The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-13
UNPLEASANT NEWS.
GALVESTON TAKEN BY THE
REBELS.
Harriet Lane Captured.
WESTFIELD BLOWN UP.
ACTIVE MOVEMENTS ON FOOT
IN CAROLINAS.
Springfield Missouri in Possession
Of the Rebels.

New YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Creole ar
rived tonight from New Orleans on the
Sd. She brings dispatches to General
Halleck.
She passed several gunboats bound up
the river. She also passed the trans
port Merrimac with troops at South West
Pass; also the gunboat Kingston. From
the Purser's reports by the arrival of the
gunboat Clifton at South West Pass on
the evening of the Sd, l learn that early
on the morning of the 1st the rebels
made an attack by land and water on the
Federal forces at Galveston. Our gun
boats were attacked by five steamers
protected by double rows of bales of cot
ton and loaded with troops, armed with
rifles, muskets, &C. The Harriet Lane
was captured by boarding, after about all
her officers, including Capt Wayne
wright and Lieut.. Lee and the crew 1870
all told had been killed by smusketry,
rom the rebel steamers.
My informant states that but one CT
two of the officers and but twelve or
thirteen of the crew escaped death. The
gunboats Chieftain and Owaseo were en-
gagged and escaped, the former losing no
men and but one wounded The Owasco
lost one killed and thirteen wounded.
Two barks, loaded with coal, fell into the
hands of the enemy. The Westfel1, flag
ship of Commodore Renshaw, was not
engaged, being ashore in another chan
nel Her crew were transferred to trans
ports, and Renshaw fearing she would
fall into the hands of the rebels, blew her
up. By some mismanagement or acci-
dent, the explosion occurred before the
boat containing Renshaw, Lieut. Zim-
norman and the boats crew had got
away, and they were consequently blown
up with the ship. The crew of the West
field arrived at New Orleans on trans
ports and the remaining two are on their
way back. They did not arrive until the
place had been evacuated. All the feet
are on their way to New Orleans. The
force was eotiLl!dreu at apouG o,000,
Our land forces under command of
Colonel Burrel, of Mass, probably did
not exceed 800, the residue not having
arrived, or not being disembarked in time
to fight. Our loss was estimated at from
$50 to 260 killed and 200 taken prison
ers, the navy suffering most. 1t is
thought the rebel loss was much more as
our. guns were firing grape and canister
continually in their midst The rebels
had several batteries on shore. The
Federal troops were on one of the long
wharves, and it is said repulsed two
charges before they surrendered.
Advices from New Orleans state that
Jacob Barker's paper, the National Ad-
vocate, published an extra on the I'd,
containing rebel reports of victories at
Memphis and Vicksburg and jeff. Davis
speech at jackson. This caused fer
ment and the rebels were hilarious and
saucy. On the morning of the Sd, Gen.
Banks sent a guard to Barker's office,
and the Advocate was for the third time
suppressed. This step gave great salts
faction to Union men.
Capt Clark, post cOmmlssary at New
Orleans, has rendered his resignation,
and will probably go North in the course
of month.
FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. Cool Lud-
low, of Gen. Dix's staff, has just returned
from City Point, having accomplished
the exchange of prisoners, which will re-
store to immediate active service about
10000 of our paroled men.
1st All the officers and men who were
delivered at City Point from Nov. llth,
1862, until Jan. lst, 1868;
I'd. All officers and men captured at
Harper Ferry;
Sd. All the officers and men paroled
at Winchester, Nov. 18th and 10th, 1862,
and Dec lst, 1862;
tti. Al --n~a-s an1 men paroled by
Col Thrubaden, Nov. 9th, 1o65,1 -
5th All the officers and men paroled
at Goldsborough, N. c., May 22d, 1867
and delivered at Washington, n. e. =.
otlr. All captures in Missesrl, ArAan
sas, New Me1zieo, Texas, and Arizona
and up to Jan. lst, 1868, are duly ex
7th. All captures in Kentucky, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, South Carolina, anC
Florida up to Dec. 10th, 1862;
Sth Ali captures on the sea and tn,
Gulf coast, and waters flowing into tn
same, up to Dec. 10th, 1862, are duly ex
changed.
Col. Ludlow says it is highly probabl
that the Confederate Government Wi
rescind the order retaining officers of tn
United States, and also that citizens VIII
are prisoners will soon be released.
The Daily Bulletin of Charlotte, n. c
of Jan. 5, says: "The papers this morl
inc publish a report that Gen. Hindma
has executed ten Yankee officers in r.
a laliation for the McNeill butchery."
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 10.-Not
ing of Importance done in the Legisl