Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-09-08

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guished AT eight o'clock the same evening another Cir
broke out, which spread rapidly and burned until tw
O'CLOCK a. NJ, when 1t exhausted itself During the Who'll
oil this terrible time our fire poured in upon the garr
son from all sides When the white flag was hoisted thu
enthusiasm of our officers and men knew no bounds.
PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS
Our land forces completed their first battery Sunday
the l4h) and al 40 p. NJ opened the fort The navy
also very busy attachments from different vessels of the
meet belng ashore building naval battery. They have
got three four of their heavy guns ashore and nearly
position already. don't know how many more they in
.snd mounting The monitors keep up steady fire OF
the fort day and night 1t is kind of picket duty,
vessel going in at time, the relieving the other but
the fire is kept up continually We shot away their sigma
hayards on Sunday bringing their old rag down Two OF
hee men were seen bending another on, but just
they about to hoist bang another shell among
them, exploding in the place. driving them back into
their omoproof' 80 the fort was Left without flag the
morning the staff itself shot away close down to
ground They have substituted for little pole stuck
up IN the water batteries with flag on it, Last night
they had glorious time there think our people were
making Reconnaissance in force The fling both
sides was very brisk and kept up till about eleven o'clock
Our troops were up to the treD, in front of the fort for
We could and hear their muskety and the charges
grape and canister from the guns of the fort descend among
them. Results not yet ascertained
Observation-Disclosures RAM TENNESSEE
Troops continue to arrive, and the Connecticut few
days ago brought down four hundred sailors from the
North which has filed up all deficiencies aud enables
Us to esctuay the Tennessee and Selma, both of
which vessels dong very excellent SERVICE the former
at the fort and the latter about the bay in the shosl
places 1t must be very CALLING to the rebels to the
pride OF their navy thus used against them She went in
at them ast urday afternoon and the fire from both
terrific The fort struck her nine times but failed beau
huy OF producing any effect beyond the shooting away
OF flagstaff an anchor and few athoms of chain But
the effect of our fifteen and eeveninch shot is truly
prsng the after part of the monitors shield beng all
strained and shattered and the angle the port side aft
nTpn ata u IT, Hat .nk,p
nav smoke stack and touching her all around sushipg
her down, DC.
OPERATIONS ON THE 18TH.
have not much to communicate to-day, Q7th.) Every
body very busy in max ng preparations for the grand
attack Monitors and shore batteries made excellent
shooting at the fort last night and kept it till nearly
twelve o'clock heard thar killed and one
wounded aboard the Whine through sheer caesnes
on their part-they having acquired habit of lying abou.
on deck under fire. The tort struck her last night
hence the result The Brooklyn sent two inch
guns ashore to-day The Lackawanna will send guns
crew ashore tomorrow, armed and equipped.
THE ATTACK ON THE 22D
On Sunday evening Gen. Granger notified Admiral Far
rsgut that he would bs ready open the siege next
morning at daylight That night the Admiral with his
fleet took position in line of battle and Monday morning at
FIVE o'clock opened upon Morgan with thirty guns OF
various cabre aud sixteen eghG and tennch murtars,
and in short time three monitors aud several wooden
vessels opened the former with eleven and ffeeD-inch
shells, aud The latter with red thirty two Founders
lbe hrlng continued with great ygor aDd extraordinary
accuracy until dark when the feet withdrew, and the
ring was continued only at intervals by the shore bat.
trries
FIRE IN THE FORT.
During the afternoon smoks noticed ascending ia
steady volume from particular point inside the FORT aud
1T surised by many that part OF the work was
fire, although very little said or thought about it,
the interest manifested in the accuracy of the
artillery practice but about nine o'clock at night broad
sheet Of flame burst forth, which shoue brightly all night
aud seemed to spread to the right as deyng all exer-
lions to extinguh it, 1t thought by some officers
that the enemy had piled together boards and fired
it, in order that by its light night assault Da hit be guard
ed against BY others il believed and this belief was
found BIO correct that the citadel fire. and that
explosion OF the magazine might be expected at any
moment
We were Informed next morning by the rebels that after
vain efforts to extnguIsh the fire they became greatly
alarmed lest they should all be blown up and flooded the
magazine with water and threw large quantity of pow.
der into the wells No sooner was the light discovered
than Gen Bailey ordered all our batteries TO commence
firing order prevent the rebels from exnguishing
the flames which they did with great vgor and shells from
nine inch Dahgren and eight and ten-inch mortas fe
amid the flames with fearful rapdy, driving the rebels TO
their and producing Of grandeur rarely
Witnessed For fully hour this awful scene continued
with fendke fury when the ing ceased suddenly to tne
astonshment Of those who witnessed tho affair from the
shipping in the bay. 1t explained next morning BY
Gen Bailey that he some of the garrison 90 down u
the beach and lantern to the fleet evidently sig
nal OF surrender After watching half an hour the rebel
fielding the feet made to their signal, probably
because 1t not seen, if not understood, with
drew to the fort without attempting to signal the army
PROPOSAL TO SURRENDER.
At twenty minutes to O'Clock Tuesday morning
rebel officer Capt Taylor bearing white flag and &C
companed by about forty carrying email sa'l boat
marched out at the main sallyport, facing Fort Gaines
with the intention Of pushing off TO the flagship three
four miles distant with note from Cen Page proposn
To surrender the fort and asking what terms would b
granted But here again they were thwart.d by Bailey
who stated that his artillery commanded Fort Morga
and his infantry every foot of Mobile Point outside In
fort and that he would not permit srebel boats crew
| push of from shore under aDy pretence whatever
About this time Gen. Granger arrived at tbs wharf,
front of Fort Morgan aud the note of Gen. Page WI
handed 10 him. Gen. Granger replied that he would con
municate the contents of the note to the ADMIRAL al
when his answer received the terms of SURF nd
would be dictated In short time thereafter Gen. Ora
ger sent Gen Arnold chief Of artillery Capt. Drayton,
the Hartford and another officer, with demand for q
Immediate aud unconditional surrender of Fort Morga
with its garrison and all public property to the army
navy Of the United States guaranteeing the treatment
i an enlightened nation to prisoners of WAT Gen Pd
wished to for the removal of bis sick aud woun
ed to Mobile but this fatty refus aud he then Sc
note Gen Granger stating that be accepted his teru
but requesting that the formay Of surrender might Do
lered until two o'clock in the afternoon that he mig
have time 10 pack up his baggage and set his men IN ORD
| to march out. This request was accsded TO-
THE REBELS MARCH OUT.
Accordingly at precisely two o'clock, the rebel arm
numbering probably little over SIX hundred HNoned
ut the main saypOrt without music anI Without banner
and we're drawn up line at the foot Of the glacier iror
ing towards the bay. Two regiments oi Union inausy
the Saith Iowa and goth Wsconsin-preceded by a ORA
. Il 4, ~ and wit the Stars