Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-08-19

The de'ai- 4 the important naval victory
at Mobile. - given in sundry letters from
yarr"'frf- aud eyewitness, and in the
ofBc'si u. d Admiral Farragut, do not
die r s- 'pPortan' particulars from each
o'"ys L. Enterprise MAS daring one on
gre Pr 'he gall7n; Admiral, and was
cl1ei ID with cooluess and yalor by
al .1,---. .. 1t. which sdd to the renown
%. Ola. p. IN navy. The fight was an
,are-- both sile- but the skill sud
PROVE. - Cui.u vessels we're TOO much
iog ,-s. .-.el opponents. An officer Of the
Nav, v.. i'nc>sed the f9h,. gave an &C.
es-r, New Orleans P'eay1o,e, from
wal -. ,tract tue following:
B.r.- ven and eight o'clock on that morn
in a,'- moved N the following order -
I at .... ..f- and II woa-leu vessels the Tccuul-
-.n ..1l. the former aud the Hartford alag
,un. itniral Farmgut) the latter, advanced.
HE nas IS were tho 1ecumseh. Manhattan,
n.a.-..- and Chicbassw. The wooden vessels
owe. pairs.
S,lnis. si.fgh, yni Gaines were lying IN visit
u,a,r ~ guns Of Fort Morgan, ready to attack
~. !.. i G,ej il approached; It opened up
os them 9TH grape anu cauister-the Hartford
art ,.tt-- v.-sels--wi;h such severity that moth
a. coed withstand tho iorcC Of ID" terrific at
Jack The gunners Of Fort Morgan, in the
m,-iuriu,e were driven from their gus. so fierce
Was the ire from the federal feat
lhe Tecumseh. in passing the forts. was blown
up by ne explosion Of a torpedo. The captain
and alt on hoard with the exception OF ten, sank
with her. The CoBfriel ate ram Tennessee, after
hrst attacking the feet as il advanced, seemed to
return icr shelter under the guns Of Fort Nor
gan; bur, after the feet had proceeded some DIS
lance up the bay, stood towards them as if 10
give battle; whereupon the Hartford. the mont
tors and the wooden vessels of the feet stood for
her. and n most terrible engagement commenced
The Tennessee was rammed by the Hartford, the
Lscks wanna and MonOngahela, the Lackawanns
striking her under full headway, and all the YES
sells delivering heavy fire at the same instant
The Manhattan, meantime, put one solid fifteen
inch shot at her. which penetrated her armor
through and and through and lodged on the op-
poste side.
Admiral Farragut, during the engagement,
was stationed in the msintop, where be had
lashed himself in case be should receive wound,
communicating his orders through speaking
tubes After n most determined and gallant
engagement the Tennessee showed a white flag
as token of surrender An officer Of the feoer-
al fleet then boarded the Tennessee and demand
ed the sword OF Admiral Buchanan, which that
officer surrendered, and it was taken on board
The flagship. The Confederate Admiral was
wounded severely, and will, probably, have to
suffer the amputatou Of a leg.
The Confederate gunboat Selma, in the mean
While, retreated up the bay, and was followed
by the Metacomet, Lieut.. Commander Jewett,
and Port Royal, Lieut.. Commander Guicardi
The Selma surrendered TO Lieut.. Jewett. The
Two other rebel gunboats, Morgan aAd Gaines.
took refuge under the guns Of Fort Morgan. and
(says our informant) would probably be captur-
ed in the course of yesterday.
The United States monitor Chickassw, Lieut..
Commander Perkins, steered CALAMITY up to
Fort Powell. and took in tow steam barge from
Immediately under the guns Of the fort. After
taking the barge out Of range, she returned ana
pelted the fort vigorously for half an hour with
l1-nch shell. Fort Powell was finally evacuated,
and at II O'Clock at night was blown up by the
rebels.
Of course, as the rebel vessels concentrated
their fire principally upon her. she suffered the
greatest less. The total federal loss, including
that of the Tecumseh (Which was blown up by
torpedo and sunk, in killed and wounded and
missing. WAS about $40.
On the Tennessee there were 20 officers and
about l20 men, Admiral Buchanan commanding
Among the officers besides were Capt. Johnston
and Leuts. Bradford and Wharton.