Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-10-13
.srEHESrrNG FROM TEXAS.
THE SABINE PASS .AEFAlR-MlLILA'
RY ENTHUSIASM OF TIE PEOPLE

TIE CURRENCY, &c.
IIovSroy, Sept. 2Sth via. JACKs,S. Oct,
loth.-Thc result of the Sabine Pass hight
shows il to be the most brilliant of the age
Furty-two men, all told, were attacked Ill their
battery by fo:,r gunboats, backed by q fleet
If transports Of twenty vessels, carrying over
ten thousand meu. We captured two Of the
guuboats, with al! n board, crippled a third,
which afterwards sunk III sea, and sent the
whole force back where il started from.
Tie number Of killed and waundci Yankees
was Greater than our entire number. TIE
number of prisoners was eight times our en-
tire force. The nurlcr Of guns captured WAS
more than double the run:Ler We had. and
!;ye times The weight ofmetal.
These mel were the JEFF. Davis Guard. Il
COMPANY q; Irish volunteers. raised in the city
oE Houston in l>il for the war. Silver med
as have Leen presented 10 each member Of the
garrison bc the citizens # this city.
The .unh"at Clifton. one 81 the captured
boats. * n0w in as coed condition as when
me attark was made, and is the headquarters
Cor tie ;.iac bcin. Of Gen. MagrudGr. Com
rnan.cr Carkerr If III" Clifton, and Captain
Thc.-rSon @: the Sachom. together with the
b.!.nca u: the Ulcers captured, arc confined
Ia ~" court house in this city.
Another attempt 70 invade Texas is looked
for. Oar armr is ready for the invasion at
all p0ints. Sabine Pass was the weakest
point we had.
The PEOPLE are rallyinc at the call of
LANCER in a most gratifying manner. The
dpat: for State troops. which az first resulted
in rhe enlistment Of 5000 men, has now
produced 10000 minute men. Companies Of
cxompts are being formed all over the State,
Can't. Herbert. member Of Congress for the
Second District. has a splendid company Of
this sor, in the field. John r. Baylor. Con-
gressman elect from the Fifth District, las a
fae company Of still hunters" also An IN"
field.
The spirit Of resistance is ( fully equal 10 that
If rbe spring of ISL. Soldiers and citizens
will give a good a~ccoun; Of themselves when
the enemy appears.
The Indians on tie frontier are trouble
some. They are armed and proyisinned b?
me Yankees. Full proof of this has been
f ind on the bodies Of tie red devils that have
been killed.
Movements are on foot in every county cf
the State to furnish the families Of soldiers
with corn at The maximum price of.f'ty ct";s
rar hushel. In many Of tha counties It Is
given and delivered TO families without any
charge.
The currency has greatly improved. Within
4 few days it was down 10 Is for one in gold,
and transactions were reported at Il for one
in this city. Gold is nov slow at s for enc,
and in Brownsville. on the Mexican border,
it was being freely exchanged at last advices
nc The rare Of one for ten in Confederate
notes. This is the result Of the operation of
the tax law.
Lieut.. Gen. Smith and Major Gen. Masru-
'"r have the fullest confidence Of the people.
The policy Of Gen. Magruder Of fighting the
enemy at cnce. furiously. whenever he ap-
pears" has been our salvation. The Fabian
rolicv mny be a good one, but it DONE suit
him.
The report Of his being killed, that ap-
reared in the New 0r.ear- Era" was Al out
rageous lie. hut of 4 piece with nearly every
thing that paper Publishes about this State.
Please DON'T copy any Of lis villainous false
hoods.
We hav" 4 report that Matamoras Is in tho
hands Of the French. Lis not credited, how
ever.