The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-11-09

We had the unexpected pleasure last
evening Of receiving "a visit from our
worthy friend, Dr. II Lcletvrc, who had
just arrived III ,hle city, direct irom the
bl"ckadlug fleet, aud was III high spirits
at having escaped from an Imminent
risk Of VISITING Font Lafayette. lie was
set adriit ~ "A small boat, with Mir Fer.
nandra III tins city, aud "A captured sailor
ui the schooner l,llda, who happened to
Ice a M'iiess, at SEA, iiv, miles III Fort
Livingston. Tiny row,d to the tort and
came mp from Barataria N the little
steamer Bee. Last evening they rcpor
ted themselves 81 Gen. Lowell, at the
army headquarters
Dc Lclcbyfe was on the schooner
Joscph IL loom, (rceapturrd by Com.
modure lioIllu-J coming from Havana,
when she was captured at half.pas
seven o'clock ~ the evening ct the LIST
81 October. forty miles I'll B,rataria.
Cap; Pennington aud the crew, with
Mcssrs Theodore Lewis, (brother ui
Maj ir.Gcmeral Lewis, A, mar and Dr.
Lelcbvrr. 81 'hs city, ns passengers,
were held prisoners on board the South
Car, ma. win re they found Messrs. But.
tcudni and Fernandez, who were pas.
-cngefs on board she schooner lsilda,
captu;cd by the South Carolina On the
80 h Of september. This SCHOONER was
returning PRIZE ii the Sumter, and
Lieut.. Hicks. Of the Sumter, aud prize
crew were aboard and taken prisoners.
Tue Eugllsh schooner Edward Der.
uard, Capt Watson, who had lei, Mobile
un the 18Th with u cargo Of TN pentlue.
was captured on the 18th at 10 O'clock,
4 NJ, between Pass I'Ou,re and the
s.nnd thirty miles from land The mas.
ten aud Capt Wright, vino was aboard.
aud ali the crew were made prisoners
The Juseph II Tonne had IA cargo Of
arms and munitions ui war valued at
so 900. that would have been worth
.uur OF i've tunes that amount had she
run safely Ilto bArataria. i'r Leiebvre
had nothing ON board under iils name,
aud was fortunately provided with IL
French passport and Frrhch patents
81 whrti he was iuiu,mcd that he must
consider hinsct. n prisoner Of war, he
wnxrd wrplh and indignant, showed his
counIy passport, declared 1t To bc all
outrage upon France, and demanded To-
hr seat ashore MI Fernando was
hkewis" provided with the papers oi "a
Spanish cluzcu, and they were both
prpIulrt d 10 he Liberated and ia H..
meantime treated with great courtesy
aud consideration They we've informed
that while the South Carollua had been
on this Station shr had captuu'd seven.
teen prizes from u=. all small craft
Ga the 2th instant, the day OF Com
niudrrc lIlllIn'. attack on the enemy at
the head al the passes, the steamers
South Cupllua and Mcclellan, which
were thea cruising "a B,ra,ara, we're
seat i,s to crmr 20 the a,si1,ance Of the
erssrl- m the Mississippi Tiny rrs-
puudel without boss of time Ia The call
aui found the sIoup ct wal Vnccnncs
hand aground opposite the Telegraph
station. She threw overheard her rnt,fc
armament consisting # twenty heavy
guns, hrtrc she could b" pulled Of
nr Lrtetvre WAS told 10y tn" United
States naval uiiiCers that neither the
Richmond nor the Water Witch. the
Nmcruucs upr the Prcblc had been Htrnck
at all ~ the night attack. hui 1t was the
schooner Joseph II fuuue (Which uur
readers well know is now lying below
the city wl;luut sctalch) that Was
iun into hy the Turtle. H. did not Sc
ihr Prrhlr aud was told she had gone
To- Pensacola Pr L"febvrc says ,hcy
were ia q, state OF high excitement, and
eute. tanned , perfect terror of our little
ram. and especially 81 tho fire ships
lie Is sure they viii not enter the r,vef
again, but viii content themselves hy
cruising n the mouths This sentiment
hardly cuncidcs with their assertion
that "nohudy was hurt IN the naval
action Every day. the Doctor says, "ur
Nttlc gnutuat Ivy ran out To sea u short
distance. and rccmmoiler,d ihr feet III
the -aucir-i manner imaginable
During the recent storm 90 the coast
two of tn, rnrmy's pilot boats, the frolic
and the John Banner, wcrr blown ash re,
aud burned up toy their crews. DE- Le.
f.hvrc hAcwis lntorlns ia that Fort
Livingston, where he landed ia the small
boats. X a truly formidable affair, with
heavy armament. aud IN state of
complete preparation 10 resist naval
attack
DE- Lrfchvrr informs n- that II was
the current report in the il'r, that the
captain IT the Redmond would be court.
mattialcd for having lied down the rlver
h,.fnrc uur iiile feet. bat lie had SAID.
~ his own dcfcns,', that il was CA ac.
count II our FIRE ships that he fed aud
that un navy could remain IN the river
white we employed iirc ships against
them