet v
IL ooat and rescued one officer and three 1lHs
u Whose names are uhkno Yn to Us. Tnis l. ii
ION Nas one ofthe most heroic ft1c war. Ii
tohsu leallesslJ bct Eetn the coutcnuinE I -
Pc, exposed to the ire both offrieuds au1 do
s. fFom tie plum Of battle il g1u DC "
. that Inc starbo4rd ships only fired on 55o 5o
I Mof55an. the ulltro On Fort Gaines. Al. nj
s@'titS beyond the raDye Of the furts the bo
= ah4ashed and prepared to receive I'll. oil
y ram anu the gnnooats that followed "a
u. as the ltuntns:e came up it Was cyi hf
tA;'t s1t Was 5earcliul, for the Hartford, aa M
s1tunAcd tareush the fleet delivering her IN
ads,aes right and lett, put d,d not fulu'' III
AS soon as she Appeared, most OF the !
'els az. atn-d fur htr, sttln5 that tt.a ito
why. Of
a1raeut;. in lis IL. shiE, determined to VI
buchanan the opportunity Of tiyatior on,
he evidently deaired. aud u ade direct!} The
1ln. l:lae Klchmoud and Richard un vce
worth field, Fartagus and Buchanan Jr.rn A
ing each Other, determined 80 fur as r..
eouid, TO settle tue issue6in person. nun in1i
'pt estofg. OF the Mouongahela, seeing Mo-
:ar sweep Ut the ram. han mile distant. WI
G down upon him atnid-ehips with rra]
~, that .uy hls sio5 cr4ck and backed saH smt
;lord steHtning Ut full head, but the DloT n9a hl
hc Aiononeansla slightly changed the ssni @na
lion OF the ram SO Illat the Hartford ia. of !
Z o. stflLlng fair bio Y at right angles, des,
c q elancfng one toward the Dow Of the loss
oeesee, thus.cau:iDg tie ysssels to wing -
BY side, the Tennessee pouring a f1iI @ ;@oIt
dslde directly iuto the euemy's ports. =. TX
ing nearly the whcle Of her ielrlui loss Bue
lh'ost tue same molnenE tho Lacxawuua 4e.
AZ the ram, but missed her aim. amp
= 70 the swing Of the Hartford, and E.
|
:, knocking them into one. But tie dar dae
-. '.35e4 etIu4 etiu LII tQt light. tu1c
tennessee then struck her colors aad Vas a1id
possess11n OF rs STATED yesterday.
mfta1 buchanan. ailcr he had surrender. III
9o c,cat ~. |;s r;ot ieulaThtu cut :.
Is ship he would have beeu williu. 10 pis XIX,
Two minutes il lie could have sank ! 1sa1'
thc Port Rora, h.d .o.sad .S4a =. ee.uek ner nap
haa Maac preparations to board her, Fart
II = stsrfM haa Tue bo riding party parad- Lava
b took refuge under Fort Morgan vera cycs
1--we been attacked yest. rdag py the onri onri
TOT Ch1ck2saW. All the wounded have ot q
removed TO Pensacola. Lieut., Prcatiss viii
at O'Clock Yesterday. Admiral Bu- fnr,,
u is doing well; it is though his leg IVES
'c saved. "Ta ri
If steamboats,, loaded with spectators, nno,
of WhCm we're Ladies'. came down from INV.
c to see the fight. When tue bouts cot Fn;ii
forts they run in hot haste for the city, narr
fFEom the n. Q. Era, 71h.] it'll,
TIE LIN: or BATTLE. ercc
Uniun icct passed the Forts in the Uni,
LIZ order: First cltuc the four mou- vent
Two of them the same which recently helc
front OF New Orleans; next came the | ed
'lyn, with steamer lashcd to her side ileet
side farthcst removed from the enemy: the
ling her came the flagship Hartford, In
Luc MclacuUlct IusuCu 10 nef. In what | yCeS
the Ltlers followed we have not vet tie
aimed. has
HOW TIL HARTFORD WENT IN. be II
noble old ship Of war hartford had, ,>of na!e ~! :
e, 10 perform some deed Of more tnau Ialiu t
ION daling-something Different from, NJ n.ou J
tilant Exploits Of her cuusoits. @ 80
it, sd,nir,l Ta.ra,. ~ a,rao,ad ~ 7 Nor:
rru1 in ~ r1os,. - East $780, .s1 ~ t,.o stru,
Of ., wnte. would permit; end as the t1,T. nnf