Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-01-07
GL0GIOUS NEWS.
cS-IeI NTt,e5t CsD- ykSGSS Iz GA
THEN 4gRlET LANE CAPrrNED-..TBE HEsPlaLD
pRS?GGlED-..B3g PRISONERS TIkRN zee THE
MOST KRiLLIkNT AFFAIR OF TIE WAR,

T0r f-N0TNi UNNS TNTT NITNIg MO
military have been such lend The public 10 be-
!iove tInt something Of Importance was about in
t'aii,irr NJ Galveston. Two days siucc Gen. MagrU-
der md s,nn went down. The gun hnat Bayou city
also went down day ar two finco, aud lie bayou
.iea,ncr Ncplunc mproyiscd sunbonl with hul-
war.s ufcOiiOu halcs, went with L"r. "Wednesday
morning the Gsinn ten ~ Gender 10 the ggiihRte.
having several Of our ct'iS'ns "n boaid who were
anxious 10 sea what was TO be seen. :
Ihn iurce Of he rncniy consists Of the following
r,q,sels lyiu in the grbur, Ju AZ nst account
Tho wiaiNrs, viz: rhr Harriet Lam" guhbyai OWHsa
ifft,.lr,r; saXiou and bari, Wcstieil.
There we're also nhoGt 800 men ofthe i2i HGSsacm-
eats chartered On Kuin'S W'arf. These were
how ever moved yesterday or ne day before Bad pat
oi, Pelican Spit. It seemed as though the enemy
pcctcI an a.tIrl; and hal moved these men out Of
danger.
She Girccs on our side are not prepared 70 give
a stare'nnut a. Thcy consist, however, OF portions
az .cyoral regiments and probsbly fifteen or twenty
pieces light artillery On shore, aud some heavy guns
on the giniirats.
Abo'ciuck IsiS morning, as We learn by telegraph
new yrtr = greetings passed acruss the lines in
The shape oi heavy discharge otart'irry cnr tele.
rTaph Communication IL only with Virginia Point,
n ilc, distant from The scene Of action. Signal roc
ktts were occasionally sent up nom The vessels du
rims, the might. The cann"nading begun with spirit
and naS hrlr uD at tho rate of about guns u min-
u,c 4 haI past six our Gunboats arrived and eater
cd into the engagement. touring In shot from their
heavy guns ~ o'cloc!; the guntoqt, Ilariie, Lane
YnI Bayou City we're 70 be seen lying the wharf the
had ceased.
FURTHER FROM GALVESTON. a
ItoTsroN, Jan. 1---2 +. M. 1863.
We have Just learned that $50 Yankee prisoners,
incding rs officers, will be sent M from Galveston,
having been captured in the ii snt this morning.
Special TO the Houston Telegraph.
GALVESTON, January LIST. 1893
The s,caaser Harriet L,tc two barSs ana one piiot
schooner captured. rhc sitnloat WaScriitld burn
ed To keep her from falling into our ha'ls-Ahort
six hundred CON prisoners taken. Two regmeniai
standards, and large amount of army stores, Sc..
captriclg Tnc Harriet Lane is very little Injured,
and viii soon he in fighting trim.
Cart Weir, Lieut.. Sherman and pr. Fisher we're
killed Major 4. G. Dickinson, A. A. c.. sot in The
eye: Capt. II. V. Mcsla'ian and tieut Madden
slightly wounded--no otrers recotectci.
The harbor OF Galveston is ours. The Confederate
hg Heats over hc custom Eoase, and our troop are
in ,ull possession of the city.
Gen MaErulier has established new epoch in
the history ofths war; Even the Yankees own
element, hc has proven that Texans can conquer.
TELEGRiPlIO REPORT or GEN. NAGRUBEG.
HEApeuAHrEas.
b. Galveston, Texas, jan. /, 1863.
ToS. CoopER, Adjuant General:
rhis morning tie first of Jnauarv, at o'clock A..
NJ, / attacked The enemy feet and garrison at tins
place. and captured the latter and the steamer Iter
ret Lane and two iar,s aud II schooner OF he for
hcr The rest fur az five in nunlher, escaped
ANONYMOUSLY under cover Of Nag OF truce nave
shout fix hundred prisoners ana large quantity on
valuable s;oros, arms H. Tie harriet i'Ahe Is very
Iitte injured sIc carried by boarding from i"o
high prcsAre cotton steamers, manned by Texas
cavalry and artillery.
Tho line troops were gaiantly commanded by Col.
Thomas Green, % Siblcys brigade Rnth0 ships aud
artillery by MAJOR Leon Smith, 10 Whose ihdorita-
bin energy AMI heroic caring she ,ount! - lHuaUpt
for tbs successful execution OF plan WHICH hid
conceived for the destruction Of the enemy ictt.
Col Bagby, Of siLley's Bcig'te also commanded
The volunteer from his regiment Cor The naval cape-
ditiuI ia Whicn every officer and every man won Tor