The New York herald., 1864-09-02

khty all night, and seemed spread ths right, -
d.. Ing all sxsrt,oas sx,inguish n was thought
by onncers that the enemy bad piled together some
boards sod nrsd in order tnat by 10 light, night
assault might bs guarded against
TIN CITADEL nRs.
BY others Il was believed, and this belief Was
found to be correct that the citadel nrs and that
an explosion OF the magazines might BE- expected a.
any moment. Wa were informed next morning BY the
rebels that after vain efforts tc exngush the IRE ,h'
became greatly alarmed lest they should all be blown up
and rooded The magazine with water and threw . large
quantity OF powder into the wells No sooner was this
hight discovered than General Beilsy ordered all
batteries to commence firing. in order to prevent the
rebels from extinguishiDg flames, which they did
with great vigor. and shells from niue-inch Dahlgren
aud eight and eninch mor.ars fell amid the flames with
fearful rapdiiy, driving the rebels TO their
casema,es and producing scene Of grandeur rarely Wit
neased. For fully anhour this awful continued with
neud Ike fury when the firing suddenly TO the
constituent Of those who Witnessed the Affair from the
shipping In tho bay.
THE FORT wAvEs SIGNAL LANTERN TO THE uyIr.
u WAS explaped next morning b. General Bailey that
he Of the garrison 20 down To the beach and
wave lantern TO the heet evidently signal OF
der. The General watched this movement steadily from
position he had cautiously obtained very close up TO
the glacier Of the FORT After watching half an hour, tho
rebels fnding the feet made TO their signal
probably because seeu or, seen, not under
STOOD withdrew to the fort without attempting 20 sg
nal the army. Had they done 10 they might
have been spared . very uncomfortable night,
and We would have saved q large quantity Of POWDER
shot and she for General Bailey Immediately ordered
his batteries 10 reopen aud the garrison OF For Morgan
slept TO were kept wide axe By the music Of hs
guns
4 PROPOSAL 10 SURRENDER.
At twenty minutes to O'Clock Tuesday morn.
ing rebel officer, Captain Taylor, bearing white 1ag,
sud accompanied BY about iorty men, clTrying 81 ~
sail boat, marched out at tho main sayport, facing
Fort Gaines, with the intention Of pushing on to
the flagship. three or four miles distant, with . note
from General Page proposing surrender the FORT and
asking what terms would be granted; but here again
they were ihwartsd by iher ubiquitous Bailey.
They were determined to ignore the army
entirely: they would not treat with it; they
would not surrender 10 IL II they could
have had their way probably because General Page
who WIS long an officer Of the navy, has still lingering
affection for the old Union Jack General Bailey informed
the Gag OF officer that the army and navy one
that they represented government and that they
were lighting In the same glorious cause that his artls
ry commanded Fort Morgan and his infantry every foot
Of Mobile Point outside the FORT and that he could net
shore under any prstence whatever
ARRIVAL aRAycxR.
About this tme General Granger arrived at the wharf
In front Of Fort Morgap and the Of General psgc
handed to him. General Granger replied that he
would communicate the contents " the note 70
tho Admiral, aud when his answer WAS received
tbs terms Of surrender would 10 detailed In a
short time thereafter General Granger sent General Ar
mold chief OF artillery Captain Draytop Of the Hartford
and another ofcer with demand for the immediate and
unconditional surrender of Fort Morgan with its garrison
end all public property, to tho army and navy Of the
United States, guaranteeing The treatment Of enlght-
ened nation prisoners Of war. General Page wished
srulas for The removal OF his alex and wounded TO
Mobile, bu, this nR,y refused and he then sent
note 10 General Granger stating that he accepted bis
TERMS but requesting that the formality or surrender
might be deferred until two o'clock In the Afternoon that
be nigh, have time to pack up bis baggage and get his
10 order 10 march out This request accedsd 10.
TEE REgrs MARCH or
Accordingly, at precisey two O'Clock the rebel army
numbering probably little over elk hundred, marched
on, At tho main sallypsrt without music and without
banners, and drawn up in line at The foot OF the
glacier fronting towards the bay. Two regiments Of
Union n antry--,hs Thirty iour,h Iowa and Twentieth
wisconsin-prcceied by sbrass baud, playing Hail Co
iumbap and with The stars zad stripes and The oolors Of
tneir respective States floating proudly above them.
marched by and halted about ave PAGES In front Of the
rebel no Tho rebels thon stacked their arms After
which the bands struck up tie star spanssd Banner"
The rebel rag was down, and The Old Dag Of cur
Union once more hang to the bresz.s which are
waited over tho rampsris Of Fort Morgan.
s,Lurs.
Then national ssllie shunder.d from the guns OF
tho OF 10 the bay, and 10 the Gulf from Fort
Gaines and from Of batteries the peninsula
When the enthusiasm had somewhat subsidized tho rolls
OF ihs rebs companies we're called and verified ths
officers and soldiers placed board Transports tho for
mai surrender OF Fort Morgan completed, and the
comnsud Of the entrance 70 Mobile Bar passed forever
from the rebel STATES.
IHE SPECTATORS
while the salute was beug lrsd hundreds Of ocsrs OF
tho army and navy Ia brilliant uniforms, and hundreds
Of so aud raors who secmsd well pleased With the
work they had dcne crowded Ampals Of The fort 10
witness the Imposing scenes.
waI VIZ aAvr o.ryrp
summing ~ Of fesn'is VII Prove this to have been
one OF The most brilliant and successful campaigns of the
war from ts inception to iis close Although General
Granger had siuposdous obstacles to contend against,
frcrn lck q water transportation not moment o. un-
uscessary delay occurred bunier committed,
not lrs was unnecessarily sacrificed. The very best
feeling existed bsiween Farrnsus, oanby and Granger,
ard the co operation was corsilni and cordial what
are the resulis3 Exactly twenty ds-s have elapsed
since the landing Of the army on Dauph'n Island,
and two days later--iho s.a-the feet pas1ot The
forts Since that tlme wo have compelled the
ovacuntion Os Fort Powell; We hare forced the
enemy TO surrender Fort Gaines, With tho works ard
suus 10 perfect condition; aud aflcr bombardmsni o.
twenty rour hours We havs amos, destroyed aud com
pc,d tbe surrender u Morgan herseforc consider
BY manY able ocers The sronscs, fortress IN the
United states wc have taken fifteen hundred prisoners
one hundred pieces o, and qusntity % small
arms and munitions o' war have also taken prov'-
sons enough feed the garisons whon We shall place
In tho FORTS FOR elk months we have captured, and nov
have in perfect ashtlns trim tho ram Tennessee, the
strongest var vessel aos, To r-t she IL iayunersblo
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