Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-12
TO THE 31sT ULT.-sPAE1sH
FORT FULLY INVESTED.


FORT FULLY INVESTED.
NEW ORLEANS, April 8.
The latest received here from Mobile is
up TO IL o'clock of the 3lst ult. At 8
o'clock or that morning, our forces sue
ceeded in planting eight thirty FOUNDER
Parrots above Spanish Fort and ip an
angle of the bay, so that they swept the
bay in front Of the fort. This sccomplishes
what the feet had attempted, and stops the
rebel feet from plying between Mobile and
the fort. 1t is thus completely surrounded,
and must cspitulste in time. These eight
pieces have driven back the rebel gunbosts,
and it is thought one of them is sunk. In
three hours they threw FIVE hundred shots,
while the field artillery is capable Of
pouring four thousand shots day into
spanish Fort.
Our loss, up to the 31st ult, had been
| four hundred and twenty. Most of these
were lost in the attempt TO plant the eight
guns, as they were once repulsed, but
| finally succeeded. We have under-esti-
mated the strength of Spanish Fort. It is
said to be fully as strong as Fort Fisher.
The Milwaukee was blown up on the
9th ult., but no lives were lost on her. The
Ossge was blown up on the 2SLh. They
are TO be raised soon.
GENERAL sTEELEs COLUMN ARRIyED-A
TIE-CLAD SUNK BY TORPEDO.
NEw ORLEANS, April 4.
On the I'd General Steele's column, from
Pensacola, effected junction with the
right of our line before Spanish Fort.
This will make cur force three times as
great as that Of the rebels. This junction
was among the last of the preparations for
an assault on the fort, and it Is believed
here, by those having good facilities for
knowing, that the main attack is in pro-
gress to-day, if not already completed.
| General Totten has been moving up his
siege train, and has upward of fifty pieces
of heavy artillery bearing on Spanish Fort,
ready TO be unmssked when the attack is
made.
A few nights ago twenty-five men, from
q Vermont regiment in charge, got on
the enemy's bresstworks, and were cap
tured. On our left a company of rebels
were captured in like manner. Our lines
have been brought so close to those of the
rebels that they can scarcely advance fur
ther.
We have had another gunbost blown
up. On the first, while the tin-clRd Ro-
dolph was bombsrding Spanish Fort, she
was struck by torpedo and sunk. The
official dispatch does not report any lives
lost.
Over 100 wounded men arrived from
the front here, this morning, on the steam
era Kate Dale and Ibervine; 563 have
been received up this time. They are
principally from Hin is regiments. Our
wounded report that the rebels fight more
desperately than they have at any time
since the siege of Vicksburg. They say if
they lose Mobile they may rs well abandon
the struggle.
General Steele's csptdres include 200
men, % officers, 400 horses and large
quantity of small arms
THE LOSS OF THE RoDoLPH-GRAND AS
sAULT THOUGHT To HAVE OCCURRED.
NEW ORLEANS, April 5,
vIACAIRO, Aprill0.
The True Delta has news from Mobile
to the evening of the Sd of April. A tor
pedo exploded under the starboard bow Of
the RodOlph. Tho vessel was badly shat
tered. One man was thrown high up in
the air. A large piece of boat fell uron the
hurricane deck. One of her large rife
guns, on the stsrbosrd bow, was tossed up,
and in falling crushed through her decks
and bottom. The navy has dragged up
all the stationary torpedoes iu this portion
Of the bay, and the ones now doing dana
age are set aAoat at the city, and the tide
carries them down among our vessels.
Our informant says he is fully convinced
that q general assault occurred yesterday,
the 4th inst, upon the rebel position. He
is confident our troops would easily achieve
brilliant victory.