The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-01-15
From Texas and New orleans.

n Fierce Naval and Land Fsqht at
Gdlveston.-Te Gun6oat Harriet
Lane Captured and neDrly all her
Officers and creac killed.-Ine Flag
ship Westfeld Bloom up and Capt.
Benshap and Boats Cs'eso soith 1t
Capture Of about 800 Of our troops.
Our Loss $50 to 200 Killed
The Lose Of the Enemy supposed
to be Ldrger.-State of affairs IN
Neao Orleans.
New YORK, Jan 1.-THE steamer
Creole arrived tonight, from New Or
leans the Sd. She brings dispatches
to Gen. Halleck. She passed several
transports bound up the river. Passed
transports Merrimac, with troops, at
the Southwest Pass; also gunboat Ken
sington. Purser Cook reports: By
the arrival OF the gunboat Clinton at
Southwest Pass, the evening Of the Sd,
l learn that early on the morning of
the LIST, the rebels made an attack, by
land and water, on the Federal forces
at Galveston. Our gunboats were at
tackled by i've rebel steamers, protected
by double rows of bales of cotton, and
loaded with troops armed with rifles,
muskets, &c. The Harriet Lane was
captured, by boarding, after about all
her officers, including Capt. VAIN
wright and Lieut.. Lee, and the crew,
100 all told, had been killed by mus
kerry from the Rebel steamers. Nv
informant states that but one or two Of
the officers, and but twelve or fifteen of
the crew escaped death.
The gunboats Clifton and Owasco
were engaged and escaped, the former
losing no men and but one wounded.
The Owasco lost one killed and thir-
teen wounded. The barks loaded with
coal fell into the hands of the enemy.
The Westtield, the flagship of Com.
Renshaw, was not engaged, being
ashore in another channel. Her crew
were transferred to transports, and
Renshaw, fearing she would fall into
the hands of the rebels, blew her up.
BY some mismanagement or accident,
the explosion occurred before the boat
containing Renshaw, Lieut. Zimmerman
aud the boats crew got away, and
were consequently blown up with the
ship. The crew of the Westfeld ar
rived at New Orleans OH transports,
and the remaining troops are OH their
way back. They did not arrive until
the place had been evacuated. All the
fleet are on the way to New Orleans.
The rebel force was estimated at
about 5000, under Gen. Magrnder.
Our land force under command of Col.
Burrill, of Mass, probably did not ex-
coed 800, the residue not having ar
rived, or not being disembarked in
time to fight. Our loss was estimated
at from $50 TO 200 killed and 200 taken
prisoners, the navy suffering most 1t
is thought the rebel loss was much
greater, 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
repnlsed two charges of the rebels be-
fore they surrendered.
Advices from New Orleans state
that Jacob Bankers paper, the Nation
al Adcocdte, published an extra on the
I'd containing rebel reports of victories
at Memphis and Vicksburg, and jeff.
Davis speech at Jackson. This caused
ferment, and the rebels were hilari-
GUS and saucy. On the morning of the
81, Gen. Banks sent gard to Barker's
office, and the Adyocate, for the third
time, was suppressed. This step gave
satisfaction to the Union men.
Capt. Clark, Post Commissary at
New Orleans, had rendered his resig-
nation, and would probably 60 North
in the course of a month.