The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-23
Interesting from Texas.
HousToN, Sept %, 1868.


The result of the Sabine Pass fight shows
it TO be, the most brilliant Of the age.
Forty.two men, all told, we're attacked ID
their battery by four gunboats, backed py
feet of transports of twenty vessels, car
rying over ten thousand men. We captur-
ed two of the gunboats, with all on board,
crippled third, which afterwards sank &C
sea, and sent the whole force back whore IL
started ron. ,~-
The number of killed and wounded
Yankees was greater than our entire num-
GER. The number Of prisoners was eight
times our entire force. The number OF
guns captured was more than double the
aumber we had, and five times the weight
Of metal. .e'-s>l 4. AL
These men were jeff Davis Guard, a
company of Irish volunteers, raised IN the
city of Houston in 1861 for the war. Sill
yer medals have been presented to each
member of the garrison by the citizens oil
this city. A . .ga sal a9'J -
The gunboat Clifton, one of the captured
boats, is now in as good condition as when
the attack was made, and is the headquar-
sers for the time being, IF General Ma
yruder. Commander Caldwell, of the Cliff
On, and Captain Thompson of the Sachem,
together with the balance of the officers
captured, are confined in the court houae
IN this city. rs.z..a...
Another attempt to invade Texas is look
ed for. Our army is ready for the invasion
It ali points. Sabine Pass was the weakest
point we had.
The people are rallying at the call OF
danger in the moat gratifying manner.
The draft for State troops, which first re
suited in the enlistment of 5000 men, has
LOW produced 10000 minute men. Com.
oanies of exempts are being formed all over
the State. Captain Herbert, member o.
Congress for the Second district has a splen
lid company of this sort in the field. Jno
R. Baylor, Congressman elect from the
Fifth district, has fine company of ''stil
hunters" also in the field.
The spirit of resistance is fully equal t.
that of the spring of 1862. Soldiers ant
citizens will give good account of them
selves when the enemy appears. ~.
The Indians on the frontier are trouble
| some. They are armed and provisione'
| oy the Yankees. Full proof of this ha
been found on the bodies of the red devil
| that have been killed.
| Movements are On foot in every count,
| in the State to furnish the fami les of sol
| diers with corn at the maximum price Q
fifty cents per bushel. In many of tn
counties it is given and delivered to fam
lilies without any charge. p.
The currency has greatly improved
Within few days it was down to 6ftee
for one in gold, and transactions were re
ported at seventeen for one in this city
Gold is now slow at eight for one, and i
Brownsville, on the Mexican border, it wa
being freely exchanged, at last advices, a
the rate of one for ten in Confederate notes
This is the result of the operations of tn
Tax law.
Lieutenant General Smith and Majo
General Magruder have the fullest conf
dence of the people. The policy of Genera
Magruder of Fighting the enemy at once
/ furiously, whenever he appears" has bee
our salvation. The Fabian policy may be
good one, but it don't suit him
The report of his being killed, that aI
pearsd in the New Orleans Era, was a
outrageous lie, but is of piece with nearl
everything that paper publishes about th1
State. Please don't copy any of its vi
famous falsehoods.
We have report that Matamoras is i
the hands of the French. 1t is not cree
tied, however.