The New York herald., 1863-11-17
THE TEXAS EXPEDITION.
Additional Particulars and Ina
teresting Maps.
| Successful Reconnaissance Of the Texas Coast
and the Mouth Of the Rio Crandc, BY
Capt. Baker Of the Engineer Corps
Tho Works and force Of tho Enemy
Discovered OF Sabine Pass
aud Galveston.
The Blockade Runners or Rio Graude,
Brownsville and Fresport.
The Passes The Bars Boca Chiea~
Brazos dc Santiago-Aransas
x6S0 faSSO C0De1Os
9 ALL, HO!-A PRI Y Es
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DraZOs Rivcr-- Another BLOCK,
ader Chased.
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San Luis Pass and the FOrti0s
cations Around Galveston.
Firing Heard or Sabine City In Honor Of The
Arrival Of Major General Magruder.
eINTERESTING REBEL ACCOUNTS FROM TEXiA
Ae., &e., ke.
Dr0 ZOs River-- mother BLOCK,
ader Chased.
| San Luis Pass and the FOrti0s
cations Around Galveston.
Firing Heard or Sabine City In Honor Of The
Arrival Of Major General MagrudcF.
elNTERESTINC REBEL ACCOUNTS FROM TEXAS.
Ae., &e., ks.
Mr.. Henry Thompson's Despatch.
FIACsnIr MCCLELLAN, on lHAzor DE sASuAoo.

Mr.. Henry Thompson's Despatch.
FLAcsmr NcCiEiLAS, on lbAzor DE sASuleo.l
Nov. o 1893. !
Having ron, you tho full particulars OF Tho movements
nnd result Of the expedition since left New Orleans,
am at liberty to furnish you with tho details Of an im.
porant reconnaissance mouth Of
tho RIO Graudc tho strength and for,ncstons Of tho
enemy the position and depth Of tho pvsna,
we'll other items 81 importance which tho readers
OF the Irniin VIII Especially lut a, this tme) receive
with arcat deal OF interest.
This reconnaissance was made by Captain JAmes 2.
Baker Of tho Engineer corps. Department, of the Gulf
To this on,cer | iodsbled for tho follo~ ing, 40
we'll as for the orig nal rnsre which accompany itons
showing tho landing Of tho troops santiago
island tho position of Doe tho time tho bhessds
runners tho mouth Of tho RIO Granco the u
Texas the Immediate ncghoorbood, whiie ,hs cher
gives the Interior o tho country. .M,mofos, Browns
vo Bagtad roini babel and Tho baltic nslds Of lao
Alto md Rssaca do Ia Palma
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 90 ina rr~sKsny.
On tho 10Th dsy of September Captain Baker received
ordor. W rspor, Tor de,seh.a s~rvicc and make
date pfet taatious Tor voyage of day. Report
ing MAJOR ~ c. riousion. Chief Engineer q
partment Captain Baker received ha instruct On
tho "a of oeuobof ho embarked board tho
Tennessee, Captain w'gzius. and a, ha1pas oioysn IN
ths forenoon Of the day left hsr
sou al half pasi two roKi morning
or s,r,rs yA~.
Nothing yorthy of mention occurred until ,he follow
log day, October The rvnS-saso arriving OF psbipo
rsss about half rest ssven in the morning.
Here the United states steamers ssino,e Captain po-
Iapdo; Granite CITY. Captain Gririh, and no csynga
Captain Dana. were fpakeu.
FROM tbo naval ofnccfu those nnach valuable
Information ~as gained, and thoy kindly onsfed him
every facility IN their POWER, TO tho a tssw
steamers
Tho two gnnboau, sschsm Apd Clifton which were
oaptarod here few weeks sro. coming around
inside the bar.
A few days bs,orc the fenre1ee arrived on ssbiss
Pass seboopsr sshore about nipc miles bsov Tho
en,rsnos fhs Was loaded With ooal The oyer, two
days after started 10 ber Asni,lAnoe vhen Was dis
covered that tho enemy bsi thrown up Ight redoaht
The tspd hls and placed three reoi psos~ 10 pos,
ton Abou, hundred and nfy rnsn, uouh,sd and ca
foot. oous,~i upoa ,ha oeseh by cap,As DAaa
The guhp enc Of -heh was syishuy thirty paosdss
fArroti apeosi nrou tho cayugs and nothing ooald
be done asaus, tbs vors III Issfsa. rh- .gsg..u The
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Sabine
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preventing being sb-srv~d from
the shofs
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smooth by A. - The morplng fols~tnr sfs
made the bo>sains sect pot communicable
with the unnsd states o.spes cspssln elEhs
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