New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-15


military forces in Mobile bay.
uI~vfsus News from Hlobiic-Admfral Far.
r.aus Passes tho Fsr,s-The Forts I'm.
vested b. Maier General GrsaRer--Fers
Gaines Takep-Fors Powell Blown Up
vniea Lessee $50.
nessis, Cesrsspssasus Il The n. 2. Tribune
EEwaORLEAXs August 7, 1854.
n ~ officially announced here, from the head
susrters of Major General Canby, that the large
aset under Admiral Farrsgut passed the forts at
The entrance of Mobile Bay OF o'clock on the
morning Of the 5th instant.
At the sane time the lard force under Maios
General Gordon Granger, invested Fort Gaines, en-
esgnG II in the rear and also taking the water bat
lsIiss, outside of the fort in reverse and seLeing
them.
The rebel ram Tennessee made an obstinate fight,
but was at lest Obliged TO surrender in disabled
condition, with hor officers, armament and crew.
Her commander the Rebel Admiral Buchanan
lost leg in the acsion aud is prisoner in our
bands. Lieut.. Comstock Of the same was killed
The movement seems 10 have taken She enemy
entirely by surprise, snd to have been admirably
Nmed and managed throughout.
The advance wss made from Pensacola as base
Hnd has been long in preparation by Admiral Far
Szgpf, but Was generally thought bore to be only
fsint in favor of Sherman. By way Of keeping O
krge rebel force in Mobile
Gen. Astotb is reported TO be on o raid to tho
horA Of Mobile, With force sufficient to cut all the
foads to Atlanta or Macon, and prevent commune
snsion With Hood.
&. %. ha~o ap~to NJ fovca In
cake and hold the city, end probably before this
Reaches you, the old Gag will float over Mobile
Admiral Far7sgG, passed the Forts in his nag
lAip tho Hartford" the same in which he so nohy
sAa by the Mississippi troops below New Orleans
tvo ycap ago.
The Hartford Is not plGed except By the CHAIN
cables similar TO those worn by the KearsaTge IN
hes last encounter with the Alabama
Admiral Fsrragut thinks wooden thips ere good
enough for hint
he believes in fighting on deck, not in the bot
tom Of tes.kettle."
Ills ships-"iron hearts and wooden slips"-ad
vaneed to this grand attack dashed together pairs,
% C,st If either one Of pair should lie disabled,
xhe other orc could tow 1t out If danger.
This unique idea is said 10 have been suggested
D. the Admiral himself and 1t has proved very sue
1essful. The Hartford was lasbed 10 the ironclad
ae,scoget, and after passing the forts, they cast
sf, and each engaged the ram Tcccmsee, Admiral
fausgut maintaining his usual position in battle,
kashed 10 The moiRtop rigging.
Nearly ell tho injury indicted on cur feet was
Some by the Tennessee, the tTe from the forts
Hss entirely harmless.
The Monitor Iesumseh, Capt. Craven, ran on
torpedo directly opposite the forts, and was seen to
Use from the water end then instantly sink. Her
officers and crew are all reported lost, except eight.
zen who were picked up By our boats in the hottest
IF the fire. Perhaps some of them got ashore aad
Ire prisoners TO tho enemy.
The Union gunboat Oneida received o shot
bhich exploded her boiler disabling her and scald-
mg thirty men. The Hartford lost twenty-three
billed and twelve wounded.
Further particulars just come In state that Fort
Gaines is taken, and Fort Powell blown up and de-
stroyed. Fort Morgan is closely invested by Gran.
rer The rebel gunbost Selena was captured by the
hetscomet and the gunboats Gaines and Morgan
are blockaded in cove neer Fort Morgan. Two
ethers were destroyed and sunk in the action. The
Hartford had her side-whccl crushed by an acct
Rental blow from the Metacomet, aud viii have TO
70 north for repairs.
Admiral Farragut's dispatch boat, the Phillippi,
vas burned just outside of the forts. bu. from what
ssnse or how many Of her crew are saved is yet I'M
known.
The feet, consisting Of the Hartford, Brooklyn,
Richmond, Lackawanna, Osspee Monongahela,
Oneida, Galena, Port Royal, Metacomet Octorora,
Seminole, Itasca, and the monitors Tecumseh, Man
battan, Chckasaw and Winnebago, and the Admit
rails steam barge Loyal, got under way at the en-
ehorsge of the entrance TO Mobile Bay, at sunrise,
the monitors in advance and the wooden vessels eo
tns together in pairs, the flagship taking the load
When within point blank range of Fort Morgan the
vessels ahead were slowed down TO enable the line
10 close up and at this time the fort and rebel
ssls opened fire on the feet. which was returned
from the l0o-pounder PARROTS placed on the bows
Of our vessels in tho advance.
The Admiral waited until directly abreast Of Fort
Morgan, when he delivered a succession Of broad
sides from the nine-nch guns Of the Hartford with
such precision and calling effect that the rebels
we're driven away from their guns, and the water
battery and fort were silenoed. At this time the
monitors engaged the rebel iron-clad ram Tennes-
80, which vas discovered lying in position to cd
vance on our noble Admiral.
At this moment tho monitor Tecamseh struck Q
torpedo and was seen to rise and disappear beneath
Me water almost instantly. The firing now became
terrific, and the 6eet, although steaming ahead at
ehn rate Of speed. wss completely developed in
aams and smoke. The rebel ram made several at
tsmPts To run our passing vessels down, but failed
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