Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-08
Capture OF The Star OF The West,
HOW 1T WAS DONE.

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From Captain Muller, of tho Is
land City Rifles, Private Allen, OF
the Galveston Artillery, and Lieut.,
Maclin, of the Artillery service ut
San Antonio, we have the following
particulars;
On Tuesday night last, Colonel
Van Dorm, being at Galveston, call
for detachments from the City
Volunteer Companies TO go with
him un an erInnd which he KEEP;
secret. In about two hours and II
half the Galveston Artillery, Lieut.
Van Buren,, commanding the
Island City Rifles, Capt, Muller, a
German company; and the Wigiall
Guards, Capt, McGrath, nm Irish
company, responded to the call with
attachments amounting, altogether
to scvcnty.one ncn; thirteen artil-
lcrists, twcnty-nine rifles, and TWEEN
ty-ninc Guards.
l. Nth tbnSS--nSetr os-Ls~<th
Matagorda left Galveston Mt D o'clock
Wednesday morning, and put oil
for Indianola. Reached Indianola
at 5 Z. NJ. with the men invisible,
being all locked up in their state
rooms. Found the transport Fash
ion there, loading with U. S. troops
and baggage. to put on board the
Star of The West, Capt, Howe, which
was lying in deep water, outside
the bar; the troops embarking
numbering about 600.
Tho AIatagorda put back, and at
Salura, Is miles this sido, Col. Van
Dorm signalcd the Gen, Rusk. The
Rusi coming along side, the Colo
mel transferred his men from one
vessel to the other, At about II
o'clock at night, the Rusk, with the
soldiers on board still as mice, came
within hailing distance of the Star
of the West, and was hailed. Capt
Smith answered, "Thc Gen, Rusk,
with troops on board; can you take
our line now?" "Ccrtainly," was
the answer from Captain Howe, he
fancying that the troops were I'M
ted States troops. 1t is stated that
Captain Howe asked why the Fash
ion did not bring the troops, ant
was told that the Fashion woulc
be along in a few hours, with tho
rest Of the troops and their baggage
The sea was rather rough, ant
after some little trouble the Russ
oot alongside and made fast. In a
very short time the Galveston sol
dicrs were on board with their guns
and Captain Howe hardly had time
to look at them, when they sudden.
" presented bayonets, and their Of
ficer commanded him to surrender
"To what flag am | requested tc
surrender ?" asked the astonlshec
Captain. Ensign Duggan, Of the
Wigfall Guards, here displayed the
Lone Star flag of Texas, and in his
richest brogue exclaimed, "Thats
it, look at it, me by's; did yo ivel
see the Texas flag on a Irish jack
staff before ?" The Captain hay
inc no means of resistance, surren'
dcrcd without saying a word. lle
had a crew Of ~ men and 80 bar
rels of provisions on board, but
nothing else none Of the arms on
munitions Of the Federal troops had
yet come on board.
The prisoners were all treated
with poiitencss. The steamer was
Immediately put about for Calves
ton; and great must have been the
bewilderment of the officers OF the
Fashion and of the Federal troops
next morning, when they found the
Star of the West nowhere in sight
AT Galveston, Col. Van Dorm put
Mr..Falval, first mate of the Mexico
on board the Star oithe West as Cap
tain, and likewise the engineer o.
the Mexico; and, ordering the sold
iers on board to sec her safely into
New Orleans, he left, to take charge
of some 600 troops who were wait
inc there for him, to go back to In.
dianola and see how the Fashion
and her 600 Federal troops were
getting on after their surprlse.-N
O. Crescent.