New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-19

reach stretching toward the town from the east
The upper portion Of the tower, OF whitewashod
brick, nsd teen destroyed, the ligh. extnguished,
the house below burned, "a afterward appeared, on
the night OF Sunday he 2Str, by the Rebels IN an
ticips,ion Of the arrival OF Union troops. he sig
nal of the Mary A. BOsrdman being au-wered by
the Al .ship WestGed, that vessel cams ont 10 meet
her And Com. Rensbaw sent All officer aud pilot on
ard, when the Mays crew learned for The FIRST
time that MaSroder was in command at Virginia
Point, with heavy reenforceInenIs, threatening a.
tive hosrli,ies.
IN GALVESTON HARBOR.
The Mary a. Boardmsn crossed the first bar oil The
barber in company with the Westhelo, just at suns'
the day wing msgnihcenly, the declining sun light
iug np the widows f the city with dazzling lusier
Passing the inner bar, she came To snchur up BOIL
vars Charnel the eastern aide OF Peican Island
in the still water below me town. me niS SNIP uV
ing tie ike, wit IN hailing distance, only i.t'le
nearer to Bolvar's Point. Seward, iuriher fown'
Law tie Saxon. A fac calm moonlight night sue
c-eded the day; II was little bazy, but WITHOUT
fog and very quiet; could sec obJecs DISTINCTLY
hear the dash Of the waves Oh lac beach, aud theif
rippls the bay. Aud 70 the last ilgt oi Inc yeAr
settled down on Galveston.
DAGGER.
Up to q o'clock, a. M, everything remained iran
quil but jGst ten, when the moon was dlssppeari
in the westero haze, and toe specks oil ght on me
vessels turned all the brighter for the gathering
daI knefs the Harriet Laus BIZ nailed suddenly, an
uouucing danger. From her post at The liner .n.
;remity Of Tie town enc had discerned an upnsing
within tan attack upon our toree HUNDRED Mass
chusets soldiers Almost simultaneously, tour Rebel
Quuboats we're discovered, ether by The Clifton Or
w stield coming down the bay. Immediately tie
sluunled vessels answered, and the Westheld, bnul-
my no her anchor got under way ineDoing TO crcss
the Pelican Spit ana run up 70 tie harvcs, abreast
the Town.
THE FLAG SHIP AGROUND.
A fatal Driffed by this currert directly
on to the island ia shoa water at full tide, there he
struck on Der bows and there REMAINED. A tho tAnd
ton boat, one OF the beat of our blocksdipg ne't,
With rudder ut each end, double boilers. aud sew
enty fee. breadth OF BEAM she lay 10 the sand, im-
movable.
Aud first she tienaled 10 the Clifton tanother
sci Of the same sort, and, like the Wesicld, well
known ~ Staten Islanders and holiday New-foik
ors 10 aloDgsoe and tue her Oh, and the en-
Ecu tugged and tagged, ard could not elect IT, AZ
this iupcture CONN oiore ReuHhsw sent u warning
70 th. Mary 4. Boardman concerning tie Rebel gun
boats and resun cd his pilot, Mr. DAVIS VINO had re-.
NAMED Oh board the former Leaving the Wesiheld
for q while, until tho tragic intereot OF the scene
shall caniste ia her let Us turn our eyes lsili from
Tho deck OF the Mary A. BoardmaD), 70 what Is
trans piring elsewhere.
IN THE TOWN.
The fghting began III the town at from TO 81 q.
M, ana ragged fodOuly. IL Appeared IN The ~ yer
portion, wnere Col. Bunills men were eucanped,
shove The gus works, at three wharves distance be-
low where the Harriet Lpne lay From waie
houses, whsryes, windows aud house'tOIs, heiish
fire o. nu kerry had oleDod upon the dsvoted three
hundred of the 4h Massachusetts, while likbt artl-
lery rak.d the streets leading 20 the water side To
lis The Harriet Lane rc-pOnded, hrst ny throwing
rolld shot IRON her Two DDe-incb guns, tUa then ON
phell from her riGed cannon and twenty founders
thro wing them ia the direction OF the railroad bridge
by which IL was only too evident ilAt tbe rebels
were rwarr1iug 10 he attack. Their battenrs-the
iour before mentioped-wcre all hc'lve. 1iry h"o
crossed with upward of g. eco ioiantry, commanded
by Maerudcr IN person, bnpging artillery OF ito
cars. A. this tine IL was a. dark as Eieb bus;
bl.tk nesg iunined only by TIE IL tn Of cabhon $40
bursting Of eel .ud the qui, X Intermittent sp1i HE
d, inuAkelry. The tOunde, al once horrible and lie
dcsenba1lo, we coming thls BiasLIy i""-ieai
morning. need not be OWeiL upon.
TIE ATTACH ON TBE HARRIET LANE.
As coon as the kIng b,gan, two oil tue Rebel gan
boaiB uaG DOrno down upon ihe HarfiSt l'hdo ana
engaged Ter. One was hu2e, To- x, mth-pfces.ie
Mississippi steamer, OF tie usual two-st'ry bui o.
with h.r tail c mneyt cut down, ilel oar oale'
hih with cotton, Aer paddie-boxes hidden by thein
laced with piankIuc and cross-pieces, ana nhhntd-
The uppcr aud lower dccks-with slaipshoOtvTs
The other a rern.wheel Jolt, 'iow aud small Eat-
toub OF the character OF IL ran, tong armed WIN
one pivot un aud ICED even 20 the up OF her soil
taIy chimney, with raliOad Ifon, 80 that the aeh
smoke exuded IA from The conceal IoCl. BON OF
There anomalous asra ed The Harriet Lane
evidently intending To board bei, ate in her turn
throwing shell at en- some Of which Tcocheed Tor
bslf mile upon the IN face OF the watr, her obleot
being 10 arike then. below the Puarcs aud tlnk
,bem. Ihs, however, she Did not effect, and rteadly
they approached, the ram csreeDuB over 10 one
side as If Ill balanced, and the sbarpsaoocTs on The
steamer keeping mp IN incesssnt fusiliade from her
decks and The toys Of the cotton baer. whert they
clustered like bees
ASSISTANCE.
tn the abundance of lLe Harriet Lane cane The
wsseo and tie lite Sschem, u conIbatant WORTH
OF mention. lightdraft steamer, she had put Into
Galveston 10 in almost unsea orthy condition, aDd
kad been ordered W lie by tie wharf 10 protect Col
Burnl's men; with her one large rife gun and TWO
small oues che joined battle with all tho courage Of
frst-clsss man. Of.war.
30, presently, did the Clifton, Temporarily rein
qushi.g tbe hobe Of rtscoiDg the Westheld, and
making TO the Of acton, but her progress was
nos lnckailsDged. A. she tuxpAd y pase CvtJ