, 1861-05-09

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Wa copy from the New Orleans Delta Of the
80 inst. the following account of the capture
Of the q. S. troops who ware On the point ct
leaving Iattancls for ths North. From this
aceount, it APPEARS thst BY the all Of eight
thousand I.1ans,-not e1qA huad.:d, as stated
in our 6espatch-and tie trea, hery ef per
ticn OF the officers, these valiant Texans wtre
enabled TO make prisoners Of 450 uaar,ned
United States soldiers. A glorious deed for
The pen Of history to record:
Passengers who arrived In this c.t7 last
evening, from Galveston via B.r1ick's Bay
aaa the Opeloueas r:i!roaJ, brought the cheeI-
Ing news that Gel. Van Dom had sncceeled
in making prisoners of ths un;:ed s:s,s
troops late1y reported as quartered at G7aen
Lake, near IEdiano!a. A. last accounts they
had taken possession OF the city OF Iallsuo1a,
OF 9 quantity Of arms deposited there, and Of
two echoonere, uron which they contsE pls-
ted 1env.z e the State. TneEe troops corsi5:ed
OF CompaAies 4, T and I, Of the II Infantry,
Companies 4 and d OF the Sth Iafantry-con,-
pits ug In all four hundred AID fftf men,
un Ter the com maed Of M4tar S:bley The
total number Of officers was between thirty
Eve aud forty.
Cotoue1 Van Dom, who had undertaken tie
expedition aga'n:. ,l1em, Is reported 10 lsye
"a SD f0!cs of $500 mou1ted men within
five days after his ARRIVAL in Texas for the pur-
pose. With these he marched 2saiast tts%'-
but REACHED lndi.na'4 :. -, md th., they hra
! Ia. on the two ectoons1e. F6ftupatsly, bow
ever, they found these vessels TOO kn.ast ior
their nun3 begs, and Ifty we're cent back to
provide further menus OF conveyance, sud be-
were captured, and as il was Learned that the
RctconaEH wsra to wait outside the eay fer
them, Gel Van Dem resolved to 90 In pnr-
SAT- He Chartered tbree steam efs FIR tae
purpose, and ersciag guards, with ta'es Ct
cotton On then, to prots ct tis mea against
TIE musketry OF the United States 1roopa, he
Wsat after them, soen came up with item,
and c4iled on item to surrender. After soma
little psrley, Eeti3g tla hopales-nes of
resistance, the demsnd T.s complied with,
and they were trinuphantly car1iso nacl to In
diaEola The steamship General Rusk, with
Major Nichols, nd also been 6snt 1cund to in-
t.Ic-pt them. H=rs their arms were tsken
possession OF BY Col Van p5rQ. Tie QQieeEa
were put upon parole, but We have the pleas.
urr u feT7iass5aiz eT7i7asssaiz that Malors Larkio, Smith
sad Hunuella, ct virginia, at tcee resigned
their comnl=e{ons.
1hs men. were rendered thsir chotcs ofl loin-
inx the Confederate Army, or Ct giving their
parole not to fight with our euemi57 during
the war It Vas not known which they would
choose, but 1t was believe tia. !. would be the
former:
It Ia scarcely necessary to s.ate that private
Fr1perty was respected throughout the affair.
Areport rea:h:s Us through the same chan.
mel IS the foregoing intelligence, TIA. seven
companies, comprising aoaUt hya hundred
men, from Forts Bass, lancaster, aid cthers
In the West, were oa their way thence, end
had entrenche1 themselves at Fort Clark With
the intertlon Of showing fight The whole
country, however, Is aroused, and they will
doubtless hsve changed tails resolution ere
this, if they reaUy ever made It.
Hurrah fer Te1as!
r. People mag talk shout General scott.a
1yf. End {nfirmitie4 Init Me notice tt ut hT the