The New York herald., 1864-08-16

The Cnpieuinti"n Of Fort Gaines-The
10 FoIiow-The Rebel Colonel Amdcr-
son Accused OF gre.son, SC.
From tho Richmond Examiner August 1Ol
Assuming the correctness Of toe facts teiegrarbed from
Mobile, the conclusion inevitablea traitor has delv
cred up TO the enemy powerful Confederate fortress
SIX hundred men and povlsloued Tor six moDtnsdeliv
cred IL up alter hours sheliing, ald contrary u
the express mmand Of his erior oiicersdelivered
IT up with AL its garrison and stores and powerful ar
mament which has OF course, beeo turnedagaiost the
other defences OF the city and harbor IL is black IN
FAM
lhis the first or surrender of any post large
or small, by "A Confederate officer TO the enemy. IN
which the marks and signs OF treason unmistaka
be-if the despatch is true New Orleans looked bad
yet there was nothing wnch might not possibly bear
the explanation OF criminal mprovidence, on the
part of the gover ment, before the event. and too
nervous fear, when the time came, OF exposing rich
city 10 and she'll The surrender Cumberland Gap
was stl worse yet dru unkenness or incomr eence or
both combined, may he and have been supposed AZ
kind Of poor palation On lhe whole the very mlldest
theory OF tnat transaction was PAINFUL and the less said
about II the better.
bu, here what TO be sad9 Colonel Charles Anderson
Of the twenty hrst Alabama regiment is placed 10 com
mond OF tina, fine work; sees Port ell minor forti
fc ion, abandoned and blown up (why do not YET
kr Wy finds that the defence Of the hl Dor depends
upon his post and that Of Fort Mo gan. He "e-
peaedy teiegrauned" by superior officer shore TO
upon -without any communication Of his purpose TO
the commanding generai-on the "same nght-that i,
the nght OF the 7ththis Colonel Anderson board
tho Yankee ueet "aYranging terms o capituation."
Aud DOW comes another singular part OF this pei
formance as we fnd on the despatch That document
mentions often the OF General Page, and is
apparently prepared with to produce tine impres.
sion that this General Page used great excrions to
vent the surrender Gene al Pages attenton was at.
tracted by signal guns'i at the fort General Page in.
quired by sigral what his (Anders"ns) purpose was.
Then General Page repeatedly elegraphed "hold on to
your fort General Page 'visted Fort Games that
night,' and fouad that Anderson was on board the
Yankee feet Now was General Pages time to act, II
ever; and the despatch tells us that be did
act; ha .'reieved Anderson Of his commando
and left reremptory orders for him, Ton his
returD,o not 10 surrender. On his return? Why
the traitor to be permitted 10 return His
superior officer the spot; found that he with
the emmy, and relieved him TN the spot-dtd he
then the command TO some other officer lid he not
order that officer 10 keep Anderson out OF the fort he
out and TO let HIM STAY among his Yankee friends
aud surrender s own carcass only? And If not, why
not2 And who is General Page We never heard Of him
before The commanding general 1T Noble * under
stood 10 be General Maury why do not hear word
Of him, ami 30 very much Of Page
course 1t is out Of the question 10 take for granted
the rerect accuracy press despatch and espe-
ciay from Mobile Moro i2ht win be shed upon that
dark transaction in few days and reither treache
cowardce is to be hastily attributed to officers Of
the Confederate but the matter appears stand
now, uDon The inormat which has come to hand. Cole
rel Charles Anderson appears to have committed DIS
graceful treason General Page to have behaved IN man
ner yet quite unexplained and General Maury 10 have
done nothing at all.
The capituation ot Fort Gaines may probably be fol
lowed by the reduction or Fort Mrean aso and the
will iben be nearly IN favorable position for be-
after liking the batteries on Abe north end Of Morris ls
snd Mobile Ia beseged and has probably the
st o Efficient de ence but the reduction OF all the
outer ors may place the ciiy within reach shells aud
then Mobile will have a taste Of the Yankees peculiar
etyie o. already rerierced a. haret
Atlants Petersburg and Fredericksburgwben they
not acuay besege town TO scatter aud burn its houses
over the heads Of It's peace vi inhabitants in order 10
reconcile hem to the "rnlon OF their fsthers." Tho dc
fence OF the place may cost much lighting, by
OF the loss Il the forts that the ptula
toD of Fort Gaines TO the c.usion o blood may
IN such cases the enuson Of ten times
much bIoodbut then it will not be colonel Auderson's.
from the Richmond Fnauirer August l2.'
Fort Games has gone the way OF Hsterar, Roanoke
Island, Puiaski md Hilton He Its isolated position
expose 20 the concentrated assault OF the Yankee
navy ana nanking operation OF troops debarked upop
commanding points. PERHAPS the flcer In command OF
the fort may have proved himself traitor In
eternal nfany awnits him II these forts not hut
TO be kvn they nave not thus far rendered amy other
IL worth while 10 discuss the policy, since
Gaines about the last Of sandbsr de this
side OF ;aiveson The lower fort capuret and IRON
clad foll demolished. Mobile would danger II
beng taken. Mobile. while sharing the ate Of Norfolk
and New Orleans, Will have our sympathies.